UP Civil Judge Mains 2016 Question Paper

Page 1 as text

U.P. Judicial Service Civil Judge (Main) Examination 2016

UTTAR PRADESH JUDICIAL SERVICE (UP PCS-J) MAINS

PAPER I: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Time Allowed: Three Hours

Maximum Marks: 200

All questions are compulsory. Marks carried by each question are indicated against it. Word

limit in questions, wherever specified, should be adhered to.

1. (a) Write down the names of five main Committees of the Indian Constituent Assembly

and their Chairmen. (Word limit: 40) (5 marks)

(b) In which Article of the Constitution are the “Rights of Freedom” described? How

many and which types of freedoms are there in the original Constitution? In which

Article is “Freedom of the Press” included? (Word limit: 40) (5 marks)

(c) Describe in brief the appointment procedure and jurisdiction of the “Lokayukta”.

(Word limit: 40) (5 marks)

(d) What is “Public Interest Litigation”? Describe its significance. (Word limit: 40)

(5 marks)

2. Critically analyse the following (Word limit: 75 each):

(i) Visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Laos and Vietnam (September 2016).

(ii) 27th NATO Summit. (5 marks)

(iii) Kaveri River Water Dispute. (5 marks)

(iv) India in the Rio Paralympic Games, 2016. (5 marks)

3. What was the meaning of “Renaissance”? Which period of history is called the

“Period of Renaissance”? (Word limit: 75) (5 marks)

Discuss in brief the role of Rabindranath Tagore in the Banga-Bhanga (Partition of

Bengal) Movement. (Word limit: 75) (5 marks)

Discuss in brief the role of Gandhiji after the Chauri Chaura incident. (Word limit:

75) (5 marks)

What was the “Kamraj Plan”? Whose six Central Ministers’ resignations were

accepted under this Plan? (Word limit: 75) (5 marks)

4. Write notes on the following (Word limit: 75 each): (20 marks)

GSAT-18.