Author: Amit Pratap Singh

Hello Aspirants Today it’s about first part of Indian Political thought– Nature, Sources, Characteristics, Dharma shastras, Mahabharata Tradition, Buddhist Political Thought, Jain Political Thought, Kautilya’s Arthashastra.   Some of you take it lightly but UPSC likes to ask big questions from this section (either 15 or 20 Marks). So, across Dharamshastra, Arthashastra, and the Buddhist… Continue reading PSIR Power 50 – Day 10 Capsule: IPT- Part1/2 + Practice Qs

Hello Aspirants Today it’s about Ideologies again – Fascism, Gandhism, Feminism, Value pluralism, Multi-culturalism, Post-modernism, and End-of-Ideology. Classification across all the ideologies is not neat due to overlaps with other topics but  across these topics- Fascism, Feminism, Post-modernism, and End-of-Ideology, there are 5 ten-mark, 3 fifteen-mark, and 1 twenty-mark questions in last 12 years. PSIR… Continue reading PSIR Power 50 – Day 9 Capsule: Ideologies – Part 2/2+ Practice Qs

Hello Aspirants Today its about Ideologies Liberalism, Socialism and Marxism. UPSC has 3 ten-mark, 5 fifteen-mark, and 4 twenty-mark mark question from these three ideologies in last 12 years. IDEOLOGY – CORE DEFINITIONS & DEBATES Line of thought Key scholars One-line gist Core concepts/keywords “Science of ideas” origin Destutt de Tracy Coined idéologie as the… Continue reading PSIR Power 50 – Day 8 Capsule: Ideologies- Part1/2 + Practice Qs

Hello Aspirants Here, I give you the summarized version of everything that I taught you in this topic in PSIR Optional Foundation classes. If you are not able to recall the concept or scholar, then go back to class notes and handouts. PSIR Topics UPSC has asked 4 ten-mark questions, 5 fifteen-mark questions, and 2… Continue reading PSIR Power 50 – Day 7 Capsule: Power + Practice Qs

Hello Aspirants Here, I give you the summarised version of everything that I taught you in this topic in PSIR Optional Foundation classes. If you are not able to recall the concept or scholar, then go back to class notes and handouts. UPSC has asked 4 ten-mark questions, 7 fifteen-mark questions, and 1 twenty-mark question… Continue reading PSIR Power 50 – Day 6 Capsule: Democracy + Practice Qs

Here, I give you the summarized version of everything that I taught you in this topic in PSIR Optional Foundation classes. If you are not able to recall the scholar or a concept, then go back to class notes and handouts. UPSC has asked 3 ten-mark questions, 5 fifteen-mark questions, and 5 twenty-mark questions from… Continue reading PSIR Power 50 – Day 5 Capsule: Rights theories + Practice Qs

Here, I give you the summarised version of everything that I taught you in this topic in PSIR Optional Foundation classes. If you are not able to recall the scholar or concept, then go back to class notes and handouts. UPSC has asked 4 ten-mark questions, 5 fifteen-mark questions, and no twenty-mark questions from this… Continue reading PSIR Power 50 – Day 4 Capsule: Equality + Practice Qs

Hello Aspirants, Day 2 brings the topic Theories of State. Many of you tell me in mentorship sessions, “I can’t finish revision,” “I’m unsure what counts as enough content,” or “I never complete the paper on time.” These capsules targets all three: crisp recall cues, analytic depth, and subtle hints on how O-AWFG mini-tests and… Continue reading PSIR Power 50 – Day 2 Capsule: Theories of State + Practice Qs