UPSC 2019 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) Resurgence of Political theory (b) Pluralist theory of the State (c) End of Ideology debate (d) Deliberative democracy (e) M. K. Gandhi's concept of Swaraj 2. (20, 15, 15 = 50M) (a) Explain Aristotle's critique of Plato's idealism (b) Examine communitarian perspectives on justice. (c) Compare negative and positive co...