4, December 2013
1. Write a critical note on the nature and frequency of farmers’ movements in India post 1991 economic reforms. (200 Words)
2. “What should have primarily served as an instrument for improving PSU management, disinvestment has over the years become a mere financial exercise to raise revenue to reduce the fiscal deficit.” Comment. (200 Words)
3. Write a note on the significance of Hornbill Festival (100 Words)
4. Do you think Indian media needs regulation? Comment why? (200 Words)
5. The Nonhuman Rights Project (50 Words)
6. Oxytocin and Autism (100 Words)
7. “To allow electoral calculations to decide the contours of the new state is to undermine the legitimacy of the aspirations that fuelled the original demand for statehood.” Comment on the statement in the light of ongoing events in Andhra Pradesh. (200 Words)
8. “The healthy state of India-Japan relations is best seen in its own terms rather than as a result of a shared wariness of China.” Do you agree with the statement? Justify. (200 Words)
9. “The relationship between India and Iran has become transactional, rather than strategic.” Comment. (200 Words)
10. “Social capital resides in social harmony, cooperation and trust.” Elaborate. (200 Words)
11. “Any nation must aim at a harmonious development of its four capital stocks: not just man-made capital that GDP highlights, but natural capital, human capital and social capital as well.” Elucidate in the context of India. (250 Words)
