UPSC 2018 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. Answer the following in about 150 words each: (10*5 = 50M) (a) John Stuart Mill is a 'reluctant democrat'. - C. L. Wayper (b) Decline of Political Theory (c) Distributive Justice (d) Substantive Democracy (e) "Nothing against the State, nothing over it, nothing beyond it." - Mussolini 2. (20, 15, 15 = 50M) (a) Critically examine the neo-liberal theory of State. (b) Anal...