KPSC Mains 2010: previous year questions

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1. What were the differences in the ideas and programs of the Moderates and Extremists in the Indian National Congress?Write your answer →
2. Briefly discuss the contribution of the Swaraj Party to the Indian National Movement.Write your answer →
3. Assess the work of Sir M. Visveswaraiah in Mysore as Dewan, keeping in view his slogan: "Plan, promote and encourage developments."Write your answer →
4. Discuss the echoes of the 1857 Revolt in Karnataka.Write your answer →
5. Summarize the early experiments of Gandhiji at Champaran, Kheda, and Ahmedabad.Write your answer →
6. Estimate the development of the Vernacular Press in the second half of the nineteenth century.Write your answer →
7. Briefly explain the rise of peasant uprisings in the latter half of the nineteenth century.Write your answer →
8. Explain the anti-colonial struggle in the Princely States of India.Write your answer →
9. Elaborate on the British attempts at negotiated settlements after the Second World War in India.Write your answer →
10. Write a note on the impact of the Quit India Movement in Karnataka.Syllabus: Post Independent KarnatakaWrite your answer →
11. What do you understand by the concept of ‘Satyagraha’ as propagated by Gandhiji?Write your answer →
12. What was India’s attitude towards the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1950?Write your answer →
13. Write a note on the economic progress made by Karnataka in the post-independence era.Write your answer →
14. Write brief notes on: Sir Mirza Ismail, Brahmanetara Parishad, Birsa Munda Revolt, Coorg Insurrection, Nehru Committee Report of 1928.Write your answer →
15. Discuss the possible strategies to maintain peace and harmony in the Kashmir valley.Write your answer →
16. Discuss the options for eradicating Naxalism in the country.Write your answer →
17. Discuss the implications of the Indo-US nuclear deal in meeting energy needs.Write your answer →
18. What is Sting Journalism?Write your answer →
19. Is a ban on cow slaughter viable, even if necessary?Write your answer →
20. Would a new States Reorganisation Commission solve our problems?Write your answer →
21. Comment on the growing unrest in North Korea.Write your answer →
22. Can the incredible achievements of Saina Nehwal be a lesson for others?Write your answer →
23. What, according to you, is the impact of the recent stand of the Central Government on Belgaum?Write your answer →
24. Discuss the salient features of the Global Investors Meet of Karnataka.Write your answer →
25. Why does inflation in food prices not benefit farmers?Write your answer →
26. Is linking major rivers of India feasible?Syllabus: Physiography of IndiaWrite your answer →
27. Should we legalize betting in cricket matches?Write your answer →
28. Write brief notes on: Knowledge Processing Outsourcing, Cloud seeding, Energy drinks, Major projects of Karnataka Government to overcome power problems, Highlights of XI Plan for Education & Health, Poverty amidst plenty, Surrogate advertisements, India’s obsession with fair complexion.Syllabus: Rural DevelopmentWrite your answer →
29. Write brief notes on: Civilian deaths, Base rate, Heritage trees, Dawal Malik, Women in Indian Army, 3G Spectrum auction, Fake encounters, Akrama – Sakrama Scheme, Padma Vibhushan Award, GST.Write your answer →
30. Draw pie charts comparing receipts and expenditures in the Indian Budget and write your observations.Write your answer →
31. Calculate the weighted average score of a student based on given test scores and suggest grace marks required to reach a specific target.Write your answer →
32. In a marriage hall, 120 marriages were held in a particular year. Analyze the age distribution of brides using a cumulative frequency curve.Write your answer →
33. Compute the correlation coefficient for a given set of data and interpret the results.Write your answer →
34. Determine the percentage of companies with dividends below 20% and analyze dividend trends in 50 companies.Write your answer →
35. Given a class of students studying different subjects, calculate the total number of students using set theory principles.Write your answer →
36. "Indian Federalism is the simultaneity of two processes — the unionization process and the regionalization process." Discuss.Write your answer →
37. Give an account of the experiment of decentralizing governance in Karnataka.Write your answer →
38. Assess the importance of the Preamble of the Indian Constitution.Syllabus: Nature of the Constitution-Constitutional developments, , salient…Write your answer →
39. Explain the method of election of the President of India by illustrating the three formulae. What are the reasons behind adopting an indirect method of election?Write your answer →
40. Write a note on the objectives of the Nemmadi Project.Write your answer →
41. Bring out the major recommendations of the High Power Committee for Redressal of Regional Imbalances (HPCRRI) in Karnataka.Syllabus: Post Independent KarnatakaWrite your answer →
42. Bring out the observations of Justice Sadashiva Committee on the excesses committed by the Special Task Force.Write your answer →
43. Narrate the circumstances under which the Janata Party came into existence in Indian politics. Trace the splits in that party from 1979 to 1999.Write your answer →
44. Write a short note on the composition and objectives of the Karnataka Administrative Reforms Commission (KARC).Write your answer →
45. Examine the role of the Right to Information Act (RTI) in reforming Indian Administration.Write your answer →
46. Examine the issues involved in the Amendment of the Panchayat Raj Act of 1993.Write your answer →
47. What are the factors that influence the effective participation of women in the new Panchayati Raj Institutions?Write your answer →
48. Comment on the concept of social justice with an example of a government policy ensuring social justice.Write your answer →
49. Write brief notes on: Tnamdars, Royal Commission, Unique Identification Authority of India, Gazetted post, New Flag Code of India, Objective of Lokayukta Act 1984, Public Accounts Committee, Lokpal, Ashraya Yojana, PPP Model.Syllabus: Welfare mechanism in IndiaWrite your answer →
50. Bring out the impact of the ‘Global Economic and Financial Crisis’ of 2008-09 on the Indian economy and highlight measures taken by the Central Government.Syllabus: Socio Economic SystemWrite your answer →
51. Bring out the basic objectives and features of Karnataka’s New Agricultural Policy 2006. How does it help meet present challenges in agriculture?Syllabus:  Sailent Features of National and Karnataka state agricultural…Write your answer →
52. Explain the objectives and achievements of NREGS in Karnataka.Syllabus: PlanningWrite your answer →
53. Discuss the Regional Disparities and Special Development Plan 2003 - 10 of Karnataka.Syllabus: Development patterns and disparities among regions and between rural…Write your answer →
54. Examine the need for a Second Green Revolution in India and its components.Write your answer →
55. Examine the National Highway Development Project (NHDP) as a major organization in road transport development.Syllabus: Rural DevelopmentWrite your answer →
56. Explain the salient features of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) Programme.Syllabus: Rural DevelopmentWrite your answer →
57. Explain the steps taken by SEBI for healthy capital market development in India.Syllabus: India and International economic relationsWrite your answer →
58. Discuss the strategy of inclusive growth adopted in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan of India.Write your answer →
59. Explain the package of services provided under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Programme.Syllabus:  Farmers welfare programmes in India, Farm women development…Write your answer →
60. What are Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs)? How do they affect India’s trade?Write your answer →
61. Write a note on the Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana.Write your answer →
62. Highlight the role of Self-Help Groups in rural women's empowerment.Write your answer →
63. Write brief notes on: Kissan Credit Card (KCC), Jal Nirmal Project, Karnataka Knowledge Commission, Planning Commission of India, Child Labour, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Yashaswini Health Insurance for Farmers, Service Tax, Special Economic Zones (SEZs), Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana.Syllabus: Rural DevelopmentWrite your answer →
64. Discuss the effects of nuclear power plants on the environment and its mitigative measures.Syllabus:  Concept of biotechnology, introduction and application of genetic…Write your answer →
65. Biotechnology is said to be the technology of the future. Discuss Karnataka’s biotechnology policies.Write your answer →
66. Write brief notes on: Rainwater harvesting, Stem cells, Gene therapy, Satellites, Carbon nanotubes, Optical fiber in medical diagnosis.Write your answer →
67. Write brief notes on: Chikungunya Virus, Solar Energy, Chandrayaan-II, Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY), Bioinformatics, NIMHANS, CFTRI, Biofuels, Skin cancer and UV rays, Nanotherapy.Write your answer →