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UKPCS MAINS PAPER ANALYSIS BY SAMVEG IAS :INDIAN POLITY

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UKPSC MAINS 16 ANALYSIS INDIAN POLITY, SOCIAl justice

And international relations (And comparative study of all previous year papers)

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Ukpsc combined upper subordinate is the highest provincial exam conducted by

UKPSC,haridwar. It lays down the opprtunity to joining the elite administrative services

in the state.

Exam structure :

It is conducted in three separate phases. Wherby entry to the next stage depends upon

selection in the preceding.

The first stage is preliminary objective exam. The mains purpose is to screen the non

serious students.

Prelims has 2 question papers of 200 marks each of general studies and civil services

aptitude respectively. The average cutoff in previous exams ranged between 180-190 in

previous years.

In tandem mains examination is a combination of 7 papers of different subjects.These are

language, history, geography, polity, economics, S&T and ethics

We will be analysing here the questions asked, sources required, distribution of questions

wrt topics and necessary strategy to give a breakthrough

Paper structure :

Indian polity, Social justice and International Relation is the third paper of UkPSC mains.

paper is divided into 4 sections

Section Total

questions

Compulsory Max. Marks Word

limit

Total

words

A 15 All 2 each 20 300

B 10 All 5 each 50 500

C 7 5 8 each 125 625

D 7 5 16each 250 1250

Total 39 35 2675



Paper is a brilliant mix of question with different word limits thus demands holistic

factual coverage as well as analytical insight. It will cover not justindian polity but also

uttrakhand state political landscape

If you are reading the newspaper every day and you are able to understand the news

articles, it means Polity is a cakewalk for you.

As we look at the questions and the pertaining syllabus field. it is easy to discern that

nothing is out of syllabus. What it just the perquisite, is exhaustive coverage of syllabus

to achieve a decent score.

Syllabus as per ukpsc 2016 notification

Third Questions Paper

Indian Polity, Social Justice and International Relation

Time Allowed: 03 Hours MM: 200

Constitutional Framework of Indian Polity

Constitutional Development in India. Framing of Indian Constitution. Preamble and its

significance. Salient Features of Indian Constitution. Fundamental Rights and Duties.

Directive Principles of State Policy. Federal Structure: Union-State

relationsParliamentary system in India.

Constitutional Bodies: Election Commission of India, Finance Commission; Comptroller

and Auditor General of India; Union/State Public Service Commission and Other

(Appointment, Power and Responsibilities).

Judiciary : Composition, Role, Judicial Review and Judicial Activism.

Constitutional Amendment methods and important constitutional amendments

Indian Polity Union Executive.

State Executive.

Union Parliament and State Legislatures.

Electoral system in India, Salient Features of the Representation of the People Act.

Political Parties and Pressure Groups.

Role of Regional Political Parties.

Public Accountability : Parliamentary, Executive and Judicial.

Citizens and Administration : Citizens Grievance Redressal Institution and Mechanism,

Central Vigilance Commission, and Lok Pal and LokAyuktas .

Print and Electronic Media- Its impact on Policy Making, Shaping of public opinion and

in educating the people and Press Council of India



. SamadhanYojana.

Budgetary reforms

Consumer Protection.

Integrity in Administration including measures and mechanism for Prevention of

Corruption and Malpractices in India.

Human Resource and Community Development

Employment and Development Human Resource Management and Human Resource Development and its indicators in

India.

Nature, types and Problems of Unemployment in India.

Employment Schemes and Programmes both of Union Government and Uttarakhand

Government.

Rural Development and Community Development Programmes- Role of related

Institutions and Organizations including all centrally and State sponsored schemes.

Education Role of Education especially in Human Resource Development and Social Change.

Education System in India : Problems and Issues (Including Universalization and

Vocationalization).

Education for Girls, other Socially and Economically and other disadvantaged sections of

people and Minorities, etc.

Right to Education, SarvaShikshaAbhiyan, RashtriyaMadhyamikShikshaAbhiyan in

Uttarakhand.

Status of Higher, Technical and Vocational Education in Uttarakhand.

Role of Various institutions (central, State and Other Organizations) in promotion of

Education.

Administrative system in India Evolution and Growth of Administrative system in India.

Union Government: Cabinet Secretariat; Central Secretariat; PMO etc.

Demand for creation of New States.

State Government : State Secretariat; Chief Secretary; Departments and Directorates,

Boards, Corporations and Commissions.

Administration of Union Territories and other specified states and areas in India.

Civil Services in India : Types; Characteristics; Role and Performance.

District Administration.

Administrative Adjudication: Various types of Administrative Tribunals in India.

LokAdalats and Legal Awareness Campaign.

Administrative Reforms in India including various important Commissions and

committees.



Panchayati Raj Development Administration: Institutions; Policy Initiatives, Strategies, Problems and

Challenges.

Local Governance: 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments.

Types of Urban local bodies and Panchayati Raj institutions in India.

Sources of Finance in Urban Local Bodies and Panchayati Raj Institutions.

State Finance Commission and State Election Commission.

Decentralized planning.

Public Management in India Regulatory Governance.

Law and Rule related Administration.

Citizen centric Governance.

E-Governance.

Right to Services.

Right to Information.

Health

Health as a component of Human Resource Development.

Health Care System in India and Uttarakhand.

Health Indicators.

World Health Organisation : Objectives, Structure, Functions and its Programmes.

Public Private Partnership in Health Care System.

National Rural Health Mission and other related schemes.

Health and Nutrition.

Food Security Act etc.

Social Welfare and Social Legislation Social Legislation as an element of change.

Social Legislation and schemes (Central and State) for vulnerable section of society.

Protection of civil Rights Act, 1955.

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005.

Social Legislations for the protection and welfare of Children, Women and Minorities,

etc.

Sexual Voilence against Women and Children: Preventive Measures.

Welfare of Disabled, Aged and Others: Enactments, Policies, Institutions and Schemes.

International relation

Principles & Basis of Indian Foreign Policy.

India and her neighbours.

Globalization and its impact on Developing countries.



International and Regional Organisations:

United Nations and its specialized agencies.

Regional organizations-SAARC, ASEAN, EU, NAM, OPEC, Commonwealth of

Nations etc.

India’s Cultural diplomacy and Indian Diaspora.

Uttarakhand State : Political, Social and Administrative Context

Historical, Political and Social background of Uttarakhand.

Political and Administrative Culture in the State .

Political system : Party Politics, Coalition Politics, Role and Functions of Regional

Political Parties and Pressure groups.

Administrative System : Structure of the State Government ; Ministries and

Departments; Administrative agencies and District and sub district level

Administration.

State Civil Services.

State Public Service Commission.

LokAyukta and State Vigilance agencies.

Panchayati Raj and Urban Administration in Uttarakhand.

social Welfare schemes of Uttarakhand.

Current Events

Current events of State level, National and International Importance

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Syllabus by ukpsc covers everything in the indian polity domain. Moreover, anyone

preparing for upsc has to coveronlyuttrakhand political spectrum and challenges

Weightage:

Under this section, the important topics are distributed against no. Of questions asked and

marks allotted. Total no. Of question is 39 while in the 3rd and 4th sections choices are

available . In the 3rd section 5 out of 7 are compulsory and so does in the 4th section

Hence, Weight distribution is against total of 248 marks rather than the maximum marks

of 200

TRENDS:

The papers were easy to moderate in 2016. They were almost similar to the ukpsc 2012

mains levels. It has been seen in many papers that questions from uttrakhand are far

insightful than the one asked in previous papers. Hence it can be easily deduced that

skipping uttrakhand can be a blunder. Apart ukpsc continues to ask the basic questions

heavily. So learning the basics intensely is a mantra to have the edge over others.

Ukpsc polity mains 2012:



2

marker

5

marker

8 marker 16 marker Total

Constitutional

framework of indian

polity

1 2 0 0 3

Indian polity 2 2 0 0 4

Administrative system

of India

1 0 0 0 1

Panchayati raj 0 0 0 0 0

Public management 1 0 0 0 1

Employment and

development

0 0 0 0 0

Education 1 0 0 0 1

Health 1 1 1 0 3

Social welfare & social

legislation

1 0 1 1 3

International relations 2 0 0 0 2

International and

regional organizations

2 2 0 2 6

Uttrakhand 1 2 2 1 6

Current affairs 1 0 2 2 5

Miscellaneous 1 1 1 1 4

Total 15 10 7 7 39



Ukpsc polity mains 2016:

2 marker 5 marker 8 marker 16 marker Total

Constitutional

framework of

indian polity

2 0 1 0 3

Indian polity 5 1 1 0 7

Administrative

system of

India

2 1 1 1 5

Panchayati raj 0 0 1 1 2

Public

management

1 0 0 0 1

Employment

and

development

0 0 0 0 0

Education 0 0 1 0 1

Health 0 0 0 1 1

Social welfare

& social

legislation

0 1 0 1 2

International

relations

0 1 0 1 2

International

and regional

organizations

0 2 2 0 4

Uttrakhand 1 2 0 0 3

Current

affairs

4 1 0 0 5

Miscellaneous 0 1 0 2 3

Total 15 10 7 7 39



Maximum marks per topic (Comparative study of marks distribution)

2012 2016

Constitutional

framework of indian

polity

12 12

Indian polity 14 23

Administrative system of

India

02 33

Panchayati raj 00 24

Public management 02 02

Employment and

development

00 00

Education 02 08

Health 15 16

Social welfare & social

legislation

26 21

International relations 04 21

International and

regional organizations

46 26

Uttrakhand 44 12

Current affairs 50 13

Miscellaneous 31 37

Total 248 248



Indian polity is quite an interesting subject. Mere public awareness can fetch you average

marks. International relations on the other hand instills a diplomatic touch which is

prerequisite in public dealings.

Mostly it is the easiest of all the disciplines.

Imp. Question and syllabus field:

1.Basics/static

Largest part in polity question paper is the static one. It can be covered with the basic

knowledge of the the subject . A good reading of M laxmikant or a ncert would be

suffice. As we can see ques no. 1,3,4,5,10,11,13(2MARKERS),16,17,18,21,22(5

markers),26,32 and 36 (8 marker)belongs to this part. Relatively largest static portion

yields highest cost to benefit is the beauty of the subject.

As we know Polity do not cover everything under the sun. The first few chapters of

Polity like Preamble and Fundamental Rights, the Executive and the Parliament

,international bodies cannot be ignored at any cost. We can see some of the questions

covered from basic portion

2.Analytical /dynamic

Civil service demand the analytical aspect too. This proportion requires dynamic thinking

, regular calibration and refinement of learned knowledge.

The question below raise issues of judicial review, permanent Seat at unsc, judicial

activism an other. This is a tricky part and can be attempted once basics is clear

Questions in the paper from this part are 7,24,25(5markers),28,29,30

(8markers),33,35,37,39(16 markers)

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3.Current affairs

This part touches the capacity of application. Once knowledge is acquired, it needs

connection with day to day national and international events. An aspirant must be a

consistent reader of current events. There are various educational sites, magazines, fb

forums to be updated regularly. The following question about madhesis,brexit, and public

health policy are good one in this regard. Questions asked from current affairs are 2,14,15

(2 markers),19,38.

4.Newspaper

Regular habit of reading newspaper is essential to understand the complexities and

functioning of national organisation as well answer few simple questions like

5.Uttrakhand

Without covering the state agencies, political/economical/geographical landscape ,it is

difficult to have the cutting-edge to land on the final merit list. Some of the easiest

refrences can be taken from arihant and winsar publications.

Question asked were 8,20,23,27,31 from uttrakhand



BEST OF LUCK.........................

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mains exam.

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