Please Click on Your Optional Subject Link below to Check Today’s (September 16) Optional Answer Writing Challenge. We will be posting Optional Questions Monday to Friday at 10.30 pm . Thank you ANTHROPOLOGY ECONOMICS ENGLISH LITERATURE GEOGRAPHY HISTORY LAW MANAGEMENT MEDICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL SCIENCE PSYCHOLOGY PHILOSOPHY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SOCIOLOGY
SOCIOLOGY – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 10 ARCHIVES Topic-Sociological Thinkers: Max Weber (1) What according to Weber are the important elements and types of “Social Action” , explain. (250 words) (2) Define “Ideal Type” and explain Weber’s concept of “Verstehen” for understanding social phenomena. (250 words) (3) Examine the Salient features of Weberian Bureacracy.(200 words) …
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 8 Archives Timetable Question 1 – “Bureaucracy is ‘a system of government the control of which is so completely in the hands of officials that their power jeopardizes the liberties of ordinary citizens.” Comment Question 2 – Although the theory of V.A. Graicunas is admittedly crude, …
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PSYCHOLOGY – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 9 ARCHIVES 1. How does behaviouristic interpretation of problem solving differ from gestalt view? 2. Describe facilitative and fixating effects of set in problem solving. 3. Enumerate different strategies of concept formation in children. 4. Differentiate between inductive and deductive reasoning. Why do scientists prefer inductive reasoning?
POLITICAL SCIENCE – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 10 ARCHIVES Discuss the communitarian critique of liberalism. Examine Ambedkar’s critique of Marxism. Explain, as per Gramsci, the distinction between hegemony and domination.
MEDICAL SCIENCE-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 5 Archives 1) Discuss relations and supports of uterus. add a note on its applied anatomy. 15 (2011) 2) Describe the blood supply and lymphatic drainage of stomach. add a note on the applied anatomy of both. 9+3=12 (2010) 3) Describe the blood supply, nerve supply and lymphatic …
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MANAGEMENT – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 10 ARCHIVES What is relation between power, authority and responsibility? Path-Goal theory of leadership is an amalgamation of contingency theory and expectancy theory of leadership. Explain the above statement. What is situational leadership? How different level of employees can be dialed with this? Explain Transformational leadership. This …
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LAW-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 10 ARCHIVES 1) “The judiciary by usurping the powers of the other two organs of the Government in certain powers has diluted the theory of separation of powers.” Do you agree? Examine critically. 2) Do local bodies enjoy autonomy to performing their role in the field of economic development …
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HISTORY-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 10 ARCHIVES 1) Discuss the types of lands and the Science of agriculture mentioned in the literature and epigraphs of ancient india. 2) Assess Ellora as a unique art centre of the different cultural streams. 3) Assess the educational system in early India and identify important educational institutions of …
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GEOGRAPHY-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 10 ARCHIVES 1) Discuss the development of local winds, and their influence on local weather, giving three examples of the well-known local winds in the world 2) Discuss the mechanism and origin of Monsoon winds and explain the role of El Nino on Monsoon circulation. 3) How does Climate Change affect …
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ENGLISH LITERATURE- 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 2 Archives 200 to 250 words Write an essay on individualism in Elizabethan and Jacobian drama. Critically comment on the roles played by the sea in The Tempest. Write an essay on the fusion of man and nature in The Memoriam.
ECONOMICS-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 10 Archives International Economics: 1) Analyse the partial equilibrium effects of a tarrif imposed by a large country on its imports in terms of consumers’ surplus (2014 – 10 marks) 2) “With the Doha Round of multilateral trade talks stalled, regional trade agreements (RTAs) have emerged as an …
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ANTHROPOLOGY-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 9 Archives Answer in 200 words: 1) Types of Kinship Terminology systems. 2)Nature of Kinship 3) Bilateral Descent 4) Unilineal Descent
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The Big Picture – Maharashtra Order: What is Sedition? Archives Summary: The debate over what constitutes sedition, an act against state as described under section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), has been revived. The issue has cropped up again following a circular issued by the Maharashtra government; with guidelines to the police detailing …
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Insights Daily Debates: Day – 38 16 September 2015 Archives Today’s Topic Is the Office of President Necessary for India? Al Jazeera The Hindu Why do we need a President? Some say that his office is burden on government’s coffers. Some say that his office is a mere rubber stamp. The election (selection) of Presidents in …
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MAINS SELF STUDY GUIDE: Insights Mock Test – 4 (General Studies – 2) TIMETABLE NOTE: Those who want to write in notebook should treat this as a Real Exam and try to complete the paper within One and Half Hours. You can download PDF copy of the same Test HERE. The Timetable is HERE. Those who want …
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MAINS SELF STUDY GUIDE: Insights Mock Test – 4 (General Studies – 2) TIMETABLE NOTE: Those who want to write in notebook should treat this as a Real Exam and try to complete the paper within One and Half Hours. You can download PDF copy of the same Test HERE. The Timetable is HERE. Those who …
MAINS SELF STUDY GUIDE: Insights Mock Test – 4 (General Studies – 2) TIMETABLE NOTE: Those who want to write in notebook should treat this as a Real Exam and try to complete the paper within One and Half Hours. You can download PDF copy of the same Test HERE. The Timetable is HERE. Those who …
MAINS SELF STUDY GUIDE: Insights Mock Test – 4 (General Studies – 2) TIMETABLE NOTE: Those who want to write in notebook should treat this as a Real Exam and try to complete the paper within One and Half Hours. You can download PDF copy of the same Test HERE. The Timetable is HERE. Those who …
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