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Statistical analysis of Psychology & Public Administration together for mains



Optional subjects: scoring, popularity and benefits. Here is my analysis of civil services examination 2009 final result. 


v Analysis of Psychology & Public Administration: CSE-2009:

All India Rank
Psychology
Public Administration
AIR – 01
350
343
AIR – 05
381
318
AIR – 07
328
347
AIR – 08
373
374
AIR – 09
362
353
AIR – 16
344
324
AIR – 18
316
349
TABLE: 01

TABLE 01: shows “07 CANDIDATES” Marks who were in TOP 20 in CSE-2009 with Psychology & Public Administration together.


Ø  Other Candidate’s Marks who were in TOP 50 with Psychology subject are:


All India Rank
Psychology
AIR – 02
360
AIR – 06
319
AIR – 13
341
AIR – 14
284
AIR – 21
348
AIR – 27
337
AIR – 28
357
AIR – 44
381
TABLE: 02

TABLE 02: shows “08 CANDIDATES” with Psychology subject who made to TOP 50 + TABLE 01: shows “07 CANDIDATES” who made to TOP 10, so altogether "15 CANDIDATES" made to TOP 50.


Ø  Other Candidate’s Marks who were in TOP 50 with Public Administration subject are:
  


All India Rank
Public Administration
AIR – 10
356
AIR – 22
379
AIR – 25
293
AIR – 26
324
AIR – 39
350
AIR – 40
373
AIR – 41
322
AIR – 42
355
AIR – 43
339
AIR – 45
317
AIR – 46
364
AIR – 49
335
TABLE: 03

TABLE 03: shows “12 CANDIDATES” with Public Administration subject who made to TOP 50 + TABLE 01: shows “07 CANDIDATES” who made to TOP 10,  so altogether "19 CANDIDATES" made to TOP 50.. 

CONCLUSION: you can choose both these subjects from scoring perspective without hesitation. So here comes Age old Wisdom: Psycho & Pub.ad are best for a newbie.



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Topic wise analysis of Public Administration Mains Paper II - (2010)


v Overall Topic wise analysis: Paper II:



PSU
20
Rural
20
Urban
20
Planning
30
Evolution
50
Civil services
50
Reforms
60
Issues in Administration
60
Finance
70
Polity
100

1.       Evolution of Indian Administration:


·         rule of kings depend primarily on written orders….. “ why did kautilya favor codification of laws?
20
·         it is said that the British made a significant contribution towards modernizing the Indian administrative system on rational-legal basis. Justify the assessment with reference to the period from 1830-1865
30

 


2.       Polity:


·         does the emergence of an empowered group of ministers at the central level impair the doctrine of cabinet responsibility?
20
·         in an era of hung parliaments the power of the president expands, more so when the incumbent decides to be assertive. Comment on the statement with reference to the situation in India during the last two decades.
30
·         judges & courts have creatively reinterpreted this statutory authority & expanded their own power & enhanced their standing vis-à-vis the legislature & executive critically examine this assessment
30
·         public interest litigation (PIL) has undergone several changes since its inception in 1980s.
20



3.       PSU:


·         is it correct to state that one of the major reasons for the failure of many……public sector undertakings was due to departures from the original concept of autonomy?
20

 


4.       Civil services:


·         more developed an administrative system because the grater the likelihood that it would that it would have development effects.
15
·         thrust of development administration failed to energies the Indian bureaucracy
15
·         civil service neutrality is a fiction. How many thinking person can be neutral?
20

 


5.       Administrative reforms (प्रशासनिक सुधार):


Ø  with reference to India , discuss the assertion that administrative reforms are multi-dimensional & need to be substantiated by reforms in other related areas of state action.
30
Ø  the 2nd Administrative Reforms Commission in its 10th report, observes that the common perception is that the incentive structure in government is too weak & inadequate to motivate better performance
30

 


6.       Financial  Management:


Ø  prevalence of multiple channels for transfer of resources from the center to the states is stated to have compounded the problems of federal fiscal arrangements. Discuss
30
Ø  states with record of good governance, it is argued by spokesperson of some states, lost their earlier share from the finance commissioner’s award.
20
Ø  optimism expressed by proponents of the financial responsibility & budget management act 2003, in ensuring fiscal discipline appears to be unwanted
20

 


7.       Plans and Priorities:


Ø  planning commission is an armchair advisor
15
Ø  planning commission should reinvent itself a systems reforms commission in the backdrop of changed global domestic scenario.
15

 


8.       Rural Development:         


Ø  non-government organizations play a catalytic role in enabling communities to define their own priorities.
20


 

9.       Urban Local Government: 

Ø  Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal Mission (JNURM) is one of the biggest reforms-linked develop programmes taken upt by the government.
20



10.   Significant issues in Indian Administration:


Ø  it is argued that the Bhopal gas disaster & the response pattern to it reflect multiple vulnerabilities relating to system of corporate social responsibility, governance at local state & central levels, legal safeguards liabilities. Comment on this assessment.
(you can put this in disaster  Management as well)
30
Ø  creation of new regulatory agencies in the wake of liberalization, overlapping jurisdiction & conflicts became the new trend. Is there need for the creation of a super-regulator/unified regulator?
30


Ø  Section wise Breakup (Paper-2):


Section
Question


A
1
Polity, PSU,Kautilya
Compulsory
2
British Administration + Civil services today

3
Reform + Finance

4
Polity only (that too, only static part!)
Relief!
B
5
Mixed bag : Polity, Finance and Civil services
Compulsory
6
Planning Commission + 2nd ARC

7
Mixed bag: Rural, Urban and Financial


8
Disaster + Administrative Adjudication



v  Conclusion : Paper II: 

1.       No question on Law and Order (the whole Naxal issue ignored)
2.       Routine questions Panchayati Raj (73rd and 74th) are ignored
3.       Routine questions from PSU and planning Commission are asked.
4.       Static part from polity worth 100 marks
5.       Judicial activism and PIL: alone total 50 marks.
6.       Financial Management portion, (which was ignored in paper-1) gets good treatment here.
7.       State, central and district Administration: ignored.
8.       Overall, the paper was more issue and latest current affairs related
a.       Manmohan Singh’s comment on Judicial activism
b.      New CJI’s approach over PILs
c.       ‘Arm-chair advisor’ comment by Kamal Nath.
d.      Disaster  Management
e.      JNNRUM
9.       If you count above 5 current affairs topics: totally about 130+  Marks (=almost 50%) was from current affairs related questions. Rest paper from (relatively) static portion.

For Paper I analysis click here ......
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