Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Advt 47/2023-24, Paper V (GS-2) 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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