Insights Daily Current Events, 09 December 2015 Archives Paper 3 Topic: indigenization of technology. Country’s flagship HAL turns 75 Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) is all set to celebrate its 75th anniversary this month. About HAL: Started as Hindustan Aircraft Company by visionary industrialist Walchand Hirachand Doshi, HAL was acquired by the British in 1942 and …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 28 July 2015 Archives Abdul Kalam, ‘People’s President’, passes away A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, widely acclaimed as the “people’s president” for his warmth and accessibility, passed away on 27th July. He was 83. Kalam was also called as the Missile Man of India. He was a scientist by training and played a …
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ARCHIVES 06 November 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words: 1) Critically examine why despite reforms and new industrial policies, some public sector undertakings continue to make losses. Do you think privatisation of these sick PSUs rather than disinvestment is the solution? Comment. Business Standard Reference 2) Write a note on the 5/20 rule …
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ARCHIVES 03 November 2014 1) Examine the impact of recent social legislation on Hindu marriage and family with special reference to the status of women. (250 Words) 2) Write short notes on ALL of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) Education for social equality. (b) Planning for the rural poor: IRDP and NREP. …
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ARCHIVES 03 November 2014 1) Critically examine the impact of globalization on agricultural development in India. (200 Words) Reference 2) “In India, the two-child norm seeks to reward, rather than force, family planning.” Comment vis a vis China’s policy on the same issue. (200 Words) Reference 3) In your opinion which is the major issue …
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ARCHIVES 28 October 2014 1) Discuss the main factors leading to the collapse of the Soviet Union. (200 Words) Reference Reference-2 2) One of the most important consequences of the Second World War was ‘division of Europe’, Eastern and Western. Comment. (200 Words) Reference Reference-2
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ARCHIVES 21 October 2014 1) Critically examine the impact of frequent floods in Assam on state’s wildlife population. (200 Words) Reference 2) Write a note on the impact of climate change on the flora and fauna of Himalayas. (200 Words) Reference
ARCHIVES 20 October 2014 1) Critically analyse the impact of hydraulic fracking on environment. (200 Words) Reference 2) Write a note on the effect of cyclones on sunderban forests. (200 Words) Reference
ARCHIVES 18 October 2014 Topic: changes in critical geographical features 1) Write a critical note on the impact of climate change on Arctic ecosystem. (200 Words) Reference-1 Reference – 2 2) Examine the major threats faced by Amazon rainforests. Write a note on the consequences of reduced forest cover in Amazon rainforest region. (200 Words) Reference …
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ARCHIVES 16 October 2014 Topic: Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location: 1) Tropical cyclones are classified and named differently in different parts of the world. Examine how low pressure systems are classified by the Indian Meteorological Department and explain the criteria used to name tropical cyclones …
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ARCHIVES 14 October 2014 Regionalism and Communalism 1) Compare and contrast the nature of regionalism in Asia and Europe. (200 Words) Reference 2) Critically comment on the influence of globalization on religion and secularism in different parts of the world. (200 Words) Reference
ARCHIVES 13 October 2014 Indigenization of Technology; Security Issues 1) Critically examine how Indian government’s recently launched ‘Make In India’ policy bodes well for idegenization of defence technology in India. (200 Words) IDSA 2) In the light of recent border skirmishes between China and India, discuss about the existing mechanism to resolve border disputes without …
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ARCHIVES 08 October 2014 Art Forms: 1) “Traditional theatre forms incorporate not only the common man’s interests but there is also a classical element in them.” In the context of India, illustrate with examples. (200 Words) Reference 2) Write a note on the nature and important role played by Pali and Prakrit literature in ancient …
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ARCHIVES 07 October 2014 India and Its Neighbours – Strategic Issues 1) Critically comment on the nature of India – Bhutan relationship in the light of India’s recent coercive commerce diplomacy and Bhutan’s geographical imperatives and its evolving relationship with China. (200 Words) Reference – IDSA (Page 16) 2) “Whatever the outcome of the nuclear …
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ARCHIVES 06 October 2014 Art Forms Write Short Notes (150 Words) 1) Thitambu Nritham Reference 2) Perini Shivatandavam Reference 3) Nangiarkoothu Reference 4) Tanjore Paintings Reference
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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ARCHIVES 03 October 2014 World History 1) Critically analysis the cause and the results of the Chinese revolution of 1949 and analyse its significance. (200 Words) Reference 2) ‘The Russian Revolution (1917) was an economic explosion hastened by the stupidities of the autocratic Government’. Comment. (200 Words) Reference
ARCHIVES 01 October 2014 World History 1) France was more fertile than Britain in producing new Socialist theories and movements, though they bore less concrete results in France than in Britain. Examine (200 Words) Reference 2) New imperialism was a nationalistic, not an economic phenomena. Examine. (200 Words) Reference – 1 Reference-2 3) Discuss the main characteristics of …
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ARCHIVES 30 September 2014 World History 1) In the long run, the Locarno Treaty (December 1925) was descriptive both of the Treaty of Versailles and of the Covenant. Examine. (200 Words) Reference 2) Most of the European Revolutions of 1848 were nationalist as well as popular insurrection against foreign rule and repressive policy of Metternich. Comment (200 …
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