- Write about the following (150 words) :-
(a) Restoration of popular rule in Pakistan and its implications for India.
(b) Barrack Obama and the prospect of a new IndoUSA relations.
- Write about the following (about 20 words each):-
(a) Border dispute with China.
(b) Trade across the LoC with Pakistan.
(c) Dealing with terrorists from Bangladesh.
(d) India's moon mission.
(e) India and the Non-Aligned movement.
- Write about the following (about 20 words each):-
(a) The G-8 countries.
(b) Economic Development in India.
(c) Prospects of Indians in the USA.
(d) India and nuclear weapons.
(e) India and the UNO.
- Answer any ONE of the following (in about 250 words)
(a) Briefly review the development experience of India since Independence.
(b) Assess the role of International Monetary Fund (IMF) in solving the problem of international liquidity.
- Answer any TWO of the following (in about 150 words each):
(a) Examine the recent changes in the composition and the direction of India's foreign trade.
(b) Discuss the measures adopted by the Reserve Bank of India to reduce the impact of global financial crisis on the Indian economy.
(c) Examine the limitations and achievements of World Trade Organisation (WTO).
- Answer the following (in about 20 words each)
(a) What is mixed economy?
(b) What is Green Revolution?
(c) What is Inclusive Growth?
(d) What is inflation?
(e) What is VAT?
(f) What is globalisation?
(g) What is devaluation?
(h) What is disguised unemployment?
(i) What is IBRD?
(j) What is Human Development Index?
- (a) Outline the major trends in the economic growth of Orissa in the post-reform period.
(b) Do you say that the development strategy adopted so far has not been successful in reducing regional disparity and accelerating faster economic growth in the State? Explain.
- Write about any TWO of the following in about 150 words each) :-
(a) 14th SAARC Summit, 2007.
(b) The Washington Declaration' issued by G-20 Nations.
(c) Secretary General of the UN.
- Write about the following (in about 20 words each):-
(a) Simla Agreement.
(b) Third World
(c) SALT-I
(d) The Arab League.
(e) ASEAN Charter.
- Write about the following by expanding and explaining the objectives (in about 20 words each):-
(a) IMF
(b) UNCTADE
(c) ICAO
(d) ADB
- Answer any ONE of the following (in about 250 words):-
(a) Explain what are the causes and consequences of ozone layer depletion in the upper atmosphere. How can the depletion be removed?
(b) What is meant by parthenogenesis? Distinguish between natural and induced parthenogenesis.
- Answer any TWO of the following (in about 150 words):-
(a) What is Computer Software? How are they produced? How many types are there? How are they affected by viruses? What is meant by upgradation of Software?
(b) Explain what are "green" fuels. How are they produced ? Compare them with fossil fuels.
(c) What is AIDS? How does it occur? How does it spread? Are there any cures for it? How can it be prevented?
- Answer any TWO of the following
(a) What are fullerenes? What are the applications?
(b) Give the decimal equivalent of the binary number 10110110-11.
(c) What are low level and high level programming languages?
(d) What are nitrogenase enzymes? Mention their biological functions.
(e) How does fossil fuel burning contribute to global warming?
