Year 2015

Lending Hands to someone is better than giving a dole.

The ancient civilization in Indian sub-continent differed from those of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece in that its culture and traditions have been preserved without a breakdown to the present day. Comment.

Discuss the possible factors that inhibit India from enacting for its citizen a uniform civil code as provided for in the Directive Principles of State Policy.

The nature of economic growth in India in recent times is often described as jobless growth. Do you agree with this view? Give arguments in favour of your answer.

(a) What is meant by ‘environmental ethics’? Why is it important to study? Discuss any one environmental issue from the viewpoint of environmental ethics. (b) Differentiate between the following: 1. Law and Ethics 2. Ethical management and Management of ethics 3. Discrimination and Preferential treatment

(b) Differentiate between Personal ethics and Professional ethics.

Write notes on the following in about 150 words each (10 marks each):

(a) Archaeological Anthropology. (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) Society and Culture. (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) Incest Taboos. (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) Horticulture. (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) Historical Particularism. (10 marks, 150 words)

Write short notes on the following in about 150 words each : (10 marks, 150 words)

(a) Relevance of tribal Panchsheel today

(b) Sacred complex as a dimension of Indian civilization

(c) South Indian Paleoliths

(d) Panchayati Raj Institutions and Social Change

(e) Rights over resources and tribal unrest

Answer the following in about 150 words each :

(a) Attempt a classification of geomorphic processes from the zonal point of view. (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) Discuss as to how frontogenesis contributes to weather instability. (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) Describe the characteristics of different types of pelagic deposits. (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) Explain the characteristics of ecological succession. (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) Comment on the impact of environmental education on quality of life. (10 marks, 150 words)

Answer all the following. The word limit for (b), (c), (d), (e) has been indicated in the parenthesis:

(a) On the outline map of India provided to you, mark the locations of all the following. Write in your QCA Booklet the significance of these locations, whether physical/commercial/economic/ecological/environmental/cultural, in not more than 30 words for each entry : (10 marks, not more than 30 words for each entry)

(i) Tharangambadi

(ii) Namcha Barwa

(iii) Narcondam

(iv) Khajjiar

(v) Chunchanakatte

(b) Why does the pharmaceutical industry concentrate largely in the western region of the country? (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) Explain the pattern of winter rainfall in India. (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) Discuss the relationship of watershed approach to village level planning. (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) How does natural vegetation affect the formation of in situ soils? (10 marks, 150 words)

Identify the following places marked on the map supplied to you (on page 4) and write a short note of about 30 words on each of them in your Question-cum-Answer Booklet. Locational hints for each of the places marked on the map are given below seriatim:

(i) A Neolithic site (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(ii) A Neolithic site (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(iii) A Harappan site (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(iv) A Megalithic site (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(v) A Harappan site (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(vi) A Painted-Grey-ware site (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(vii) An inscriptional site (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(viii) An important ancient city (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(ix) An ancient port (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(x) A site of ancient cave-paintings (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(xi) A Buddhist site (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(xii) An educational centre (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(xiii) Brahmadeya village (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(xiv) An ancient capital (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(xv) An ancient capital (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(xvi) A temple site (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(xvii) An ancient capital (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(xviii) An ancient sea-port (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(xix) An archaeological temple site (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(xx) A Harappan site (2.5 marks, 30 words)

Critically examine the following statements in about 150 words each : (10 marks, 150 words each)

(a) “Annexation of Punjab was part of a broad north-west frontier policy set in motion after the exit of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.”

(b) “The Regulating Act (1773), the Pitt’s India Act (1784) and eventually the Charter Act of 1833 left the East India Company as a mere shadow of its earlier political and economic power in India.”

(c) “The Indigo Revolt of 1859-60 holds a very significant place in our history of national liberation movement. For the first time in the history of our anti-colonial struggle, its two independent currents—spontaneous peasant resistance and constitutional agitation in defence of the peasantry—came into mutual contact.”

(d) “The very idea of the bomb and the secret society, and of propaganda through action and sacrifice were imports from the West.”

(e) “This retention of Rowlatt legislation in the teeth of universal opposition is an affront to the nation. Its repeal is necessary to appease national honour.”

Write short answers to the following in about 150 words each : (50 marks)

(a) Aristotle's distinction between 'actually' and 'potentiality'. (10 marks, about 150 words)

(b) esse est percipi. (10 marks, about 150 words)

(c) Husserl's notion of 'bracketing'. (10 marks, about 150 words)

(d) Strawson's distinction between 'M' and 'P' predicates. (10 marks, about 150 words)

(e) G.E. Moore's refutation of idealism. (10 marks, about 150 words)

Answer the following questions in about 150 words each: (10x5=50)

(a) "Equality does not mean treating everyone equal." Discuss.

(b) Is civil disobedience in a democratic State justifiable? Discuss.

(c) Explain Harold Laski's critique of sovereignty.

(d) How are individual and group rights reconciled in democracy? Explain.

(e) "Inequitable development leads to social conflicts rather than social progress." Explain.

Comment on the following in about 150 words each: (50 marks)

(a) Idea of Natural Rights (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) Aristotle's Conception of Equality (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) 'Difference Principle' in Rawls' Theory of Justice (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) Difference between Participatory and Deliberative Democracy (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) Gandhi's Views on State (10 marks, 150 words)

Answer the following questions in about 150 words each : (10x5=50 marks, 150 words each)

(a) Which are the major approaches of comparative politics ? Explain in brief, the political economy approach to the study of comparative inquiry. (10 marks)

(b) Do you subscribe to the view that the modern constructs of the State and politics are pre-eminently Eurocentric and not indigenous and appropriate for the analysis of non-western societies ? (10 marks)

(c) Identify the major differences between the classical realism of Hans J. Morgenthau and the neorealism of Kenneth Waltz. Which approach is best suited for analysing international relations after the Cold War ? (10 marks)

(d) Is globalization essentially a process of ‘universalisation’ of capitalist modernity ? (10 marks)

(e) What is the difference between Interest Groups and Pressure Groups ? Are the Pressure Groups in India in a position to fully protect or promote the interests of their members ? (10 marks)

Answer the following questions in about 150 words each: (10x5=50)

(a) Waldo’s ‘The Administrative State’ provides a fundamental challenge to some of the orthodox premises. Explain. (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) Discuss how the Public Choice Theory promotes the concept of ‘Steering’ and undermines the concept of ‘Rowing’ in visualising efficient and effective administration. (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) “Delegated Legislation is a necessary evil.” Comment. (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) Do you agree with the view that the charismatic approach of the mid-1970s is a “new version” of the Classical Trait Theory of Leadership? Give reasons. (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) “The term policy implementation is in some respects preferable to the label public administration.” Argue. (10 marks, 150 words)

Attempt all of the following in about 150 words each : (10x5=50)

(a) "Democracy within bureaucracy is likely to reduce its effectiveness." Do you agree with this view? Argue your case. (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) "District Collector's role in the development process has been overemphasised." Comment on the statement. (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) Why has District Planning been marginalised in many States and remained prominent in a few States? Explain. (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) "Ordinance-making power of the Executive needs to be suitably restrained." Examine it critically. (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) "'Minimum government, maximum governance' is not just a slogan but a philosophy of administration with enormous potentialities." Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer. (10 marks, 150 words)

Write short answers of the following in about 150 words each : (10x5=50)

(a) Is Sociology a Science ? Give reasons for your answer.

(b) Discuss the relevance of historical method in the study of society.

(c) What are variables ? Discuss their role in experimental research.

(d) Which concepts did Weber use to analyse the forms of legitimate domination ?

(e) “No society can either be absolutely open or absolutely closed.” Comment.

Write short notes with a sociological perspective on the following in about 150 words each :

(a) Verrier Elwin's views on freedom for the tribals (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) Jyotirao Phule as an agrarian radical (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) Louis Dumont's perspective on Indian caste system (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) How far Gandhi was trusted by the untouchables? (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) Feminization of poverty (10 marks, 150 words)

Human history abounds in claims and theories confining the right of governing to a few select citizens. Exclusion of the many is justified on the ground that human beings may be rightfully segregated for the good of society and viability of the political process.

Which one of the following statements is least essential as a part of the argument in the above passage?

(A) Man seeks control over external things affecting him.

(B) In society, there are ‘super’ and ‘sub’ human beings.

(C) Exceptions to universal citizen participation are conducive to systemic efficacy.

(D) Governing implies recognition of disparities in individual capacities.

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana has been launched for -

(A) providing housing loan to poor people at cheaper interest rates

(B) Promoting women’s Self Help Groups in backward areas

(C) promoting financial inclusion in the country

(D) providing financial help to marginalised communities