KPSC KAS Mains — Answer Writing
KAS runs a UPSC-shaped mains without an optional subject, which concentrates everything into five counted papers and makes the essay disproportionately valuable.
All questions are compulsory. Answers may be written in Kannada or English. Word limits are indicated against each question.
- 1.Discuss the causes of Bengaluru's recurring urban flooding and evaluate the institutional response.10150 words
- 2.Examine the significance of the Cauvery water dispute for centre-state relations.12200 words
- 3.Assess the conservation challenges of the Western Ghats in Karnataka.15250 words
One KAS Mains answer, from question to marked report
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Discuss the causes of Bengaluru's recurring urban flooding and evaluate the institutional response.
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Bengaluru faces flooding every monsoon because of heavy rain and poor drainage. Lakes have been encroached and stormwater drains are blocked. Construction has increased concrete surfaces. BBMP is responsible for drains but coordination is poor.? Better planning is needed. The city has grown very fast over the last twenty five years and the built up area has increased several times, mostly towards the east and the south where the ground is low. Apartments, layouts and roads have come up on low lying land where water used to collect and flow away slowly. When heavy rain falls in a short time the water has nowhere to go and it enters roads, underpasses and the ground floors of houses. Silt and garbage in the drains reduce their capacity further, and in many stretches the drain is narrower than it was.
- The cascading tank system and raja kaluve network as one hydrological unit
- Overlapping jurisdiction of BBMP, BWSSB, BDA and the lake authority
- Revised master plan and buffer zone enforcement
Model answer for this question
Causes: a cascading tank system converted to built-up land, encroached raja kaluves, high imperviousness on a plateau with steep short-duration rainfall, and undersized drains. Institutions: BBMP, BWSSB, BDA and the lake development authority hold pieces of one system; accountability dissolves at the seams. Evaluate: encroachment removal drives are episodic; buffer enforcement and a single drainage authority are the structural answers.
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Encroachment and imperviousness named; the cascading tank system is the mechanism.
One agency named. Multiplicity of authorities is the point.
Raja kaluve, Bellandur and Varthur would ground it.
Ends on an appeal, not an assessment.
KAS Mains at a glance
| Conducting body | Karnataka Public Service Commission |
|---|---|
| Mode | Handwritten in an answer booklet |
| Papers | 7 |
| Marking | KAS Mains — examiner criteria |
What KAS Mains sets
The papers you sit, and what each is worth.
Qualifying.
Qualifying.
- Marked to the KAS Mains scheme
- Model answer, every time
- Handwriting read from a photo
- AI viva on any topic
- Full timed papers
- Every attempt kept in your archive
- WriteA question, answered and marked.
- VivaQuestioned on Cauvery water dispute and more.
- Full paperA timed paper, one scorecard.