UPSC 2015 PSIR Question Paper 1
Instructions - Questions no. 1 and 5 are compulsory and out of the remaining, any THREE are to be attempted choosing at least ONE question from each section. Attempts of questions shall be counted in sequential order. Unless struck off, attempt of a question shall be counted even if attempted partly. Any page or portion of the page left blank in the Question-cum-Answer Booklet must be clearly struck off. PAPER 1 - Section A 1. Comment on the following in about 150 words each: (10*5 = 50M) (a) Idea of Natural Rights (b) Aristotle's Conception of Equality (c) 'Difference Principle' in Rawls' Theory of Justice (d) Difference between Participatory and Deliberative Democracy (e) Gandhi's views on State 2. (20, 15, 15 = 50M) (a) Examine the challenges to sovereignty of the State in the conte...