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MPPSC Mains 2017: 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 Raphael?Write your answer →
  2. Who was Montesquieu?Write your answer →
  3. Who was Vishakhadatta?Write your answer →
  4. When was the Second Battle of Tarain fought?Write your answer →
  5. Who was Ashwaghosh?Write your answer →
  6. Where was the Battle of Kalinga fought?Write your answer →
  7. Who was Ramananda?Write your answer →
  8. Who was Alberuni?Write your answer →
  9. Who was Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar?Write your answer →
  10. What was the Chauri Chaura Incident?Write your answer →
  11. Who was Subhadra Kumari Chauhan?Write your answer →
  12. Who was Birsa Munda?Write your answer →
  13. Who was Bhavbhuti?Write your answer →
  14. Who was Peshwa Bajirao I?Write your answer →
  15. Who was Lord Mountbatten?Write your answer →
  16. Why did the Renaissance start from Italy? Discuss the causes.Write your answer →
  17. Throw light on the background of the French Revolution of 1789.Write your answer →
  18. Write a note on the decline of the Indus Valley Civilization.Write your answer →
  19. Discuss the contribution of Raja Todarmal in the development of the Dahsala Settlement.Write your answer →
  20. Discuss the nature of the Revolt of 1857. Was it a war of independence?Write your answer →
  21. Sketch the characteristics of Buddhist sites in Madhya Pradesh.Syllabus: 1.7 Indian Culture, Heritage with special reference to M.P.Write your answer →
  22. Discuss the circumstances in which India achieved independence.Write your answer →
  23. Evaluate Sher Shah as a ruler.Write your answer →
  24. Throw light on the characteristics of Malwa painting.Write your answer →
  25. Analyse the role of Arya Samaj in the development of nationalism.Write your answer →
  26. Throw light on the social conditions of the later Vedic Age (1000 B.C. - 600 B.C.).Write your answer →
  27. Why did Gandhiji accept the partition of the country?Write your answer →
  28. Discuss the causes of the Russian Revolution (1917) in detail.Write your answer →
  29. Why is Akbar called a national monarch? Explain in detail.Write your answer →
  30. Write a short essay on the development of tourism in Madhya Pradesh.Syllabus: 1.7 Indian Culture, Heritage with special reference to M.P.Write your answer →
  31. How far will it be proper to call the Gupta period the "Golden Age" of ancient India on the basis of cultural achievements?Write your answer →
  32. Define Sericulture.Write your answer →
  33. Describe Greenhouse Gases.Write your answer →
  34. Explain the meaning of Soil.Write your answer →
  35. Define ‘Dun’ and ‘Duar’.Write your answer →
  36. Where is the Malabar Coast located?Write your answer →
  37. What is Balram Tal Yojna?Write your answer →
  38. What is Albedo?Write your answer →
  39. Describe land reforms in India.Write your answer →
  40. Define ‘Inversion of Rainfall’.Write your answer →
  41. Define Central Business District (C.B.D.).Write your answer →
  42. Define Jet Stream.Write your answer →
  43. What were the causes of the Uttarakhand flash flood in 2013?Write your answer →
  44. What do you mean by Roaring Forties? Point out their location.Write your answer →
  45. Define El Niño and La Niña.Write your answer →
  46. Write a short note on the Chota Nagpur Plateau industrial region.Write your answer →
  47. Examine the canal irrigation system in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.Write your answer →
  48. Describe the geographical distribution of tribes in central India.Write your answer →
  49. Examine the problem of malnutrition in India.Write your answer →
  50. Identify the agro-climatic sub-regions of Madhya Pradesh.Write your answer →
  51. Describe the Chernobyl Atomic Plant Tragedy of 1986.Syllabus: 4.3 Case studiesWrite your answer →
  52. What is eco-farming? How is it different from Green Revolution farming?Write your answer →
  53. Write a note on the geographical characteristics of the Vindhyachal-Baghelkhand Plateau.Write your answer →
  54. Discuss the Chambal Project.Write your answer →
  55. Discuss the problems of soil erosion and soil degradation in Madhya Pradesh and suggest remedies.Syllabus: Soil:- Physical, chemical and biological properties of soil, soil…Write your answer →
  56. Write a short note on Greater Himalaya or Himadri.Write your answer →
  57. What is Nappes?Write your answer →
  58. Name five controlling factors of oceanic salinity.Write your answer →
  59. What is latent heat?Write your answer →
  60. Name the misfit stream of India.Write your answer →
  61. Divide Madhya Pradesh into physical divisions and present their detailed account.Syllabus: Dynasties of Madhya PradeshWrite your answer →
  62. Describe the institutional organization and basic policy framework of disaster management.Write your answer →
  63. Evaluate the parameters of population stabilization in India and discuss the government strategy to arrest the growing population.Write your answer →
  64. Describe the drainage system of Madhya Pradesh.Write your answer →
  65. What is Plate Tectonic Theory? Describe the role of Plate Tectonics in sea-floor spreading and continental displacement.Write your answer →

Paper-II

  1. Write any three basic principles in the Preamble of the Constitution of India.Syllabus: Constitution of India:- Its Foundation, characteristics, Basic…Write your answer →
  2. What is the 12th Schedule of the Constitution about and how many subjects are there in this Schedule?Write your answer →
  3. What is the provision in Article 323-A of the Constitution of India?Write your answer →
  4. Which Article of the Constitution of India provides the method of election of the President of India and what is the name of this method?Write your answer →
  5. In which month and year was the Lokpal Bill enacted by the Parliament?Write your answer →
  6. What is the difference between starred and unstarred questions?Write your answer →
  7. Write down the emergency powers of the President of India.Write your answer →
  8. Write down any two important provisions of the 74th Amendment to the Constitution of India.Syllabus: Constitution of India:- Its Foundation, characteristics, Basic…Write your answer →
  9. How many All India Service Cadres are there? Write their names.Write your answer →
  10. Write any two duties of the M.P. Public Service Commission.Syllabus: Union Public Service CommissionWrite your answer →
  11. What is meant by ‘Fraternity’ mentioned in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution?Write your answer →
  12. What is meant by ‘Adjournment Motion’?Write your answer →
  13. What is meant by the ‘Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court’?Write your answer →
  14. Write any two important provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.Write your answer →
  15. Write any two constitutional safeguards for the autonomy and impartiality of the Comptroller & Auditor General.Syllabus: Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of IndiaWrite your answer →
  16. Explain the unitary elements in the Indian Constitution.Write your answer →
  17. Describe the jurisdiction of State High Courts.Write your answer →
  18. Discuss the ineffectiveness of the State Lokayukta Institution.Write your answer →
  19. Highlight the controversial issues regarding Union–State financial relations.Syllabus: Nature of the Indian Union, Centre-State Relations, Division of Power…Write your answer →
  20. Explain the legislative powers of the State Governor.Write your answer →
  21. Discuss the procedure for impeachment of the President.Write your answer →
  22. Explain the Right to Equality in the Indian Constitution.Write your answer →
  23. Write about the utility of the Central Information Commission.Syllabus: Accountability and Rights:- Competition Commission, Consumer Forum…Write your answer →
  24. Describe the functions and duties of the Estimates Committee.Write your answer →
  25. Highlight the importance of transparency in administration.Write your answer →
  26. Explain the role of Self-Help Groups.Write your answer →
  27. Discuss the significance of citizens’ participation in the decision-making process.Syllabus: Features of democracy:- Political Representations, Participation of…Write your answer →
  28. Explain the role of the Chief Minister in State Administration.Write your answer →
  29. Discuss the objectives of monetary policy.Write your answer →
  30. Write about the different types of media.Write your answer →
  31. Critically evaluate the role of the Prime Minister in the governance of the country.Write your answer →
  32. Write a critical essay on the working of Urban Local Self-Government Institutions in your State.Syllabus: Local Self Government, 73rd and 74th amendment of ConstitutionWrite your answer →
  33. Analyze the Union–State legislative relations.Syllabus: Nature of the Indian Union, Centre-State Relations, Division of Power…Write your answer →
  34. Write a note on ‘Co-operative Federalism: Problems and Possibilities’.Write your answer →
  35. Explain the training system of higher Civil Services in your state and offer a few suggestions for reforms in this field.Write your answer →
  36. Discuss the aims and functions of the World Trade Organization and examine its impact on India.Syllabus: India's international trade and balance of payment, role of Foreign…Write your answer →
  37. What is the Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961?Write your answer →
  38. Describe the UJJAWALA Scheme’s role in combating atrocities against women.Write your answer →
  39. Write the reasons for the failure of the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.Syllabus: The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989Write your answer →
  40. How is women’s empowerment possible through the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005?Syllabus: Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act-2005Write your answer →
  41. How can law bring changes in society?Write your answer →
  42. What is the Copenhagen Convention?Write your answer →
  43. Discuss the issue of anemia among women in Madhya Pradesh.Write your answer →
  44. Explain the role of ASHA and its impact on the health of rural women in Madhya Pradesh.Write your answer →
  45. Discuss the importance of breastfeeding on the health of newborns.Write your answer →
  46. What is malnutrition and how does the Mid-Day Meal Scheme address it?Write your answer →
  47. What is institutionalized delivery and its impact on the health of mothers and newborns?Write your answer →
  48. List the vaccinations given to a child from birth to five years of age.Write your answer →
  49. What is the Right to Education Act?Write your answer →
  50. What is the role of UGC in maintaining quality education at the higher level?Syllabus: Education as a tool of HR development, Universal elementary…Write your answer →
  51. What are the various welfare schemes for the aged?Write your answer →
  52. Do you think that changes in Indian society align with the Preamble of the Indian Constitution? Justify your answer.Write your answer →
  53. What are the various Acts passed to check women’s exploitation in the family? Describe any one of them.Write your answer →
  54. Has the Right to Information Act, 2005 been able to control corruption? Answer with reasons.Write your answer →
  55. Describe the various provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.Write your answer →
  56. Write a note on UNICEF’s Polio Eradication Programme in India.Write your answer →
  57. Write about maternal health service programs in Madhya Pradesh.Syllabus: Election Commission of India, Comptroller and Auditor General of…Write your answer →
  58. Discuss the objectives of the World Health Organization.Syllabus: World Health Organization:- Objectives, Structure, Functions and ProgrammesWrite your answer →
  59. Describe the reasons for the high infant mortality rate in India.Write your answer →
  60. "The greatest obstacle in girls' education is early marriage." Comment.Write your answer →
  61. Write on the causes of malnutrition in Madhya Pradesh.Write your answer →
  62. Write on the provisions of Section 4 of the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955.Syllabus: The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955Write your answer →
  63. Describe the punishment for offenses of atrocities under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, under Section 3(i).Syllabus: The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989Write your answer →
  64. Explain the welfare programs related to labor as per the Factories Act, 1948.Write your answer →
  65. Write about the steps taken for the prevention of communicable diseases in the 21st century.Syllabus: Communicable diseases and their PreventionWrite your answer →

Paper-III

  1. What are radioisotopes?Write your answer →
  2. What are Hot Spots of Biodiversity?Write your answer →
  3. What is DNA Finger-printing?Write your answer →
  4. What is Fossil Fuel?Write your answer →
  5. Define Integers.Write your answer →
  6. What is Heavy Water?Write your answer →
  7. What are Bird Flu and Swine Flu?Write your answer →
  8. What is Organic Farming?Write your answer →
  9. What is e-Health?Write your answer →
  10. What is Golden Rice?Write your answer →
  11. What is Nuclear Fission?Write your answer →
  12. A person incurs a 5% loss by selling his bicycle for ₹1140. At what price should the bicycle be sold to earn a 5% profit?Write your answer →
  13. Write briefly about the Human Endocrine System.Write your answer →
  14. Discuss Solar Energy and its potential in Madhya Pradesh.Write your answer →
  15. What is Green Chemistry?Write your answer →
  16. Describe briefly the FAME India initiative.Write your answer →
  17. Discuss the contribution of former President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in the field of science and technology.Syllabus: Contribution of Indians in the field of Science and TechnologyWrite your answer →
  18. What is a Supercomputer, and what is its status in India?Write your answer →
  19. What is the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)?Write your answer →
  20. Discuss briefly the effects of El-Niño and La-Niña.Write your answer →
  21. What is BOSS (Bharat Operating System Solutions)?Write your answer →
  22. Discuss Biodiversity with special reference to Madhya Pradesh.Syllabus: 1.7 Indian Culture, Heritage with special reference to M.P.Write your answer →
  23. How does Biotechnology contribute to social development?Write your answer →
  24. What are Green Buildings?Write your answer →
  25. What do you understand by Disaster Management?Write your answer →
  26. What is the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)?Write your answer →
  27. If ₹510 is divided among X, Y, and Z such that X gets 2/3 of what Y gets, and Y gets 1/4 of what Z gets, how much does each person receive?Write your answer →
  28. What are "Global Warming" and "Climate Change"? Discuss their causes and the adverse effects of climate change. Describe international efforts to control it.Syllabus: World Climate:- Climate and seasons, distribution of rain fall and…Write your answer →
  29. Explain the "Make in India" program and how it can contribute to India's socio-economic development.Write your answer →
  30. Write short notes on:Write your answer →
  31. (i) Manifold applications of NanotechnologyWrite your answer →
  32. (ii) Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS)Write your answer →
  33. (iii) Water resources in Madhya PradeshSyllabus: Infrastructure and resources of Madhya PradeshWrite your answer →
  34. What is the concept of "Smart City"? What are the objectives of the "Smart City Mission" launched by the Prime Minister? What are the necessary criteria for cities to join this mission? Which cities in Madhya Pradesh are selected for the mission?Write your answer →
  35. (i) Nuclear Energy and IndiaWrite your answer →
  36. (ii) E-waste ManagementWrite your answer →
  37. (iii) "Namami Gange" Integrated Ganga Conservation MissionWrite your answer →
  38. Define Privatization.Write your answer →
  39. What is Disguised Unemployment?Write your answer →
  40. What are the parameters of Poverty?Write your answer →
  41. Define "Financial Inclusion."Write your answer →
  42. What is the Gender Development Indicator?Write your answer →
  43. What do you mean by "Regional Imbalances"?Write your answer →
  44. What is "Inclusive Development"?Write your answer →
  45. Define National Income.Write your answer →
  46. What is the role of SEBI?Write your answer →
  47. What are the parameters of Food Security?Write your answer →
  48. What is the difference between the Poverty Line and the Starvation Line?Write your answer →
  49. What are the characteristics of Cooperatives in Madhya Pradesh?Write your answer →
  50. What are Social Subsidies?Write your answer →
  51. What are the limitations of the Public Distribution System?Syllabus: Public distribution system,(MP Specific ) current trends and…Write your answer →
  52. What do you mean by Human Development?Write your answer →
  53. What is Industrialization? What are the causes of low industrialization in Madhya Pradesh?Write your answer →
  54. Explain the major challenges facing the Indian economy today.Syllabus: Public distribution system,(MP Specific ) current trends and…Write your answer →
  55. Discuss the contributions of the 11th Five-Year Plan to India’s economic development.Write your answer →
  56. Critically analyze the New Economic Policy of 1991 and its impact on the banking sector.Write your answer →
  57. Evaluate the role of infrastructure in economic development.Syllabus: Urban issues, Urban development (social and economic infrastructure)…Write your answer →
  58. How can regional imbalances be improved in India?Write your answer →
  59. Explain the targeted Public Distribution System.Syllabus: Public distribution system,(MP Specific ) current trends and…Write your answer →
  60. What do you understand by Food Security, and why is it necessary for a country like India?Write your answer →
  61. What is Rural Credit? Critically examine the role of NABARD in rural credit.Write your answer →
  62. Explain the major factors contributing to economic development.Syllabus: Factors of economic developmentWrite your answer →
  63. Describe the concept of Industrialization in Madhya Pradesh.Write your answer →
  64. What is the Smart City Project? Which cities of Madhya Pradesh have been selected for it, and why?Write your answer →
  65. What are the major problems in transport development in Madhya Pradesh?Syllabus: Emergence of India as a Republic Nation, Reorganization of States…Write your answer →
  66. Discuss the impact of Liberalization in India.Write your answer →
  67. Write a short essay on Food Security in Madhya Pradesh.Write your answer →
  68. Explain the "PURA" (Provision of Urban Amenities to Rural Areas) model.Write your answer →
  69. Critically analyze the role of Public Finance in the economic development of Madhya Pradesh.Syllabus: Election Commission of India, Comptroller and Auditor General of…Write your answer →
  70. What are the objectives of the TRIMS (Trade-Related Investment Measures) Agreement?Write your answer →
  71. What is Migration? What is the condition of migration in Madhya Pradesh?Write your answer →
  72. Describe the nature of urban and rural unemployment in India. What steps has the government taken recently to reduce unemployment?Syllabus: Local Self Government, 73rd and 74th amendment of ConstitutionWrite your answer →
  73. Explain in detail the different effects of Liberalization on Indian agriculture.Write your answer →
  74. What is Faster Inclusive Growth? How has it helped in unemployment reduction under the 12th Five-Year Plan?Write your answer →
  75. Critically evaluate the MGNREGA scheme and assess its success or failure.Write your answer →
  76. What are the objectives of social sector subsidies? What barriers prevent them from achieving their objectives?Write your answer →
  77. Explain the recent trends in the Indian economy.Syllabus: Public distribution system,(MP Specific ) current trends and…Write your answer →

Paper-IV

  1. Section A - Very Short Answer Type Questions (15x3=45)Write your answer →
  2. Define ethical values.Write your answer →
  3. What is the meaning of Prejudice?Write your answer →
  4. What is the meaning of transparency in administration?Write your answer →
  5. What is the meaning of ‘Sarvodaya’?Write your answer →
  6. What is a Situational Judgment Test?Write your answer →
  7. Name the components of attitude.Write your answer →
  8. Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?Write your answer →
  9. What do you mean by the ‘Foot-in-the-Door’ technique?Write your answer →
  10. State the main causes of corruption.Write your answer →
  11. What do you understand by the Central Vigilance Commission?Syllabus: Accountability and Rights:- Competition Commission, Consumer Forum…Write your answer →
  12. Discuss the ways to improve integrity and morality in administration.Write your answer →
  13. Discuss the objectives of moral training in the training of administrative officers.Write your answer →
  14. Throw light on the contribution of Kautilya in Indian political thought.Syllabus: Indian Political Thinkers Kautilya, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru…Write your answer →
  15. Write comments on the social consciousness in the poetry of Kabir.Write your answer →
  16. Throw light on the social philosophy of Swami Dayanand Saraswati.Syllabus: Philosophers/Thinkers, Social Reformers:- Socrates, Plato, Aristotle…Write your answer →
  17. Section B - Short Answer Type Questions (15x6=90)Write your answer →
  18. Discuss the theory of “Anekantavada” in Jain philosophy.Write your answer →
  19. Discuss the contribution of Swami Vivekananda in awakening national consciousness.Write your answer →
  20. Write comments on the social thoughts of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar.Write your answer →
  21. Explain the concept of ‘Trusteeship’ in Gandhian philosophy.Write your answer →
  22. Explain the relevance of Integral Humanism.Write your answer →
  23. Explain the meaning and characteristics of attitude.Write your answer →
  24. Discuss the concept of "Persuasive Communication."Write your answer →
  25. Discuss the role of active listening in empathy.Write your answer →
  26. Throw light on the educational philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore.Write your answer →
  27. What are the foundational values of impartiality and non-partisanship for civil services?Syllabus: AptitudeWrite your answer →
  28. Explain the ill-effects of corruption.Write your answer →
  29. Write comments on the Whistleblower Protection Bill in India.Write your answer →
  30. Write comments on "Measuring Corruption" and "Transparency International."Syllabus: Corruption:- Types and Causes of corruption, effects of corruption…Write your answer →