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GENERAL STUDIES
�2003
(MAIN)
Paper � II
Time
Allowed: Three hours
Maximum Marks:
300
Candidate
should attempt All
questions strictly in
accordance with
instructions given under
each question.
Q1.
Answer any one of
the following:
(about 250 words)
30
a)
�The
reforms of 1909
introduced a cardinal
problem and ground of
controversy at every
revision of the Indian
electoral system.�
Comment.
b)
Discuss
the problem that impeded
the integration of the
princely states into the
Indian Union. How were
these problems tackled?
Q2.
Answer any two of the
following:
(about 150 words)
2 X15=30
a)
�The
mainstay of Mahatma
Gandhi�s movements was
the rural India.�
Elucidate.
b)
Discuss
the character of major
tribal uprisings in
British India in the
nineteenth Century.
c)
Bring
out the ideological
basis of the Moderate-Extermist
divide in the Indian
National Congress.
Q3.
Answer the following:
(about 20 words )
15X2=30
i)
Arthasastra
ii) Saranath
Pillar
iii) The Jatiya
Sarkar of Tamluk
iv)
Punnapra-Vayalar
v)
Sajjad Zahir
vi) Al-Hilal
vii) Har Dayal
viii) Khudai
Khidmatgar
ix)
Mahayana Cult
x) W.W. Hunter
xi) Indu Lal
Yajnik
xii) Achhut
Patwardhan
xiii)
Sir William Jones
xiv) James Wilson
xv) Ghulam-giri.
Q4.
Answer any two of the
following:
(about 125 words)
2X10=20
a)
Describe
the major
characteristics of the
rivers of Peninsular
India.
b)
Account
for the very high
concentration of salt
extraction industries in
the Saurashtra and South
Tamilnadu Coast.
c)
State
the four distinctive
stages of Indian
Demographic history.
Q5.write
short notes on the
following
(about 20 words)
5X2=10
i)
Define
Terai Region.
ii)
Mention
the areas of Shola
forests in India.
iii)
Who
are the Todas and where
do they live?
iv)
Name
any four priccipal
languages of Andaman and
Nicobar Islands.
v)
What
is MRTS? Where
it is in
operation?
Q6.
Answer any one of the
following:
(about 250 words)
30
a)
Discuss
the question of death
sentence and
Presidential clemency.
b)
Explain
the discretionary powers
of the Governor of a
State.
Q7.
Answer any two of the
following:
(about 150 words)
2 X15=30
a)
Highlight
the signifucance of
Forty Fourth Amendment
to the Constitution of
India
b)
Identify
the major Fundamental
Duties
c)
Explain
the relevance of Rajya
Sabha as a second
chamber in the federal
set up of Indian
Parliamentary System.
Q9.
Answer the following:
(about 20 words)
2 X5=10
a)
What
is a point of order?
When can it be raised?
b)
What
is a Privilege Motion?
c)
State
the difference between
Council of Ministers and
the Cabinet.
d)
How
is the Vice President of
India elected?
e)
What
is meant by
�sine-die�
adjournment?
Q10.
Answer any one of the
following:
(about 250 words)
30
a)
Discuss
the steps taken by
Government to check
child labour and promote
child welfare.
b)
Suggest
measures for the
eradication of wide
spread corruption in
Public Life in India.
Q11.
Answer any two of the
following:
(about 125 words)
2
X10=20
a)
The
issue of gender equality
in India.
b)
Natural
Heritage and Cultural
Heritage.
c)
Identify
the types of
disabilities.
Q12.
Answer any two of the
following:
(about 125 words)
2 X10=20
a)
What
are the distinctive
features of the Lokpal
Bill introduced in the
Parliament this year?
b)
What
is the Prime
Minister�s Five-Point
agenda fir India�s
development as a
Knowledge Society?
c)
What
are the precinditions
for the growth of Civil
Society? Is Indian
democracy conducive to
it?
Q13.
Write about the
following ( about 20
words )
5X2=10
a)
Anthrax
b)
Radiation
and its effects
c)
The
Statue of Liberty
d)
George
Walker Bush
e)
Genome.
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