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PPSC 2018 — Governance Questions with Answers

All 6 Governance previous-year questions from PPSC 2018, each with the correct answer and a full explanation. Practise them as a free, timed mock test with instant scoring.

1. Q1.Transparency and Accountability

   "Transparency and Accountability are the key to the success of Good Governance." Build your case for or against it.

2. Q2.Corruption

   "Corruption in public life is a great challenge to the Indian democracy." Explain it.

3. Q3.Accountability and Transparency

   (a) What is social audit? Examine its significance in promoting the accountability and transparency in administration. (100 words) (b) What, Why and Who are "We", the first word of the Preamble of the Constitution of India? (100 words)

4. Q4.Environmental Governance

   Write short notes on: (a) Salient features of Madhav Gadgil Report on deteriorating ecosystem of Western Ghats. (100 words) (b) CRISPR babies. (100 words)

5. Q5.Environmental Governance

   Discuss the impact of industrial effluents on aquatic life with reference to the rivers of Punjab. Also suggest some valid mitigation measures.

6. Q6.Public Sector Undertakings

   Public Sector Undertakings have been the mainstay of India's industrialization thrust. The same model was accepted by the States of the Union. However, over a period of time, some of the public sector undertakings due to faulty policy of governance landed themselves in a grave situation. Slowly and gradually, the ill effects of poor governance resulted in continuing losses for the PSUs, resulting in their being declared as a sick unit. As a newly posted Managing Director of such a sick PSU, you are saddled with the task of reviving it. In your effort to revive, you need to highlight the main drawbacks which were the bedrock of such a situation, and the new initiatives you would deploy to revive the sick unit.