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PPSC 2018 — Indian Polity & Governance Questions with Answers

All 11 Indian Polity & 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.Parliamentary Democracy

   (a) Identify the major hindrances in the functioning of parliamentary democracy in India. (100 words) (b) Critically examine the role of NGOs in the development of a society with special reference to the protection of environment. (100 words)

4. Q4.Federalism

   "Federal principle is one of the basic features of Indian Constitution but it is equally true that federalism under the Indian Constitution leans in favour of a strong Centre that militates against the concept of federalism." Discuss.

5. Q5.Judiciary

   Explain the meaning of judicial activism. Discuss the need of judicial activism in restructuring the administrative requirement in India.

6. Q6.Elections

   Discuss the benefits and challenges to go for simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and State Assemblies.

7. Q7.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)

8. Q8.Election Commission

   (a) Discuss the recent challenges before the Election Commission of India with special reference to the ongoing controversy related to the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). (100 words) (b) Comment on the direct cash transfer system of the welfare scheme to minimize corruption. (100 words)

9. Q9.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)

10. Q10.Environmental Governance

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

11. Q11.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.