ARCHIVES 16 September 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words: 1) Apart from diplomacy, trade can be a major factor in normalizing relations between India and Pakistan. Critically examine. Business Standard 2) In the era of social media and increasing use of technology for day to day works, the privacy has become a …
ARCHIVES 15 September 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words: 1) What is coal bed methane? Write a note on its availability in India and its uses. Business Standard 2) Write a critical note on China’s commercial interests and investments in India. Business Standard Business Standard 3) Write a note on the causes, …
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ARCHIVES 15 September 2014 What is ‘generation-IV nuclear reactor? Mention its advantages and disadvantages Source Write a note on contribution of C.N.R Rao towards scientific development in India. He is better regarded as a pioneer of ‘nano-science’ in India. Comment Source – 1 Source – 2
ARCHIVES 13 September 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words: 1) What are the likely challenges faced by relief agencies and rescue workers post floods in inhabited regions. Explain the role of government in managing these challenges. Business Standard The Hindu 2) Write a note on Creative Productivity Index and India’s position in it. Business …
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ARCHIVES 11 September 2014 Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country 1) Critically evaluate the main objectives, nature and outcome of the Bhoodan and Gramdan movements. (200 Words) Reference 2) Critically comment on the contribution of Jayaprakash Narayan to post-Independent India. Also critically examine the influence of Gandhian principles on his ideology. Reference
ARCHIVES 10 September 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words 1) Critically comment on the functioning of the National Disaster Management Authority and post-calamity relief and rehabilitation mechanism existing in India. Business Standard 2) In your opinion, why does India lag behind in research and development in science and technology sector? Critically examine. Business Standard …
ARCHIVES 09 September 2014 Development and Extremism 1) Critically comment on the dynamics of Maoist insurgency and the government of India’s approach to it. (200 Words) Reference 2) Do you agree with the view that underdevelopment is the primary reason behind the growth and spread of extremism in India? Critically comment. Reference
ARCHIVES 06 September 2014 1) “Even as the Ebola crisis rages onward in west Africa, a World Health Organization panel concluded on August 11 that offering patients promising experimental Ebola drugs with unknown side effects and efficacy would be ethical.” This is a recent news published in an American journal. Do you think it is ethical to …
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ARCHIVES 06 September 2014 Q4 What is Ballistic Missile Defence? Comment on India’s BMD system. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/deterrence-debates-and-defence/article5932362.ece http://www.ipcs.org/article/india/india-how-credible-is-its-ballistic-missile-defence-3768.html http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-proves-capability-of-missile-defence-system/article4126430.ece http://missilethreat.com/a-look-at-the-indian-ballistic-missile-defence-programme/ Q5. What is Polar Vertex? Explain its implications http://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/atmospheric/polar-vortex.htm http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/temperatures-plunge-as-polar-vortex-sweeps-us/article5548390.ece What is Rosetta Mission? Explain its importance http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/rosetta-to-reawaken-for-final-mission/article5579161.ece
ARCHIVES 06 September 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words 1) Critically examine why India is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and explain the importance of civil nuclear deals that India has signed with few countries. Business Standard 2) In your opinion why is there a lot of corruption in public …
ARCHIVES 05 September 2014 Q1.’ Malnutrition is a blot on country’s face in 21st century’. What are the challenges that exert resistance in dealing with Malnutrition? What can be done to abridge the problem? http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/malnutrition-brewing-in-closed-tea-gardens/article6244166.ece http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/needed-more-hungama-over-malnutrition/article2964324.ece http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/malnutrition-continues-to-stalk-tribal-children/article6115489.ece Q2. Explain the significance of Biobots? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Muscle-driven-bio-bots-to-walk-as-you-wish/articleshow/37647394.cms Q3. What is MOCLIC? How it can be effective in …
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ARCHIVES 05 September 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words 1) Briefly analyse India’s relationship with Asia-Pacific countries. In your opinion, how does India benefit from strong relationship with these countries? Explain. Business Standard 2) What is Price Index (PI)? How is it related to poverty estimation? Explain. Business Standard 3) Examine the …
ARCHIVES 03 September 2014 1) Which values do you think should constitute moral norms and values of governance? Explain them. (200 Words) Reference (Page No. 7) 2) A multi-storey building which was illegally constructed collapses and kills fifty innocent workers – including women and children. These workers were poor migrants from far away villages. The …
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ARCHIVES 03 September 2014 1) A number of production lines were reserved for the small scale sector in the pre-liberalization period. Did such reservation achieve its objectives? Explain in detail (300 words) 2) Distinguish between Currency Board Arrangement and dollarization. Why would a nation adopt one or the other? (150 words) 3) What is prisoner’s …
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ARCHIVES 03 September 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words 1) “The India-Japan comprehensive economic partnership agreement (Cepa) remains stuck over the issue of giving Indian drug companies more access to the Japanese pharmaceutical market.” Elaborate. Business Standard 2) Critically comment on the functioning of Indian Parliament. Do you think the way it’s functioning …
ARCHIVES 02 September 2014 1) Effective utilization of public funds is critical to meeting development goals. Critically examine the reasons behind under-utilisation and misutilisation of public funds and their implications. Also suggest with examples how public funds can be effectively utilised. (250 Words) Reference – 1 Reference – 2 Reference – 3 2) Write a note …
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ARCHIVES 02 September 2013 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words 1) Explain the role of Food Corporation of India (FCI) in ensuring food security and examine proposed and needed reforms in the structure and functioning of FCI. Business Standard 2) Critically examine the events that led to the 1965 War between India and …
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ARCHIVES 01 September 2014 1) How was the Jute industry affected after partition? What remedial measures were taken to arrest its decline? (250 words) 2) Discuss the various measures of poverty with policy implications for removal of poverty. (250 words)
ARCHIVES 01 September 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words 1) The National Food Security Act has still not been implemented by majority of state governments. Critically examine why. Business Standard 2) It is said that at present countries are waging different types of wars on different fronts. Examine the nature and cause …
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ARCHIVES 30 August 2014 1) What do you understand by ethics of war? Identify and critically comment on different ethical dimensions that a war between two or more nations or a war between a nation and a terrorist group gives rise to. (250 Words) Reference – 1 Reference – 2 2) You are a boss …
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