- Answer any two of the following:
(a) Explain India's foreign policies since Narendra Modi Government came to power.
(b) Critically examine the nature of Indo-Pak relations with special reference to POK issue.
(c) Assess the impact of recent attracts against Indian-Americans on Indo-US Relations.
- Answer any one of the following:
(a) "Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), 1960 is a model to the management of disputes between India and Pakistan." Discuss.
(b) Do our Armed Forces meet the challenges of external security? Do you suggest the Modernisation of our Armed Forces?
- Answer any one of the following:
(a) Explain the main feature of the India's Nuclear Policy.
(b) Examine India's reservations on Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
- Answer any one of the following:
(a) Examine the factors responsible for the growing importance of India as a strategic partner of 'ASEAN'.
(b) Who are the permanent members of UN Security Council? Justify India's efforts for Permanent Membership in UN Security Council.
- Answer any three of the following:
(a) 'Indian planning could not meet its most cherished goal of achieving an egalitarian society for Indians.' Elucidate.
(b) Give the present state of economic development of India. Explain that 'economic growth and human development must go together to make it more inclusive'.
(c) 'Economic reforms in India have neglected agriculture and promoted manufacturing and service sectors, thereby have initiated aprocess of uneven economic development.' Give your views and substantiate.
(d) Discuss the main challenges that the corporate sector of India encounters in the Post-reforms period.
- Answer the following :
(a) State the role of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations.
(b) How, is the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) different from the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA)?
(c) What is the broad objective of India's Preferential Market Access Policy?
(d) State the major commodity groups whose exports from India have shown positive growth during January, 2017 and January, 2018.
(e) How could the IMF membership of India help making its rupee independent?
(f) How has India benefited from the Aid-India Consortium ofthe World Bank?
(g) How is Indian pharmaceutical industry affected by WTO?
(h) Why did the Narasimham Committeе recommend lowering the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)?
(i) Which financial companies are not regulated by the Reserve Bank of India?
(j) How does the Reserve Bank of India act as the banker to banks?
- Answer any two of the following:
(a) 'In spite of several proactive measures taken by the Government of Odisha to promote industrialisation in the State, it remains tardy and slow.' Explain.
(b) 'In the post-reforms period, Odisha's economy is growing fast but poverty among the masses has not reduced perceptibly.' Elucidate.
(c) Discuss the factors responsible for the existence and continuation of regional disparity in Odisha. Suggest remedial measures.
- Answer any four of the following:
(a) Paris Agreement on Climate Change
(b) South-East Asian Countries Fund to tackle Emergencies
(c) North Korea Nuclear Test
(d) China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
(e) Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)
(f) US Presidential Elections
- Answer any four of the following:
(a) Discuss UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Sri Lanka.
(b) Does the ILO Global Wage Report contribute to the UN Agenda of Sustainable Development Goals?
(c) Elucidate the contents of agreements of Canada and Cuba with EU signed in Brussels.
(d) Explain the Education and Cultural Co-operation among SAARC countries.
(e) What are the initiatives of World Health Organisation (WHO) for Polio eradication? Give the success rate of the WHO initiatives.
(f) Analyze the role of International Court of Justice in settlement of disputes between the nations.
- (a) Answer the following questions in 50 words each:
(i) What is Graphene ? Highlight the creation of high quality graphene from soyabean.
(ii) What is Ebola? In which continent is this found? Name three Ebola eradicated countries.
(iii) Name the scientist who has done a minuscule correction to the calculation of Mercury's orbital precession of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity. Explain the process.
(iv) Recently the distribution of pressure inside the proton has been mapped by using which theory and where? What is its assumption?
(v) Describe about newly invented batteries which can create electricity when those are wet or with any liquid.
(b) Answer the following questions in 50 words each:
(i) What is an antenna? Explain.
(ii) What are the applications of laser communications system? How does it work?
(iii) What is the full form of ISRO? When was it formed? What is its main objective?
(iv) Write a short note on different forms of optical telecommunication.
(v) What is ICT? How does this technology solve the problem for remote population through wireless with special reference to VSAT?
(c) Answer the following questions in 50 words each:
(i) Name and briefly explain the computer language which is used for artificial intelligence.
(ii) Discuss a section of code to which control is transferred when a processor is interrupted.
(iii) What is a virus ? How do we protect computers free of virus using antivirus software?
(iv) What is number system ? Explain how to do conversion between two number systems.
(v) What is a digital computer? Write a brief note on its functional elements.
