Title PSIRPYQSBOOK2022-Sample.pdf ✅

UPSC CSE Optional Political Science & International Relations Topic-wise PYQs till 2022
76tft78ft Page 1 www.writiyias.com Index Paper – I ➢ Section A: o Political Theory............................................................................... 14 o Theories of State ............................................................................ 16 o Justice ............................................................................................. 18 o Equality........................................................................................... 20 o Rights .............................................................................................. 21 o Democracy...................................................................................... 23 o Power.............................................................................................. 25 o Ideologies ....................................................................................... 26 o Indian Political Thought................................................................. 29 o Western Political Thought ............................................................. 32 ➢ Section B: o Indian Nationalism......................................................................... 38 o Making of the Indian Constitution ................................................ 41 o Salient Features of Indian Constitution ........................................ 43 o Principal organs of the Union Government................................... 46 o Principal organs of the State Government ................................... 46 o Grassroot Democracy..................................................................... 49
76tft78ft Page 2 www.writiyias.com o Statutory Institutions/Commissions.............................................. 51 o Federalism ...................................................................................... 53 o Planning and Economic Development .......................................... 55 o Cast, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics.............................. 57 o Party System .................................................................................. 59 o Social Movement............................................................................ 62 Paper - II ➢ Section A: o Comparative Politics...................................................................... 65 o State in Comparative Perspective ................................................ 67 o Politics of Representation and Participation................................ 68 o Globalization .................................................................................. 71 o Approaches to the study of International Relations .................... 73 o Key concepts in International Relations ....................................... 76 o Changing International Political Order ......................................... 79 o Evolution of the International Economic System ......................... 82 o United Nations ............................................................................... 84 o Regionalization of World Politics .................................................. 86 o Contemporary Global Concers ...................................................... 89
76tft78ft Page 3 www.writiyias.com ➢ Section B: o Indian Foreign Policy...................................................................... 93 o India's Contribution to the Non-Alignment Movement ............... 96 o Indian and South Asia.................................................................... 98 o Indian and the Global South........................................................ 102 o Indian and the Global Center of Power ...................................... 104 o India and the UN System............................................................. 108 o Indian and the Nuclear Question ................................................ 110 o Recent developments in Indian Foreign Policy........................... 112