Thinker
Antonio Gramsci
Antonio Gramsci is central to 15 previous-year questions, spanning 2010 to 2025 across Paper I and Paper II. Everything below is drawn from the official papers — the questions themselves, the concepts they test, and where they sit in the syllabus.
15Questions
2010–25Years tested
I & IIPaper
5Syllabus topics
Concepts asked alongside Antonio Gramsci
What the examiner actually wants you to know when this name appears.
civil society 9public sphere 7social capital 5associational life 4hegemony 3accountability 2citizenship 2accountability and participationagenda settingauthorityautonomous domain of politicsbase and superstructurebehavioural changecaste and manual scavengingcitizen participationcivil, political and social rightsclass strugglecoercion
Where Antonio Gramsci appears in the syllabus
Every question on Antonio Gramsci
Each links to a full breakdown — how to approach it, a model answer, and the examiner’s perspective.
2025
2019
- Discuss the implications of 'Swachha Bharat Abhiyan'. Do you think that civil society has a role to play here? Substantiate your answer with examples.
- Give an account of Ranajit Guha's approach in studying 'subaltern class'.
- What is civil society? Present a note on civil society engagement with science and technology policy in India.
2017
2013
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