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Compass · Mains · Essay

Political

These questions bridge governance, policy, and political philosophy. They are the most directly GS-adjacent and reward aspirants who can anchor abstract arguments in India's constitutional and administrative reality.

Questions16
Years2013–2025
Avg abstraction2.2 / 5
Questions per year

All Political Questions

"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."

2025Sec APolitical3/5 · Conceptual

"The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining."

2022Sec BPolitical3/5 · Conceptual

"There are better practices to "best practices"."

2021Sec BPolitical3/5 · Conceptual

"Neglect of primary health care and education in India are reasons for its backwardness."

2019Sec BPolitical1/5 · Factual

"Biased media is a real threat to Indian democracy."

2019Sec BPolitical2/5 · Analytical

"Has the Non-Alignment Movement (NAM) lost its relevance in a multipolar world?"

2017Sec APolitical2/5 · Analytical

"Water disputes between states in federal India."

2017Sec BPolitical1/5 · Factual

"Lending hands to someone is better than giving a dole."

2015Sec APolitical2/5 · Analytical

"Has the Indian governmental system responded adequately to the demands of Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization started in 1991?"

2015Sec APolitical1/5 · Factual

"Dreams which should not let India sleep."

2015Sec BPolitical3/5 · Conceptual

"Did good governance lead to the success of the independence movement in India?"

2015Sec BPolitical2/5 · Analytical

"Cooperative federalism: Myth or reality."

2015Sec BPolitical2/5 · Analytical

"With greater power comes greater responsibility."

2014Sec APolitical3/5 · Conceptual

"Character of an institution is reflected in its leader."

2014Sec APolitical3/5 · Conceptual

"Was it the policy of Divide and Rule or the policy of Divide and Quit that left India in a state of Hobson's Choice after independence?"

2014Sec BPolitical2/5 · Analytical

"Dreams which should not let India sleep."

2013Sec BPolitical2/5 · Analytical