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CGPSC Mains 2021: 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. ‘Sutta Pitaka’ is divided into how many Nikayas? Mention their names.Write your answer →
  2. Write about the extent of Kanishka’s empire.Write your answer →
  3. Trace the contributions of Aryabhatta in astronomy.Write your answer →
  4. Illustrate the taxation system during the Maratha reign.Write your answer →
  5. What were the fundamental principles of the land revenue system of Sher Shah? Explain.Write your answer →
  6. Throw light on the role of Chittu Pandey in India’s freedom struggle.Write your answer →
  7. Describe the measures taken by Lord Curzon for the development of Indian Railways.Write your answer →
  8. What were the reasons for the failure of the Non-Cooperation Movement?Write your answer →
  9. Explain the ‘method of impeachment’ to remove the President from office.Write your answer →
  10. Write two features of the report of Dr. Laxmi Mall Singhvi Committee.Write your answer →
  11. Write a note on the Cabinet Mission.Write your answer →
  12. Write the characteristics of the Presidential Form of Government.Write your answer →
  13. Explain ‘Delegation’.Write your answer →
  14. Explain the features of efficient leadership.Write your answer →
  15. What description did Hiuen Tsang give about Chhattisgarh in his travel account?Write your answer →
  16. On the basis of copper plates obtained from Arang, give information about the ‘Rajarshitulya Kul’ dynasty.Write your answer →
  17. What was the matter of Sawant Bharti in Chhattisgarh during the British protectorate period?Write your answer →
  18. What do you know about Gend Singh (Gend Say), the landlord of Paralkot?Write your answer →
  19. Mention the temples built by Kalchuri ruler Ratnadev III in Ratanpur.Write your answer →
  20. Which members of the committee formed during the Civil Disobedience Movement were called the Five Pandavas?Write your answer →
  21. Mention the works of Ratnaraj I, the Kalchuri king.Write your answer →
  22. Explain the effect of the Non-Cooperation Movement in Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  23. Mention the importance of the Vedic institution ‘Vidatha’.Write your answer →
  24. Throw light on the ‘Devdasi System’.Write your answer →
  25. “First Factory Act, 1881 was a new chapter in the Industrial History of India.” Explain.Write your answer →
  26. Describe the provisions of the Treaty of Surat (6 March, 1775).Write your answer →
  27. Give a brief account of the Mountbatten Plan.Write your answer →
  28. Discuss the Right to Liberty as provided in the Constitution.Write your answer →
  29. Describe the characteristics of the Municipal System according to the 74th Amendment of the Constitution.Write your answer →
  30. Describe the Primary Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.Write your answer →
  31. Give information about the monuments of the Paleolithic Age in Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  32. Throw light on the establishment of the Sharabhpuriya dynasty in Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  33. What was the role of Satyagraha Ashram of Pt. Sunderlal Sharma in the context of the Non-Cooperation Movement in Chhattisgarh?Write your answer →
  34. Write the role of Thakur Pyarelal Singh in the development of National Consciousness.Write your answer →
  35. Give a description of how the Princely States of Chhattisgarh were merged.Syllabus: Former princely states of Chhattisgarh and ZamindarisWrite your answer →
  36. Describe the material factors responsible for the rise of Magadha Imperialism.Write your answer →
  37. Sketch the contribution of Chaitanya in the history of the Bhakti Movement.Write your answer →
  38. Explain the role of Jyotiba Phule in the upliftment of Dalits.Write your answer →
  39. Explain the role of the Prime Minister in Indian governance.Write your answer →
  40. Examine the organization, powers, and position of Gram Sabha under the Chhattisgarh Panchayati Raj Act.Write your answer →
  41. Point out the rulers of the Nala dynasty of Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  42. Evaluate the works of Bimbaji Bhonsle.Write your answer →
  43. Give an account of the main events of the Civil Disobedience Movement in the Durg district of Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  44. Describe the mutual relationships between the Legislature and Executive in Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  45. Explain the importance of the conception of the Preamble in the Constitution.Write your answer →
  46. What do you understand by Ashoka’s ‘Dhamma’? Explain.Write your answer →
  47. Explain what was the ‘Communal Award’.Write your answer →
  48. Throw light on the role of Guru Ghasidas in the Social Renaissance of Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  49. What do you know about the Bastar Revolt of 1910?Write your answer →

Paper-4

  1. What is meant by the rate of a chemical reaction? What is its unit?Write your answer →
  2. What are alloys? Write the composition of Brass and Bronze.Write your answer →
  3. Define chemical equilibrium and equilibrium constant.Write your answer →
  4. Define the relation between focal length and radius of curvature.Syllabus: relation between focal length and redius of curvatureWrite your answer →
  5. What are the factors influencing specific resistance?Syllabus: Electric curent Ohm’s lawWrite your answer →
  6. Write the applications of a PN junction diode.Write your answer →
  7. What are the functions of blood in the human body?Write your answer →
  8. How are minerals transported in plants?Write your answer →
  9. Find the Highest Common Factor (HCF) of 2, 12, 18, and 21.Write your answer →
  10. Find the probability of drawing 5 white balls from a basket having 3 red, 7 white, and 2 blue balls.Write your answer →
  11. A can do a work in 4 days, B in 5 days, and C in 10 days. Find the time taken by A, B, and C to do the work together.Write your answer →
  12. Solve 698×96 using the Vedic Mathematics Sutra—Nikhilam and check the answer using Bijank.Write your answer →
  13. What is RAM in computers?Write your answer →
  14. Write the names of any four fields of communication in which computers are used.Write your answer →
  15. What do you understand by information technology?Write your answer →
  16. What are the reactions by which energy is released in nuclear reactors?Write your answer →
  17. Define in-situ and ex-situ conservation.Write your answer →
  18. Write the names of any four bio-geographical regions of India.Write your answer →
  19. Write the names of a bacterial and a protozoan disease caused due to water pollution. Also, write the names of their causal organisms.Write your answer →
  20. Write the names of any four important hotspots of biodiversity in India.Write your answer →
  21. What are synthetic detergents? Give one example each of cationic and anionic detergents. Why are detergents considered better than soaps?Write your answer →
  22. Find the equivalent resistance between points A and B in the given circuit diagram.Write your answer →
  23. What are the major components of the human digestive system?Syllabus: Human digestive system and digestive processWrite your answer →
  24. What is photosynthesis? What are the main steps of this process?Syllabus: Photosynthesis, amin steps of the process. light reaction and dark reactionWrite your answer →
  25. What do you understand by Artificial Vegetative Reproduction? Write about various techniques of Artificial Vegetative Reproduction.Write your answer →
  26. A can print 30 pages of a document in 2 hours, and B takes 5 minutes to print a page. How many pages will B print in the time A prints 60 pages?Write your answer →
  27. Bhavya rows a distance of 2 km downstream in 25 minutes and takes 35 minutes to cover the same distance upstream. Find the speed of the stream.Write your answer →
  28. Rishabh was facing the Zoo initially. He turned 135° clockwise. Where is he facing now? Then he turns in the anticlockwise direction to face the Garden. What angle did he turn through?Write your answer →
  29. What is ROM in computers? What type of memory does it contain? What is its importance?Write your answer →
  30. Write the names of four electricity-generating nuclear power plants of India.Write your answer →
  31. What do you mean by hotspots of biodiversity? What are the two criteria for any area to be a biodiversity hotspot?Write your answer →
  32. Write the differences between a National Park and a Sanctuary.Write your answer →
  33. What is CNG? Explain its importance.Write your answer →
  34. What are alcohols? Write chemical reactions for the preparation of primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols using Grignard’s reagentWrite your answer →
  35. How is the photoelectric effect the basis for the working of a solar cell? Explain.Write your answer →
  36. Draw the structure of a solar cell.Write your answer →
  37. Draw the structure of the spinal cord of a human body and label its major components. How is the human nervous system related to the spinal cord?Syllabus: Nervous system of human beingWrite your answer →
  38. Minakshi started a business investing ₹45,000. After 3 months, Anil joined her with ₹60,000, and after another 6 months, Sunil joined with ₹90,000. At the end of the year, they made a profit of ₹16,500. Find the share of each.Write your answer →
  39. A fast train takes 3 hours less than a slow train for a journey of 600 km. If the speed of the slow train is 10 km/hr less than that of the fast train, find the speeds of the two trains.Write your answer →
  40. What is thermal pollution? Describe its reasons, effects, and control measures.Write your answer →
  41. What is photochemical smog? Explain its system of formation with the help of chemical equations.Write your answer →
  42. What is biodiversity? Define genetic diversity, species diversity, and ecological diversity.Write your answer →
  43. Define the Law of Reflection. How is reflection from a curved surface different from reflection from a plane surface? Which type of mirror will be used in the following situations? Support your answer with reasons:(a) Solar furnace(b) Rear-view mirror of a vehicle(c) Headlight of a carSyllabus: IghtWrite your answer →
  44. Discuss Halogen elements with reference to the following:(a) Position in the periodic table(b) Physical state of elements(c) Electron gain enthalpy(d) Electronegativity(e) Formation of interhalogen compoundsSyllabus: Metals - Position of metals in the periodic table and general properties. MetalWrite your answer →
  45. In how many categories are threatened species classified in the Red List of IUCN? Write the name of each category and explain them.Write your answer →
  46. What is solid waste management? Describe the objective and functional elements of solid waste management.Syllabus: Solid waste managment - Urban and Industrial solid waste managementWrite your answer →

Paper-5

  1. What is meant by Non-Banking Financial Institutions?Syllabus: non-banking financial institutions and reforms in them since 1990sWrite your answer →
  2. Explain the meaning of Multinational Corporations.Write your answer →
  3. What do you mean by Structural Unemployment?Write your answer →
  4. Explain the meaning of Fiscal Deficit.Write your answer →
  5. What is the difference in literacy rates of males and females in Chhattisgarh as per the 2011 Census? Up to what percent does the State Government aim to reduce this gender literacy gap?Write your answer →
  6. What are the major items of Revenue Expenditure of the Chhattisgarh Government?Write your answer →
  7. Give the main characteristics of the Gond tribes of Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  8. Explain the business structure of Chhattisgarh State.Write your answer →
  9. Explain the geographical nature of the Aravalli Range.Write your answer →
  10. Where is the Bhabar Region of North Indian Plains located, and what are its main characteristics?Write your answer →
  11. Why does Bangalore receive lower rainfall than Mangalore?Write your answer →
  12. Explain the characteristics of Regur Soil in brief.Write your answer →
  13. What is meant by organic farming, and what are its main elements?Write your answer →
  14. Aluminium is produced from which ore? Apart from the ore, what are its other main inputs?Write your answer →
  15. Write the characteristics of Keshkal Scarp.Write your answer →
  16. Where are the Cuddapah Group of Rocks found in Chhattisgarh?Write your answer →
  17. Write about the drainage of the Kanhar River.Write your answer →
  18. Which areas receive the highest rainfall in Chhattisgarh?Write your answer →
  19. Explain the location and salient characteristics of Bhaisadarha Sanctuary.Write your answer →
  20. Write the production and distribution of Tin in Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  21. What are the major oilseed crops of the Jashpur Pat Area?Write your answer →
  22. Write the cultural significance of the ancient temples of Talagaon.Write your answer →
  23. What is meant by ‘Ways and Means’ (WAM) advances?Write your answer →
  24. Explain the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR).Write your answer →
  25. Why has the Chhattisgarh Government constituted a Revolving Fund? Explain its five formulas.Write your answer →
  26. What are the causes of social backwardness among Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Chhattisgarh?Syllabus: Demographic features and social backwardness of the Scheduled Castes…Write your answer →
  27. Describe the major schemes for the development and empowerment of women implemented by the Women and Child Development Department, Chhattisgarh.Syllabus: Socio, Political and Economic empowerment of Women. Child Labour problemWrite your answer →
  28. Why has the irrigated area under wells and tube wells increased rapidly in India?Write your answer →
  29. What is meant by the ‘Amul Model’ of dairy development in India?Write your answer →
  30. Explain the role of the Green Revolution in the development of agriculture in India.Write your answer →
  31. Describe the physical features of the Maikal Range of Chhattisgarh.Syllabus: GEOGRAPHY OF CHHATTISGARH– Physical featuresWrite your answer →
  32. Give an account of rainfall during the retreating Monsoon in Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  33. Write the characteristics of the Pairi Project.Write your answer →
  34. Explain the Forest Village Development Scheme of Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  35. Throw light on the significance of Sirpur as a tourist place.Write your answer →
  36. Discuss the effects of disinvestment on the Indian economy.Write your answer →
  37. What is the ‘Banking Ombudsman Scheme’?Write your answer →
  38. What is the criterion for ranking states with respect to Financial Management by the Reserve Bank of India in any particular Financial Year? Explain.Syllabus: Procedure in financial matters in Constitution of India, Financial…Write your answer →
  39. Explain the role of the Jet Stream in the origin of the Indian Monsoon.Write your answer →
  40. Underline the significance of wind power as a source of non-conventional energy.Write your answer →
  41. Describe the Shivnath-Mahanadi Doab Area of Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  42. Write the characteristics of Marhan, Tikra, and Gabhar.Write your answer →
  43. Describe the forest-based small-scale industries of Chhattisgarh.Syllabus: Growth and Structure of Industries in Chhattisgarh- large, medium…Write your answer →
  44. Differentiate between the drainage systems of the Peninsular Plateau and the Himalayan Region.Write your answer →
  45. Discuss the relative significance of rainwater harvesting methods in India.Write your answer →
  46. Write an essay on structural reforms in the Indian economy.Syllabus: Structural changes in the Indian Economy ( GDP and work force)Write your answer →
  47. Mention the indirect taxes included in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in India. Also, comment on the revenue implications of GST implemented since July 2017 with respect to Chhattisgarh State.Write your answer →
  48. Discuss the trend of population growth, its causes, and consequences in Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  49. Discuss non-conventional sources of energy with special reference to Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →

Paper-6

  1. What is the meaning of Karya (Effect)?Write your answer →
  2. State distinction between Samprajnata and Asamprajnata Samadhi.Write your answer →
  3. Discuss distinction between Epistemology and Metaphysics.Write your answer →
  4. Discuss the ethical importance of Panch Mahavratas of Jain Philosophy.Write your answer →
  5. Mention any two causes of Corruption.Write your answer →
  6. Write names of Eleven Vows of Gandhiji.Write your answer →
  7. Describe types of Evil.Write your answer →
  8. State role of Whistleblower in reducing Corruption.Write your answer →
  9. Explain the Waveform Change (Lahardaar Parivartan) in the context of Sociology.Write your answer →
  10. Explain any three differences between Association and Institution.Write your answer →
  11. What is Dwadasha Nidana?Write your answer →
  12. Explain the concept of ‘Ascribed Status’.Write your answer →
  13. Explain the concept of Alienation.Write your answer →
  14. Explain types of Observation.Write your answer →
  15. Explain the concept of Culture.Write your answer →
  16. Define Scheduled Caste.Write your answer →
  17. Throw light on the traditional occupation of the Agariya Tribe.Write your answer →
  18. Give an introduction of Surujbai Khande.Write your answer →
  19. What is the significance of ‘Bhojali’?Write your answer →
  20. Write the names of dialects of the Sarguja Region.Write your answer →
  21. Write the features of Sua Dance.Write your answer →
  22. What is the meaning of ‘Ram-Ram Ke Bera’?Write your answer →
  23. What is the religious importance of Shivarinarayan?Write your answer →
  24. Distinguish between Prama and Aprama.Write your answer →
  25. Discuss relevance of ‘Swadharma’ in the Gita.Write your answer →
  26. Explain Substance as per Spinoza.Write your answer →
  27. Discuss relevance of Ekatma Manav Darshan.Write your answer →
  28. Examine the possibility of Religious Tolerance.Write your answer →
  29. Explain the main characteristics of a Community.Write your answer →
  30. Explain the role of law in Social Control.Write your answer →
  31. Explain the concept of Social Stratification.Write your answer →
  32. Introduce Panthi Dance.Write your answer →
  33. What is Bhatra Naat?Write your answer →
  34. Introduce the Birhor Tribe of Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  35. Explain ‘Dubbar Bar Du Asadh’.Write your answer →
  36. Write about National Parks of Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  37. Is Synthetic A Priori Judgment possible? Discuss.Write your answer →
  38. Elucidate Social Thoughts of Dr. Ambedkar.Write your answer →
  39. Discuss Honesty, Responsibility, and Transparency in the light of the Code of Conduct of Public Servants.Write your answer →
  40. Explain the main types of social groups.Write your answer →
  41. Discuss the role of the primary group in socialization as discussed by Cooley.Write your answer →
  42. Write a note on any three Padma Awardees of Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  43. Describe the archaeological importance of Barsur.Write your answer →
  44. Write an essay on the youth dormitory of the Oraon Tribe of Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  45. Discuss the importance of co-operation and conflict in society.Write your answer →
  46. Explain the main factors of social change.Syllabus: Social Control and Social ChangeWrite your answer →
  47. Discuss the nature of Brahman in Sankara Vedanta and explain the role of Maya.Write your answer →
  48. Describe views of Rationalist Philosophers on the Mind-Body Relation and give your own arguments while comparing them.Write your answer →
  49. Write a brief essay on Veer Narayan Singh of Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  50. Write an essay on Chhattisgarhi Language and Literature.Write your answer →

Paper-7

  1. What has ‘Ayyankali’ contributed to Indian society?Write your answer →
  2. What is the provision regarding marriage under the Special Marriage Act, 1954?Write your answer →
  3. On whose recommendation and who appoints the Chairman and members of the National Human Rights Commission?Write your answer →
  4. When will a person be qualified for appointment as a Special Judge under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988?Write your answer →
  5. What is Mukhyamantri Mitaan Yojana?Write your answer →
  6. What is Chhattisgarh Pauni Pasari Yojana?Write your answer →
  7. What is the definition of ‘Civil Rights’ and ‘Hotels’ under the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955?Write your answer →
  8. State the main objectives of the Information Technology Act, 2000.Write your answer →
  9. What is the role of non-permanent members in the United Nations Security Council?Write your answer →
  10. In relation to the International Court of Justice, what is meant by Contentious Jurisdiction?Write your answer →
  11. Write a note on Winter Olympic Games.Write your answer →
  12. What is Penalty Shoot-out in Hockey?Write your answer →
  13. Write a short note on the International Monetary Fund (IMF).Write your answer →
  14. What do you understand by the Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP)?Write your answer →
  15. What basic facilities should be there in a primary school?Write your answer →
  16. What is the objective of the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR)?Write your answer →
  17. How is education helpful in human resource development?Write your answer →
  18. What is meant by the DIKSHA Platform?Write your answer →
  19. What is the National Apprenticeship Training Scheme?Write your answer →
  20. What do you mean by Labour Force Participation Rate?Write your answer →
  21. What is the objective of India International Skill Centre Network?Write your answer →
  22. Write down the objectives of India Accessible Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan).Write your answer →
  23. What are the functions of the Commission under the Chhattisgarh Gau-Seva Ayog Act, 2004?Write your answer →
  24. Describe the penalty for violation of the provisions of the acts and rules under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.Write your answer →
  25. Explain the Chhattisgarh Dowry Prohibition Rules (Dahej Pratishedh Niyam), 2004.Write your answer →
  26. Who will be eligible to get the benefit of Chhattisgarh Krishak Jeevan Jyoti Yojana?Write your answer →
  27. Describe the objectives of the Central Consumer Protection Council under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.Write your answer →
  28. Write a short note on the Arjuna Award.Write your answer →
  29. Explain the functions of UNESCO.Write your answer →
  30. Write a note on the theme for World Health Day 2022 given by the World Health Organization.Write your answer →
  31. How is unemployment measured?Write your answer →
  32. Write a short note on NIPUN Bharat Mission.Write your answer →
  33. Illustrate the differences between formal and informal employment.Write your answer →
  34. What is the Academic Credit Bank? What are its advantages?Write your answer →
  35. At present, what is the difference between the level of education among the Indian male and female population?Write your answer →
  36. Describe any eight ‘crimes of atrocities’ mentioned in the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.Syllabus: Special provisions relating to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward ClassesWrite your answer →
  37. Write a note on Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana.Write your answer →
  38. What is Chhattisgarh Godhan Nyay Yojana? Explain the benefits of this scheme.Write your answer →
  39. Throw light on the importance of BRICS in the current geopolitical scenario.Write your answer →
  40. Explain the achievements and contributions of Mithali Raj in Indian Cricket.Write your answer →
  41. How has the Mid-day Meal Scheme helped in improving the level of primary education in India? Explain with an analytical perspective.Write your answer →
  42. What steps have been taken by the Government of India to increase the skill level of the population? Explain.Write your answer →
  43. Explain the main functions of the Ministry of Education.Write your answer →
  44. Examine the role of the World Health Organization in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic.Write your answer →
  45. What is Quad? What is its role in solving world security challenges and maintaining a balance between power nations?Write your answer →