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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ARCHIVES 30 August 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words 1) Write a note on the RuPay card and its benefits Business Standard 2) Critically comment on the objectives of and challenges likely to be faced by the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana. Business Standard 3) How is GDP calculated in India? Critically examine the …
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ARCHIVES 28 August 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words 1) If India’s services and investment trade pact with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) becomes reality, who benefits and why? Examine. Business Standard 2) Name India’s major ports. What do you understand by ‘last-mile connectivity’ in the case of ports? Explain its benefits. …
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ARCHIVES 24 August 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words 1) Evaluate the different models of solid waste management in Indian cities. Suggest your own ideas for the effective solid waste management. The Hindu 2) Examine the roots of China – Tibet conflict and explain the importance of this issue for India. The Hindu …
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ARCHIVES 23 August 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words 1) Write a critical note on the birth and spread of Naxalism in India. The Hindu 2) Explain the ecological and environmental importance of Arctic and Antarctic regions and their relationship with global warming. The Hindu 3) With an example, examine how corruption …
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ARCHIVES 21 August 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words 1) Write a note on the environmental and geographical significance of the Tibetan Plateau for India and the surrounding regions. The Hindu 2) Critically compare and contrast the success of Special Economic Zone model for boosting economic growth adopted in India and China. Business …
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ARCHIVES 20 August 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words 1) Critically comment on the underlying philosophy on which relationship between India and Pakistan is founded. Business Standard 2) Write a note on Maglev Technology The Hindu 3) Critically examine the various problems being faced by the Indian Army at present. The Hindu 4) …
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…………………………………. Well, just another week left and it is going to come down to this now. There is so much you have gone through in the past one year of preparations, so many new things you have learnt and so many of them you have unlearnt. Both of them have played a significant role in …
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