PAPER – II The best thing about paper 2 is that at the first glance it appears to be a GS paper and this itself is the biggest trap set by UPSC.AS IT IS CONCERNED WITH INDIAN SOCIETY and issues and problems concerning it,so that is the reason for their inclusion in syllabus but as unit 1 (topic- 3 rd ) paper-1 suggest ,there is difference in sociological and comman sense interpretation so it has to be reflected when you attempt the answer and there should be application of sociological theories while answering the problem. What generally haapens is that during course of writing answer our common-sense overpowers sociology and then we complain of poor marks in paper –ii. Secondly there are problems in interpretation of questions itself as UPSC weaves question in such a masterly language that even if we miss one word in question,entire meaning and understanding is changed. As far as references are concerned there are variety of them available so best thing is have your ow
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