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MPPSC Mains 2018: previous year questions

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Paper-I

  1. What is the Kanva Dynasty?Write your answer →
  2. Who was Gautamiputra Satakarni?Write your answer →
  3. Who were the Maukharis?Write your answer →
  4. What is Rehela?Write your answer →
  5. Who was Rajkumar Shukla?Write your answer →
  6. Who were the Jacobins?Write your answer →
  7. Who was Erasmus?Write your answer →
  8. Who was Czar Alexander II?Write your answer →
  9. Who was Thomas Brassey?Write your answer →
  10. Who was Khijra Khan?Write your answer →
  11. What is the Tuluva Dynasty?Write your answer →
  12. Who was Shahabuddin Umar?Write your answer →
  13. Who was Razia Begum?Write your answer →
  14. What was the Treaty of Neuilly?Write your answer →
  15. Sketch the contributions of Michelangelo in the European Renaissance.Write your answer →
  16. Highlight the causes of the Glorious or Bloodless Revolution of England in 1688.Write your answer →
  17. Throw light on the socio-economic background of the rise of Buddhism in India.Write your answer →
  18. Throw light on the political conditions of Northern India during the sixth century BC.Syllabus: 1.2 Indian History -Political, Economical and Social history of India…Write your answer →
  19. Describe the public welfare activities of Firuzshah Tughluq.Write your answer →
  20. Discuss the nature and significance of Din-i-Ilahi.Write your answer →
  21. Explain 'economic drain' and discuss its causes.Write your answer →
  22. Give a brief account of the Birsa Munda Movement.Write your answer →
  23. Write a short note on Kunwar Singh.Write your answer →
  24. Discuss the social and educational contributions of the Ramakrishna Mission in detail.Write your answer →
  25. Describe the World Heritage Sites of Madhya Pradesh in brief.Syllabus: 1.7 Indian Culture, Heritage with special reference to M.P.Write your answer →
  26. Throw light on the literary contributions of Jaganik.Write your answer →
  27. Discuss the socio-economic causes of the French Revolution of 1789. OR To what extent is it correct to ascribe the outbreak of the Second World War to the defects of the Treaty of 1919?Syllabus: 1.1 World HistoryWrite your answer →
  28. Examine the social structure under the Rajputs. OR Mention the important sources of the history of Harshavardhana.Write your answer →
  29. Trace the causes of the failure of the Revolt of 1857 and throw light on its importance. OR Write an essay on the rise and growth of Nationalism in India.Write your answer →
  30. Evaluate the political and cultural contributions of Bhoj Paramara (1010-1055). OR Throw light on the Flag Satyagraha Movement of Madhya Pradesh.Syllabus: Independence Movement in Madhya PradeshWrite your answer →
  31. Vindhyachal mountain range comprises of which hills?Write your answer →
  32. What is Peneplain?Write your answer →
  33. What do you mean by Penda Agriculture?Write your answer →
  34. Give three names of thermal power stations in Madhya Pradesh.Write your answer →
  35. Name the origin place of the Tapi river.Write your answer →
  36. ‘Mangla’ is famous for which economic activity?Write your answer →
  37. Mention the key bauxite-producing states of India.Write your answer →
  38. What is 'Allah Bund'?Write your answer →
  39. Write about the diamond-producing area of Madhya Pradesh.Write your answer →
  40. What is an 'Atoll'?Write your answer →
  41. Give names of important centers of the paper industry in Madhya Pradesh.Write your answer →
  42. Define Apogean and Perigean Tides.Write your answer →
  43. What was the infant population growth rate of Madhya Pradesh between 2001 and 2011?Write your answer →
  44. When and why did a sudden flood occur in Uttarakhand (Kedarnath)?Write your answer →
  45. Explain the origin of the Himalayas on the basis of the Plate Tectonics theory.Write your answer →
  46. In which areas of Madhya Pradesh has maximum development of irrigation by wells and tube wells taken place, and what are its causes?Write your answer →
  47. What are the traditional methods of water conservation? Which requirements can be fulfilled by these?Write your answer →
  48. Give the measures taken for relief and rehabilitation in disaster management.Syllabus: 4.1 Man-made and Natural disastersWrite your answer →
  49. Describe the regional pattern of population density in Madhya Pradesh.Write your answer →
  50. Describe the flood-affected areas of India.Write your answer →
  51. Describe the dolomite mining areas of Madhya Pradesh.Write your answer →
  52. Describe the main characteristics of soils of Madhya Pradesh.Write your answer →
  53. Describe the population growth rate (1901-2011) of Madhya Pradesh.Write your answer →
  54. What are the major factors of migration from villages to cities?Write your answer →
  55. Describe the factors and consequences of the 2004 Tsunami in the Indian Ocean.Write your answer →
  56. Describing the soybean-producing areas of Madhya Pradesh, give the factors for its rapid expansion.Write your answer →
  57. Give a detailed account of the localization of the cement industry in Madhya Pradesh.Write your answer →
  58. Give an account of areas of Madhya Pradesh affected by soil erosion and measures to prevent it.Write your answer →
  59. Describe the problems of water resources in Madhya Pradesh.Syllabus: Infrastructure and resources of Madhya PradeshWrite your answer →
  60. Discuss the main areas of dry farming in India, their problems, and strategies for development.Write your answer →
  61. Describe the agro-climatic regions of Madhya Pradesh.Write your answer →
  62. Describe agro-based industries of Madhya Pradesh.Write your answer →
  63. Describing various causes of the origin of earthquakes, give a detailed account of the 2001 earthquake of Kutch.Write your answer →
  64. Mentioning the tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh, describe their problems.Write your answer →

Paper-II

  1. Who prepared the draft of the Constitution of India?Write your answer →
  2. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was the Chairman of which committee/committees of the Constituent Assembly?Write your answer →
  3. "The Constitution of India is the largest constitutional document in the world." Explain.Write your answer →
  4. What is the impact of the Constitutions of Canada and Ireland on the Constitution of India?Write your answer →
  5. Clarify the provision of Article 14 of the Constitution of India.Write your answer →
  6. Write down any two main provisions of the 73rd Amendment Act of the Indian Constitution.Write your answer →
  7. Write the composition of the Indian Parliament as per the provisions of the Constitution.Write your answer →
  8. "In the Indian Constitution, Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles of State Policy are complementary to each other." Explain.Syllabus: Conceptual elements:- Objectives, fundamental rights and duties…Write your answer →
  9. Clarify the composition of the Finance Commission in India.Write your answer →
  10. Write the part of the Constitution and new Schedule that were added for urban local self-bodies.Syllabus: Local Self Government, 73rd and 74th amendment of ConstitutionWrite your answer →
  11. In which year was the Estimates Committee of the Indian Parliament established in Independent India, and with what aim?Write your answer →
  12. What was the main cause of the removal of the right to property from Fundamental Rights in India?Write your answer →
  13. Write any two discretionary powers of a Governor as per the provisions of the Indian Constitution and conventions of parliamentary government.Write your answer →
  14. What does the 11th Schedule of the Constitution of India contain? Write any four subjects of the Schedule.Write your answer →
  15. Identify a few shortcomings of the election system in India.Write your answer →
  16. Make a comparison of the Preambles of the Constitutions of India and the United States of America.Write your answer →
  17. What were the main issues before the Constituent Assembly of India? Explain.Write your answer →
  18. "Federal supremacy is the fundamental element of the system of governance in India." Explain.Write your answer →
  19. Clarify the administrative relations between the Union and the States in India.Write your answer →
  20. Examine the justification and significance of the post of Governor in India.Write your answer →
  21. Which are the necessary conditions to strengthen parliamentary democracy in India? Explain.Write your answer →
  22. Clarify the prerogatives of the Indian President and their importance.Write your answer →
  23. Evaluate the relationship between the Indian President and the Prime Minister.Write your answer →
  24. Make an assessment of rural bureaucracy and its role in Panchayati Raj Institutions at the grassroots level in India.Write your answer →
  25. Explain the structure of the subordinate courts and their constitutional basis in India.Write your answer →
  26. Explain the proposed office of Lokpal in the law and its jurisdiction in India.Write your answer →
  27. Discuss the ideology and program of any two major political parties in India.Write your answer →
  28. "Judiciary is a watchdog to protect Fundamental Rights." Evaluate.Write your answer →
  29. Write a critical essay on the basic assumptions and utilities of the Directive Principles of State Policy as provided by the Constitution of India.Syllabus: and Directive principles of state policyWrite your answer →
  30. Critically examine the State Information Commission and its powers and functions.Write your answer →
  31. Write a critical note on the working and problems of rural local self-government in the State.Syllabus: Local Self Government, 73rd and 74th amendment of ConstitutionWrite your answer →
  32. Clarify the legal framework for domestic violence and the protection of women from it in India.Syllabus: Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act-2005Write your answer →
  33. Explain the structure and functions of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes in India.Write your answer →
  34. Present an analysis of the different types of jurisdictions of the Supreme Court according to the Constitution of India.Write your answer →

Paper-III

  1. What is a Nuclear Reactor?Write your answer →
  2. What are the sources of Vitamin C and which disease is caused due to its deficiency?Write your answer →
  3. What is Acetylene and what are its uses?Write your answer →
  4. What is Acid Rain?Write your answer →
  5. What is Pasteurization?Write your answer →
  6. What is Hard Water?Write your answer →
  7. What is CFC (Chlorofluorocarbon)?Write your answer →
  8. What is a Sea Horse?Write your answer →
  9. Write the full forms of: (i) UNESCO (ii) SCOPE (iii) UNDPWrite your answer →
  10. Write the scientific name of the causative agent and vector of Plague.Write your answer →
  11. Write the scientific names of any two biopesticides.Write your answer →
  12. Enlist the natural colors present in sunlight in sequence.Write your answer →
  13. A boy runs fast after seeing a street dog. His breathing becomes fast and blood pressure increases. Which hormone will be found to be high in his blood? Name the gland secreting this hormone.Write your answer →
  14. What is Bleaching Powder? Describe two of its uses.Write your answer →
  15. Enlist any three greenhouse gases.Write your answer →
  16. What is Plaster of Paris and what are its uses?Write your answer →
  17. What is Corrosion and how can it be prevented?Write your answer →
  18. What is Nuclear Fallout and what are its effects?Write your answer →
  19. What are Polar Satellites and how are they useful?Write your answer →
  20. Considering a pond as an ecosystem, describe its various trophic levels with suitable examples.Write your answer →
  21. In an examination, students were required to obtain 36% pass marks. A student obtained 83 marks but failed by 7 marks. Calculate the maximum marks allotted for the examination.Write your answer →
  22. Differentiate Diabetes Mellitus from Diabetes Insipidus. Describe their symptoms and the hormones concerned.Write your answer →
  23. Write a note on Haemophilia.Write your answer →
  24. What is Forensic Science? Explain the role of insects in forensic science.Write your answer →
  25. Write a note on Remote Sensing.Write your answer →
  26. What is Cyber Defense and why is it essential?Write your answer →
  27. The father of Ramesh is 27 years older than Ramesh. After 5 years, the ratio of their ages will be 2:3. Calculate their present ages.Write your answer →
  28. What are Alloys? Explain with examples.Write your answer →
  29. Write notes on Mean, Median, and Mode.Write your answer →
  30. Briefly describe Darwinism.Write your answer →
  31. Enumerate various species of honeybees and describe the scientific method for obtaining honey.Write your answer →
  32. Define Environmental Pollution. Discuss the various sources of Air Pollution and its adverse effects on living beings. Suggest remedies.Syllabus: Environmental degradation: its causes, effects and remediesWrite your answer →
  33. What is meant by Biodiversity? When is International Biodiversity Day observed? Describe the technologies used for propagation and genome conservation in a given ecosystem.Write your answer →
  34. What is Information Technology? Discuss the various means used in Information Technology.Write your answer →
  35. Enumerate the various non-conventional sources of energy. Describe any three of them in detail.Syllabus: Conventional and Non-Conventional sources of energyWrite your answer →
  36. What is a Diversity Index? Describe Simpson's Index and Simpson's Index of Diversity. Calculate Simpson's Index for the given species: Mango (2), Ashok (8), Cashew (1), Coconut (1), Amaltas (3).Write your answer →
  37. What is the meaning of Demonetization?Write your answer →
  38. What do you understand by Goods and Services Tax (GST)?Write your answer →
  39. What is the concept of Net Inflow?Write your answer →
  40. What is meant by Green Accounting?Write your answer →
  41. Which countries are members of BRICS?Write your answer →
  42. What are the objectives of Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana?Write your answer →
  43. What is the concept of Food Security?Write your answer →
  44. What do you understand by Decentralized Planning?Write your answer →
  45. What is the quality of employment?Write your answer →
  46. What is the main purpose of the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Scheme?Write your answer →
  47. What are the chief components on which the Human Development Index is based?Write your answer →
  48. Give three reasons for regional imbalance.Write your answer →
  49. What are the reasons for the low sex ratio in our country?Write your answer →
  50. Write any two reasons for low industrialization in Madhya Pradesh.Write your answer →
  51. Write any two causes of inflationary rise in prices in recent years.Write your answer →
  52. Analyze why the Indian economy is considered a planned developing economy. OR Distinguish between the Green Revolution and the Golden Revolution.Write your answer →
  53. What measures have been undertaken by the government for financial sector reforms on the recommendation of the Narasimham Committee? OR What are some emerging trends in Indian agriculture as a result of liberalization?Syllabus: Financial sector reforms, stock market and Banking systemsWrite your answer →
  54. What are the objectives of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)? OR Write a short note on the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).Write your answer →
  55. Write the role of Regional Rural Banks in providing institutional credit to agriculture. OR Write the salient features of the Kisan Credit Card Scheme.Write your answer →
  56. Suggest measures to revitalize the Cooperative Movement in India. OR Write a short note on the importance of agriculture in Madhya Pradesh.Syllabus: 1.7 Indian Culture, Heritage with special reference to M.P.Write your answer →
  57. Discuss economic reforms in India in the light of social justice and welfare. OR Analyze the PURA model as a new Gandhian approach to development for a developing country like India.Syllabus: Indian History:- Political, Economic, Social and Cultural History of…Write your answer →
  58. Explain the functions of the Stock Market. OR Analyze various steps taken by SEBI to strengthen the capital market in India.Write your answer →
  59. Explain the measures taken by the government to eliminate inequalities in income distribution in India. OR Comment on "There is a downward trend in economic inequality worldwide with a rise in the average education level."Write your answer →
  60. Mention the technological factors responsible for low productivity in Indian agriculture. OR What are the objectives of Land Reforms in India?Write your answer →
  61. Why did RBI have to change its role from a controller to a facilitator of the financial sector in India? OR Mention the chief features of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM).Write your answer →
  62. According to the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), there is a severe quality gap and lack of availability of trainers in vocational education and training centers. Comment and explain the measures taken by the NSDC to overcome this problem. OR Critically evaluate various problems and challenges faced by the Indian economy.Syllabus: Education as a tool of HR development, Universal elementary…Write your answer →
  63. Critically evaluate the Cooperative Movement in Madhya Pradesh. OR Comment on "Information Technology plays a significant role in achieving sustainable development and food security."Syllabus: Independence Movement in Madhya PradeshWrite your answer →
  64. State the measures taken during Five-Year Plans to solve the unemployment problem in India. OR Discuss the steps taken to promote self-employment and entrepreneurship in India.Write your answer →

Paper-IV

  1. Section A - Very Short Answer Type Questions (15x3=45)Write your answer →
  2. Explain the meaning of integrity in public administration.Syllabus: Administration and Management:- Meaning, nature and significance…Write your answer →
  3. What is the basis of public utility services in public administration?Write your answer →
  4. What do you understand by 'conscience' as a source of ethical guidance?Syllabus: conscience as sources of ethical guidanceWrite your answer →
  5. What are the three golden paths according to Buddha?Write your answer →
  6. Point out any six vows out of the eleven vows told by Gandhiji.Write your answer →
  7. Name the authors of the following books: (i) Ramcharitmanas (ii) The Religion of Man (iii) The Life DivineWrite your answer →
  8. Who were the two founders of Brahmo Samaj?Write your answer →
  9. Explain the meaning of 'impartiality' in public service.Syllabus: AptitudeWrite your answer →
  10. Define 'aptitude' as an internal attitude determinant.Write your answer →
  11. Clarify the role of 'intelligence' in public service.Write your answer →
  12. Explain the place of 'beliefs' in attitudinal change.Write your answer →
  13. What do you understand by tolerance?Write your answer →
  14. "Public administration is an agent of social change." Explain this statement.Write your answer →
  15. Clarify the purpose of Benami property law in India.Write your answer →
  16. According to the Right to Information Act, 2005, under normal circumstances, in how many days is the Public Information Officer obliged to provide information?Write your answer →
  17. Section B - Short Answer Type Questions (15x6=90)Write your answer →
  18. Analyze the main provisions of the code of conduct for civil servants.Syllabus: code of conduct for civil servantsWrite your answer →
  19. "Administration is a moral act, and the administrator is a moral agent." Discuss this statement.Write your answer →
  20. "I slept and dreamt that life was beauty. I woke and found that life was duty." Elucidate E. S. Hooper's couplet in respect of the duty of civil servants.Write your answer →
  21. Point out five moral principles (Panchmahavratas) of Vardhamana Mahavira.Write your answer →
  22. Write comments on social consciousness in the poetry of Tulsidas.Write your answer →
  23. Throw light on the ethical points of Gandhian philosophy.Write your answer →
  24. Describe the contribution of Raja Ram Mohan Roy as a social reformer.Write your answer →
  25. Write comments on 'humanism' in Rabindranath Tagore's philosophy.Write your answer →
  26. Clarify the views of Ram Manohar Lohia regarding socialism.Write your answer →
  27. What are the determining factors of attitude formation? Discuss.Write your answer →
  28. Explain the concepts of stereotyping and prejudice in the Indian context.Syllabus: Definition, Scope and Dimensions of Environment:Write your answer →
  29. "Broadly viewed, motivation is the problem of determining the forces which impel or incite all living organisms to action." In light of this statement by psychologists Boring and Langfield, explain the role of inspiration in changing attitude.Write your answer →
  30. Throw light on the importance of empathy as one of the basic values for civil service.Syllabus: AptitudeWrite your answer →
  31. "The ideal administrative expectations ensure aptitude of dedication to public service." Write comments on this statement.Syllabus: AptitudeWrite your answer →
  32. Describe the concept of 'emotional intelligence' and point out its importance.Write your answer →
  33. Give a brief account of the main kinds of corruption. What are the main causes of corruption?Write your answer →
  34. Give suggestions for the prevention of corruption in public life.Write your answer →
  35. Describe the United Nations Convention on Corruption.Write your answer →