SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Mars Curiosity rover reaches its primary destination After more than two years of touching down on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover has finally reached the foothills of Mount Sharp, the primary destination it was designed to explore. Mount Sharp is a Mount-Rainier-size mountain at the centre of the vast Gale Crater and the …
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ARCHIVES 15 September 2014 I) You are working as DM of a district where illegal mining of sand is rampant. Recently there was an accident between a truck illegally carrying sand and a government passenger bus. Many passengers died on the spot because of the accident. Ever since you assumed power, you are trying to curb …
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ARCHIVES 15 September 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words: 1) What is coal bed methane? Write a note on its availability in India and its uses. Business Standard 2) Write a critical note on China’s commercial interests and investments in India. Business Standard Business Standard 3) Write a note on the causes, …
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ARCHIVES 15 September 2014 Effect of Globalization on Indian Society: 1) Critically comment on the effect of globalisation on working women in India. (200 Words) Source-1 Source-2 2) People with disabilities are one of the most disenfranchised groups in India. Critically examine how economic globalisation has affected them. (200 Words) Source
ARCHIVES 15 September 2014 What is ‘generation-IV nuclear reactor? Mention its advantages and disadvantages Source Write a note on contribution of C.N.R Rao towards scientific development in India. He is better regarded as a pioneer of ‘nano-science’ in India. Comment Source – 1 Source – 2
ARCHIVES 15 September 2014 Write short notes on any two of the following: (200 Words) (a) Social movements in post-independence India. (b) Industrialisation and social change in India. (c) Role of religion in the traditional Indian society. (d) Unintended consequences of planned social change in India.
ARCHIVES 15 September 2014 1) “At the news of the Declaration of Independence crowds gathered to cheer, fire guns and cannon and ring church bells in Philadelphia. Boston and other places, but there were many people in America who did not rejoice”. Comment. (250 Words) 2) The French Revolution (1789) really achieved far less than …
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ARCHIVES 15 September 2014 Paper 2 : Subject : Organizational Theory. : Evolution of Organization Theory : 1. Modern organization theory , a new paradigm, is not merely an extension of the old, rather it is a fundamental reconstruction. Its premises are based upon a conception of an organization as open, organic, probabilistic system as …
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ARCHIVES 15 September 2014 Q1.What do you understand by national character and how is it developed?is it a valid concept? Examine. (200 words) Q2.Suggest some rehabilitation methods for the people who are victim of Natural disasters (flood,earthquake etc)? (250 words)
ARCHIVES 15 September 2014 Topic – “New Public Management & Good Governance” (Challenge 11) 1. Varied lessons to improve governance capacity today emerge from World bank prescriptions, studies by Commonwealth secretariat and experience of other countries globally. Discuss. (250 Words) 2. Explain each of the following: (In less than 100 words) a) “Re-inventing government” by …
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