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PSIR Answer Wri ng (October) Module 2022
Test Number
(Test Code) Test Date
1 Sunday, October 17, 2021
2 Wednesday, October 27, 2021
3 Saturday, November 6, 2021
4 Tuesday, November 16, 2021
5 Friday, November 26, 2021
6 Monday, December 6, 2021
7 Thursday, December 16, 2021
Test Topics Op onal Reading
Western Poli cal Thought : Plato, Aristotle, A History of Poli cal Thought
Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke (Subrata Mukherjee and Sushila Ramaswamy)
Western Poli cal Thought : John S. Mill, Marx, A History of Poli cal Thought
Gramsci, Hannah Arendt. (Subrata Mukherjee and Sushila Ramaswamy)
Poli cal Ideologies : Liberalism,Socialism, Marxism, Fascism,
OP Gauba-Western Poli cal thought,
Gandhism and Feminism. , Theories of state : Liberal,
Poli cal Ideologies by Andrew Heywood
Neo-liberal, Marxist, Pluiralist, post-colonial and Feminist.
Concept of power : hegemony, ideology and legi macy,
OP Gauba-Western Poli cal thought,
Democracy : Classical and contemporary theories;
different models of democracy—representa ve,
Rajiv Bhargava and Ashok Acharaya-
Poli cal theory anintroduc on
par cipatory and delibera ve.
Equality : Social, poli cal and economic; rela onship between
equality and freedom;Affirma ve ac on. Jus ce : Concep ons
of jus ce with special reference to Rawl's theory of jus ce and OP Gauba-Western Poli cal thought
its communitarian cri ques.Rights : Meaning and theories;
different kinds of rights; Concept of Human Rights.
Indian Poli cal Thought: Dharamshastra, Arthashastra and
Buddhist Tradi ons; Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Sri Aurobindo,
M. K. Gandhi, B. R. Ambedkar, M. N. Roy.Poli cal Theory:
VR Mehta- Indian Poli cal Thought
meaning and approaches.
Indian Na onalism :Poli cal Strategies of India's Freedom
Struggle : Cons tu onalism to mass Satyagraha,
Non-coopera on, Civil Disobedience; Militant and
Revolu onary Movements, Peasant and Workers Movements.
Perspec ves on Indian Na onal Movement; Liberal, Socialist
Bipan Chandra: India's struggle for Independence,
and Marxist; Radical Humanist and Dalit.Making of the Indian
Indian Government and Poli cs - B L Fadia
Cons tu on : Legacies of the Bri sh rule; different social
and poli cal perspec ves.Salient Features of the Indian
Cons tu on: The Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Du es,
Direc ve Principles; Parliamentary System and Amendment
Procedures; Judicial Review and Basic Structure doctrine
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(Test Code) Test Date Test Topics Op onal Reading
Principal Organs of the Union Government : Envisaged role
and actual working of the Execu ve, Legislature and Supreme
Court. Principal Organs of the State Government : Envisaged
role and actual working of the Execu ve, Legislature and High
The Oxford Companion to Poli cs in India by Pratap
8 Sunday, December 26, 2021 Courts. Grassroots Democracy : Panchaya Raj and Municipal
Bhanu Mehta
Government; Significance of 73rd and 74th Amendments;
Grassroot movements.Federalism : Cons tu onal provisions;
changing nature of centre-state rela ons;integra onist
tendencies and regional aspira ons; inter-state disputes.

Statutory Ins tu ons/Commissions : Elec on Commission,

Comptroller and Auditor General,Finance Commission,
Union Public Service Commission, Na onal Commission for
Scheduled Castes, Na onal Commission for Scheduled Tribes,
The Oxford Companion to Poli cs in India by Pratap
9 Wednesday, January 5, 2022 Na onal Commission for Women; Na onal Human Rights
Bhanu Mehta
Commission, Na onal Commission for Minori es, Na onal
Backward Classes Commission.Social Movement : Civil
liber es and human rights movements; women's movements;
environmentalist movements.

Planning and Economic development : Nehruvian and

Gandhian perspec ves; Role of planning and public sector;
Green Revolu on, land reforms and agrarian rela ons;
liberaliza on and economic reforms. Caste, Religion and
10 Saturday, January 15, 2022 Ethnicity in Indian Poli cs. Party System : Na onal and Contemporary India: Economy, Society, Poli cs
regional poli cal par es, ideological and social bases of
par es; Pa erns of coali on poli cs; Pressure groups, trends
in electoral behaviour; changing socio-economic profile of
Legislators.

11 Tuesday, January 25, 2022 Comprehensive Test Paper 1 (Paper 1)

Compara ve Poli cal Analysis and Interna onal Poli cs :

Compara ve Poli cs : Nature and major approaches; Poli cal
economy and poli cal sociology perspec ves; limita ons of
the compara ve method. State in Compara ve Perspec ve :
12 Friday, February 4, 2022 Characteris cs and changing nature of the State in capitalist Compara ve Poli cs by J.C. Johari (Author)
and socialist economies, and advanced industrial and developing
socie es.. Poli cs of Representa on and Par cipa on : Poli cal
par es, pressure groups and social movements in advanced
industrial and developing socie es. Globalisa on : Responses
from developed and developing socie es
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(Test Code) Test Date Test Topics Op onal Reading

Approaches to the Study of Interna onal Rela ons : Idealist,

Realist, Marxist, Func onalist and Systems theory.Key Concepts
in Interna onal Rela ons : Na onal interest, security and
power; Balance of power and deterrence; Transa onal actors Jackson and Sorenson , Andrew Heywood-
13 Sunday, February 13, 2022
and collec ve security; World capitalist economy and Global Poli cs
globalisa on.Contemporary Global Concerns : Democracy,
human rights, environment, gender jus ce terrorism, nuclear
prolifera on.

Changing Interna onal Poli cal Order : Rise of super powers;

Strategic and ideological Bipolarity, arms race and cold war;
Nuclear threat.Non-aligned Movement : Aims and
achievements. Collapse of the Soviet Union; Unipolarity and
American hegemony; Relevance of non-alignment in the
contemporary world. Evolu on of the Interna onal Economic
Andrew Heywood, John Baylis, Steve Smith, Patricia
14 Wednesday, February 23, 2022 System : From Bre onwoods to WTO; Socialist economies and
Owens - Globaliza on of World Poli cs-
the CMEA (Council for Mutual Economic Assistance); Third
World demand for new interna onal economic order;
Globalisa on of the world economy. United Na ons : Envisaged
role and actual record; Specialized UN agencies—aims and
func oning; need for UN reforms. Regionalisa on of World
Poli cs : EU, ASEAN, APEC, AARC, NAFTA
India and the World. Indian Foreign Policy : Determinants of
foreign policy; the ins tu ons of policy-making; Con nuity
and change.India's Contribu on to the Non-Alignment
Movement Different phases; Current role. India and South Asia
:Regional Co-opera on : SAARC-past performance and future
15 Saturday, March 05, 2022 prospects.South Asia as a Free Trade Area.India's "Look East" Compara ve Poli cs by J.C. Johari (Author)
policy.Impediments to regional co-opera on : River water
disputes; illegal cross border migra on; Ethnic conflicts and
insurgencies; Border disputes.India and the Global South :
Rela ons with Africa and La n America; Leadership role in
the demand for NIEO and WTO nego a ons.
India and the Global Centres of Power : USA, EU, Japan, China
and Russia. India and the UN System: Role in UN Peace-keeping;
Demand for Permanent Seat in the Security Council. India and The Oxford Handbook of Indian Foreign Policy -
16 Tuesday, March 15, 2022 the Nuclear Ques on : Changing percep ons and policy. Recent Edited by David M. Malone, C. Raja Mohan,
developments in Indian Foreign Policy : India's posi on on the and Srinath Raghavan
recent crises in Afghanistan, Iraq and West Asia, growing
rela ons with US and Isreal; Vision of a new world order.
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(Test Code) Test Date Test Topics Op onal Reading

Jackson and Sorenson , Andrew Heywood-

17 Friday, March 25, 2022 Comprehensive Test Paper 2 (Paper 2)
Global Poli cs

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