Model Question and Answer For IAS-Mains Public Administration Exam

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In IAS-Mains Examination there are some areas of special emphasis, and from some other areas every year few questions come directly or indirectly, some questions are based upon recent developments, some questions are from administrative committee report and some questions are from IIPA journals. The domain is very elaborate and you do not have enough time to spend on a particular area, so on your behalf we took this responsibility to make hard work and research for extracting these things.

Thereafter comes the problem of Model Answer for getting high marks in IAS-Mains Examination because a good answer in Public Administration should be highly analytical as you know Public Administration is most interdisciplinary among social sciences. As I also analysed in my old article :-
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NEW! Model Question and Answer - 2019-2020

• Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2019-2020: Crime as punishment push democracy to the brink of lawlessness. Comment

• Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2019-2020: Citizenship Bill conform to India’s constitutional spirit and does not violate Article 14. Comment

• Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2019-2020: Lure of “instant justice” stems from the fact that the criminal justice system has failed in the country. Comment

• Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2019-2020: Citizenship Act is an extension of and commitment to the idea of secularism. Comment

• Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2019-2020: Supreme Court has to act with urgency to protect citizens from executive excesses. Discuss

• Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2019-2020: The unregulated use of private datasets in governance has made more visible, or are being invisiblised, through the use of this data. Discuss

• Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2019-2020: What is economic justice and do all citizens get economic justice?

• Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2019-2020: JNU violence has raised questions about the conduct of Police and onus is on the force to restore its credibility

• Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2019-2020: Governor is Constitutional head of the state not just a rubber stamp. Comment it on the context of recent Kerala controversy

• Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2019-2020: Recent Supreme Court ruling on Kashmir internet shutdown limits arbitrariness of executive power. Comment.

Model Question and Answer - 2018

• Public Administration Mains 2018: Model Question and Answer : Do you think Right to Privacy is now also a Right against torture. Give your arguments.

• Public Administration Mains 2018: Model Question and Answer : Do you think Demonetization was helpful in recovering the black money in India ? Give your arguments.

• Public Administration Mains 2018: Model Question and Answer : Discuss the State Human Rights Commission concern over armed forces in Jammu and Kashmir.

• Public Administration Mains 2018: Model Question and Answer : Investigating Agencies lacking professional skills and are tools for partisan political objectives.

• Public Administration Mains 2018: Model Question and Answer : Aadhaar-based biometric authentication (ABBA) is relentlessly pushed by the Central government, without attention to the disastrous consequences.

• Public Administration Mains 2018: Model Question and Answer : In a working democracy there must be a concentrated effort for a independent judiciary. Discuss in the context of the recent controversy

• Public Administration Mains 2018: Aadhaar cannot tackle PDS corruption, it can be only eradicated through greater transparency and effective accountability. Comment.

• Public Administration Mains 2018: What is Office of Profit row and related disqualification?

• Public Administration Mains 2018: A trustworthy UID project makes India a leader in digital innovation.

• Public Administration Mains 2018:Civil Society Organisations mobilized social movements in India.

• Public Administration Mains 2018:Why there is all time need for the office of Governor to be non-partisan, and to be seen to be so too ?

• Public Administration Mains 2018:What do you mean by government litigation and its possible solutions?

• Public Administration Mains 2018:Why there is demand of reforming India’s welfare system for efficient redistribution?

• Public Administration Mains 2018:Discuss current scenario of undermining the space of the institution of Parliament in India.

• Public Administration Mains 2018:Discuss Sedition law in India as a part of provisions under Fundamental Rights and IPC.

• Public Administration Mains 2018:Discuss Electoral Bonds in the context of transparency in political funding.

• Public Administration Mains 2018:Discuss pros and cons of “One nation, One poll”.

• Public Administration Mains 2018:Discuss issue of Office of Profit in the context of legislature’s institutional separation.

• Public Administration Mains 2018:Kautilya said in the Arthashastra , and during that time, when judges delivered a judgment, they did so in an open court.

• Public Administration Mains 2018:PNB scandal points incomplete financial sector reforms , failure of risk management and auditing systems.

• Public Administration Mains 2018:PNB scandal points incomplete financial sector reforms , failure of risk management and auditing systems.

• Public Administration Mains 2018:The buck stops with Chief Secretary no matter which department is involved. Comment in the context of recent controversy

• Public Administration Mains 2018:Aadhaar-based welfare delivery systems neither improved targeted welfare nor facilitated more inclusive system ?

• Public Administration Mains 2018: In the interests of democracy and social justice, the Supreme court must revisit its SC/ST Act judgement

• Public Administration Mains 2018:India does not have a legal framework for data protection?

• Public Administration Mains 2018: Time has come to debate on the pattern of training and system of evaluation

• Public Administration Mains 2018:Why Committees for reforms falls into bureaucratic trap

• Public Administration Mains 2018:What is data driven governance architecture ? Why it is now ripe time for government to create it

• Public Administration Mains 2018:There is need to draw the line for Governor to avert the subversion of Democracy

• Public Administration Mains 2018:The Delhi CM and LG saga is institutionalizing a new culture of institutional subversion and pettiness at highest level

• Public Administration Mains 2018: There is need of federal consensus on making of a policy on river water sharing

• Public Administration Mains 2018:Dhaka’s transformation of water services has lessons for India. Comment

• Public Administration Mains 2018:Comment on steps to make India’s bureaucracy transparent, efficient and accessible

• Public Administration Mains 2018:The IAS officer’s loyalty is with the people, constitution and the nation

• Public Administration Mains 2018:The police force needs to be freed from the executive hold and given functional autonomy to enforce the law

• Public Administration Mains 2018:UPSC say in the selection of DGPs in states hurting the principles of federalism

• Public Administration Mains 2018:Delayed and failed wage payments under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is undermining the entire programme

• Public Administration Mains 2018:The law of justice do not see the need to “save” the Constitution but simply ask the political class to follow one

• Public Administration Mains 2018:The mob lynching and failure of law and order machinery is addressing the vexed issue of police reforms

• Public Administration Mains 2018:What is the significance of No-confidence motion in parliamentary Democracy like India ?

• Public Administration Mains 2018:Solving Corruption and poverty needs an accountable and adventurous state.

• Public Administration Mains 2018 :Why there is talk of introducing Community Policing ?

• Public Administration Mains 2018:The judiciary is the last hope of the people, more effectively than ever before to ensure justice.

• Public Administration Mains 2018:Supreme Court verdict on Section 377 will spark many challenges.

  Model Question and Answer - 2017

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 :Boards and Commissions have their obvious advantages ,yet due caution must be excercised in setting up bodies headed plural chief executives. comment"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 :An antagonistic relationship between media and government represents vital and healthy element of fully functional democracy. Comment"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 :The authority of the Governor in the discretionary field is not unrestrained. If it is misused ... the President can check him / her and if necessary, he may even remove the Governor: Examine this statement critically in the context of the Office of the Governor. Comment"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 :"E-governance is the final arrival of Max Weber's 'iron cage of rationality '. Discuss"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : There are numerous considerations and several steps in an effective performance appraisal. Explain.

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : What is fact and value debate in Simon's Decision Making ?"Comment"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 :Administrative Tribunals have often been described as 'Organized Lawlessness'. Comment"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Importance of fiscal policy for a developing economy. Discuss"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Write a note on 'Ecology and Administration.

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Public administration can be portrayed as a wheel of relationships focused on the formulation and implementation of public policy." Explain.

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : What are the key issue areas in operationalising PPP ? "Explain"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : What is 'Classical' in Classical theory of organization ? "Explain"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : According to Weber, in a social system the manner in which power is legitimized determines the nature of administrative system. Elucidate

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Woodrow Wilson has been under attack for sometimes and his reputation as the father of discipline of public administration has been questioned. Comment"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Discuss the issues and confusion regarding the role of newly formed NITI Aayog.

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Discuss Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Political Corruption is the dirtiest of all forms of corruption in the country. "Comment"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Anti-development thesis represents a final break from the traditional paradigm of development. "Comment"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Judicial activism in India acquired importance due to public interest litigation. "Comment"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : With the Creation of new regulatory agencies in the wake of liberalization, overlapping jurisdictions and conflicts become the new trend. Is there need for the creation of a Super - regulator or unified regulator ? "Comment"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : The blame for our poor public sector performance can be laid on the way our bureaucracy is structured. "Comment"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Do you think privacy is a fundamental right ? Discuss in the context of recent Judgment of the Supreme court. "Comment"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Do you think Verdict on Triple Talaq would speed up Uniform Civil Code report ? "Argue"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Explain with appropriate illustrations the interface between political culture and bureaucratic culture in contemporary India.

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Good Economics and Bad Politics cannot coexist in a sound budgetary process." Discuss"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Discuss the performance of Indian Parliament after independence.

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : What is administrative ethics and differentiate it with societal ethics. "Discuss"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Discuss the principal considerations in developing a sound remuneration for civil servants.

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Do you think there is urgent need for redefining the role of Governor? "Comment"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Discuss why Article 370 of Indian Constitution was in news recently ?

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : How Peter’s principle application to India give way for lateral entry ?

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Dicey' s view on administrative law have been overly criticized. "Comment"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Explain the problems in planning process at State and district level.

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Do you think there should be control to ensure the accountability ? "Comment"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : What are the various State theories with its Public Policy ? "Comment"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : What are the problems inherent in upward communication ?"Comment"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Discuss the role of bureaucracy in handling the affairs of Ministry of Defence (MoD).

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : How Party- Political Secularism Corrupted Constitutional Secularism ?"Discuss"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : "What is meant by expression Human Resource Development ? Explain its importance in developing countries."

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Discuss the view that despite different contexts, administrative maxims of Kautilya’s Arthashastra bear considerable similarity with features of Weber’s ideal bureaucratic model.

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Discuss the importance of Communication in Motivation.

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Discuss the main concerns and outcomes of Minnowbrook Conference III.

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Do you think the difference between development and anti-development activities of government is unrealistic ?

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : The incrementalist paradigm posits a conservative tendency in public policy making.

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Dror's Optimal Model is a fusion of the economically rational model with the extra - rational model. Comment.

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Do you think Techniques like PERT and CPM help in effective office management ? "Comment"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Simon's decision making appears as the core field of public administration but his logical positivist underpinning is problematic. Examine the statement.   

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : British Administration stifled the Village Self Rule in India. Comment .

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Discuss the need of police reforms to make Professional Police forces.

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : The prismatic model of Riggs is equally applicable to developing as well as developed society. Comment .

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Development administration is characterised by its purposes, loyalties and attitudes. "Explain"

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Memorandum of Understanding scheme' between government and public enterprise has forced public undertakings to improve the overall performance. "Comment".

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Delegated Legislation is a consequence of intensive form of government and caution needs to be excercised to ensure that it does not degenerate into 'new despotism'.

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : What are the differences between a Leader and a Manager ?

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Discuss the nature and role of advisory bodies in governance with citing examples from Indian Administration.

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : Discuss the extent to which we can call human relations school as 'neo-classical' school.

  • Public Administration Model Question & Answer 2017 : "Legitimate authority flows from coordination, not coordination from authority (Follet). Comment"