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9 questions

#	Question	Microtheme	Year	UPSC Syllabus	Marks	GS Paper	Subject
2025
1	Discuss the evolution of collegium system in India. Critically examine the advantages and disadvantages of the system on appointment of the Judges of the Supreme Court of India and that of the USA.	Constitutional Comparison	2025	GS2-05.Comparison of Indian constitutional scheme with other countries	15.0	GS2	Polity
2	Compare and contrast the President's power to pardon in India and in the USA. Are there any limits to it in both the countries? What are 'preemptive pardons'?	Constitutional Comparison	2025	GS2-05.Comparison of Indian constitutional scheme with other countries	10.0	GS2	Polity
2024
3	Discuss India as a secular state and compare with the secular principles of the US constitution.	Constitutional Comparison	2024	GS2-05.Comparison of Indian constitutional scheme with other countries	15.0	GS2	Polity
2023
4	Compare and contrast the British and Indian approaches to Parliamentary sovereignty.	Constitutional Comparison	2023	GS2-05.Comparison of Indian constitutional scheme with other countries	10.0	GS2	Polity
2022
5	Critically examine the procedures through which the Presidents of India and France are elected.	Constitutional Comparison	2022	GS2-05.Comparison of Indian constitutional scheme with other countries	15.0	GS2	Polity
2021
6	Analyze the distinguishing features of the notion of Right to Equality in the Constitutions of the USA and India.	Constitutional Comparison	2021	GS2-05.Comparison of Indian constitutional scheme with other countries	15.0	GS2	Polity
2020
7	The judicial systems in India and UK seem to be converging as well as diverging in recent times. Highlight the key points of convergence and divergence between the two nations in terms of their judicial practices.	Constitutional Comparison	2020	GS2-05.Comparison of Indian constitutional scheme with other countries	10.0	GS2	Polity
2019
8	What can France learn from the Indian Constitution’s approach to secularism?	Constitutional Comparison	2019	GS2-05.Comparison of Indian constitutional scheme with other countries	10.0	GS2	Polity
2018
9	India and USA are two large democracies. Examine the basic tenets on which the two political systems are based.	Constitutional Comparison	2018	GS2-05.Comparison of Indian constitutional scheme with other countries	15.0	GS2	Polity