परिच्छेद के अनुसार, निम्नलिखित में कौनसा एक, सिविल सेवाओं की आंतरिक जवाबदेही के संवर्धन का साधन नहीं है ?
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According to the passage, which one of the following is not a means of enhancing internal accountability of civil services?
(a) Better job security and safeguards · (b) Supervision by Central Vigilance Commission · (c) Judicial review of executive decisions · (d) Seeking accountability through enhanced participation by people in decision making process
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (d) निर्णयन प्रक्रिया में लोगों की बढ़ी हुई सहभागिता द्वारा जवाबदेही खोजना
UPSC's official answer: (d) · the answer UPSC accepted, and the one that counts in the exam
Also defensible: (a)
- The passage lists the internal means itself: internal accountability 'is sought to be achieved by internal performance monitoring, official supervision by bodies like the Central Vigilance Commission and Comptroller and Auditor General, and judicial review of executive decisions'. That covers (b) and (c); job security is not on the list.
- Articles 311 and 312 are presented as safeguards so that the civil service 'is not totally subservient to the political executive', and the passage wants them 'reviewed' so that laws can 'ensure external accountability'. A shield against the political executive does not enhance accountability to it, so (a) is also not a means of internal accountability.
- Option (d) sits squarely on the other side: decentralisation brings 'decision making closer to the people' and enhances accountability to society, which the passage calls external. That is why UPSC's key gives (d); strictly, (a) and (d) both fail the stem's test.
UPSC's key is (d), the one option the passage files under external accountability; (a) is also absent from the passage's own list of internal means. In the exam, when a passage sets up an internal/external contrast, mark the option the passage places on the other side.
This box is Minimalist IAS's analysis, with its sources; it does not change UPSC's answer.
The passage names the means of internal accountability — internal performance monitoring, supervision by bodies such as the CVC and CAG, and judicial review of executive decisions — and sets them against external accountability to society. Bringing decision making closer to the people enhances accountability to society, so (d) is the one option on the external side.
- ✗ (a) Articles 311 and 312 give the service job security and safeguards within the constitutional framework of the executive; the passage uses them to show how internal and external accountability are balanced, not as a route by which the people hold the service to account.
- ✗ (b) Named directly: 'official supervision by bodies like the Central Vigilance Commission'.
- ✗ (c) Named directly: 'judicial review of executive decisions'.
- ✓ (d) Decentralization that brings decision making 'closer to the people' builds accountability to society — the external kind that the passage contrasts with internal accountability.
Remember · In 'which is NOT' items, sort each option into the passage's own categories; the option that belongs to the other category is the answer.
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper II (2016, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 1 Oct 2026 (how we verify). ·