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Question 391
Appeared in Year: 2019
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Essay▾Is democracy promotion in developing countries a feasible option?
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Democracy Promotion in Developing Countries
- Democracy is a political system in which decisions are taken by consensus.
- A democracy is said to be a representation of, in Rousseau՚s words, “People՚s Will” .
- If we go by the World Democracy Index, there are about 120 democracies in the world.
- Out of those, only 20 are fully functional democracies while the…
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Question 392
Appeared in Year: 2019
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Essay▾Write a brief note on the 17th NAM Summit in Venezuela.
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17th NAM Summit in Venezuela
- The 17th Non Aligned Movement Summit was held in Caracas, Venezuela.
- It was presided by Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro.
- A multitude of topics were discussed, ranging from current international situation, UN reforms to socio economic development.
- The member states emphasized that the present global scenario presents ma…
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Question 393
Appeared in Year: 2019
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Essay▾The changing socio economic profile of our legislators does not augur well for the health of our democracy.
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Changing Socio-Economic Profile of the Legislators
- Right after India achieved its independence and became a modern Republic, politics was driven mostly about Gandhian socialists.
- Inspired by the ideals of Gandhi, the Indian leaders followed the path of simple living and high thinking.
- They were staunch Satyagrahis who advocated wealth and land distrib…
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Question 394
Appeared in Year: 2019
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Essay▾Briefly describe China՚s “One Belt, One Road” policy and explain India՚s major concerns.
Explanation
India՚S Concerns on China՚S “One Belt, One Road” Policy
- One Belt One Road (OBOR) is a global infrastructure building project undertaken by the People՚s Republic of China in 2013.
- It is often described as the brainchild of Communist Party of China՚s Chairman Xi Jinping.
- While officially, the Chinese government calls it a bid to enhance regional and glo…
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Question 395
Appeared in Year: 2018
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Essay▾What do you understand by three generations of human rights?
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Human Rights
- Human rights are basic social conditions that are deserved by every human being just for being human.
- It is applicable to every nation state and every country is to use the international human rights as a template to build its own.
- The division of human rights was done by jurist named Karel Vesak. He was from Czechoslovakia and his theori…
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Question 396
Appeared in Year: 2018
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Essay▾Analyse John Rawls justification of discrimination to achieve goals of justice.
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John Rawls Justification of Discrimination
- John Rawls was a philosophy professor in Harvard University and was known for his theories on Justice.
- He based his work mostly on the liberal tradition created by Immanuel Kant.
- For Rawls, justice is intrinsically related to social order. Justice is that value that binds a society together.
- Rawls disagrees wi…
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Question 397
Appeared in Year: 2019
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Essay▾Given the recent developments in the region, do you think that there is a need to change India՚s ‘No First Use’ (NFU) nuclear policy?
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India՚S ‘No First Use’ (NFU) Nuclear Policy
- South Asian region has been a tumultuous region for the last decade.
- With two rising Asian powers, India and China, industrialising rapidly and expanding their military capacity, conflicts are bound to happen.
- Similarly, Pakistan too, is attempting to use sub conventional warfare, fomenting unrest in Kashmir…
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Question 398
Appeared in Year: 2019
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Essay▾‘The growing closeness between India and Israel will strengthen Palestine՚s cause’ . Comment.
Explanation
Growing Closeness between India and the Israel
- India and Israel՚s relationship has to be understood through the prism of Indian national movement.
- India had a large Muslim population which saw Palestine as an Islamic religious centre.
- The senior Congress leaders supported the Palestine cause for two reasons.
- Firstly, Palestine too was fighting against …
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