IAS Main Public Administration Question Paper II - 2010

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) holds the Civil Services Examination every year in two parts, i.e. Preliminary Test and Main Examination; the Main Examination comprises a written Test and a Personality Test. The Question paper of the IAS Main Public Adminstration Paper II - 2010 is given below:

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Paper II

Time Allowed: Three Hourse

Maximum Marks: 300

INSTRUCTIONS

Each question is printed both in Hindi and in English.

Answer must be' written in the medium specified in the admission Certificate issued to you, which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer-book  in the space provided for the purpose. No marks will be  given for the answer written in an medium other than that specified in the admission Certificate.

Candidates should attempt Question Nos. 1, and 5 which are compulsory, and any three of the reamining questions selecting at least one question from each Section.

The number of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question.

SECTION- A

1. Attempt the follwoing in not more than 200 words each:-   20×3=60

(a) " The rule of kings depends primarily on written orders...." Why did Kautilya facour Codification of Laws ?

(b) Is is correct to state that " One of the major reasone for the failur of many .... public sectors undetakins was due to departures from the original concept  of autonomy " ?

(c) Does the emergence of an Empowered Group of Ministers at the Central level impair the doctrine of Cabinet resposibility ?

2.(a) It is said that the British made a significant contribution towords modernising the Indian Administrative System on a ' rational-legal' basis. Justify the assessment with reference to the period from 1830 to 1865.     30

(b) Comment on the following statements:- 30

(i) " The more development an administrative system become the greater the likelihood that it would have developmental effects."

(ii) " The thrust of development administrtion failed to energise the Indian bureaucracy."

3. (a) With reference to India, discuss the assertion that administrative reforms are multi- dimensional and need to be substantiated by reforms in other related areas of state action.    30

(b) The prevalence of multiple channels for transfer of ressources form the Centre to the States is stated to have compounded the problems of federal fiscal arrangements. Discuss.   30

4. (a) " In an era of hung parliaments the power of the President expands, nore so when the incumbent decides to be assertive." Comment on the statement with reference to the situation in India during the last two decades.     30

(b) "...... Judges and Courts have creatively reinterpreted their statutory authority and expanded their own power and enhanced btheir standing visa-vis the legislature and executive." Critically examine this assesment.   30

SECTION - B

5. Comment on any THREE  of the following in not more than 200 words each:-    3×20=60

(a) " Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has undergone several changes since its inception in 1980s."

(b)" Civil service neutrality is a fiction. How any thinking person can be neutral?"

(c) States with a record of good governance, it is argued by spokespersons of some states,  lost their earlier sahre from the Finance Commission's award.

6.(a) Explain the context and perpectives of the following statements:-  30

(i) The Planning Commission is " an armchair adviser".

(ii) The Planning Commission should reinvent itself as a systems reforms commission in the backdrop of changes global and domestic scenarios.

7. Comment on each of the following in not more than 200 words each:-    3×20=60

(a) " Non - Governmental Organisations play a catalytic role in enabling communities to define their own priorities..."

(b) The optimism expressed by the proponents of the Financial Responsibility and Budget Management  Act, 2003, in ensuring fiscal discipline appears to be unwarranted.

(c) " The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNURM) is one of the biggest reforms- linked development programmes taken up by the Government."

8. (a) It is argued that the Bhopal gas disaster and the response pattern to it reflect multipla vulnerabilities relating to systems of corporate social responsibility governance at local, state and central levels, and legal safeguards and liabilities.

Comment on this assesment.    30

(b) With the creation of new regulatory agencies in the wake of liberalisation, overlapping jurisdictions and conflicts became  the new trend. Is there need for the creation of a super-regulator or unified regulator ?    30