Day: September 18, 2014

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INSIGHTS CURRENT EVENTS: 18 September 2014

Swavlamban Abhiyaan – new pro-poor initiatives of the Gujarat Government Swavlamban Abhiyaan: a set of 11 pro-poor initiatives for the benefit of Shram Yogis, especially women and youth, by the Gujarat government. These 11 schemes focus on empowering women, labourers, cattle-rearers, youth and farmers through various initiatives, assistance, relief, benefits and opportunities. This was launched …

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General Studies-2014: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 19

ARCHIVES 18 September 2014 Urbanization, their problems and their remedies.  1) Recently released World Urbanization Prospects-2014 report by the UN has revealed new trends in urbanization across the world. Comment on some of its important findings. (200 Words) Reference – 1 Reference – 2 2) “What India needs is not a whole lot of very costly, brand …

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History-2014: Answer Writing Challenge – 13

ARCHIVES 18 September 2014 The American War of Independence “deprived Great Britain of one empire, but it strengthened the foundations of another” . Examine. (250 Words) To some extent, the American War of Independence inspired the French Revolution. Examine (250 Words) How did Napoleon Bonaparte heal the wounds of France inflicted by the Revolution and …

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Mathematics-2014: Answer Writing Challenge – 5

ARCHIVES 18 September 2014 1) Show that the mapping T:V2(R)―›V3(R) defined as  T(a,b)=(a+b,a-b,b) is a linear transformation from V2(R) into V3(R).Find the range,rank,null space and nullity of T.     2) Let T:R3―›R3 be the linear transformation defined by : T(x,y,z)=(x+2y-z, y+z, x+y-2z). Find a basis and the dimension of (i) the range of T; …

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Sociology-2014- Answer Writing Challenge – 15

ARCHIVES 18 September 2014 Answer in 250 words: 1) Examine Pareto’s analysis of the circulation of elites. It is valid for the modern  industrial societies? 2) Distinguish among power, prestige and authority. What are the different ways in  which an authority may gain legitimacy? Why does a changing society face crises of  legitimacy?

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Commerce and Accountancy-2014: Answer Writing Challenge – 4

ARCHIVES 18 September 2014 Paper 2 : Organization theory : Topic : Organizational Goals Q.1) “Organizations are coalitions of Individuals and groups.” Comment. Does the coalition concept adequately explain goal determination in organizations ? Give reasons.  (250 words) Q.2) “The properties of formal organizations are such that the incoungruency between individual objectives and organizational objectives …

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Public Administration-2014: Answer Writing Challenge – 14

ARCHIVES 18 September 2014 Topic – Weber’s Bureaucratic model (Challenge 14)   1. Consider the following statements a. “Technically, the bureaucracy represents the purest type of legal-rational authority” b. “Bureaucracy does not represent the only type of legal authority.” Identify the theoretical context and analyse the above statements. (2009) 2. “Weberian model of bureaucracy lacks …

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[UPSC MAINS-2015] Insights Secure: Questions On Current Events – 18 September 2014

ARCHIVES 18 September 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words 1) Is there a need to revamp social sector schemes sponsored by the central government? Examine why with examples. Business Standard 2) “The Greater Mekong Subregion economic corridors initiative offers a model that could, and should, be duplicated in South Asia, another Asian sub-region …

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