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UPSC Examination Papers on Public Administration in India

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Bureaucracy; Civil services; Comparative; Curriculum; Entrance exams; International; Public administration; Recruitment

Definitions

UPSC:

Union Public Service Commission, the premier recruiting department for civil services in India.

Entrance examinations:

The examinations undertaken by the aspirants to join the civil services or public administration at the federal and state levels.

Introduction

Every year, thousands of young Indians undertake the civil service entrance examinations for admission into the prestigious All India Services or one of the Indian central government’s 22 specialized services. Examinees may choose to complete optional tests – called papers – on the subject of public administration. The papers have a significant influence in shaping the academic discipline of public administration in India, and they illustrate the current boundaries of the discipline. Although many organizations such as universities, textbook publishers, and for-profit coaching...

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  1. School of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA

    Alasdair Roberts

  2. Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs, John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, USA

    Aroon P. Manoharan

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  1. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

    Ali Farazmand

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Roberts, A., Manoharan, A.P. (2020). UPSC Examination Papers on Public Administration in India. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_4001-1

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