Mains 2026 • GS-II • Q.15

Mains • GS-II • 2026 • Q.15

Polity

To what extent do pressure groups, social movements and corporate lobbies deepen pluralistic democracy in India by representing excluded interests? Analyse whether the growing convergence of corporate wealth and political power poses a threat to the autonomy of formal democratic institutions.

2026 Mains • GS-II

Q.14 Q.16

Syllabus Connection

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. (GS-II)

NCERT Connection

Ch.2: Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society

Sociology • Class 11 • Understanding Society

Ch.8: Social Movements

Sociology • Class 12 • Social Change and Development in India

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