Compare and contrast the President’s power to pardon in India and in the USA. Are there any limits to it in both the countries? What are ‘pre-emptive pardons’?
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112 questions on Governance and Social Justice from GS-II. 42 have model answers. Practice answer writing with detailed solutions organized by UPSC syllabus subtopics.
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42
Model Answers
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13
Years
34 questions • 2013–2025
17 questions • 2013–2022
16 questions • 2013–2022
16 questions • 2013–2024
12 questions • 2015–2020
11 questions • 2013–2022
8 questions • 2014–2025
Number of questions asked each year
Compare and contrast the President’s power to pardon in India and in the USA. Are there any limits to it in both the countries? What are ‘pre-emptive pardons’?
“The Attorney General of India plays a crucial role in guiding the legal framework of the Union Government and ensuring sound governance through legal counsel.” Discuss his responsibilities, rights and limitations in this regard.
Women’s social capital complements in advancing empowerment and gender equity. Explain.
e-governance projects have a built-in bias towards technology and back-end integration than user-centric designs. Examine.
Civil Society Organizations are often perceived as being anti-State actors than non-State actors. Do you agree? Justify.
“With the waning of globalization, post-Cold War world is becoming a site of sovereign nationalism.” Elucidate.
What are environmental pressure groups? Discuss their role in raising awareness, influencing policies and advocating for environmental protection in India.
Inequality in the ownership pattern of resources is one of the major causes of poverty. Discuss in the context of ‘paradox of poverty’.
“In contemporary development models, decision-making and problem-solving responsibilities are not located close to the source of information and execution defeating the objectives of development.” Critically evaluate.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has to address the challenges faced by children in the digital era. Examine the existing policies and suggest measures the Commission can initiate to tackle the issue.
“The duty of the Comptroller and Auditor General is not merely to ensure the legality of expenditure but also its propriety.” Comment.
Public charitable trusts have the potential to make India's development more inclusive as they relate to certain vital public issues. Comment.
Poverty and malnutrition create a vicious cycle, adversely affecting human capital formation. What steps can be taken to break the cycle?
“The West is fostering India as an alternative to reduce dependence on China's supply chain and as a strategy to counter China's political and economic dominance.” Explain this statement with examples.
Critically analyse India's evolving diplomatic, economic and strategic relations with the Central Asian Republics (CARs) highlighting their increasing significance in regional and global geopolitics.
The Citizens' Charter has been a landmark initiative in ensuring citizen-centric administration. But it is yet to reach its full potential. Identify the factors hindering the realisation of its promise and suggest measures to overcome them.
In a crucial domain like the public healthcare system the Indian State should play a vital role to contain the adverse impact of marketisation of the system. Suggest some measures through which the State can enhance the reach of public healthcare at the grassroots level.
e-governance is not just about the routine application of digital technology in service delivery process. It is as much about multifarious interactions for ensuring transparency and accountability. In this context evaluate the role of the ‘Interactive Service Model’ of e-governance.
Discuss the geopolitical and geostrategic importance of Maldives for India with a focus on global trade and energy flows. Further, also discuss how this relationship affects India's maritime security and regional stability amidst international competition.
The crucial aspect of development process has been the inadequate attention paid to Human Resource Development in India. Suggest measures that can address this inadequacy.
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112 questions on Governance and Social Justice have appeared in GS-II from 2013 to 2025. 42 of these have model answers available.
The UPSC syllabus subtopics under Governance and Social Justice include: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountabi (34 questions); Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by (17 questions); Pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their r (16 questions); Issues relating to development and management of Social Sect (16 questions); Issues relating to poverty and hunger; Poverty and developme (12 questions); Government policies and interventions for development in var (11 questions); Role of civil services in a democracy (8 questions).
In the most recent years: 2025 (10 questions), 2024 (9 questions), 2023 (8 questions). This shows Governance and Social Justice remains a consistently important topic for GS-II.
Focus on high-frequency subtopics: Important aspects of governance, transparency and , Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the pop, Pressure groups and formal/informal associations a. Practice answer writing with previous year questions and study the model answers provided.