Indian culture : The salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times. | #IndianCultureQuestions |
Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues. | #ModernIndianHistoryQuestions
The Freedom Struggle – its various stages and important contributors /contributions from different parts of the country. | #TheFreedomStruggleQuestions
Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country | #PostIndependenceQuestions
History of the world will include events from 18th century such as industrial revolution, world wars, | #WorldHistoryQuestions
Redrawal of national boundaries, Colonization, decolonization | #ColonizationDecolonizationQuestions
Political philosophies like communism, capitalism, socialism etc.- their forms and effect on the society | #PoliticaPhilosophyQuestions
Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India. | #IndiaSocietyQuestions
Role of women and women’s organization, | #RoleOfWomenQuestions
Population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies. | #DevelopmentalIssuesQuestions
Effects of globalization on Indian society | #EffectsOfGlobalizationQuestions
Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism. | #EmpowermentSecularismQuestions
Salient features of world’s physical geography | #WorldGeographyQuestions
Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian subcontinent); | #NaturalResourcesQuestions
Factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India) | #IndustriesQuestions
Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., | #GeographicPhenomenaQuestions
Geographical features and their location- changes in critical geographical features (including water bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes. | #GeographicalFeautresQuestions
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Indian Constitution– historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.Comparison of the Indian constitutional scheme with that of other countries| Tag | #IndianConstitutionQuestions
Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein. | #UnionandStatesQuestions | Tag
Separation of powers between various organs;Dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions | Tags | #SeperationofPowersQuestions
Parliament and State Legislatures – structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these | #ParliamentQuestions
Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary, Ministries and Departments of the Government; | #ExecutiveJudiciaryQuestions | Tag
Pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity. | #PressureGroupsQuestions | Tag
Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act. | #RPAQuestions | Tag
Appointment to various Constitutional posts, powers, functions and responsibilities of various
Constitutional Bodies; Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies | #ConstitutionalPostsQuestions | Tag
Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. | #DevelopmentPoliciesQuestions | Tag
Development processes and the development industry– the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders | #DevelopmentIndustryQuestions | Tag
Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the
performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the
protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections. | #WelfareSchemesQuestions | Tag
Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. | #DevelopmentManagementQuestions | Tag
Issues relating to poverty and hunger. | #PovertyQuestions | Tag
Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency &accountability and institutional and other measures. | #GovernanceTransperancyQuestions | Tag
Role of civil services in a democracy. | #CivilServicesQuestions | Tag
India and its neighborhood- relations. | #IRNeighboursQuestions | Tag
Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests | #IRBilateralQuestions | Tag
Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests,| #IRPoliciesQuestions | Tag
Indian Diaspora. | #DiasporaQuestions | Tag’
Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate. | #IRInstitutionsQuestions | Tag
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Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment. | #IndianEconomyQuestions | Tag | Articles
Inclusive growth and issues arising from it. | #InclusiveGrowthQuestions | Tag | Articles
Government Budgeting. | #BudgetingQuestions | Tag | Articles
Major crops cropping patterns in various parts of the country; Different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage, transport and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints; e-technology in the aid of farmersEconomics of animal-rearing; Food processing and related industries in India- scope and significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management. Technology missions;| #AgricultureQuestions | Tag | Articles
Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; | #SubsidiesQuestions | Tag | Articles
Public Distribution System– objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security; | #PDSQuestions | Tag | Articles
Land reforms in India. | #LandReformsQuestions | Tag | Articles
Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth. | #LiberalizationQuestions | Tag | Articles
Science and Technology– developments and their applications and effects in everyday life, Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology, Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-technology, bio-technology | #SandTQuestions | Tag | Articles and
Issues relating to intellectual property rights. | #IPRQuestions | Tag | Articles
Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation , Environmental impact assessment | #EnvironmentQuestions | Tag | Articles
Disaster and disaster management. | #DisasterManagementQuestions | Tag | Articles
Linkages between development and spread of extremism. | #DevelopmentExtremismQuestions | Tag | Articles
Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security. | #StateNonStateQuestions | Tag | Articles
Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, | #InternalSecurityQuestions | Tag | Articles
Basics of cyber security; | #CuberSecurityQuestions | Tag | Articles
Money-laundering and its prevention | #MoneyLaunderingQuestions | Tag | Articles
Security challenges and their management in border areas; linkages of organized crime with
terrorism | #BorderSecurityQuestions | Tag | Articles
Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate. | #SecurityForcesQuestions | Tag | Articles
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Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics in private and public relationships. | #EthicsQuestions | Tag | Articles
Human Values – lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; | #HumanValuesQuestions | Tag | Articles
Role of family, society and educational institutions in inculcating values. | #RoleofFamilyQuestions | Tag | Articles
Attitude: content, structure, function; its influence and relation with thought and behaviour; moral and political attitudes; social influence and persuasion. | #AttitudeQuestions | Tag | Articles
Aptitude and foundational values for Civil Service , integrity, impartiality and non-partisanship, objectivity, dedication to public service, empathy, tolerance and compassion towards the weaker sections. | #Aptitude#AptitudeQuestions | Tag | Articles
Emotional intelligence-concepts, and their utilities and application in administration and governance. | #EmotionalIntelligenceQuestions | Tag | Articles
Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and world. | #MoralThinkersQuestions | Tag | Articles
Public/Civil service values and Ethics in Public administration: Status and problems; ethical concerns and dilemmas in government and private institutions; laws, rules, regulations and conscience as sources of ethical guidance; accountability and ethical governance; strengthening of ethical and moral values in governance; | #CivilServiceValuesQuestions | Tag | Articles
Ethical issues in international relations and funding; corporate governance. | #EthicsinIRQuestions | Tag | Articles
Probity in Governance: Concept of public service; Philosophical basis of governance and probity; Information sharing and transparency in government, Right to Information, Codes of Ethics, Codes of Conduct, Citizen’s Charters, Work culture, Quality of service delivery, Utilization of public funds, challenges of corruption. | #ProbityinGovernanceQuestions | Tag | Articles
Case Studies on above issues. | #EthicsCaseStudiesQuestions | Tag | Articles
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