Science and Technology – 2014: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 35

ARCHIVES 14 October 2014 1) Write short notes on the following in not more than 100 words: ISS-RapidScat – Reference Comet Siding Spring – Reference  Naga, Pangti and Wokha Amur Falcons – Reference 2) Recently scientists have discovered that a “perfect storm” of urban change that began in 1920s Kinshasa led to the catastrophic spread of …

Sociology-2014: Answer Writing Challenge – 36

ARCHIVES 14 October 2014 1) Write notes on ALL the following is not more than 200 words on each: (a) Universalisation and parochialisation in Indian civilization. (b) Bride and bridegroom price. (c) The changing social composition of the political elite since Independence. (d) Unionization and the agrarian classes. 2) What is the relative role of ritual …

Public Administration-2014: Answer Writing Challenge – 33

ARCHIVES 14 October 2014 Answer in 250 words: 1. “In certain discourses, there is a reflected basic distrust against bureaucracy as an instrument of development.” Do you think bureaucracy is more appropriate for regulatory administration than for development administration ? 2. “The principle of bureaucratic neutrality is more superfluous and redundant in the context of …

[UPSC MAINS-2014] Insights Secure Questions On Current Events, 14 October 2014

CONGRATS TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE CLEARED 2014 PRELIMINARY EXAM ARCHIVES 14 October 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words: 1) It is said that more policy coordination in needed between emerging markets to deal with negative  spillovers  of  development in some  advanced  countries. Examine the risks emerging markets face at present and …