Year 2019

Wisdom finds truth

Highlight the Central Asian and Greco Bactrian elements in the Gandhara art.

Do you think that constitution of India does not accept principle of strict separation of powers rather it is based on the principle of 'checks and balance'? Explain.

Enumerate the indirect taxes which have been subsumed in the goods and services tax (GST) in India. Also, comment on the revenue implications of the GST introduced in India since July 2017.

(a) What are the basic principles of public life? Illustrate any three of these with suitable examples.

(b) What do you understand by the term ‘public servant’? Reflect on the expected role of a public servant.

Write notes on the following in about 150 words each:

(a) The relationship between Linguistics and Social-Cultural Anthropology (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) Cultural Relativism (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) Pastoralism in India (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) Cultural Materialism (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) Relative Dating Methods (10 marks, 150 words)

Write short notes on the following in about 150 words each :

(a) Phylogenetic position and morphological features of Ramapithecus. (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) Ethno-archaeological analysis of hunting activities of contemporary tribal communities. (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) Distribution of Tibeto-Burman group of languages in India. (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) Use of doctrine of Karma and rebirth in justifying the Varna system. (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) The Jajmani system and contemporary market economy. (10 marks, 150 words)

Answer the following in about 150 words each :

(a) Describe phreatic eruptions and their consequences. (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) Explain the techniques to calculate potential evapotranspiration suggested by Thornthwaite. (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) How are sandspits and tombolos formed? (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) Amensalism is a biotic factor that determines the geographic limits of species. Explain. (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) How do mountaineers constitute a threat to Mount Everest? (10 marks, 150 words)

(a) On the outline map of India provided to you, mark the location of all of 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: (20 marks, 30 words per entry)

(i) Lothal

(ii) River Beas

(iii) Chikhaldara

(iv) Narora

(v) Lengpui

(vi) Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary

(vii) Thenmala

(viii) Anamudi

(ix) Barren Island

(x) Durgaduani creek

(b) Examine the major causes of ground water depletion in India. (10 marks)

(c) Why is the Indian Monsoon erratic in nature ? Explain. (10 marks)

(d) Explain the significance of dry farming in drought prone areas of India. (10 marks)

Identify the following places marked on the map supplied to you 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. (50 marks, 30 words per place)

(i) Brick temple site

(ii) Early Harappan site

(iii) Ancient seaport and trade centre

(iv) Stone age site

(v) Neolithic site

(vi) Archaeological site

(vii) Ancient capital city

(viii) Ancient capital

(ix) Harappan site

(x) Ancient inscriptions site

(xi) A Rock-cut cave site

(xii) Ancient capital city

(xiii) Famous temple site

(xiv) Centre of School of art

(xv) Ancient inscriptional site

(xvi) Ancient education centre

(xvii) Pre-Harappan site

(xviii) Chalcolithic period site

(xix) Early inscriptional site

(xx) Ancient petroglyphs site

Critically examine the following statements/Answer the following in about 150 words each : (10x5=50)

(a) "Tipu Sultan was trying to build in Mysore a strong centralised and militarised state, with ambitious territorial designs." (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) "Not until independence, when economic development became a conscious and pursued policy, did the Railways begin to realize their potential for assisting in the transformation of the Indian economy." (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) "Two important intellectual criteria which informed the reform movements were rationalism and religious universalism." (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) "... the Kol Insurrection was mainly a war of the tribal inhabitants of Chotanagpur against the non-tribal settlers and service-holders." (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) "The Cripps Mission was plagued throughout, and ultimately torpedoed." (10 marks, 150 words)

SECTION - II

1. Write short answers to the following in about 150 words each : (10 marks, 150 words)

(a) What does Plato want to prove by his 'Allegory of Cave'? (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) Can hallucination be regarded as an intentional act by Husserl? Explain. (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) What is the role of dialectics in realizing the truth in Hegel's philosophy? (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) How does Descartes prove the existence of things other than himself and God? Discuss. (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) Explain Quine's arguments against synthetic-analytic distinction. (10 marks, 150 words)

Answer the following questions in about 150 words each:

(a) How far do you think John Rawls is continuing with Plato's concept of justice ? (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) Discuss the status of theocracy in the modern secular state. (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) Evaluate Mahatma Gandhi as a political anarchist. (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) Is corruption not a form of mass violence ? Discuss. (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) Can gender equality be realised within a socialist regime ? Analyse. (10 marks, 150 words)

Comment on the following in about 150 words each :

(a) Resurgence of political theory. (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) Pluralist theory of the State. (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) End of Ideology debate. (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) Deliberative democracy. (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) M. K. Gandhi's concept of Swaraj. (10 marks, 150 words)

Answer the following in about 150 words each : (50 marks, 150 words each)

(a) Discuss the utility of Nuclear Deterrence Theory in the context of the recent standoff between India and Pakistan.

(b) Write a brief note on the 17th NAM Summit in Venezuela.

(c) In what way does the predominance of the USA in the UN funding affect its decision-making?

(d) Evaluate the role of BIMSTEC in multi-sectoral technical and economic cooperation.

(e) Do you think that sustainable development goals are really attainable by 2030?

Answer the following in about 150 words each:

(a) “Public Administration is constantly being reinvented because it is contextual.” Elaborate. (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) “Bureau pathology denigrates competence in organizations.” Explain. (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) “If there is ever to be a science of Public Administration it must derive from an understanding of man’s behaviour.” Explain. (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) “Chester Barnard in ‘The Functions of the Executive’ injected ‘the social’ in the study of organization. Explain in this context how the executive is expected to play a much greater role than a manager.” (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) “Delegated legislation has become a strategic tool in the hands of the executive despite its utility.” Comment. (10 marks, 150 words)

Answer the following in about 150 words each : (10 marks, 150 words)

(a) In the text of Arthashastra, "the State is neither a police State nor merely a tax gathering State". Comment.

(b) The economic reforms have significantly infringed the basic values and spirit of the Indian Constitution. Examine.

(c) Macaulay's ideas on Indian Civil Service corresponded to the elite theory of bureaucracy, which continue to persist. Do you agree? Justify.

(d) There has been an opinion that the ethos of Indian Judicial System continue to be colonial. Suggest measures for raising the level of judicial excellence for achieving speedy justice.

(e) Various commissions have reiterated the crucial role of the Governor in Indian system of governance, but the successive governments have not heeded to make the Governor's office apolitical. Examine with examples.

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

(a) Discuss the historical antecedents of the emergence of Sociology as a discipline. (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) Davis and Moore made it clear that social stratification is a functional necessity and also an unconscious device. Discuss. (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) What is the Marxist concept of ‘fetishism of commodities’? (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) Present a sociological review on the ‘new middle-class’. (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) Explain the probability sampling strategies with examples. (10 marks, 150 words)

Write short answers to the following questions in about 150 words each, with a sociological perspective: (10×5=50)

(a) Elaborate Srinivas's views on religion and society among the Coorgs. (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) Illustrate the contributions of the Tebhaga Movement to the peasants struggle in India. (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) Examine the changing initiatives of the land tenure system in India. (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) Write a note on Ghurye's conception of caste in India. (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) Comment on the growing assertion of tribal community for autonomy in India. (10 marks, 150 words)

Passage - 1

Political theorists, no doubt have to take the history of injustice, for example, untouchability, seriously. The concept of historical injustice takes note of a variety of historical wrongs that continue into the present in some form or the other and tend to resist repair. Two reasons might account for resistance to repair. One, not only are the roots of injustice buried deep in history, injustice itself constitutes economic structures of exploitation, ideologies of discrimination and modes of representation. Two, the category of historical injustice generally extends across a number of wrongs such as economic deprivation, social discrimination and lack of recognition. This category is complex, not only because of the overlap between a number of wrongs, but because one or the other wrong, generally discrimination, tends to acquire partial autonomy from others. This is borne out by the history of repair in India.

What is the main idea that we can infer from the passage?

1. Untouchability in India has not been taken seriously by political theorists.

2. Historical injustice is inevitable in any society and is always beyond repair.

3. Social discrimination and deprivation have their roots in bad economies.

4. It is difficult, if not impossible, to repair every manifestation of historical injustice.

(A) Untouchability in India has not been taken seriously by political theorists.

(B) Historical injustice is inevitable in any society and is always beyond repair.

(C) Social discrimination and deprivation have their roots in bad economies.

(D) It is difficult, if not impossible, to repair every manifestation of historical injustice.

With reference to Mughal India, what is/are the difference/differences between Jagirdar and Zamindar?

1. Jagirdars were holders of land assignments in lieu of judicial and police duties, whereas Zamindars were holders of revenue rights without obligation to perform any duty other than revenue collection.

2. Land assignments to Jagirdars were hereditary and revenue rights of Zamindars were not hereditary.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(A) 1 only

(B) 2 only

(C) Both 1 and 2

(D) Neither 1 nor 2