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MPPSC Mains 2015: 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-I

  1. Who was Erasmus?Write your answer →
  2. What is Rigveda?Write your answer →
  3. Describe the Great Bath of Mohenjodaro.Write your answer →
  4. Who was Kalidasa?Write your answer →
  5. What was the Battle of Haldighati?Write your answer →
  6. Explain the Afzal Khan Episode.Write your answer →
  7. What was the Chauri Chaura Incident?Write your answer →
  8. Who was Balkrishna Sharma ‘Naveen’?Write your answer →
  9. What was the cause of the failure of the League of Nations?Write your answer →
  10. Make an assessment of Kanishka as a patron of Buddhism.Write your answer →
  11. Write a note on Harsha as a Scholar.Write your answer →
  12. Make a brief description of the temples of Khajuraho.Write your answer →
  13. Discuss the causes of the failure of Humayun.Write your answer →
  14. Throw light on the invasion of Nadir Shah and its effects.Write your answer →
  15. Discuss the consequences of the Third Battle of Panipat.Write your answer →
  16. Between whom did the Carnatic Wars take place? What was their result?Write your answer →
  17. Write a note on Asht Pradhan.Write your answer →
  18. Discuss those factors which assisted in the rise of Indian Nationalism.Write your answer →
  19. Write a note on Surat Split.Write your answer →
  20. Discuss briefly the subsidiary alliance of Lord Wellesley.Write your answer →
  21. Throw light on the contribution of Swami Dayanand and Arya Samaj.Write your answer →
  22. Discuss the causes of the First World War in detail.Write your answer →
  23. Discuss the religious policy of Aurangzeb. What were its consequences?Write your answer →
  24. What was the effect of British Economic Policies on the Indian Economy?Syllabus: 1.4 Impact of British Rule on Indian economy and society, Indian…Write your answer →
  25. Make an assessment of Bhoj Parmar on the basis of his achievements.Write your answer →
  26. The integration of states in the Indian Union was a difficult problem. How was it solved?Write your answer →
  27. Name the states through which the Tropic of Cancer passes.Write your answer →
  28. Name the highest mountain peak of India and also mention its height, which is situated on the border of Nepal and Sikkim.Write your answer →
  29. Tell the sub-regions of the Western Coastal Plains.Write your answer →
  30. Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?Write your answer →
  31. Detroit in the U.S.A. is famous for which industry?Write your answer →
  32. Which gas is known as a Greenhouse Gas?Write your answer →
  33. Name two rivers of Madhya Pradesh which flow through the rift valley and form an estuary.Write your answer →
  34. Narmada River forms which waterfall near Jabalpur?Write your answer →
  35. The first Atomic Power Plant of India is located where and when did it start production?Write your answer →
  36. Name those districts of Madhya Pradesh which have the highest ravine-affected land.Write your answer →
  37. Define Geosynclines.Write your answer →
  38. Define Natural Disasters and also give examples.Write your answer →
  39. What do you mean by Horse Latitudes? Explain their location.Write your answer →
  40. Madhya Pradesh is famous for which most valuable mineral?Write your answer →
  41. Discuss the structure of the atmosphere.Write your answer →
  42. Give a classification of ocean deposits on the basis of sources.Write your answer →
  43. Discuss the types of soils and their distribution in India.Write your answer →
  44. Divide the Northern Great Plains of India into regional divisions.Write your answer →
  45. Mention the main Non-conventional Sources of Energy in India.Syllabus: Conventional and Non-Conventional sources of energyWrite your answer →
  46. Give a geographical description of the Drainage System of the Chambal River.Write your answer →
  47. Discuss the special features of the Jute Industry in India.Write your answer →
  48. Describe the Copper-producing areas of Madhya Pradesh.Write your answer →
  49. Give a regional distribution of the main Scheduled Tribes of Madhya Pradesh.Syllabus: 2.3 Demography of India and M.P., Tribes of Madhya Pradesh with…Write your answer →
  50. Discuss the importance of Bundelkhand from the point of view of Tourism.Write your answer →
  51. Discuss the economic significance of the Malwa Plateau Region.Write your answer →
  52. Give an account of Petroleum Production Areas in India.Write your answer →
  53. Evaluate the Tawa Valley Project from the viewpoint of Water Management.Write your answer →
  54. Discuss the Manganese Production Areas of Madhya Pradesh and also explain its use.Write your answer →
  55. Madhya Pradesh is one of India’s pulse production areas. Give your comments.Syllabus: 1.7 Indian Culture, Heritage with special reference to M.P.Write your answer →

Paper-II

  1. When were the elections of the Constituent Assembly held? On which date was the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly held? Who was the permanent speaker of the Constituent Assembly?Write your answer →
  2. Which Fundamental Rights have been provided to Indian citizens in the Indian Constitution?Write your answer →
  3. Which main elements have been included in the Indian Constitution from the Constitutions of Great Britain, the United States of America, and Ireland?Write your answer →
  4. How is the Speaker of the Lok Sabha elected? Write the name of the present Speaker of the Lok Sabha.Write your answer →
  5. How is the Vice President of India elected? Of which House of the Parliament is he the Chairman?Write your answer →
  6. Who organizes the National Human Rights Commission? Who are its members?Syllabus: Accountability and Rights:- Competition Commission, Consumer Forum…Write your answer →
  7. What are the main salient features of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1993?Write your answer →
  8. What is the purpose of Public Interest Litigations?Write your answer →
  9. How is the Central Information Commission established?Syllabus: Accountability and Rights:- Competition Commission, Consumer Forum…Write your answer →
  10. What is the basis of the distribution of powers between the Centre and the States in the Indian Constitution?Write your answer →
  11. In which year and under which Act was the Public Service Commission established in India for the first time?Syllabus: Election Commission of India, Comptroller and Auditor General of…Write your answer →
  12. What do you mean by Adult Franchise?Write your answer →
  13. Where is the Apex Civil Servants Training Academy in India, and what is its name?Write your answer →
  14. Who appoints the Attorney General of India? In which courts of India and in whose favor does he represent cases?Write your answer →
  15. What is the meaning of Decentralization?Write your answer →
  16. Write down the Preamble of the Indian Constitution after the 42nd Constitutional Amendment.Write your answer →
  17. Explain the six freedoms mentioned under the Right to Freedom in the Indian Constitution.Syllabus: Protection to Women Women Under Indian Constitution & Criminal Law…Write your answer →
  18. Clearly explain in short the salient features of the Right to Information Act, 2005.Write your answer →
  19. What do you understand by community-based organizations?Syllabus: Community-based organizations (CBO), Non Government Organizations…Write your answer →
  20. "People’s participation is the basic element of the reality of democratic government." Explain.Write your answer →
  21. In which circumstances does the office of the President fall vacant?Write your answer →
  22. In case of violation of Fundamental Rights of citizens, how many types of writs are issued by the courts for their revival?Write your answer →
  23. Write down the main objectives of the Environment Protection Act, 1986.Write your answer →
  24. Describe the discretionary powers of Governors.Write your answer →
  25. Who was the President of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly of the Indian Constitution? Write the names of the members of this committee.Syllabus: Constitution drafting committee, The Constitution of IndiaWrite your answer →
  26. Describe the functions of political parties in democracy.Syllabus: Working of Democracy, Political Parties, Political Representation…Write your answer →
  27. Enumerate some of the adopted suggestions for electoral reforms.Write your answer →
  28. What do you understand by Judicial Activism?Write your answer →
  29. By which Act does the Government of Madhya Pradesh guarantee the bestowing of public services on the people? What are its main salient features?Syllabus: 1.7 Indian Culture, Heritage with special reference to M.P.Write your answer →
  30. What are Non-Governmental Organizations?Write your answer →
  31. Write down the salient features of the Indian Administrative Service.Write your answer →
  32. Write down the functions of the Union Public Service Commission along with Constitutional provisions to safeguard the independence of its members.Syllabus: Union Public Service CommissionWrite your answer →
  33. How is finance controlled by the Parliament?Write your answer →
  34. Elucidate the powers of the Comptroller and Auditor General.Syllabus: Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of IndiaWrite your answer →
  35. Explain India’s role in the implementation of policies of the UNO.Write your answer →
  36. Explain the aims and objectives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).Write your answer →

Paper-III

  1. What is Argon gas and its uses?Write your answer →
  2. What is Gel-Chromatography?Write your answer →
  3. What is Russell-Saunders Coupling?Write your answer →
  4. What are Isobars?Write your answer →
  5. What are Double Salts?Write your answer →
  6. What is Nano-technology?Write your answer →
  7. What is 4G (Fourth Generation)?Write your answer →
  8. What is the Weight of an object?Write your answer →
  9. What is Intellectual Property Right?Write your answer →
  10. Explain Light Emitting Diode (LED).Write your answer →
  11. What is e-waste management?Write your answer →
  12. What is El-Nino?Write your answer →
  13. What is Bio-mass energy?Write your answer →
  14. Give India's response to climatic change and global warming.Write your answer →
  15. What is the role of Na+ and K+ ions in the biological system?Write your answer →
  16. Discuss total internal reflection and its practical applications.Write your answer →
  17. Explain in brief about prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.Write your answer →
  18. Explain Ozone layer depletion and its effects.Write your answer →
  19. A town has a population of 176400, which increases at a rate of 5% annually. What will be the population after two years?Write your answer →
  20. The difference between compound and simple interest for a certain amount over 3 years at an annual rate of 5% is ₹61. Find the principal amount.Syllabus: Numbers and its type, Methods of Unit Measurement, Equations and…Write your answer →
  21. Explain the role of sustainable development in environmental protection.Write your answer →
  22. Discuss applications of science and technology in social and economic development.Syllabus: Applications of Science and Technology in Social and Economic developmentWrite your answer →
  23. Write down the different allotropic forms of carbon and their uses.Write your answer →
  24. A rectangular plot has dimensions of 13.5m x 2.5m. A rectangular tank of dimensions (5m x 4.5m x 2.1m) is dug in it. The soil taken out is spread uniformly in the remaining plot. Find the increase in the surface height of the plot.Write your answer →
  25. Six men and six women can complete a work in 8 days, whereas three men and seven women can complete the same work in 10 days. How many days will it take for 10 women to complete the work alone?Write your answer →
  26. What is the Gender Inequality Index?Write your answer →
  27. What is Unreported Illegal Income?Write your answer →
  28. What is Reserve Money?Write your answer →
  29. What is the Lead Bank Scheme?Write your answer →
  30. What is Urbanization?Write your answer →
  31. What is Import Substitution?Write your answer →
  32. What is the Kisan Credit Card?Write your answer →
  33. What is Disinvestment?Write your answer →
  34. What is Under-employment?Write your answer →
  35. What is the Human Development Index?Write your answer →
  36. What is Buffer Stock?Write your answer →
  37. What are Retail Loans?Write your answer →
  38. What is Social Justice?Write your answer →
  39. What is a Mixed Economy?Write your answer →
  40. What is Commercial Paper?Write your answer →
  41. State the characteristics of under-developed countries.Write your answer →
  42. Write a brief note on GDP and NDP.Write your answer →
  43. What do you understand by economic development? Discuss the role of capital formation in economic development.Write your answer →
  44. Discuss the nature and causes of poverty in India. What measures can you suggest to deal with this problem?Write your answer →
  45. Discuss the main elements of the New Economic Policy of India and evaluate its impact on industrial development in the last 10 years.Syllabus: India's international trade and balance of payment, role of Foreign…Write your answer →
  46. Discuss the role of cooperative movements in the growth of Madhya Pradesh.Write your answer →
  47. Discuss the latest steps taken by the Madhya Pradesh Government for the development of the state.Syllabus: Dynasties of Madhya PradeshWrite your answer →
  48. State the importance of rail transport in the economic development of Madhya Pradesh.Syllabus: Dynasties of Madhya PradeshWrite your answer →
  49. Write a brief note on the development of Telecom in Madhya Pradesh.Write your answer →
  50. Discuss the steps taken by the Government of India towards globalization since 1991. What further measures would you suggest?Write your answer →
  51. Examine the problem of rural unemployment in India. Briefly review the policies initiated to solve this problem.Write your answer →
  52. Write a brief note on SGSY (Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana).Write your answer →
  53. What do you know about MGNREGA? How far has it succeeded in solving the problem of rural poverty?Write your answer →
  54. Write a brief note on the working of SEBI.Write your answer →
  55. What is the role of Public Finance in the economic development of the country?Write your answer →
  56. State the causes of economic backwardness and regional imbalances in India. What measures would you suggest to solve this problem?Write your answer →
  57. Define Liberalization and Privatization. Discuss the provisions taken in the New Industrial Policy of 1991.Write your answer →
  58. Define free trade and protection trade. Distinguish between the two.Write your answer →
  59. What is inclusive growth? How has it helped in poverty reduction in the country?Write your answer →
  60. Discuss the importance of agriculture in the economy of Madhya Pradesh. What is the problem of direct subsidy for agriculture?Syllabus: Demographic scenario of Madhya Pradesh and its impacts on the economy of Madhya PradeshWrite your answer →
  61. Critically examine the National Skill Development Policy. Suggest some measures to implement it in Madhya Pradesh.Syllabus: India's international trade and balance of payment, role of Foreign…Write your answer →
  62. What is Black Money? Discuss the recent steps undertaken by the Government of India to curb this problem.Write your answer →
  63. Critically examine the recent trends in the capital market of Madhya Pradesh.Write your answer →

Paper-IV

  1. Section A - Very Short Answer Type Questions (15x3=45)Write your answer →
  2. What do you understand by moral virtue?Write your answer →
  3. Why is a code of conduct necessary for civil servants?Syllabus: code of conduct for civil servantsWrite your answer →
  4. What is the moral teaching of Mahatma Gandhi?Write your answer →
  5. What is the importance of Emotional Intelligence in reference to the Government?Write your answer →
  6. What are the Five Great Vows of Mahaveer Swami?Write your answer →
  7. Which city is famous regarding the speech of Swami Vivekananda?Write your answer →
  8. What is the function of attitude in human personality?Write your answer →
  9. What do you understand by ‘Whistle-blower’?Write your answer →
  10. What is the need for compassion towards the weaker section in Civil Services?Syllabus: AptitudeWrite your answer →
  11. Who is Aristotle? What is his main philosophical thought?Write your answer →
  12. Which philosophical theory is propounded by Sri Aurobindo?Write your answer →
  13. What do you understand by higher values?Write your answer →
  14. What is the name of the famous book written by Mahatma Gandhi?Write your answer →
  15. What do you understand by ‘DAT’?Write your answer →
  16. What is International Transparency?Write your answer →
  17. Section B - Short Answer Type Questions (15x6=90)Write your answer →
  18. Need for moral values in Civil Services.Syllabus: Ethics and Values in Public AdministrationWrite your answer →
  19. Conscience as a source of ethical guidance.Syllabus: conscience as sources of ethical guidanceWrite your answer →
  20. The Eightfold Path of Mahatma Buddha.Write your answer →
  21. Raja Rammohan Roy as a social reformer.Write your answer →
  22. Non-violence according to Mahatma Gandhi.Write your answer →
  23. The role of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in the framing of the Constitution.Write your answer →
  24. What do you understand by Prejudice and Discrimination?Write your answer →
  25. Explain dedication to Public Service.Syllabus: dedication to public serviceWrite your answer →
  26. What do you understand by corruption?Write your answer →
  27. Clarify the concept of Emotional Intelligence.Write your answer →
  28. Explain Accountability and Transparency in Public Administration.Syllabus: Ethics and Values in Public AdministrationWrite your answer →
  29. Philosophical concept of Tulsidas.Write your answer →
  30. Theory of Dayananda Saraswati.Write your answer →
  31. Approaches to be taken to minimize corruption.Write your answer →
  32. What are the foundational values as neutrality for Civil Services?Syllabus: foundational values for Civil ServiceWrite your answer →
  33. Syadvad in Jain Philosophy.Write your answer →
  34. Explain Socialism according to Ram Manohar Lohia.Write your answer →
  35. Explain Ekatma-Manavavada (Integral Humanism).Write your answer →