Description
McGraw Hill Indian Polity Question Bank 2Nd Edition by G B, Vinay
The Question Bank is carefully designed to offer extensive practice in the core UPSC subjects. Each question is designed keeping the inter-disciplinary nature of the paper in mind. Questions are drawn from static concepts and collated with current happenings of the country. This has been done so as to be able to form a complex question that test the application of core concepts. To help students develop the current thought process, all answers have detailed explanations with them. This is done to help students arrive at the correct response and also help them link explanations backward with static concepts.
All the chapters contain an OMR sheet to provide exam-like interface to students and help them practice the set topic wise.
SALIENT FEATURES
1. More than 1500 high quality questions framed as per the examination pattern
2. Addition of 2019 UPSC Preliminary examination questions with explanation
3. Micro division of each chapter
4. Chapter wise Questions, Answer keys and justifications
5. Detailed explanation with each solution with backward linkage to basic concepts
6. Every chapter as well as the previous years’ papers contains an OMR sheet at the end for practice
Section A—Features of Constitution
1. Historical Background
2. Making of the Constitution
3. Salient Features of the Constitution
4. Preamble
5. Union and Territory – Part 1
6. Citizenship – Part II – Articles 5–11
7. Fundamental Rights –Part III – Articles 12–35
8. Directive Principles of State Policy –Part IV – Articles 36–51
9. Fundamental Duties —Part IVA – Article 51A
10. Amendment of Constitution — Part XX – Article 368
Section B—System of Government
11. Parliamentary System
12. FEDERAL Government
13. Centre-State Relation – Part XI & Part XII
14. Interstate Relations
15. Emergency Provisions Part XVIII – Article 352 to 360
Section C—Central Government (Part V) (Article 51–151)
16. President – Article 52–78
17. Vice-President of India –Article 63–71
18. Prime Minister
19. Council of Ministers
20. Cabinet Committees
21. Cabinet Secretariat
22. Parliament
Section D—State Government – Part VI – Article 152 – 237
23. Governor – Part VI
24. Chief Minister
25. State Council of Ministers
26. State Legislature
27. Chief Secretary of the State
Section E—Special Status for States – Part XXI – Article 370 and 371
28. Special Status of Jammu and Kashmir – Part XXI – Article 370
29. Special Provision for Some States
Section F—Union Territories and Special Areas
30. Union Territories—Part VIII – Article 239–242
31. Schedule & Tribal Areas
Section G—Judiciary
32. Judiciary in India
33. Criminal Justice System in India
34. Supreme Court
35. High Court
36. Subordinate Court – Part VI –Articles 233 To 237
37. Other Dispute Resolution Mechanisms
38. Judicial Review and Activism
39. Public Interest Litigation (PIL)
Section H—Local Government
40. Panchayati Raj – Part Ix – Article 243 to 243-O
41. Municipalities – Part IXA – Article 243-P to 243ZG
42. Rural & District Administration in India
43. Cooperatives – Part IX-B –Articles 243ZH to 243ZT
Section I—Constitutional Bodies
44. Election Commission –Part XV—Article 324
45. Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
46. State Public Service Commissions
47. Tribunals – Part XIVA – Articles 323A and 323B
48. Finance Commission –Part XII—Article 280
49. State Finance Commissions (SFCs) –Part IX & IXA —Articles 243I & 243Y
50. National Commission for Scheduled Castes (SCs) – Part XVI—Article 338
51. National Commission for STs –Part XVI—Article 338A
52. Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities – Part XVII – Article 350B
53. CAG – Part V – Article 148 to 151
54. Attorney General (AG) – Part V – Article 76
55. Advocate General in the State – Part VI – Article 165
Section J— Non-Constitutional Bodies
56. Niti Aayog
57. NHRC – National Human Rights Commission
58. SHRC – State Human Rights Commission
59. CIC – Central Information Commission
60. SIC – State Information Commission
61. CVC – Central Vigilance Commission
62. CBI – Central Bureau of Investigation
63. Lokpal & Lokayukta
Section K— Other Constitutional Dimensions
64. Official Language – Part XVII – Articles 343 To 351
65. Public Services – Part XIV – Articles 308 To 323
66. Rights and Liabilities of the Government
67. Authoritative Text of the Constitution in Hindi –Part XXII
68. Special Provisions Relating to Certain Classes – Part XVI – Article 330 to 342
Section L— Political Dynamics
69. Right to Vote
70. Political Parties
71. Electoral System
72. Delimitation of Constituencies
73. Model Code of Conduct
74. Elections
75. Electoral Reforms
76. Anti-Defection Law
77. Pressure Groups
Section M— Other Aspects
78. List
79. Table of Precedence
80. National Symbols
81. Ministries and Departments
82. Some Important Acts
83. Some of the Government Bodies
84. Committees & Commissions
85. National Policies
86. Miscellaneous
87. Indian Society
88. International Issues
89. Previous Year Question Papers
90. Appendix