UPSC 2021 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) Feminist critique of the State (b) Affirmative action (c) Equality of outcome as a political idea (d) Tools of legitimation of the State (e) J. S. Mill's ideas on women suffrage 2. (20, 15, 15 = 50M) (a) How has Rawls enriched the idea of justice in liberalism? (b) Examine the importance of behavioural approach in political theory. Wha...