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(Paper) Geography - 2000 Mains (Paper - II)
General Studies - 2000 (Main) (Paper - 2)
Time Allowed : Three Hours
Maximum Marks : 300
INSTRUCTIONS
Each Question is printed both in Hindi and in English.
Answers must be written in the medium specified in the Admission Certificate
issued to you, which must be stated clearly on the cover of the
answer-book in the space provided for the purpose. No mark will be given
for answers written in a medium other than that specified in the Admission
Certificate. Candidates
should attempt ALL questions strictly in accordance with the instructions given
under each question. The number
of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question.
Q.
1 . Answer any two of the following. (Answer to each question
should be in about 150 words) : -
15 x 2 = 30
(a) Discuss Indian-Sri Lankan relations in recent years.
(b) India's Kargil victory rested on its successful effort at combining
diplomacy with the use of force.
Discuss.
(c) Differentiate and state the significance of Pokharan I and Pokharan II.
Q.
2. Answer the following (Answer to each question should be in about 20
words)
2 x 5 = 10
(a) What does track two diplomacy stand for ?
(b) Non-alignment is a need, not a creed, Elaborate.
(c) Differentiate between Peace-making and Peace-keeping.
(d) What is deterrence ?
(e) Why has the indigenous development of Cryogenic Enging become necessary for
India ?
Q.
3. Answer the following. (Answer to each question should be in about 20
words)
2 x 5 = 10
(a) What does the Global organisation of people of Indian origin stand for ?
(b) What is the impact of economic sanctions against India on NRIs ?
(c) Why is Fiji crisis of May 19, 2000 a specific concern for India ?
(d) Examine the role of NRIs in the liberalisation process of India.
(e) Mention few NRIs who have brought name and fame for India.
Q.
4. Answer anyone of the following. (Answer should be in about 250 words)
30
(a) India is rapidly emerging as an Information Technology (IT) Superpower.
Discuss some aspects of the
growth of this Sector in the Indian economy. What role can public policy play in
further enhancing growth
prospects in this Sector ?
(b) Control over growth of population in India is an essential condition for the
country's rapid economic
development. Discuss.
Q.
5. Answer any two of the following. (Answer to each question should be in
about 150 words)
2 x 15 = 30
(a) Discuss the reasons for the failure of the Seattle Millennium talks on the
WTO (World Trade
Organisation). Discuss some implications of this failure for the Indian economy.
(b) What is (Revised) Targeted Public Distribution System ? What are its main
features ?
(c) Discuss the economic effects of Black money (Parallel economy) in Indian
economy.
Q.
6. Answer the following. (Answer to each question should be in about 20
words)
2 x 15 = 30
(a) What are the main objectives of the 9th Five-Year Plan of the Government of
India ?
(b) Write a note on MODVAT Scheme of 1986.
(c) Explain per capita income as a measurement of economic growth.
(d) What are the objectives of Social Security ?
(e) What do you mean by 'Parallel Economy' ?
(f) Describe the use of 'Command Area Development' in India.
(g) What is ICOR (Incremental Capital Output Ratio) ?
(h) What are the main objectives of NABARD ?
(i) What do you know about 11th Finance Commission ?
(j) What do you mean by revenue deficit in the Central Government's Budget ?
(k) How has the Census (1991) defined the Urban Areas ?
(1) What are the objectives of New Economic Policy of the Government of India ?
(m) Write a note on Rao-Manmohan model of development.
(n) What is the rational for 'Mid-day Meal' Scheme ?
(o) What has been the impact of the recent economic reforms programme on the
incidence of poverty in
India ?
Q.7.
Answer any two of the following. (Answer to each questions should be in about
150 words) : -
15 x 2 = 30
(a) Define Globalisation and differentiate it with Internationalism.
(b) There is a wide-spread concern about the degradation of environment and the
problems that go with it.
Assess the international response.
(c) How can India accommodate her foreign policy principle of 'non-intervention'
with the emerging right to
'intervention'
Q.
8. Answer the following. (Answer to each question should be in about 20
words)
2 x 5 = 10
(a) What are the prospects of CTBT ?
(b) Differentiate between Collective security and Cooperative security.
(c) What do the following stand for ?
(i) MARV
(ii) MIRV
(iii) ICBM
(d) Differentiate between Explosion and Implosion.
(e) What do you know about Siachin Dispute ?
Q. 9. Answer the following (Answer to each question should be in about 20
words)
2 x 5 = 10
(a) What do the following stand for ?
(i) SAARC
(ii) ASEAN
(iii) OIC
(b) What is meant by SDI ?
(c) Differentiate between SALT and START.
(d) What do you know about G-77 ?
(e) What is Global Environmental Facility (GEF) ?
Q.10. Answer any one of the following. (Answer should be in about 250
words)
30
(a) What is the significance of the geostationary orbit ?What would happen if it
becomes too crowded ?
(b) Why is the HIV considered so dangerous ? Why has the spread of the virus
proved so difficult to contain, especially in the poorer countries of the
world ?
Q. 11. Answer any two of the following : (Answer to each question should
be in about 150 words)
:
15 x 2 = 30
(a) How are transgenic plants different from hybrid plants and what is their
relevance in modern agriculture ? Elaborate.
(b) What are greenhouse gases ? What impact do they have on the Earth's climate
and with what consequences ? Elaborate.
(c) What is water harvesting ? Describe its relevance in the Indian context.
Q. 12. Answer the following : (Answer to each question should be in about
20 words)
2 x 5 = 10
(a) What does the 'clock speed' of a computer signify ?
(b) What do the following stand for ?
(i) http
(ii) CPU
(iii) ROM
(vi) BIOS
(c) What is a modem and what is it used for ?
(d) What is spamming ?
(e) How does a computer virus destroy data ?