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This document contains sample questions from previous Civil Service Exams in India for the subjects of Political Science and International Relations. In Section A of the Political Science paper, candidates were asked to comment on concepts like the four Purusharthas in Indian tradition, theories of philosophers like Plato, Hegel, and Gramsci. Section B focused on topics in Indian politics like the Surat Split, the Government of India Act 1919, and the role of parliamentary committees. The International Relations paper had similar Section A questions analyzing approaches like political economy and realism, and events like the Cuban Missile Crisis. Section B examined India's foreign policy origins and relations with neighboring countries like Nepal, Southeast Asia, as well as the

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Time Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 300

This document contains sample questions from previous Civil Service Exams in India for the subjects of Political Science and International Relations. In Section A of the Political Science paper, candidates were asked to comment on concepts like the four Purusharthas in Indian tradition, theories of philosophers like Plato, Hegel, and Gramsci. Section B focused on topics in Indian politics like the Surat Split, the Government of India Act 1919, and the role of parliamentary committees. The International Relations paper had similar Section A questions analyzing approaches like political economy and realism, and events like the Cuban Missile Crisis. Section B examined India's foreign policy origins and relations with neighboring countries like Nepal, Southeast Asia, as well as the

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C.S.E. (MAIN) POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS


PAPER 1 - 2004
Time Allowed: Three Hours

Maximum Marks: 300

Candidates should attempt Questions 1 and 5 which are compulsory and any three of
the remaining questions selecting at least one question from each Section.
SECTION A

1. Comment on any three of the following in about 200 words each:


20 x 3 = 60
(a) Four Purusharthas in Indian tradition.
(b) "Hobbes starts as an individualist but ends as an "absolutist".
(c) Mill was the prophet of an empty liberty and anabstract individua1." (Barker)
(d) "Society is federal, authority must be federaL" (Laski)
2. Plato's theory of education 'is the logical result of his conception of justice'.
Discuss.
60
3. Explain Hegel's theory of dialectical idealism.
60
4. Is Gramisci a theoretician of super-structures? Give reasonsin support of your
answer.
60
SECTION B

5. Comment on any three of the following in about 200 words each:


20 x 3 = 60
(a) Surat Split (1907)
(b) The Government of India Act, 1919
(c) Fundamental Duties in the Indian Constitution
(d) Parliamentary Committees in India.
6. Highlight Mahatma Gandhi's role in the Indian National Movement.
60
7. Explain the main principles embodied in the Preamble to the Constitution of India.
What is their significance? Do you think that they are the political horoscope of
the country? Discuss.
60
8. How does the Supreme Court of India function as the "Guardian of the
Constitution" and" protector of the rights of the citizens"?
60

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PAPER - II - 2004
Time Allowed: T11ree Hours

Maximum Marks: 300

Candidates should attempt Questions 1 and 5 which are compulsory and any three of
the remaining questions selecting at least one question from each Section.
SECTION A

1. Comment on any three of the following in about 200 words each:


20 x 3 = 60
(a) The importance and limitations of the Political Economy Approach.
(b) The realist vision of 'national interest'.
(c) Impact of the collapse of the Soviet Union on international politics.
(d) The need for, and the hindrances to the development of a common global
approach to ecological concerns.
2. Discuss the Systems Approach to the Study of International
Relations. 60
3. Analyse critically the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 as aninstance of super-power
relations during the Cold War
period. 60
4. How did the European Union emerge as a successful case of regional
organization? Is it replicable in other regions?
60
SECTION B

5. Comment on any THREE of the following in about 200 words each: 20 x 3 = 60


(a) Pre-independence origins of India's foreign policy.
(b) Distinguishing features of Indo-Nepal Relations.
(c) Prospects and problems of India's relations with South-East Asia.
(d) India and the WTO.
6. What were the major determinants of India's Foreign Policy of Non-alignment?
Indicate the changes in India's Foreign Policy since the 1990' s.
60
7. Give an account of the major contending issues in Indo Bangladesh relations.
Assess the prospects for greatercooperation between the two countries.
60
8. Describe, explain and suggest improvement in the state ofIndia's relationship with
Latin America.
60

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