OPTIONAL Subjects Answer Writing Challenges: 17 September 2015

Please Click on Your Optional Subject Link below to Check Today’s (September 17) 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 – 11

SOCIOLOGY – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 11 ARCHIVES . Write short notes on the following (each answer should not exceed 200 words):- Sociology is a science of society. The problem of objectivity in Sociology. Bearing of research on theory. Value neutrality in social science Methods of science and sociology

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 9

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 9 Archives Timetable Question 1 – “The constitutional provisions for the appointment of a special officer for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are more investigative than executive in orientation.” Comment. Question 2 – “culturally sanctioned values and symbols have acted as important influencing catalyst in …

PSYCHOLOGY – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 10

PSYCHOLOGY – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 10 ARCHIVES 1.       Compare model of fluid and crystalized intelligence with Spearman’s 2 factor theory. 2.       Compare ‘multi factor’ theory of intelligence with that of ‘multiple intelligence’ theory 3.       Describe PASS model of intelligence and show the grounds on which it has challenged the ‘g’ theory 4.       What …

ANTHROPOLOGY-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 11

ANTHROPOLOGY-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 11 Archives Family: 1) Discuss the stability and change in human family. Do you think it will remain a universal social institution? 2) Describe the various types of household and domestic groups. 3) Types of family based on structure

ECONOMICS-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 11

ECONOMICS-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 11 Archives 1) Suppose productivity per unit of labour for two antions, India and UK, is given as under:   India                UK Wheat (kg/manhour)               06                    03 Cloth (yard/manhour)             04                    02   2) Will mutually beneficial trade be possible for the two nations? If yes, explain whether specialisation shall be …

ENGLISH LITERATURE- 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 3

ENGLISH LITERATURE- 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 3 Archives 200 to 250 words Discuss the factors responsible for the rise of the novel. How did Swift portray Gulliver as a divided person in the fourth book of Gulliver’s travels? Jane Austen focuses on the inner workings of the mind. In the light of the …

GEOGRAPHY-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 11

GEOGRAPHY-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 11 ARCHIVES 1) Write a note on Inversion of temperature. 2) Examine the various kinds of atmospheric humidity and their associated forms. 3) Discuss Dew point and the various forms of condensation. Tomorrow: Thunderstorms; Monsoons

HISTORY-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 11

HISTORY-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 11 ARCHIVES 1) Examine sources of information for Mauryan dynasty. Throw light on historical significance of Ashoka’s inscriptions. 2) How did Ashoka contribute to the moral and administrative welfare of his people? 3) Examine the information of Fahien about the political, religious, social and economic conditions of India. Make …

LAW-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 11

LAW-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 11 ARCHIVES 1) “Equality is a dynamic concept with many aspects and dimensions, and it cannot be cribbed, cabined or confined within traditional and doctrinaire limits.” Explain how the judiciary has widened the scope of the right to equality by various decisions. 2)  Right to life has been extended …

MANAGEMENT – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 11

MANAGEMENT – 2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 11 ARCHIVES What is a ‘learning organisation—? How do you create a ‘learning culture’ in an organisation ? Explain with examples Comment on approaches for resolution of management—workforce conflicts.   What do you think of universalistic theories of leadership? Critically examine Likert’s four system of leadership. Which …

MEDICAL SCIENCE-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 6

MEDICAL SCIENCE-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 6 Archives describe the boundaries of inguinal canal. add a note on the anatomy of different types of inguinal hernias.(2014) describe the gross anatomy of the thoraco-abdominal diaphragm. mention the structures that pass through it. (2009) 3. describe pelvic diaphragm, write in brief about its applied anatomy.

PHILOSOPHY-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 3

PHILOSOPHY-2015: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 3 Archives 1) How does Aristotle’s notion of causation defer from the modern notion of causation. 2) Comment on – Plato’s analogy of the cave and its significance in his theory of knowledge. 3) Aristotle’s teleological conception of causation. Short Notes 4)  Plato’s recollection theory of knowledge. Short Notes.

Insights Daily Current Events, 17 September 2015

Insights Daily Current Events, 17 September 2015 Archives Quiz Paper 2 and 3: Various statutory bodies and Environmental conservation. Only biodegradable Ganesha idols can be immersed : NGT The National Green Tribunal has passed a series of directions to make sure Yamuna is not choked with hazardous chemicals during this festive season. The Delhi Development …

[Insights Secure – 2015] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Events: 17 September 2015

[Insights Secure – 2015] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Events: 17 September  2015 Archives – Secure 2015 17 September  2015 If facing problem in loading of Disqus Comments, please clear Cache and Cookies in your Browser and then reload the page. This will solve the problem. Alternatively you can open the page in ‘incognito/safe browsing …

ETHICS CASE STUDY: Is grandfather right in making his suggestion? Justify.

Topic:  Role of family, society and educational institutions in inculcating values.  8) Your 12 year old son has been selected by his class teacher to act as protagonist in a skit where he will be donning the role of a Mughal emperor. He is ecstatic. So are you and your wife. But your father is not …