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CGPSC Mains 2022: 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. Describe the Granary of the Harappan Period.Write your answer →
  2. Make clear the Middle Path of Buddhism.Write your answer →
  3. Delineate the main points of Harshacharita.Write your answer →
  4. Describe the revenue system of South India during the Sangam Period.Write your answer →
  5. Discuss the social reforms of Guru Nanak.Write your answer →
  6. Throw light on the aims and objectives of Prarthana Samaj.Write your answer →
  7. Throw light on the 'Kakori Case' of the Indian National Movement.Write your answer →
  8. Discuss the efforts made by Lord Curzon for the protection of Ancient Indian Monuments.Write your answer →
  9. Write any two features of the Indian Councils Act, 1892.Write your answer →
  10. Write the main ideals of the Preamble of the Indian Constitution.Write your answer →
  11. Write about the provision of Article 21-A of the Indian Constitution.Write your answer →
  12. What is Public-Private Partnership?Write your answer →
  13. Define Social Security.Write your answer →
  14. What is the meaning of Localization in New Public Management?Write your answer →
  15. Give information about rock paintings of the Prehistoric Period found in Raigarh District.Write your answer →
  16. Mention the achievements of Nal Dynasty King Vilasatunga.Write your answer →
  17. Whose information is found in the ‘Kesaribeda Copper Inscription’?Write your answer →
  18. Who was given the title of ‘Sitare Hind’ and why?Write your answer →
  19. Who is described by Mr. Colbrook in Chhattisgarh Travel Details?Write your answer →
  20. What was the Maharasiya Episode in Chhattisgarh during the British Control Period?Write your answer →
  21. Explain the role of ‘Kamavisdar’ in Maratha Rule.Write your answer →
  22. What do you know about “Mahashiv Tivar Dev”?Write your answer →
  23. Describe the characteristics of Indian Society as described by Megasthenes.Write your answer →
  24. Give a description of the Provincial Administration of the Vijayanagar Kingdom.Write your answer →
  25. Explain the Sufis’ ideas regarding Atma.Write your answer →
  26. Throw light on the Madras Land Revenue System of Thomas Munroe and Reed.Write your answer →
  27. What were the causes of the formation of the Swaraj Party?Write your answer →
  28. Describe the formation of the Central Assembly as per the Indian Councils Act, 1909.Write your answer →
  29. Write the provisions related to ‘Reports of Public Service Commissions’ described in Article 323(1) of the Indian Constitution.Syllabus: Union Public Service CommissionsWrite your answer →
  30. Describe the legislative powers of the Parliament related to ‘legislation for giving effect to international agreements’.Write your answer →
  31. Describe the victories of Someshwar Dev-I, the ruler of the Chhindak Naga Dynasty of Bastar.Write your answer →
  32. Write about the Treaty of Kotpad.Write your answer →
  33. Describe the features of Raghuji Bhonsle’s work.Write your answer →
  34. Give information about the activities of the Quit India Movement in Raipur District.Write your answer →
  35. Discuss the work of ‘Tikait Rai’.Write your answer →
  36. Give a description of the Lower Palaeolithic Madraseeya Culture of India.Write your answer →
  37. Throw light on the status of Foreign Trade in the Mughal Period.Write your answer →
  38. Review the ideas of Dr. R. C. Majumdar and Dr. S. N. Sen on the nature of the Revolution of 1857.Write your answer →
  39. Discuss the environmental factors of urban development in the context of sustainable development.Write your answer →
  40. Explain the policy-making procedure.Write your answer →
  41. Throw light on the achievements of the rulers of the Som Dynasty of Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  42. Describe the contribution of Veer Hanuman Singh in Chhattisgarh in the Revolution of 1857.Write your answer →
  43. How did the August Revolution operate in the Princely States of Chhattisgarh?Syllabus: Former princely states of Chhattisgarh and ZamindarisWrite your answer →
  44. For what reasons does Public Administration have to adopt managerial techniques of Private Administration continuously? Explain.Syllabus: Public Administration and Private Administration under LiberalizationWrite your answer →
  45. Throw light on the freedom of conscience and free profession, practice, and propagation of religion.Write your answer →
  46. Review the development of Education and Literature in India during the Gupta Age.Syllabus: Gupta Empire, Development of Art, Architecture, Literature & Science…Write your answer →
  47. What was the Cabinet Mission Plan? Evaluate it.Write your answer →
  48. Review the Administrative System of the Kalchuri Period.Write your answer →
  49. Evaluate the contribution of Pandit Ravishankar Shukla in the National Movement of Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →

Paper-4

  1. Define the ‘reaction rate constant’.Write your answer →
  2. What do you understand by chemical equilibrium? Describe it in brief.Write your answer →
  3. What is dry corrosion?Write your answer →
  4. Define ‘kilo-watt-hour (kWh)’.Write your answer →
  5. Explain the applications of a concave mirror.Write your answer →
  6. What is parthenogenesis? Explain it briefly.Write your answer →
  7. Write the components of DNA. What is the importance of DNA?Write your answer →
  8. Define ‘transpiration’ and write its importance.Write your answer →
  9. What will be the average of six consecutive odd numbers starting from ‘a’?Write your answer →
  10. Which number will replace ‘?’ in the series 3, 7, 15, 31, ?, 127, 255?Write your answer →
  11. If TFOEGW is coded as ‘SGNFFX’, then what will be coded as ‘OFNKBZ’?Write your answer →
  12. Express 3 as an equivalent rational number whose denominator is -35.Write your answer →
  13. Make the list of the components of a computer system.Write your answer →
  14. Write the names of some popular operating systems.Write your answer →
  15. What are the types of communication in technology?Write your answer →
  16. What is ecosystem diversity?Write your answer →
  17. Write four causes of the loss of biodiversity.Write your answer →
  18. Why is biogas regarded as the best fuel?Write your answer →
  19. What is called an alien species? Give one example.Write your answer →
  20. What do you mean by eutrophication of a water body? Write one harm of eutrophication.Write your answer →
  21. What is corrosion of metals? Explain it with examples. How can it be prevented?Write your answer →
  22. Using the laws of combination of resistances, calculate the equivalent resistance between points A and B in the given circuit.Write your answer →
  23. Draw ray diagrams of images formed by reflection of light from concave and convex surfaces.Syllabus: IghtWrite your answer →
  24. Describe the stages after pollination up to fertilization in angiosperms.Write your answer →
  25. Describe different parts of the human brain and their functions.Write your answer →
  26. One card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card drawn is a face card?Write your answer →
  27. The breadth of a rectangular field is 60% of its length. If the perimeter of the field is 1120 meters, what will be the area of the field?Write your answer →
  28. A man took a loan from a bank at the rate of 9% per annum simple interest. He had to pay ₹3,600 after 4 years. What was the amount of loan borrowed by him for this period?Write your answer →
  29. What are primary and secondary memories?Write your answer →
  30. What is tidal energy? How is it produced?Write your answer →
  31. Write the names of any two bacterial and two protozoan diseases. Also, write the names of their causal organisms.Write your answer →
  32. Write the names of various types of endangered species.Write your answer →
  33. What is ex-situ conservation of biodiversity? Give two examples.Write your answer →
  34. What are polymers? Classify polymers with examples in brief on different aspects.Write your answer →
  35. Differentiate between the images formed by a plane mirror, concave mirror, and convex mirror at different positions.Syllabus: IghtWrite your answer →
  36. What are phytohormones? Describe the importance of auxin, gibberellin, and cytokinin in the growth of plants.Write your answer →
  37. Following pie-charts represent the expenditure of two countries A and B in the year 2021. Study the pie-charts and answer the given questions related to agriculture, health, and other expenses.Write your answer →
  38. A bucket contains a mixture of milk and water in the proportion of 7:5. If 9 liters of the mixture is replaced by 9 liters of water, then the ratio of the two liquids (milk and water) becomes 7:9. How much milk was there in the bucket?Write your answer →
  39. What are the uses of information technology in communication?Syllabus: Role of Information Technology in Rural India, basic knowledge of…Write your answer →
  40. Describe any four main significances of biodiversity and four main effects of its loss.Write your answer →
  41. What is nuclear energy? How is it produced? Write its main uses.Write your answer →
  42. Answer the following questions based on Indian mathematician Brahmagupta:Write your answer →
  43. When and where was Brahmagupta born and what was his father’s name?Write your answer →
  44. Write the names of his main works and give a brief description.Write your answer →
  45. Write a note on his contributions to Mathematics and Astronomy.Write your answer →
  46. Bhaskaracharya designated which titles to Brahmagupta?Write your answer →
  47. A boat travels 33 km upstream and 64 km downstream in 19 hours. The same boat travels 36 km upstream and 72 km downstream in 21 hours. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the stream.Write your answer →
  48. Six bells start ringing simultaneously. If they ring at intervals of 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 16 seconds respectively, how many times will they ring together in 40 minutes?Write your answer →
  49. Describe the metallurgy of copper.Write your answer →
  50. Describe different types and methods of pollination in flowering plants.Write your answer →
  51. What do you mean by renewable energy resources? Explain its various types.Syllabus: Energy Resources : Energy demands, renewable and nonrenewable energy resourcesWrite your answer →
  52. What is radioactive pollution? Describe its main causes, effects, and control methods.Write your answer →

Paper-5

  1. What do you understand by the Human Development Index?Write your answer →
  2. What was the proportion of rural, urban, and total population living below the poverty line in 2011-12 as per the C. Rangarajan Committee?Write your answer →
  3. What do you mean by the Cash Reserve Ratio?Write your answer →
  4. What are the methods of credit control of the Reserve Bank of India?Write your answer →
  5. As per the 2011 Census, write the names of 10 districts of Chhattisgarh having the maximum percentage of the Scheduled Caste population.Write your answer →
  6. What is Chhattisgarh Shakti Swarupa Yojana?Write your answer →
  7. What was the share percentage of the Agriculture, Industry, and Service Sector in GSDP as per the Economic Survey 2022-23 in Chhattisgarh?Write your answer →
  8. What are the objectives of ‘Bihan Yojana’ in Chhattisgarh?Write your answer →
  9. What are ‘Tarai’ and ‘Bhabar’?Write your answer →
  10. Give the names of Islands located in the Arabian Sea.Write your answer →
  11. Mention important areas and characteristics of Red Soils of India.Write your answer →
  12. Write the characteristics and important areas of Tropical Evergreen Forests of India.Write your answer →
  13. What are the uses of Manganese and Bauxite?Write your answer →
  14. Give the multiple uses of Linseed Oil.Write your answer →
  15. Give a description of Gadiya Pahad.Write your answer →
  16. Give a short description of Madku Dweep.Write your answer →
  17. Throw light on the significance of Shivrinarayan.Write your answer →
  18. Write the names of major types of Iron Ore.Write your answer →
  19. Where is Maa Danteshwari Sugar Industry located?Write your answer →
  20. Where does the Dudh River flow?Write your answer →
  21. Give a short description of the Badi Yojana in Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  22. Give a short description of the Sipat Electricity Plant.Write your answer →
  23. What are the main causes of the slow growth of National Income in India?Write your answer →
  24. Discuss the main objectives of Indian Fiscal Policy.Write your answer →
  25. Explain the Godhan Nyay Yojana of the Chhattisgarh Government.Write your answer →
  26. Explain non-institutional sources of rural credit in Chhattisgarh.Syllabus: Public Debt compositionWrite your answer →
  27. What is the female-male sex ratio in Chhattisgarh, and what is its rank among other States of India?Write your answer →
  28. Describe the factors of localization of the cement industry in India and analyze its distribution.Write your answer →
  29. What are the extension and characteristics of the Konkan Plain?Write your answer →
  30. Clarify the location and characteristics of Kuno Sanctuary.Write your answer →
  31. Write the characteristics of Keshkal Valley.Write your answer →
  32. Highlight the major rivers of the Godavari Drainage System in Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  33. Where is Chandkhuri located? Explain its importance.Write your answer →
  34. Describe the production and distribution of Kodo-Kutki in Dandakaranya.Write your answer →
  35. Give a short description of Udanti Sanctuary.Write your answer →
  36. Explain the importance of the Private Sector in India.Write your answer →
  37. What are the main sources of Public Revenue? Discuss their characteristics.Write your answer →
  38. Give your views on the challenges and solutions of the cooperative sector in Chhattisgarh State.Write your answer →
  39. Why is the production of millets important for India?Write your answer →
  40. Examine the objectives and significance of the White Revolution in India.Write your answer →
  41. Describe the cement industry in Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  42. Describe the Samri Pat region.Write your answer →
  43. Describe the Ravishankar Sagar Project.Write your answer →
  44. Discuss the distribution of petroleum in India.Write your answer →
  45. What is the present status of foodgrain export in India?Write your answer →
  46. Discuss the nature and causes of unemployment in India.Write your answer →
  47. Explain the expenditure structure of Revenue and Capital Accounts in Chhattisgarh State.Syllabus: Expenditure pattern in Revenue and Capital Account as well as plan…Write your answer →
  48. Which are the main tribal communities of Bastar? Describe the Abujhmadiya Tribe.Write your answer →
  49. Explain the expansion of Bailadila Hills and their international importance.Write your answer →

Paper-6

  1. What do you understand by Ethics?Write your answer →
  2. What is the core subject of the Upanishads?Write your answer →
  3. Give the definition of Charvaka Philosophy.Write your answer →
  4. What does ‘Purusha’ mean in Sankhya Philosophy?Write your answer →
  5. How many kinds of Virtues are there as per Plato?Write your answer →
  6. What do you mean by Asatkaranvad?Write your answer →
  7. What do you mean by Pratityasamutpada?Write your answer →
  8. What does ‘Monad of Monads’ mean in Leibniz’s Philosophy?Write your answer →
  9. Define Feminism.Write your answer →
  10. What do you understand by Varna?Write your answer →
  11. Explain the main differences between Sociology and Political Science.Write your answer →
  12. Write the characteristics of Association.Write your answer →
  13. What are the main characteristics of a Social Group?Write your answer →
  14. What is Social Stratification?Write your answer →
  15. What do you understand by ‘Janaula’ (Idioms)? State the meanings of the following two idioms:Write your answer →
  16. (i) Aithe Goithe Paar Ma BaitheWrite your answer →
  17. (ii) Aay Vipat to, Kare Rowai, Sukh Me Kahe Sab La Dada DaiWrite your answer →
  18. Write down the names of earlier big Zamindaris of Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  19. When, where, and why did the ‘Bhopalpattnam Struggle’ occur?Write your answer →
  20. Which tribes perform the ‘Bilma Dance’? Throw light on it.Write your answer →
  21. Write five names of ornaments used by tribal young boys and girls of Chhattisgarh on specific occasions.Write your answer →
  22. Write a brief note on ‘Amus Tihar’.Write your answer →
  23. Discuss the significance of ‘Kudargarhi Maa’ in local tradition.Write your answer →
  24. Write about any two ‘Sushir Musical Instruments’ used by tribes of Bastar.Write your answer →
  25. Explain the theory of Pre-established Harmony.Write your answer →
  26. What does ‘Rita’ mean?Write your answer →
  27. Define Syadavada.Write your answer →
  28. Explain the kinds of Evil.Write your answer →
  29. What are the different theories of Causation according to Aristotle?Write your answer →
  30. Explain the function of Religion.Write your answer →
  31. Explain the importance of Social Research.Write your answer →
  32. Explain the main differences between Co-operation and Competition.Write your answer →
  33. Describe the ‘Gouri-Goura’ festival of Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  34. Define Kinship. Explain with examples the relationship between Kinship and Descent.Write your answer →
  35. Describe the ‘Comb-art’ of the tribal community of Bastar.Write your answer →
  36. Throw light on the folk art of Padma Bhushan Habib Tanvir.Write your answer →
  37. State the prize and awards constituted by the Chhattisgarh Government.Syllabus: Chhattisgarh State awards and Regards in these fieldsWrite your answer →
  38. Explain Substance according to Spinoza.Write your answer →
  39. Explain Samadhi according to Yoga Philosophy.Write your answer →
  40. Explain Pragmatism according to John Dewey.Write your answer →
  41. Discuss the Ashrama System in Hindu Social Organization.Syllabus: Hindu Social Organization - ReligionWrite your answer →
  42. Explain the main steps of the scientific method in Social Research.Syllabus: Social Research and Techniques -Objective of Social Research, Use of…Write your answer →
  43. State the reasons for the ‘Muria Revolt’ held in 1876.Write your answer →
  44. Write a brief description of artistic memorial pillars of the Gond Tribe of Bastar.Write your answer →
  45. Discuss the importance and role of traditional knowledge for sustainable development in tribal areas.Write your answer →
  46. Discuss the factors responsible for change in the Caste System.Write your answer →
  47. Describe the cyclic theory of Social Change.Write your answer →
  48. "I think, therefore I am." Explain.Write your answer →
  49. Explain the theory of ‘No Soul’ in Buddhist Philosophy.Write your answer →
  50. Critically discuss how far the Constitutional Safeguards provided for the Scheduled Tribes have protected their interests.Write your answer →
  51. Write in detail about different mediums of tribal artistic expression.Write your answer →

Paper-7

  1. Discuss the procedure when a police officer deputes a subordinate to arrest without a warrant.Write your answer →
  2. Explain the term ‘Person’ under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.Write your answer →
  3. Write four important schemes run by the Chhattisgarh Government for farmers.Write your answer →
  4. Discuss ‘Mukhyamantri Chirag Yojana’ run by the Chhattisgarh Government.Write your answer →
  5. What is ‘Social Boycott’ under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989?Syllabus: Demographic features and social backwardness of the Scheduled Castes…Write your answer →
  6. Define ‘Environment’ with reference to the Environment Protection Act, 1986.Write your answer →
  7. Write four important objectives of the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955.Write your answer →
  8. How is the establishment of new districts in Chhattisgarh helpful to residents in their welfare and development?Write your answer →
  9. State the member countries of the International Monetary Fund and its main functions.Write your answer →
  10. What change did the World Bank make in India’s growth rate in 2022-2023?Write your answer →
  11. What is ‘BRICS’? State the names of its member States, the year of establishment, and the main objective.Write your answer →
  12. What are the ‘Binding Tools’ of war?Write your answer →
  13. State the characteristics of ‘Rugby Football’.Write your answer →
  14. State the origin and major competitions of ‘Wrestling Game’.Write your answer →
  15. Discuss efforts taken by the Chhattisgarh Government in strengthening primary education.Write your answer →
  16. How can admission be taken in the Indian Institute of Technology?Write your answer →
  17. Discuss the objectives of the establishment of National Law Universities.Write your answer →
  18. Write about Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana.Write your answer →
  19. What is the mandate of the establishment of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research?Write your answer →
  20. Discuss in which sector employment trends are mostly seen in India and why.Write your answer →
  21. What is the ‘Pragati Scholarship Scheme’ for girls run by the Government of India?Write your answer →
  22. What are the issues related to deprived class education?Write your answer →
  23. Write duties and functions of Protection Officers under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.Write your answer →
  24. What is ‘Atmanand English Medium School Yojana’ run by the Chhattisgarh Government?Write your answer →
  25. Under the Land Revenue Code, 1959, which properties of the defaulter cannot be auctioned and sold?Write your answer →
  26. Discuss tenants' rights available under the Chhattisgarh Rent Control Act, 2011.Write your answer →
  27. Write functions and duties of Private Placement Agencies under the Chhattisgarh Private Placement Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2013.Write your answer →
  28. Discuss ‘Decathlon’ and ‘Heptathlon’ mentioning differences between them.Write your answer →
  29. What are the major challenges for India in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)?Write your answer →
  30. Throw light on the ‘Olympic Anthem’.Write your answer →
  31. How are Open Universities playing an important role in the expansion of education in India?Write your answer →
  32. Discuss the role and importance of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) with reference to the National Education Policy, 2020.Write your answer →
  33. Discuss the functions of the Central Institute of Educational Technology.Write your answer →
  34. What are the functions of the National Council for Teacher Education?Write your answer →
  35. What is the proposed National Commission for Higher Education and Research?Write your answer →
  36. Define ‘Public Servant’ under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.Write your answer →
  37. Discuss ‘Electronic Governance’ under the Information Technology Act, 2000.Write your answer →
  38. Throw light on women’s and children’s rights given under the Constitution of India.Write your answer →
  39. Give the details of the upcoming sports event years and host countries from 2023 to 2028.Write your answer →
  40. Throw light on the role of India in the United Nations ‘E-Governance Index’.Write your answer →
  41. Discuss improving the quality of higher education through the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).Write your answer →
  42. Write on important schemes with reference to Skill Development and Entrepreneurship run by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India.Write your answer →
  43. Discuss in detail the important features of ‘Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan’ (RUSA) run by the Ministry of Education, Government of India.Write your answer →
  44. Compare the ‘International Monetary Fund’ and ‘World Bank’.Write your answer →
  45. State the priorities of India as a non-permanent member of the Security Council.Write your answer →
  46. Describe the constitution, appointment of Chairperson, other members, functions, and powers of the National Human Rights Commission.Write your answer →
  47. Throw light on the important features of the Right to Information Act, 2005. Discuss also the special efforts of the present Chhattisgarh Government in the protection and promotion of the Act.Write your answer →
  48. Write in detail about issues related to girl child education and throw light on efforts being taken by the Central Government with reference to the same. Also, discuss the efforts of the Chhattisgarh Government in this regard.Write your answer →
  49. What is the ‘Institute of Eminence’ declared by the Government of India? How is it different from other institutes or universities? Discuss also its effects on the quality of higher education in India.Write your answer →