CSE · GS-2Official PYQ · CSE 2014 · Q6Polity · Executive and Judiciary · 12.5 marks · 200 words
English
The size of the cabinet should be as big as governmental work justifies and as big as the Prime Minister can manage as a team. How far is the efficacy of a government then inversely related to the size of the cabinet? Discuss.
हिन्दी
मंत्रिमंडल का आकार उतना होना चाहिए कि जितना सरकारी कार्य सही ठहराता हो और उसको उतना बड़ा होना चाहिए कि जितने को प्रधानमंत्री एक टीम के रूप में संचालन कर सकता हो। उसके बाद सरकार की दक्षता किस सीमा तक मंत्रिमंडल के आकार से प्रतिलोमतः संबंधित है? चर्चा कीजिये।
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2014 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Polity · Executive and Judiciary
Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary—Ministries and Departments of the Government; pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity.
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