WEST BENGAL CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATION, 2008
COMPULSORY PAPER
THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA AND THE FIVE-YEAR PLANS
Time Allowed: 3 hours Full Marks: 100
If the questions attempted are in excess of the prescribed number, only the questions attempted first up to the prescribed number shall be valued and the remaining ones ignored.
Answer may be given in English or in Bengali or in Nepali but all answers must be in one and the same language.
GROUP- A [ Marks—50 ]
(The Constitution of India)
SEPARATE ANSWER-BOOK SHOULD BE USED [In case a candidate writes answer to questions on Group - B in the answer book meant for Group-A and vice-versa, such answers will not be evaluated.]
Answer Question No. 6 which is compulsory and any two from the rest.
1. Discuss the constitutional powers of the Indian President. Is she/ he always bound by the advice of the council of Ministers ? 16
2. Analyze the right to liberty as embodied in Article 19 of the Constitution of India. 16
3. Examine the role of the Indian judiciary with special reference to
(a) the power of judicial review and
(b) public interest litigation. 16
4. Attempt a critical assessment of the powers of the Indian parliament. 16
5. Identify the various procedures for amending the constitution of India. Is the 'basic structure' of the constitution amendable ? 16
6. Write short notes on any two of the following: 16
(a) India as a ‘socialist’ state.
(b) Acquisition of Indian citizenship.
(c) Significance of the Directive Principles of State policy.
(d) Constitutional provisions regarding protection of the rights of the minorities.
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