Mock Questions: Mains GS Paper-2 (Polity) Answer Hints/ Keypoints Q1: Include orphans in OBC list? Q2: Lalita Pawar: Domestic Violence, Doctrine of Severability Q3: Right to Photocopy Q4: RPA and Prisoner's participation Mock Questions: UPSC Mains GS Paper-2 (Polity) [...]
Prologue #1: Election Related RPA: Election Countermanding in Tamilnadu Q1-2016: State Election result Election: Misc. developments #2: Parliament related Parliament misbehavior Computerized drawing of Qs for Question hour? Double dissolution in Australian Parliament Parliament: Misc. Developments #3: Judiciary related [...]
Observations on Polity Questions Committees The Union (Prez, PM, Parliament) Constitutional / Statutory Bodies Polity terms Articles & Schedules Rights issues Making of Constitution Observations on Polity Questions Total 19 MCQs, 11 of them could be solved directly from [...]
Modi schemes for Girl Child Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Sukanya Samridhi Yojana Acid Attack victims IUCAW units Women safety Mock Questions Modi schemes for Girl Child Who Women and Child Development ministry, under Maneka Gandhi What? Two schemes, to [...]
LARR Act 2013 Salient features of LARR-2013 Act? Why Land ordinance? Land Ordinance 2014: Salient Features Land ordinance: Critcism/Anti-arguments Appendix-I: Examples of Public Purpose acquisition Appendix-II: 13 central laws exempted Mock Questions LARR Act 2013 Land Acquisition, Rehab, Resettlement [...]
1995: Beijing Declaration & Platform for Action The 12 Key areas of Beijing Declaration What happened after Beijing 1995? 2014: Beijing+20 review meeting for Asia-Pacific India's stand at Beijing+20 Asia-Pacific meeting Mock Questions 1995: Beijing Declaration & Platform for [...]
Legalizing prostitution Immoral Traffic prevention Act, 1956 Pro arguments: sex trade be legalized bcoz: Anti-Arguments: Sex trade must not be legalized bcoz: WEF: Gender Gap Report 2014 (Oct 14) Property rights of Christian women (Sep-14) Widows of Vrindavan (Sep-14) [...]
Prologue What is paid news? Why is Paid news bad? What has Election commission done? What has press council done? Suggest further reforms Challenges ahead Appendix: Expenditure and Deposit limits Prologue Topic in news: 2014, October because Chief Election [...]
1: NGOs’ PIL (2003) 2: UPA-Government’s reply 3: Supreme Court order (2014, April) 4: Madhava Menon report (2014, October) 1: NGOs’ PIL (2003) Government advertisements even carry photos of ruling party leaders (SoniaG), try to create impression as if [...]
Prologue What was purpose of Xaxa Committee? Land acquisition: Problems found: Land Acquisition: Suggestions given Mining in tribal areas Linkage with Extremism Appendix: Tribal insurgency Appendix 2: Constitutional & Legal protection Mock Questions for Mains Prologue Topic in News: [...]
P1: SC Guidelines- Fake encounters Background Supreme Court Guidelines 2014 Counter-view: P2: SC Guidelines- Freeing the under trials: Basics CrPC Reform already done Counterview Suggest Long term reforms? P1: Fake encounters / Extra Judicial killings Topic in news: 2014, [...]
Why need for new Road act? Road Safety and Transport Bill 2014 #1: setup new authorities #2: Reform License, permits and policies #3: increase Punishments #4 Graded Point System for penalties Health ministry's suggestion on Road safety bill Mock [...]
Leader of Opposition (LoP) in India Parliament 10% rule: episodes in past? LoP and Appointment Committees Arguments: Government vs Opposition Mock questions Leader of Opposition (LoP) in India Parliament 1977: The leaders of opposition in Lok Sabha and Rajya [...]