Q.1) The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is viewed as a cardinal subset of China’s larger ‘One Belt One Road’ initiative. Give a brief description of CPEC and enumerate the reasons why India has distanced itself from the same. (10 marks, 150 words) Q.2) The terms ‘Hot Pursuit’ and ‘Surgical Strikes’ are often used in connection […]
Q.1) What is Cyber-Dome project? Explain how it can be useful in controlling internet crimes in India. (10 marks, 150 words) Q.2) The scourge of terrorism is a grave challenge to national security. What solutions do you suggest curbing this growing menace? What are the major sources of terrorist funding? (15 marks, 250 words) Q.3)
Q.1) Disaster preparedness is the first step in any disaster management process. Explain how hazard zonation mapping will help disaster mitigation in the case of landslides. (15 marks, 250 words) Q.2) Rehabilitation of human settlements is one of the important environmental impacts which always attracts controversy while planning major projects. Discuss the measures suggested for
Q.1) Coastal sand mining, whether legal or illegal, poses one of the biggest threats to our environment. Analyze the impact of sand mining along the Indians coasts, citing specific examples. (10 marks, 150 words) Q.2) Define the concept of carrying capacity of an ecosystem as relevant to an environment. Explain how understanding this concept is
Q.1) How can biotechnology help to improve the living standards of farmers? (15 marks, 250 words) Q.2) Why is there so much activity in the field of biotechnology in our country? How has this activity benefitted the field of biopharma? (10 marks, 150 words) Q.3) What are the areas of prohibitive labour that can be
Q.1) What is India’s plan to have its own space station and how will it benefit our space programme? (10 marks) Q.2) Discuss the work of ‘Bose-Einstein Statistics’ done by Prof. Satyendra Nath Bose and show how it revolutionized the field of Physics. (10 marks) Q.3) Give an account of the growth and development of
Q.1) Access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy is the sine qua non to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Comment on the progress made in India in this regard. (15 marks) Q.2) Examine the developments of Airports in India through Joint Ventures under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. What are the challenges faced by the
Q.1) What land reforms needed for the present agriculture in India? (10 marks) Q.2) Critically analyse the effect of liberalisation on Indian economy. (15 marks) Q.3) Why is an industrial policy crucial for India now? Discuss. (15 marks)
Q.1) Assess the role of National Horticulture Mission (NHM) in boosting the production, productivity, and income of horticulture farms. How far has it succeeded in increasing the income of farmers? (10 marks, 150 words) Q.2) What is water-use efficiency? Describe the role of micro-irrigation in increasing the water-use efficiency. (10 marks, 150 words) Q.3) There
Q.1) Account for the failure of manufacturing sector in achieving the goal of labour-intensive exports rather than capital-intensive exports. Suggest measures for more labour-intensive rather than capital-intensive exports. (15 marks) Q.2) “Success of ‘Make in India’ programme depends on the success of ‘Skill India’ programme and radical labour reforms.” Discuss with logical arguments. (10 marks)