UPSC 2016 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) "How would I and my fellow human beings behave if we were to find ourselves in a state of nature, and what does this behaviour tell us about our innate predispositions?" (Thomas Hobbes) (b) The Post-Behavioural Approach (c) Affirmative Action (d) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar's idea of state socialism (e) Gramsci's conc...