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Principal Organs of the Union Government: Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive

YearQuestionAnswer
2026Highlight any five constitutional provisions that restrain the powers of the executive, and evaluate their effectiveness in current times. (15 marks)View answer
2021The role of the President of India becomes more significant during a minority government and a coalition government. Explain.View answer
2020Has the thrust of government tilted towards executive in contemporary Indian Politics? Give your arguments.View answer
2019Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has emerged as the most powerful institution in India. Discuss.View answer
2017How is the President of India: elected? Outline the salient· characteristics of the electoral college of the Indian President.View answer
2013Analyse the position of Prime Minister of India in a coalition regime.View answer
2000The role of Indian Prime Ministers in the federal system was always controversial. Do you agree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer with apt examples.View answer

The Bureaucracy/ Weber’s theory of bureaucracy

YearQuestionAnswer
2018Analyse the arguments in favour and against the lateral entry into higher civil services in India.View answer
2006Critically examine the role and contribution of India's bureaucracy in nation building.View answer
2001Comment Concept of committed bureaucracy.View answer
2000Comment: Corruption in Administration in India and its impact on socio-economic reconstruction.View answer
2000Critically evaluate Weber's ideas on Bureaucracy and highlight the significance of the Weberian model from India's point of view.View answer
1996"The roots of India's growing problems of governability are more political than socioeconomic, that is, they are located in India's political structure." Discuss.View answer
1995Comment: Representative bureaucracies.View answer

Legislature Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, Parliamentary Committees

YearQuestionAnswer
2026Critically comment on the shifts in the functioning of the Indian Parliament in the last two decades. (15 marks)View answer
2024Write approximately 150 words on Relevance of the Legislative Council.View answer
2022Legislative Council is a house without any effective powers. Comment.View answer
2022The Speaker represents the freedom and dignity of the House. Examine.View answer
2013Comment in 150 words: Decline of Indian ParliamentView answer
2004Comment: Parliamentary Committees in India.View answer
1997Discuss the role and limits of the Indians Parliament in checkmating political corruption, with special reference to the Bofors payoff and the Securities scams.View answer
1995The function of a legislature is not merely making of laws. What other functions are expected of a modern legislature?View answer

Principal Organs of the State Government

YearQuestionAnswer
2025Delineate the key factors that have shaped the evolving political landscape in Jammu and Kashmir post 2019.View answer
2018Do the lieutenant Governors have more powers than the Governors of the States? Explain.View answer
2016Critically examine the role of Governor in recent times.View answer
2015Critically analyze the discretionary powers granted to the Governor by the Indian Constitution.View answer
2011In normal conditions, the Governor is a constitutional executive but in case of constitutional crisis, he can become a powerful and effective executive. Discuss.View answer

Supreme Courts, High Courts; Judicial Activism; PIL

YearQuestionAnswer
2025Examine the constitutional provisions and nature of advisory jurisdiction of Supreme Court of India. Evaluate your answer with relevant examples.View answer
2023Do you agree that over the years the Supreme Court has become a forum for policy evolution? Justify your answer.View answer
2021Examine the evolution of the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India as a constitutional court.View answer
2020Answer in 150 words: Judicial overreach in India.View answer
2018Whether judicical activism has undermined or strengthened Parliamentary Democracy in India? Discuss.View answer
2017Judiciary has acquired the role of both, a legislature and an executive in recent years. Examine with suitable examples.View answer
2014Examine the debates on the appointment procedure of judges to the higher judiciary in India.View answer
2013Examine the role of Supreme Court as the final interpreter of the Indian Constitution.View answer
2012Comment on judicial activism and social change. (150 words)View answer
2009Critically examine the arguments being advanced for review of the present system of appointment of judges to the higher judiciary of the country.View answer
2007Explain the concept of Judicial activism, and examine its impact on the relationship between executive and judiciary in India.View answer
2006Comment: Judicial Activism.View answer
2004How does the Supreme Court of India function as the "Guardian of the Constitution" and "protector of the rights of the citizens"?View answer
2001Comment: The debate over judicial activism in India.
1999Write: Public Interest Litigation and Judicial Activism.View answer
1998"The recent spate of judicial activities has created problems for the operation of parliamentary democracy in India." Discuss.View answer
1994Comment: Public interest litigation.View answer
1993Comment: Judicial behaviour.View answer
1991'The role of the Indian Judiciary in recent years has been one of dynamic judicial activism.' Elucidate.View answer

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KISHAN SRIVASTAVA

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