What are the aims and objectives of the
McBride Commission of UNESCO?
What is India’s position on these?

Increasing cross-border terrorist attacks in India and growing interference in the internal affairs of member-states by Pakistan are not conducive for the future of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation).” Explain with suitable examples

Evaluate the economic and strategic
dimensions of India’s Look East Policy
in the context of the post-Cold War
international scenario.

The broader aims and objectives of
WTO are to manage and promote
international trade in the era of
globalization. But the Doha round of
negotiations seems doomed due to
differences between the developed
and the developing countries.” Discuss
from the Indian perspective.

Demographic Dividend in India will
remain only theoretical unless our
manpower becomes more educated,
aware, skilled and creative.” What
measures have been taken by the
government to enhance the capacity
of our population to be more productive
and employable?

Examine the main provisions of the
National Child Policy and throw light
on the status of its implementation.

Traditional bureaucratic structure and
culture have hampered the process of
socio-economic development in India.”
Comment.

Has the Indian governmental system
responded adequately to the demands
of Liberalization, Privatization and
Globalization started in 1991? What
can the government do to be responsive
to this important change?

In the integrity index of Transparency
International, India stands very low.
Discuss briefly the legal, political,
social and cultural factors that have
caused the decline of public morality
in India.

Effectiveness of the government
system at various levels and people’s
participation in the governance system
are interdependent/”. Discuss their
relationship in the context of India.

In the Indian governance system, the
role of non-state actors has been only
marginal.” Critically examine this
statement.

Professor Amartya Sen has advocated
important reforms in the realms of
primary education and primary health
care. What are your suggestions to
improve their status and performance?

What is the quasi-judicial body? Explain
with the help of concrete examples.

Did the Government of India Act, of
1935 lay down a federal constitution?
Discuss.

What was held in the Coelho case? In
this context, can you say that judicial
review is of key importance amongst
the basic features of the Constitution?

Discuss each adjective attached to the
word ‘Republic’ in the ‘Preamble’. Are
they defendable in the present
circumstances?

Exercise of CAG’s powers in relation
to the accounts of the Union and the
States is derived from Article 149 of
the Indian Constitution. Discuss
whether an audit of the Government’s
policy implementation could amount
to overstepping its own (CAG)
jurisdiction.

The Indian party system is passing
through a phase of transition which
looks to be full of contradictions and
paradoxes. Discuss.

To what extent is Article 370 of the
Indian Constitution, bearing marginal
note “temporary provision with respect
to the State of Jammu and Kashmir”,
temporary? Discuss the future
prospects of this provision in the
context of Indian polity.

Discuss the essentials of the 69th
Constitutional Amendment Act and
anomalies, if any, that have led to
recent reported conflicts between the
elected representatives and the
institution of the Lieutenant Governor
in the administration of Delhi. Do you
think that this will give rise to a new
trend in the functioning of Indian
federal politics?