Summary: Some of the influential leaders have always been defying the election commission’s Code of Conduct and its orders. This is also said to be a corrupt practice and violation of law. National parties are not paying much attention on this. The best solution is to place the responsibility on political parties. Civil society …
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ARCHIVES 04 October 2014 As a Block Development Officer, you were invited to preside over a Gram Sabha meeting in one of Gram Panchayats falling under your jurisdiction. The Gram Sabha was called to take a decision on two crucial things: to identify and confiscate fake job cards used under MGNREGA scheme and to choose …
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ARCHIVES 04 October 2014 1) The writings of the philosophers had a tremendous influence on the minds of the people and created a revolutionary awakening in their minds and formed the intellectual creed of the French Revolution. Examine. (200 Words) Reference 2) Analyse the factors for the collapse of Soviet Communism and Soviet Union during 1985-1991. (200 …
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Recently few people who were hell-bent on maligning Insights and disturbing serious aspirants from writing answers were creating problems. It was difficult to monitor them all the time. Now we have introduced an option to login from either your Facebook, Twitter, Google or WordPress accounts and start posting your comments/answers/queries. Advantages: 1) Only serious …
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Move to Deny Foreign Nationals Access to Surrogacy Draws Flak The view among experts looking into the new Assisted Reproductive Technologies (Regulation) Bill 2014 that single parents and foreign nationals should not be allowed to have children through surrogates in India has come in for criticism. Some experts opine that single men or women can’t …
ARCHIVES 04 October 2014 Q1) Do you agree with the view that Keynes General Theory is a special case of the classical theory, obtained by imposing certain restrictive impositions on the latter? Elaborate (300 Words) Q2) Is Gandhi’s economic thought reconcilable with the economic thinking underlying India’s economic development? (200 Words)
ARCHIVES 04 October 2014 Write short notes on ALL of the following (Each answer should not exceed 200 words):- (a) Sucide as a social fact. (b) Decent and Kinship as social networks. (c) Modernization and intergenerational mobility. (d) Suitability of questionnaire for data collection in developing societies. How far do you agree with the view that …
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ARCHIVES 04 October 2014 1) Can Attitude be called “Energy Saving devices?” Explain. (150 words) 2) Discuss the parts of brain involve in storing and recalling information. (250 Words) 3) Emotion is cognitive interpretation of psychological response.Comment (250 Words)
ARCHIVES 04 October 2014 Topic – Grievance redressal mechanism, Social Audit Answer in 250 words: 1. Analyse the importance of social audit and suggest measures to make it more effective in the process of implementing governmental schemes. 2. Discuss the “Sevottam model” of excellence in service delivery. 3. Discuss certain best practices of grievance …
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ARCHIVES 04 October 2014 Q1. Critically analyze about the institutional problems in environmental governance and the government’s approach to problems relating to the environment? http://www.frontline.in/cover-story/quality-of-eia-reports-a-major-concern/article5652154.ece Q2. “India is suffering from problem of poor waste management that compound challenge for government to proactively innovate the methods to tackle it”. In the light of the statement explain …
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ARCHIVES 04 October 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words: 1) The union government wants to regulate commercial surrogacy to address concerns raised by few sections of the society. Examine these concerns, their causes and government’s efforts to address these concerns. The Hindu 2) “Though India and Russia enjoy good relations, there is a …
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