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General Studies (Mains) Paper I 1987 to 2011 (Last 25 Years) Compilation by Mrunal

Action Plan - To get really Decent marks in General Studies paper (and thus a high rank in the final merit list) do following - In the General Studies (Mains) paper, there are two types of question Static and Dynamic (Current Based) - By and large, General Studies Paper I & II are made up of following topics. 1. History (Always Static) 2. Culture (Almost Always Static) 3. Polity (Most of the Time.) 4. Yearbook stuff (Current Based) 5. Economy (Mixed) 6. International Relations and S&T (Lately current Based) 7. Statistics and Data Interpretation.(Always Static.) - Now, observe these old papers carefully, the Static questions/topics keep getting recycled and repeated. For example RIN mutiny was asked in 1998, again in 2011. Same for Polity (DPSP/Funda.rights) etc. - If you start manually writing answer for each and every question, it o prepare! But atleast you can prepare a skeletal framework / keypoint answer, and keep revising it, definitely a few questions or topics would during the actual exam, for not having to brainstorm for the ideas. Because you already did that exercise @home, while solving these question. - For more downloads and articles, visit www.mrunal.org - Have trouble or doubt solving any question? Ask it on www.indianofficer.com, a forum where serious players hang out. - P.S. At some places the questions and sentences are missing or incomplete. But it is because the original source itself did not have those questions. (or I might have made some silly mistake writing the RegEx script, using which I compiled this whole database.) Page 1 of 85


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Stupid Index 1987 ............................................................................................................................................... 3 1988 ............................................................................................................................................... 6 1989 ............................................................................................................................................. 10 1990 ............................................................................................................................................. 14 1991 ............................................................................................................................................. 19 1992 ............................................................................................................................................. 23 1993 ............................................................................................................................................. 28 1994 ............................................................................................................................................. 32 1995 ............................................................................................................................................. 35 1996 ............................................................................................................................................. 39 1997 ............................................................................................................................................. 43 1998 ............................................................................................................................................. 48 1999 ............................................................................................................................................. 53 2000 ............................................................................................................................................. 58 2001 ............................................................................................................................................. 60 2002 ............................................................................................................................................. 62 2003 ............................................................................................................................................. 64 2004 ............................................................................................................................................. 66 2005 ............................................................................................................................................. 68 2006 ............................................................................................................................................. 70 2007 ............................................................................................................................................. 72 2008 ............................................................................................................................................. 75 2009 ............................................................................................................................................. 77 2010 ............................................................................................................................................. 80 2011 ............................................................................................................................................. 83 The End : Not yet!......................................................................................................................... 85

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1987 SECTION-I 1. Discuss the major social reform movement of the second half of the 19th century. In what way did they contribute to the rise and growth of Indian National Movement? (Not more than 200 words) 35 2. Despite the fact that Muslims and Hindus fought together against the British in the Revolt of 1857, a separatist movement started soon after, resulting into the partition of India. In the light of this statement, review briefly the origin and development of Muslim Separatist Movement culminating into the creation of Pakistan in 1947. (Not more than 200 words) 35 3. (a) Explain briefly the importance of the following: (About 30 words for each) 15 (i) Ghadar Party (ii) The Deccan Education Society (iii) National Archives of India. (b) Who were the following and why are they so well-known? (Not more than two sentence for each) 10 (i) Sir William Jones (ii) M.R. Jaykar (iii) Pandita Rama Bai (iv) K. Kamraj (v) M.N.Roy (c) Where are the following and why are they so well-known? (Not more than two sentence for each) 10 (i) Pushkar (ii) Kushinagar (iii) Tirupati (iv) Spomnath (v) Madurai 4. (a) What were the new elements introduced by the Muslim rules in the development of India architecture ? About 50 words) 10 (b) Who made the first feature film in India? What was its Name, and when was it made? 5 (c) Where did the following traditional Folk Theatres originate? 5 (i) Yatra (ii) Tamasha (iii) Kuttiyatam (iv) Bhavai (v) Natutanki (d) What is the significance of Kumbh fair? Where are they held? 5 (e) What is the contribution of the following to the cultural life of India ? (One

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sentence for each) 10 (i) Ramanuj (ii) Shaikh Moinuddin Chishit (iii) Shyagaraja (iv) Vishnu Diagambar Paluskar (v) Raja Ravi Verma (vi) Amrita Shergill (vii) Ram Kinker vaij (viii) Sonal Man Singh (ix) Sanyikta Panigrahi (x) Prithvi Raj Kapoor 5. (a) Relation between Religion and Politics has been a subject of controversy since long. What are the views of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru of this issue? (Not more than 130 words) 25 (b) Who wrote our National Anthem? When, where and on what occasion was it sung for the first time? When was it accepted as our National Anthem? 10 SECTION II 6. What does the Gorka National Liberation Front seek? In what way are their demands different from the earlier demands of Miza National Front and the demand for Khalistan? (Not more than 200 words) 35 7. (a) Trace the recent political development in Fiji. How is India concerned with the development there? About 150 words) 25 (b) What are superconductors? What is their relevance to the future 10 8. When and where was it formed? Who are its President and General Secretary? What are its main objectives? (About 200 words) 35 9. (a) What are the following and what are their function? (About 25 words for each) 15 (i) Coast Guard (ii) Territorial Army (ii) Border Security Force (b) With which games are the following associated and why were they in the news recently? 10 (i) Steffi Graff (ii) Pat Cash (iii) Vishwanathan Anand (IV) Jahangir Khan (v) Teng Yi. (c) What was unusual about holding Davis Cup Quarter-Finals at Delhi this year? Who represented India in this match? 3 (d) What are the main causes of general decline in sports in India? What remedies do you suggest for improvement in this field?(About 40 words) 7 10. (a) Identify and explain the significance of the following: (Two sentences Page 4 of 85


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for each) 15 (i) Dakshin Gangotri (ii) Kahuta (iii) Sahara Wall (b) Where is the Strait of Hormuz? What is its importance? Why has it been in the news? 5 (c) cant for the whole world? 5 (d) Identify the following. Why were they in the news recentaly? 10 (i) Salim Ali (ii) Col. Oliver North (iii) Visvanathan Rajagopal (iv) Gunnar Myrdel (v) Klaus Barbie 11. (a) Discuss the objectives of the Venice Summit held recentaly. Who were the participants ? What were the major resolutions adopted at it ? (About 75 words) 15 (b) What is Africa Fund ? Who started it ? What are its objectives ? (About 75 words) 10 (c) Who are the Chakmas ? why were they in the news recentaly ? (About 50 words) 10 SECTION-III 12. Two new varieties A and B and a local variety of wheat were sown. The growth of the three varieties in cm is shown in the following table: Age in Days Varieties 15 30 45 60 75 90 A 3.0 3.5 7.0 19.0 26.0 51.0 B 2.5 4.0 10.0 31.0 44.0 82.0 Local 3.0 4.5 12.5 22.0 37.5 77.5 Draw a graph from which the growth of the three varieties of wheat may be read. On the basis of the graph, discuss the growth of the different varieties. 15 13. The following table shows the percentage distribution of total income of males in a country: Income(in Rs.)

Percentage ofMales

Below 100

17.3

100-199

11.0

200-299

12.4

300-399

14.5

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400-499

15.8

500-599

12.0

600-699

12.7

700 and above

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(a) What percentage of males earned Rs. 400 and above? 5 (b) What percentage of males earned at least Rs. 300 but less than Rs.500? 5 14. Comment on the following statements : (a) a contractor employs 3 categories of workers- men, women and boys; and pays them daily wages of Rs. 3,2 and 1 respectively. He employs 30 men, 15 women and 5 three totaling 50 workers. Since the average wages of the three categories is Rs.2, the total wage bill of the contractor will be Rs. 100 daily. 5 (b) The average depth of river is 4 feet and the average height of the members of a family is 4.5 feet; therefore all the members of the family can safely cross the river on foot. 5 15. In 1985, out of a total of 17500 workers in a cement factory, 12000 were members of a trade union. The number of women workers was 2000, of which 1750 did not belong to the trade union. In 1986, the number of union workers increases to 15800 of which 12900 were men. On the other hand, the number of no-trade union workers in the factory fell down to 2080 of which 1800 were men. (a) Represent the above information in a suitable tabular form. 12 (b) How many male workers of the cement factory did not belong to a trade union in 1985? 3

1988 SECTION I 1. What were the motives which led to the partition of Bengal? What were its consequences? Why was it annulled? (About 250 words? 35 2. (a) Salt emerge as the central issue for launching the Satyagraha ? (About 100 words) 15 (b) What was the Gandhi Irwin pact ? Why was it signed and what were its consequences ? (About 150 words) 20 3. (a) differ from it ? (About 150 words) (b) words) 10

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(c) Describe Nehru attitude towords Russia in the pre-1947 period. (About 50 words) 5 4. (a) Give an account of the legislative measure passed during 1856-1956 for the uplift of women. Why was a new Act prohibiting Sati passed recently? (About 150 words) 15 (b) What are the main forms of classical dance in India? 10 (c) Explain the contributions of the following to the social life of India ? (One sentence for each) 10 (i) Ela Bhatt (ii) M.G. Ranade (iii) Acharya Narendra Dev (iv) Madan Mohan Malaviya (v) Narayana Guru (vi) Birsa Munda (vii) Baba Amte (viii) Malati Devi Chowdhury (ix) Dr. Zakir Hussain (x) C.N. Annadurai 5. (a) Where are the following located and why are they well-known ? (Two sentence on each) 10 (i) Dakshinesvara (ii) Bharukachchha (iii) Pragjyotish (iv) Deorala (v) Jehanabad (b) Explain the significance of the following In the socio-religious context: (About 50 words for each) 15 (i) The Alavar Saints (ii) Faraizi Movement (iii) Kuka Movement (c) Evaluate the chief characteristics of any two of the following: (About 50 words for each) 10 (i) Gandhara School of Art (ii) Rock cutt temple architecture (iii) Chola architecture SECTION II 6. (a) What led to the signing of Tripartite Accord with TNV ? What are its main points? (About 150 words) 20 (b) Why did Iran accept the UN Security Council Resolution for a cease-fire ? When did it become operation? (About 125 words) 15 7. (a) Discuss the significance of the TNF Treaty between Soviet Union and the USA. (About 125 words) 15 (b) has the IPKF been able to achieve the goal set before it by the terms of the Indi-Sri Lanka Agreement ? Page 7 of 85


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What are the option available to India ? (About 150 words). 20 8. (a) What was the G-7 Summit ? When and where was it held ? what were its achievements ? (About 100 words) 15 (b) What led General Ne Win to resign from power ? What were its immediate results? (About 75 words) 10 (c) Describe the circumstances which led to the signing of the agreement on Afghanistan. What were its terms ?(About 75 words) 10 9. (a) Write brief notes on : (About 30 words) 10 (i) ASLV-D2 (ii) INSAT-1C (b) When were the following in the news recently? (One sentence each) (i) Narendra Hirwani (ii) Mike Tyson (iii) Courtney Walsh (iv) Syed Modi (v) Sergei Bubka (c) it. 4 (d) Where were the following events held this year and who were the winners ? 6 (i) Uber Cup (ii) (iii) Bicentennional Gold Cup (e) achieve? (About 75 words) 10 10. (a) (About 75 words) 10 (b) Describe the salient features of GNLF Accord with Government. How does it doffer from the original GNLF demands? (About 75 words) 10 (c) 3 (d) Which were the two countries which first played the limited over international cricket match ? In which year was it played and where ? 4 (e) In a Medley Race in swimming which are the four styles of swimming involved? 4 (f) Name the sanctuaries/place where the following animals are found in India: 4 (i) Wild Ass (ii) Rhinoceros (iii) Hangul (iv) Great Indian Bustard 11. (a) Who are the following ? Why were they in the news recently? (One sentence each) 5 (i) Kanshi Ram (ii) Swami Agnivesh Page 8 of 85


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(iii) Robert Mugabe (iv) Michael Durkakis (v) Girish karmad (b) economic growth? (About 75 words) 10 (c) Name any five tiger reserve in the country. 10 (d) Write a short on the financial aspect of Sarkaria Commission Report. (About 40 words) 5 (e) Mention any two films which have won National or International Award. Write two sentences each about the social problems reflected therein. 5 SECTION III 12. Present the following information in a tabular form and find out by what percentage the 1987-88 outlay exceeds the original outlay for 1986-87: The outlay for the 1987-88 Annual Plan has been fixed at Rs. 44,699 crores. This comprises Rs. 25,042 crores for the centre and the rest for the States Sector. The Revised Estimates of the Plan outlay for 1986-87 consist of Rs. 23,625 crores for the Centre and Rs. 16,636 crores for the States. As compared to the original outlay for 1986-87, the Revised Estimate is higher by Rs. 1,325 crores for the Centre and lower by Rs. 116 crores for the States. 13. (a) Represent the following data relating to world book production by a suitable diagram: 12 Year No. Of Title 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1976

269000 332000 426000 521000 568000 591000

(b) Do you agree that the annual rate of increase in book production was the lowest during 1975 to 1976? (Assume that the annual rate of increase during the various five-year periods was uniform within the given periods). 3 14. (a) A heart patient advised to undergo surgery had heard a statement that surgeon he learnt that the surgeon had just completed six successful operations in a row. He refused to become the seventh patient. How would you explain the above statement to him to allay his fears? 5 (b) In a class of 50 students, there are 30 boys and 20 girls. In a test, the average marks obtained by boys were computed to be 40 and those by girls to be 45. However, on scrutiny, it was found that the marks obtained by one of

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the boys was wrongly taken as 30 instead of 60 and the marks obtained by one of the girls was taken as 70 instead of 50. Find out the correct average marks for the boys and for the girls and for the class as a whole. 5 OR (c) The average marks of 500 students in an examination are 45. Among them, the average marks of the top 150 students are 75 and that of the last 150 students are 25. What are the average marks of the remaining 200 students? Give the steps of the calculation. 5 15. The graph below show the graph attained by plant A and plant B at the end of various period of time: (a) Tabulate the data represented by the graph. 9 (b) During which time-intervals, the rate of growth of plant A has been less than, equal to and greater than that of plant B? 6

1989 General Studies Main 1989 Paper-I SECTION I 1. Why did Gandhi launch the No-violent Non-cooperation Movement on the Khilafat question? How were other issues joined to it later on? Discuss the constructive program me of the Non-cooperation Movement. OR

fundamental to it? What was its impact on the attitude of the Congress and the League? (About 250 words) 30 2. Answer any two of the following: 15×2=30 (a) (b) How was Jawaharlal Nehru influenced by socialist ideas? How did the Socialist thinking of Nehru and other leaders influence the Congress before 1942? (c) How did Patel succeed in avoiding the evil consequences of the doctrine of Page 10 of 85


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lapse of paramountcy and in integrating Indian States ? (About 150 words each) 3. Answer any three of the following: 10×3=30 (a) Analyse briefly the contribution of religious reform movements to the growth of extremist nationalist movement. (b) did more harm than good to the British Rule in (c) Describe the main feature of the Panchayati Raj Bills. Does it, in your opinion, modify its federal character? (d) (About 50 words each) 4. (a) Write about the chief characteristics of the following: (i) Carnatic music (ii) Kishangarh style of painting (iii) Nagara style of architecture (iv) Neo-art movement of Rabindranath Tagore (b) what do you know about the following movements ? (i) Rahnumai Mazda Yasnam (ii) The Bhagat Movement (iii) The Wahabi Movement (c) Where are the following located and why have they been in the news ? (i) Moga (ii) Chandipur (iii) Damansky Island (Chen Pao) (d) Why have the following become famous ? (i) Subrahamania Bharati (ii) Chanipur (iii) Damansky Brothers (iv) Panna Lal Patel (v) Khudiram Bose (two sentence on each) 2×15=30 SECTION II 5. What is Super-301? Why is India concerned about it and how has she reacted to it? OR What are the differences in the approaches of India Nepal to the transit-trade question? How is this question complicated by other issues? About 250 words) 35 6. Attempt any three of the following: (a) Who are the Bodos? Why have they become restive recently? (b) Why has the Jharkhand Movement acquired prominence? What are its main demands? (c) Discuss the significance of the 4th SAARC Summit. (d) What has been the role of the European Parliament? Did the recent elections to it reflect any change to member counties, particularly in Britain? Page 11 of 85


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(About 50 words each) 10×3=30 7. Attempt any six of the following: (a) What is Sugar Sampada? What has been its contribution? (b) What is Sardar Sarovar Project? What is the nature of the controversy surrounding it? (c) What was the Recruit Scandal? What have been its implications? (d) Why has the Siachen Glacier been in the news? What could be the main purpose behind the Indo-Pak parleys on the issue? (e) Why has the Tiananmen Square come in the news recently? (f) Write a short note on the recent shift in the US attitude towards the PLO. (g) What is the Golden Triangle? Why is it notorious? (h) Which event marked the outbreak of the French Revolution? What stands at that site today ? (About 50 words on each) 5×6=30 8. (a) With which game are the following associated: (i) Konica Cup (ii) Wellington Trophy (iii) Snick (iv) Cue (b) Who are the following? Why were they in the news recently? (i) Dr. Verghese Kurien (ii) Jan Ove Waldner (iii) Andreas Papendreau (iv) Helen Suzman (v) R.S.Pathak (vi) Carlos Saul Menem (vii) Fang Lizhi (viii) Stephen Solarz (c) (i) Which film won the maximum number of wards in the 36 the National Film Awards-1989 ? Who was its Director? (ii) Which film won the maximum number of awards for best feature film on National Integration? In which language was it made? (iii) was it made? (About two sentences each) 2×15=30 SECTION III 9. The Productivity of the traditional varieties of a certain crop in a district was reported to be 80 qtls. / Hectrate. As it was considered to be too low it was decided to introduce High Yielding Varieties (HYN) in the district. In The first year, it was tried in 3200 hectares which yielded 31000 tonnes of the crop. In the next four years, the area under HYV 3400, 3900, 4200 and 4700 hectares respectively and the corresponding yield was 33000, 35100, 33600 and 37600 tonnes. During this period, the productivity of the traditional varieties

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remained constant at 80qtls/.hectare. (a) Present the data relating to HYV in a tabular form. (b) An agricultural scientist was very unhappy with the above results. What were the reasons of his unhappiness. 12 10. Represent the following data showing the value of exports and imports (in Crores Rupees) by a graph. Year

Exports

Imports

1955

26

35

1960

32

40

1965

35

48

1970

47

50

1975

52

50

1980

57

52

Assuming the rate of growth of imports as well as exports to be uniform during each five-year period, find out the year after which the balance of trade became favorable. 11. (a) In an Assembly election, out of one hundred seats 52 were won by Part A, 26 by Part B and 22 by Party C. But Out of the total Number of valid votes, these parties secured 465, 26% and 28% of votes respectively. How do you explain this phenomenon? 5 (b) In a class of 50 students, the average marks obtained by them in a test were 40. Pass marks were 30. The average failed ones were 20 what percentage of students failed? 5 OR The cost of production of commodity A is lower than that of B by 10%. Both the commodities are sold at a profit of 20%. If 10 tonnes of commodity B were sold for Rs. 6,000, how much same amount of profit? 5 12. The diagram below represents the value of exports of commodities A, B, C, D, E and F. The total value of all exports is Rs. 9,600 crores. (a) Find out the value in respect of each commodity and present the data in a tabular form. 12 (b) What should be the more appropriate order in which the commodities may

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1990 SECTION I 1. Trace the origin of the Swaraj Party. What was the manifesto of the Swaraj British? Or

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What was the attitude of the Indian National Congress towards the Second World War? What was the August Offer? What were the factors that led the British to change its negative policy and send Cripps to India? (About 250 words) 2. Answer any two of the following 15×2=30 (a) f Socialism? How did it differ from Marxian socialism? (b) What were the main features of the Act of 1935? What was Jawaharlal what effect? (c) education from the early days of the British rule to the year 1947. (About 150 words each) 3. Answer any three of the following: 10×3=30 (a) How did Lala Lajpat Rai and Bal Gangadhar Tilak champion the cause of militant nationalism in India? (b) If Aurobindo was the high priest, Rabindranath, was the great poet of the (c) Give a critical account of the Ramakrishna Mission with special reference to the role Played by Swami Vivekananda. (d) When and why did the revolt of the ratings of the Royal Indian Navy take Place? Why did they suspend the movement? What were the attitudes of Gandhi and Patel towards the movement? (About 50 words each) 4. (a) Write about the chief characteristics of the following : (i) Classical Music (ii) Bharat Nat yam (iii) Shab-i-Barat (iv) Kangra School of Painting (b) What do you know about the following movements? Page 14 of 85


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(i) Farazi Movement (ii) Suddhi Movement (iii) The Young Bengal Movement (c) Where are the following located and why have they been in the news? (i) Gabriela (ii) Tin Bigha (iii) Zambia (d) Why have the following become famous? (i) Kunwar Singh (ii) S.H.Slocum (iii) P.Ananda Charu (iv) K.M.Munshi (v) Muzaffar Ahmed (About 20 words on each) 2×15=30 SECTION II 5. What were the basic difference between Iraq and Kuwait which led to the invasion of Kuwait? What are the likely repercussions on India? OR

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What were the highlights of the discussions held between the Indian Prime - Soiet relation? (About 250 words) 6. Attempt any three of the following: 2×15=30 (a) Analyse the different phases of the Naxalite Movement from its inception to present day. What were the intial drawbacks of movement? (b) What are the main features of the agreement between Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and the West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl in July, 1990 on terms of German Unification? (c) Write briefly about the pro-democracy Movement in Nepal and its latest Outcome. (d) Explain in brief the major shift in the American policy towards Kampuchea. (About 75 words each) 7. Attempt any six of the following: 5×6=30 (a) Name the seven richest industrialized nation of the world. When and where did they meet recently? What were the broad agreements arrived at the meeting? (b) Where is Tehri Dam located and what is the scope of the project? What are the objections of the En (c) What are the basic points of dispute over the sharing of the Cauvery water? What are the recommendations of the Supreme Court? (d) What has been the significant event in Myanmar? What may be the possible outcome of the event? (e) Who has been chosen as the first Non-Communist leader in four decades in Bulgaria? What are its political repercussions? Page 15 of 85


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(f) What are the broad decisions of the meeting of the Indo-Bangladesh Joint River Commission held in June, 1990? (g) Write a short note on European Common Market (1992) (h) What are the important recommendations of the technical committee headed by Air Marshal Ramdass regarding operation of A-320 aircraft in Indian Airlines? (About 30 words on each) 8. (a) With which games are the following associated? (i) Scoop (ii) Gambit (iii) Let (b) Who are the following? Why were they in the news recently? (i) Harindranath chattopadhyay (ii) Leander Paes (iii) Quarratul-ain-Haidar (iv) Sam Nujoma (v) Ashwini Nanchappa (vi) Irving Wallance (vii) Rex Harrion (viii) Monica Seles (c) (i) Who won the best actress award in the 37 th National Film Festival in 1990 and for acting in which film? (ii) Which two old Hollywood actors got Oscar Awards in recent years and for acting in which film? (iii) (iv) What are the real Names of the following superstars who have distinguished themselves in the World Cup Competition? 1. The Black Diamond 2. The Golden Head (About 20 words on each) 2×15=30 SECTION III 9. (a) The following is a report on the accidents given by the Southern Railways:

decreased by 300 in 1981 and further decreased by 400 in 1982. The total number of accidents in the metre-gauge Section was 245 in 1980, 346 in 1981 -gauge Section

Prepare a complete table from the above report. 6 (b) The following table gives the classification of 300 electric bulbs according to their life-times in hours: Life time in hours

Numbers of bulbs

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950-1050 1050-1150 1150-1250 1250-1350 1350-1450 1450-1550 1550-1650 1650-1750 1750-1850 1850-1950 1950-2050 2050-2150

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4 9 19 36 51 58 53 37 20 9 3 1

Find the limits within which the first 50% of the bulbs fail. 6 10 (a) Indiacate the diagram you would consider most appropriate for representing each one of the following classes of statiscal data: (i) Distribution of the number of candidates according to the number of marks scored by each at a public examination. (ii) Distribution of age, sex and civil conditions of persons enumerated at the Census in 1981. (iii) Distribution of assets of All-India Life Insurance Companies put together as on June 30, 1989 (iv) Total value of Indian Exports and Imports during the year 1980 to 1989. (b) Proposed investment in States A and B under the VIII th Five-year Plan on different heads are given below in crores of Rupees. Sketch suitable diagrams to represent the data. Give reasons for your choice of the particular diagrammatic representation: Proposed Investment in Crores of Rupees S.NO.

Head

State A

State B

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Agriculture Industries Power Transport Irrigation Village Industries Social Service Education

2,250 2,500 1,950 1,600 750 700 1,750 500

1,125 1,250 975 800 3758 350 875 250

Total

12,000 6,000

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11. (a) Point out the mistake or ambiguities in the following statements and give the correct answer: 6 (i) The average cost of production of a commodity was Rs.1.50 in 1985 and Rs. 1.75 in 1986. So the factory has become inefficient. (ii) A person goes from Station X to Station Y on a cycle at 20 km per hour and returns at 24 km per hours. His average speed is 22 km per hour. (b) The average weight of 10 persons was recorded as 52 kg. Later is was found that the weight that the weight of two persons were wrongly recorded as 48 kg and 52 kg instead of 38 kg and 67 kg respectively. Calculate the correct average. 7 Or A Person purchases milk on our four consecutive months at the Rate of Rs. 4.00, Rs 5.00, Rs 6.00 and Rs. 7.00 per litre respectively. If he spends equal amount on milk during these months, what is the average price of milk per litre he pays? 12. (a) It is known statistically that the proportion of rainy days in the month of June for Kerla is 3/5. In one particular year, it rained on all days from June 1 to June 18. Based on this Information, someone predicts that it wills this prediction? Justify your answer. 6 (b) The table given below gives the average annual price in Rupees per litre of edible oil for all years from all years from 1976 to 1987: Years

Price per Litre of the Edible Oil

1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987

42.50 40.00 50.0 62.50 55.00 45.00 52.50 65.00 72.00 60.00 80.00 82.00

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Plot this data on a graph paper chronologically, examine the pattern of change in the observed annual average prices as year progress and give the approximate annual rate change in the price line graphically.

1991 SECTION I 1. beginning of 1947 till the attachment of Independence. OR

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Discuss the growth of revolutionary terrorism with special reference to its ramifications in Maharashtra, Bengal and Punjab till the first decade of the twentieth century.(About 250 words) 2. Answer any two of the following: 15×2=30 (a) What was Harijan Movement? Why and with what effect did Gandhi launch individual Satyagraha? (b) the vast unemployment, the degradation and the subjection of the Indian the objectives through national Planning? (c) Trace the growth and development of University education till 1919. (About 150 words each) 3. Answer any three of the following: 10×3=30 (a) State briefly the various facets of his life. (b) How far was Rabindranath Tagore a poet of Mankind? (c) Discuss the role of the Theosophical Society in the history of religious movement in India. (d) State the various regulations imposed by the British Government to curtail the freedom of the press.(About 50 words each) 4. Answer any three of the following: 10×3=30 (About 20 words on each) (a) Write about the chief characteristic of the following: (i) Chandella school of architecture (ii) Manipur dance (iii) Baisakhi (iv) Janmashtami (b) What do you know about the following movements? (i) Swadeshi Movement (ii) Khilafat Movement (iii) Namdhari Movement (c) Where are the following located and why have they been in the news?

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(i) Rudrapur (ii) Kachchativu (ii) Moron (d) Why have the following become famous? (i) S.A.Dange (ii) C. Sankaran Nair (iii) Titu Mir (iv) Theodore Beck SECTION II 5. Who were the main participants at the West Asian peace Conference in Madrid and what were the main issue confronting the participants? What do you think has been achieved at the meet? 35 OR Briefly describe the chain of major events towards the end of 1991 which led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the resignation of Mikhail Gorbachov. that in the Security Council.(About 250 words) 6. Attempt any three of the following: 10×3=30 (a) think it has been a success? (b) What do you know of the new Secretary-General of the United Nations? Mention some of the more challenging (c) In what way India made a significant contribution at the CHOGM summit at Harare? Who host the next CHOGM and when? (d) What is the genesis of the Yugoslav unrest? What has been the reaction of the European Community towards it? (About 75 words each) 7. Attempt any five of the following: 6×5=30 (a) What is National Integration Council? Is there a need for it? What was the major outcome of the recent meeting of the National Integration Council? (b) What was the magnitude of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy and what was the sailent feature of the Supreme Court verdit on the Bhopal Gas Tragedy? (c) reactor to Iran? (d) Briefly indicate why and what types of problems were faced by the United Germany consequent on its unification. (e) Where Antarctica and what is is there so special about it? What do you know of any ban on exploration in Antarctica? (f) What main topics were discussed at the NATO Summit at Rome recently and indicate the main trends which emerged out of it? (g) magnitude of their problem? (About 50 words on each) 8. (a) with which games are the following associated : (i) Begum Hazrat Mahal Trophy (ii) Swaythling Cup (iii) Vijay Hazre Trophy Page 20 of 85


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(b) Why have the following been in the news of late? (i) Ben Okri (ii) Nasiruddin Dagar (iii) Carla Hills (iv) Shankar Guha Neogy (v) Father Jean Bertrand Aristide (vii) Dr.M.S. Swaminathan (viii) Durga Khota (c) (i) title role? (ii) Who won the Wimbledon Championship in 1991? Who was his opponent and of which nationality? (iii) Who has been adjudged the best film Director at the 38Th National Film Festivals for 1990 and for which film? (iv) Where was the Olympic Hockey qualifying tournament played? Who won it?(About two sentence on each) 15×2=30 SECTION III 9. (a) A medical report mentioned that 85 per cent of the residents of a village have been vaccinated against a disease and that 70 Per cent escaped the disease. Neverthless, the percentage of those who were vaccinated but who suffered from the disease was 5. Show that this report cannot be correct. 6 (b) The income and expenditure of a bank for the year 1985-86 is given below. Represent the data by a pie diagram: Total Income (in lakhs) 5,086 Expenditure (in lakhs) Interest paid : 3,179 Salaries : 1,429 Rent : Other : Profit :

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Rs. Rs. Rs. 152 Rs. 257 Rs.69

10. (a) The following table gives the number of runs scored by two batsmen A and B in the last five matches: A 40 50 60 40 50 B 100 120 5 5 10 Which batsman would you prefer for inclusion in the team for the next match? Why? 6 (b) The following tables give the classification of 100 electric bulbs of two types A and B according to their life time in hours.

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Both the types come with a guarantee periods of 1100 hours, during which all failed bulbs are replaced free of cost. Which type of bulbs would you prefer? Why? If the manufacture of type A bulbs wants to ensure that the proportion of bulbs that fail during the guarantee period should not exceed 0.05, what guarantee period should be offer? 11. (a) Examine the following statements critically : 6 (i) In Delhi, 80% of road accidents involve male drivers, while only 20% involve female drivers. Therefore, females are better drivers. (ii) A good idea about the average monthly income of individuals in a city in India can be obtained by calculating the average of the monthly incomes of a random sample of 100 persons selected from the telephone directory. (iii) One can predict the winning candidate in an election by taking every tenth voter coming out of an election booth to name the candidate for whom he has voted. (b) 100 fish from a lake were trapped, marked and released in the lake. Afte r allowing enough time to ensure that the marked fish have mixed freely with the unmarked ones, 20 fish were caught and bound to contain 5 marked and 15 unmarked fish. Using this information, give an estimation of the total number of fish in the lake. 8 12. (a) The following data is concerned with the annual turnover in lakhs of rupees of a manufacturing company : Year 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Turnover 342 380 385 420 480 obtain the average annual rate of increase in turnover and forecast the turnover for 1991. (b) Let X denote the output of an employee before a training programme and Y that after the training programme. Statistical analysis indicates that X and Y are related by the equation Y=20+0.95X, Where X range from 40 to 100. The management claims that since 0.95 is less than one, the training programme reduces the output of the employee. Do you agree with the management?

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1992 SECTION I 1. 'The Viceroyalities of Lord Lytton and Lord Ripon formed an inmportant landmark in the history of the Indian National Movement'. Examine the truth of the statement. OR How far was the Swadeshi Movement linked with Boycott? Analysis the nature of mass paticiaption in the Movement. (About 250 words) 2. Answer any two of the following: 15x2=30 (a) Analysis jawaharlal Nehru's views on Independence and Dominion Status. How far these reflected in the policy enunciated by the Lahore Congress? (b) Why did Mahatma Gandhi launch Civil Disobedience Movement? Analyse the intensity of the movement in differents parts of India. (c) 'The railways did in India what they did elsewhere from handicraft to machanical industry by transport situation.' Discuss. (About 150 words) 3. Answer any three of the following: 10x3=30 (a) Write a short history of the Local Self-Government till the Reforms of 1919. (b) How far the labour lagislations of the British Govenrment were meant to ameliorate the condition of the working class.

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(c) What were the contributions of the Arya Samaj to social and religious movement of India? (d) Discuss Tagore's concept on education. How far was it a departure from conventional system of education? (About 50 words each) 4. (a) Write about the chief features of the following: (i) Sunga art (ii) Kathakali (iii) ram Navami (b) What do you know about the following movemwnt? (i) Wahabi Movement (ii) Indigo Movemwnt (iii) Quit India Movement (c) Where are the following located and why have they been in the news recently? (i) Cuttack (ii) Ayodhya (iii) Guadaljara (d) Why have the following become famous? (i) M.A. Ansari (ii) P.C. Joshi (iii) Indulal Yagnik (iv) Lord Pethwick Lawrence (v) Sree Narayan Guru (vi) Nandlal Bose (About 20 words on each) 2x15=30 SECTION II 5. Twenty five year terms of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty will come to an end in 1995. Some important members want it to be renewed, as it is, for another 25 or 50 years. What are its basic provisions and how will its renewal adversely affect India's interests? 35 OR What were the proposal of President F.W. de Klerk on democratisation in South Africa? Why did the African National Congress break off the negotiations? What steps are being taken to resume negotiations? (About 250 words) 6. Attempt any two of the following: 15x2=30 (a) What is Eager Mace? What have been its objectives and in what respect has it been criticised? (b) For what reasons have Russia and Japan failed to sign a peace treaty? What are the latest developments in this respect? (c) What are the recommendations of the Ramamurthi Committee in respect of Navodaya Schools? What are the observations of the Committee of Central Advisory Board of education (CABE) on its recommendations. (About 125 words each) 7. Attempt any five of the following: 6x5=30 (a) When and where was the United Nations Conference on Trade Development held recently? What was its major decision? (b) What are the unique features of 'Agni' launched recently by India? When and from where was it launched? What has been the reaction of the USA? Page 24 of 85


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(c) What stand was taken by India at the recent Security Council Summit in regard to nuclear Non-Proliferation? What major decision was taken by the Summit? (d) In what respect can the recent arms control agreement between the USA and Russia be considered as a big step forward towards disarmament? (e) What is the magnitude of the drought in Africa? (f) What punitive steps have been taken by the Bush administration against Pakistan to discourage it from its nuclear weapon programme? (g) When and why did India establish full diplomatic relations with Israel? (About 50 words on each) 8. (a) With which games are the following associated: (i) Chukkar (ii) Coxwain (iii) Jigger (b) Who are the following? Why have they been in the news recently? (i) Subhash Mukhopadhyay (ii) Ganesh Sittampalam (iii) Dr. Sudhir Gupta (iv) Kab-Soon (v) Albert Rene (vi) lord Leonar Cheshire (vii) Sheila Elain Wager (viii) Rosaline Wilson (c) (i) Who have been given the Simon Bolivar Prizes for 1992 by the UNESCO? (ii) Which film was adjudged the best feature film on national integration in the 39th national Film Awards for 1991 and which award was given? (iii) Who won gold metal in women's tennis in Barcelona Olympic Games? Who was defeated in this Final? (iv) Who was the first triple gold medalist at Barcelona in Swimming? In which events to new world records were set up by this Sportsperson? (About two sentences each) 2x15=30 SECTION III 9. (a) 'In an examination, 500 students appeared of which 40% were girls. Of these, 100 students including 20 girls were declared to be unsuccessful. Among those who were successful, 20% were placed in third division while 10% got first division. the remaining students were placed in second division of which half were boys. No girl, however got first division, Represent the above information in a suitable tabular form. 7 (b) An investigator reported the following figures to his office about a certain district: (i) Total area of district=2536 sq. km. (ii) Total number of police station in the district=10 (iii) Density of population=252 sq. km. (iv) Total number of families in the district=9653 (v) Average area under the jurisdiction of a police=250 sq. km. Page 25 of 85


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(vi) Average size (number of members) of a family=5.9 (vii) Percentages of Hindus, Muslims and others are 63.6, 36.2 and 1.9 respectively. Scrutinizine the data & point out all inconsisrencies. 6 10. (a) Represent the following data by a pie diagram: 8 Level of Schools

Enrolment (in lakhs)

Elementary Junior Secondary Higher Secondary Total

87.02 36.97 11.83 4.47 140.29

(b) State the most appropriate diagram to represent the following data: 4 (i) The number of tourists visiting a country during each of last thirty years (ii) The number of registered allopathic and homeopathic doctors in six different states (iii) Five-year plan outlay in different economic sectors (iv) The number of automobile accidents on a highway during each of last 100 days. 11. (a) The following table shows the time spent by 200 students in watching television programmes during a month: Time (in hours) Less than 10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 More than 90

Number of Students 8 16 26 20 30 40 20 18 16 6

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Subject ↓ Students A B C

Maximum marks in each subject 800 700 900 600 1000 S1

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550 553 549 540 500 480 420 540 360 600 424 427 423 426 420

Determine which students have shown: (i) most consistance performance and (ii) most inconsistent performance 7 12. (a) State whether the following statements are true or false, justifying your answer in each case: 6 (i) A lady claims that she call tell whether sugar was added first or milk was added first to a cup of tea (prepared with milk and sugar) by drinking just one sip. To test her claim, five cups of tea are given to her and she makes inference in each case. She turns out to be correct in three cases. Her claim is justified. (ii) A bank offers two kinds of fixed deposit schemes. In the first, two times the principal amount is paid at the end of six years, while, in the second scheme, four times the principal amount is paid at the end of eighteen years. If simple interest is paid in either case, the second scheme is better in terms of simple rate of interest. (iii) 95% of the students who voted in favour of making the study of English Language compulsory were from convent schools. therefore, the voting was biased. (b) An investor decides to invest his money Rs. 2,50,000 as follows. The expected rate of return and the actual rate of return are given below: Name of Company AB fertilisers BC mills CD chemicals DE Pharmaceuticals

Amount invested

Expected rate of return

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15% 20% 10% 25%

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Calculate the expected and actual overall return on his total investment.

1993 SECTION I 1. ''Mahatma Gandhi's succession, during 1916-20, in getting the 'technique of non-violent satyagraha accepted by the nation as a weapon of struggle against the British was phenomenal.'' Elucidate. 35 OR Why was Bengal partitioned in 1905? How did it lead to the growth of extermist and terrorist schools of nationalism? Why was it annulled and with what consequences? (About 250 words) 2. Answer any two of the following: 15x2=30 (a) ''From August offer of mountabatten Plan was a logical Revolution.'' Discuss (b) What was the Macdonald Award? How was it modified and with what results? (c) Analyse the main differences between the approaches of Tilak and Gokhale on social and political issues. (About 150 words each) 3. Answer any three of the following: 10x3=30 (a) What were the basic differences between the conservative and the liberal schools of administrators in the latter of the 19th century? (b) ''The Minto-Morely Reforms did not and could not provide an answer to Indian problems.'' Explain. (c) ''The Lucknow Pack of 1916 was signed without regard for its consequences.'' Elucidate. (d) Explain Rabindranath Tagore's Plan of village reconstruction. (About 50 words each) 4. (a) Write about the chief feature of the following: (i) Mathura School of Art (ii) Bundi School of Painting (iii) Mughal Architecture at Fatehpur Sikri (b) What do you know about the following? (i) Home Rule Movement (ii) Temple Entry Programme (iii) Mass Contact programme of Nehru (iv) Sikander-Jinnah Pact (c) Why did the following places become famous during the freedom struggle? (i) Dandi (ii) Haripura (iii) Surat (iv) Bardoli (d) Why have the following become famous?

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(i) C.Ilbert (ii) John Simon (iii) Ramsay Macdonald (iv) Wavell (About 20 words on each) 2x15=30 SECTION II 5. What were the objects of the UN-sponsored for bringing peace in Cambodia? Discuss. 35 OR What recent development have been responsible for bringing India and Israel closer? What progress has been made in this direction during the last one year? Discuss. (About 250 words) 6. Attempt any three of the following: 10x3=30 (a) How do the recommendations of the world Conference on human Rights held at Vienna reflect India's concern in terrorism and self-determination? (b) How have the Indo-US relations improved during the last two years? Discuss. (c) What is ISO 9000? why is it much in demand these days? (d) Why has the question of child labour become more important recently? How is it going to affect India? (About 100 words each) 7. Attempt any six of the following: 5x6=30 (a) What are the objections of the various countries to the signing of the chemical weapons treaty? (b) What is the problem of the Chakmas? Why have the Chakma refugees refused to go back to their homeland? (c) What policy intiatives have been taken to reduce water pollution of major rivers in India? (d) Why did the European power find it difficult to solve the Bosnian crisis? (e) Should the speaker of a Legislative Assembly appear before the courts on summons? Justify your viewpoint. (f) For what purposes was the Consumers Protection Act enacted in India? How far would the latest amendments in the Act help the self-employed persons? (g) What are the significant achievments of G-7 summit held in 1993? (h) What do you about the formation of Eritrea? What is the magnitude of the problems which it faces? (About 50 words each) 8. (a) With which games are the following associated: (i) Indira Priyadarshini Trophy (ii) Ezra Cup (iii) Sudirman Cup (b) Who are the following? Why have they been in the news recently? (i) G.V. Iyer (ii) tansu Ciller (iii) Leila Attar Page 29 of 85


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(iv) Pratibha Roy (v) Betty Boothroyd (vi) Dicky Dalma (vii) Dr. Svetoslav Roerich (viii) S. Mulgaokar (c) (i) Who were honoured this year with Arjuna Awards for outstanding Contribution in Weightlifting & Rowing? (ii) Who received the best child artist award at the 40th National Film Festival and for which film? (iii) Who won the best Director's awards for the year 1992 at the 40th National Films Festival and for which film? (iv) Who won the Italian Open Women Tennis Final in May 1993 and who was the runner-up? (About 30 words on each) 30 SECTION III 9. (a) Represent the following report in tabular form: ''In 1991 census, in an area of a state, it was that out of the total population of 128 million, 74 million belonged to urban areas. In urban area 25 million were Hindu males, While of the urban female population of 34 million, only 12 million were non-Hindus. Out of a total of 41 million non-Hindus in the whole area, only 23 million were males. Also, there were 22 million of Hindu females living in rural areas." 8 The following is a factory inspector's report: " Of 500 workers, there are 405 skilled workers, 225 males and 65 skilled females." Can he be correct? Justify your answer. 4 10. (a) The following is pie-diagram representing the values of export of six commodities A, B, C, D, E and F in country. If the total value of exports is Rs. 9600 crores, calculate the value of exports of the commidities A, B, C, D, E and F respectively. (b) The average marks of 600 students in an examination is 42. Among them, the average marks of the top 150 students is 76, while that of the last 250 students? 6 11. (a) What is the most appropriate diagram to represent the following data: (i) The world book production during the last ten years (ii) The number of allopath and homeopath doctors in a state during the last five years (iii) the number of salaried employees getting salaries in the ranges: a 1-a2, a2a3, a3-a4,............,an-1-an. (iv) The monthly expenditure on different items by a family. (b) the following table gives the distribution of scores obtained by 500 students in an examination: Score Numbers of Page 30 of 85


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20 28 52 86 128 76 59 26 17 8

Calculate (assuming that the number is uniformly distributed within each interval): (i) the score below which lie the scores of half of the total number of students. (ii) the passing score if 20% of the students fail (iii) the percentage of first divisioners (getting scores of 60 or more) 9 12. (a) State whether the following statements are true or false. Give reasons for your answer: (i) 99% of those who drink liquor die before reaching the age of 100 years. Therefore, drinking is bad for longevity. (ii) The average income of a factory proprietor, the employees are being fabulously paid. (iii) In a report on consumer preferance it was given that of 500 persons surveyed 410 preffered variety A, 380 preffered variety B and 270 persons preffered both the varieties equally. (b) The audited financial results of a company for the years 1991-92 and 199293 are given below: 1991-92 (Rs. 1992-93 (Rs. In lakhs) in lakhs) 1. Income from operations 2. Other Income 3. Expenditure 4. Interest paid 5. Depreciation 6. Provision for taxes

1873.80 247.99 412.36 1091.29 207.21 18.33

4383.08 505.04 730.48 2797.50 645.14 10.00

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1994 SECTION I 1. How did the outbreak of the Second World War affect India's political scence? Did the Cripps Mission resolve the political crisis in India? (About 250 words) 35 OR Trace the energence of Gandhiji in Indian political scene till the Champaran Stayagraha of 1917. What was the basic philosophy of Satyagraha enunciated by him? (About 250 words) 2. Answer any two of the following: 15x2=30 (a) Discuss the outstanding Tribal uprising against the British rule during the nineteenth century. (b) What is meant by 'un-British' rule in India? How did the Indian nationalists react against it? Evaluate the role of Dadabhai Naroji in exposing the evils of British rule in India. (c) Discuss the British policy towards Tibet from the end of the nineteenth century to the Viceroyalty of Lord Curzon. (About 150 words each) 3. Answer any two of the following: 15x2=30 (a) What were the contributions of the Moderates in the formative stage of the Indian National Congress? (b) Explain the part played by Annie Besant in the Home Rule Movement. (c) In what way did the international events in the late twenties of the present century influence Jawaharlal Nehru's radical views? (d) Why did Tagore emphasize on the primacy of the social over the political order? (About 75 words each) 4. (a) Write about the chief features of the following: (i) Dev Devali (ii) Gandhara School of Art (iii) Indian Ballet (b) What do you know about the following? (i) Tana Bhagat Movement (ii) Satyashodak Movement (iii) Khilafat Movement (c) Where are the following located and what are they famous for? (i) Lothal (ii) Lumbini (iii) Vailankanni (d) Why have the following become famous? (i) N.G.Ranga (ii) C.Y. Chintamani (iii) Sir William Wedderburn (iv) Narendra Dev (v) M.R. Jayakar

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(vi) Madan Lal Dhingra (About 20 words on each ) 2x15=30 SECTION II 5. Examine the present status of Indo-U.S. relations. What are the major irritants in the relation between the two countries? 35 OR Explain the background of and the reasons for the strained U.S.-Japanies trade relations. (About 250 words) 6. Attempt any three of the following: 10x3=30 (a) What are the causes of civil strife in Rwanda? (b) What is the stand of the Election Commission on the residential qualification of the members of the Rajya Sabha? (c) Discuss the problem of factional politics in Afghanistan. (d) What are the issues in the Bosnian tangle? (About 100 words each) 7. Atempt any five of the following: 5x6=30 (a) Explain the concept of 'global village'. (b) What are the Euro issues? (c) What are the recommendations of the Malhotra committee? (d) What is HAMAS? (e) What is Marraesh Declaration? (f) What is Eurostar? (g) What role has India to play in the recent happening in Myanmar? (About 50 words each) 8. (a) With which games are the following associated: (i) Rohinton Baria Trophy (ii) Obaidullah Gold Cup (iii) Bunting (b) Who are the following? Why have they been in the news recently? (i) Aarti Saha (ii) Alexander Solzhenitsyn (iii) Banoo Koyaji (iv) Peter Sutherland (v) Balvin Kapil (vi) Roger Bannister (vii) Vaikom Mohammed Basheer (viii) talisma Nasreen (c) (i) Who won the Wimbledon Men's Singles Final of 1994? Who was the runner-up? (ii) Who is known as the 'Maradona of the Carpathia'? (iii) Which film has got the best non-feature film award in the 41st National Film Festival Awards? (iv) How many qualifying teams played in the World Cup'94? What is the official name of the World Cup now. (About 20 words on each) 2x15=30 Page 33 of 85


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SECTION III 9. The test below gives the admission figures in a university, consisting of Arts and Science Faculties only, during the years 1986, 1987 and 1988: ''The total number of students in 1986 was 6500. It increased by 8% in 1987 and further increased by 10% in 1988. The number of female students was 1000 in 1986, it increased by 12% in 1987 and further increased by 10% in 1988. Among the female students, the number of sciences students was 325, 396 and 473 in 1986, 1987 and 1988 respectively. Among the male students, the number of Arts students was 4805, 5030 and 5362 repectively, in the three years." Present the information in a tabular form. Also calculate the percentage increase of male students in 1988 as compared to 1986. 12 10. (a) Draw a pie diagram to show the population figures of different regions of world in the year 1968. (State the relative percentage population figures and the corresponding angles) Regions

Population in Lakhs

Asia 19460 America 4890 Europe 4550 Africa 3360 USSR 2390 Oceania 350 (b) Examine the correctness of the following report about the liking of consumers for two products A and B; "50% liked both A and B, 35% liked A but not B, and 25% liked B but not A." 11. (a) Mention, in each case, the most appropriate diagram to represent the following data: (i) the population figures of a state at different census. (ii) the number of educational institution for men and for women in India in ten different years (iii) the percentage of national income from various sources in a country during a certain year (iv) the number of car accidents in a road during each of last fifty days (b) The following table shows the distribution of monthly income for 580 persons: Monthly No. of income (in Rs.) persons less than 1000 less than 1500 less than 2000 less than 2500 less than 3000

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Find: (i) the percentage of persons having income between Rs. 1500 and Rs. 4500 6 12. (a) State whether the following statements are true or false. Give reasons for your answer. (i) It is dangerous to lie in bed as about 90% of death so far occured have been in bed. (ii) Female workers in a factory are more punctual than male workers since percentage of female and male persons coming on time are 90% and 50% respectively. (iii) Road conditions have not necessarily improved because the number of road accidents has diminished. 6 (b) The mean age of 50 persons was found to be 32 years. LAter it was detected that age 57 was misread as 27, age 60 was misread as 35 and age 28 was misread as 33. Find the corrected mean age. 6

1995 1. Do you think that the Partition of India was inevitable? Discuss the attitudes of Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Nehru and Maulana Azad towards the crucial question of Partition. 35 OR In what way did the Civil Disobedience Movement affect the different provinces of India? How did it foster peasant movement in India? (About 250 words) 2. Answer any to of the following: 15x2=30 (About 150 words each) (a) When was the system of open competitive examination in the Indian Civil Services introduced? Analyse the growth of the Indian Civil Service till the passing of the Government of India Act, 1919. (b) Discuss the various acpects of social legislation introduced by the East India Company in the first half of the nineteenth century. (c) Trace the emergence of Indian nationalism till the foundation of the Indian National Congress. 2. Answer any to of the following: 10x3=30 (About 75 words each) (a) How did the British illustrate Lord Canning's policy in treating the Indian Page 35 of 85


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Princes as 'Breakwaters in the storm'? (b) Assess the growth and development of Technical Education during the British rule. (c) 'Swami Vivekananda might well be called the father of Indian nationalism.' Elucidate. (d) How far was Gurudev Rabindranath tagore's concept of religion wedded to his love of nature? 4. (a) Write about the chief features of the following: (i) Shab-i-Barat (ii) Ganesh Chaturthi (iii) Dravidian architechture (d) What do you know about the following? (i) Aligarh Movement (ii) Shuddhi Movement (iii) brahmo Movement (c) Where are the following located and why have they been in the news recently: (i) Thiruvananthpuram (ii) Charar-e-Sharif (iii) Bara Hoti (d) Why have the following becomes famous? (i) Bhai Parmanand (ii) Dr. Satyapal (iii) Vasudeo Balwant Phadke (iv) George Yule (v) N.C. Kelkar (vi) C.F.Andrews (About 20 words each) 2x15=30 SECTION II 5. What strategic moves recently been made by the U.S.A. and China in the South Pacific region? Is the U.S.A. withdrawing from this region? 35 OR Recent SAARC Summit has been considered as a 'non-starter' by some ploitical observe while for others it has marked a watershed. Explain the two view points. (About 250 words) 6. Attempt any three of the following: 10x3=30 (a) Where was the G-7 summit held recently? In what respects are its recommendations concerning India considered an exercise in hypocricy? (b) In what respect can the recent bilateral deal between the U.S.A. and Japan be considered as mockery of the GATT treaty? (c) What have been the recent recommendations of the World Bank on India's Family Welfare programme? How do these recommendations compare with Page 36 of 85


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those which emerged from the Cairo Conference on Population and Development in 1994? (d) For what reasons have the parliamentaries recently stressed the importance of setting up a National Security Council in India? (About 100 words each) 7. Attempt any five of the following: 6x5=30 (About 50 words each) (a) What have been the observations of the Supreme Court in a recent judgement in respect of a Uniform Civil Code? (b) What are the reasons for the intensification of the border dispute between Peru and Ecudor? (c) Which organisation prepared the report entitled 'Our Global Neighbourhood'? What are its majoir recommendations? (d) Why has 'Baring' been in the news? who has been held responsible for its present situation? (e) What is the significance of the agreements signed beteween India and South Africa during the first official visit of President Nelson Mandela to India recently? (f) In what respects is the Prime Minister narasimha rao's recent visit to France considered to be 'most productive and useful'? (g) What has been the clinching evidence about the receipt of M-11 missiles by pakistan? 8. (a) Who are the following? Why have they been in the news recently? (i) Harold Wilson (ii) Irfan Ljubijankic (iii) Vaclav Havel (iv) Ashapurna Devi (v) Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Thani (vi) Chatrel Rinpoche (vii) Ram Vithal Nagarkar (viii) Carlos Menem (ix) Alison Hargreaves (x) Rosalyn Higgin (b) (i) Who was given the Best Director Award in the 42nd Film Awards recently and for which film? (ii) Which film won the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival recently and who was its director? (iii) Who was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding as announced in May 1995? (iv) Which sports persons associated with Cricket and Hockey were selected in 1994 for Arjuna Awards? (v) Who won the French Open men's Tennis Title recently? Who was the runner-up? (About 20 words each) 2x15=30 SECTION III Page 37 of 85


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9. 'The total number of books in a library was 7500 in 1990. It increased by 8% in 1991 and increased by 6% in 1992. The number of books in the English section was 4000 in 1990 and it increased by 10% in 1991 as compared to 1990. The number of books in the Hindi section increased by 5% in 1992 as compared to 1991. In the English section, there were 1200, 1400 and 1550 text books during the years 1990, 1991 and 1992, respectively, while in the Hindi section, the number of general books (non-text books) were 2900, 3050 and 3125 respectively, during the three years.' Represent the above information in a tabular form. Also calculate the percentage increase in the number of books in the library in 1992 as compared to 1990. 12 10. (a) The following table shows the investment on different heads under a five-years plan. Represent the data by a pie-diagram. The figures for relative percentages and corresponding angles must be shown in a tabular form. 8 Item 1. Agriculture 2. Major irrigation 3. Power 4. Industries 5. Transport 6. Social Services

Investment (Rs. Crores) 2280 648 1968 2940 1656 2508

(b) In a locality actually invaded by cholera, 70% inhabitants were attacked and 80% had been inoculated. What is the minimum percentage of the inoculated who had been attacked? Give reasons. 11. (a) Mention, in each case, the most approciate diagram to represent the following data: (i) distribution of the numberof candidates according to the number of marks scored by each at an examination. (ii) total value of a country's exports and imports during ten years 1985 to 1994. (iii) annual turnover of a manufacturing company during ten years (iv) Distribution of actual outlay in the different public sectors during the last five-year plan 4 (b) The following table gives the distribution of life-times of 400 electric bulbs: Life-time (in hours)

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Find : (i) the percentage of bulbs whose life-times are at least 500 but less than 1000 hours (ii) the percentage of bulbs with life-times of at least 900 hours 10 12. (a) State whether the following statements are true or false. Give reasons for your answer. 6 (i) In a mechanical engineering class, 80% male students completed the course in due time of four years whereas 100% female students did the same. Therefore, the performance of female students is generally better than male students. (ii) Two students got the following marks in there examinations: Student A : 60/100 72/80 35/50 Student B : 48/80 108/120 105/150 It is claimed that B has better performance than A. (iii) The salary of a person is first increased by 18% and then decreased by 5%. His net increase is 12.1%. 6 (b) An investor buys Rs. 2400 worth of shares of a company each month. During the first six months, he bought the shares at a price of Rs. 20, Rs. 24, Rs. 30, Rs. 48 and Rs. 60 per share. After six months, What is the average price per share paid by him? 6

1996 SECTION I 1. What were the reasons that changed Gandhiji's attitude of responsive cooperation to non-cooperation in 1920? What were its consequences? OR The policies of the British Indian Government during 1858-1905 were aimed at preventing another revolt of the masses. Eludicate. (About 250 words) 2. Answer any two of the following: 15x2=30 (a) Bengal was partitioned in 1905 not for administrative reasons but for political purposes. Eludicate. Page 39 of 85


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(b) What was the Masterly Inactivity Policy? Why was it abandoned? (c) What was the Macdonald Award? How was it modified? (About 150 words each)? 3. Answer any three of the following: 10x3=30 (a) What are Tilak's contribution towards shaping the course of the nationalist movement in India? (b) Why has Nehru in his Autobiography been so critical of the liberals? (c) What was the role of the states' people's movement in the integration of Indian states? (d) Tagore's emphasis on internationalism and humanism was ahead of his times. Explain. (About 75 words each) 4. (a) Write about the chief features of the following: 2x15=30 (i) Town Planning in Indus Valley Civilization (ii) Rock cut Cave Architecture (iii) Ahmadiya Movement (iv) Mahayan Buddhism (b) What do you know about the following: (i) Butler Committee Report (ii) August Offer, 1940 (iii) Theosophical Society of India (c) Why have the following been famous? (i) Bhartendu Harish Chandra (ii) C. Rajagopalachari (iii) A.O. Hume (iv) Birsa Munda (About 20 words each) SECTION II 5. Indicate the principal issues that dominated the political debate in the presidential elections of 1996 in Russia. OR How has the Taiwan issue influenced US-China relations during the last one year? (About 250 words) 6. Attempt any three of the following: 10x3=30 (a) Write a note on the political developments in Afghanistan during the last one year. (b) Briefly describe the main achievements of Habitat II Conference in Istanbul. (c) What are the issues involved in solving the problem of refugees from Bhutan? (d) What is meant by 'Judicial Activism'? Evaluate its role in reducing corruption in public life. (About 100 words on each) 7. Attempt any five of the following: 6x5=30 (a) Discuss the impact of change of government in Israel on the West Asia peace process. (b) What measures would you suggest to make Human Rights effective and Page 40 of 85


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operative? (c) Evalute the significance of Supreme Court judgement on the income Tax Returns of Political parties. (d) Discuss the developments which led to the setting up of a caretaker government in Bangladesh. (e) Write a note on National Literacy Mission. (f) The recent election in India seem to necessitete a change in the style of governance. Explain. (g) On what issues had Sunderlal Bahuguna been lately resorting to fasts? (About 50 words on each) 8. (a) Who are the following? Why have they been in the news? (i) Mesut Yilmaz (ii) M.C. Mehta (iii) Ron Brown (iv) Anil Kakodkar (b) With which games are the following associated? (i) Basalat Jha Trophy (ii) Rothmans Cup (ii) Ryder Cup (c) Name the author of the following books: (i) Gita Rahasya (ii) Of Human Bondage (iii) Geet Govind (d) (i) Where was the joint Indo-US Naval exercise held recently. What was its code name? (ii) Who was judged the best actress at the 43rd National Film Award in 1996 and for which film? (iii) Who was the recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1995? (iv) Which state won the Ranji Trophy in 1996? (v) Which country won the Wills World Cup Trophy in 1996? 2x15=30 SECTION III 9. Represent the following data in a tabular form: '1810 men, of whom 700 were graduates and 982 women, of whom 590 were non-graduates, participated in an opinion poll about a certain measure. Among the 1407 persons who voted for the measure there were 840 men of whom 392 were graduates. In all, 951 persons voted against the measures which included 205 male graduates and 126 female non-graduates. 207 women were 'indifferent' (neither for nor against the measure) of whom 100 were graduates. 12 10. (a) The following pie-diagram represents the relative shares of varios

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sectors of development A, B, C, D, E and F in a country, under a five year plan.

Calculate the relative percentages of shares in A, B, C, D, E and F showing all the representive angles. If the total plan outlay is Rs. 16000 crores, calculate the respective value of the shares in all sectors individually? Present the calculated figures in a tabular form. 8 (b) A train covered a distance of 500 kms four times, the first time at a speed of 50km/hr, the second time at 20km/hr, the third time at 40km/hr and the fourth time at 25km/hr. Calculate the average speed of the train. 4 11. (a) Mention, in each of the following cases, the most appropriate diagram to represent the data: (i) The number of accidents on a given road between two locations during each of last 100 days. (ii) The number of male and female students in a college during each of last six years. (iii) The distribution of expenditure of a bank under different heads in a year. (iv) The number of students securing marks in the ranges: 40-50, 50-60, 60-70, 70-80, 80-90 and 90-100 (b) The following table shows the percentages of total populations in various age groups: Age group (in years) 0-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90

Percentage 23.00 18.65 16.35 15.00 11.95 6.05 5.00 3.15 0.85

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If there were 290 million people aged upto years, calculate the population in the following age groups: (i) 31-60 years (ii) more than 70 years 8 12. (a) State whether the following statements are true or false. Give reasons for your answer. 6 (i) The average depth of a river is 4 feet during summer. If the average height of members of a family is 4.5 feet, all the members can safely cross the river on foot. (ii) Television programmes have been very popular since 80% of those who have contracted the station director have praised the programmes. (iii) It is known statiscally that the proportion of rainy days in the month of June is 2/5. In one particular year, it rained on 12 days in the first fortnight. It can be predicted that it will not at all during the rest of the month. 6 (b) An enquiry into the budgets of the middle-class families in a city gave the following information: Items

Percentage expenses

Prices (1975)

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Food Rent Clothing Fuel Miscellaneous

29% 15% 25% 10% 21%

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What changes in cost of living figures of 1982 as compared to that of 1975 are seen? Calculate the figures. 6

1997 Time Allowed : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 300 Each Question is printed both in Hindi and in English. Answer must be written in the Medium specified in the Admission Certificate issued to you, Which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer-book in the space provided for the purpose. No marks will be given for the answers written in a medium other than that specified in the Admission Certificate. Candidates Should attempt all Question strictly in accordance with the instructions given under each question. The number of Marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question. SECTION I Page 43 of 85


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1. How did Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel succeed in avoiding the evil consequences of the doctrine of lapse of paramountcy and in integrating Indian States? OR Examine the causes and nature of extremism in Indian politics in the early part of the present century. (About 250 words) 2. Answer any two of the following: (a) What were the salient features of Gandhi-Irwin Pact? departure from conventional system of education? c) What were the circumstances that led to the partition of India in 1947? (About 250 words on each) 3. Answer any three of the following:

Examine its effects on Indian economy. (b) The name of RajaRam Mohan Roy stands foremost in the field of religious (c) The Preamble to the Constitution is aimed to embody the fundamental values and the philosophy on which the Constitution is based Elucidate. (d) What are the provisions regarding the protection of Linguistic minorities in the Constitution? (About 75 words on each) 4. (a) Write about the chief features of the following : (i) Chaitya (ii) Vijayanagara (iii) Yaksha Gana (iv) Khayal (b) What do you know about the following? (v) Lalit Kala Academy (vi) Poona Sarvajanik Sabha (vii) Rowlatt Act (viii) August Declaration, 1917

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(c) Where are the following located and with which event are they associated? (ix) Surat (x) Vaikom (xi) Midnapur (d) Where are the following become famous? (xii) Shymji Krishnavarma (xiii) Rani Gaidinliu (xiv) Saifuddin Kitchlew (xv) Dr. Nivedita Bhasin (About 20 words on each) SECTION II 5. Where and when was the meeting between the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan held in 1997? What were the main decisions taken and what follow -up action has been taken? OR Describe the recent significant developments in Sino-Russian relations. How have the Russain people reacted to these developments? (About 250 words) 6. Attempt any three of the following: (a) What is the Taliban Movement? How has it influenced the geopolitical equations in Asia? (b) What circumstances led to the victory of Socialists in the parliamentary elections in France? (c) What was the Pathfinder by Mission? What were its main findings? ( recently? (About 100 words on each) 7. Attempt any three of the following: -Russian cooperation in space? (b) Why has there been opposition from the North-eastern States to the Supreme Court ban on all activities inside forests? (c) What is VDIS? What does it aim at? (d) What was the fallout of the Plenary Session of Indian National Congress in Calcutta in August 1997? (e) On what grounds did India not sign the CTBT?

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China? (About 50 words on each) 8. (a) Name the authors of the following books? (i) The God of Small Things (ii) A Suitable Boy (iii) Nice Guys Finish Second (b) Who are the following? Why have they been in the news? (iv) Mahashweta Devi (v) Sivaji Ganeshan (vi) Sanjay Ghosh (vii) Sanath Jayasurya (viii) Martina Hingis (ix) Iva Majoli (x) Mike Tyson (xi) Mother Teresa (c) Name the directors of the following films: (xii) Train to Pakistan (xiii) Sardari Begam (xiv) Saaz (xv) Batman and Robin (About 20 words on each) SECTION III 9. 5, out of a total 2000 students in a college, 1400 were for graduation and the rest for post-graduation. Out of 1400 graduate students, 100 were girls; however in all there were 600girls in the college. In 1990, the number of graduate students increased to 1700 out of which 250 were girls, but the number of post-graduate students fell to 500, of which only 50 were boys.

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In 1995, out of 800girl students, 650 were for graduation, whereas the total number of graduate students was 200. The number of boys and girls in

Represent the above information in a tabular form. Also calculate the percentage increase in the number of graduate students in the college in 1995 as compared to 1985. 10. (a) In one of the Five Year Plans of India, of the total of Rs. 7250 crore, the plan outlays for Agriculture & Irrigation, Transport & Communication, Community Development, Power, and Industry & Minerals had been rupees 1275 crore, 1450 crore, 400 crore, 925 crore, 1500 crore respectively. The remainder was under the head Miscellaneous. Represent the data by a pie diagram showing the relative percentages and corresponding angles in a tabular form. (b) The mean of marks obtained in an examination by a group of 100 students was found to be 49.98. The mean of the marks obtained in the same examination by another group of 200 students was 52.32. Find the mean of the marks obtained by both the groups taken together. 11. (a) Mention, in each of the following cases, the most appropriate diagram to represent the data. (i) Number of refrigerators produced by a certain factory during the last 10 yeas. (ii) The expenditure on different major heads by a family during a given month. (iii) Consumer price index number of working class people in two cities for the period 1985 to 1994. (iv) The daily sales (in Rs.) in a shop for the last one year period. (b) The following table shows the distribution of men according to their heights: Height in cm. less then 140 less then 150 less then 160 less then 170 less then 180 less then 190 less then 200

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Find: (i) the percentage of men having height between 150 cm. and 180 cm. and (ii) the percentage of men having height between 155 cm. and 170 cm. 12.

(b) Two firms A and b respectively pay 80,000 and Rs.60,000 per month as salary to its employees. From this information, can we concludes that firm A is paying higher salary to its employees as compared to the firm B ? State reason. (c) The following is a series of index numbers using 1980 as base year. Reconstruct the series using 1983 as base year. Year 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Index 100 110 175 250 300

1998 Time Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks : 300 Each Question is printed both in Hindi and in English. Answer must be written in the Medium specified in the Admission Certificate issued to you, Which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer-book in the space provided for the purpose. No marks will be given for the answers written in a medium other than that specified in the Admission Certificate. Candidates Should attempt all Question strictly in accordance with the instructions given under each question. The number of Marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question. SECTION- I 1. Did Jawaharlal Nehru really 'speak' the 'language' of Gandhi? Locate the points of their agreements and departures. OR How did economic nationalism mirror the work of the early nationalist leadership in India? (About 250 words) 35 2. Answer any two of the following : 15 x 2 =30 (About 150 words on each) (a) Why did the moderates lose appeal with the Indians and failed to elicit desired response from the British? Page 48 of 85


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(b) How did the Policy of free trade hurt Indian textile industry and crafts in the latter half of the 19th century? (c) Trace the origins of the R.N.I. Mutiny and evaluate its impact on the political situation in India. 3. Answer any three of the following : 10 x 3 =30 (About 75 words on each) (a) Examine the ideas of Rabindranath Tagore on democracy. (b) How did the Swadeshi Movement in Bengal influence the nationalist politics? (c) What was the significance of the Prajamandal movements in the Indian States in the decade preceding India's independence? (d) Assess the role of C. Rajagopalachari during the pre-partition years of Indian public life. 4. (a) What do you know about the following : 2 x 15 =30 (About 20 words on each) (i) Nil Darpan (ii) Sarda Sadan (iii) Sabarmati Ashram (iv) Hunter Commission (v) Bandi Jiwan (b) Why have the following become famous? (vi) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (vii) Seth Jamanlal Bajaj (viii) S. Satyamurti (ix) Udham Singh (x) Sarojini Naidu (c) Write about the chief fatures of the following :

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(xi) Kulu School (xii) Gopuram (xiii) Wahabi Movement (xiv) Bharat Dharma Mahamandal (xv) Communal Award SECTION II 5. Examine the reasons for the non-introduction of Women's Reservation Bill in the LokSabha. (About 250 words) 35 OR Discuss the implications of Israel's expansion plan. How have the major western powers reacted to it ? (About 250 words) 6. Attempt any three of the following : 10 x 3 =30 (About 100 words on each) (a) Examine the fall out of population explosion in India at the close of twentieth century. (b) Discuss the justification for the creation of new states in U.P. and Bihir. (c) What are the reasons for the slow progress of SAPTA? (d) Describe the problem of KOSOVO. (e) What is ASEAN PLUS? What is its nature and duty? 7. Attempt any five of following : 6 x 5 =30 (About 50 words on each) (a) What were the circumstances leading to the promulgation of Prasar Bharati ordinance in August 1998? (b) Who has claimed the responsibility for the recent bomb attacks on American embassies at Nairobi and Dar Es Salam? What are their demands? (c) What is the significance of Pope John Paul II's visit to Cuba? (d) What are the significant features of Lokpal Bill recently introduced in the Lok Sabha?

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(e) Why was a variant of Basmati rice in news recently? (f) What solution has been arrived at recently in the Cauvery water dispute? (g) Bring out the issues involved in the appointments and transfer of judges of the Supreme Court and high Courts in India. 8. (a) Explain the following : 2 x 15 =30 (About 20 words on each) (i) Netizens (ii) Shehab-3 (iii) Planet-B (iv) W.H.O. (v) Greenpeace (b) What do you know about the following? (vi) Chattisgarh (vii) Article 356 (viii) Bentota (ix) Narmada Sagar dam (x) Full monty (xi) Pamirs (xii) Nelson Mandela (xiii) Bacharuddin Jusul Habibie (xiv) E.M.S. Namboodripad (xv) Jnanpith Award SECTION III 9. The total population of a country is 357 million of which 62 million live in urban areas. Of these who live in rural areas, 234 million are agriculturists including 124 million earning members. Among the urban population, 12 million are agriculturists of which 7 million are earning members. Among the non-agriculturist rural population 43 million are earning are earning members

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whereas among non-agriculturist urban people 14 million are non-earning members. Represent the above information in a tabular form. 12 10. (a) The following table shows annual profits (Rs. in crores) of two investment companies A and B during the given 5 years : 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 A: 70 60 70 60 70 B: 60 50 60 80 80 If someone plans to invest Rs. 50,000, which of the two companies should be preferred and why ? 8 (b) An investor bought shares of a company at a premium of Rs. 20. If the par value of the share is Rs. 120 and the company declares 21% dividend in a given year, find the rate of interest received by the investor. 11. (a) Mention, in each of the following cases, the most appropriate diagram to represent the data: 5 (i) Number of AIDS patients in a country detected during the last 10 years. (ii) Monthly production of eggs in a poultry farm in a given yaer. (iii) Yearly export and import (in dollars) of a multinational firm during the period from 1990 to 1997. (iv) Distribution of weights of 500 school children in the age group 15-18 years. (v) Political party-wise percentage of votes cast during a parliamentary election. (b) The following table shows the IQ scores of adolescents aged 15-17 years: Interval 121 and above 116-120 111-115 106-110 101-105 96-100 91-95 86-90 81-85 80 and below

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Find : (i) the cut-off point above which 25% most intelligent adolescents fall. (ii) the cut-off point below which the 25% least intelligent adolescents fall. 8 12. (a) State whether the following statements are true or false. Give reasons. 6 (i) A person's monthly income first increases by 20% and then decreases by 20% . There is no net change in his income. (ii) All facts expressed numerically pertain to statistics. (iii) If A stands 50 % change of getting through Test I and Test II independently, then A stands at least 50 % chance of getting through both the tests. (b) The following is the series of index numbers taking 1992 as base year : Year :1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Index:100 120 135 170 180 210 How would the index numbers be changed if 1993 is taken as base year? 7

1999 Time Allowed : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 300 Each Question is printed both in Hindi and in English. Answer must be written in the Medium specified in the Admission Certificate issued to you, Which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer-book in the space provided for the purpose. No marks will be given for the answers written in a medium other than that specified in the Admission Certificate. Candidates Should attempt all Question strictly in accordance with the instructions given under each question. The number of Marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question. SECTION I 1. How did Communalism manifest in Indian political scene? Explain the background of the passing of the momentous Pakistan Resolution. 35 (About 250 words) OR What were the proposals of the Cabinet Mission ? Analyse there actions of the Congress and the League to the proposals. 35 (About 250 words) 2. Answer any two of the following : (About 150 words on each) Page 53 of 85


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(a) Trace the formation of the Swaraj Party. What were its demands. (b) 'What began as a flight for religion ended as a war of independence, for there is not the slightest doubt that the rebels wanted to get rid of the alien government and restore the old order of which the king of Delhi was the rightful representative.' Do you support this viewpoint? (c) How far Curzon's policy towards Tibet was influenced by strategic consideration. 15x2=30 3. Answer any three of the following : (About 75 words on each) (a) Assess the contributions of Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar to the making of modern India. (b) In what way did Ramakrishna infuse a new vigour and dynamism into Hinduism ? (c) 'Tagore's poetry is a written record of his religious experience.' Elucidate. (d) How did Nehru's plan for modernization make rapid stride during the decade 1951-61? 10x3=30 4. (a) Write about the chief features of the following : (About 20 words on each) (i) Chola architecture (ii) Baisakhi (iii) Neo-art movement (b) What do you know about the following ? (iv) Munda Movement (v) Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (vi) Ilbert Bill (vii) Sarda Act (viii) Education Despatch of 1854 (c) Why have the following become famous ? (ix) Rammanohar Lohia (x) C. Y. Chintamani (xi) Henry Cotton (xii) Tej Bahadur Sapru (xiii) Veeresalingam P.K. (xiv) Bhulabhai Desai (xv) Kamladevi Chattopadhyay 2 x 15 =30

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the U.S.E. and China? What specific measures have been taken by the U.S.E. to defuse the tension building up the Taiwan strait? 35 (About 250 words) 6. Attempt any three of the following : (About 100 words on each) (a) What new type of satellite is proposed to be inducted for bolstering th existing IRS satellites? (b) Explain in brief the observations made by the leaders of the Group of Eight countries in their meeting in Cologne on Kargil intrusion by Pakistan. (c) What are the major provisions of the New Telecom Policy approved by the Government? What has been the decision of the Delhi High Court in this respect? promoting Indo-French friendship. 10 x 3 =30 7. Attempt any five of the following : (About 50 words on each) (a) What was the rationale for the recourse to air strikes by the Indian Air Force during Operation Vijay ? (b) What is Deep-water Oil Exploration? What are its prospects in India? (c) Has India the capability to make a Neutron Bomb? (d) What percentage of GDP India spends of defence? To what extent defence expenditure should be increased ? (f) What is the most important provision of the Wye River Accord? (g) What is Al Khalid ? What are its features? 6 x 5=30 8. (a) Who are the following ? Why have they been in the news? (About 20 words on each) (i) Dr. Sam Nujoma (ii) Mahendra Chaudhry (iii) Colonel Eileen Collins (iv) Dr. Neelan Thiruchelvam (v) David Ogilvy (vi) Jyotirmoyee Sikdar (b) What do you know about the following? (viii) Mianmari Creek (ix) Karabash (c) Name the authors of the following books ? (x) Three Horsemen of the New Apocalypse (xi) My Childhood Days (d) Answer the following : (xii) Who became the highest wicket taker in the World Cup 1999 ? (xiii) Which film won the Best film award at the Cannes International Film Page 55 of 85


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Festival this year? Name the directors. (xiv) Which film won the Special Jury Award for Experimental Cinema at the 46th National Film Festival? Name the director. (xv) Who won the 1999 French open Doubles title? 2 x 15=30 SECTION III 9. Enrolments in different faculties, in the Universities of a state, for the period 1993-94 to 1995-96 are described below : Enrolment in Arts faculty during the three sessions were 1,20,605; 1,35,100; and 1,50,000 respectively. In Commerce, Science, Law and Education faculties the enrolment in the session 1993-94 were 90,000; 60,500; 50,500 and 45,600 respectively. During the next two sessions the enrolment figures in the Science faculty were 65,210 and 70,300 while in Law and Education faculties the corresponding figures were 55,000; 60,000 and 48,000; 50,000respectively. In Commerce faculty the enrolment during 1994-95 and 1995-96 were 1,15,000 and 1,22,250. (a) Represent the information in tabular form. 10 (b) From your table calculate the increase in total enrolment from 1993-94 to 1995-96. 2 10. (a) A pie chart is to be constructed to represent the distribution of total budget of a government. The total budget is Rs. 7200 crores. Out of this Rs. 360 crores is budgeted for Agriculture, Rs. 90 crores for irrigation, Rs. 90 crores for Education, Rs. 540 crores for Defence, Rs. 72 crores for Health and Rs. 108 crores for Industry. The remaining amount is budgeted for other (miscellaneous) heads. Provide the percentages and angle measures of all the above heads in a tabular form. 7 (b) In a housing complex there are 20 families. A family having annual income of Rs. 1.8 lacs leaves and another with annual income of Rs. 3.0 lacs moves in. What change is caused to the average monthly income of the housing complex due to this replacement? 5 11. (a) Given below are the percentages of words of different lengths used by an author in his entire work: Number of letters in a word Percentage 1. 4.5 2. 16.0 3. 21.5 4. 24.0 5. 12.0 6. 7.0 7. 5.0 8. 4.0 9. 3.0

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(i) What is the total percentage of words of length 8 or more? 3 (ii) What is the maximum number of letters contained the shortest 78% of the words? 4 (b) Name the most appropriate diagram to be used for representing the information in each of the following cases : (i) Scientific manpower in four consecutive years in four different fields of science. (ii) Distribution of the number of children belonging to a school by their ages. (iii) The percentages of persons serving in different branches of the army such as infantry, artillary, signals, etc. (iv) The production of wheat in India in each year from 1955 to 1984. (v) The heights and weights of the 50 children in a high school class. 5 12. (a) A group of freedom fighters met in 1998 and their average age was 81.7 years. The survivors of this group met again in 1999 and their average age was 81.0 Explain why has the average decreased when everyone in the second group is one year older than what they were in 1998. 4 (b) Below is given the gross corporate sector output in four selected years at current prices and also the inflation factor for these years. Calculate the gross output for these years adjusted for inflation. 6 Year 1980-81 1985-86 1990-91 1995-96 Out put at current prices 28.6 49.1 126.6 305.64 (thousands of crores) Inflation factor 1.0 1.39 1.98 3.05 (c) In report it is quoted that 65% of the women and 30% of the men in a locality were against the opening of a liquor store in their locality. Thus it is argued that, an overwhelming 95% of the total population is against the opening of the liquor store. Is this argument justifiable? Give reasons. 2 (d) Six lots of twenty guinea-pigs each were administered carcinogenic drugs in an experiment. After 6 weeks the percentage of survivors in the six lots were: Lot No 1 2 3 4 56 Percentage of survivors 53 86 48 27 8 24 Is this data prima facie plausible? Give reasons for your answer. 2

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2000 Time Allowed : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 300 Each Question is printed both in Hindi and in English. Answer must be written in the Medium specified in the Admission Certificate issued to you, Which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer-book in the space provided for the purpose. No marks will be given for the answers written in a medium other than that specified in the Admission Certificate. Candidates Should attempt all Question strictly in accordance with the instructions given under each question. The number of Marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question. Q.1. Answer any ONE of the following: - 30 (About 250 words) (a) Trace the origin of the Swadeshi Movement. How did it involve the masses (b) What was Mountbatten Plan ? Discuss the reactions of Gandhi and Azad to the Plan. Q. 2. Answer any TWO of the following:- 15 x 2 = 30 (About 150 words each) (a) Who established the Arya Samaj ? What was its goal ? (b) How did the terrorist movement gather strength in countries other than India? (c) Was Jawaharlal Nehru justified in adopting the principle of non-alignment as the corner-stone of India's foreign policy ? Q. 3. Answer the following : - 2 x 15 = 30 (About 20 words each) (i) Brahmagupta (ii) Amir Khusro (iii) William Jones (iv) C.F. Andrews (v) Narayan Guru (vi) Tantia Tope (vii) Sayyid Ahmad (viii) Margaret Noble (ix) Sangam Literature (x) Gandhara School of art (xi) Granth Sahib (xii) Fort William College (xiii) Epsom (xiv) Lala Amarnath (xv) Tiger Woods. Q. 4. Answer any TWO of the following:- 2 x 10 = 20

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(About 125 words each) (a) Mention the agro-climatic regions of India stating the basis of classification. (b) Explain the major racial groups of India. (c) What is waste land ? Write a note on prospects of waste land development in India. Q. 5. Write notes on the following :- 5 x 2 = 10 (About 20 words each) (i) Linguistic regions of India (ii) Nagarjunasagar Project (iii) Mango Showers (iv) Multi-level planning in India (v) India's Laterite soils. Q. 6. Answer any ONE of the following:- 30 (About 250 words) (a) Examine the need for the review of the Indian Constitution. (b) Examine the demand for greater State-antonomy and also its impact on the smooth functioning of the Indian polity. Q. 7. Answer any ONE of the following :- 30 (About 250 words) (a) How does Parliament control the Union Executive ? How effective is its control ? (b) What constitutes the doctrine of 'basic features' as introduced into the Constitution of India by the Judiciary ? Q. 8. Answer any TWO of the following :- 15 x 2 = 30 (About 150 words each) (a) Identify, the major electoral reforms which are necessary in the Indian Political System. (b) Examine the role of Estimates Committee. (c) Discuss the major extra-constitutional factors influencing the working of federal polity in India. Q. 9. Answer the following :- 5 x 2 = 10 (About 20 words each) (a) What is vote on account ? (b) What is a Caretaker Government ? (c) Do you justify the Prime Minister's entry into Parliament through the Rajya Sabha ? (d) What is a Privilege Motion ? (e) What is Contempt of Parliament ? Q.10. Answer any ONE of the following :- 30 (About 250 words) (a) Discuss the provisions of the Human Rights Protection ACt (1993) relating to the following :(i) Definition of human rights. (ii) Composition of the National Human Rights Commission. (iii) Functions of the Commission. Page 59 of 85


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(iv) What suggestions have been made for amending the Act for making the role of the NHRC more effective ? (b) Discuss the propositions laid down by the Supreme Court of India in the context of Torture in Prisons and Human Dignity. Q. 11. Write on any TWO of the following :- 2 x 10 = 20 (About 125 words each) (a) Explain Public Interest Litigation. Who can file it and on what basis can it be rejected by the Court of Law ? (b) Discuss Human Genome. (c) What are the features of the Uttar Pradesh Regulation of Public Religious Buildings and Places Bill, 2000 that have caused widespread protests from minorities ? Q. 12. Write notes on any TWO of the following : 2 x 10 = 20 (About 125 words each) (a) Universal Postal Union (b) Economic and Social Council (c) Florence Nightingale. Q.13. Write about the following :- 2 x 5 = 10 (About 20 words each) (a) CRY (b) Baba Amte (c) Ali Sardar Jafri (d) 'Water' (e) Aruna Roy

2001 1. Answer any one of the following (about 250 words): 30 (a) Discuss the main objectives of the Indian national movement up to 1905. What were its basic weaknesses during this period? (b) What administrative changes were introduced in India after 1858? What were the objectives of these changes? 2. Answer any two of the following (About 150 words each): 2×15=30 (a) How did the movement for the liberation of women receive a great stimulus from the rise and growth of the nationalist movement in India? (b) Discuss the aims and objects of the Khilafat Movement. To what extent was it successful? (c) Why did Gandhi launch the Salt Satyagraha in 1903 and with what results? 3. Write about the following (About 20 words each): 15×2=30 (i) Aryabhatta (ii) D.K. Karve (iii) J. Krishnamurthy (iv) Prathana Samaj (v) Ghadar Party (vi) Satyashodhak Samaj

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4. Answer any two of the following (About 125 words each): 2×10=20 (a) What are mangroves and in what way are they useful to us ? (b) Explain the causes of the Indian Monsoon. (c) Had there been no Himalayas, what would have been the winter climate in north India ? 5. Write short notes on the following(About 20 words each): 5×2=10 (i) El Nino (ii) Hirakud Project (iii) Glacier (iv) Two Prominent left bank tributaries of river Ganges (v) Equinox 6. Answer any one of the following(About 250 words): 30 (a) Discuss the administrative relation between the centre and the states in the light of recent controversies. (b) Bring out the aberrations of the parliamentary systems of government in India. 7. Answer any one of the following(About 250 words): 30 (a) What is the constitutional position of Directive Principles of State Policy? How has it been interpreted by the judiciary after the emergency in 1975-77? (b) What are the main difference between the passage of a Constitution Amendment Bill and other Legislative Bills? 8. Answer any two of the following (About 150 words each) : 2×15=30 (a) Comment on the nature of Ordinance- making power of the President Of India. What safeguards are there against possible misuse? (b) Distinguish between Cabinet Secretar Which of these is more important? (c) Discuss the constitutional provisions regarding the rights of children. 9. Answer the following (About 20 words reach): 5×2=10 (a) Explain the Local Area Development Scheme of the Members of Parliaments. (b) What is Ethics Committee of Lok Sabha? (c) Why is it said that the centre has absolute veto over State Legislature? 10. Write any one the following (About 250 words): 30 (a) Review the Population Policy of the Govt. of India giving the distinguishing features. (b) Discuss the significance of GSLV in space research. 11. Write on any two of the following (About 125 words each). 2×10=20 (a) Determine the utility of Direct to Home in broadcasting system. Page 61 of 85


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(b) What are the UNDP indicators with reference to the planning process? (c) What are the Human Rights issues involved in relation to the arrest of M. Karunanidi in Tamilnadu in July 2001 ? 12. Write notes on any two of the following(About 125 words each): 2×10=20 (a) Swam Jayanti Gram Swaraj Yojana (b) Law Commission of India (c) Lalit Kala Akademi 13. Write about the following (About 20 words each): 5×2=10 (a) Pullela Gopichand (b) E- commerce (c) ICCR (d) Sports Authority of India (e) NCERT

2002 Time Allowed : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 300 Each Question is printed both in Hindi and in English. Answer must be written in the Medium specified in the Admission Certificate issued to you, Which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer-book in the space provided for the purpose. No marks will be given for the answers written in a medium other than that specified in the Admission Certificate. Candidates Should attempt all Question strictly in accordance with the instructions given under each question. The number of Marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question. 1. Answer any one of the following (250 words) : 30 (a) What was the Butler Committee Report? Discuss the reactions on the report in India (b) Why did Jinnah reject C.R. Formula? 2. Answer any two of the following (about 150 words) : 2x15=30 (a) Trace the growth of the Indian Home Rule Movement in Britain. (b) Evaluate the attitudes of different political parties towards Quit India Movement. (c) Re 3. Write about the following (not exceeding 20 words each) : 15x2=30 (i) Anandmath (ii) Bismillah Khan (iii) Chris Evert (iv) Chamber of Princes (v) Dharma Sabha (vi) Divide et impera

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(vii) Dandi March (viii) Garry Kasparov (ix) Keshab Chandra Sen (x) Nivedita (xi) Pele (xii) Raidasa (xiii) Satyagraha (xiv) Steffi Graf (xv) Theodore Beck 4. Answer any two of the following (about 125 words) : 2x10=20 (a) Given an account of the tea plantations of Assam and West Bengal and state the economic significance of these plantations (b) Discuss the distribution of winds and rainfall over India in the summer monsoon season. planning in India 5. Write short notes on the following (about 20 words) : 5x2=10 (i) Name of main petroleum producing areas in India (ii) Jhum cultivation - process and consequences (iii) Kaziranga National Park (iv) Census definition of urban places (v) Khetri Copper Project 6. Answer any one of the following (about 250 words) : 30

the Presidential form of govt. will be a solution to this problem. (b) Why does the Constitution of India provide different forms of Oaths for the President, the Ministers, the legislators and the members of the judiciary? Discuss their significance. 7. Answer any one of the following (about 250 words) : 30 (a) What is the position of the Supreme Court under the Constitution of India? How far does it play its role as guardian of the Constitution? (b) How is the Constitution of India amended? Do you think that the procedure for amendment makes the Constitution a play-thing in the hands of the Centre? 8. Answer any two of the following (about 150 words) : 2x15=30 (a) Discuss the constitutional provisions relating to the non-justiciable directives binding upon the states. (b) Describe the methods of delimiting constituencies for parliamentary elections in India. (c) Explain the role of the Public Accounts Committee. Page 63 of 85


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9. Answer the following (about 20 words) : 5x2=10 (i) What is the import of the 84th Amendment of the Indian Constitution? (ii) Under what Article of the Constitution can the Union govt. play its role in settling inter-state water disputes? (iii) What is the role of the protem speaker? 10. Write on any one of the following (250 words) 30 (a) What is the composition of the Electoral college for the election of the President of the Indian Republic? How is the value of the votes cast counted?

11. Answer any two of the following (about 125 words) : 2x10=20 (a) What were the main strategic concerns of the Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri during her recent visit to India? (c) How was the dwindling of barbed variety of rice affected Siliguri-Bagdogra belt with respect to man-animal conflict? 12. Answer any two of the following (about 125 words) : 2x10=20 (a) What is Integrated Wastelands Development Programme? (b) Write briefly about the Desert Development Programme. 13. Write about the following (20 words): 5x2=10 (i) Prof. B.P. Sinha (ii) Maj. Gen. S.S. Sharma (iii) Kondapalli Seetaramaiah (iv) Aung San Suu Kyi (v) Thalassery, Kerala

2003 Time Allowed : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 300 Each Question is printed both in Hindi and in English. Answer must be written in the Medium specified in the Admission Certificate issued to you, Which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer-book in the space provided for the purpose. No marks will be given for the answers written in a medium other than that specified in the Admission Certificate. Candidates Should attempt all Question strictly in accordance with the instructions given under each question. The number of Marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question.

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Q 1. Answer any one of the following: (about 250 words) 30 e reforms of 1909 introduced a cardinal problem and ground of b) Discuss the problem that impeded the integration of the princely states into the Indian Union. How were these problems tackled? Q 2. Answer any two of the following: (about 150 words) 2 X15=30 Elucidate. b) Discuss the character of major tribal uprisings in British India in the nineteenth Century. c) Bring out the ideological basis of the Moderate-Extermist divide in the Indian National Congress. Q 3. Answer the following: (about 20 words ) 15X2=30 i) Arthasastra ii) Saranath Pillar iii) The Jatiya Sarkar of Tamluk iv) Punnapra-Vayalar v) Sajjad Zahir vi) Al-Hilal vii) Har Dayal viii) Khudai Khidmatgar ix) Mahayana Cult x) W.W. Hunter xi) Indu Lal Yajnik xii) Achhut Patwardhan xiii) Sir William Jones xiv) James Wilson xv) Ghulam-giri. Q 4. Answer any two of the following: (about 125 words) 2X10=20 a) Describe the major characteristics of the rivers of Peninsular India. b) Account for the very high concentration of salt extraction industries in the Saurashtra and South Tamilnadu Coast. c) State the four distinctive stages of Indian Demographic history. Q 5. write short notes on the following (about 20 words) 5X2=10 i) Define Terai Region. ii) Mention the areas of Shola forests in India. iii) Who are the Todas and where do they live? iv) Name any four priccipal languages of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. v) What is MRTS? Where it is in operation? Q 6. Answer any one of the following: (about 250 words) 30 a) Discuss the question of death sentence and Presidential clemency. b) Explain the discretionary powers of the Governor of a State. Q 7. Answer any two of the following: (about 150 words) 2 X15=30 a) Highlight the signifucance of Forty Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of India Page 65 of 85


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b) Identify the major Fundamental Duties c) Explain the relevance of Rajya Sabha as a second chamber in the federal set up of Indian Parliamentary System. Q 9. Answer the following: (about 20 words) 2 X5=10 a) What is a point of order? When can it be raised? b) What is a Privilege Motion? c) State the difference between Council of Ministers and the Cabinet. d) How is the Vice President of India elected? Q 10. Answer any one of the following: (about 250 words) 30 a) Discuss the steps taken by Government to check child labour and promote child welfare. b) Suggest measures for the eradication of wide spread corruption in Public Life in India. Q 11. Answer any two of the following: (about 125 words) 2 X10=20 a) The issue of gender equality in India. b) Natural Heritage and Cultural Heritage. c) Identify the types of disabilities. Q 12. Answer any two of the following: (about 125 words) 2 X10=20 a) What are the distinctive features of the Lokpal Bill introduced in the Parliament this year? Knowledge Society? c) What are the precinditions for the growth of Civil Society? Is Indian democracy conducive to it? Q 13. Write about the following ( about 20 words ) 5X2=10 a) Anthrax b) Radiation and its effects c) The Statue of Liberty d) George Walker Bush e) Genome.

2004 1. Answer any one of the following (in about 250 words): 30 (a) Discuss the major regulations enacted by the British rulers to curb the freedom of Press in India. (b) Form a critical assessment of the Non-cooperation Movement. 2. Answer any two of the following (in about 150 words each) : 2x15 = 30 (a) What led to the partition of Bengal in 1905? (b) Write a note on the Theosophical Society. (c) Discuss the main findings of the Hartog committee (1929).

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3. Write about the following (not exceeding 20 words each): 15x2 = 30 (i) Upanishads (ii) Vajrayana (iii) Kumarsambhav (iv) Razmnama (v) Mirza Haidar (vi) Muhammad Barkatullah (vii) Sohan Singh Bhakna (viii) Alluri Sitaramaraju (ix) Canjeevaram Natrajan Annadurai (x) Jadong (xi) Jadunath Sarkar (xii) Nazir Hasan (xiii) Subhash Gupte (xiv) Acharya Nirmalya (xv) Jyotirao Phule 4. Answer any two of the following (in about 125 words each): 2x10 = 20 (a) Examine the distribution of oil refineries in India. (b) Why are the Aravallis called a divide between Mewar and Marwar? (c) What is Golden Quadrilateral ? How will it help in the economic development of the country? 5. Write short notes on the following (in about 20 words each): 5x2 = 10 (a) El Nino, La Nina and Monsoon rains (b) The Sambhar lake (c) The Sundarbans (d) Bombay High (e) Sabarkantha & Banaskantha 6. Answer any one of the following (in about 250 words): 30 (a) What is the significance of a preamble to a constitution? Bring out the philosophy of the Indian polity as enshrined in the preamble of the Indian Constitution. (b) Discuss the meaning of ''breakdown of constitutional machinery''. What are its effects. 7. Answer any one of the following (in about 250 words): 30 (a) Discuss how the Constitution of India provides equal rights. (b) How does the Indian Constitution Seek to maintain independence of the Public Service Commission? 8. Answer any two of the following (in about 150 words each): 2x15=30 (a) Define money-bill.Discuss how it is passed in the Parliament. (b) What is a Finance Commission? Discuss the main functions of the State Finance Commission. (c) Discuss how State government can exercise control over panchayats. 9. Answer the following (in about 20 words each): 5x2=10 (a) What is Habeas Corpus? (b) What are the constitutional restrictions imposed upon the power of borrowing of the State govenments? (c) What is the special facility provided to the linguistic minoroties under Article 350A? (d) How can a judge of the Supreme Court be removed ? (e) How is the Election Commision of India Constituted? 10. Write on any one of the following (in about 150 words each): 30

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(a) the Inter-State river water dispute has once again assumed centre-stage after the Pujab Assembly's Bill terminating all previous accord on river waters. Discuss. (b) What is PURA? Discuss the major objectives. 11. Write on any two of the following (in about 125 words each): 2x10=20 (a) Explain UNDP Report on human Development in India. (b) What is WTO? What are India's objections to its overall functioning? (c) Discuss the utility of e-governance in the Indian context. 12. Write notes on any two of the following (in about 125 words each): 2x10=20 (a) Housing for all by 2010 is the goal set by the National Habitate Ploicy. How far is it achievable? (b) ''Is greater spending on education linked to higher literacy?'' Discuss. (c) What is Enterprise Resourse Planning? 13. Write about the following (in about 20 words each): 5x2=10 (a) ISRO (b) Central Vigilance Commission (c) NDDB (d) Hiren Mukherjee (e) Pareechu Lake

2005 1. Answer any one of the following question (in about 250 words): 30 (a) What in your opinion were the positive steps taken by the British to modernize India? (b) Examine the policy of Subordinate Union towards Princely States. Account for shift from the policy of Subordinate Isolation. 2. Answer any two of the following question (in about 150 words each): 15×2=30 (a) -Chelmsford Report communal representation and (b) (c) Why and how did the Congress come to accept the partition of the country? 3. Write about the following 9not exceeding 20 words each): 2×15=30 (a) Yajnavalkya Smriti (b) Sutta Pitaka (c) Bhagawati Sutra (d) Gangaikonda-Cholapuram (e) Nizamuddin Auliya (f) Radas (g) Calcutta Madrasa (h) Jagat Seth (i) Bhawani Mandir (j) Baba Ram Chandra (k) Pandita Ramabai (l) Sir Thomas Roe

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(m) Moplah Rebellion (n) Tavernier (o) Darul-Uloom 4. Answer any two of the following (in about 125 words each): 10×2=20 (a) What are the resource bases available for the economic development of by the newly created States of Jharkhand and Uttaranchal? (b) Elucidate the factors contributing to the growing need for water harvesting in India, both rural and urban. (c) you agree? 5. Write note on the following (in about 20 words each): 2×5=10 (a) Regurs (b) Karewas (c) Negative impacts of shifting cultivation (d) Cases of droughts in India (e) Significance of Lake Chilka 6. Answer any one of the following (in about 250 words each) 30 (a) Comment on the financial relation between the Union and the States in India. Has post-1991 liberlization in any way affected it? (b) Is it possible to distinguish between judicial review and judicial activism in India? Does the recent behavior of the Indian judiciary partake more of judicial activism? Argue with suitable example. 7. Answer any one of the following (in about 250 words): 30 (a) Would you say that the implementation of the Panchayati System in the last ten years has led to a real restructuring of the Indian polity? (b) Give your views on the right to freedom of religions as enshrined in the Indian Constitution. Do they make India a secular State? 8. Answer any two of the following (in about 150 words each) : 15x2 = 30 (a) What are thw constitutional limitations on the free movements of Indians throughout the country? (b) How has the Indian State tackled the trade-off between environment and development? (c) What are the steps that the Election Commission may take if a recalcitrant State Government wants to put off Assembly Elections? 9. Answer the following questions (in about 20 words each) : 2x5 = 10 (a) What is meant b (b) What are the protections afforded to Scheduled Tribes in the Fifth Schedule of the Indian Constitution? (c) In what ways can the President of India ascertain the views of the Supreme Court on a particular bill? (d) What is the common point between Articles 14 and 226 of the Indian Constitution? (e) Who and what does the Indian Parliament consist of? 10. Answer any one of the following questions (in about 250 words) : 30 Page 69 of 85


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(a) Discuss the impact of globalization on higher education in India. (b) What is the disaster management? Discuss the steps required to tackle natural disasters. 11. Answer any two of the following questions (in about 125 words each) : 10x2 = 20 (a) Explain the implications of the recent Supreme Court Verdict on reservations in private and minority educational institutions. (b) What is the energy Independence? Discuss how India can be transformed (c) What is eco-tourism? How could it be promoted in India? 12. Write notes on any two of the following (in about 125 words each) :10x2 = 20 (a) Sethusamudram Project (b) Causes of soil erosion and its control in India (c) Use of Information technology in health management in India 13. Write short notes on the following (in about 20 words each) : 2x5 = 10 (a) Equal rights for women in parental property (b) National knowledge Commission (c) Genetically modified seeds (d) Ban on bar dancing (e) Rehabilitation of Street children in India

2006 Genarl Studies Paper-I 1. Answer any one of the following ( in about 250 words): 30 (a) Regardless of distance in time, there were lots of similarties between Lord Curzon and Jawaharlal Lal Nehru. Discuss. (b) How did the Government of India Act, 1935 mark a point of no return in the history of constitutional development in India? 2. Answer any two of the following (in about 150 words): 2×15=30 (a) What was the attitude of Indian Industrialists towards the Indian National Congress in the Pre-independent era? (b) Critically asse (c) Characterise the main features of Indian Renaissance. 3. Write about the following (not exceeding 20 words each): 15×2=30 (a) Kalhana (b) Panini (c) Yakshagana (d) Natyasastra (e) Tabaqat-i-Nasir (f) Madhura Vijayam (g) Pandurang Mahatmya

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(h) Prithviraj Raso (i) (j) Ali Sardar Jafri (k) Aruna Roy (l) Dr. J.C.Daniel (m) Balwant Gargi (n) Dr. Jayant Narlikar (o) Shashi Tharror 4. Answer any two of the following (in about 125 words): 2×10=20 (a) Bring out the prospects of development of alternative energy sources of India. (b) Blue Revolution has definite advantages in India but it is not free from environmental impacts. Discuss. (c) Why do the rivers of west coast not from a delta? 5. Write notes on the following ( in about 20 words each): (a) Mixed economy (b) Winter rains in India

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(c) New Moore Island (d) National Water Grid (e) Hussain Sagar 6. Answer any one of the following (in about 250 words): 30 (a) What is right to life and personal liberty? How have the courts expanded its meaning in recent years? (b) On What grounds can a member be disqualified from either House of Parliament? 7. Answer any one of the following questions (in about 250 words) : 30 (a) America ? What are its implications for both the partners? (b) Discuss economic backwardness as a major challenge of Indian democracy. Can Democracy and development go together smoothly? 8. Answer any two of the following question (in about 150 words): 2×15=30 (a) How would you differentiate between the passage of a Constitution Amendment Bill and of an Ordinary Legislative Bill? (b) How does the Inter- State Council establish co-ordination between States? (c) Court of India? 9. Answer the following question (in about 20 words each): 5×2=10 (a) Explain the following terms: (i) Dissolution of the House (ii) Prorogation of the House Page 71 of 85


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(iii) Adjournment of the business of the House (b) What is Consolidated Fund of India? (c) To What extent can the President withhold his assent to a Bill already passed by the Parliament? (d) Policy ? (e) 10. Answer any one of the following questions (in about 250 words): 30 (a) What are the social and economic consequences of abolishing child labour in India ? (b) Explain the implications of the implementation of Intellectual Property Clauses in our patent law regime after joining the WTO. 11. Answer any two of the following question (in about 125 words each): 2×10=20 (a) Explain full convertibility of Indian Rupee. (b) What are the linkages to be developed under the Knowledge Revolution for Rural India Plan? (c) 12. Answer any two of the following question ( in about 125 words each): 2×10=20 (a) Explain the social constraints in bringing about gender equality in Indian society. (b) What are the problems related to the rehabilitation of the mentally challenged persons in India? (c) Bring out the issues involved in implementing compulsory primary education in India. 13. Write about the following (in words 20 words each): (a) Business Process Outsourcing (b) Female foeticide (c) RCI (d) UNIDO (e) S. Chandrashekhar

2007 Time Allowed : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 300 Each Question is printed both in Hindi and in English. Answer must be written in the Medium specified in the Admission Certificate issued to you, Which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer-book in the space provided for the purpose. No marks will be given for the answers written in a medium other than that specified in the Admission Certificate.

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Candidates Should attempt all Question strictly in accordance with the instructions given under each question. The number of Marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question. 1. Answer anyone of the following questions (in about 250 words): 30 (a) What was the character of social religious reforms in the 19th Century and how did they contribute to the national awakening in India? (b) The crisis of the colonial order during 1919 and 1939 was directly linked to the constitutional reforms, disillusionment and militant anti-colonial struggles. Elucidate. 2. Answer any two of the following questions (in about 150 words each) : 15x2 = 30 (a) What are the salient features of the Government of India Acts of 1858 and 1909? (b) Do you think Mahatma Gandhi's support to Khilafat Movement had diluted his secular credentials? Give your argument based on the assessment of events. (c) Evaluate the contribution of revolutionary terrorism represented by Bhagat 3. Write about the following (not 20 words each) : 2x15 = 30 (a) Age of Sangam Literature (b) Bhakti (c) Ashtadhyayi of Panini (d) Charvakas (e) Ajivikas (f) Gandhara Art (g) Mlechchas (h) Lingayats (i) Megasthenes (j) R. C. Dutt (k) Nagarjunakonda (1) Pastoralism (m) Rudramadevi (n) Sati (0) Ramanuja 4. Answer any two of the following questions (in about 125 words each) : 10x2=20 (a) Explain how the Himalayan and the Tibetan highlands play an important role in the development of the South West monsoon. (b) Technological changes have brought in a major shift in the use of roads as transport corridors in India. How far do you agree with this view? (c) Explain the nature and causes of growing slum problems in the metropolitan cities of India. 5. Write notes on the following (in about 20 words each): 2 x 5= 10 Page 73 of 85


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(a) Special Economic Zone (SEZ) (b) Inceptisol (c) Jarawas (d) Indira Point (e) Causes of Chambal Ravines 6. Answer anyone of the following questions (in about 250 words) : 30 (a) What is a Constitution? What are the main sources of the Indian Constitution? (b) Bring out the differences between the Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles of State Policy. Discuss some of the measures taken by the Union and State Governments for the implementation of the Directive Principles of State Policy. 7. Answer anyone of the following questions (in about 250 words): 30 (a). What is regionalism ? In which way regionalism has affected the Indian Polity. (b). what are the Main determination of voting behavior in India? 8. Answer any two of the following questions (in about 150 words each): 15x2 = 30 (a) What are the exceptions when the President of India is not bound by the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers? (b) What is pro tem Speaker? (C) Under what circumstances, Parliament may legislate on State subjects? 9. Answer the following questions (in about 20 words each): 2 x 5 = 10 (a). What is criminalization of politics? (b). How president of India elected? (c). what is casting vote? (d). what is the difference between council of Minister and Cabinet? (e). what is the importance of Right to constitutional remedies? 10. Answer anyone of the following questions (in about 250 words): 30 (a). what were the main recommendations of the Platform for Action (PFA) adopted at the Beijing Women Conference 1995? (b) Discuss the steps to get rid of child labour in India. 11. Answer any two of the following questions (in about 125 words each): 10x2=20 (a) What is stealth technology? (b) Differentiate between Natural and Cultural heritage. (c) What is value-based politics? 12. Write notes on any two of the following (in about 125 words each) : 10x2=20 (a) Integrated Child Services (lCDS) Development (b) Prime Minister's 5-point agenda for India's development as a knowledge society (c) The Lokpal Bill. 13. Write short notes on the following ( in about 20 words each ) 2 x 5 = 10 (a) Yakshagana Page 74 of 85


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(b) PACE (c) Footloose Industries (d) The Statue of Liberty (e) Genome

2008 Time Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 300 1. Answer any two of the following ( in about 150 words each) : 15×2=30 (a) consequence of the establishment of new social economy, new state system, (b)

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t of ideas. On the contrary,

-Cooperation Movement gave new direction and energy to the

2. Write about the following (not exceeding 20 words each): 2×15=30 (b) Ilbert Bill

(a) Lakshmi Bai, Rani of Jhansi (c) Lala Hara Dayal (d) Vaikam Satyagraha (e) Indian States Commission (f) Bodhisattva (g) Megasthenes (h) Brihadeshwara Temple, Tanjore (i) Perini Shivatandavam (j) Allasani Peddana (k) Golkonda Fort (l) Chishti Silsila (m) Chouth and Sardeshmukhi (n) Poona Sarvajanik Sabha (o) 3. Answer any two of the following (in about 150 words each): 15×2=30 (a) The winter rains in North Indai are largely related to Jet Streams and Western Disturbances. Bring out the relationship. (b) Agricultural Productivity in India remain low. Explain the reasons for this situation. (c) Bring out the pros and cons of Special Economic Zones. 4. Write about the following (not exceeding 20 words each ): 2×5=10

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(a) Buckingham Canal (b) Terai Region (c) Organic Farming (d) Demographic Dividend (e) 5. Answer any one of the following (in about 250 words): 30 (a) functioning of Indian polity. (b) Discuss the major extra-constitutional factors influencing the federal polity in India. 6. Answer any two of the following (in about 150 words each): 15×2=30 (a) Enumerate the Fundamental Duties incorporated in the Constitution after the 42nd Amendment. (b) Examine the demand for greater state autonomy and its impact on the smooth functioning of Indian Polity. (c) Discuss the composition and functions of the Union Public Service Commission. 7. Answer any two of the following (in about 150 words each): 2×5=10 (a) What is a Censure Motion ? (b) Distinguish between the auditing and accounting functions of the CAG of India. (c) Distinguish between a starred question and an unstarred one asked in the Parliament. (d) What is contempt of Parliament ? (e) What were the two major considerations to have the Governor appointed and not elected ? 8. Answer any one of the following (in about 250 words): 30 (a) What, in your opinion, are the causes of terrorism? Suggest suitable measures to deal with the threat of terrorism in India. (b) Do you think there is a need for a review of the Indian Constitution ? Justify your view. 9. Answer any two of the following (in about 150 words each): 15×2=30 (a) Examine the role of caste in Indian politics. (b) Discuss the problems in achieving National Integration in India.

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(c) Examine the impact of Regional Political Parties in Indian politics. 10. Answer any one of the following (in about 250 words): 30 (a) y examine this argument. (b) 11. Answer any two of the following (in about 150 words each) : 15×2=30 (a) Examine whether rural women in India have been empowered by their active participation in Panchayat Raj System. (b) d (c)

12. Write about the following (in about 20 words each): 2×5=10 (a) MTP Act (b) Supreme Court on Ragging (c) New Seven Wonders of the World (d) M.M. Punchi Commission (e) Lakshmi Mittal

2009 1. Critically analyse any two of the following statements with reference to the contexts in which they were made (in about 150 words each): 15×2 = 30 a. "Many Englishmen honestly consider themselves the trustees for India and yet to what a condition they have reduced our country". b. "The foreign power will be withdrawn but for me real freedom will come only when we free ourselves of the dominance of western education, western culture and the western way of living which have been ingrained in us." c. "Satan cannot enter till he finds a flaw. ...... A great ocean separates us educated few from the millions in our country." 2. Write about the following (not exceeding 20 words each): 2 × 10 = 20 Page 77 of 85


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a. Kiang Nongbah b. Maski c. Govind Guru d. 'Brahmadeya' e. 'Egmore Faction' f. Haileybury College g. Ijara System h. Taji System i. Gurudwara Reform Movement j. 'Marumakkathayam' 3. Answer any four of the following (in about 150 words each): 15 × 4=60 a. Assess the significance of coastal regions in the economic development of India, b. Discuss the wetlands and their role in ecological conservation in India. c. Elaborate the steps taken by the Government for regionally differentiated approach to increase crop production and diversification in the country. d. Bring out the significance of the various activities of the Indian Meteorological Department. e. Examine the status of urbanization among the states in India and bring out spatial inequalities. 4. Write about the following (in about 30 words each): 3 × 10 = 30 a. 'bhuvan' website b. National Waterways c. Ultra Mega Power Projects d. NNRMS e. BSUP Scheme f. GAGAN Project g. Fruit Production in India h. Section 377 of IPC i. 'Whereabouts' clause of WADA j. Barren Island 5. Attempt any two of the following (in about 100 words each): 10 × 2 = 20 a. Analyse India's achievements in the sports sector during 2008-09

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b. List the salient features of the important folk dances of either Central India or North Eastern India. c. What are the important similarities and differences between the Hindustani and the Carnatic styles of classical music? 6. Answer any two of the following (in about 150 words each): 15 × 2 = 30 a. What are your views on the features and impact of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005? b. Are the traditional determinants of voting behaviour in India Changing? Examine in the context of the last General Elections. c. Examine corruption as a serious development challenge in Indian Polity. 7. Answer any two of the following (in about 150 words): 15 × 2 = 30 a. Mushrooming of Higher Educational Institutions was a matter of grave concern for Yaspal Committee. With reference to the relevant portion of that report give your views how to harmonise private investment and quality of education. b. In the changing context of governance in the country, what should be the role of the UPSC? c. In the context of recent incidents, suggest measures on how security of passengers and property can be improved over Indian Railways. 8. Answer any one of the following (in about 250 words): 30 a. Comment on the salient features of the Integrated Energy Policy recently approved by the Government and its implications on the energy security needs of the country. b. How far has the impact of the global meltdown been reflected in the Economic Survey 2008-09? Identify some of the core areas given priority to neutralise the adverse effects of the global downturn. 9. Answer any two of the following (in about 150 words each): 15 × 2 = 30 a. Trace the significant steps in the evolution of Television in the country.

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b. The last National Family Health Survey (NFHS) displayed a very dismal picture of nutrition as regards several indicators for average Indians. Highlight the salient aspects of this problem. c. 'As we live in a plural society we need the greatest freedom to express our opinions even if others find it offensive' - Do you agree? Discuss with reference to some recent incidents in the Indian context. Write on the following (in about 20 words each): 2 × 10 = 20 a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j.

Significance of 26th November in the country's polity Desert National Park Rajiv Gandhi Seva Kendra Deep Joshi's recent achievement Girni Kamgar Union Ayush-64 Rashtriya Gramin Vikas Nidhi (RGVN) Satya Vrat Shastri's recent achievement Pocket Veto PESA, 1996

2010 1. Answer the following (in about 250 words for each answer) : 20x2=40 (a) "Disputes between the- riparian states on sharing of river waters in postIndependence India are becoming increasingly complex." Objectively analyse the major disputes in this connection, with special reference to the Southern States. (b) Critically examine the differing estimates for (i) poverty figures, and (ii) GDP growth data for April-June 2010, that have been in the news recently. In your view, what estimates are more reflective of the ground reality, and why? 2. Answer any two of the following in about 150 words each: 12x2=24 (a), "Dalhousie's predecessors had acted on the general principles of avoiding annexations, if these could be avoided. Dalhousie acted on the principles of annexation, if he could do so legitimately. His annexations were both of war and peace." Analyse. (b) With respect to Cooperative Societies what are the salient features of the 106th and 111th Constitutional Amendment Bills as at present?

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(c) "Small-holder farms need to be strengthened to achieve national food security." Do you agree with this assessment? Substantiate. 3. Answer any two of the following in about 150 words 15×2=30 (a) Comment on the spatial components in urban solid waste management in the country. (b) Assess the contributions made by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in agricultural development. (c) List the .significant local storms of the hot-weather season in the country and bring out their socio-economic impact. 4. Answer any two of the following in about 150 words 12x2=24 (a) What are the grounds of disqualification of a Member of Parliament from either House? Quote relevant provisions in your answer. (b) Distinguish between the objectives, structure and functioning of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan' and the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (c) Bring out the salient features of the evolution and the current status of the 'Bharat Stage' vehicle emission norms in the country. 5. Write brief but precise notes on any six of the following. Your answer should not exceed 50 words in each case. 5x6=30 (a) Transhumance in India (b) Frontogenesis and Frontolysi.s (c) Golden Revolution (d) Sea-floor spreading (e) Legislative powers assigned to the Rajya Sabha under Art. 249 and Art. 312 of the Constitution (f) Causes for dominant dendritic pattern of drainage in the Gangetic plains (g) ' Break-of6. Answer any three of the following in about 150 words each: 12x3=36 (a) While bringing out their salient features, distinguish between either 'Madhubani' Art and 'Manjusha' Art or 'Rajasthani' schools of painting and the 'Pahari' school of Painting. (b) Bring out the powers and responsibilities attached to the office of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. (c) Distinguish between the following four literary awards: (i) Jnanpith Award (ii) Sahitya Akademi Award (iii) Vyas Samman (iv) Sarastvati Summan (d) After the September 1st changes, do you think that Unit Linked Insurance Plans (ULIPs) and Mutual Funds (MFs) are on a level playing field ? Substantiate your answer from the perspective of an ordinary investor. 7. Answer any five of the following in about 150 words each: 12x5=60 (a) What implications in raising these rates? Page 81 of 85


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(b) "Cost-benefit analysis should not be the sole consideration, while deciding to host events like the Commonwealth Games." Critically comment on this perspective. (c) List any eight 'Ramsar' wetland sites located in India. What is the 'Montreux Record' and what Indian sites are included in this Record? (d) Are the 'Dedicated Freight Corridor' railway project and the 'Golden Quadrilateral' road project mutually complementary or competitive? Assess. (e) "Upliftment of the neglected sections of society will be best served with many more centers of the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University." Expand on the assertion made. (f) Comment on the salient features of the recent draft Model Real Estate (Regulation of Development) Act of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation of the Central Government. 8. Answer each of the following, briefly but precisely. Each answer should be less than 50 words. 5x6=30 (a) How is disagreement between the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of a State in passing of an ordinary Bill, resolved? (b) Comment on the recent HFC-23 emissions controversy that includes in its ambit some Indian companies. (c) Comment on the recommendations of the Wadhwa Commission on the Public Distribution System. (d) What are the salient features of The National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan? (e) You arrive first at, the scene where a bus accident has just occurred. What emergency measures should you immediately and safely adopt? (f) Bring out the sectoral and state-wise distribution patterns of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows into the country. 9. Write brief notes on each of the following, in about 20 words each: 2x8=16 (a) Contributions of Latika Ghosh to the freedom struggle (b) Bhai Maharaj Singh as a freedom fighter (c) Chandrayaan-II (d) Agni-V (e) Babli Project (f) 'Swavalamban' Scheme (g) National Investment Fund (h) 'Aerostat' balloon 10. Who are the following and why have been in the news recently? (Each answer should not exceed 20 words) 2x8=16 (a) Divya Ajithkumar (b) N.C. Page 82 of 85


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Saxena (c) Islam A. Siddiqui (d) Swarnalatha Cherukutty (e) Nitin Nohria (f) Deepak Mondal (g) Gaurav Singh Saini (h) Upendra Limaye

2011 General Studies Paper-I Time Allowed : Three Hour INSTRUCTIONS

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Each question is printed both in Hindi and in English Answer must be written in the medium specified in the Admission Certificate issued to you, which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer-book in the space provided for the purpose. No marks will be given for the answer written in a medium other than that specified in the Admission Certificate. Candidates should attempt all questions strictly in accordance with the instructions given under each question. The number of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question is indicated at the end of the question. 1. Answer any three of the following in about 250 words each: 20x3=60 (a) l that is contained in part IV-A of the Constitution is just a statement. (b) several principles, and Analyse this statements in the context of the judicial powers of the President of India. (c) to be underway in India. (d) Bring out the salient features of the PCPNDT Act, 1994, and the implications of its amendment in 2003. 2. Answer one of the following in about 250 words: 20 (a) Trace the salient sequence of events in the popular revolt that took place in February 1 the freedom struggle. Do you agree with the view that the sailors who took part in this revolt were some of the unsung heroes of the freedom struggle? (b) Evaluate the influence of the extent do you think were the social objectives of these organizations constrained by their political objectives?

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3. Answer one of the following in about 250 words: 20 (a) Critically examine the design of the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) scheme. Do you think it has a better chance of success than the Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) in achieving its objectives ? (b) Highlight the structure, objectives and role of the Advertising Standards Council of India, In what way has the August 2006 government notification made it more effective? 4. Comment on any five of the following in about 150 words each: 12x5=60 (a) Salient recommendations of the RBI-appointed Damodaran committee on customer service in Banks. (b) Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS). (c) (d) mentary Standing (e) (BPL) households. (f) New initiatives during the 11th Five Year Plan in the National Programme for Control of Blindness (NPCB). 5. Examine any three of the following in about 150 words each: 12x3=36 (a) The impact of climate change on water resources in India. (b) Measures taken by the Indian government to combat privacy in the Indian Ocean. (c) The significance of counter-urbanisation in the improvement of metropolitan cities in India. (d) Problems specific to the denotified and nomadic tribes in India. 6. In the context of the freedom struggle, write short notes (not exceeding 50 words each) on the following: 5x3=15 (a) -Badal(b) Bharat Naujawan Sabha (c) 7. Comment on the following in not more than 50 words each: 5X6 = 30 (a) Phase-IV of the tiger monitoring programme in India. (b) Why the Central Statistics Office has notified a new series of Consumer Price Index from this year? (c) Composition and functions of the National Executive Comittee of the National Disaster Management Authority. (d) The Bihar Special Courts Act, 2009 and why it has been in the news recently? (e) Page 84 of 85

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Commission. (f) The Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach to sanitation. 8. Attempt the following in not more than 50 words each: 5X4= 20 (a) Distingu (b) Write a sentence each on any five of the following traditional theatre forms: (i) Bhand Pather (ii) Swang (iii) Maach (iv) Bhaona (v) Mudiyettu (vi) Dashavatar (c) What are the major different styles of unglazed pottery making in India? (d) List the classical dance forms of India as per the Sangeet Natak Akademi. 9. Comment on the following in not more than 50 words each: 5x5=25 (a) Nisarga-Runa technology of BARC. (b) The first-aid that you can safely administer to a person standing next to you at the bus-stop who suddenly faints. (c) The Kaveri K-10 aero-engine. (d) Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI) technology. (e) E-governance initiatives by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). 10. Who are the following and why have they been in the news recently? (Each answer should not exceed 20 words). 2x7=14 (a) Lieutenant Navdeep Singh (b) Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar (c) Lobsang Sangay (d) P.R. Sreejesh (e) Nileema Mishra (f) V. Tejeswini Bai (g) Aishwarya Narkar

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General Studies (Mains) Paper II 1987 to 2011 (Last 25 Years) Compilation by Mrunal

Action Plan - To get really Decent marks in General Studies paper (and thus a high rank in the final merit list) do following - In the General Studies (Mains) paper, there are two types of question Static and Dynamic (Current Based) - By and large, General Studies Paper I & II are made up of following topics. 1. History (Always Static) 2. Culture (Almost Always Static) 3. Polity (Most of the Time.) 4. Yearbook stuff (Current Based) 5. Economy (Mixed) 6. International Relations and S&T (Lately current Based) 7. Statistics and Data Interpretation.(Always Static.) - Now, observe these old papers carefully, the Static questions/topics keep getting recycled and repeated. For example RIN mutiny was asked in 1998, again in 2011. Same for Polity (DPSP/Funda.rights) etc. - If you start manually writing answer for each and every question, it ional subjects to prepare! But atleast you can prepare a skeletal framework / keypoint answer, and keep revising it, definitely a few questions or topics would during the actual exam, for not having to brainstorm for the ideas. Because you already did that exercise @home, while solving these question. - For more downloads and articles, visit www.mrunal.org - Have trouble or doubt solving any question? Ask it on www.indianofficer.com, a forum where serious players hang out. - P.S. At some places the questions and sentences are missing or incomplete. But it is because the original source itself did not have those questions. (or I might have made some silly mistake writing the RegEx script, using which I compiled this whole database.)

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Stupid Index for GS paper II (1987 to 2011) That is 25 years 1987 ............................................................................................................................................... 3 1988 ............................................................................................................................................... 6 1989 ............................................................................................................................................... 9 1990 ............................................................................................................................................. 12 1991 ............................................................................................................................................. 14 1992 ............................................................................................................................................. 17 1993 ............................................................................................................................................. 19 1994 ............................................................................................................................................. 22 1995 ............................................................................................................................................. 24 1996 ............................................................................................................................................. 27 1997 ............................................................................................................................................. 30 1998 ............................................................................................................................................. 33 1999 ............................................................................................................................................. 36 2000 ............................................................................................................................................. 39 2001 ............................................................................................................................................. 44 2002 ............................................................................................................................................. 48 2003 ............................................................................................................................................. 54 2004 ............................................................................................................................................. 59 2005 ............................................................................................................................................. 64 2006 ............................................................................................................................................. 68 2008 ............................................................................................................................................. 73 2009 ............................................................................................................................................. 77 2010 ............................................................................................................................................. 82 2011 ............................................................................................................................................. 86 The End : Yes .............................................................................................................................. 92

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1987 SECTION I 1 . (a) Briefly mention why and how the Chapter on Directive Priciples gained precedence over the Chapter on Fundamental Rights in The Indian Constitution. (About 250 words) 4 0 OR (b) Identify the nature and methods of parliamentary control over the Executive in Indian polity.(About 250 words) 2 . (a) Examine the particular reference to its objectives and constraints. Suggest a set of measures towards an improvement in the present in the present syst ems. (About 250 words) 4 0 OR (c) Account for the growing incidence of industrial sickness in Give reasons for your answer. (About 250 words) 3. (a) Scarcity of safe drinking water is an acu te problem in a large number of villages in India. Point out the factors which make even the available water unfit for drinking by the rural Population. What steps would you recommend to make such water potable? (About 250 words) 40 OR (b) Expert opinion is sharply divided regarding the advisability or otherwise of building nuclear power plants in India.Sunnarize the chief arguments on either side and suggest what according to you would be a wiser policy. (About 250 words) SECTION II 4 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 2 0 +2 0 (a) What are the main features of the Anti -defection legislation of 1985? (b) To What extent does the President of India possess discretionary powers? If any, what are they? (c) Discuss the importance of Article 32 of the Indian constitution. (d) 5 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 2 0 +2 0

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(a) Comment on the employment strategy as envisaged in our Seventh Five Year Plan. (b) Give an account of the mechanism employed in India to transfer financial resources from the Centre to the States. (c) Distinguish clearly

(d) Observe the following data and analyse the underlying

Item percentage of → Year World National ↓ Exports Imports Income 1949 1961 1971 1985 1987

2.40 1.05 0.65 0.43 0.40

57.9 93.9 69.0 62.6

5.0 4.5 6.8 6.6

6 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 1 5 +1 5 (a) Despite the fact that half of India lies outside the Tropic of Cancer, India is called a tropical country. Why is it so? (b) What is the Exclusive Economic Zone of India? Why has it been constituted? (c) What is the need for Coal Conservation? What are the major (d) What do you understand by Ecological Balance? Why is this balance necessary? What is being done in India today to maintain this balance? 7 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words: 1 5 +1 5 (a) present in India ar you agree with this view? (b) Comment on the state of computer technology in India Page 4 of 92


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today. In this context, point out the possible uses to which super-computers could be put. (c) It is believed that the use of fibr e optics will revolutionize the telecommunication technology. What progress has been made in India in this field? (d) immunize the rural population against common diseases to which they are generally prove. SECTION III 8 . Answer four question from Group A, three from Group B and three from Group C (Answer to each question should be given in 2 or 3 sentence): 30 Grou p A (a) What is Zero-base budgeting? (b) What are the likely advantages of the recent Government policy of Broad-banding? (c) Despite an increase in the pay-packet, the purchasing power of the people has not really gone up. How can this happen? (d) The Economic offenders often thrive in a parallel economy. Is it true or false? Explai n your view. (e) What are the limitations of mechanized farming in the Indian context? (f) Recall three specific incentives given our government to attract industries to the backwards areas. Name two such areas and their location. GROUP B (a) Define the write of Certiorari. (b) (c) Why is the Indian Constitution called quasi -federal ? (d) Under what circumstances, can the financial Emergency be imposed in India? (e) State the functions of the Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. (f) How are chief Justices of high courts in India appointed? GROUP C (a) have been made in Indian coastal waters recently? (b) What is eutrophication ? What are its effects ? (c) Maharaja Swai Jai Singh II of Jaipur has built five observations for astronomical observation. Two of these are Page 5 of 92


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situated at delhi and Jaipur. Where are the other three located ? (d) teps are taken to protect the rural population from this preventable disease ? (e) (f) Recentaly oil and gas have been discovered at a number of places in the Godavari -Krishna delta region. Name three locations where these deposits are found.

1988 SECTION I 1 . Discuss the methods by which Parliament controls public expenditure in India. (About 250 words) 40 OR (b) What do you consider are the problems of National Integration in India? Suggest suitable remedies. (About 250 words) 2 . (a) Discuss the problem of rural unemployment in India. What specific schemes have been launched by the Government to generate employment opportunities in rural areas? (About 250 words) 40 OR (b) Discuss the contribution of public sector enterprises to the economic development of India. Are these enterprises generating enough resources for further investment in the economy? (About 250 words) 3 . (a) Trace the growth of Science museums in India. Examine their role in promoting science awareness and the spirit of scientific temper among the common people.(About 250 words) 40 OR (b) What is Integrated Pest Control Management? Comment on its current status in the Country? (About 250 words) SECTION II 4 . Answer ant two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 2 0 +2 0 (a) What the major commitments of the Constit ution of India are as incorporated in its preamble?

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(b) Explain the concept of Minorities in the Indian Constitution and mention the safeguards provided therein or their protection. (c) Examine the role and functions of the State Governors as set out in the Constitution of India. (d) Explain the Constitutional responsibilities of the Election Commission of India. 5 . Answer ant two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about be in about 150 words): 2 0 +2 0 (a) There is renewed emphasis o n district planning in India. Examine its rationale, Past experience and scope for success (b) Examine the debt burden of the Government on India. Is the (c)

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place in the economy? (d) Examine their impact on the general price level. 6 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 2 0 +2 0 (a) States the types of environmental pollution and some of the place where it has occurred due to the progress of industrialization in India. (b) Which parts of India were mainly affected by the serve drought of 1987-88? What were its main consequences? (c) What are black soils ? Give their distribution in India and explain their uses and problems. (d) Mention any three tribal areas in India. What are the main programme ? 7 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 2 0 +2 0 (a) The Government of India has recently set up a Department of Food Processing. What are its functions? (b) Some experts are of the opinion that the dams and the reservoirs located in different parts of the country may lead to undesirable consequences. How far are these fears justified?

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(c) What are the aims of the New Techno logy Policy? What steps are being taken to improve the standards of technical education? (d) What is fluorosis? What can be done to minimize its harmful effects? SECTION III 8 . Answer four question from Group A , three from Group B and three from Group C. (Answer to each question should be in about 25 words): 3 0 GROUP A (a) Name the direct and indirect taxes levied by the Government of India. Which of these yields the highest amount of revenue? (b) What is Minimum Wages? Is there any such provision in India? (c) What are lead banks? (d) What is the HBJ pipe line? What will it carry, from where to where, and for what purpose? (e) What is shifting cultivation, and where is it carried on? (f) Where is the Desert National Park situated in India? Why has it been created? GROUP B (a) business in parliament? (b) State the Parliament of the members of the Parliament? (c) Explain the significance of Article 370 in the Constitution of India. (d) What is the objective of the Commission of Inquiry (Amendment) Bill of 1986? (e) What is meant by collective responsibility of Parliamentary democracy? (f) Why India is called a Republic? GROUP C (a) What is El Nino? How is it relevant to India? (b) (c) Explain the meaning and the uses of gene therapy. (d) What are the harmful consequences of excessive noise? (e) Advances in biotechnology unknown in n ature. What are their uses? (f) What is Ozone pollution ? Page 8 of 92


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1989 SECTION I 1 . (a) Define the duties and powers of the Comptroller and Auditor General of Indian in regard to Audit and show how the Constitution provides for his independence from Executive Control.(About 250 words) 40 OR (b) Discuss the power, privileges and immunities of the Indian Parliament.(About 250 words) 40 OR (b) Discuss the power, privileges and immunities of the Indian Parliament.(About 250 words) 2 . (a) Distinguish between the status, organization and specific roles of the Planning Commission and the Finance Commission in India.(About 250 words) 40 OR (b) What are the basic objectives of agricultural price policy of the Government of India & how is it implemented? (About 250 words) 3 . (a) The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research has established a number of laboratories for interacting with industry and development of indigenous technologies. Citing specific example, point out the significant achievements of CSIR in the last one decade. (About 250 words) 40 OR (b) India is planning to provide for the generation and distribution of 38,000 MW of electric power in the Eighth Plan. How are these objectives to be achieved? What are the constraints that are likely to be met with? (About 250 words) SECTION II 4 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to reach question should be in about 150 words): 2 0 +2 0 (a) Examine the powers and functions of the spaker of the Lok Sabha. (b) Explain the relevance of Rajya Sabha as a second chamber in the Federal set-up of the Indian Parliamentary System. (c) Discuss the relationship between the Executive and the legislative wings with reference to India. (d) Describe the organization and function of the committee

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system in Indian Parliament. 5 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 2 0 +2 0 (a) What are the main components of the no -plan expenditure of the Government of India? Discuss the recent trends in the growth of this expenditure. (b) Despite having high saving and investment rates. India is Experience a low growth rate. Why is it so? (c) What is the economic rationale for undertaking the Backward Area Development Programme? Discuss the specific measures taken by the Government in this direction. (d) What is meant by a high cost economy? Has India developed into a high cost economy and if so , how? 6 . Answer any two of the following 9Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 1 5 +1 5 (a) What are the salient features of the hill economy of Northern India, and how do these account for its relative backwardness? (b) How has modern technology contributed to a better forecasting of weather? Mention the particular efforts made in India in This regards. (c) What geopolitical and economic advantages are enjoyed by India due to its location in the southern part of the Continent o f Asia? (d) Examine the production and supply of edible oil in India. What are its main source crops and where are they grown? Do we have to import edible oil? 7 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 2 0 +2 0 (a) Describe the important new techniques which are being introduced in India for crop improvement. (b) It has been estimated that there are more than four million leprosy patients in India. What steps are being taken by the Government of India for their treatment and rehabilitation? (c) What are the non-conventional sources of energy relevant in the Indian Context? Comment on the status of the technologies available for their utilization. (d) Water-conservation has assumed and urgency, partic ularly in drought prone areas. What are the methods available for controlling water evaporation from large surface (e.g. ponds Page 10 of 92


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and tanks) and improving the water -holding capacity of the soil? SECTION III 8 . Answer four question from Group A, three question from Group B and three question from Group C. (Answer to each question should be in about 25 words) 30 GROUP A (a) What is NABARD and what is its main role? (b) What are mutual funds? Do we have such funds in India? (c) the laws enacted in India to deal with them. (d) What is meant by population explosion? Has it occurred in India? (e) Which part of India has developed comparatively more marine-based industries and why? (f) Name the minerals used in generating nuclear energy and the places where they are found in India. GROUP B (a) What is meant by a Cut Motion in Parliament? Mention its different kinds. (b) Discuss the value of the consultative committees attached to the different Ministries of the Government of India? (c) Distinguish between a starred question and an unstirred one asked in the Parliament. (d) How is breach of Parliament Privilege different from Contempt of the House? (e) here the Rajya Sabha alone has (f) Explain what is a point of order? When can it be raised? GROUP C (a) Give the names of three missiles developed by India under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme. Briefly mention their capabilities. (b) they been in the news recently? (c) (d) What is ultrasound? States Two of its uses in modern medical practice. (e) What is a remedy? Page 11 of 92


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1990 SECTION I 1 . (a) The emphasis in modern federations should not be one division and separation but on Collaboration and on Co Policy. (In about 250 words) 4 0 OR (b) Review the present Electoral System in India an d suggest modifications to ensure better and healthier Policy. 2 . (a) Indentify and analyse a few major amangement problems which the Indian Public enterprises are facing today. In the light our public enterprises? (About 250 words) 40 OR (b) What is the rationale for decentralized planning in India? Discuss the obstacles that have stood in the way of such planning? (About 250 words) 3 . (a) What are the main recommendations of the Montreal Protocol to Protect the Ozone layer ? What are the implications for India of the latest convention held at London? (About 250 words) 40 OR (b) What is the application of superconductors in computers? SECTION II 4 . Answer any two of the fo llowing (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 2 0 +2 0 (a) What are the major recommendations of the National Perspective Plan for women, 1988 and what are the relevant recommendations as envisaged in the Constitutional Amendment Bill (64 th Amendment)? (b) Explain the nature and extent of discretionary power and special responsibilities of the Governor in the Indian Constitution? (c) Describe the Constitutional position of the Civil Services in India. How is their neutrality and i ndependence sought to be achieved? (d)

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Indian Constitution accompanying the fundamental rights? 5 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 2 0 +2 0 (a) What is the economic rationale behind the establishment of

(b) State and explain briefly the economic implications of the (c) Discuss the factors that have led to the recent increase in the general price level and the measures taken by the Government to combat it. (d) What measures have been taken under the Five Year Plans to increase employment opportunities in rural areas? 6 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 1 5 +1 5 (a) Explain the concept of National Water Grid and its objectives. (b) What is the need for soil conservation? What are the major measures taken by the Government towar ds conserving Soil in India? (c) Comment on the detrimental effects of canal irrigation? (d) between urban peripheral growths, suburbs and satellite towns giving, at least, one example of each type fr om any metropolitan centre India. 7 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 2 0 +2 0 (a) Briefly describe the Karimnagar experiment for application of Science and Technology for regional developme nt. (b) The ICMR has cautioned that the dreaded disease AIDS might spread in the next few years in India too. What steps are recommended for its control? (c) Aqua culture (inland fish farming) is considered to have an important role in increasing the food supply and generate employment. What steps are being taken by the Government to encourage aqua culture? (d) Write an account of BVO. Give reasons against its use. SECTION- III 8 . Answer four question from Group A, Three from Group B and three from Group C. Page 13 of 92


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(In about 25 words) 30 GROUP A (a) What is Exchange Risk Administration Scheme? (b) where the problem of industrial sickness is very acute. (c) in India. (d) setting up of such station? (e) Mention the states where shifting cultivation is still practiced in India. (f) Grou p B (a) Explain the significance of Prasar Bharati Corporation in the context of modern mass media. (b) What is contempt of Parliament? Mention its various kinds. (c) State the significance of Article 370 of our Constitution. (d) Describe the procedure for the creat ion of Second Chamber of the State Legislature. (e) Define Write of Mandamus. Explain its importance. (f) What are the functions of the Business Advisory Committee of the Loksabha? GROUP C (a) What is frequency modulation? (b) What do you understand by nuclear fall out? What are its harmful effects? (c) What is photonics? Mention some of the areas of its application. (d) (e) What is meant by global warning? What are its effects? (f) Mention the breakthrough made in NCL in the field of plant genetics and explain its significance. 8

1991 Sect ion I 1 . (a) Examine the constitutional relation between the President and the Prime Minister of India. (About 250 words) 40 OR (b) Examine whether the grant of greater autonomy to the States would be in the interets of strengthening the integrity and promoting the economic development of the country,

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especially in the light of recent happenings in our Country. (About 250 words) 4 0 2 . (a) What usually is meant by the expression an underdeveloped economy? What, according to you, are the basic causes of underdevelopment in India? (About 250 words) 40 OR (b) Discuss the measures taken in the five -years plans to mitigate rural poverty. (About 250 words) 40 3 . (a) What is artificial intelligence? What is its current scenario and what are its prospects? (About 250 words) 4 0 OR (b) Give a brief account of major achievements in the relam of Biotechnology in India. (About 250 words) Sect ion II 4 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each questions should be in about 150 words) 2 0 +2 0 (a) Discuss the powers of the President of India regarding the scheduled areas. (b) What are the constitutionals provisions that insure the independence of the Public Service Commission in India? (c) Discuss the secular nature of Indian Polity and the position of minorities in India. (d) 'The plannings operations in India have led to erosion of federalism ; Discuss. 5 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each questions should be in about 150 words) 2 0 +2 0 (a) Analyze the main defects of Indian Trade Union Movement. (b) Bring out the main features of India's Trade policy. (c) What, according to you, are the remedies to the problem of rural indebtedness in India? (d) What are the factors that ensure the success of the Public Distribution system? 6 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each questions should be in about 150 words) 1 5 +1 5 (a) What do you understand by the Integrated Rural E nergy System? Also mention at least three new Sources of Energy. (b) Examine the recent developments that have taken place in identifying and mapping land resources in India. (c) Explain the factors affecting the distribution of population in Page 15 of 92


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India, bringing out the variation in density over space. (d) Account for varied enviornmental problems resulting from wide spread deforestation in both Aravallis and Himalayan regions. 7 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each questions should be in about 150 words) 2 0 +2 0 (a) Trace the progress of India's Space Research Programmes? What are its significant achievements? (b) What is 'Jal Shakti'? What are its uses? (c) What is the basis of monsoon forecasts now prepared by the Indian Metrological Departme nt, Which have been reasonable correct for the last three successive years? (d) the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) is expected to set up a number of hydroelctrics projects in the Eighth plan. Summarise the salient features of the proposal . Sect ion III 8 . Answer four questions from Group A, three from Group B and three from Group C (Answer to each question should be in about 25 words each) Grou p A (a) What is Non-Plan Expenditure? (b) What is Statutory liquidity Requirement of Commercial banks? (c) What is ICICI? (d) What is 'Dakshina Ganga'? What is it so named? (e) How was Meghalaya Plateau seperated from the Deccan Plateau? (f) If the context of recent institutional developments in our capital markets, what do the following abbreviations stand for: (i) CRISIL (ii) SEBI (iii) SHCI Grou p B (a) Distinguish between value-based and personality-based politics. (b) Distinguish between Care-taker Government and Minoroty Government. (c) When can the Governor of a State reserve a Bill for consideration by the President of India? (d) Why was Education taken out of the State List and inserted in the concurrent list of the Indian constotution? (e) Set fourth the functions of the Cabinet. Page 16 of 92


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(f) What is the value of 'O and M' in Administration? Grou p C (a) What are binary chemcals weapons? (b) What is SQUID? Which of the CSIR laboratories are working on it? (c) What is tissue culture? (d) What is Hepetitis E? (e) What are ocean floor polymettalic sulphides? Where is the largest occurence of diposits reported? (f) Name the main offshore oil field of India and the agency which operates it.

1992 Sect ion I 1 . (a) What are the general features of the amending producers of the Constitution of India? (About 250 words) 4 0 OR (b) What are Zonal Councils? Discuss their constitution, role and importance in achieving inter -state comity. (About 250 words) 2 . (a) What role were the public Sector Undertaking expected to play in our planning process? Briefly state the current policy of the Government of India with respect to Public Sector Undertakings. (About 250 words) 4 0 OR (b) Are there good reasons behind the suggestion that in the new programme of economic liberalization, India should go slow in the matter of 'exit policy'? (About 250 words) 3 . (a) Discuss the potential of solar energy utilization in India (About 250 words) 4 0 OR (b) What is biodervisity? why should it be preserved? (About 250 words) SECTION II 4 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words) 2 0 +2 0 (a) Besides the Directive contained in Part IV, there are certain other Directives addressed to the state in other parts of the Constitution. What are they? (b) Explain the scope of the Advisory jurisdiction of the

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Supreme Court of India. (c) Explain the status, composition and functions of the Minorities Commission. (d) Indicate the structure and functions of the committee on Public Undertakings. 5 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words) 2 0 +2 0 (a) What is Partial Convertibility of rupee? What are its basic objectives? How is it going benefit the Indian economy? (b) Discuss the main features of India's Eight Five -Year Plan with special reference to the agricultural sector. (c) What are the main sources of short-term and long-term finance for Indian industries? (d) Explain the term 'Integrated Rural Development ; Bringing out its strategic importance. 6 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words) 1 5 +1 5 (a) What do you understand by command Area Development? (b) Mention some of the new programmes that have been undertaken in recent years in respect of nuclear research in India. (c) What do you understand by Environmental Pollution? Mention the various kinds of pollution and their effect on human health in India. (d) Briefly explain the use of various chemical fertilizers in India agriculture. 7 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words) 2 0 +2 0 (a) Discuss briefly the importance of the cryogenic engine for India's space programme. (b) What is a fast breeder reactor? Discuss briefly its role in India's nuclear energy programme. (c) What are biofertilizers? What advantages do they have over chemical fertilizers? (d) What are the salient features of India's missile development programme. SECTION III 8 . Answer four question from Group A, three question from Group Band three Group C (Answer to each question should be in about 25 words) 3 0 Page 18 of 92


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GROUP A (a) Distinguish between Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Gross National Product (GNP) (b) What are 'Footloose Industries'? (c) What is fiscal drag? What is its effect? (d) What is Gini coefficient? (e) Give the full names of: (i) FAO (ii) FOB (iii) GATT (f) Describe the main objective of DPAP. GROUP B (a) State the difference between the council of Ministers and the Cabinet. (b) The writ of Mandamus will not be granted against certain persons. Who are they? (c) Distinguish between the All India Service s and Central Services. (d) Distinguish between Annual Financial Statements and Annual Finance Bill. (e) What is lame-duck-session of legislature? (f) Who is a Pro tem Speaker? What are this responsibilities? GROUP C (a) What is a heavy water? What is it u sed for? (b) What is a leap second? (c) What do the following stand for? (d) What is 'Maitri'? (e) What is the advantage of putting a satelite in the geosynchronous orbit? (f) What is MRI? What is it used for?

1993 SECTION I 1 . (a) What are the essentials of a true federation? Analyse the nature of the Indian federation. (About 250 words) 40 OR (b) Describe the powers and functions of the Council of States. Compare its powers with those of the House of the People. (About 250 words) 2 . (a) Discuss the main issues involved in the provisions regarding the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights in the DUNKEL Draft text, in relation to India. 4 0

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OR (b) One of the priority objectives of the Eight Five year Plan is the ''generation of adequate employem ent to achieve near full emloyement level by the turn of the century.'' (Eight Five year Plan) What is the strategy envisaged for the fullfilment of this objective? (About 250 words) 40 3 . (a) What is a supercomputer? Give an account of supercomputer development in India. (About 250 words) 4 0 OR (b) What is genetic conservation? Bring out the salient features of genetic conservation activity in India. SECTION II 4 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 2 0 +2 0 (a) What are the fundamental duties and their implications. (b) Describe the doctrine of colourable legislation. (c) Describe the composition and functions of the Election Commission of India. (d) Describe the composition and functions of the National Development Council. 5 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 2 0 +2 0 (a) What measures have been taken by the Government of India to attract direct foreign investment, as a part of the new strategy of Industrial Development in India? (b) Bring out the main change in the Panchayti raj System in India through the Seventy Third Constitutional Amendment Act? (c) it is claimed that the price situation in India improved considerably in 1992-93 with a gradual decline in the annual rate of inflation in the course of the year. What are the factors that moderated the inflationary pressures? (d) In a developing country like ours what according to y ou, should be the basis of taxation -income or consumption? Spell out your arguments clearly. 6 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 1 5 +1 5 (a) Give your assesment of the soundness of large river vally projects with high dams vis-a-vis smaller river valley projects. Page 20 of 92


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(b) Which parts of India are described as 'arid zones'? Comment on the characteristics and economic activities prevalant in these regions? (c) What is remote sensing? Describe the status of re mote sensing in India. (d) What is social forestry? Describe how social forestry can help in the uplift of the rural poor. 7 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 2 0 +2 0 (a) Give an account of the ac hievements of Indian defence scientists in technology development. (b) Describe how biotechnology is finding in medicine. Give a few current examples. (c) What is a CD-ROM? Describe its main advantages a vehicle for information dissemination. (d) What is RDX made of? Why has it been in the news lately? SECTION III 8 . Answer four question from Group A, three from Group B and three from Group C (Answer to each question should be in about 25 words): GROUP A (a) What does SDR stand for? how are the countries be nefited by it? (b) What do you mean by Government Buffer Stock Operations? (c) What is Opportunity Cost? (d) What is ICOR? What does a high ICOR indicate? (e) What is a biosphere reseve? (f) What is meant by growth rate of population? GROUP B (a) Distinguish between preventive detention and punitive detention. (b) What are the various writs available to the citizens of India? (c) When and why was the National Literacy Mission founded? (d) What is meant by 'equal protection of law'? (e) What is the content o f the 10th Schedule of the Constituion of India? (f) What is the purpose of Article 24 of the Constitution of India? GROUP C (a) What is an E-lamp? What are its main advantages? Page 21 of 92


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(b) What is DPT vaccine? What is it used for? (c) What are synthetic seeds? (d) What are jet strams? (e) What do the following stand for: (i) ANURAG (ii) HVDC (iii) GMRT (f) What is VIKAS engine? What is it being used for?

1994 SECTION I 1 . (a) "In India though the Governor is the constitutional head of a state just as the President of the country , the former may be enjoying more powers than the latter." Do you agree? Give reasons. (About 250 words) 4 0 OR (b) Explain the role of the Planning Commission and the National Development Council in the formulation of public policy in India. (About 250 words) 2 . (a) Differentiate between indicative and target planning where should the Eigth Five year Plan be placed? (about 250 words) 4 0 OR (b) It is being suggested that the coomercial banks in India should reduce their holdings of non -performing assets. Does it mean that the former should abandon social priorities? (About 250 wprds) 4 0 OR (b) What are the diseases caused by Iodine Deficiency? What steps are being taken to tackle problem in India? (About 250 words) SECTION II 4 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 2 0 +2 0 (a) Explain the significance of the April 1994 Supreme Court judgement on the proclamation of President's rule. (b) Describe the emergence of Basic Structure co ncept in the Indian Constitution. (c) What are the major recommendations of the Swaminathan Committee's Draft National population Policy relating to

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gender issues? (d) Explain the position of the Election Commission with regard to the residential qualification of the members of the Council of States. What do you think about it? 5 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 2 0 +2 0 (a) What was the rational of the Mahalanobis Strategy of economic growth? (b) Indiacate briefly the tax reforms that have been introduced in India after the coming in of the New Economic Policy. (c) Discuss the desirability of removing all control in India on the import and export of agricultural commodities. (d) What is innovation? What kind of economic compulsions in a country like India, you think, could really stimulate innovations? 6 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 1 5 +1 5 (a) Why are the solis of Malwa in Madhya Pradesh black while those of karnataka red? Discuss the relative fertility of these soils. (b) Which part of India receives more rainfall from the north east monsoon than from the south-west monsoon? Explain why it is so? (c) What is "exclusive economic zone" of a country. Discuss its relevance to India. (d) What is dryland agriculture? Discuss its importance to India. 7 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 2 0 +2 0 (a) Describe briefly the different phases of India's nuclear energy programme. (b) What are high-temperature superconductors? Describe their important applications. (c) Describe the salient features of Project Tiger. How far has it helped in saving the ti ger from extinction? (d) What is DNA fingerprinting? Which research institution in India is working in this area? SECTION III 8 . Answer four questions from Group A, three from Group B and three from Group C (Answer to each question should be in about 25 words): 30 Page 23 of 92


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GROUP A (a) What is meant by equity in taxation? (b) Make a case for strengthening the social sector in India. (c) Can excessive economic backwardness it self be a cause of excess population? (d) Why should fiscal deficit in India be rising again? (e) Name the mineral which is mined at each of the following places: (i) Neyveli (ii) Panna (iii) Jaduguda (f) What is 'El Nino'? GROUP B (a) Differentiate between the 'due process of law' and 'the procedure established by law' in the context of de privation of personal liberty in India. (b) Explain the meaning of ex-post-facto legislation. (c) What is section 309 IPC about? Why was it in the news recently? (d) What is our country's highest civilian award? Who are the two foreigners on whom the award was conferred? (e) Indicate the provisions of Indian Constitution relating to Secularism. (f) Four more languages were added to the 8th Scheduled of the Constitution through two amedments. Give the names of these four languages as also the serial number o f amendments. GROUP C (a) What are encilities? (b) What is Talsur? (c) What is Piezoelectricity? (d) What do the following stand for? (i) C-DAC (ii) SROSS (iii) INSDOC (e) What is 'Shoemaker-Levy 9'? Why was it in the news recently? (f) What is a gene? Where is it found?

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SECTION I 1 . (a) Distinguish between Parliamentary and Presidential forma of Government. Do you think that changing over to Presidential form will be a solution for better governance? Substantiate your answer. (About 250 words) 4 0 OR (b) What is the position of the Supreme Court under the Constitution of India? Discuss its role as a guardian of the Constitution. (About 250 words) 2 . (a) In what ways do land reforms help agricultural growth? Briefly state the aim of land reforms as e nvisaged in the Eigth Five Year Plan. (About 250 words) 4 0 (b) Do you agree with the view that, in a country like India, a tax? Argue the case in the light of Raja Chelliah Tax Reform Committee Report. (About 250 words) 40 3 . (a) What is 'greenhouse effect'? What are its adverse effects on the Earth's enviornment? What steps are being taken to check the same? (About 250 words) 40 OR (b) What is AIDS? Describe its salient features. (About 250 words) SECTION II 4 . Answer any two of the follo wing (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 2 0 +2 0 (a) Explain the functions of the Estimates Committee. (b) Describe the non-federal features of the Council of States. (c) What are the constitutional rights of the citizens of India? What do you think about the demand of the NRI's for dual citizenship? (d) Describe the salient features of Anti -Defection Law. 5 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 2 0 +2 0 (a) Does reduction in f iscal deficit necessarily assure reduction in inflation? (b) What policy has the Government of India adopted in recent years to protect our environment, control pollution and maintain ecological balance? State briefly. (c) Do you think that income tax redu ces economic incentives? Give your reasons. (d) What has been the rationale for deregulating commercial Page 25 of 92


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bank's lending rates as a policy stategy? 6 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 2 0 +2 0 (a) What do you understand by Deccan Trap? Describe its characteristics. (b) Why have the rivers of the peninsular India well -defined rigid channels in sharp contrast to the Himalyan rivers? (c) What is 'intensity of rainfall'? Discuss its importance to Indian farmers. (d) What is drip irrigation? Why is it considered the most efficient method of irrigation? 7 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 2 0 +2 0 (a) What is lead-free petrol? What are its merits and demerits? (b) What is PSLV? Describe its significance for India's space programme. (c) What do you understand by 'Karnal Technology'? What is it used for? (d) What is 'amniocentesis'? What has made it a controversial technique? SECTION III 8 . Answer four questions from Group A, three from Group B and three from Group C (Answer to each question should be in about 25 words): 30 GROUP A (a) What are fringe benefits? (b) What is Goup of 77? (c) Which sector of the economy is the informal sector? (d) What is Call Money? (e) Why do the Western Ghats receive more rainfall than the Eastern Ghats? (f) Name the industry which is located at each of the following places: (i) Bongaigaon (ii) Alwaye (iii) Kapurthala GROUP B (a) Define Financial Emergency. How m any times has this been proclaimed so far? (b) What is the present status of the right to property as a Page 26 of 92


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Fundamental Right? (c) Why is Article 32 considered as the cornerstone of the Constitution? (d) What is a bicameral legislature? Mention the states that have a bicameral legislature in our country. (e) Explain the scope of Article 331. (f) Explain the Status of the Ministers known as 'Ministers of State'. GROUP C (a) What is ELISA? What is it used for? (b) What are VSATs? What are they used for? (c) What isd pacemeker? How does it work? (d) What do the following stand for: (i) IREDA (ii) APPLE (iii) INMAS (e) What is EL Nino? what is its relevance to India? (f) What is bioremediation?

1996 SECTION I 1 . (a) What do you understand by the term 'Rule of Law' ? How does the Constitution of India seek to establish it? (About 250 words) 40 OR (b) Why does the Constitution of India contain different forms of Oath for the President, the Ministers, the Legislators and the members of the Judiciary? Discuss th eir significance. (About 250 words) 2 . (a) Comment on the view that economic planning can raise the rate of capital formation appreciably above the rate attainable under a system of private saving and investment. (About 250 words) 4 0 OR (b) Explain the factors responsible for the decile in the value of Indian Rupee vis-a0vis U.S. Dollar during the Financial year 1995-96. Enumerate the Corrective measures undertaken by the Reserve Bank of India in this regard. (About 250 words) 3 . (a) Describe how India's space programme has helped in its socio-economic development. (About 250 words) 40

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OR (b) What are Intellectual Property Rights? Why are Indian scientists concerned about the new patent regimes? (About 250 words) SECTION II 4 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words) 2 0 +2 0 (a) What is a Cut Motion? Discuss its significance. (b) How are electoral constituencies delimited for Parliamentary elections in India? (c) What is delegated legislation and which are the factors responsible for its increase? (d) What are the Consolidated and Contingency Funds of India. How are the two operated? 5 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words) 2 0 +2 0 (a) What measures do you suggest to raise the volume of Public Savings in our country? Briefly state the importance of such saving for the contemporary economic scene. (b) Briefly comment on the purpose and type of changes made in our tax structure in the context of liberalisation and structural reforms during the first half of the 1990s. (c) Discuss briefly the main recommendations of the Tenth finance Commission. (d) How is poverty-line defined in India? Briefly enumerate the measures undertaken by the Go vernment in recent years to alleviate poverty. 6 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question ahould be in about 150 words) 1 5 +1 5 (a) Mention the advantages which India enjoys being at the head of the Indian Ocean. (b) What is shifting cultivation? Describe its salient characteristics with reference to India? (c) Where do mangrove forests occur in India? Describe their main characteristics. (d) What is ozone hole? How is it formed and what effect does it have on the earth? 7 . Answer any two of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words) 2 0 +2 0 (a) What is nuclear medicine? Describe briefly its different uses. Page 28 of 92


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(b) What is virtual reality? What is it used for? (c) What is a microwave oven? How does it cook foo d? (d) What are transgenic organisms? What are they used for? SECTION III 8 . Answer four questions form Group A, three from Group B and three from Group C (Answer to each question should be in about 25 words): 3 0 GROUP A (a) What is a lorentz curve? (b) How do you distiguish between specific and ad valorem duties? (c) What is an MOU? What does it mean? (d) Differentiate between Trade and Balance of Payments. (e) Where are India's nuclear power plants located? (f) What are Bailey's beads? GROUP B (a) What is the major recommendation of Dinesh Goswami Committee? (b) What role can the Union Government play in setting interstate water disputes? (c) The Writ of Mandamus cannot be granted against certain persons. Who are they? (d) What constitutional provisions make the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India independent? (e) How do you distinguish between a Money Bill and a Finance Bill? (f) What are the functions of the Human Rights Commission of India? GROUP C (a) What is centchroman? (b) What is ultrasonography? (c) What do the following stand for: (i) C-DOT (ii) CGCRI (iii) INMAS (d) What is HIV? What does it cause? (e) Why does a lunar eclipse occur only on a full moon? (f) Where are the following located? (Give the name of the city and state) (i) Central Drug Research Institute Page 29 of 92


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(ii)Space Application Center (iii) Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

1997 Gen eral St u dies P ap er - II Time Allowed : Three Hou rs Maximu m Marks : 3 0 0 Each Question is printed both in Hindi and in English. Answer must be written in the Medium specified in the Admission Certificate issued to you, Which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer -book in the space provided for the purpose. No marks will be given for the answers written in a medium other than that specified in the Admission Certificate. Candidates Should attempt all Question strictly in accordance with the instructions given under each question. The number of Marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question. SECTION I 1 . (a) How are the President and the Vice President of India elected? What are the constitutional issues involved in their election? (Abou t 2 5 0 words) OR (b) What is Social Justice? How can reservation of seats for women in Parliament contribute to the establishment of a socially just society in India? (Abou t 2 5 0 words) 2. OR (b) Give your assessment on land reforms in India . (Abou t 2 5 0 words) 3 . (a) Why is Agni Project important for India? (Abou t 2 5 0 words) economic and defence requirements of the country? (Abou t 2 5 0 words) SECTION- II 4 . Answer any two of the following :

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(An swer t o each q u est ion shou ld be in abou t 1 5 0 words) (a) Present your views for and against the creation of an All India Judicial Service. (b) Discuss the factors responsible for the rise of regionalism in India. How does it influence the political s ystem?

(i) Keshavanand Bharati v/s State of Kerala (1990) and (ii) Minerva Mills v/s Union of India (1990) (d) How does the Parliament control th e financial system in India? 5 . Answer any two of the following : (An swer t o each q u est ion shou ld be in abou t 1 5 0 words) (a) Discuss the steps taken by the government in recent years to control inflation. (b) What measures has the government taken to make women economically independent and self -reliant during the last decade? since the year 1991. Devolution suggested by Tenth Finance Commissio 6 . Answer any two of the following: (An swer t o each q u est ion shou ld be in abou t 1 5 0 words) (a) Discuss the origin of Monsoon in India. (b) What measures has the Government of India taken for the development of Tribal areas in India? (c) Why is there a demand for making Uttarakhand a Separate Hill State in India? (d) Why has the Narmada River Valley Project attracted the attention of the common people? 7 . Answer any two of the following : (An swer t o each q u est ion shou ld be in abou t 1 5 0 words) (a) What is cryogenic engine? Explain its importance to our country. (b) What is Madcow disease? (c) What are fullerenes? Why are they important? (d) What is Polio? Name its few features and how it can be prevented.

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8 . Answer four from Group A, three from Group B and three from Group C. (An swer t o each q u est ion shou ld be in abou t 2 5 words)

GROUP - A (a) Why was HODVAT Scheme introduced in the year 1986? (c) How has the Census (1991) defined the Urban Areas? (e) What are the objectives of Social Forestry? (f) What are the main objective of Ninth Five Year Plan?

GROUP - B (a) What do Rule 184 and 193 in Parliamentry Procedure signify? principles. (c) Give a brief account of C.M.P. (Common Minimum Programme) of the uni ted Front Government at the Centre. (d) Write any four fundamental duties prescribed in the Constitution of India. (e) What specific provisions exists in the Constitution of India about child labour? (f) What is Article 356 in the Indian Constitution? C omment. GROUP - C (a) What is the safe level of noise for the human ear? Give the noise level of electric bell. (b) What is the difference between a comet and a meteor? (c) What is E-mail? (d) What do the following stand for? (i) TIFR (ii) GRDO (iii) NEERI (e) What is tissue culture? (f) What are Quasars?

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1998 Gen eral St u dies P ap er - II Time Allowed: Three Hou rs Maximu m Marks : 3 0 0 Each Question is printed both in Hindi and in English. Answer must be written in the Medium specified in the Admission Certificate issued to you, Which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer -book in the space provided for the purpose. No marks will be given for the answers written in a medium other than that specified in the Admission Certificate. Candidates Should attempt all Question strictly in accordance with the instructions given under each question. The number of Marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question. SECTION- I 1 . (a) Briefly state the stages through which the present position of the Directive Principles vis-à-vis the Fundamental Rights has emerged. 40 (Abou t 2 5 0 words) OR account for its decline in recent times in India. 40 (Abou t 2 5 0 words) 2. characterised by planning but the next 50 years of 40 (Abou t 2 5 0 words) OR (b) How is absolute poverty line measured? What are the important measures taken by the Government to eradicate rural poverty in India? 40 (Abou t 2 5 0 words) 3 . (a) What is remote sensing? What are its uses especially in the Indian context? 40

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(Abou t 2 5 0 words) OR (b) What is genetic engineering? Why is it getting increasingly important these days? 40 (Abou t 2 5 0 words) 4 . Answer any TWO of the following : (An swer t o each q u est ion shou ld be in abou t 1 5 0 words) 20+20 (a) Highlight the significance of the Seventy -third Amendment to the Constitution of India. (b) How are the States formed in India? Why have the demands of separate States like those of Vidarbha, Telangana etc. not been considered by the Government recently? (c) On what grounds the Legislative Councils are justified? How is it created or abolished in a State? (d) Differentiate and state the significance of general election, mid-term election and by-election. 5 . Answer any TWO of the following : (An swer t o each q u est ion shou ld be in abou t 1 5 0 words) 20+20 (a) What are the main reasons for industr ial sickness in India? How can it be overcome?

(c) Comment on the view that Monetary Policy in India is used more as a stabilisation device rather than as a develo pment tool. (d) What has been the role of NRIs in the economic development of India in the recent past? 6 . Answer any TWO of the following : (An swer t o each q u est ion shou ld be in abou t 1 5 0 words) 15+15 (a) What are the geo -economic causes of underdeve lopment of various regions in India? (b) Which parts of India have been identified as draughtprone? Mention the norms for such identification. (c) Describe the changes that have taken place in the direction of international trade of India since independe nce. (d) How do the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Lakshadweep differ in the geological ecvolution and Page 34 of 92


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topographical conditions? 7 . Answer any TWO of the following : (An swer t o each q u est ion shou ld be in abou t 1 5 0 words) 20+20 (a) Describe the development of Super-computers in India. (b) How does the development of Pinaka benefit India? (c) What are optical fibres? What are their advantages? (d) What are enzymes? What is their importance? 8 . Answer FOUR questions from Group A, THREE from Group B and THREE from Group C : (An swer t o each q u est ion shou ld be in abou t 2 5 words) 10x3=30 GROUP - A (a) What is meant by Mutual Fund? (b) Explain per capita income as a measure of economic growth. (d) What constitutes a Minor Irrigation Project? (e) What is meant by Environmental Impact Assessment? (f) What is the difference between Gross National Product and Net National Product? GROUP - B (b) Point out the constitution and functions of the Central Vigilance Commission. (c) State the amplitude of Art. 21 of the Constitution. (d) Which of the cases regarding disqualifications for Membership of either House of Parliament are decided by the President? (e) Differentiate between Parliamentary Secretary and Lok Sabha Secretary. (f) What is a Privilege Motion? GROUP - C (a) Why are transgenic organisms important? (b) State the importance of Antrix Corporation. (c) Why is Website getting popular? Page 35 of 92


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(d) What do the following stand for? (i) C-CAD (ii) ICMR (iii) TRAI (e) Give the functions of interferons. (f) What is the difference between E-mail and Fax?

1999 Gen eral St u dies P ap er - I Time Allowed : Three Hou rs Maximu m Marks : 3 0 0 Each Question is printed both in Hindi and in English. Answer must be written in the Medium specified in the Admission Certificate issued to you, Which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer -book in the space provided for the purpose. No marks will be given for the answers written in a medium other than that specified in the Admission Certificate. Candidates Should attempt all Question strictly in accordance with the instructions given under each question. The number of Marks carried by each que stion is indicated at the end of the question. SECTION I 1 . (a) In what ways is the RAJYA SABHA expected to play a special role in today's changing political scenario ? 40 (Abou t 2 5 0 words) OR (b) On what grounds does Article 15 of the Indian Constitution prohibit discrimination ? Indicate the way the concept of 'Special protection' has qualified this prohibition, and contributed to social change. 40 (Abou t 2 5 0 words) 2 . (a) What is 'new' in India's New Industrial Policy of 1991 ? 40 (Abou t 2 5 0 words) OR (b) What is Multilateral Agreement on Investment? How will it affect the economy of a developing country like India ? 40

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(Abou t 2 5 0 words) 3 . (a) Discuss the role of modern technological inputs on agricultural development in India. How would it be hel pful for food security during 21st century? 40 (Abou t 2 5 0 words) OR (b) What is a fast breeder reactor? Comment on its suitability in the Indian context. 40 (Abou t 2 5 0 words) 4 . Answer any TWO of the following : 20+20 =40 (An swer t o each q u est ion shou ld be in abou t 1 5 0 words) (a) What is the importance of Directive Principles of State Policy ? Mention which Directive Principles of State Policy have got primacy over the Fundamental Rights. (b) Discuss the composition and functions of the Nationa l Security Council. (c) Highlight the significance of the Twenty Forth Amendment to the Constitution of India ? (d) Access the importance of the role played by the Public Accounts Committee.

SECTION II 5 . Answer any TWO of the following : - 20+20 =40 (An swer t o each q u est ion shou ld be in abou t 1 5 0 words): (a) What does buy-back of shares mean ? (b) When and why was SEBI established? (c) What is SIDBI ? What are its main functions? (d) What is Tobin tax ? What ar e its main features? 6 . Answer any TWO of the following : - 15+15 =30 (An swer t o each q u est ion shou ld be in abou t 1 5 0 words) : (a) How is deforestation of Himalayas disturbing the ecological balance of north India? (b) What is dry farming? Discuss its relevance in augmenting the food supply in India. (c) Name the mega cities of India and mention their specific problems. (d) What is the importance of Indian Ocean for India? Page 37 of 92


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7 . Answer any TWO of the following : - 20+20 =40 (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words) : (a) What is the Human Genome Project? Discuss briefly its importance. (b) What is carbon dating? Describe its applications in archaeology. (c) What is ozone hole? How is it caused and what are its implications for life on Ear th ? (d) What are biosensors? Describe their uses. SECTION III 8 . Answer any FOUR of the following : - 3 x 4 =12 (abou t 2 5 words each): (a) What is 'Swatch of no ground' ? (b) From where was the most advanced commercial satellite of India Insat 2E launched? (c) What is Global Positioning System (G.P.S.) ? (d) What is Cash Reserve Ratio? (e) How is revenue deficit different from budgetary deficit? (f) What is Plan Holiday? 9 . Answer any THREE of the following : - 3 x 3 = 9 (An swer t o each q u est ion shou ld be in abou t 2 5 words): (a) Who presides over the Joint Session of the two Houses of the Indian Parliament over a non memory bill? (b) Is there any provision to impeach the Governor of a State? (c) In case of any dispute whether a bill is a money bill or not, whose dicision is final? (d) How is the vice-President of India elected? (e) What is the status of the Right to Property in the Indian Constitution? (f) What is the maximum gap between two sessions of the Indian Parliament? 1 0 . Answer any THREE of the following : - 3 x3 =9 (Abou t 2 5 words each): (a) What is a modem? What is it used for? (b) What is CNG ? How can it reduce air pollution? (c) What is a computer virus? How does it infect systems? (d) What do the following stand for? (i) NISSAT (ii) GMRT Page 38 of 92


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(iii) INMAS (e) Where are the following located? (i) Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (ii) Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (iii) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (f) How do identical twins differ from each other genetically?

2000 Gen eral St u dies P ap er - I Time Allowed : Three Hou rs Maximu m Marks : 3 0 0 Each Question is printed both in Hindi and in English. Answer must be written in the Medium specified in the Admission Certificate issued to you, Which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer -book in the space provided for the purpose. No marks will be given for the answers written in a medium other than that specified in the Admission Certificate. Candidates Should attempt all Question strictly in accordance with the instructions given under each question. The number of Marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question. Q . 1 . Answer any two of the following. (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words) : - 15 x 2 = 30 (a) Discuss Indian-Sri Lankan relations in recent years. (b) India's Kargil victory rested on its successful effort at combining diplomacy with the use of force. Discuss. (c) Differentiate and state the significance of Pokharan I and Pokharan II. Q . 2 . Answer the following (Answer to each question should be in about 20 words) 2 x 5 = 10 (a) What does track two diplomacy stand for ? (b) Non-alignment is a need, not a creed, Elaborate. (c) Differentiate between Peace -making and Peace-keeping. (d) What is deterrence ? (e) Why has the indigenous development of Cryogenic Enging become necessary for India ? Q . 3 . Answer the following. (Answer to each questio n should be in about 20 words) 2 x 5 = 10 (a) What does the Global organisation of people of Indian

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origin stand for ? (b) What is the impact of economic sanctions against India on NRIs ? (c) Why is Fiji crisis of May 19, 2000 a specific concern for India ? (d) Examine the role of NRIs in the liberalisation process of India. (e) Mention few NRIs who have brought name and fame for India. Q . 4 . Answer anyone of the following. (Answer should be in about 250 words) 30 (a) India is rapidly emerging as an Inf ormation Technology (IT) Superpower. Discuss some aspects of the growth of this Sector in the Indian economy. What role can public policy play in further enhancing growth prospects in this Sector ? (b) Control over growth of population in India is an essential condition for the country's rapid economic development. Discuss. Q . 5 . Answer any two of the following. (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words) : 2 x 15 = 30 (a) Discuss the reasons for the failure of the Seattle Millennium talks on the WTO (World Trade Organisation). Discuss some implications of this failure for the Indian economy. (b) What is (Revised) Targeted Public Distribution System ? What are its main features ? (c) Discuss the economic effects of Black money (Parallel economy) in Indian economy. Q . 6 . Answer the following. (Answer to each question should be in about 20 words) 2 x 15 = 30 (a) What are the main objectives of the 9th Five -Year Plan of the Government of India ? (b) Write a note on MODVAT Scheme of 1986. (c) Explain per capita income as a measurement of economic growth. (d) What are the objectives of Social Security ? (e) What do you mean by 'Parallel Economy' ? (f) Describe the use of 'Command Area Deve lopment' in India. (g) What is ICOR (Incremental Capital Output Ratio) ? (h) What are the main objectives of NABARD ? Page 40 of 92


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(i) What do you know about 11th Finance Commission ? (j) What do you mean by revenue deficit in the Central Government's Budget ? (k) How has the Census (1991) defined the Urban Areas ? (l) What are the objectives of New Economic Policy of the Government of India ? (m) Write a note on Rao -Manmohan model of development. (n) What is the rational for 'Mid-day Meal' Scheme ? (o) What has been the impact of the recent economic reforms programme on the incidence of poverty in India ? Q .7 . Answer any two of the following. (Answer to each questions should be in about 150 words): - 15 x 2 = 30 (a) Define Globalisation and differentiate it with Internationalism. (b) There is a wide-spread concern about the degradation of environment and the problems that go with it. Assess the international response. (c) How can India accommodate her foreign policy principle of 'non-intervention' with the emerging ri ght to 'intervention' Q . 8 . Answer the following. (Answer to each question should be in about 20 words) 2 x 5 = 10 (a) What are the prospects of CTBT ? (b) Differentiate between Collective security and Cooperative security. (c) What do the following stand for ? (i) MARV (ii) MIRV (iii) ICBM (d) Differentiate between Explosion and Implosion. (e) What do you know about Siachin Dispute ? Q . 9 . Answer the following (Answer to each question should be in about 20 words) 2 x 5 = 10 (a) What do the following stand for ? (i) SAARC (ii) ASEAN (iii) OIC (b) What is meant by SDI ? (c) Differentiate between SALT and START. (d) What do you know about G -77 ? (e) What is Global Environmental Facility (GEF) ? Page 41 of 92


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Q . 1 0 . Answer any one of the following. (Answer should b e in about 250 words) 30 (a) What is the significance of the geostationary orbit ?What would happen if it becomes too crowded ? (b) Why is the HIV considered so dangerous ? Why has the spread of the virus proved so difficult to contain, especially in the poorer countries of the world ? Q . 1 1 . Answer any two of the following : (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words) : 15 x 2 = 30 (a) How are transgenic plants different from hybrid plants and what is their relevance in modern agriculture ? Elaborate. (b) What are greenhouse gases ? What impact do they have on the Earth's climate and with what consequences ? Elaborate. (c) What is water harvesting ? Describe its relevance in the Indian context. Q . 1 2 . Answer the following : (Answer to each q uestion should be in about 20 words) 2 x 5 = 10

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Represent the data by a suitable diagram. 8 (b) The pie chart below gives the annual production of certain commodities of a State. If the production of sugar is 3000 tons, find the total production of rice and wheat. 8 Q . 1 4 . Answer the following : (a) The number of overtime hours worked by 1000 employees of a company during the last six months is as follows : 4 x 2 = 8 Overt ime(in hou rs) 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 100-120 120-140 140-160 160-180 180-200

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33.33%. Can we conclude that the current price is 8.33% more of the original price ? Give reason. (d) A group of 150 workers have Rs 72.60. When both the groups are combined, what be the average da ily wage ?

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should be in about 150 words): 1 5 ×2 =3 0 (a) Liberalization of the Indian Economy since 1991 has led to excessive consumerism and overElucidate. (b) What are the hurdles faced by the Finance Ministers of Indian in keeping the fiscal deficit below 3 -4 percent of the GDP? Suggest steps to lower the fiscal deficit. (c) Discuss the nature and causes of the UTI crisis with particular reference to US -64. How does this UTI fiasco affect the investment climate in India? 6 . Answer the following (Answer to each question should be in about 20 words): 2 ×1 5 =3 0 (a) What is What does it do? (b) (c) What do you mean by providing industry status to agriculture in India? (d) (e) (f) Differentiate between -way (g ) (h) (i) What is green GNP? (j) (k) (l) Illustrate Lorenz curve. (m) (n ) (o) 7 . Answer any TWO of the following (Answer t o each question should be in about 150 words): 1 5 ×2 =3 0 (a) Discuss the significance of Kyoto Protocol. Why is U.S.A. not signing it? (b) Evaluate the performance of Summit meeting of the Arab League held in March 2001? (c) Outline the salient features 8 . Answer the following (Answer to reach question should be in Page 45 of 92


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change in the dormitory regulations. Each student was to n regard to the issue. The results are tabulated below: P ercen t ag e Resp on se of st u den t s Yes 54% No 28% indifferent 18% Use a pie chart to represent the above information, and obtain change. 6 +2 =8 (f) Represent the following data by percentage subdivided bar diagram: 8 Exp en dit u re(Rs.) It em of Family Exp en dit u re X Family Y A. B. C. D. E.

Food Clothing Education House Rent Miscellaneous

200 48 32 40 80

300 75 40 75 110

Tot al 400 600 1 4 . Answer the following: 4 +2 +2 =8 (a) Representing the following data by suitable graphs,determine there from the number of children having I.Q. (i) Below 105 (ii) above124:I.Q . Nu mber of children 75-84 8 85-94 20 95-104 45 105-114 54 115-124 28 125-134 16 135-144 7 145-154 3

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(b) The following table shows certain data collected for the three region of a country: Avera g e an n u al No. of % of Reg ion in come in habit an t s(million ) lit erat es p er p erson (Rs.) A 10 52 800 B 5 68 5800 C 20 41 7500 Obtain the overall figures for the three regions taken together. 4 ×2 =8 1 5 . Answer the following: 2 ×4 =8 (a) the distance is uphill and he gets a mileage of 10 kms per litre of fuel. On his way back, he makes 15 kms, per litre of fuel. The distance between the two town is 60 kms. What is the average mileage per litre of fuel? (b) In a school, there are 15 teachers. one of them drawing a monthly salary of Rs.7,800 retires and a fresh appointment is made for a monthly salary of Rs. 6,300 By what amount is the average monthly salary of teacher changed ? (c) The geometric rate of growth of sales for a company for the first three years was 25% and for the next three years was 40%. Is the claim of average growth being 65% valid ? Give analytic reason in support of your answer. (d) A train runs non-stop from New Delhi to Kanpur at a speed of 75 kmph and return the same way at a speed of 60 kmph. Can you conclude that the average speed for the up and down journey is 67.5 kmph? Justify your answer analytically.

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. (c) How does India benefit from good neighbourly relations with Bangladesh?

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2x5=10

(a) What are the problems NRIs have to face if they decide to settle in India? (b) What was India Millenium Deposit Scheme? economy? (d) Name the nodal agency to deal with issues relating to Indians abroad and explain its main task.

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(a) Outline the main targets f ixed in the National Population policy 2000. What have been the follow up measures to this policy? (b) The main thrust of the EXIM Policy 2002 -07 is on creating a of this statement outline the salient features of EXIM Policy 2002-07.

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What are their objectives? (b) Outline the main objectives and achievem ents of the ploicy of disinvestment in India? amended last year? 6 . Answer the following ( about 20 words)

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present status? (n) Distinguish between ad-valorem and specific duties. (o) Define zero-based budget. 7 . Answer any two of the following (about 150 words) : 15x2=30 (a) Highlight the main points of Nuclear Disarmament treaty signed by US President George Bush and Russian Prez Vladimir Putin in May 2002. (b) Outline the features of latest Saudi Peace Plan f or West Asia Crisis and assess its importance.

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(a) What do the following stand for ? (i) WCAR (ii) SPDC (iii) INTERPOL (iv) WIPO (b) Why was Bander Seri Begawan in news recently? (c) Who is Xanana Gusmao? (d) What do you mean by Uni -polar world? (e) What do you know about the North -South dialogue? 9 . Answer the following (about 20 words) :

2x5=10

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1 1 . Answer any two of the following (150 words) 15x2=30 (a) What are the fundamental constants an d their use in measurement system? awareness. (c) What is Human Cloning? Is it dangerous or beneficial? Discuss. 1 2 . Answer the following (about 20 words) :

2x5=10

(a) What is digital camera? (b) What is firewall in computer language? (c) What is multimedia? (d) What do the following stand for? (i) HTML (ii) FTP (iii) MFLOPS (iv) PLANIT (e) What is Piracy? 1 3 . Answer the following: 2x8=16 (a) The figures below give the reven ue expenditure in U.P. on education in crore of rupees for the last 3 years: Exp en dit u re (crore Rs.) 1998-99 99-00 00-01 Primary Education 68.00 78.00 118.00 Secondary Education 40 45 74 Special Education 30 35 45 University and Higher Education 50 52 56 Technical Education 35 38 42 Sports and Youth Welfare 20 22 30 P art icu lars

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Represent the above information by suitable diagram. (b) Represent the following data by frequency polygon: Weekly Wag es (Rs.) No. of workers 0 - 10 10 10 - 20 15 20 - 40 18 40 - 70 60 70 - 100 45 100 - 120 40 120 - 150 30 1 4 . Answer the following: (a) The life of 2 models A & B of refrigrators in a recent survey is tabulated as follows : Life (n o. of years) Model A Model B 0-2 5 2 2-4 16 7 4-6 13 12 6-8 7 19 8 - 10 5 9 10 - 12 4 1 (i) What is the average life of each model of these refrigrators? (ii) Which model shows more uniformity? 2+6=8 (b) The following table shows the distribution of 100 families according to their expenditure per week. Number of families corresponding to the expenditure groups Rs. (10-20) and Rs. (30-40) are missing from the table. The median and mode for the distribution are Rs. 25 and Rs. 24 respectively. Calculate the missing frequencies : Exp en dit u re (Rs.) No. of families 0 - 10 14 10 - 20 Page 53 of 92


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1 5 . Answer the following : (a) The average rainfall of a certain place for Monday to Saturday is 15 inches. Due to heavy rainfall on Sunday, the average rainfall of the week rose to 25 inches. How much rainfall was there on Sunday? (b) The following are the info pertaining to emplo yees of a factory : Tot al n o. of emp loyees Avg. salary of all employees Avg. salary of male employees Avg. salary of female employees

100 Rs. 5000 Rs. 5200 Rs. 4200

What is the no. of male and female employees? (c) If each calue in a sample size of 15 is multiplied by 10, then whether the mean will be changed, justify your answer. What will happen to the mean if 12 is subtracted from each value? (d) A person owns 2 companies A & B. He invested Rs. 10 Lakh to establish Co. A and Rs. 10 crore to establish Co. B. The average profits earned from both the companies are the same. Which of the 2 companies is better from profit earning point view? Justify your answer.

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Certificate. Candidates Should attempt all Question strictly in accordance with the instructions given under each question. The number of Marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question. Q 1 . Answer any two of the following (about 150 words) 15X2=30 a) Discuss the major issues in Indo -US relations in recent times. b) Discuss the impact of the collapse of the Soviet Union on Indo-Russian relations.

Q 2 . Answer the following (about 20 words) 2X5=10 a) Discuss the importance of the Agra Summit on Indo -Pakistan relations. India and Pakistan. c) Discuss the major irritants to Indo -Bangladesh relations. e) In what sense in Indo -Nepal cooperation important for both

Q 3 . Answer the following (about 20 words) 2X5=10 a) Under what conditions are NRIs permitted to remit deposits in India in any currency of their choice. b) How can NRIs be attracted to invest in India? c) What is the significance of the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas in modern India. d) In what ways did Idi Amin make life difficult for the people of Indian origin in his country?

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a) Outline the important objectives of the Tenth Five Year Plan. b) What is a Finance Commission? c) Point out the measures undertaken towards flexibility in capital account transactions during the recent past. Q 6 . Answer the following (about 20 words) 2X15=30 a) What is Plan Holiday? b) Why did India have a surplus in current account balance in 2001-02 after a gap of 24 years? c) What is Value Added Tax? d) What is the main objective of the Competition Act, 2002? e) Name the two agencies that have helped to promote Foreign Direct Investment in India. f) What is the main thrust of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Bill? g) Highlight the main features of the policy relating to buy -back of shares. h) Why was Janashree Bima Yojana introduced. i) When was the idea of Agriculture Insurance Corporation mooted? j) What is the policy of the Government with respect to child labour? k) Explain the objectives of the National Health Policy, 2002. l) What scheme? m) Explain the essential feature of differential rate of interest scheme. n) Which are the three major items of expenditure of the Government of India on revenue account? o) What was the essential feature of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana? Q 7 . Answer any two of the following (about 150 words) 15X2=30 -system? b) Discuss the role of the NATO after the end of the Cold War . c) Discuss the role of the United Nations in the protection and promotion of Human Rights. Q 8 . Answer the following (about 20 words) 2X5=10 Page 56 of 92


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a) What do the following Stand for : i) IBRD ii) UNHCR b) Who is Hans Blix? c) Why was Davis Kelly in the news recently? d) What is the problem in Chechnya? e) What is the significance of the Robin Island? Q 9 . Answer the following (about 20 words) 2X5=10 a) What is the significance of Enola Gay in world history? b) Why is Guantanamo Bay in the news now? c) What is the theor e) Why was Robert Mugabe in the news recently? Q 1 0 . Answer any one of the following (about 250 words) 30 a) What do you understand by depletion of ozone layer and why is it considered harmful? Name ozone depleting substances and process. What international ramifications took place to protect the ozone layer and what was the target agreed upon? b) What is interactive television? What special advantages and derived by using VOD services? What are the components of a typical VOD system? Which feature film was generated first entirely on computers and in which year? Q 1 1 . Answer any two of the following (about 150 words) 15X2=30 a) What does the Solar system con sist of ? discuss the motion of most of the bodies forming the solar system. b) In which year and by which countries was International Space Station (IIS) launched? How many countries are participating in this program? What are the unique studies being m ade in the station which could not ve made so accurateky on the earth?

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c) What is an operating system? List the basic services provided by an operating system. e) What do the following stand for : i) POSIX ii) EPROM iii) MODEM iv) COBOL Q 1 3 . a) In the year 2001 there were 18000 workers in a certain factory, of which 13000 were members of a trade union. 12% of workers were women and 60% of them were members of the trade union. In the year 2002 the number of workers increased by 6% of which 480 were women. At the same time the trade union membership of women fell by 304 while the total membership increased by 10 %. In the non -members category, the ratio of men and women was 4:1 in this year. Tabu late this information and supply the missing figures. 8 b) The following table gives the frequency distribution of height for 180 adult males: Heig ht (in cm) 144.5-149.5 149.5-154.5 154.5-159.5 159.5-164.5 164.5-169.5 169.5-174.5 174.5-179.5 179.5-184.5

Freq u en cy 3 5 24 54 60 27 4 3

Draw the two ogives (less than and greater than type cumulative frequency curves). Find the point of their intersection and comment on its significance. 8 Q 1 4 . a) The mean and variance of a set of 60 observations are 10 and 4 respectively while for a subset of 40 observations these measures are 11 and 2.25 respectively. Find the mean and variance of the other subset. 8 Page 58 of 92


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b) The three outcomes of an experiment; w 1, w2 and w3 are such that w1 is twice as likely to occur as w3. Find the probability of occurrence of each of the three outcomes. 8 Q 1 5 . a) What are the problems that a statistician encounters in the process of construction of index number? 2 b) Suppose that the regression line of two random variables y and x given by y=26.38-1.35x and that of x and y is given by x=16.38-0.45y. find the square of the coefficient of correlation between x and y. 2 c) If the correlation coefficient between two random variables is zero, are the random variables independent? 2 d) In a certain factory, a unit of work is completed by A in 10 minutes, by B in 20 minutes. What is the average number of units of work completed per minute? 2

2004 1 . Answer any TWO of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 1 5 x2 =3 0 (a) Discuss the role played by the United States in promoting/hindering improved relations between India and Pakistan. (b) Explain India's strategic relationship with Russia. (c) Account for India's increasing involvement in the South -East Asian region. 2 . Answer the following (Answer to each question should be in about 20 words): 2 x5 =1 0 (a) The Panchsheet Pact. (b) India-Israel Cooperation. (c) European Union's trade restrictions against India. (d) Weak-spots in India-Nepal relations. (e) Hot Line between Islamabad and New Delhi. 3 . Answer the following (Answer to each question should be in about words): 2 x5 =1 0 (a) Categorize the People of Indian Origin (P IO). (b) Point out the difference beteween the Jewish Diaspora and the Indian Diaspora. (c) What are the references made to the NRI in the Union Budget July 2004? (d) What is known as reverse migration?

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(e) Why was January 9 chosen to observe the NRI (Prav asi Bhartiya Diwas) Day? 4 . Answer any ONE of the following (in about 250 words): 30 (a) State the comprehensive structural reforms undertaken to improve the Indian economy since 1991. (b) How is poverty level measured? Evalute poverty eradication programmes in India. 5 . Answer any TWO of the following (in about 150 words each): 1 5 x2 =3 0 (a) Describe the recommendations of Narasimham Committee regarding the banking sector in India. (b) Examine the effect of economic development on environmental degradation in India. (c) What ails India's road transport economy? Suggest measures of remedy. 6 . Answer the following (in about 20 words each): 2 x1 5 =3 0 (a) What are the major provisions of Agreements on Agriculture in the context of World Trade Organisation? (b) Elucidate Special Drawing Rights. (c) What is cash Reserve Ratio? (d) What does ''priority sector lending'' mean? (e) What is Minimum Alternatives Tax (MAT)? (f) What is Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)? (g ) What is 'social justice' in the context of Indian economy? (h) Explain the objectives of plant Varieties Right Act, 2002. (i) How is human development index for life expectancy measured? (j) What are the objectives of the Twelfth Finance Commission? (k) Explain the necessity and role of controls in a mixed economy like India/ (l) Distiguish between primary sector, secondary sector and teritary sector. What is the change in the share of each sector in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during period of 1950 -2000? (m) What is the main objective of Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)? (n ) What has been the policy of agricultural development during last two decades in India? (o) What is deficit financing? 7 . Answer any TWO of the following (Answer to each ques tion Page 60 of 92


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should be in about 150 words): 1 5 x2 =3 0 (a) Discuss the role of 'inteligence' in the making of foreign policy. (b) Describe the role of the Amnesty International in securing human rights. (c) Examine the relevance of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru's ideas in the international relations of today. 8 . Answer the following (Answer to each question should be in about 20 words): 2 x5 =1 0 (a) ICJ verdict on Israel's erection of barrier on the West Bank. (b) Beijing-Taiwan Spat. (c) Prospects of international water-wars. (d) Al Gharib Prisoners. (e) Recent Developments in India-Myanmar relations. 9 . Answer the following, by expanding and explaining the objectives (Answer to each question should be in about 20 words): 2 x5 =1 0 (a) BIMSTEC (b) ARF (c) Red cross (d) OPEC (e) IAEA 1 0 . Answer any ONE of the following (Answer should be in about 250 words): (a) Discuss in detail ''Alternative Energy Sources''. 3 0 (b) ''Global Warming''-Discuss. 30 1 1 . Answer any TWO of the following (Answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 1 5 x2 =3 0 (a) What is 'Superconductivity'? Give its uses and applications. (b) What is Biotechnology? Discuss the important apllications of Biotechnology. (c) Describe the importance of ''Laser'' in war and pea ce. 1 2 . Answer the following (in about 20 words each): 2 x5 =1 0 (a) What do you understand by E-governance? (b) What is a URL? (c) What do the following stand for? (i) CD-ROM (ii) USB (iii) ITES (iv) FORTRAN (d) What do you understand by MP3? (e) What are cyber crimes? How are these protected?

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1 3 . (a) The table below shows the average monthly houses hold expenditure on different items for the years 2001 to 2004: ITEM

Averag e mon t hly exp en dit u re in Rs. 2001

2002

2003

2004

Food

4,500

4,800

5,400

5,700

Rent Children's

1,800

1,800

2,200

2,300

education

650

800

1,000

1,200

Others

2,400

2,600

3,000

3,400

Represent the above information by suitable diagram. 8 (b) According to the Union Budget 2001 -05, the total receipts of Rs. 4,77,829 crore can be approxomately broken up as follows: A. Direct Taxes 25% B. Indirect and other Taxes 32% C. Non-tax Revenue Receipts 13% D. Non-debt Capital Receipts 6% E. Borrowings and other liabilities 24% Represent the above by a Pie -diagram. 8 1 4 . (a) Read the given data and answer the questions that follow:

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(iii) If an engine, usually driven at speed of 60km per hour, had a lifespan of 30,000 kilometers, what will be the lifespan of an engine which is usually driven at a speed of 40km per hour? (iv) Given that the normal lifespan of an engine is 60,000 km, what was the lifespan of an engine, which was driven for 20,000 kilometers at a speed of 60km per hour? and later at a speed of 40km per hour? (v) Running an engine between 60 kilometers per hour and 40km per hour, the lifespan increases by what percent? (vi) At what speed (kmph) would the engine have the maximum life? (b) The Human Devlopment Index (HDI) is a simple average of three indexes: (A) Life Expectancy Index (to reflect health) (B) Education Index (to reflect knowledge) (C) GDP/SDP Index (to reflect standard of living) The Education Index (B) is a combined index of two indexes: (i) adult literacy rate with 2/3 weight and (ii) combined gross enrolment rate with 1/3 weight. Compute the HDI for INDIA and KERALA fr om the following data: INDIA KERALA (A) Life Expectancy Index

57.2

78.0

48.7

86.0

59.1

100.6

(B) Education Index (i) Adult Literacy Rate (ii) Combined Gross enrolment rate

(C) GDP/SDP Index 19.0 19.5 [Note: SDP is State Domestic Product] 8 1 5 . Attempt all the questions. All questions carry equal marks: 4 x2 =8 (a) Consider the following data: Weekly Wag es in an office (Rs.) P osit ion in t he office Weelkly Wag es Senoir Consultant 700 600 550 Junior Consultant 180

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180 160 160 Clerical Helpers

100

100 100 100 100 100 Which of the three averages-- arithmetic mean, median and mode, adequately represents the data? (b) In a moderately skewed distribution the following values were obtained: Arithmetic mean = 24.6 Mode = 26.1 Find the value of the median and explain the reason for the method employed. (c) Suppose an item is sold at the rates of 18, 20, 22 and 25 rupees per litre in four different months. Assuming that equal amounts of money are spent on the particular item by a customer in the four months, find the average price in rupees per litre of the item. (d) The average of 11 observations is 50. The mean of the first six observations is 49 and that of the last six observations is 52. Find the value of the sixth observation.

2005 1 . Answer any two of the following (answer to each question should be in about 150 words) : 2 x1 5 = 3 0 (a) seat in the UN security Council. (b) Explain the political and economic implications of the Indo Iran gas pipeline. (c) Examine the developments in Afgha nistan in the postTaliban period. 2 . Write about the following (answer to each question should be in about 20 words) : 5 x2 = 10 (a) Indians in China (b) Cyber-terrorism

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(c) Military rule in Myanmar (d) Camp David Accord of 1978 (e) Future of Indian expatriates in the gulf 3 . Write about the following (answer to each question should be in about 20 words) : 5 x2 = 10 (a) Full convertibility (b) Physical Quality life Index (c) Differences between absolute poverty and relative poverty (d) India-US nuclear pact (e) Medical tourism 4 . Answer any one of the following (in about 250 words) : 3 0 (a) Discuss the causes and ramifications of hunger in Africa. (b) What are the reasons for industrial sickness in India? Suggest suitable remedies. 5 . Answer any two of the following (answer to each question should be in about 150 words) : 2 x1 5 = 30 (a) What is the role of external financial assistance in Indian economy? (b) Enumerate the objectives of Latin American Reserve Fund Do you favour such a fund for Asian countries? (c) Examine the functions of the European Free Trade Association. 6 . Answer or write about the following (in about 20 words each) : 2 x1 5 = 3 0 (a) What is Mekong-Ganga Co-operation? (b) What is IFC? (c) Crude oil price and Indian economy (d) What is Gandhian economy? (e) Second Green Revolution (f) Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Yojana (g ) What is Euro-control? (h) Dow Jones (i) (j) MFN status to India by Pakistan (k) The notion of development of under -development (l) Cost-push inflation (m) What is Green GDP?

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(n ) What were the terms of reference of the Abid Hussain Committee? (o) What is structural unemployment? 7 . Answer any two of the following (answer to each question should be in about 150 words) : 2 x1 5 = 3 0 (a) (b) Will a grand axis of India, China and Russia challenge the unipolar supremacy of the US? Elaborate your views. (c) Explain the China-US textile war 8 . Answer or write about the following (a nswer to each question should be in about 20 words) : 5 x2 = 1 0 (a) What is Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM)? (b) What is the concept of copyleft ? (c) What is a rogue state? (d) Repo market (e) What is banana war? 9 . Answer the following, by expanding or explaining (answer to each question should be in about 20 words): 1 0 (a) OAPEC (b) IFAD (c) UPU (d) SAVE (e) ODA 1 0 . Answer any one of the following in about 250 words: 3 0 (a) Describe the sources of ionizing and non -ionizing radiations and their effects on the biotic components of the atmosphere. (b) What is digital convergence? Examine its implications for modern society. 1 1 . Answer any two of the following (answer to each question should be in about 150 words each): 2 x1 5 =3 0 (a) Why do environmentalists regard asbestos and polythene as pollutants? (b) What is the therapeutic cloning? Describe briefly the method and its potential applications. (c) Why is hydrogen being acclaimed as the fuel of the future? 1 2 . Answer the following (in about 20 words each): 5 x2 = 10 (a) What is an exabyte? (b) What is VIRUS? (c) What do the following stand for? Page 66 of 92


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earners receive less than Rs. 600, Rs. 1000, Rs. 1800, Rs. 2800 (b) The marks obtained by 32 students of 12th class of a Government school are: 628, 665, 560, 328, 421, 525, 480, 470, 405, 424, 664, 668, 620, 300, 305, 520, 420, 370, 326, 440, 328, 480, 565, 650, 480, 360, 325, 450, 360, 426, 440, 306 Form a Cumulative Frequency Table with class interval of 50. 8 1 4 . (a) Represent the following data by a histogram: 8 Daily No. of Earn in g s St ores (Rs.) 0-50 50-100 100-150 150-200 200-250 250-300 300-350 350-400

3 7 4 5 4 3 2 2

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0-5 4 5-10 12 10-15 10 15-20 8 20-25 3 25-30 2 1 5 . (a) A train travels first 300 kilometers at an average speed of 30 kmph and further travels the same distance at an average speed of 40 kmph. What is the average speed over the whole distance? 2 (b) The arithmetic mean of 12 observations was computed to be 6. Afterwards, it was found that one of the figures was wrong. Instead of 7 (seven, which is the correct figure) it was read as 1 (one, the wrong figure). Find the correct value of the arithmetic mean after incorporating this information. 2 (c) A fi

60% of output. What is the average profit per sales rupee in 2 (d) The mean and variance of two seta of data are given below with the data size: 2 Dat a I 12 II 9

Mean Size 64 72

Varian ce 23 18

What can you say about the mean and variance of the combined set of observations as compared to the individual means and variances without performing any calculation?

2006 1 . Write about any two of the following (in about 150 words each): 1 5 ×2 =3 0 (a) (b) Terrorism: Source in Pakistan and Afghanistan

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(c) Crippling the King in Nepal 2 . Write about the following (in about 20 words each): 2 ×5 =1 0 (a) Simla Agreement (b) India-Isarel cooperation in the field of a griculture (c) (d) Indo-US military cooperation (e) Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty 3 . Write about the following (in about 20 words each): 2 ×5 =1 0 (a) Contribution of the NRIs to GCC countries (b) Future of Indians in Fiji (c) Indians in the House of Lords, UK (d) Contribution of Indians in Silicon Valley (e) Exodus of persons of Indian origin from Uganda 4 . Answer any one of the following (in about 250 words): 3 0 (a) Discuss the importance of world Trade Organiz ation (WTO) to Indian economy in the light of various opportunities and challenges at the global level. (b) Describe the main sources of Industrial finance in India. How could India be benefitted from recent developments in International finance? 5 . Answer any two of the following (in about 150 words each): 1 5 ×2 =3 0 (a) Discusse the role of public sector during the post -reform period of Indian economy. (b) Examine the effects of globalization on poverty removal in India. (c) What are the implications o f gender disparities in India? 6 . Answer the following (in about 20 words each): 2 ×1 5 =3 0 (a) What is Phillips curve ? (b) What is Hundi ? (c) What is twin defict ? (d) What is the main difference between free trade area and common market ? (e) What is forward currency market ? (f) What is offshore currency market ? (g ) What is Laffer curve ?

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(h) What are Eurobonds ? (i) What is disguised unemployment ? (j) What are nifty and the nifty junior ? (k) What is Agri-Trade ? (l) What is CEMA bloc ? (m) What is rolling settlement ? (n ) What is the difference between Green Box subsidies and Blue Box subsidies ? (o) What are non7 . Write about any two of the following (in about 150 words each): 1 5 ×2 =3 0 (a) G-5 Summit in Russia (b) Expanding role of Amnesty International (c) Role of European Parliament 8 . Write about the following (in about 20 words each): 2 ×5 =1 0 (a) Trade through Nathu La Pass (b) Outer Space Treaty (c) Withdrawal of Japanese Troops f rom Iraq (d) Maastricht Treaty (e) Cuba and Castro 9 . Write about the following, by expanding and explaining the objectives (in about 20 words each ): 2 ×5 =1 0 (a) ICJ (b) INTELSAT (c) IBRD (d) WMO (e) WHO 1 0 . Answer any one of the following (in about 2 50 words): 3 0 (a) -up methods can be cheaper than the conventional physical and chemical (b) Explain how Nanoscience and Nanotechnology have revolutionized modern technology. 1 1 . Answer any two of the following (in about 150 words each): 1 5 ×2 =3 0 (a) What do you understand by optical Computing? Why is Page 70 of 92


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optical Computing envisaged to have much better performance than that of electronic Computing? (b) Writ -refinery versus(c) What are normal osmosis and reverse osmosis? Why has reverse osmosis become popular in India today? 1 2 . Answer all the five (in about 20 words each): 2 ×5 =1 0 (a) in computing? (b) Expand the following: (i) CAD (ii) CAM (iii) CIM (c) Explain what is Thin Film Memory in computers. (d) (e) 1 3 . (a) In an opinion survey regarding a proposed civil measure to be introduced, altogether 2878 persons took part of which 1652 were males. 1226 persons voted against the proposal of which 796 were males.1425 persons voted for the proposed measure. 156 females were undecided in their opinion. (i) Put the above information in a neat statistical table. From the table, calculate(ii) the percentage of males among those voting for the proposal; (iii) The percentage of those voting for the proposal among the males. 8 (b) Present the following information using a suitable diagram: 8

P ercen t ag e of Lit erat es Male Female Kerla 94.20 87.86 Maharshtra 86.27 67.51 Tamil Nadu 82.33 64.55 West Bengal 77.58 60.22 St at e

(2 0 0 1 Cen su s) Overall 90.72 77.27 73.47 69.22

1 4 . (a) From the following frequency distribution of 260 housewives of a locality according to their TV - watching habit(i) draw the grap of cumulative frequencies of less than type:

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Nu mber of hou sewives 13 39 60 75 42 27 4 260

Estimate using the above graph(ii) the median of the distribution; (iii) Number of housewives spending at most 18 hours per week watching TV. 8 (b) The following table shows the average percentage of family expenditure, as also percentage increase in price in 2005 compared to 2000, f or the major heads of expenditure for the urban middle class families in a State in India. Calculate the percentage increase in cost of living for this segment of population in 2005 compared to 2000: 8

Head of exp en dit u re Food Clothing Fuel & Electricity House Rent Miscellaneous Tot al

% in crease in p rice in % of family 2005 exp en dit u re comp ared to 2 25 18 16 15 26

32 25 30 20 45 100

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have adopted a policy of gradually decreasing the wages of its workers is amply evident from the fact that the average monthly wage of the workers has dropped down to Rs. 2,530 in January, 2006 from Rs 2,570 in January, 2005. Comment on the Validity of the argument. (b) As high as 45% of the under -5 children, brought to the outdoor clinics of 4 major State -run hospitals in Kolkata last year, were found to be victims of malnutrition. Incidence of malnutrition among the under -5 children in the city must, therefore, be alarmingly high. Explain why you support the argument, or disagree with it. (c) In a community support project, the average grants (in Rs) received by the male and the female bene ficiaries were 5,200 and 5,800 respectively, while the average grant received by all the beneficiaries was 5,560. What percentage of beneficiaries were females? (d) The amounts of rainfall (in mm) in a town on 10 consecutive days are as follows: 8.5, 0, 6.8, 3.2, 4.8, 10.5, 76.2, 9.4, 0, 1.2 Use a suitable measure to throw light on the central tendency of the data.

2008 Gen eral St u dies P ap er - II Time Allowed: Three Hou rs Maximu m Marks: 3 0 0 1 . Write notes on any two of the following (answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 2 ×3 0 =6 0 (a) India and the New World Order (b) Indo- Bhutan Relations (c) Indian and China: Strategy to Boost Ties 2 . Write about the following(answer to each question should be in about 20 words) : 5 x2 =1 0 (a) (b) Major hurdles in Indo - Pak ties

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(c) India- Nigeria: Abuja Declaration (d) India- Bangladesh Border Road cum fencing (e) India's L.C.A. (Tejas) 3 . Write about the following (answer to each question should be in about 20 words): 5 x2 =1 0 (a) Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas (b) Council for Promotion of Overseas Employment (CPOE) (c) Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) Scheme (d) Indian Diaspora in Singapore (e) Indian Diaspora and Bollywood 4 . Answer any one of the following (in about 250 words): 3 0 (a) Ministerial Conferences since Doha Round. (b) Assess the performance of India in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). 5 . Discuss any two of the following topics (answer each question in about 150 words): 2 ×1 5 =3 0 (a) Assistance to the States for Development of Exp ort Infrastructure and other Activities (ASIDE). (b) Convertibility of Indian Rupee. (c) India on Global Competitiveness Index -2007 6 . Write about the following (answer to each question in about 20 words): 5 ×2 =1 0 (a) Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) (b) NAMA (c) Non-tariff trade barriers (d) Current Account Balance (e) Free Trade Area 7 . Write on of the following (answer in about 150 words): 15 (a) South-South Cooperation (b) Universal Declaration of Human Rights 8 . Briefly write about the following (answer to each question should be in about 20 words): 5 ×2 =1 0 (a) Look East Policy and North-East India (b) India at the Beijing Olympics (c) Ind (d) IPCC Report on Global Warming (e) Indo- EU Economic Ties Page 74 of 92


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9 . Briefly write about the following (answer to each question should be in about 20 words): 5 ×2 =1 0 (a) G.C.C (b) G-77 (c) I.C.R.C (d) MERCOSUR 1 0 . Answer any one of the following (in about 250 words): 30 (a) are useful for technological development of India? (b) What do you know about Indian National Satellite Systems? Describe its important features. 1 1 . Expalin any three of the following (in about 150 words each): 3 ×1 5 =4 5 (a) Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) (b) Spintronics (c) Wifi (d) Components of Robots 1 2 .Write brief notes on all the five (in about 20 words each ) below: 5 ×2 =1 0 (a) Copyright and Trade-mark (b) TIFAC (c) Aspartame (d) Gene doping (e) Sappan 1 3 . (a) The principal exports of India for the financial year 2001-2002 are given in the following table: Sl.No 1 2 3 4 5

Cat eg ory Exp ort (Rs. Crores) Agriculture and allied products 29312 Ores and minerals 4736 Manufactured goods 161161 Fuels and lubricants 10411 Others 3398 Total 209018

Represent the above date by a suitable diagram and comment on the export performance of the country. 6 (b) Prior to constructing a dam on a river the engineers performed a series of tests to measure the water flow at the

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proposed location of the dam. The results of the testing were used to construct the following frequency distribution. Wat er flow (Thou san ds of g allon s p er min u t e) 1001- 1050 1051-1100 1101-1150 1151-1200 1201-1250 1251-1300 1301-1350 1351-1400

Freq u en cy 7 21 32 49 58 41 27 11

Construct an appropriate diagram to estimate what proportion of the flow occurs at less than 1300 thousands of gallons per minute. Give the estimate. 6 1 4 . (a) A company files its sales vouchers ac cording to their sales value so that they falls in four strata. Two hundred vouchers are received on a business day. The information is listed in the following table. Nu mber of vou chers

St rat u m Above Rs. 100 Rs. 800 but under Rs. 1000 Rs. 400 but under Rs. 800 Less than Rs. 400

50 60 50 40

Mean s valu e (Rs.) 1800 890 560 180

Calculate the mean value and the total value of the vouchers received by the company on the day in question. Use the histogram to estimate the modal value of the vouchers. 6 (b) A Trip to a destination is made in the following way: 900 kms by train at an average speed of 60 kms/hr 3000 kms by plane at an average speed of 500 kms/hr 400 kms by boat at

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ana average speed of 25 kms/hr 15 kms by taxi at an average speed of 45 kms/hr What is average speed for the entire journey? 6 1 5 . (a) A hotel owner has nine refreshment stalls located at various points in a large compound. He wants to make one of the stalls as a supply place such that amount of travel between the stalls and the source of supply is minimized. He has to visit all stalls almost equal number of times with a view to supplying the refreshment stuff every day. The distances of stalls from the first stall are 250, 500, 650, 800, 910, 940 and 1000 yards respectively. Which stall should he choose to use as the supply place? Give reason in favour of your answer. 2 (b) In statistical investigation of 1003 families of a city, it was found that 63 families had neither a radio nor a TV, 794 families had a radio and 187 had a TV. How many families of the city selected in the sample had both? 2 (c) The mean monthly income of a person is Rs. 18190/ - and his mean monthly expenditure comes out to be Rs. 17930/ -. What is his average monthly saving ? 2

2009 1. Writ e n ot es on an y THREE of t h e followin g in abou t 1 5 0 words each: 3 × 15 = 45 a. India's strategic interests in South Asia b. China's 'peaceful rise' doctrine c. India-Russia Defence Ties d. India's 'soft' and 'hard' power strategy in Foreign Policy. 2. Writ e brief n ot es on an y FOUR of t he followin g in abou t 5 0 words each: 4 × 5 = 20 a. Nuclear Supply Group (NSG) and India b. Your views on the recent 'Gilgit - Baltistan Empowerment and Self -Governance Order 2009' c. Wakhan Corridor d. Nuclear Submarine 'Arihant' e. National Security Advisory Board (NSAB).

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3. Commen t on an y TWO of t he followin g in abou t 1 0 0 words each: 2 × 10 = 20 a. India-USA as strategic partners b. Ethnic conflicts in South Asia c. 'NEPAD' and its objectives. 4. Writ e on an y TWO of t he followin g in abou t 5 0 words each: 2 × 5 = 10 a. Indo-Bhutan trade relations b. Sino-Myanmar relations c. Geopolitics and Geostrategy 5. Commen t crit ically on an y ONE of t he followin g st at emen t s in n ot more t han 2 0 0 words: 20 a. "Foreign investment is far from being critical to India's economic growth." b. ''The lesson of the current global financial crisis is that India should halt and may be even reverse financial liberlisation." 6. An swer an y ONE of t he followin g in abou t 2 0 0 words: 20 a. "In the WTO negotiations over the years of the DOHA Round, India appears to be dil uting its stand on agriculture issues to pursue perceived gains in services." Critically examine this statement. b. Discuss the Indo-US knowledge initiative in Agriculture. 7. An swer an y TWO of t he followin g (Each an swer mu st n ot exceed 1 5 0 words): 2 × 15 = 30 a. Evaluate the prospects for greater economic co operation between India and China. b. Does India need the World Bank? c. Critically assess the recent Free Trade Agreement entered into by India with ASEAN. 8. An swer an y THREE of t he followin g (in abou t 1 5 0 words each ): 3 × 15 = 45

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a. What do you understand by 'Biosignatures'? Discuss briefly. b. Write about Green Fluorescence Protein (GFP) and its applications. c. Define 'Bioinformatics'. How does it work? What are its major branches and applications? d. What is the 'Hubble Spac e Telescope'? How many Servicing Missions (SMs) have been conducted for it? 9. Exp lain an y FOUR of t he followin g (in abou t 1 0 0 words each): 4 × 10 = 40 a. DNA Finger printing and its utility. b. What is 'Nanotech'? Give a brief account of its basic concepts, materials used and applications. c. What is "Graphene"? Mention at least three of its applications. d. Define 'Optical frequency comb'. Suggest at least three applications. e. Why is tele-medicine important for country like India? 10. Writ e brief n ot es on an y FIVE of t he fo llowin g (in abou t 3 0 words each): 5 × 3 = 15 a. Artificial Sun b. 'Vegetable Gold' c. PFCs and 'liquid breathing' d. The 'P-8A Poseidon' e. Biometric ATMs f. Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA). 11. a. The total of cultivation of high, medium and low sugar-content sugarcanes in four regions of a state are given below: Suga r Co ntent

R egi o n No rth

So uth

E a st

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Hi gh

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M edi um

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b. Draw suitable diagram that facilitates the comparison of areas of cultivation of different sugar -content varieties among the four regions. c. 6 d. The following table gives the production of soda ash (in tons) by three companies (A, B and C) over seven years period: Co m pa ny

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

A

20

25

28

31

34

36

41

B

15

18

23

35

40

46

50

C

45

43

40

37

30

26

20

e. Draw a suitable diagram so as to compare the performance of these companies. f. 6 g. The following data relate to the sales and net profit (in Rupees Crores) of a company: Y ea rs

1994- 95

1995- 96

1996- 97

1997- 98

1998- 99

Sa l es

100

250

300

290

680

Net pro fi t

2. 5

4. 5

6

8. 5

12

h. 4 i. In which year the percentage of growth in sales, relative to the previous year is higher? ii. In which year the percentage of growth in net profit, relative to the previous year, is higher? iii. Let the profitability be defined as the ratio of Net Profit to Sales. In which year the profitability is higher? i. The total sales (in '000 rupees) of a particula r item in a shop, on 10 consecutive days, is reported by a clerk as follows: 35.00, 29.60, 38.00, 30.00, 40.00 41.00, 42.00, 45.00,

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3.60, 3.80 Later, it was found that reports of the 4th and 8th days were 10.00 more than the true values and that in the last two days the clerk put a decimal wrongly one place to the left (for example, 3.60 was really 36.0). Calculate the true mean value of sale. 5 12. a. In a factory, 1500 women are working. Eight hundred of them come from rural areas and 450 of the married women are skilled labourers. The number of skilled, rural and married labourers is 300. Of the 400 unmarried and skilled women labourers, 250 are from urban areas. The number of married, semi -skilled women labourers from urban areas is 200. One hundred married rural women are semi-skilled labourers. Tabulate the above information. 4 b. The mean score of a class in an examination is 70. If the mean score of boys is 60 and that of girls is 75, obtain the percentage of girls in the class. 4 c. In a city 20% people read newspaper A, 25% people read B and 10% read both A and B. What is the percentage of people who read at least one of the two newspapers? 2 d. In order to study the effect of inoculation on TB, it was found that the number of inoculated and unaffected from TB is 28, and not inoculated and affected from TB is 13. If inoculation was performed over 40 persons out of 60 persons, complete the table and obtain the missing numbers. 2 e. The percentage of literates in six villages of an area are noted as follows: 52, 46, 21, 30, 17, 24. Can you compute the percentage of literates in the entire area from this information? If yes, compute the percentage. If no, state what additional information you would need for the computation. Page 81 of 92


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2010 1 . an swer t he followin g in n ot more t han 2 5 0 words each. 2 0 ×2 = 4 0 a. critically examine the implications of the disintegration

policy to accommodate these im plications. b. growing energy demands. Compare the success iof this approach with that of another asian giant which has perhaps the fastest growing energy demand. 2 . an swer an y 4 of t he followi n g in n ot more t han 1 5 0 words. 1 2 ×4 = 4 8 a. impacted bilateral ties with India? b. Assess the Caribbean c. Do you agree with the view that India? d. Bring out the FDI & employment implications of china being a manufacturing hub & India a service hub? e. Have the Uruguay round negotiations & the TRIPS agreement helped in resolving trade conflicts arising out of variations in different nations IPR regions? Also list the steps taken by India to conform to TRIPS. f. Examine the recent developments towards the solution of the Bangladesh-myanmar maritime boundary dispute. What implications do these have for India . 3 . an swer an y 8 of t he followin g n ot more t han 5 0 words each. 5 ×8 = 4 0 a. compare & contrast the role of IMF with that of the world bank b. what are the major capac ity-building & reconstruction projects being undertaken by India in Afghanistan? c. Bring out the significance of GDI & GEM as components HDI & GDI?

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d. What is round tripping in the context of FDI inflow & why has it been in the news recently in the case of India? e. Comment on the reasons for the recent hike in visa processing fees for certain categories of US visas. What is the likely impact of this hike on India? f. g. Highlight the role of the Indian peacekeeping contingent as a part of MONUSCO. h. List the salient features of the Riyadh declaration & the bilateral agreement between India & Saudi Arabia signed earlier this year. i. Comment on the reasons for the recent economic crisis in the so4 . an swer an y 2 of t he followin g in 1 5 0 words. 1 2 ×2 = 2 4 a. examine the opportunities for a lasting west asia peace solution in the context of the historic talks started in September 2010. b. Has the February agreement between the Sudanese government & the justice & equality movement (JEM) been, more successful in ending the strif in darfur than the Abuja peace agreement of 2006? Evaluate? c. Comment on the present status of the biological weapons convention. What important issues, do you think, need to be taken up at the 7 th review conference of the BWC scheduled for 2011? 5 . an swer an y 4 of t he followin g in 1 5 0 words. 1 2 ×2 = 4 8 a. bring out the applications of computer models in studying climate changes, with special reference to community earth system model. b. What is phytoremediation? Discuss its app lications. c. television technologies? d. What is cloud computing? Bring out its essential features & list its advantages & limitations? e. Discuss the application of nanotechnologie s in health care sector? 6 . commen t on an y 3 of t he followin g in 5 0 words. 1 5 ×3 = 15 a. Rotterdam convention Page 83 of 92


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b. The mavi marmara incident c. Significance of the kampala declaration of the international criminal court (ICC) d. Trial chamber of the extraordinary chamber in the courts of Cambodia & its recent verdit. 7 . commen t on an y 6 in 5 0 words each. 5 ×6 = 3 0 . a. MRSA infection b. HRP-2M choromet c. Maglev vehicles d. Super absorbent polymers e. Ginkgo biloba f. CARTOSAT-2B g. Various generations of mobile phone technologies 8 . who/ what are t he followin g & why have t hey been in t he n ews recen t ly. (you r an swers shou ld be in a sen t en ce/ t wo on ly) 3 ×8 = 2 4 a. craig venter b. shahran amiri c. wolfram alpha d. dreamliner aircraft e. blue gene project f. predator drones g. deepwater horizon incident h. ACTN 3 gene 9. a) the distribution of rent of 150 residential houses surveyed in locality is as follows: 5 mrks. Rent in Rs.

Number of houses

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10

151 200

18

201 250

27

251 300

35

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351 400

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Find : i. the % of houses having rent higher than rs. 300 ii. the % of houses having rent more than rs. 250 but less than rs 401 b) work out the trend values by any suitable method from the following data showing the number of murders (in thousands) in a country for the years 1985 1995. Years

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

Murders 19.0

20.6

20.1

20.7 21.5

24.7

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 24.7

23.8

24.5 23.3

21.

c) the data on the total investment on different heads under the 8 th five year plan are shown below:  19.4 % = services  1.4 % = science, technologies & environment  18.6 % = transport & communication  10.8 % = industry & minerals  28.2 % = energy  5.5 % = irrigation & flood control  1% = special programs  7.7% = rural development  7.4 % = agriculture & allied services If the total proposed outlay on different heads is as rs. 4,34,100 crores at 1991-92 prices. Obtain separately the proposed outlay on each of the heads & make on overall comment. 4 marks. d) represent the following data through a suitable diagram. Page 85 of 92


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Married criminals

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80

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32

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10.a) data on flight arrivals from several cities for 2 airlines are shown below for the last 6 months. Table : city wise ontime & delayed flights for airlines A & B Airline A

Airline A

Airline B

Airline B

Ontime Delayed Ontime Delayed City 497 I

62

694

117

City 221 II

12

4840

415

City 212 III

20

383

65

City 503 IV

102

320

129

City 1841 V

305

201

61

It is known that City II was mostly sunny & City V was mostly foggy during 6 month period of data collection. Compare the performance of 2 airlines a & b over the cities in terms of % of delayed flights. What is your conclusion. When the data on all the cities are combined? b) the arithemetic mean of 2 observations is 127.5 & their geometric mean is 60. find i) the 2 observations , ii) their harmonic mean.

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Marks : 3 0 0 INSTRUCTIONS Each q u est ion is p rin t ed bot h in Hin di an d in En g lish. Answer must be written in the medium specified in the Admission Certificate issued to you, which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer -book in the space provided for the purpose. No marks will be given for the answer written in a medium other than that specified in the Admission Certificate. Candidates should attempt all questions strictly in accordance with the instructions given under each question. The number of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question is indicated at the end of the question. Two (2) graph sheets are attached to this question paper for attempting questions 9(b) and 10(c). The graph sheets are to be carefully detached from the question paper and securely attached to the answer book by the candidate. 1 . An swer an y t wo of t he followin g in abou t 2 5 0 words: 2 0 x2 =4 0 (a) List the Central Asian Republics and identify those of particular strategic and economic importance to India. Examine the opportunities and bottlenecks in enhancing relations with these countries. (b) Critically examine the security and strategic implications of the so(c) an Free Trade Area (SAFTA), the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation Free Trade Area (BIMSTEC FTA) seems 2 . An swer an y t hree of t he followin g in abou t 1 5 0 words each: 1 2 x3 =3 6 (a) 2008, what are the agreements on nuclear energy that India has signed with different countries? (b) terrorism strategy with China. What are the likely implications of the recent Xinjiang violence on these efforts? (c) Indian business. Page 87 of 92


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(d) What are the salient features of the political and economic relationship between India and South Africa? 3 . An swer eit her of t he followin g in abou t 2 5 0 words: 20 (a) its spread are as much economic in nature as they are political. Critically evaluate. (b) chance of success than the earlier Stability and Growth Pact? 4 . An swer an y fou r of t he followin g in abo u t 1 5 0 words each: 1 2 x4 =4 8 (a) the interests of the Arctic Council nations may not coincide with (b) Is there still a role for the concept of balance of po wer in contemporary international politics? Discuss. (c) Amplify. (d) To what extent has the withdrawal of al -Shabab from Mogadishu given peac e a real chance in Somalia? Assess. (e) On a Formula-one (F-1) racing car track, information to drivers is generally signalled through the standardized use of flags of different colours. Describe the meanings associated with any six flags listed below: (i) White flag (ii) Black flag (iii) Yellow flag (iv) Blue flag (v) Black and white flag divided diagonally (vi) Chequered flag (vii) Yellow and red striped flag 5 . Commen t on an y t hirt een of t he followin g in abou t 5 0 words each: 5 x1 3 =6 5 (a) International Year of Chemistry (b) The scourge of e-waste (c) (d) INSPIRE programme of the Department of Science and Technology Page 88 of 92


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(e) (f) Omega-3 fatty acids in our food (g ) Difference between technology with reference to drying of washed clothes (h) The diminishing population of vultures (i) (j) F(k) (l) Analog, hybrid and IP systems in CCTV technology (m) Various applications of Kevlar (n ) Differences between Compact Disc (CD), Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) and Blu-ray Disc 6 . Commen t on t he followin g in abou t 5 0 words each: 5 x5 =2 5 (a) Functions of the World Customs Organization. (WCO) (b) Coast) (c) Strategies adopted by Colombia to eliminates its drug cartels (d) World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations (UN) (e) Sculpture of the broken chair in front of the UN building at Geneva 7 . Why have each of t he followin g been in t he n ews recen t ly? (Each an swer in a sen t en ce or t wo on ly) 2 x1 0 =2 0 (a) Tiangong-1 (b) K-computer (c) Gliese 581g (d) MABLE robot (e) (f) (g ) (h) (i) OPERA detecter at Gran Sasso (j) 8 . Why have t he followin g been in t he n ews recen t ly? (Each an swer in a sen t en ce or t wo on ly) 2 x5 =1 0 (a) 'News International' newspaper (b) Mustafa Abdul-Jalil (c) Abel Kirui (d) Natalie Portman Page 89 of 92


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(e) Nawaf Salam 9 . (a) List t he req u isit ies of a g ood t able. P resen t t he followin g in a su it able t abu lar form: 5 (a) In-1980 out of a 1750 workers of a factory, 1200 were members of a union. The number of women employed was 200 of which 175 did not belong to the union. In 1985 the number of union workers increased to 1580 of which 1290 were men. On the other hand the number of non -union workers fell down to 208 of which 180 were men. In 1990 there were 1800 employees who belonged to the union and 50 who did not belong to the union. Of all the employees in 1990, 300 were women of which only 8 did not belong to the union. (b) Draw an given for the following distribution, Read th e median from the graph. How many students get between 60 and 72? No. of Marks st u den t s 50-55

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55-60

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60-65

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65-70

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70-75

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75-80 12 8015 100 (c) From t he followin g dat a calcu lat e t he missin g freq u en cy: No. of No. of p erson s t ables cu red 4-8

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8-12

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12-16

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16-20

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20-24

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32-36 6 36-40 4 The averag e n u mber of t ables t o cu re fever was 1 9 .9 (d) Life time of 400 tubes tested in a company is distributed as follows: LifeNo. of t ime(Hou rs) t u bes 300-399

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400-499

46

500-599

58

600-699

76

700-799 800-899

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900-999

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1000-1099

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1100-1199 6 Det ermin e: 4 (i) Relative frequency of sixth class. (ii) Percentage of tubes whose life -time does not exceed 600 hours. (iii) Percentage of tubes whose life -time is greater than or equal to 900 hours. (iv) Percentage of tubes whose life -time is at least 500 but less than 1000 hours. 1 0 . (a) A car travels 25km at 25km at 50 kph, and 25 km at 75 kph. Find the average speed of the car for the entire journey. (b) The mean of 200 items was 50. Later on it was found that two items were wrongly read as 92 and 8 instead of 192 and 88. Find the correct mean. 4 (c) Students were asked how long it took them to walk to school on a particular morning. A cumulative frequency distribution was formed. Time t aken C.f. (min u t es) Page 91 of 92

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