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CGPSC Mains 2014: previous year questions

Every question as the commission asked it, paper by paper. Where a question matches a syllabus topic, it links there, with notes for the topic.

Paper-3

  1. Write two places of Indus Civilization where evidence of agriculture was found.Write your answer →
  2. What were the common features of Vedic Gods?Write your answer →
  3. What was the message of the Saints of Nirguna-Bhakti?Write your answer →
  4. Mention the famous poets of the Awadhi language of Medieval India.Write your answer →
  5. Write two main objectives of the Brahma Samaj.Write your answer →
  6. When was Ramakrishna Mission founded? Where is its headquarters? Write its three aims.Write your answer →
  7. What demand did Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak put before the Paris Peace Conference of 1919?Write your answer →
  8. Write the contribution of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya.Write your answer →
  9. Why is the reign of Mahashivgupta Balarjuna called the 'Golden Age' in the history of Chhattisgarh?Write your answer →
  10. During whose period did the Bhonslas attack Chhattisgarh?Write your answer →
  11. Who had killed Sargent Major Sidwel and when?Write your answer →
  12. What districts were joined together to form the separate Chhattisgarh state?Write your answer →
  13. What are the philosophical bases of the Indian Constitution?Write your answer →
  14. Describe the main objectives of the Fundamental Duties mentioned in the Indian Constitution.Write your answer →
  15. Discuss the Gandhian elements in the Directive Principles of State Policy.Syllabus: Part IV- Directive Principles of State PolicyWrite your answer →
  16. What is the procedure for the election of the Vice-President of India?Write your answer →
  17. Discuss the meaning of Private Administration.Write your answer →
  18. Define Organization.Write your answer →
  19. Explain ‘Coordination’.Write your answer →
  20. Discuss the principle of classification of Parliamentary and Presidential Governments.Write your answer →
  21. Throw light on the architecture of the Gupta Age.Write your answer →
  22. What were the cultural achievements of the Vijayanagar Kingdom?Write your answer →
  23. What was the role of Mahatma Gandhi in the Champaran Movement?Write your answer →
  24. Examine the safety valve theory in the establishment of the Indian National Congress.Syllabus: Establishment of Indian National CongressWrite your answer →
  25. What was ‘Kamavisdar’ in the Maratha administration?Write your answer →
  26. Why is Dhamakheda famous?Write your answer →
  27. Discuss the birth and objectives of the Indian National Congress.Syllabus: Establishment of Indian National CongressWrite your answer →
  28. ‘The Indian Constitution is both flexible and rigid.’ Explain this statement.Write your answer →
  29. What are the methods of 'Direct Democracy'?Write your answer →
  30. Explain the concept of Administrative Development and analyze its significance for Development Administration.Write your answer →
  31. Discuss briefly the major sects of Buddhism.Write your answer →
  32. Explain the role of Bhagat Singh in the revolutionary movement of India.Write your answer →
  33. Write a note on the 'Bhoomkal' of Bastar.Write your answer →
  34. ‘Right to Constitutional Remedies is the soul and spirit of the entire Constitution.’ Discuss.Syllabus: Right to Constitutional Remedies,( writs)Write your answer →
  35. Write a critical note on Citizens’ Charter.Write your answer →
  36. Discuss the major peasant movements in Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  37. ‘Judicial review has tended to become Judicial Legislation, bringing the Judiciary and Parliament into conflict.’ Examine this statement.Write your answer →
  38. Analyze the role of the state and non-state institutions in policy formulation.Write your answer →
  39. Outline the importance of the following Acts in the Constitutional development of India:Write your answer →
  40. (i) Act of 1858Write your answer →
  41. (ii) Act of 1909Write your answer →
  42. (iii) Act of 1919Write your answer →
  43. (iv) Act of 1935Write your answer →
  44. Outline the contribution of the following in the Indian freedom struggle:Write your answer →
  45. (i) Personality of Netaji Subhas Chandra BoseWrite your answer →
  46. (ii) Contribution of INAWrite your answer →
  47. (iii) Trials of INA freedom fighters and its resultsWrite your answer →

Paper-4

  1. Give two examples each of Reversible and Irreversible reactions.Syllabus: Fast and slow chemical reactionsWrite your answer →
  2. Define metals and non-metals with examples.Write your answer →
  3. What do you understand by smelting and roasting of ores?Write your answer →
  4. What is decarboxylation? Explain it using acetic acid as an example.Write your answer →
  5. What do you mean by total internal reflection?Syllabus: Total internal reflection, use of total internal reflection in daily…Write your answer →
  6. What do you mean by the power of a lens?Write your answer →
  7. Write any two properties of magnetic lines of force.Syllabus: Magnetic keepers, magnetic lines of force and their propertiesWrite your answer →
  8. Define specific resistance. What is its unit in the SI system?Write your answer →
  9. How will you prove that carbon dioxide is necessary for photosynthesis?Write your answer →
  10. Define and explain briefly the process of ‘Parthenogenesis’ with examples.Write your answer →
  11. What is Diabetes? Write its various types.Write your answer →
  12. Describe the structure of female reproductive parts of a flower.Write your answer →
  13. Write names of four greenhouse gases.Write your answer →
  14. Write the full form of RISAT. What are its uses?Write your answer →
  15. What is a Bio-fertilizer? Write its three examples.Write your answer →
  16. What are two main conditions of a geo-stationary orbit?Write your answer →
  17. Define Thermal Pollution.Write your answer →
  18. Define Species Diversity.Write your answer →
  19. Define In-situ conservation.Write your answer →
  20. Define Cyclone.Write your answer →
  21. Define corrosion of metals. Describe two methods for protection from corrosion.Write your answer →
  22. The [H+] concentration of a solution is 3.8 × 10⁻² M. Calculate the pH of this solution. (Given that log₁₀ 3.8 = 0.58).Write your answer →
  23. What is nuclear fission? Explain with an example.Write your answer →
  24. Explain electromagnetic induction.Write your answer →
  25. What is the ‘Respiratory Quotient’ (R.Q.)? Among Carbohydrates and Fats, which has a lower R.Q. and why?Write your answer →
  26. Explain briefly ‘Oparin’s Theory’ of Organic Evolution.Syllabus: Heredity and evolutionWrite your answer →
  27. What is LED? Write its four benefits over a conventional light bulb.Write your answer →
  28. What is computer malware? Explain it.Write your answer →
  29. Define Population Explosion.Write your answer →
  30. Define Sound Pollution.Write your answer →
  31. Describe the position of the nitrogen group in the periodic table. Why is a nitrogen molecule chemically inert at room temperature? Comment on the nature of oxides and oxo-acids of nitrogen.Syllabus: Metals - Position of metals in the periodic table and general properties. MetalWrite your answer →
  32. What is the principle of an electric motor? Explain its working.Write your answer →
  33. What is Excretion? Explain the process of ‘Urine’ formation through Nephron.Write your answer →
  34. What do you understand by drip irrigation? What are its advantages?Write your answer →
  35. What are major air pollutants? How do they affect the life of living beings?Write your answer →
  36. Discuss different conventional energy sources. Describe their advantages and disadvantages.Write your answer →
  37. Discuss the principle and working of primary and secondary cells.Syllabus: Primary and secondary cells their properties and drawbackWrite your answer →
  38. Describe briefly that the Hypothalmo-hypophyseal system is the leader of the endocrine orchestra. Illustrate the main hormonal functions of various endocrine glands.Write your answer →
  39. Write an essay on the development of science and technology in India.Syllabus: Role of Information Technology in Rural India, basic knowledge of…Write your answer →
  40. Describe the quick vinegar process for the preparation of acetic acid with chemical equations.Write your answer →
  41. How is acetic acid prepared from the following compounds? i) CH₃CN ii) C₂H₅OH iii) CH₃CONH₂ iv) Grignard Reagent (CH₃MgX) v) CH₃COOC₂H₅Write your answer →
  42. What do you mean by the acidic nature (strength) of acetic acid? Explain why formic acid is stronger than acetic acid.Write your answer →
  43. Describe the reactions of acetic acid with the following compounds and give the equation and name of the product: i) NH₃ ii) PCl₅ iii) LiAlH₄ iv) SOCl₂ v) C₂H₅OHWrite your answer →
  44. What are Urban and Industrial Solid Wastes? Mention their control measures and management.Syllabus: Solid waste managment - Urban and Industrial solid waste managementWrite your answer →
  45. Describe briefly the Biogeographic Regions of India.Write your answer →

Paper-5

  1. How does the Tendulkar Committee define the poverty line in India?Write your answer →
  2. What is the concept of Public-Private Partnership (PPP)?Write your answer →
  3. Mention the objectives of the ‘Sinking Fund’.Write your answer →
  4. Is income generation the only objective of imposing tax by the Government?Write your answer →
  5. What is “Value-Added Tax” (VAT)?Write your answer →
  6. Differentiate between ‘Gross Domestic Product (at factor cost)’ and ‘Gross Domestic Product (at market price)’.Write your answer →
  7. What is “Frictional Unemployment”?Write your answer →
  8. What is the Gandhian Strategy of Planning?Write your answer →
  9. Describe the characteristics of the Cuddapah rock series in Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  10. Describe the Godavari river drainage system in Chhattisgarh State.Write your answer →
  11. Describe the sanctuaries of Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  12. What do you mean by ‘Asha Deep’?Write your answer →
  13. What is the estimated per capita income and its growth rate for Chhattisgarh in 2014-15 at constant prices of 2004-05?Write your answer →
  14. What changes occurred in the 0-6 age group population in rural areas of Chhattisgarh between 2001-2011?Write your answer →
  15. Define the Capital Account.Write your answer →
  16. What are the institutional sources of rural credit in Chhattisgarh?Syllabus: Public Debt compositionWrite your answer →
  17. Write the Thermal Power Projects in Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  18. What is the ‘Indira Hareli Saheli Yojana’?Write your answer →
  19. On what basis is the quality of soil evaluated?Write your answer →
  20. What is the Forest Conservation Policy?Write your answer →
  21. Why is inflation being increasingly linked with the ‘Consumer Price Index’ in India?Write your answer →
  22. Discuss the various sources of public revenue in India.Write your answer →
  23. In what respect does a Central Plan differ from a State Plan in India?Write your answer →
  24. What are the levels of tax imposition in India and why are taxes imposed at various levels?Write your answer →
  25. How does the Bay of Bengal affect rainfall in Chhattisgarh?Write your answer →
  26. What are the causes of excess maternal and infant mortality rates in Chhattisgarh?Syllabus: Density and Distribution. Infant and Maternal Mortality rate etcWrite your answer →
  27. What is Kasturba Gandhi Girls’ Residential School? Explain its objectives.Write your answer →
  28. What are the problems of child labor in Chhattisgarh and why?Write your answer →
  29. Write the names of agriculture development plans in Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  30. Explain the concept of the ‘Herbal State’.Write your answer →
  31. What is the concept of “Mega Food Parks”? What benefits are achieved through it?Write your answer →
  32. What is the “Right to Work”? How successful has the MNREGA scheme been in achieving its objectives in Chhattisgarh?Write your answer →
  33. Describe the age and sex ratio of Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  34. What is “Clean India Mission 2014”? Explain its progress in Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  35. State the National Park and the Development Plan for Wildlife Conservation in Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  36. What were the objectives of the 13th Finance Commission? Critically evaluate its major recommendations.Write your answer →
  37. Describe the Baghelkhand Plateau located in Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  38. Critically examine the Centre-State financial relations under the recommendations of the Fourteenth Finance Commission.Syllabus: Relations between the Union and the StatesWrite your answer →
  39. Discuss the policy of poverty alleviation and employment generation in India.Write your answer →
  40. Discuss the problems of federal finance in India.Write your answer →
  41. Discuss the main features of fiscal policy in India.Write your answer →
  42. Describe the importance, distribution, and production of coal in Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →

Paper-7

  1. What do you mean by philosophical traditions known as Astika and Nastika?Write your answer →
  2. What are the main differences between Religion and Philosophy?Write your answer →
  3. Give a proper definition of Yoga.Write your answer →
  4. What are the ‘Yamas’ according to Yoga Philosophy?Write your answer →
  5. Explain the concept of community.Write your answer →
  6. Distinguish between status and role.Write your answer →
  7. What do you understand by social interaction?Write your answer →
  8. Differentiate between caste and varna.Write your answer →
  9. Write the names of tribal groups of Chhattisgarh who practice primitive forms of cultivation along with hunting and food gathering.Write your answer →
  10. Differentiate between family of origin and family of procreation.Write your answer →
  11. Write the names of hunter and food gatherer tribes of Chhattisgarh and discuss their gathering tradition.Write your answer →
  12. What do you mean by Scheduled Caste?Write your answer →
  13. What do you understand by ‘Faag’?Write your answer →
  14. Write any folk song of Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  15. Write about ‘Gendi dance’.Write your answer →
  16. Briefly describe Chhattisgarh folk song ‘Dadariya’.Write your answer →
  17. What do you know about ‘Khamarchhath’ celebrated in Chhattisgarh?Write your answer →
  18. Why is Ramgarh of Chhattisgarh famous?Write your answer →
  19. What is the significance of Malhar?Write your answer →
  20. Briefly discuss ‘Purkhauti Muktangan’.Write your answer →
  21. "Indian Philosophy is not merely a theory but also a therapy." Explain.Write your answer →
  22. Point out the main characteristics of ‘Culture’.Write your answer →
  23. Describe the sociological importance of Purushartha.Write your answer →
  24. Explain the main four factors of social change.Syllabus: Social Control and Social ChangeWrite your answer →
  25. What suggestions were given by the Shilu Ao Committee regarding tribal development?Write your answer →
  26. What is the significance of ‘Sainik Dance’ among the Dhurwa tribe?Write your answer →
  27. Write about the ‘Hareli’ festival.Write your answer →
  28. Discuss the contribution of Dau Ramchand Deshmukh in Chhattisgarh folk art.Write your answer →
  29. Write the religious and social importance of Dongargarh.Write your answer →
  30. Describe the ‘Baans-Geet’ singing tradition in Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  31. Explain ‘Chitta-Bhumis’ according to Yoga Philosophy.Write your answer →
  32. What is a Schedule? Distinguish between Questionnaire and Schedule.Write your answer →
  33. Explain the ‘Teeja’ festival.Write your answer →
  34. Write a brief essay on the “Goncha Festival” of Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  35. Examine the provisions provided in the Indian Constitution for the educational protection and promotion of the interests of Scheduled Tribes.Syllabus: Special provisions relating to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward ClassesWrite your answer →
  36. "There is a symbiotic relationship between tribals and forests." Examine the statement.Write your answer →
  37. Explain the Fifth and Sixth Schedules of the Indian Constitution.Write your answer →