SECTION-I 1. Answer any THREE of the following questions (in about 75 words each) : 3 x 5 = 15 (a) Give an account of major mountain ranges of the Himalayan region. (b) Account for the concentration of the Jute mills along the Hooghly river. (c) What are the salient features of the Federal System? (d) Discuss the basic features of the Parliamentary Democracy. (e) Explain the significance of the Human Genome Project. 2. Write short notes… Continue reading

SECTION-I 1. Answer any three of the following questions: (in about 75words) :  15 (a) Discuss the concept of Human Development. How is it different from development as economic growth? (b) Bring out the salient characteristics of rainfall in India. (c) Summarize the main features of the Housing and Habitat Policy of the Government of India. (d) Explain the Himalayan orogeny. (e) Explain the significance of Sankhya Vahini. 2. Write short notes on any two of the… Continue reading

SECTION I 1. Answer any three of the following (in about 75 words each): 3 x 10 = 30 (a) Explain the meaning of Public Debt and other liabilities n India. (b) Can Fundamental Rights of Indian citizens be suspended? (c) Distinguish between igneous and metamorphic rocks giving one example of each. (d) Outline the salient features of the Theory of Demographic Transition. (e) What is plate tectonics? How does it explain earthquakes? 2. Write short notes… Continue reading

PAPER– III :  SECTION-I The candidates should attempt FIVE questions in all including Question No. 1 from Section 1, Question No. 2 from Section II and the remaining THREE questions from Section III. 1. What do you understand by the following? (a) Planning Commission (b) Antyodaya Anna Yojana (c) State Finance Commission (d) Lead Bank Scheme (e) Urban Agglomeration (f) Non-banking Financial Intermediaries (g) Voluntary Disclosure Scheme     (7 ×5 = 35) SECTION-II Candidates should attempt any five parts of the following… Continue reading

SECTION-I Candidates should attempt any FIVE parts of the following question. (Answer to each part should be approximately of 50 words) 1. What do you understand by the following? (i) Import Substitution. (ii) Plan Grants (iii) Kisan Credit Cards. (iv) Pension Reforms. (v) Disinvestment. (vi) FRBM Act. (vii) Service Tax.     (7 ×5 = 35) SECTION-II Candidates should attempt any FIVE parts of the following question. (Answer to each part should be approximately of 150 words) 2. (i) Evaluate National Rural employment generation… Continue reading