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#Previous year question Media & Society 1.Misinterpretation and misuse of freedom in India. (1998) 2.Mass media and cultural invasion. (1999) 3.Responsibility of media in a democracy. (2002) 4.How has satellite television brought about cultural change in Indian mindsets? (2007) 5.Role of media in good governance. (2008) 6.Does Indian cinema shape our popular culture or merely reflect it? (2011) 7.Is sting operation an invasion on privacy? (2014)

#Previous year question Judiciary 1.Judicial activism. (1997) 2.Judicial activism and Indian democracy. (2004) 3.Justice must reach the poor. (2005) Social justice/Poverty 1.Reservation, politics and empowerment. (1999) 2.Food security for sustainable national development. (2005) 3.The focus of health care is increasingly getting skewed towards the ‘haves’ of our society. (2009) 4.Farming has lost the ability to be a source of subsistence for the majority of farmers in India. (2017) 5.Poverty anywhere is a threat to prosperity everywhere. (2018)

#Previous year question Indian society and culture 1.The Indian society at the crossroads. (1994) 2.New cults and godmen: a threat to traditional religion. (1996) 3.The composite culture of India. (1998) 4.Youth culture today. (1999) 5.Modernism and our traditional socio-ethical values. (2000) 6.Indian culture today: a myth or a reality? (2000) 7.As civilization advances culture declines. (2003) 8.From traditional Indian philanthropy to the gates-buffet model-a natural progression or a paradigm shift? (2010)

#Previous year question Federalism, Decentralisation 1.The language problem in India: its past, present and prospects. (1998) 2.Water resources should be under the control of the central government. (2004) 3.Evaluation of panchayati raj system in India from the point of view of eradication of power to people. (2007) 4.Is autonomy the best answer to combat balkanization? (2007) 5.Creation of smaller states and the consequent administrative, economic and developmental implication. (2011) 6.Cooperative federalism: Myth or reality. (2016) 7.Water disputes between States in federal India. (2016)

#Previous year question Economic growth and development 1.Resource management in the Indian context. (1999) 2.GDP (Gross Domestic Product) along with GDH (Gross Domestic Happiness) would be the right indices for judging the wellbeing of a country. (2013) 3.Was it the policy paralysis or the paralysis of implementation which slowed the growth of our country? (2014) 4.Crisis faced in India – moral or economic. (2015) 5.Near jobless growth in India: An anomaly or an outcome of economic reforms. (2016) 6.Digital economy: A leveller or a source of economic inequality. (2016) 7.Innovation is the key determinant of economic growth and social welfare. (2016) 8.Impact of the new economic measures on fiscal ties between the union and states in India. (2017)

#Story --Meet Virali Modi who defied all odds to become a disability champion -- WILL TO BRING CHANGE As a wheelchair-bound woman in India, it was difficult to do something as simple as taking a train. After being groped and molested by porters while boarding a train and facing other difficulties while on board, Virali decided to do something to make rail transport more accessible. That is when she started filing a petition on change.org #MyTrainToo- to make the Indian Railways disabled-friendly. Though Virali's letter went viral and she followed it up by filing complaints addressed to the PMO and Railway Ministry, she didn't receive any response from either of them. However, all her struggles appeared to be worth it when her story caught the eye of a railway official from Kerala. This was followed by Kerala’s Ernakulam, Kochi and Thrissur stations introducing disabled-friendly infrastructure in 2018. It did not stop there, Chennai, Hyderabad and many others joined the wagon and revamped their railway stations. “A permanent ramp has been built in the station for wheelchairs. The porters who carry luggage at the railway station have also been trained to help specially-abled people. The authorities had made the lounges and washrooms wheelchair-accessible. 

#democracy quote The ignorance of one voter in democracy impairs the security of all - J.f kennedy

Upsc Previous year essay topics theme wise 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 Administration Politics, bureaucracy and business – fatal triangle. (1994) Politics without ethics is a disaster. (1995) The VIP cult is a bane of Indian democracy. (1996) Need for transparency in public administration. (1996) The country’s need for a better disaster management system. (2000) How should a civil servant conduct himself? (2003) Democracy/India since independence Whither Indian democracy? (1995) What we have not learnt during fifty years of independence. (1997) Why should we be proud of being Indians? (2000) What have we gained from our democratic set-up? (2001) How far has democracy in India delivered the goods? (2003) National identity and patriotism. (2008) In the context of Gandhiji’s views on the matter, explore, on an evolutionary scale, the terms ‘Swadhinata’, ‘Swaraj’ and ‘Dharmarajya’. Critically comment on their contemporary relevance to Indian democracy. (2012) Is the colonial mentality hindering India’s success? (2013) Dreams which should not let India sleep. (2015) Management of Indian border disputes – a complex task. (2018)

Step 5- Remember quote exactly Always memorize the quotes correctly and the name of the person who has quoted it. If you are not sure about the quote then it is advised to leave it instead of writing it incorrectly. Step 6-  Don't deviate from topic For an effective essay writing one should clearly be sure of the purpose of writing the essay and should remember about the “Five Wives and One Husband” concept i.e., – Who?, Why?, What?, When?, Where?, and How?,  that is taught in the school on the first day of Essay Writing.   Following this concept will make you to stick around the topic and not to paddle away from the topic. Step 7- Recommend reading Essay writing also needs continuous reading; hence it is suggested to candidates to read diverse topics and books and some of the recommended are: Editorial section of The Hindu Newspaper Magazines like Frontline, Kurukshetra, Yojana Watch discussions and debates on television Work on previous question papers essay topic

Step -4 Don't be provocative in your writing It is advised while writing an essay on a topic that maybe provocative not to get personal and criticize a person or government in your writing. Some topics would be provocative where you may tend to lose control in your writing and write something in offensive way, which is not appreciable and recommended as well.   If you are writing about the disadvantages it is suggested to come up with few reforms that may change the disadvantages into advantages.

Step 3 - Structure your essay Once you have recalled, collected and noted the points then the next step is to structure it as given below: -Introduction -Background/past example -Main concept/theory -Correlate with current event -Advantages and disadvantages -Suggested Changes -Conclusion

Step 1- CHOOSE THE TOPIC CAREFULLY Before choosing the topic, read all the topics more than once and choose the topic wisely from the given choices so that you will find enough points to write about the topic.   Once you choose a topic and start to write you may find difficult and tend to change the topic in between which would be foolishness and it will be too late to change the topic as you would have already utilized much time.   Step 2. Think about the topic for 30 minutes. -Think about the topic for 30 minutes -Write down the random points that come to your mind at the end of the sheet -Arrange the points that you have jot down in sequence

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