ANNOUNCEMENT – There is a change in format. Students will now have to post answers on the questions page separately by clicking on the links given below. We plan to track progress for each of the GS papers and to achieve the same, this modification becomes important. Students who are unable to post answers, please email hello@civilsdaily.com. You will receive a resolution for sure. 

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Question 1)

Slums are a natural development of India’s economic and political structure. Do you agree? Why the various slum development strategies in India have not delivered the required results? (15 Marks)

Question 2)

Art 356 should be the last resort to restore democracy in a state. Discuss. (15 Marks)

Question 3)

Indian Telecom Sector has achieved great success in the last 3 decades. But it has been facing turbulent times recently. In the light of above statement, discuss the specific challenges that telecom sector in India is facing. Suggest solutions. (15 Marks)

Question 4)

Imagine that you have been recently appointed as the head of the accounts department in a municipal corporation. Soon after you assumed your duties, you discovered that a clerk in your department was falsifying the payroll account by continuing to carry the names of some employees who have already been terminated. When the clerk picked up the payroll, he would pull out those cheques, endorse and cash them and keep the money. You have no difficulty in recognizing that this clerk is not only involved in unethical conduct but is also clearly violating the law. In this situation, the following two options are available to you. Which amongst these two would you choose as your response? Give logical arguments in support of your answer. (15 Marks) (1) Your responsibility for the image of the corporation may suggest firing the clerk quietly, involving as few other people as possible. (2) Your responsibility for maintaining the public trust may demand you to consider formal charges and prosecution.

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