This moment
1) Economy today
2) Sensex today
3) Dollar Rupee Rate
4) Crude oil prices?
5) How many litres in one barrel?
6) Top 5 potential micro-entrepreneurship opportunity in your city of residence?
7) Tell me 3 news from todays newspaper…each from National, International and sports.
8) A news that your read that you didn’t want to read today.
Will women’s reservation weaken the movement for equality?
PM has said that I recognise only 4 caste: woman, youth, farmers and poor. Do you agree?
Shall reservation be based on class on caste?
Shall there be reservation for women within reservation?
Shall OBC reservation should be integral part of women reservation?
Shall reservation be also given in cabinet?
Shall UPSC also give reservation to women?
Is waiting for census and delimitation necessary?
Is 15 years reservation sufficient?
Shall we make compulsory to parties to keep 50% candidates women?
Shall woman candidates be given political funding by state?
Will woman reservation expand the dynastic politics in country?
Do you think reservation in PRIs for women is successful in achieving the target of empowering women?
Will reservation bring the phenomenon of Sarpanch Pati at higher level? (like MLA Pati or MP Pati)
LGBTQR +
Give long form of each of them.
What + signify?
What is gender fluidity?
Shall marriage be allowed among them as legal?
Shall such couple be allowed to adopt the child?
The moral issues involved, Transgender rights
What is positive bias?
“LGBT is unnatural and should be prohibited” your take on this.
LGBT have high STDs and also banned in India scriptures. Now will you change your stand?
G20
What is the outcome of G20 summit?
Can you give 4 main points of Delhi declaration?
What India achieved by orgainising G20 summit?
Which are the different sub groups under G20?
Who is Sherpa? What he do?
Can we say that 2023 is year of Indian diplomacy?
Which country is president of G20 for 2024? (Brazil)
India Vs Bharat
Is name India colonial legacy?
Why native Americans are called red Indians?
Who was Bharat? Was he also admired in south India?
Does country require single name? Are their any countries with 2 names?
One nation One election
Do you support this idea?
Are first three elections held by this method?
How much is the spending per capita for election process?
Which countries have done it?
Will it be detrimental to the existence of regional parties?
What were the recommendations of Nachippan committee?
Presently which committee is working on it?
Shall we better call it a parallel elections?
Role of Governor
Why is the governor given powers to appoint vice chancellors?
Should governor be removed as a chancellor of universities?
How many options governor has when bill is sent to him for passing?
What happens when govt repass and sent it?
Can governor declare the session on his own will?
Can governor tell minister to resign?
Do you agree with the view that Governors should not be ‘burdened with position and powers, which may expose the office to controversies or public criticism’?
How governor is appointed?
Shall CM have say in appointment of governor?
Is it necessary to have a post of governor?
Are governors working as agents of centre?
Israel vs Hamas
1) Is Israel a protector ate of USA?
2) Can Israel survive without the support of USA?
3) Does India recognise Palestine?
4) Has Indian PM ever visited Palestine?
5) Is Indian support to Palestine cause is declining now?
6) What are the lessons for India from current conflict?
7) What will be the impact on India of current war?
8) Has India accepted two state solution?
9) Which is the capital of Palestine?
10) Which party is ruling west bank? (Fateh)
11) Gaza strip is located on which sea?
12) Haifa port is managed by which company?
13) Hamas is extended wing of? (Muslim Brotherhood)
14) Which is group is active in Lebanon against Israel? (Hezbollah)
15) Is Israel India’s natural ally?
16) Is Israel a war state?
17) Israel’s annexation of land in west bank, is it right?
18) Does Israel backstabbed two state solution by settlements in west bank?
19) Will Israel get lasting peace?
OPS vs NPS
Which you will recommend for govt employees? (Sustainable Pension Scheme)
What is the system world over?
We are a welfare state , don’t you think demand for OPS is genuine?
The expanses on salaries & pension compared to the revenue should be around? (18%)
Are those states which are going to give OPS soon will financially be in trouble?
In south India since TFR is falling, shall it prefer OPS over NPS?
Is there is any 3rd way?
Delay in census
What are the reasons offered by govt for it? Do you believe in them?
Since we collect data from so many sources now shall we stop conduct census?
Shall freezing of constituencies condition be withdrawn now?
Shall caste census be conducted?
Is the idea of e-census sound? Will people give right information?
Adani in docks
Why Hindenburg has its name Hindenburg?
It is attempt to destabilise India by west?
Who should have formed enquiry committee, govt or court?
Is a failure of SEBI to protect the interest of common investors?
What is low float?
Will Adani make a comeback?
Revdi culture
– Is it a example of fiscal indiscipline?
– Which is the biggest welfare scheme run recently in India? (Garib Kalyan Yojana)
– Modi ki Guarantee, is it fiscal profligacy?
– How schemes should be ideally run by government?
– The promises made in election should be taken as bribe to voters?
– Can freebies be banned?
– how will you prevent recent trend of taking people on pilgrimages for votes as sub-collector?
Agnipath
Do you support the idea?
Will it be a contract army?
Quote ‘Don’t fix it if isn’t broken’ Explain.
Can you suggest a better design?
e-vehicles
Do you think we have brought e-vehicles prematurely?
You mentioned clean energy and green energy. What is the difference between the two?
Is nuclear energy clean energy, green energy or little bit or both or neither?
Chandrayaan
Why Chandrayaan 2 failed?
Why India takes 40 days to reach on moon compared to USA (took 2-3 days)?
Why India is landing its mission on south pole of moon?
Why manned mission is required in future?
Electricity Amendment Bill – Why states are opposing it?
Hijab Controversy
– What is the doctrine of essential religion?
– Is Hijab mentioned as essential in Kuran?
– Will UCC sort out this issue?
– Has Sir Sayyad Ahmad Khad supported Hijab?
– Can we compare Hijab with Ghughat tradition?
– Shall Hijab be banned in public life?
– Will the woman of Iran get success in their mission?
– 3 good things about Shariat law.
– Suppose you are working in the Foreign affairs ministry during the time of previous minister Sushama Swaraj. Iran offers to give us oil at a very low price and the offer appears very attractive. But to get the deal, they ask that the minister go for the meeting wearing a Burkha. How would you advice the minister to proceed with the deal?
Bilkish Bano case – Travesty of justice?
Sanatan Dharma
Is it same as Hinduism?
Is it oldest religion in the world?
What is the reason of Sanatan becoming buzzword recently?
Russia-Ukraine War
– Can we conclude the UNO failed again?
– Truth is first causality of war, how?
– Sanctions are dangerous than war?
– How sanctions affect poor people?
– What we should do if Pakistan become member of NATO?
– Was India correct in abstaining from vote in UNO?
– We are now buying cheap oil from Russia – is it not unethical?
– You have to defend Russia. Defend it. Take the side of Russia. Give 3-4 points.
– What is just war? Can war be just?
– Can we say that Russia claims of military superiority got exposed?
– Is technology democratising war between small and big countries?
– The plebiscite conducted by Russia in eastern Ukraine. Does it have legal sanctity?
– How do you see Zelensky as patriot or a person who brought ruin to Ukraine?
– Do you think Ukraine war has only 2 players or more?
– While US supported both Ukraine and Afghan Army, why are Ukrainians able to resist but Afghan army easily lost to Taliban?
– Can Russia-China partnership lead to collaboration of BRI and Eurasian Economic Union?
– Who is with Russia? (Belarus)
– Russia says it is a military action. What do you think, its a military action or war?
– In Russia Ukraine War, do you not think the perspective of west is heard more in the media? Don’t you think Russian perspective is important?
– Do you not think Chinese perspective is also not heard in media?
– When the war will end, in what areas can India contribute in the reconstruction of Ukraine?
– Why India calls Ukraine conflict and not war officially?
– Will World War III take place?
– If it happens, then which major alliances will be formed?
– India in III WW will be on which side?
Bulldozer politics
– What came to your mind when I say bulldozer?
– Does combination of region and politics promote muscular politics?
– Talk points in support of this actions.
– Who is responsible for encroachments?
– Law shall take its own course – has it become outdated?
Bharat Jodo Yatra
Issues it has bought in the front of the nation.
Yatra or Jatra
Increasing the age of marriage
– pros and cons
– Do you know about geriatrics? Who decides the age?
– What is the average age of marriage of Indian woman now?
– Shall age gap be maintained between bride and groom?
– Why the govt deferred from passing the bill on last minute?
National Education Policy (NEP)
– What is NEP? What is the critic on it?
– Recently Hon’ble PM said that mother tongue education as prescribed in NEP would help in improving Strength, Justice and Honour? What is your viewpoint?
– Mother tongue – English – Hindi or Mother tongue – Hindi – English. Which order should we go for?
– The PM in his Independence Day speech told that NEP is a weapon to eradicate poverty. Why do you think it is so?
– Will it lead us closer to SDGs in 2030?
– Will the multiple – entry, multiple exit provision lead to more dropouts?
– What is Multiple Entry and multiple Exit option in NEP, 2020? Various exit options and their associated degrees? What is the maximum gap that a student can take between exit and re-enty to a course?
– NEP is focusing on teaching the trainers: What are the steps taken by GoI to train the teachers?
– Problem with NEP for single discipline institutions?
What is ABC model of Education in NEP, 2020?
– What is Multidisciplinary Education in NEP, 2020? Advantages of it? Which degree will the student get if he pursues B. Arch degree and also does a course in History?
– NEP has 3C: critical thinking, creativity and collaboration. How they are connected to each other?
– There is a view that through NEP 2020 education is being internationalised. What do you think?
– What is there in NEP about central universities?
– What is Multidisciplinary, intradisciplinary and Transdisciplinary in NEP? Is it possible to avail to such education?
– How NEP will help in tribal education and their further integration?
– If NEP is promoting courses in regional languages – then don’t you think we wasted 75 years?
– What is Credit Based Choice System? How its different from NEP?
– How does Academic Bank of Credits work?
– Should states have separate policies?
– Counter – shouldn’t states want to protect their ethnicity and their history instead of uniformity of syllabus?
NEET Controversy
Which state is constantly opposing NEET?
What was their argument?
What is the way out?
CUET
– What do you think about CUET?
– Would that give a level playing field to people coming from rural background?
– How could we ensure level playing field?
DBT
– e RUPI – why do we need it? We can have DBT, govt can top up, what’s special about this?
– Shall there be charges on UPI payments?
– What are the limitations of this technique?
Bitcoin
– What will be your reaction if tomorrow govt accepts bitcoin as legal tender?
– What is the current price of 1 bitcoin?
– Is it environmental hazard? How it could be solved?
– Why Elon Musk has taken interest in it?
– Are cryptocurrencies safe haven for money laundry?
– Why RBI is opposing the cryptocurrency?
– Shall investment in these be categorise as asset class?
– Is taxing without legalising unethical?
– Which country has accepted Bitcoin as legal tender? (El Salvador)
– How CBDC will help in changing currency management?
– We have UPI why we need CBDC?
National Monetization Plan (NMP)
– Government is monetising its idle assets, what are your views?
– What is T-O-T Model?
– Shall we go for leasing model OR outright sale model in NMP?
– Is it backdoor privatisation?
Drone – India a drown superpower in making
– Drones come under which ministry?
– How Kisan Drones prove useful?
– Presently we are making drones in India or importing from China?
– Why Drones rules liberalized in India? Are we not having a potential security threat?
– Why is the drone seen as a future warfare? What are its effect in the hand of non-state actors?
– Has India faced any Drone attack?
– What is hard kill? (shoot it)
– What is soft kill? (use jammers)
Gatishakti
-Gatishakti Masterplan
– Difference between Gatishakti and NIP.
– How National Logistics Policy is connected to Gatishakti?
– What will be implications of giving MSP a legal status?
– Shall MSP be cancelled? What could be the alternatives?
– If only 6% farmers get MSP, then itself a cause of review, don’t you think so?
– If Act would have passed, it will solve the issue of stubble burning?
– Are Farms bills a freedom charter for farmers from APMC restrictions?
– Can we say that parliamentary procedure is followed to pass the bill?
– Why the SC has not taken hearing on it?
– Agriculture marketing is the subject of state or centre?
– I think marketing is the biggest obstacle in achieving growth in agriculture. Do you agree and why?
– Are farm reform laws constitutionally valid?
– Then on what pretext centre has passed the bills?
– Shall farm bills be left to discretion of states for implementation?
– After so much agitation will big corporates take interest in agriculture investments?
– Why various movements in recent times are of highly long duration?
– Do you support contract farming?
– Is mechanization of agriculture a necessity? Will it increase unemployment?
– Have land ceiling provisions become hurdle to mechanization of agriculture?
– Is contract farming and land leasing same? What is the difference?
– Do you think by promoting contract farming we are heading towards Zamindari system?
3) Farm Income
– Why farmers do not get enough income?
– What are the major recommendations of Swaminathan committee report?
– What is MSP? How it is different from FRP?
– What important role market intelligence can play in doubling farmers income?
– What has been the agricultural growth rate of India in past few years?
– Why there are too many intermediaries in Market?
– How will you reduce the nexus of intermediaries?
– Is crediting payment of MSP in the bank account of beneficiary a good idea?
– Though there is increase in food production in India, why agriculture growth is not happening?
– Shall farmers be subsidized? Can’t farming sustain on its own?
– Shall there be a retirement age for farmer?
– Opinion on farmers debt wavers schemes. Compare it with corporate debt waiver. Is the scheme of Telangana of giving 4000 rupees per acre a better idea?
– What is better KALIA, RAYTU BANDHU or PMKISAN?
– Did farmer get PMKISAN money in your District/Area/Village/Town?
– Shall spending on PMKISAN be counted as spending on agriculture?
– PMKisan is Income Support Scheme or Sustenance Scheme?
– What is ‘fair price movement’ in developed countries?
– Shall we have similar movements in India?
– What role FPOs will play in giving income security to famers?
– How the FPO strategy works?
– How is SFAC different from FPO?
4) Food security
– How far ‘One nation, one ration card’ can address the current challenges in ensuring food security?
– What is contribution of M. S. Swaminathan in Indian Agriculture?
– Why farmers suicides as well as protests are happening? give solutions.
– How digitalisation can help to overcome food security?
– How to digitise PDS? Any best model in this regard?
– Is it a policy to benefit few MNCs?
– What are the benefits of Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR) technique?
– Don’t you think seeds would be needed more in this technique?
– Is rice-wheat cycle is creating a stagnancy in output in Indian agriculture?
– Is India a net exporter or importer of foodgrain?
– Is India a net water importer or exporter though foodgrain?
– Why are we giving food to around 80 crore people when only around 40 crore are poor?
– Even after record procurement and revolutionary Food Security Act we are suffering from hunger issue?
– What is hidden hunger? Suggest ways to attain nutritional security along with the food security in India.
– What is food fortification?
– Don’t you think one size fits all approach regarding food fortification is causing harm to general health of public in long term? Is it the right approach? What do you suggest?
– How role of farmers can be increased in markets chain? How food adulteration can be controlled?
– We should have more APMCs or less of them?
– Do developed countries have similar markets?
– With increasing burden on cities do you think migrated agriculture class should be incentivised to engage in agriculture itself?
– Shall corporate farming be allowed?
– Shall we promote agriculture?
– Shall India shift to complete organic farming?
– Shall whole food chain should be made organic?
– What is the difference between organic farming and ZBNF?
– Does ZBNF gives sustainable solution to agriculture problem?
– Are you aware that govt. accorded industry status to agriculture once in the past?
– Why agriculture GVA is low?
– What are the provisions for agriculture in recent budget?
– 2022 is international year of? (Millets)
5) Droughts
– Can you tell the types of Droughts?
– Impact of Drought on Indian rural society?
– Does MSP and Drought have correlation?
– Have you gone through P.Sainath’s ‘Everybody Loves good Drought’?
– What type of drought occurred in your district recently?
– Is Atmanirbhar Bharat viable proposition? Is it anti-China policy?
– How can we take advantage of China plus one policy of western countries?
– Is it economic incarnation of Strategic autonomy?
– Make in India vs Atmanirbhar Bharat. Aren’t they same things with different names?
– Is it turning into protectionist policy?
– What is more important – ‘India for world’ or ‘India for India’?
– Are high import duties impacting consumers?
– Is it a positive policy or negative policy?
– How to define Atmanirbharta?
– For Atmanirbhar Bharat do we also need atmanirbhar families, communities?
– Whose responsibility is it to make India atmanirbhar? – the centre or state govt?
– What is Production linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme? Which sectors are focused in it? Can you tell what is risk return for entrepreneurs in this scheme?
– Is it not against WTO concept of free trade?
– As an SDM what will you do to bring atmanirbhar at grassroot levels?
– What is Vocal for Local?
7) CAA-NRC
Do you think India NRC should be extended on national level? What will be its benefits and implications?
– Is CAA a piece of legislation which is legally right but morally wrong?
– Has it given ‘Right to Return’ like Jewish constitution?
– Is Right to equality (Article 14) available for those who are non-citizens?
– Is basic structure getting affected because of CAA?
– List the items in basic structure.
– What are the ideas of V.D. Savarkar for India?
– How he defined nation?
– What is his Hindutva?
– Is it territorial nationalism or cultural nationalism?
– Is Mahatma Gandhi responsible for creation of Pakistan?
– Why not Gandhi done fast until death against partition?
– Is India a ethinocracy?
8) Ayodhya
– Do you think the Sabrimala verdict is interference of the court in tradition/culture or faith of the people?
– Is Ayodhya a Vatican of hindus?
– Is it A-yodhya. That is invincible?
– Shall it be developed into religious tourism?
– Why Ayodhya was kept as exception to Monuments Protection Act?
– Which article in constitution is against religious taxes?
– Gyanvapi – another Ayodhya? How to respond?
10) Rape
– Should Rapist be hanged? Have heard of laws like Disha, Shakti?
– How many countries have death penalty?
– Shall India discard it?
– Issue of juvenile justice
– What do you know children in conflict with law?
– Who are responsible for increasing rapes in India? Why rapes happen?
– Name states which has strict laws on rapes?
– Shall marital rape be punishable?
– Has JNU become bastion of leftist ideologue?
– There is more of politics then education in JNU. Do you agree?
– Difference between Central Universities and State Universities?
– Name few central Universities.
– Is JNU based Public Education Model feasible across country?
– What is tenure track system? Do you think it can help in safeguarding academic freedom?
– Role of data in today’s economic scenario and its application.
– Difference in reliability and validity of data.
– Is Mobile internet and Data services essential for right to life under Article 21?
– Do you think suspension of Mobile internet and Data services during protest time in the country is justiciable?
– Is it against the right to peaceful protest? Does constitution guarantee peaceful protest?
– Does Any international convention talk about right of Mobile internet & Data services?
– Why the Democratic Index of country has declined?
– What is Data Snooping?
– How important is Data becoming in our lives? Give examples.
– What is social networking? It is often seen that social networking is developed on the basis of caste, class or religion. What’s your view on this?
– People are becoming data rich before becoming financially rich. Comment.
– Why Data Protection Bill is withdrawn by the government?
– Is Privacy a right? Is it a fundamental right? Was it always a fundamental right?
– When can an individual’s privacy be transgressed?
– Why is facial recognition considered breach of privacy?
– What is right to disconnect?
– Privacy is myth. Your opinion.
– What is Putthuswamy vs Union of India case?
– How far it can strengthen the right to privacy?
– What concept other than right to privacy did supreme court introduce in Puttuswamy judgement?
– Is privacy elitist concept?
– With Smart TVs, Alexa and Siri we are getting snooped all the time, so why so much of fuss about Pegasus?
– What are the privacy concern with respect to social media?
– Do we have solution to it?
– Let us say you and I are friends and you post my picture on social media without consent, what legal action can I take in that case since my privacy is breached.
– What is non-private data? How it could be utilised to improve public policy.
20) Swachh Bharat
– Do you think Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has successfully addressed the concerned areas? Is it successful in achieving its goals?
– What is waste to energy concept?
– What is upcycling waste? Give an example.
– How to manage menstrual waste?
– How to tackle land fills problem?
– What is bioremediation & biomining?
– Is Swach Bharat has relevance with tourism?
– What is Swach Bharat Abhiyan Swachha Sarvekshan?
– What is ODF, ODF+, ODF++
– What you will do to improve lacuna in it?
– Attitudinal change or regulation what you will choose and why?
– Is ‘name and shame policy’ right?
– Social impact of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (not to include health and hygiene)
– Does Swaccha Bharat Mission ends at ODF or there is more to it?
– What is Swachh Bharat 2.0?
– Jal Jeevan Mission – why are we providing water to every household and not at the community level and because of this there will be no problem of water because earlier people used to save water and own that, now they will relegate this responsibility to the government?
21) MGNREGA
– Do you think model tenancy act can solve the housing problem in urban areas?
– Do you think MGNREGA has proved successful in solving unemployment issue?
– Shall MGNREGA be extended to urban areas?
– Is it justified to educate adults under MGNREGA?
– What are living wages?
– Is Aviation Industry going through crisis?
– What is the status of UDAN scheme and NABH Nirman scheme?
– What is International UDAN?
– What are the upcoming new technology in Aviation industry?
– How can we utilise AI in aviation industry?
– AI will become even better in the future. So, don’t you think it will replace humans in distant future?
– Difference between human creativity and AI.
– Explain Application of Artificial Intelligence in
* Health * Education * Automobile * Railway
* Governance * Internal security * Tourism
– Discussion on threats of sentiment analysis
– Ethics of using personal data in sentiment analysis and impact on democracy
– Tell me one artificial intelligent application that we carry in our pockets?
– Chatbot – the pros and cons of using it.
– Chat GPT – how it’s a sensational start?
Will Bard able to match it?
Why educational institutions are opposing it?
Will Chat GPT increase unemployment?
How does chatGPT know that the answer it is generating is correct?
What is the difference between generative and transformative search?
Which is text based AI image generator based on machine learning? (DALL-E 2 by OpenAI)
– One of the first unrest against AI came from Hollywood, Artist and writers gone on strike. What were their demands? Are they justified?
26) Is there Racism in India? If you face racism after being an IAS what will do? Does your colour matters?
– Do you think India is more racist than other countries?
– Racism vs Casteism compare.
– Advertisements in India for matrimony are related to tall, beautiful girls. Racism is everywhere. What to do to eliminate such behaviour?
– What can America learn from India in affirmative action or vice versa?
27) Are we failing on the preservation of our ancient heritage? What is cultural consciousness? Are we culturally conscious?
28) Can we successfully ban single use plastic?
29) Banning e-cigarettes is correct step or better to ban tobacco itself?
31) Kashmir –
– Has scrapping it has turned J&K an island?
– How the lebensraum is connected with Kashmir?
– Is separating Ladakh and removing state status of J&K a correct decision?
– On the lines of abolition of Art 370 shall inner line permit be cancelled in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram
– Is Pakistan a issue or Kashmir is a issue?
– Shall AFSPA be repealed?
– If you are posted as DM in J&K, what will be your priorities? What initiatives you will take?
– Does India need National Security Doctrine?
– Do you think National Security Act is getting misused?
– National Security is over and above democratic principles and transparency?
32) Do you support name changing decisions? Is it rejuvenating history or removing history? What is your view?
33) Shall fire crackers be banned or regulated?
34) Cow politics
– Cow moving on streets should be called as ‘stray cattle’ or ‘homeless’?
– Welfare of stray animals – so many accidents happened because of stray dogs…what should be our priority – stray animals or humans?
– How to solve problems of stray animals?
35) We should have more statues of Sardar Patel type to improve patriotism on one hand and tourism on other. What is your opinion?
36) Parental supervision – a burden or need of the hour in present age?
38) Shall electricity be sold and priced according to usage? How about AAP formula of giving free electricity upto some units?
39) Today we are energy surplus or deficit?
40) Jawaharlal Nehru
– Was he architect of modern India?
– Was his economic policy a failure?
– What is Hindu rate of growth?
– Has he focused more on higher education and neglected primary education?
41) CDS
– Objective behind post of CDS.
– Whether it resulted in over centralisation of power in one hand?
– Do you think post of CDS will ensure that we won’t lose any war?
– Pakistan had CDS in 1971, we didn’t, still we won that war. How our case is different from Pakistan’s?
– What role CDS will play in current setup of armed forces?
– Shall the post of CDS be reserved for army?
42) Theatre command
– What is theatre command system? What is peninsular command?
– Are theatre commands necessary for India?
– Will it finish the balance between 3 commands?
– Why air force has objected to it?
– What are the practical problems in implementing it?
43) Is reservation needed for woman in armed forces?
44) What has been done by govt. of India to prevent rush in spending by armed forces? (Finance Commission recommendation about non lapsable fund)
45) Is history getting modified by present government at centre?
46) Do agree with renaming of Mughal gardens in Delhi?
Expected questions on current issues
1) Nationalism
– Difference between nationalism and patriotism. Who is the trinity of Indian thought on Nationalism? (Tagore, Gandhi and Nehru)
– Is nationalism a bad word?
– Is Pseudo nationalism challenge to Secularism?
– Does internal migration increases the national integration?
– What do you think of the quote “When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent”
– Whether identity politics is detrimental to democracy?
2) Centre & States
– Competitive sub-federalism will be complimentary or competing with competitive federalism?
– Which are the examples of cooperative federalism?
– Which are the examples of competitive federalism?
– States competing each other to attract FDI. Good or bad? Competition or collaboration, what is needed?
– Shall health and education should be completely transferred to states?
– Is the demand for state flags a signal of rising sub-nationalism?
3) Jallikattu, dance bars, liquor, pornographic sites, beef shall they be banned?
4) or shall we ban the bans?
5) What is operating system (OS) BOSS?
6) What is the difference between H1B Visa and Green Card?
7) Difference in the working of DRDO and ISRO
8) Is arming nebours a correct policy?
9) What is the difference between smart city and AMRUT?
10) Shall education be spread first or job opportunities?
11) What are the components of ‘New India’? (Are they same as Naya Pakistan?)
– Has AADHAR became now Big Brother’ for Indian masses now?
– Do you think Aadhaar is bringing mass surveillance state and infringing privacy of citizens? Are We smart enough to use Smart phones? What are recent cyber challenges in front of India.?
– Shall AADHAR be made compulsory?
– Shall AADHAR be linked to citizenship?
– Can Aadhar be used to detect criminals?
– What is the controversy regarding recent Citizenship Amendment Act?
– With 25% population shall Bengali’s be declared as minorities in Assam?
– What is clause 6 of Assam accord?
– Shall National Citizenship Registration be carried out all over the country?
– Are we failing the constitutional mandate to protect the minority with distinct language, script and culture?
– Why there are so many insurgencies in north east?
– How to manage migration crisis in North East?
– Are people of Assam Xenophobic?
– Can you name some insurgent organizations in North East?
– What is four-corner agreement?
– Did India failed to manage the tribal diversity inspite schedule 5 & 6?
– What will be the impact of ‘Act East Policy’ on north east?
14) What are the targets kept in renewable sources of energy? Are they over ambitious?
15) What is the future of refineries in India?
16) What is the clash of google with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of Europe?
17) Facebook Vs Australia : Who is right?
18) Is Data a new oil? Does India has Data policy?
19) What is the difference between data & information. When is data converted into information?
20) Difference between information and intelligence?
21) Is India heading towards demographic disaster?
22) How can you address the issue of population explosion?
23) Why there is difference in population growth in the north and south India? Any geographical reason?
24) What is Aspirational district program? Can you explain its working?
25) If you have to compare two states, what indicators would you use?
26) Is Aspirational District Programme is New buzzword to hide the Economic crisis in these states?
27) What is Presentism? Are we facing presentism in terms of various past governments and leaders decision? Is Presentism good for policy and decision making?
1) Is Indian government is overstaffed or understaffed?
2) We have 57 ministries and USA has 14. Why?
3) Which ministries we should merge? Is Jalshakti Ministry a good example of it?
4) Decentralisation of ministries – why not have some ministries in Delhi and some elsewhere?
5) Democratic decentralisation is a success or failure in india?
– what’s the problem in centre directly giving funds to the PRI?
– why state government resist this direct funding?
– What’s the difference between centre directly funding or routing it via states?
5) Why not have Supreme Court in Thiruvananthapuram? If so much Governance is happening online during pandemic, what need is there for all the different govt. bodies to be in physical proximity?
6) What did you understand by slogan ‘minimum govt, maximum governance’? Do you agree with it?
7) Does India need government or governance?
8) What is good governance?
9) What is governance index?
10) Shall we give primacy to ‘m-governance’ over ‘e-governance’?
11) What do you mean by collaborative governance?
12) What important role does Grievance redressal plays in governance?
13) Why grievance redressal system is not working satisfactorily in India?
14) What can be way out?
15) What is Citizens Charter? Is it statutory or voluntary?
16) Generally, it is said that bureaucracy is arrogant, they never entertain any grievances? Do you feel so?
17) Why rich blaming system after using system to become rich?
18) Tell me the best governed state in India and worst governed state.
19) Why reforms were done from outside and not within like Sam Pitroda, Verges Curion, Nandan Nilkeni?
20) If system can’t be changed from within, then what is the use of joining system?
1) Shall reservation be cancelled?
2) Was reservation given originally for 10 years only?
3) Shall we keep expiry date to the policy of reservation?
4) Have you heard about ‘Save merit, save nation’ movement?
5) Shall there be a reservation in promotions?
6) Shall we give reservations to Muslim’s because of their backwardness?
7) Shall LGBT community be given a reservation?
8) Shall ‘social injustice’ be taken in hand on priority or ‘economic injustice’?
9)What is the difference between ‘formal equality’ and ‘substantive equality’?
10) Present reservation is on class basis or caste basis?
11) Do you think we should conduct a caste based census?
11) What is horizontal and vertical reservation?
12) Shall reservation be based on domicile?
12) Shall reservation be extended to private sector too?
13) Reservation depends on educational or social or economic backwardness or all the three?
14) Told to speak in favour or against the motion, ‘Equal opportunities for all but selection of the best’.
14) Shall there be internal priorities given within reservation according to Social Deprivation Index?
15) Do you think reservation in PRIs for women is successful in achieving the target of empowering women?
16) Shall changing a religion be a valid reason for depriving reservation?
17) EWS
– Is reservation a poverty alleviation program?
– Do you support reservation extended to upper caste people on economic basis?
– Shall this 10% reservation be given on caste basis? i.e. to those who are backward caste among open category?
– Is this 10% reservation example of parallel reservation?
– Shall poor among SC, ST and OBC communities should be also included in EWS?
– Is it given to group or on the basis of individual?
– Is this reservation to upper caste a proof of failure of our reform process and economic failure to create adequate number of jobs?
– Shall Income tax exemption limit should be taken 8 lakh now since the economic backwardness is defined as income below 8 lakh?
– Shall limit of 50% given to reservation should be removed? Will it land up into reverse discrimination?
– 124th constitutional amendment, will it stand the test of judiciary?
– If you were a judge deciding the EWS Amendment, what would be your stand?
1) Can faith be rational? difference between faith & trust.
2) Distinguish between ‘attitude’ and ‘aptitude’
3) What are the moral hazards? Give examples
4) How you define talent?
5) What is the difference between ‘morality’ and ‘intellectual morality’?
6) What is Anti-intellectualism? Give examples.
7) What is the difference between ‘customary morality’ and ‘constitutional morality’?
8) In respect of world as a whole how you see India after five years?
9) Shall we permit euthanasia legally? What are the pros and cons?
10) Is India budding superpower? In what sense? Can country become superpower before it become developed?
11) Is there a difference between Superpower and World power?
11) Shall India become ‘Vishwaguru’?
12) What is the role of the youth, and not the govt, in making India a Vishwa Guru by 2047?
– Will social media replace newspapers?
– Is newspaper a social media? Why it is not?
– On one hand we see information overloading and on the other we see deficit in democratic access to information. Why it is so?
– What ways you will suggest to improve the democratic access to information?
– Is there a need to form Social media hub?
– It is said that social media is bad for administration and good for politicians. What are your views on it?
– Do you think freedom of speech is under severe attack, why? What can be done?
– Do you think self-regulation is the best way to regulate social media?
– Dissent is safety valve of democracy, is it true?
– is freedom of speech and expression an elitist concept?
– Shall Media be allowed to set agenda for the nation?
– What is media-led awareness and media-fed awareness? Do you think there is changing trend in media? What kind of trend you can see?
– Shall India promote its alternative media platforms as China has promoted?
– How much of presstitude is true?
– Is the quality of social media deteriorating?
– Is social media marketing ethical?
– Are toolkits provocative?
– Shall every party form IT cell?
– Is government and administration is correct in moulding pubic opinion through propaganda?
– godi media/ designer media
– What do you mean by Wikipedian?
– Economic survey is taking reference from Wikipedia. What is your opinion about it? Do you think it is right? Do you think Wikipedia has led to democratisation of information?
– Do you think social media negatively affecting social capital?
– Human beings have a power to make choice. You can either give this interview or go out of this room. But social media has bounded our choices. What do you think?
– Social media was created to unite (socialise) but it is dividing the society. Your take?
– Is there a need to save media from going in hands of big corporate houses?
– Lee Kuan Yew said if you are not controlling then they will control you. Should government control media?
– As DM what steps you will take to make digital space secure?
– Are smart phones making distractions to our youth?
– What are security implications of social media?
– What is the clash between Twitter and GoI?
– Some countries have appointed Digital Ambassadors in Silicon Valley. What they do? Shall India follow the footsteps?
13) Nuclear Liability Bill – what hurdles in passing? Shall India fight from complete nuclear dis-armamentization of world?
14) Chekov rule – If gun is shown in the first act of drama then it should be used by third act. Is Chekov rule failing for nuclear weapons?
14) Land Acquisitions Bill – what hurdles in passing?
15) Is Defence spending justified? Shall it be made more accountable?
16) Who is visalblower? What are provisions for his security?
17) What is the future of regional languages in India? Shall we establish ‘One nation, One language’ formula?
18) Is writing as a skill fast becoming outdated?
19) Films should be censored or should be only certified?
20) Shall we use caste structure to implement social welfare schemes?
21) Caste system, inequality, exploitation, communalism still prevalent in Indian society which against the basic tents of our constitution, so, we failed the vision of our constitution makers, do you think so?
– There is so much wealth in temples. Charity is good thing but if they are just keeping it, should govt. impose tax on them?
– Who will be the protesting against such decision? Administration is in most cases with govt.
– Why Hindu temples are bought under govt. administration and also have to pay the tax but same is not true for Muslim and Christens?
– Constitutional provision regarding management of religious affairs.
23) LGBT – the moral issues involved, Transgender rights
24) Is legalising the prostitution is need of the hour? What is your stand on it? What rehabilitation measures you suggest?
25) Why India is symbolised as elephant?
26) Given a chance which two things must have not happened in independent India?
Tourism
1) Does India have tourism policy?
2) What is the status of Indian tourism?
3) Which place you have visited? What problems you have found there?
4) How to revamp the tourism sector?
5) What is community based tourism?
6) Why we charge more ticket charges to foreigners? Is it justified?
7) Shall we charge more for other services provided to foreigners as well?
8) Is tourism always good? What are its negative impact?
9) We promote natural world heritage sites, promote tourism, but animals do not want it. How should we go about it?
9) Why tourism is called as non-polluting industry?
10) What is reproductive tourism?
11) What is better for local economy – homestays or 5 star hotels?
12) What kind of tourist come maximum to India? Bag packers, middle class or elite?
13) What problems do elite tourist face and why?
11) Prospects of space tourism. Won’t the space tourism widen the already existing economic disparity, with only very few able to access it?
11) Tell 5 places in India you would promote for tourism if you are taking part in an international conference.
12) Name one place with cultural significance for tourism showcasing Indian heritage.
13) Shall govt. promote religious tourism?
14) Do you think trekking and other activities are confined to only rich, while pilgrimage is a mass based tourism?
14) Shall tourism stamps be given to citizens to promote tourism?
1) What are hate crimes?
2) What is the difference between bail and parole?
3) Shall NIA be made as powerful as CIA? Are recent changes in powers of NIA are squeezing states role in maintaining law and order?
4) What is fake news? Are there any legal provision to stop the spread of fake news?
5) Does social media algorithm promotes fake news?
6) What is Omerta Code? In what context have you heard this term?
7) What is counter propaganda?
8) Sedition laws – need to change?
9) What is sectarian fundamentalism?
10) What is moral policing? How to handle it?
11) Mob lynching, Ghar Vapasi, Love Jihad – how much seriously it should be taken?
12) Should centre frame law on mob lynching?
13) Tell what provision you would like to include in it?
14) What is religious terrorism? Is it impacting India?
15) Voltaire once said, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” what does that mean? Does it has any relevance in case of India?
16) Naxal
– What is ‘New Democratic Revolution’ of Naxalites?
– Shall army be involved to solve the naxal problem? What is strategy ‘SAMADHAN’?
– Can we do Surgical strikes on Naxalite affected areas? Take a stand and substantiate your view.
– Who control Baster Battalion?
– Why outside people are influencing and leading Naxal groups?
– What is Urban Naxal and Tukde Tukde Gang? Is communism relevant for India?
– Can you really eliminating Naxalism? Eliminating and minimising are different.
17) Why India has not signed UN convention against torture yet?
18) Why India has not signed UN convention for settlement of refugees?
19) Do we have National Refugee Policy?
20) You are secretary to MoHA, frame a Refugee Policy and give me its key features.
19) Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) is proposed by India, why it is not passed by UNO yet?
20) What the definition of terrorism given by United Nation?
21) Is terrorism only law & order problem? Is militancy and terrorism same?
22) What is Asymmetric Warfare and Low Intensity Conflict?
23) Is horse mounted police required in cities?
1) Tell what you do to protect environment? How you contribute in preventing air pollution? What about saving water?
2) Technology is making bad impact on environment. What is your stake on this?
3) Are poor and rich equally to be blamed for pollution?
3) What is energy mix of India?
4) Do you think climate change is a myth?
5) Why Greenhouse gases are called greenhouse gases?
5) What will happen if all the green house gases suddenly disappear? What will be temperature of earth then?
6) Give examples of climate change in your area?
7) Why is growing trees not enough to combat climate change?
7) Shall climate change be declared as international security issue?
8) Shall climate change be declared as national emergency like Britain?
9) Climate equity and climate justice, are they same?
10) Various adaption and mitigation steps for climate change.
11) India should give priority to mitigation or adaptability?
11) Why we focus so much on ocean temperature when we talk about global warming?
12) How do you convince those who doesn’t believe in global warming?
13) Difference in global warming and climate change.
12) Have you heard about the Club of Rome? When was “Limits of growth” report released?
13) What is Belmont Forum? Is India part of it?
13) Tell INDC targets.
14) We only about Paris COP and we don’t talk about Madrid COP 26. What happened there?
14) India declared target of 2070 for net zero emission. It is feasible?
15) What is Net Zero coalition?
15) What is carbon removal? How it is done?
14) Which is the country that is saying visit us before we drown? (Maldives)
15) What is energy budget of earth?
16) Do you know about earth offshoot day?
17) When do we celebrate earth offshoot day?
18) What is the objective of earth overshoot day?
16) What is pH of this water? (showing glass of water)
17) What is relationship between pH and temperature?
18) Why are coral reefs called the rainforest of the ocean?
19) What is the colour of coral reef?
20) Do you know the regions in India where we are planning to conserve corals?
18) Is world (including India) is only giving lip service to environment concerns?
19) Is angered Greta Therberg is right?
20) Don’t you think Greta Therberg should have completed her education first before protesting against climate change?
21) Who do you see similar to Greta Therberg in India?
22) What would be your advice to Greta & Disha if you were her elder brother/sister?
23) Shall world form fund to protect Amazon forest?
24) What is European Unions ‘Fit for 55’?
24) What is hotspot? What is Forest management? How administration in Forest areas takes place?
25) What is Van Mahotsava? What is JFM?
26) Has forest cover in India gone up?
27) It is claimed by environmentalist that forest to the size of Uttar Pradesh is cleared, and still govt. claim that forest cover increased. How?
28) What is our forest policy? Do we want forests or only trees?
27) What are achievements of Chipko and Appiko movements?
28) What is resource curse?
29) Tell examples of Indian states which suffer from this. How it affect tribals?
28) What are blue flag certified coast?
29) Have you heard of Hydrogen economy?
30) Does really no one die because of pollution?
31) There are reports of bad impact of radiation on birds and butterflies, what are those impacts?
32) Is it a scientific theory now or just a hypothesis? Do we have scientific proof in favour of radiation impacting birds and insects?
31) Who coined the term ecology?
32) What is the pollutant when plastic burns? What are its ill effects?
33) Should we go back to tungsten filament instade of LEDs?
34) Environment hazard of lithium ion battery.
34) Why does plastic have such a negative image now, even though when it was invented it was hailed as revolutionary? What has changed since then?
35) What are the alternatives to plastic? Since plastic is considered obsolete today, will these alternatives suffer the same fate a few years from now?
36) Why do we use plastic in making roads, give me some reason other than saying that it is recycling of waste.
37) Which two states have decided to ban plastic?
37) By switching to alternatives such as cellulose based materials, bamboo etc, won’t we be harming our green cover? Won’t the manufacturing of these alternatives be environmentally unsustainable?
38) How can we use dead and dry walls? (composing, bio-remediation, gobar gas, rainwater harvesting)
39) What is Green Febric?
39) What is water mining?
40) What is Water Parliament in France? Shall we replicate same model in India?
41) How can we use crop residue? (fodder, waste to energy and for building huts)
42) If I travel from Delhi to Bangluru, then carbon footprint will be less by air travel or by railway?
43) What is the economy of Iron ore mine?
44) Are you aware about the controversy regarding some mine in Jadugoda? How much of it is media propaganda?
45) What is Shale Gas? In which part it is India? How we can utilise it?
46) Shall we turn corporates from carbon neutral to carbon negative? How?
47) Difference between water saving and water conservation.
48) Is right to drinking water clearly mentioned in the constitution?
48) What is the difference between drought and famine?
49) What are the 3Rs of sustainable development?
50) How success of achieving SDG 1 and 2 are related with SDGs related to environment?
55) What is circular economy?
51) EIA
– What is the controversy related to new draft of EIA?
– How does the pattern of govt. projects getting environment clearance from govt. agencies work? Isn’t that a case of conflict of interest?
– Will new EIA draft benefit nature conservation?
– What is Corporate Environment Responsibility (CER)? Is it officially their or created doctrine?
General questions (Polity- External)
1) Are international relations zero-sum-game?
2) Give 2 examples of multi-alignment.
3) What is Blue Water Policy?
4) What is Blue Water Navy?
5) What is Brown Water Navy?
6) Why do you think Russia is against other countries access to Artic ocean?
6) Indo-US
– Is Trumpism a counterpart of Putinism? Is rise of Trump exemplify the end of liberalism philosophy? Is Biden going to restore liberalism?
– It is said that Trump is defeated but Trumpism is surviving. Do you agree?
– Which president – Trump or Biden is better for American people and their country.
– Which country should India choose – USA or China? You have to choose one.
– Its said god created war, so Americans could learn geography. Is it right?
– Respond to the statement: “US wants territorial expansion”
– Shall India become part of USA strategy Asian Pivot?
– Why there is too much focus on ‘Asia Pacific’ now a days? Is better word ‘Indo-Pacific’?
– US always follows America policy and tries to maintain its influence. Do you agree?
– One example where/when it has not been able to do so?
– S400 deal – is it justified for India to ask for waiver from USA? What would happen if US denies CAATSA waiver?
10) Is India too is living in the post truth era? Can you give some examples?
11) Is truth the average of a consensus?
12) Are multilateral and plurilateral treaties are same?
15) What are 3Cs of Act East? (Connectivity, Commerce, Culture)
16) Why on Indo-EU FTA consensus has not build yet?
18) Syria
– Can you give a list of countries supporting and opposing Syria?
– Are US and Russia on same side?
19) What is ‘cold start’ doctrine?
20) Indo-Iran
– Why India stopped purchasing oil from Iran?
– Who will Iran choose in case of India-Pakistan war. Justify.
21) India’s look west policy? How it is unfolding?
22) Is Abraham Accord useful to India? Have we taken any steps to benefit from Abraham accord?
22) Impact of Brexit on India.
23) Isn’t Brexit due to majoritarianism?
24) Isn’t this majoritarianism that Scotland not allowed to be separated?
25) Pakistan
– Shall we start giving stippled visas to the residents of Pakistan occupied Kashmir?
– Blood and water can’t flow together, what is your opinion on it?
– It is said that Indus Water Treaty (IWT) is too generous from our side, is there a need to review it?
– One project where India and Pakistan are part of? (TAPI)
– What steps India should take to get release of Kulbhushan Jadhav? Which convention regarding that India did not sign?
– What if Pakistan execute Kulbhushan Jadhav? Shall we kill one Pakistani person as revenge?
– Pakistan is having some Indians in their prisons and custody. How can India apply political pressure to get such prisoners released.
– Is India trying to isolate Pakistan internationally? Does India have any policy towards Pakistan?
– In decoration flowers pot, flower comes but root do not spread. In this line say something about Pakistan’s democracy?
– Military business role in Pakistan and its impact on India.
– Happiness Index – Are Pakistanies happier than India’s?
– What are the parameters used for it?
– Whether Kartarpur corridor can prove as an effective step in improving Indo-Pak relations?
– What are the core issues between both nations and how can these be improved?
– Does India-Pakistan has more informal trade then formal?
– Why trade is not happening between India and Pakistan while there are political issues in other Asian countries like China-Taiwan and China-Japan. But still economical trade is happening in good way?
– Given that Pakistan has more Pashuns than Afghanistan, and given the dominance of Barlevi order there, won’t it conflict with the Deobandi version in Afghanistan?
– Is our ‘neighourhood first’ strategy failing?
– Is ‘minus one’ correct policy?
– Shall India stop playing sports with Pakistan?
– Should India bomb Pakistan nuclear facilities?
– If we give you 3 options with respect to Pakistan – Diplomacy, Direct military action, covert action. What you will do?
– Why we don’t settle our disputes with Pakistan by war?
26) SAARC
– Is India purposely shifting its attention towards BIMSTEC instade of SAARC?
– Did BIMSTEC destroyed the scope of improvement/reforms in SAARC? Can BIMSTEC replace SAARC?
– Should entry of China would be allowed in SAARC? Will it solve the problems in SAARC?
27) Indo-Afghan
– Shall India open talks with Taliban? Then shall it be open to talk with domestic terrorist groups?
– Shall India align with good Taliban to restrict bad Taliban?
– Is Taliban 2.0 different from Taliban 1.0?
– Shall India open its land link with Afghanistan?
– How to protect the civilian assets build by India in Afghanistan?
– Do you think that economic diplomacy of India in Afghanistan has shrunk the strategic role of Pakistan in Afghanistan?
– Can you name some initiative taken by India in Afghanistan?
– Does China border with Afghanistan?
– Wakhan corridor belongs to which province of Afghanistan?
– Boundary length of Wakhan corridor with China?
– What is Delaram-Zahedan highway and its importance?
– There is trade from Afghanistan to India via Pakistan. Do the reverse also happening (i.e. India to Afghanistan via Pakistan)?
– If you are send to Afghanistan, how will you convince them to isolate Pakistan?
28) Indo-Nepal
– What role India should play in current political crisis in Nepal?
– Should we close the open border between India and Nepal?
– What does Nepal export to India?
– Nepal has recently made demand for parts of Himachal. Is it justified?
– Bhutan has been able to take advantage of proximity with India in hydropower sector but not Nepal. Why?
– If India refuses to buy power from the projects built by China in Nepal whom would it sell?
29) Indo-Srilanka
– What efforts India is doing to solve the settlement of Tamils in Srilanka?
– Is Mahinda pro-china?
30) What do you understand by Asian century?
31) Has time come to launch India into ‘realpolitic’ in international relations instade of traditional ideological policies?
32) Tell me some instance where India has acted as first responder in crisis in South Asia.
33) Rank the neighbours of India in decreasing order of importance.
34) UNSC
– Shall India accept seat in UNSC without veto?
– What is Ezulwini consensus? Do you think Africa’s position on UNSC reforms is more practical one?
– Why UNSC reforms is like finding no light at the end of the tunnel?
– What is India’s position on UNSC reforms?
– Is India demanding democratisation of UNSC?
– Tell me why India must not join UNSC.
– Adding India with Veto power in UNSC will create another veto based on national interest and other non veto countries will suffer. Isn’t it?
– What is Muslim countries demand in UNSC?
– What is the stand of west?
– What is the solution/ formula given by Kofi Annan for UNSC reforms?
35) UN peacekeeping force maintains peace or enforce peace?
36) Peacekeeping vs Peace enforcement difference.
36) While Rohingya refugees were refused asylum in India, what about Chakma refugees, shall they be given same treatment?
17) RCEP
– Do you support India’s decision on not signing RCEP? On what basis?
– Does India missed Regional Economic Integration?
– What were the concerns of India? Was it justiciable?
37) China
– Tell us about the social and administrative reforms in China, apart from economic reforms.
– What is Middle kingdom syndrome? What is the name of China in Mandarin language?
– Do you know China Sword Policy? (related to plastic waste in China)
– Do you know anything about the “loss of face” of Chinese? What does it mean?
– What are the anthropological and sociological characteristics of Chinese people in light of economic growth of China?
– Given a choice, between a totalitarian government with a very high economic development and democracy which one would you pick?
– It is said that a poor man can do any crime. What’s the point of democracy if people are not safe from crimes?
– Do you think China will have a revolution in the next 10-20 years?
– Has there been any pro democratic movements in China?
– Which was the ‘century of humiliation’ for China?
– Is China wounded civilization?
– What is ‘One world, one dream’? Is it same as ‘all under heaven’?
– Deng Xioping famously said that it doesn’t matter if a cat is black or white so long as it catches mice. What is your interference?
– What is Rural revitalization project of China? What lesson India can learn from it?
– Quote by Deng Xioping “Bide your time, hide your capabilities” What does it mean?
– What are weaknesses of China?
– What is Cabbage Policy of China?
– China treats everyone born in China as Chinese person irrespective of country he is located, does India follow the same policy?
– What is Common Prosperity Mission of China?
– What is OBOR and BRI? What’s the difference between the two? Why was the name changed?
– Is BRI attempt by China to achieve geopolitical aims by geo-economics?
– Is BRI an example of Vulture capitalism?
– Does ‘all roads go to Beijing’?
– Lets suppose that we are sitting in year 2049. How do you see the effects of BRI on the world then?
– Is India part of Blue Dot initiative?
– Tell me about Debt trap diplomacy of China. Which countries are impacted by it?
– If Yuan were to be dictated by market value, what will happen to Chinese economy?
– Is Chinses global projection is shadowed by the events in Hongkong?
– Suppose you are spoke person of Chinese govt. How will you support your stand on the South China sea conflict?
– Is ‘string of pearls’ and ‘maritime silk route’ project of China same thing or different?
– What is ‘Malacca dilemma’ of china?
– What is Nine Dash line issue? Why such name?
– Why isn’t ASEAN doing anything about South China sea issue?
– How maritime boundary delineated?
– Why has the US not ratified the UNCLOS yet? Why only the flak against China?
– What is five figure doctrine of China?
– Do you know Palm and digit theory? Who gave it and which area represent palm and digits? What is the significance of it?
– What is salami slicing? Does China make difference between peace time and war time?
– China controls 90% of rare earth production. How does it use it for geopolitical purpose?
– How geopolitics of new world is different from the geopolitics of oil?
– Are you aware of any rare earth fields outside China where production can rival that of China?
– Just life oil dominated in the past the future will be dominated by semi-conductors. Compare China and India on this business.
– Three gorges dam and slowing down of earths rotational speed.
SCO
1) Why called Shanghai when it is central Asian?
2) Which central Asian country not joined? (Turkmenistan)
3) Do you know why?
India-China
– Should we see rise of China as a threat or as an opportunity?
– India got success or failure in handling Doklam?
– McMohan Line – beginning and end.
– LAC is border with China from which states of India?
– What is the LAC, LoC and the AGPL?
– What is working line?
– Will the relationship normalize again post Galwan?
– What message China gave to India through Galwan?
– What is mirror deployment strategy?
– What is mirror deployment on boundary?
– Why China is threat to Indian agriculture?
– Suppose I am Xi Jingping and you are Mr. Modi. What 3 points you will tell to him? And what Xi will say to Mr. Modi in 3 points.
– As China is building artificial islands in SCS, why is India not doing the similar activities in the Andaman & Nicobar islands?
– What is Chinese dream? Shall India promote Buddha Institutes to counter the Chinese venture Confucius Institutes?
– Shall India support the fight for democracy of people of Hongkong?
– Shall India support Taiwan to balance the Kashmir policy of China?
– Do you think Sochi spirit can make change in Indo-China relations?
– Was disruption of electricity at Mumbai recently was logic bomb attack of China.
CPEC
– Shall India support CPEC? (Sovereignty first, connectivity next)
– Does changing the name of CPEC solve the problem?
– If CPEC is complete, how will it affect India-Pak trade relationship?
– Compare dams in CPEC with bhakra capacity?
– How CPEC will impact manufacturing capacity of Pakistan?
45) QUAD
– The strategy of India to join Quadrat group is correct or not?
– Shall India turn it into military alliance?
– India sees the Indian Ocean Region is geographical area or strategic to Indian interest?
– Why the QUAD gone into coma after formation in 2007?
– What is the difference between Asia-Pacific and Indo-Pacific concepts?
– Is AUKUS a counterweight to Quad?
– There are 2 Quads. Are you aware of another QUAD?
– What is Five Eyes Alliance?
38) What is territorial waters, EEZ and High seas?
39) What is SCO? Do you think it is just other multilateral organisation without serving any important purpose for securing India’s national interests?
40) What is institutional memory?
41) Is India stumbling block in most organisations?
41) What are our land and marine border disputes with neighbours?
42) What is Peace Index? Which neighbourhood country of India is peaceful in present context?
43) What is your opinion on “you can choose your friends but you cannot choose your neighbours”?
44) Take paper and pencil and write India’s neighbours and rank them in
descending order of friendliness.
46) What is Caspian deal? Does it have any significance for India?
47) What is ‘broken window syndrome’ in reference to arms trade?
48) Do you think there is rising cold war in International politics? If so, how this one is different from earlier one?
49) Tell me 3 benefits of war.
50) What are the pillars of foreign policy of India at present?
51) Can PRI play role in foreign policy?
52) Should we use Indian diaspora for our Foreign policy goals?
53) What if tomorrow China uses Indians of Chinese descent to promote their goals?
52) On a scale of 1-10 how much will you rate India’s foreign policy?
53) India in the past has intervened militarily 2 countries. Can you name them?
54) Where is Diego Garcia Island, Coco Island? What is their significance? Are we really a Net security provider in Indian Ocean? Which powers are involved in Indian Ocean?
General questions (Polity- Internal)
1) What is civil society? Have we seen the rise of the same in India?
2) What difference AAP has made in Indian politics?
3) Nehru- Patel controversy. Was Patel communal? Was Subhashchandra fascist?
4) Out of communalism and corruption which is larger issue?
5) ‘Special state’ category and politics of backwardness.
6) What in your opinion would become India’s next new state after Telangana?
7) What is the Gujrat model? How it is different from Kerala model?
8) Shall govt maintain ‘absolute transparency’ in decision making?
9) How to define ‘public interest’? Who is public?
10) What is ‘banana republic’ and ‘mango people’
11) Recently there was a news that some celebrities are paid for endorsing political party, what is your view on it?
12) What is Social Impact Assessment (SIA)? How it is done? Shall it be given more importance then Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)? Or to improve the Ease of Doing Business both should be dispensed?
13) What is democracy deficit? (govt working legally but not democratically)
14) Should democracy precede development or vice versa.
15) Does development means urbanization?
16) Give example of a country which is not democratic and developed but failed at end. (not China)
17) What is majoritarianism, is that the essence of representative democracy
18) There is a phenomenon called “Decline of Parliament”, what it is? Has parliament stood successful in representing peoples will?
19) Give me 3 suggestions to improve parliamentary committee functioning.
19) What is parliament financing?
19) What problems Indian democracy is facing today?
20) Someone said recently ‘there should be depoliticization if politics and democratisation of democracy’. Tell me what do you understand by this statement?
21) Whiston Churchills opinion on Indian democracy and your opinion on it.
22) What do you understand by criminalization of politics and politization of crime?
23) Politics is becoming dirty day by day. Can we live without politics?
24) Difference between regionalism and provincialism
25) Regionalism impacts nationalism in negative way and nationalism impacts global world negatively. Comment.
26) NITI Aayog – what could be a political counterpart?
27) Can states restrict immigrants?
28) Do we have deep state in India?
29) Has ‘left’ remained relevant?
30) Is India still socialist state? If yes, what are the proofs?
31) Being welfare state, is it necessary to be socialist?
32) Are wars good? Have war’s uplifted the civilisations to next level?
33) What do you understand by soft hindutva? How Moditva is different from Hindutva?
34) What is Bharat Net? Will it rejuvenate PRI? What common service centre? What is CSC 2.0? How beneficial they are for PRI?
35) How PM WANI will revolutionaries rural society?
35) Local self-governments get funds from both centre and state – but why they are not in a good shape.
36) Like Haj subsidy shall Kailash Manas subsidy be also ended?
37) Is IPC section 498A regarding cruelty to woman is getting misused?
38) Why we have penal law of 19th century. Why are they not reformed yet?
39) Women empowerment or disempowerment
– Are women’s right and Human’s right same?
– Is women empowerment is greater than human empowerment?
– Did globalisation made women’s position worst or better?
40) Shall woman be allowed inside mosque? (As they have given entry inside Sabarimala?)
41) Which will correct timing for Uniform Civil Code?
42) Do you know which UTs have administrators and which have Lt. governors?
43) Difference between Lokpal, lokayukta and Vigilance Commissioner. What do they do, prevention or investigation?
India i.e. Bharat
1) What is the idea of ‘impatient India’?
2) What is the idea of ‘Mainland India’?
3) I get a feeling that I stay in India and not in Bharat. What exactly is the difference?
4) Do SWOT analysis of India?
5) Tell me one thing how to solve India’s one problem that other problems can be solved.
5) Explain India to a person who hasn’t been here in 2 minutes.
6) What do you understand by the statement that “India has democratised the democracy”?
7) What is nation building?
8) “A rose by any other name will smell as sweet” explain.
9) Difference between nation building and nation development.
10) Where do you place India in the community of nations? As a strong nation, as a weak nation or as an indifferent nation?
11) Define sun of soil doctrine. Which Indian state never had such a doctrine?
12) Chinese model vs Indian model of growth.
13) Has ‘Idea of India’ has come in trouble recently?
14) Is country turning into ‘Hindu Pakistan’?
15) How ‘Idea of India’ is different from ‘Idea of Pakistan’?
16) Why do south India has so many lofty temples? Why not in north India?
17) Why do we read more about Magadha and north Indian history during ancient phase?
18) List the bio-geographical regions of India.
19) India@75
-What is your vision for 2047 as India is going to celebrate 100 years of Independence.
– What is your idea of aspirational India?
– What 5 things India achieved in last 75 years? (life span increased, literacy increased, millions came out of poverty, self-sufficiency in food grain, Industrialisation
– 5 things to focus for next 25 years while celebrating 100 years? (Within top 10 in HDI, green economy, high on happiness index, hub of R&D, Global softpower)
– India in its 75th year needs social revolution. Elaborate.
– Tell me one section which have benefited the most in Independent India.
– also tell one geographical region which has not benefitted.
– Do you believe that we are passing through Amrut Kaal?
Constitution
1) Is Indian secularism different then European secularism? Shall Indian society be better called as plural then secular?
2) Can atheist country declare itself secular?
3) Tell the full Preamble.
4) Arrange the four ideals of preamble as per their importance and also give reasons for the same.
4) Which word you will like to add to preamble?
5) Shall ‘plurality’ be included in the preamble along with other ideals?
6) Shall constitutional ‘Right to Faith’ be given?
7) Which part of constitution is by Indian’s?
8) Think on the statement and explain ‘Yamuna draws more water from themes then from Potomac’
9) How many times Indian constitution has been amended in past 70 years compared to USA in past 200 years? Why the difference?
10) Shall constitution be declared as ‘National Book’?
11) What are constitutional values?
12) What is constitutional notions?
13) What is constitutional renaissance?
14) DPSP
– Do you think we should make DPSP justifiable by 2047?
– Tell me 2 points in favour and two against.
– How many DPSP in constitution and tell 5 very important.
15) Why do we need laws and guidelines as we already have constitution?
16) What is difference between constitutional bodies and statutory bodies?
17) What is the definition of ‘minority’ according to Indian constitution?
18) Should Jews be given minority status? Why being identified as minority is so important? Why has Gujrat given them the status?
19) Shall Hindu’s be given status of minority in J&K, Nagaland etc?
20) What are classifications of rights in constitution?
21) Which are positive and negative fundamental rights?
22) Is there a need to form 2nd State Reorganization Committee?
23) What are different alternatives to formation of separate state? (like autonomous council)
24) Shall we shift to presidential system of government? Can dictatorship be established in India?
25) What is semi-presidential system? Examples?
26) Explain the statement ‘Individual is endowed with soul, but state is a soulless machine’
27) Need of forming shadow cabinets in India?
28) Difference between legal, fundamental and human rights
29) Which of the 2 is more imp – Equality before law or Equal protection of Law?
30) What is the correct sequence of Liberty, equality and fraternity?
31) Is word ‘Nation’ is mentioned in constitution?
32) Right to Information is born out of which article on FR?
33) Has States Legislative Council became outdated house? Like Andhra Pradesh shall other states too abolish it? Its too much money wasted for nothing. Your view.
34) Is there a word centre in the constitution?
35) Do we have central government in India?
36) Is it right on the part of the centre to give funds directly to Panchayats?
37) Why not all laws require consent of the states?
38) If you have to make one amendment in the constitution, what will be it?
39) Give me one example where the corresponding constitution article is exactly opposite of what value we professed during freedom struggle.
40) Tell me why Indian president is called as supreme commander of defence forces? He doesn’t wear uniform, he never goes to war.
Judiciary
1)In which article of constitution complete justice mentioned?
2)If justice delayed is justice denied, then isn’t justice hurried is justice compromised?
2) Are equality and justice opposite ideas?
3) Will you support formation of National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC)? Why it is scraped? By which amendment?
4) Do you believe India is suffering from ‘bench fixing’?
5) Why permanent constitutional bench is appointed recently?
6) Collegium
– Is it mentioned in the constitution?
– When it started?
– Do you think it is transparent?
7) Shall CJ be allowed discretion in roster?
8) Khap Panchyats – the symptom or a disease?
9) Singing national anthem in theatre, is it good idea? Do you support the view? Shall it be replaced by Vande mataram?
10) Shall Judiciary be made accountable to people? If yes, then this change should happen internally or should be forced from outside?
11) Why large number of judicial posts are vacant?
12) Why there is a pendency in judiciary? Are our judges not efficient?
13) Is there a need to increase population to judges ratio?
14) Why so many lawyers in the courts? Can courts restrict the number?
15) Do you think people are losing faith in judiciary?
16) Should some case load be transferred from courts to Panchayats?
17) Do you think punishment should be made stricter or punishments should be more certain?
18) Is judiciary under RTI? Shall CC TVs be installed in court rooms?
19) Is there anything legal/constitutional provision that stops courts from live streaming?
20) Do you know difference between livestream and open courts?
19) “King can do no wrong” is it justifiable with respect to supreme court?
20) What reforms you will suggest make justice system relevant?
21) Recusal by judges – is it good trend?
22) Why conviction rate is only 2% in India?
23) Difference between courts and tribunals.
24) Under what provision of the constitution PIL is filed? (Art. 226 writ)
25) Shall we do away with it given that there are so many people who file PIL due to their vested interest.
26) Shall judiciary mediate between govt and agitators?
27) Why judiciary is sitting on cases like validity of scrapping 370, CAA-NRC, Farm Reform bills etc
28) Judicial activism vs Judicial restraint
29) What is the current percentage of undertrials? How will you protect under trials?
30) In which country judges don’t get retired?
31) Which form of corruption is worst? Legislative, Judiciary or Executive?
1) What is the message one gets out of film ‘NEWTON’? Is political democracy unsuitable in India?
2) Indian party system lacks inner party democracy? Why? How can we reform it?
3) Is party important or personality? Do you find any changing trend in voting behaviour?
4) Primaries – Are they suitable for India?
5) Opinion Polls – Should be banned or allowed
6) Is direct democracy suitable for India?
7) Here after shall major decision be taken by plebiscite? (with the help of AADHAR, it is practically possible now)
8) Can we orgainse a referendum in India?
9) What are the cons of conducting referendum in India apart from logistical issues?
8) Shall we get rid of ‘first pass the poll system’? How much ‘list system’ is suitable for India?
9) Shall electorates be divided on class basis like teachers, doctors etc according to professions?
10) What is delimitation? Is it hampering democracy?
11) Shall we make parliamentary seats 1000 to accommodate increased population?
12) Do regional parties have any future?
13) If every state is ruled by a regional party, what impact it will have on nation?
14) Can India become two party democracy like USA?
15) Can Tibetan refugees in India participate in voting?
16) Shall elections be held in academic institutes?
17) How is the idea of taking simultaneous elections for centre as well as states? (One nation, one election)
18) How much amount we spend on elections in India? Can that be better utilised for welfare work?
18) What is deliberative democracy?
19) Which amendment is needed for that?
20) Have electoral bonds improved the transparency in election funding? What is the secret that ruling party is cornering most of the contributions?
21) Voting
– Shall voting id be linked to Aadhar? It will eliminate double voting and bogus voters, isn’t it?
– Shall we go for One nation, One ballot number?
– Shall voting be made compulsory? Do you vote?
– Shall literacy be made a condition for voting?
– What is silent votebank?
– Voting is constitutional right or legal right?
– Are voting machines manipulating results in elections? How much VVPAT could be solution to this problem?
– Election commission has proposed postal voting above 65 years. Why? Issues?
– How to solve this problem of ensuing fairness while deepening democratic participation at the same time?
– Shall Block Chain Technology be used for voting process?
– When National Voter Day is celebrated?
– Why do you think we are celebrating it?
22) What is Rajbala case? Is it good idea to impose certain restrictions on candidate for contesting election?
23) Shall religious leaders be banned from taking political posts?
24) In the present era of world politics is it true that those leaders who do not believe in democracy are getting elected on power democratically?
25) Power controls power. Explain.
26) Shall we turn model code of conduct into statute?
27) Who is Star campaigner?
28) Election commission was formed one day before India was to be declared republic. Why?
29) Chief election Commissioner is more than equal or one among equal?
30) Is there a need appoint one of three election commissioners from among the retired judges?
31) If the candidate resigns within 3 years of elected and by-election be conducted then shall expenses be recovered from candidate?
32) For fighting election for state council, is it necessary that candidate must be domicile of that state?
32) Shall parties be forced to follow their pre-poll alliances after poll?
Speaker
– What can be done to make the role of speaker more transparent?
– Should speaker be appointed from outside the house?
– Shall he resign the party until he is speaker?
Anti-defection
– Rising defections is raising question on the trust built up by people on elected ones. How do you see it? Way forward for dealing with defection?
– What is your opinion should be the changes brought to the 10th schedule and anti-defection law?
– What are the loopholes in the law?
General questions (Economy-External)
1) Do you think we are entering into era of ‘trade wars’? Which side does India should take? How much we are getting affected?
2) There is ongoing protectionism in the world. Is it fair? Why it is happening? Does International Liberal Economic Order failing in its mandate?
3) What is the difference between trade deficit and current account deficit (CAD)?
4) What are Sustainable Development Goals? Difference between MDG & SDG
5) China
– India and China were two equal countries during early 1950s, but China gone far ahead of India. What China done right and India done wrong?
– Shall India play secondary role to China in economic initiatives?
– Why Chinese economy is called Bird Cage Economy?
– Is China encircling Indian economy by running huge trade gaps?
– What are the reasons for asymmetrical trade with China of India?
– Shall we put a ban of Chinese products as a part of economic nationalism?
6) WTO
– Does WTO support free trade? Is free trade really free?
– How are we protecting our agri sector?
– How does foreign competition help us?
– What are the India’s concerns in WTO regarding opening up of Agriculture sector?
– Is India a stumbling block in WTO?
– What reforms do we need in WTO?
– What is the issue in dispute settlement mechanism?
– What is more important, global trade should be ‘open’ or ‘free’?
8) BRICS
– How the idea of forming credit rating agency of BRICS will help?
– What is Brasilia declaration of BRICS about?
– What is exceptionalism? Is BRICS following it?
– Is BRICS loosing its economic focus?
– Is BRICS getting dominated by China?
10) Shall India continue rising custom duties on imports to support domestic manufacturers?
11) Is that all the Atmanirbhar Bharat?
12) What are donut cities? What are sponge cities?
13) What is 4th industrial revolution? What impact it will make on common man?
14) What is ‘New Capitalism’? How to tackle it?
15) Is capitalism is digging its own grave?
16) What is conscious capitalism?
17) What is Stakeholder capitalism?
18) What is ‘socialist millionaire’ problem?
19) Why all fugitives go to England? What is so special there?
19) What is golden passport scheme? What is Green passport?
20) What is withholding tax and national pledge in context of External Commercial Borrowings (ECB)?
21) Can Indian government raise money from outside and bring to India in foreign currency?
General questions (Economic-Internal)
1) Explain relationship between liberalization, privatization and globalization. What do you understand by ‘Market based Economy’?
2) Do you think time has come of launching 2nd generation reforms?
3) What are 3rd generation reforms?
4) What is neoliberalism? With globalization are ‘isms’ ended?
5) Is India a developed country or developing country or underdeveloped country or developed-developing country?
6) Is there a dichotomy between India claiming the status of a global power and simultaneously wanting to retain its ‘developing’ tag under WTO?
7) Is Nepal and India same in the level of development?
8) Why the informal sectors of India are not shifting to formal?
9) Point the core difference of Jagdish Bhagwati and Amartya Sen camps.
10) What is capability approach of Amartya Sen?
11) ‘Make in India’ vs ‘Made in India’ vs ‘Make for India’ vs ‘Manufacture in India’ vs ‘Create in India’
12) Are we late in launching Make in India? Has Make in India turned into Make in Gujrat?
13) Assemble in India for the world and Make in India are complementary, supplementary or opposite strategies?
14) Is Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat connected?
15) What is GeM portal?
– Why govt is purchasing even after it is not cost effective?
– Don’t you think that it amounts to wastage of taxpayer’s money?
15) Why China succeeded in SEZ and why India has limited success? What are the benefits of SEZ? Can you name some ongoing SEZ in India? (especially from your state)
16) Indian society and its lust for gold, gold deposit scheme and chances of its success
17) How the consumption of gold could be reduced?
18) Difference between ‘financial literacy’ and ‘financial inclusion’
19) Your views on retrospective taxation
20) If retrospective profit is allowed than why not retrospective taxes?
21) The size of ships are increasing. What impact would that have on port?
22) Apart from logistics what impact do you think it would have?
23) Why more trade on west coast compared to east coast?
23) Shall we introduce risk management in farming?
24) Smart cities or smart villages
25) What is concept of counter magnets in relation to urbanisation?
26) NPAs by PSU Banks
– what is the solution
– By merging banks can be bring down NPAs?
– Why no one punished for banking frauds, are we taking financial crimes lightly?
– Changed needed in RBI act to make it suitable to deal with frauds.
– shall Banks be ‘bailed-in’ or ‘bailed-out’ give your opinion.
– what is the difference between written off and write off.
– what is haircut?
– What is evergreening of NPAs? Is a failure of our corporate governance?
– Will Bad bank address the issue of NPAs?
– Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), though effective on paper why it failed on ground?
– What is the latest increased limit of payment outstanding IBC could be invoked? (1 lakh to 1 Cr)
– What is pre-package process of 120 offered to supplement IBC? Is it ethically good?
27) What problems may occur in implementation of competitive democracy?
28) What is the difference between annuity, gratuity, provident fund and pension?
29) Ease of doing business
– What is ease of doing business report?
– How it is measured?
– Why recently the report is withdrawn?
– Do you think it has improved recently?
– Does it represent whole of India?
– What is current ranking of India?
– What problems you find in your city/village regarding EoDB?
– What steps you will suggest to improve EoDB in India?
– How can we bring India in top 10 rank
– Ease of doing business is more imp or ease of living?
30) Labour laws
– Which are the 4 new labour codes?
– Will it give respite to labour or make then further venerable?
– What are term contracts?
– What’s your view on strikes by employees in public utilities essential. Should it be allowed?
31) MSME
– What is needed for India: large scale manufacturing or MSMEs?
– Do you think our MSMEs can become competitive, vis-à-vis other countries like China?
– Do you think MSMEs could address the problem of regional imbalance in the country?
31) Has time come to tax agriculture income? What are ‘Two Agricultures’ referred in survey?
32) What is the difference between duty and tax?
33) Recently government has given some powers to tax authorities to provisionally attach property, search and seizure. What is your stand? Should government keep faith in its officers? Should officers be given free hand?
34) Why the differentiation between plan and non-plan expenditure is given up? What is the alternative?
35) With privatization has ‘negative discrimination’ has gone up?
36) What is the personal sector?
37) Has India neglected social infrastructure at the cost physical infrastructure?
38) Which you will choose among both?
38) Biggest social problem faced by India.
39) Difference between NEER & REER
40) If the rupee is depreciated by 5% let’s say from 75, what will be the current price of the rupee?
40) How is the idea of starting financial year from 1st Jan every year?
41) How much democratic is the Monitory Policy Committee (MPC)?
42) Give the list 5 major economic problems India is facing at present.
43) Tell me one sector that has never progressed since independence.
44) 4 social problems that stand in the way of economic development of India?
45) India is rich, but with poor people. Explain.
46) What is economic justice?
46) What is shared economy? Give me some examples.
47) UBI
– Do you support UBI? Is it viable for India?
– What do you think about freebies culture in government. Is it good for economy?
– Through DBT are we heading towards UBI?
– UBI vs Universal Basic Services – Idea by Amartya Sen
48) Is mixed economy model relevant even today?
49) Decision of merging oil majors, will they become ‘too big to fail’?
50) If we are shifting to the goal of ‘oil less economy’, then is it worth erecting new oil refineries?
51) NITI Aayog
– How NITI Aayog is different from erstwhile planning commission?
– What is full form of NITI Aayog?
– 3 points which can justify that NITI Aayog is the right step.
– Can NITI Aayog allocate funds? Have we abolished planning commission without creating suitable alternative?
– Should we allow NITI Aayog to allocate capital and revenue grants to the states?
– Can you name some initiative of NITI Aayog?
– What are the constraints in fiscal federalism of India? How they could be resolved?
52) PPP
– What is PPP model?
– What is Swiss Challenge Model?
– What is Hybrid Annuity Model?
– Is EPC model part of PPP?
– Tell us one example of a successful PPP model in India and one example of failed PPP model?
– Is it example of mixed up economy instade of mixed economy?
53) What are the disadvantages of liberalising FDI in various sectors?
54) Will bullet train become commercially viable project?
55) Why UDAN scheme is not taking take-off? Have you took advantage of this scheme?
56) Employment
– How to give boost to employment in India?
– Shall selling pakoda be taken as ‘employment’?
– What do you mean by ‘jobless growth’ and ‘jobloss growth’?
– Which sections are affected most and why?
– Do you think situation is worrisome as far as employment is concerned?
– Shall robots be taxed?
– Suggest areas were employment could be generated in economy.
57) Difference between SHG and cooperatives
58) What is ‘Digital economy’? Can we say that we are entering into the age of ‘Digital Divide’?
59) Digital diet Vs Digital detox.
60) Shall there be a ‘digital tax’ on social media?
61) Finance commission is planning to change the base year for allocations from 1971 to 2011. How it will affect the distribution of revenue among states?
62) Does DPSP has any relevance in present time? Is India tilting towards capitalism?
63) What is natural capital? Why natural capital is ignored in GDP? Do we have any mechanism for natural capital accounting?
64) What is ‘care economy’?
65) Shall crypto currencies be banned in India? Shall India launch its own crypto currency?
66) Can we achieve 5 trillion economy by 2025? How?
67) Write the figure of 5 trillion.
68) Is India losing its economic sway? How can it come back?
69) What is gig economy?
70) It took 100s of years for the trade unions to ensure workers rights, how do we ensure that in a gig economy?
71) We have good number of large industry and large number of small industry – why don’t we have industry at medium level?
72) Tell us what comes to your mind when see large number of billionaires in India and their impact on GDP.
73) Having billionaires is good for India?
74) Should India criticise the few billionaires growth or support it or be neutral?
74) How do they become billionaires? Is it luck/hard work etc.
75) What are extra budgetary resources?
76) What do you mean by public good? Can private sector provide public good?
77) Disinvestment
– What is Disinvestment, Strategic Disinvestment and Divestment?
– Difference between disinvestment and National Monetisation Plan.
– Is privatisation of BPCL is justified?
– Is division of ordinance factory board in 7 companies justified?
– Ordinance factories can’t go on strike now. How you see it?
– Should we privatise all the Public sector companies?
– Will LIC gain or loose from disinvestment?
– Should government come out of non-core public sector companies and privatise it? (Read recommendations of GV Ramkrishna Disinvestment Commission,1996)
1) What is GST technology? Which areas it could be used?
2) What could be the possible use of database generated by GSTN?
3) How block chain technology could be used for GST?
4) What is e-way bill? What will be the advantages?
5) Is it because of GST that Indian economy is facing trouble?
6) If I order a product from Amazon US website, will I be paying GST?
6) Are local self-governments sidelined in GST structure? How could be accommodated in the structure?
7) If single rate should be kept of GST, then what should be that rate?
8) What is revenue neutral rate?
9) You will support single rate or multiple rates? Is it a Good & Simple Tax?
10) What is the difference between price and value?
11) Has GST bought down inflation?
12) What is the purpose of taxation apart from raising revenue for govt?
12) What is the voting system in GST council, how it has tested our federalism?
13) Is centre dominating in GST by design?
14) Have states lost policy space with all indirect taxes are not decided by GST council?
15) 40% opposition states are contributing to 60% of revenue in GST. Are they getting fair treatment?
16) Has ‘One State, one vote’ formula proved a mistake?
17) I will give a statement and tell me your opinion “GST is compromise on fiscal federalism”
18) What if Maharashtra govt. right to decide tax is depend on Bihar govt? Is it against your right to vote?
16) Shall petroleum products be bought under GST?
17) Is it a Gabbar Singh tax? What reforms are needed?
18) Do you support the arrest of defaulter in case of non-payment of GST?
19) Why the tax growth among destination states like UP and Bihar is low?
20) Is GST compensation fund diverted by centre to other work?
21) Shall compensation be extended to another five years?
1) What are disruptive technologies? Can you name some negative disruptive technologies? Is 5G disruptive technology?
2) What is Technology 5.0? How it will affect humans?
2) What is net neutrality?
3) Why India has failed to develop Operating System (OS)?
4) JAM Trinity – how it will work?
5) Why Internet of Things (IoT) is so important that govt. has made a policy on it?
6) What is web 2, Dark Net, which is the latest version of android? What is beta version of technology?
7) What is embedded technology?
8) What is near field technology, what is Li Fi, white fi
9) Software and hardware. Which one is cause and which one is effect?
10) Digital payment
– What is UPI, BHIM, have u used it?
– What is different in Bhim and mobile wallets like Paytm? Convince me to use Bhim over Paytm? Does patch update of both Bhim and mobile wallet happens at same time or different?
– Shall we start converting our currency Rupee in digital format internally same as China is doing with Yuan?
11) 3D printing technology
12) Chan Zuckerberg initiative
13) Shall robots be allowed to replace human labour? Shall they be taxed?
14) Implications of giving citizenship to robots.
15) What are cobots?
15) Are you going to accepts conditions of whatsapp?
16) F16 is a better choice or Rafael?
17) Block chain
– What are the different applications of Block chain technology?
– How it better then present internet?
– How bitcoin works?
– Who is Satosi Nakamoto?
– What is ‘Turing complete’ language?
– What is Ethereum?
– Who created it?
– What is Ether?
– What is smart contract?
– What is Dap?
– What is Hard fok and Soft fok?
18) How atomic clock works?
19) AI
– How AI is impacting job scenario?
– What impact will driverless cars have on India?
– Would you feel safe in a driverless car or crossing the road knowing there are driverless cars on the road?
– What is ‘Turing test’ regarding AI?
– Difference between Machine learning and deep learning. Give an example citing its application.
– Case study – Answer directly
If you are going to use AI & use robots for surgeries, let us say the patient died. Who will you find accountable? The doctor, the hospital, the govt. or the manufacturer of the robot?
20) What changes Elan Musk is bringing to the world?
21) What is open stack technology?
22) Cloud computing – Is email example of cloud computing?
23) Soft computing, latency
24) What could be better than binary code?
25) What is ‘nomophobia’?
26) How Nigerian frauds are done?
27) What are content centric Apps (e.g. TikTok)? Why there is attraction of content-centric apps among youth?
28) What is Application Platform Interface (API)? How it will be useful?
29) What is the difference between Augmented reality, Virtual reality and merged reality? Do you see rising importance of it? In which sector we can utilize this technologies?
30) What are the constraints in front of ISRO in light of recent move to send human in space by 2022? Which will be used for manned mission – GSLV or PSLV? Should ISRO work with private sector to augment high end technological development?
31) What is Space X?
32) How communication is done in space?
33) What is singularity?
34) Is there any law for outer space? Do we need to frame law for outer space?
35) What is Space Diplomacy? Is there Space war ongoing?
36) Is India going to be Space Superpower? How you Define superpower?
37) Can you name some efforts done by India in order to improve its cyber security? What other steps you suggest?
38) What is cyber terrorism?
39) Why one side of moon is always in dark?
40) Will we ever get access to Vikram lander?
41) Why Chandrayan -2 mission failed? How many country landed on South pole of moon? Why South pole is important?
42) How GPS works? How to make Bus transportation more effective using GPS?
43) How many satellites are needed to tell a location in GPS?
44) What is the status of NAVIC? Is it a Indian counterpart of American GPS?
45) How many satellites does NAVIC had?
46) What is Aditya L1, what are its benefits?
47) Why India prefer PSLV over GSLV?
48) Do you know VIKAS engine? Why it is important?
49) What is the reason to invest so heavily in space manned mission by India when it can do it in public welfare?
50) What is alternative technology?
51) What is google reverse search?
52) How Technology can be used to increase our Export in various sectors?
53) Is Technology for Elite and not for poor? Name few Technology which caters the demand of Grassroot?
54) How e-toilet work?
55) How to convert Fahrenheit to Kelvin?
56) What is smart payments and smart contracts?
57) MLM communication in governance?
1) Can science become substitute to religion?
2) Does science make people devil?
3) Does science have answers to everything?
4) Can anyone make breakthrough in science without scientific temper?
5) Does Indian’s lack scientific temperament?
6) How we should take inspiration from our past for development of science?
7) India is a big country, Switzerland has population of few lacs, still technology is more advanced. Why?
8) Why India is not a land of basic research and why not produced noble laureates?
9) It is said that science is progressing but scientific attitude is receding. Do you agree?
10) Name some technologies that you think can revolutionise the world.
10) What is Scientific Social Responsibility?
10) Has man emerged out of monkey?
11) What is pseudo-science? Is it progressing in country while science is lagging behind?
12) Nuclear sector
– What are the methods of nuclear waste disposal?
– Why France and Germany are moving away from nuclear energy?
– Should India continue to increase its nuclear energy Stock?
– Who is helping us to build Kundankulam Nuclear Plant? What kind of nuclear reactor it has?
– What is 123 agreement?
– Why we are not getting entry into NSG? How to persuade China?
– What is Nuclear triad? Had India completed it?
– Why Jaitapur is stuck up?
13) What is Young Scientist Program?
14) What is Atal Tinkering Lab and Atal Innovation Centre?
15) Difference between tinkering, incubation and innovation?
16) Do you know any program of ISRO for educational purpose?