UPPSC Mains GS II: Indian Constitution

2025

Section A · Q3 · UPPSC 2025 · UPGS2 · 8 marks · Solution

"Legislature is supreme within its domain, yet it is not sovereign." Examine this statement in the constitutional context with examples.

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Section B · Q18 · UPPSC 2025 · UPGS2 · 12 marks · Solution

Critically analyze the background, key provisions and constitutional, administrative and political implications of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019.

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2024

Section A · Q1 · UPPSC 2024 · UPGS2 · 8 marks · Solution

Write a short note on the composition of the Constituent Assembly.

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Section A · Q4 · UPPSC 2024 · UPGS2 · 8 marks · Solution

How does the Indian Constitution ensure the independence of the judiciary? Discuss the importance of the basic structure doctrine.

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Section B · Q13 · UPPSC 2024 · UPGS2 · 12 marks · Solution

How does the Indian Constitution compare with other modern constitutions in terms of flexibility and rigidity?

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2023

Section A · Q1 · UPPSC 2023 · UPGS2 · 8 marks · Solution

Why the Preamble is called the Philosophy of the Indian Constitution?

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Section A · Q2 · UPPSC 2023 · UPGS2 · 8 marks · Solution

Why the 42nd Amendment is called a revision of the Indian Constitution?

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Section A · Q4 · UPPSC 2023 · UPGS2 · 8 marks · Solution

How is the power of the Governor to pardon different from the power of the President under Article 72 of the Indian Constitution?

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2022

Section A · Q4 · UPPSC 2022 · UPGS2 · 8 marks · Solution

What are the rights within the ambit of Article 21 of the Indian Constitution?

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Section B · Q13 · UPPSC 2022 · UPGS2 · 12 marks · Solution

Explain the objectives and composition of “NITI Aayog”. What are its significant achievements?

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Section B · Q17 · UPPSC 2022 · UPGS2 · 12 marks · Solution

Discuss the evolution and impact of the “Basic structure doctrine” of the Indian Constitution.

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2021

Section A · Q4 · UPPSC 2021 · UPGS2 · 8 marks · Solution

The Preamble of the Constitution affirms the basic features of the Constitution and the promotion of human dignity – Elucidate.

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Section B · Q14 · UPPSC 2021 · UPGS2 · 12 marks · Solution

‘The structure of the Indian Constitution is federal but its soul is Unitary.’ Elucidate it.

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Section B · Q16 · UPPSC 2021 · UPGS2 · 12 marks · Solution

Analyse the problems that have restricted the successes of Panchayati Raj System in India. How far has the Seventy-Third Constitutional Amendment been successful in countering these problems?

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2020

Section A · Q4 · UPPSC 2020 · UPGS2 · 8 marks · Solution

'Article 32 is the soul of the Indian Constitution.' Explain it in brief.

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2019

Section A · Q7 · UPPSC 2019 · UPGS2 · 8 marks · Solution

The philosophy of Indian Democracy is embodied in the Preamble of the Constitution of India. Explain.

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Section A · Q10 · UPPSC 2019 · UPGS2 · 8 marks · Solution

Describe the main provisions of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019.

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Section B · Q18 · UPPSC 2019 · UPGS2 · 12 marks · Solution

What do you understand by 'Doctrine of Basic Structure'? Analyse its importance for Indian Constitution.

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Section B · Q20 · UPPSC 2019 · UPGS2 · 12 marks · Solution

Examine the Right to Life in the Constitution of India.

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2018

Section A · Q6 · UPPSC 2018 · UPGS2 · 8 marks · Solution

Write a short note on the contribution of the Indian diaspora towards the economic structure in India.

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Section A · Q8 · UPPSC 2018 · UPGS2 · 8 marks · Solution

Describe those special powers of the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) which are not enjoyed by the Lok Sabha under the Indian Constitution.

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Section A · Q10 · UPPSC 2018 · UPGS2 · 8 marks · Solution

Examine the constitutional position of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

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Section B · Q17 · UPPSC 2018 · UPGS2 · 12 marks · Solution

In the monsoon session of the Indian Parliament in 2019, Amendments were made in the anti-terror law and the Right to Information Act. What are the significant changes as a result of these Amendments? Analyse.

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Section B · Q18 · UPPSC 2018 · UPGS2 · 12 marks · Solution

Examine Right to Equality as a Fundamental Right in the Constitution of India.

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