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PSIR Optional at ForumIAS by Amit Pratap Singh

Topic: Political Ideologies

9 August 2026

Define Socialism. Discuss the salient features of Fabian Socialism.

Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Define socialism as social control over the means of production (Tom Bottomore), then position Fabianism as one distinctive strategy within it.Route…

9 August 2026

What do you understand by Multiculturalism? Discuss Bhikhu Parekh’s view on Multiculturalism.

Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Define multiculturalism as the active recognition and accommodation of cultural diversity — beyond mere tolerance.Route 2 Begin with the limit of…

9 August 2026

Comment on the “Nothing against the State, nothing over it, nothing beyond it.” – Mussolini in 150 words

Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Read the maxim as the philosophical core of fascist totalitarianism, reversing the liberal individual–state relationship.Route 2 Open from the interwar crisis…

9 August 2026

Distinguish between liberal feminism and radical feminism.

Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Frame both as responses to women’s subordination that diverge on its origin and its cure.Route 2 Open on the decisive fault-line…

9 August 2026

Explicate the ideological components of Gandhism

Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Note that Gandhism is not a systematic doctrine (Humayun Kabir: a practical idealist) yet forms a coherent ethical–political whole.Route 2 Anchor…

9 August 2026

Comment on the Cultural Relativism in 150 words.

Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Define cultural relativism — practices understood within their own cultural context, not judged by another’s standards.Route 2 Open with its epistemological…

9 August 2026

Fascism displays an ambivalent stance towards parliamentary democracy. Explain.

Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Frame fascism through its oppositions, then locate the ambivalence — hostile to parliament in principle, instrumental in practice.Route 2 Open with…

9 August 2026

Mention the difference between Italian and German brands of fascism.

Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Note the shared interwar origins and common features, then turn to the substantial differences.Route 2 Open on the single sharpest divide…

9 August 2026

Explain how the slogan ‘the personal is political’ addresses the issue of women’s oppression and discrimination?

Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Present the slogan as second-wave feminism’s central claim — that the private sphere is constituted by politics.Route 2 Open with the…

9 August 2026

Marxism is a political theory of action demanding strict compliance with its core principles. Comment.

Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Marxism as praxis: theory must change the world → scientific self-image creates logic of complianceRoute 2 Historical materialism + class struggle…

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