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Political Science (PSIR) Optional CSE Mains Test Series 2021     JOIN NOW

1. Not Just a Test Series: This holistic PSIR Optional programme aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of all important topics and improve ANSWER WRITING SKILLS. The philosophy behind this programme is to go beyond a test series by providing continuous guidance to the students in just 3 months. 

UPSC Pattern Mock Test designed as per latest pattern of questions being asked in Political Science and International Relations paper.

Personal Mentoring Sessions to each student for personalized feedback and continuous improvement in Answer Writing.

Quality Enrichment Video Discussions for each paper to add value through ‘Keywords’ and ‘Structure/Presentation Improvement’ of answers

2. This exercise will equip the students with the necessary expertise to write very good answers in the examination hall and score 300 – 340 marks out of 500 easily.

3. A total of 8 Self-Assessment Tests (SAT) will be conducted. 

4. Answers and dimensions of each and every question will be discussed in detail and discussion video will be provided for every test.

5. Flexible Schedule.

Political Science (PSIR) Optional CSE Mains Test Series 2021

1. Not Just a Test Series: This holistic PSIR Optional programme aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of all important topics and improve ANSWER WRITING SKILLS. The philosophy behind this programme is to go beyond a test series by providing continuous guidance to the students in just 3 months. 

• UPSC Pattern Mock Test designed as per latest pattern of questions being asked in Political Science and International Relations paper.

• Personal Mentoring Sessions to each student for personalized feedback and continuous improvement in Answer Writing.

• Quality Enrichment Video Discussions for each paper to add value through ‘Keywords’ and ‘Structure/Presentation Improvement’ of answers

2. This exercise will equip the students with the necessary expertise to write very good answers in the examination hall and score 300 – 340 marks out of 500 easily.

3. A total of 8 Self-Assessment Tests (SAT) will be conducted. 

4. Answers and dimensions of each and every question will be discussed in detail and discussion video will be provided for every test.

5. Flexible Schedule.

PART I : Political Theory and Indian Politics

• Political theory meaning and approaches

• Theories of the state: Liberal, Neoliberal, Marxist, Pluralist, Post-colonial and feminist.

• Justice: Conceptions of justice with special reference to Rawl's theory of justice and its communitarian critiques.

• Equality: Social, political and economic relationship between equality and freedom; Affirmative action.

• Rights: Meaning and theories; different kinds of rights; concept of Human Rights.

• Democracy: Classical and contemporary theories; different models of democracy' representative, participatory and deliberative.

• Concept of power, hegemony, ideology and legitimacy.

• Political Ideologies: Liberalism, Socialism, Marxism, Fascism, Gandhism and Feminism.

• Indian Political Thought: Dharamshastra, Arthashastra and Buddhist traditions ; Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Sri Aurobindo, M.K. Gandhi, B.R. Ambedkar,M.N. Roy .

• Western Political Thought :Plato ,Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, John,S. Mill, Marx, Gramsci, Hannah Arendt.