Previous Year Questions Analysis

Polity

Q No About the Question Topic Source and relevance Nature and

Conclusion
2021
1.

1. Aadhar data sharing with pvt. Corp, Aadhar, Data Direct from Hindu Current Focus on
mandatory use for Consolidated Fund Privacy and 2019 article (Sep 2019) + in recent amendment
benefits, mandatory usage in insurance Aadhar news about Aadhar
products, metadata storage limit amendment 2019 amendment
2. Rajya Sabha v Lok Sabha – equal Powers of LS and Conceptual - Standard Static – conceptual
powers in (All India Services, RS - Parliament static book clarity from
amendments, removal of Govt and cut Laxmikanth
motions)
3. MP LADS – usage for durable assets, MPLADS Fund Direct from news + in Current – hot topic –
SC/ST benefits, sanctioning duration Scheme – news for suspension if anything in news,
and carry forward (procedure), procedures and due to Covid crisis depth study of details
inspection by Dist authority functioning
4. FR – protection against untouchability Fundamental Easy and direct – Factual details
as form of discrimination rights standard static sources
5. Separation of judiciary from executive – Separation of Medium and direct – Conceptual – origin of
flows from? Preamble, DPSP, 7th powers – origin standard static sources the feature of the
schedule, conventional process polity
6. Macroeconomic Framework Statement Budget and parts Medium and research – Imp of Govt docs –
mandated under? Art 112, 113, – origin standard static sources Budget – all parts +
parliamentary convention or FRBM + Google background background and
rules history
7. Constitutional Government definition? Basic polity Easy and conceptual – Conceptual – features
By legislature, popular govt, multiparty concepts – standard static source and definitions of
govt or limited govt? government (NCERT) basic political
structures
8. UDHR reflection in Indian Constitution? FR and UDHR + Medium and Need to relate with
Preamble, DPSP, Fund Duties Fund duties and conceptual – static int concepts
DPSP - nature sources
9. Legal Services Authority – provide free Legal Aid (DPSP) - Difficult – not in books Use common sense
legal services to which categories? details + not in news and eliminate.
11. Parliamentary form of Govt? All political Form of Medium and Thorough with basic
parties represented, resp to parl and government – conceptual – static concepts – can be
can be removed by it. Elected by people parliamentary sources found in NCERT
and removed by it? (basic polity)
12. Idea of welfare state? DPSP, FR, DPSP – features Easy and basic – static Very easy - remember
Preamble or Seventh Schedule? sources basic ideas
13. Basic structure defined by Constitution? Basic feature and Medium, conceptual – Easy, but play of
Judicial review provided by judicial review – static sources words (CAREFUL)
Constitution? features
14. Common between Gandhi and Marx? Ideas of political Difficult – can’t be Prior knowledge +
Stateless society, class struggle, private thinkers found in one single eleimination
property abolition, economic source
determinism