The question numbers 1 and 5 in every optional paper are very tricky, more so in the changed paradigm when there is no choice and UPSC shifting to 12 markers from 20 markers. In Commerce paper 2 and in Management papers 1 and 2, the general way of asking questions is to give a term and we are supposed to write a note on it.
How i prepared for this
I tried collecting all kinds of terms possible on the topic from many sources like looking at syllabus of all major universities in India, looking at indices of many books etc and then preparing a small 5-10 marker on these terms. This makes sure that you can know the exact meaning of the term and the rest can be expanded during the exam.
If you don't know what "Dominant Coalition" is ( CSE-2012, Commerce, P2, Q1(a)) or what Personnel Ratios ( CSE-2012, Commerce, P2, Q1(d)) are, you will not be able to write correctly on this. Similar examples can be seen in Management papers like "Concept of fit and stretch", Managerial Grid, Hedge accounting , Share Penetration Index in the past 3 years. These terms carrying 120 marks can have a huge impact on your score and hence can't be left to chance.
For example, some sample terms on which notes were made for Industrial relations were:
Aggregate Unionism, Bargained Corporatism, Class Consciousness, Defocalisation of power, Industrial Jurisprudence, Iron cage of serfdom, Concession Bargaining, Codetermination, Decentralized bargaining, Deductive bargaining, Featherbedding, Good-Faith bargaining, Implicit Contract, Implied obligations doctrine, Industrial feudalism, Jawboning, Job control Unionism, Mediation-Arbitration process, Multilateral bargaining, Normative bargaining Theory, Off-Pattern settlement, Outmigration, Pattern bargaining, centralized bargaining, Reverse collective bargaining, Surface bargaining, Union avoidance, Union substitution, Union suppression, Productivity Bargaining, Society Unionateness, Structural functionalism, Welfare unionism, Zones of bargaining
How i prepared for this
I tried collecting all kinds of terms possible on the topic from many sources like looking at syllabus of all major universities in India, looking at indices of many books etc and then preparing a small 5-10 marker on these terms. This makes sure that you can know the exact meaning of the term and the rest can be expanded during the exam.
If you don't know what "Dominant Coalition" is ( CSE-2012, Commerce, P2, Q1(a)) or what Personnel Ratios ( CSE-2012, Commerce, P2, Q1(d)) are, you will not be able to write correctly on this. Similar examples can be seen in Management papers like "Concept of fit and stretch", Managerial Grid, Hedge accounting , Share Penetration Index in the past 3 years. These terms carrying 120 marks can have a huge impact on your score and hence can't be left to chance.
For example, some sample terms on which notes were made for Industrial relations were:
Aggregate Unionism, Bargained Corporatism, Class Consciousness, Defocalisation of power, Industrial Jurisprudence, Iron cage of serfdom, Concession Bargaining, Codetermination, Decentralized bargaining, Deductive bargaining, Featherbedding, Good-Faith bargaining, Implicit Contract, Implied obligations doctrine, Industrial feudalism, Jawboning, Job control Unionism, Mediation-Arbitration process, Multilateral bargaining, Normative bargaining Theory, Off-Pattern settlement, Outmigration, Pattern bargaining, centralized bargaining, Reverse collective bargaining, Surface bargaining, Union avoidance, Union substitution, Union suppression, Productivity Bargaining, Society Unionateness, Structural functionalism, Welfare unionism, Zones of bargaining
