09 June 2014
Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words
1.In your opinion which urbanisation related issues need to be addressed immediately? and why? Comment.
2.Examine how a budget is formulated in India. Explain the processes involved.
3.What is plan and non-plan expenditure in the budget? Why some committees and commissions have recommended the government to remove this distinction? Examine.
4.Critically comment on the nature of trade relations between India and China.
5.In recent days why Africa is hailed as land of Mobile Revolution in media? Examine.
6.Critically comment on the government’s strategy in dealing with insurgency problem in the North Eastern states.
7.”In the Indian context, building more and more toilets alone would not end open defecation in rural areas.” In the light of the statements, critically comment on the fundamental reasons behind the practice of open defecation in India and the policies needed to end this practice.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
8.Write a note on 3D Holographic technology.