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1. WHAT IS “BANKING CORRESPONDENTS” MODEL? HOW IT DIFFERS FROM “BRICKS & MORTAR”

MODEL? DISCUSS THE SALIENT FEATURES OF “SWABHIMAAN” & CONTRIBUTION OF BUSINESS

CORRESPONDENTS TO ACHIEVE FINANCIAL INCLUSION? [200 WORDS]

2. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘FINANCIAL INCLUSION’? DESCRIBE THE FEATURES OF

‘SAMPOORN VITTEYEA SAMAVESHYAN’ & ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN BRINGING FINANCIAL

INCLUSION? [200 WORDS]

3. WHAT IS NATURAL GAS? ENUMERATE THE VARIOUS REASONS FOR GAS PIPELINE FAILURE IN

INDIA? GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO PREVENT SUCH FAILURES? [200 WORDS]

4. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE VARIOUS CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES BEING FACED BY INDIAN

TEXTILE INDUSTRY? GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE OUR TEXTILE INDUSTRY GLOBALLY

COMPETITIVE? [200 WORDS]

5. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘BLUE ECONOMY’? DESCRIBE ITS VARIOUS

PRINCIPLES? IT IS TIME FOR US TO FOCUS OUR ATTENTION FROM ‘GREEN ECONOMY’ TO ‘BLUE

ECONOMY’ – CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATEMENT? [200 WORDS]

6. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE VARIOUS PROBLEMS BEING FACED BY SUGAR INDUSTRY IN INDIA?

DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO ADDRESS THESE

PROBLEMS? THE STRUCTURAL REFORMS ARE THE NEED OF HOUR TO PROVIDE LONG TERM

SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS OF INDIAN SUGAR INDUSTRY. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE

STATEMENT? [ 200 WORDS]

7. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE REASONS FOR POWER SECTOR CRISIS IN INDIA? THE POLICY OF ‘CROSS

SUBSIDIZATION’ DOES MORE HARM RATHER THAN BENEFITTING POWER SECTOR – COMMENT?

[200 WORDS]

8. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM – “DECLARED GOODS”? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS

CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS WHICH DEALS WITH ISSUE OF DECLARED GOODS? AVIATION

TURBINE FUEL SHOULD BE DECLARED AS ‘DECLARED GOODS’ TO MAKE CIVIL AVIATION

INDUSTRY VIABLE? [ 200 WORDS]

9. ENUMERATE THE REASONS WHY 26% FDI LIMIT FAILED TO REVIVE INDIAN DEFENCE SECTOR? DO

YOU THINK 100% FDI SHOULD BE ALLOWED IN INDIAN DEFENCE MANUFACTURING TO MAKE

INDIA SELF – SUFFICIENT? CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE PROS AND CONS OF SUCH DECISION? [ 200

WORDS]

10. EXAMINE THE VARIOUS PROBLEMS BEING FACED BY BAMBOO SECTOR IN INDIA? DESCRIBE THE

SALIENT FEATURES OF NATIONAL BAMBOO MISSION AND ITS ROLE IN REMOVING SUCH

CONSTRAINTS? [ 200 WORDS]

11. WHAT IS PRIMARY MARKET? HOW PRIMARY MARKET DIFFERS FROM SECONDARY MARKET?

DESCRIBE THE RECENT STEPS TAKEN BY SEBI TO REVITALIZE PRIMARY MARKET IN INDIA? [ 200

WORDS]

12. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM “OPEN MARKET OPERATIONS”? HOW DOES OPEN

MARKET OPERATIONS FUNCTION? WRITE SHORTLY ON ITS ROLE IN REGULATING MONEY

SUPPLY IN THE MARKET? [200 WORDS]

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13. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS”?

14. WHAT IS FARM FORESTRY? WRITE SHORTLY ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FARM FORESTRY? [2000

WORDS]

15. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘JHUM CULTIVATION’? HOW JHUM CULTIVATION IS PRACTIZED?

DISCUSS THE VARIOUS ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF SHIFTING AGRICULTURE? ADD A NOTE

ON THE ROLE OF WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN SHIFTING CULTIVATION AREAS

[WDPSDA] IN REDUCING THE IMPACTS OF JHUM CULTIVATION? [200 WORDS]

16. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “GOOD GOVERNANCE”? DESCRIBE THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF

GOOD GOVERNANCE? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS STRATEGIES THAT NEED TO BE FOLLOWED IN

ENSURING GOOD GOVERNANCE? ADD A NOTE ON GOOD GOVERNANCE INITIATIVES IN

INDIA.(200 WORDS)

17. WHAT IS POLAVARAM PROJECT? DO YOU THINK POLAVARAM PROJECT SHOULD BE

IMPLEMENTED? CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE PROS AND CONS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF

POLAVARAM PROJECT? [200 WORDS]

18. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “MAHATMA GANDHI PRAVASI SURAKSHA YOJANA? [100 WORDS]

19. DESCRIBE THE SALIENT FEATURES OF PRADHAN MANTRA SWASTHYA SURAKSHA YOJANA

(PMSSY)? (100 WORDS )

20. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM “HINDU RATE OF GROWTH”? DO YOU THINK THAT

WE ARE GOING BACK TO HINDU RATE OF GROWTH? – CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATEMENT [

200 WORDS]

21. WHAT IS E-AGRICULTURE? HOW DOES E-TECHNOLOGY HELP THE FARMERS? ADD A NOTE ON

CONSTRAINTS AND CHALLENGES TO E-AGRICULTURE IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

22. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘DUMPING’ IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE? HOW ANTI-

DUMPING DUTY DIFFERS FROM NORMAL CUSTOMS DUTY? EXPLAIN THE PROCEDURE AND

LEGAL FRAMEWORK ASSOCIATED WITH ANTI- DUMPING IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

23. WHAT IS ‘PURCHASING POWER PARITY’? HOW IS P.P.P CALCULATED? HOW NOMINAL GDP

DIFFERS FROM GDP BASED ON P.P.P? ADD A NOTE ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF P.P.P? [200

WORDS]

24. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘ROYALTY PAYMENT’? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS

PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH ROYALTY PAYMENTS BY INDIAN FIRMS? SHOULD ROYALTY

CEILING BE RE-IMPOSED? – CRITICALLY ANALYZE? [ 200 WORDS]

25. EXPLAIN THE KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS & PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS?

WHY PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS NEED TO BE REFORMED? THE SEPARATION OF THE POST OF

CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR INTO TWO WILL HELP PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS TO MAKE

THEM COMPETITIVE WITH PRIVATE BANKS. – CRITICALLY ANALYZE [200 WORDS]

26. WHAT IS ‘CROWDFUNDING’? HOW CROWDFUNDING DIFFERS FROM CROWDSOURCING?

ANALYZE THE PROS AND CONS OF ALLOWING CROWDFUNDING IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

27. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY ‘INCREMENTAL CAPITAL OUTPUT RATIO’? HOW I.C.O.R IS

CALCULATED? EXAMINE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF I.C.O.R IN ASSESSING A COUNTRY’S CAPITAL

EFFICIENCY? [200 WORDS]

28. WHAT IS EU BLUE CHIP INITIATIVE? COMPARE IT WITH US GREEN CARD INITIATIVE? IN THE

GLOBALIZED WORLD, THE MOVEMENT OF HIGHLY SKILLED PROFESSIONALS IS VERY IMPORTANT

POLICY TOOL TO CREATE GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. – CRITICALLY ANALYZE

THE STATEMENT? [200 WORDS]

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29. WHAT IS MARKET STABILIZATION FUND? DISCUSS THE SALIENT FEATURES OF M.S.F SCHEME?

HOW DOES MARKET STABILIZATION FUND HELP RESERVE BANK OF INDIA TO STERILIZE AND

STABILIZE THE ECONOMY? [200 WORDS]

30. WHAT ARE PARTICIPATORY NOTES ? WHY P –NOTES ARE ALSO CALLED AS OFFSHORE

DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENT? HOW PARTICIPATORY NOTES CONTRIBUTES TO MONEY

LAUNDERING? ADD A NOTE ON PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH P- NOTES IN INDIA? [ 200

WORDS]

31. WHAT IS SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX? HOW IS IT MEASURED? ECONOMIC GROWTH INVARIABLY

LEADS TO SOCIAL PROGRESS. DO YOU AGREE WITH THE STATEMENT? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWER

WITH HELP OF SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX 2014? [200 WORDS]

32. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “DIRECT TAX CODE”? WHY IT IS NEEDED? DISCUSS THE SALIENT

FEATURES OF DRAFT D.T.C 2013? THE REVISED DTC 2013 WILL ENSURE TAX BUOYANCY IN INDIA

– COMMENT? [300 WORDS]

33. WHAT ARE BASEL 3 NORMS? DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS BASEL III GUIDELINES ISSUED BY R.B.I?

BASEL III NORMS ARE SIGNIFICANT IN THE BACKDROP OF UNCERTAIN GLOBAL ECONOMIC

SITUATION –COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

34. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON 1. GREEN BOX 2. BLUE BOX 3. AMBER BOX SUBSIDIES [200 words]

35. WHAT IS ‘SPS’ AGREEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE? HOW ‘SPS’ AGREEMENT DIFFERS FROM

‘TBT’ AGREEMENT? ‘SPS AGREEMENT IS COMMONLY USED AS PROTECTIONIST MEASURE

RATHER THAN USING IT AS PROTECTION MEASURE’ – CRITICALLY ANALYZE [300 WORDS]

36. WHAT IS FOOD PROCESSING? DISCUSS THE BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS OF FOO PROCESSING?

‘FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR HAS THE POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE RURAL LIVELIHOODS’ – JUSTIFY?

[200 WORDS]

37. WHAT ARE RARE EARTH MINERALS? DESCRIBE IN DETAIL THE VARIOUS USES OF RARE EARTHS?

WHY THEY ARE CALLED AS STRATEGIC MINERALS? RARE EARTHS ACT AS VITAMINS FOR

ELECTRONIC INDUSTRY – JUSTIFY? [200 WORDS]

38. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT FUNDS’? DISCUSS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF

ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT FUNDS? ADD A NOTE ON SEBI GUIDELINES ON ALTERNATIVE

INVESTMENT FUNDS? [200 words]

39. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS OBJCTIVES & SIGNIFICANCE OF ‘SAKSHAM’ SCHEME? [200 WORDS]

40. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM “INFLATION INDEXED BONDS”? DISCUSS THE

VARIOUS ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF INFLATION INDEXED NATIONAL SAVINGS

SECURITIES – CUMULATIVE [IINSS-C]? [200 WORDS]

41. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “INFLATION TARGETING”? DISCUSS THE MERITS AND DEMERITS OF

INFLATION TARGETING? ADD A NOTE ON URJIT PATEL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS ON

INFLATION TARGETING? [200 WORDS]

42. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘MONETARY POLICY”? DISCUSS ITS VARIOUS PROS

AND CONS? RESERVE BANK OF INDIA SHOULD MOVE FROM MULTI-VARIABLE TARGETING

APPROACH TO SINGLE-VARIABLE TARGET APPROACH IN FORMULATING MONETARY POLICY

[URJIT PANEL COMMITTEE] – COMMENT [200 WORDS]

43. DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS OBJECTIVES, PHASES AND COMPONENTS OF RNTCP PROGRAMME? ADD

A NOTE ON STOP TB STRATEGY? [200 WORDS]

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44. WATER SECURITY AND ENERGY SECURITY ARE INTERWINED AND INSEPARABLE FROM EACH

OTHER. – JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWER BY USING RECENTLY PUBLISHED WORLD WATER

DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2014? [200 WORDS]

45. DEFINE ‘MONEY LAUNDERING’? HOW MONEY LAUNDERING IS BEING DONE? DISCUSS THE

SALIENT FEATURES OF PREVENTION OF MONEY LAUNDERING ACT 2012? [200 WORDS]

46. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “CASA RATIO”? HOW CASA RATIO IS IMPORTANT FOR BANKS? ADD A

NOTE ON DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEMAND DEPOSITS AND TERM DEPOSITS? [200 WORDS]

47. DEFINE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS CHALLENGES BEING FACED BY

MFI? SALIENT FEATURES OF MICRO FINANCE INSTITUTIONS (DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION)

BILL 2012 [200 WORDS]

48. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘ASSET RECONSTRUCTION’? DISCUSS THE ROLE OF

ASSET MANAGEMENY COMPANY IN TACKLING THE MOUNTING PROBLEM OF BAD LOANS IN

INDIA? [200 WORKS]

49. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘NON-PERFORMING ASSETS”? HOW N.P.A ARE CLASSIFIED? WHAT ARE

THE CAUSES AND IMPLICATIONS OF NPAs ON INDIAN ECONOMY? GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO

REDUCE NPAs IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

50. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY ‘PER DROP MORE CROP’ CONCEPT? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS

PROBLEMS BEING FACED BY INDIAN AGRICULTURE SECTOR? WHAT INDIA CAN LEARN FROM

ISRAELI MODEL OF FARMING? ADD A NOTE ON M.S SWAMINATHAN COMMITTEE

RECOMMENDATIONS ON MORE CROP PER DROP? [300 WORDS]

51. WRITE SHORT NOTE ON 1.CPSE Index 2.ESCROW ACCOUNT 3.BOKO HARAM 4. TIMBUKTU

52. WHAT IS REVERSE AUCTION? HOW REVERSE AUCTION DIFFERS FROM REGULAR AUCTION? ADD

A NOTE ON ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS OF REVERSE AUCTION? [200 WORDS]

53. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM “DEPOSITORY RECEIPTS”? HOW IT OPERATES?

COMPARE ADR WITH GDR? ADD A NOTE ON INDIAN DEPOSITORY RECEIPTS [IDR]? [200 WORDS]

54. WHAT IS INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT [IPM]? HOW I.P.M WORKS? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS

STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO PROMOTE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT

PRACTICES? [200 WORDS]

55. WHAT IS HEDGE FUND? HOW HEGDE FUND DIFFERS FROM MUTUAL FUND? HOW 2 AND 20

MODEL AFFECTS INDIAN HEDGE FUND SECTOR? [200 WORDS]

56. WHAT IS EXCHANGE TRADED FUND? HOW EXCHANGE TRADED FUND DIFFERS FROM MUTUAL

FUND? ADD A NOTE ON INTRODUCING CPSE ETFs IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

57. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THE TERM ‘CORPORATE GOVERNANCE’? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS

PRINCIPLES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE? CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

NORMS SHOULD BE DYNAMIC TO MEET THE CHALLENGES FACED BY PSUs? [200 WORDS]

58. DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO INCREASE THE

PROCUREMENT OF FOODGRAINS SO THAT GOVT CAN ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF FOOD SECURITY

TO ALL? [100 WORDS]

59. WHAT IS ZERO BASE BUDGETING? HOW IT DIFFERS FROM DISCUSS THE VARIOUS ADVANTAGES

AND DISADVANTAGES OF ZERO BASE BUDGETING? [200 WORDS]

60. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THE TERM ‘SOLVENCY’? HOW SOLVENCY IS CALCULATED? HOW

SOLVENCY DIFFERS FROM LIQUIDITY? THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SOLVENCY II NORMS IN INDIAN

INSURANCE SYSTEM WILL ENSURE EFFICIENCY & CONFIDENCE OF SHAREHOLDERS – CRITICALLY

ANALYZE? [300 WORDS]

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61. WHAT ARE DEBENTURES? HOW DEBENTURES DIFFER FROM BONDS, LOANS, SHARES? ADD A

NOTE ON OPTIONALLY FULLY CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES? [300 WORDS]

62. WRITE SHORT NOTE ON 1. SMS GATEWAY PROJECT 2. NATIONAL POLICY ON BIOFUELS

3.JATROPA MICRO MISSION 4. JABOBA PLANT VS JATROPA PLANT 5. NATIONAL BOARD OF

WILDLIFE 6. CARBON TAX

63. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLE”? HOW S.P.V IS CREATED? HOW S.P.V

DIFFERS FROM A COMPANY? ADD A NOTE ON ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [200 WORDS]

64. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON 1. GREENWASHING 2. TRAGEDY OF COMMONS [50 WORDS EACH]

65. EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT OF TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE APPROACH IN CORPORATE SOCIAL

RESPONSIBILITY? [100 WORDS]

66. DEFINE – MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES SECTOR? MSMEs ARE CONSIDERED AS

BACKBONE OF INDIAN ECONOMY – COMMENT? ADD A NOTE ON STEPS TAKEN BY

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO PROMOTE MSME SECTOR IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

67. DEFINE – “CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY”. HOW CSR DIFFERS FROM CHARITY ACTIVITIES?

DISCUSS THE ADVANTAGES AND ISSUES INVOLVED IN C.S.R? GIVE AN ACCOUNT ON RECENTLY

NOTIFIED C.S.R GUIDELINES BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA? [200 WORDS]

68. WRITE SHORT NOTE ON – 1.HEINZ AWARDS 2. QUESTION HOUR 3.PROKASH KARMAKAR

4.JAPAN’S DRAFT ENERGY POLICY & SIGNIFICANCE 5.MISSISSIPPI RIVER 6.INDIA – SAUDI ARABIA

TRADE COOPERATION

69. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THE TERM “BITCOINS”? DESCRIBE VARIOUS ADVANTAGES AND

DISADVANTAGES OF IT? ‘BITCOIN IS NOTHING BUT A FORM OF PONZI SCHEME’- DO YOU

AGREE?-COMMENT [200 WORDS]

70. DO YOU THINK THAT THE CREATION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS CONNECTIVITY COMPANY LTD TO

MANAGE BORDER ROADS WILL END IN OVERLAPPING OF FUNCTIONS WITH BORDER ROADS

ORGANIZATION [BRO]? COMMENT [ 200 WORDS]

71. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “CAPITAL ACCOUNT LIBERALIZATION”? WHAT ARE THE VARIOUS RISKS

ASSOCIATED WITH IT? DESPITE MANY RISK, C.A.C IS UNAVOIDABLE IN THE GLOBALIZED WORLD

TO ACHIEVE HIGH ECONOMIC GROWTH-COMMENT? [300 WORDS]

72. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “ KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER” NORMS & ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [ 100

WORDS]

73. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM “GREEN ECONOMY”? “GREEN ECONOMY PROVIDES

ALTERNATIVE, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH MODEL WHEN COMPARED TO PRESENT GDP BASED

ECONOMIC MODEL” –COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

74. WHAT ARE “FRAGILE FIVE” ECONOMIES? ENUMERATE THE REASONS FOR INCLUSION OF INDIA

IN FRAGILE FIVE GROUP? GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE INDIAN ECONOMIC GROWTH?

[200 WORDS]

75. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “MIDDLE INCOME TRAP”? “BRICS NATIONS ARE IN THE MIDST OF

MIDDLE INCOME TRAP” – COMMENT? [ 200 WORDS]

76. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “BHAVISHYA” & ITS IMPORTANCE [ 100 WORDS]

77. “INDIA IS NOT CONSIDERED AS A WEEKEND TOURISM DESTINATION” – JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWER

BY USING RECENTLY PUBLISHED UNWTO REPORT? [ 200 WORDS]

78. WHAT IS CORE INFLATION? HOW CORE INFLATION DIFFERS FROM HEADLINE INFLATION?

ENUMERATE THE REASONS FOR HIGH CORE INFLATION IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

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79. WHAT ARE VIRTUAL CLUSTERS? HOW THEY DIFFER FROM GEOGRAPHICAL CLUSTERS? HOW

DOES VIRTUAL CLUSTERS CONCEPT HELP MSME SECTOR? [200 words]

80. BRING OUT THE SALIENT FEATURES OF WORLD ECONOMIC SITUATION AND PROSPECTS REPORT

2014? [200 words]

81. EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING TERMS – RECESSION, PROTRACTED RECESSION AND DEPRESSION?

EURO ZONE IS COMING OUT OF PROTRACTED RECESSION SLOWLY BUT STEADILY – COMMENT?

[ 200 WORDS]

82. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY FINANCIAL INCLUSION? DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS STEPS TAKEN BY RBI

TOWARDS ACHIEVING FINANCIAL INCLUSION? [200 WORDS]

83. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEME”? ENUMERATE THE PROBLEMS IN

REGULATING SUCH SCHEMES? EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RECENT SEBI [AMENDMENT] BILL

2013 IN CONTROLLING IN PREVENTING THE OCCURRENCE OF FRADULENT CIS? [200 WORDS]

84. “INDIA IS CONSIDERED AS ‘LAND OF SPICES’.DESPITE BEING A LARGEST PRODUCER, CONSUMER

& EXPORTER, INDIA FACES MANY CHALLENGES IN THE SPCIES PRODUCTION &

MICRONUTRIENTS OFFER SOLUTION TO THESE CHALLENGES”– CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE

STATEMENT [200 WORDS]

85. WHAT IS MEGA FOOD PARK SCHEME? DESCRIBE ITS VARIOUS OBJECTIVES & SIGNIFICANCE?

“MPFS CREATES A SYNERGY BETWEEN INDUSTRY & AGRICULTURE” – COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

86. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “RUPEE APPRECIATION”? LIST OUT THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE

CONSEQUENCES OF RUPEE APPRECIATION ON INDIAN ECONOMY? [200 WORDS]

87. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “MEGHRAJ” INITIATIVE? [100 WORDS]

88. ENUMERATE THE VARIOUS PROBLEMS BEING FACED BY WIND POWER SECTOR IN INDIA?

DISCUSS IN DETAIL THE VARIOUS OBJECTIVES OF NATIONAL WIND ENERGY MISSION & ITS ROLE

IN SOLVING THE PROBLEMS OF WIND ENERGY SECTOR? [200 WORDS]

89. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “WHITE LABEL ATMs”? HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM “BROWN LABEL

ATMs? “THE ESTABLISHMENF OF WHITE LABEL ATMs WILL LEAD TO FINANCIAL INCLUSION” –

COMMENT? [ 200 WORDS]

90. ENUMERATE THE RECENT STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO BOOST INDUSTRIAL

GROWTH? [100 WORDS]

91. SPECIAL ARTICLE ON “FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT VS FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT”

92. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “TOO BIG TO FAIL” [TBTF] BANKS? DISCUSS IN DETAIL THE VARIOUS

GUIDELINES ISSUED BY RBI IN INTRODUCING THE CONCEPT OF TBTF BANKS CONCEPT IN INDIA?

BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE RECENT STRUCTURAL CHANGES PROPOSED IN EUROPEAN BANKING

SYSTEM WITH REGARD TO TBTF BANKS? [200 WORDS]

93. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “SMILE WELLNESS PROGRAMME & ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [ 50 WORDS]

94. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “PONZI SCHEME”? HOW PONZI SCHEME DIFFERS FROM PYRAMID

SCHEME? DISCUSS THE ROLE OF SEBI IN CONTROLLING PONZI SCHEMES? [200 WORDS]

95. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “QUANTITATIVE EASING”? HOW IT INFLUENCES EMERGING

ECONOMIES LIKE INDIA? CAN INDIA FOLLOW QUANTITATIVE EASING POLICY LIKE USA –


96. WHAT IS “FED TAPERING”? ENUMERATE THE REASONS WHY US HAS STARTED FED TAPERING?

WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF FED TAPERING ON EMERGING MARKETS LIKE INDIA? [200

words]

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97. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “EMPLOYMENT ELASTICITY”? HOW IT IS MEASURED? ANALYZE THE

NATURE OF GROWTH OF INDIAN ECONOMY SINCE POST-LIBERALIZATION PERIOD BY USING THE

CONCEPT OF ‘EMPLOYMENT ELASTICITY’? [200 WORDS]

98. COAL – TYPES, MINING METHODS, APPLICATIONS OF COAL

99. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THE TERM “GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES ‘GMP]? “GMPs ARE

ACTING AS HINDRANCE TO THE GROWTH OF INDIA’S PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY” –

CRITICALLY ANALYZE? [200 WORDS]

100. SME UNITS ARE PLAYING IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE GROWTH OF INDIAN PHARMACEUTICAL

SECTOR” – COMMENT [200 WORDS]

101. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM “NOMINAL ANCHOR”? BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE

VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS OF URJIT PANEL COMMITTEE ON NOMINAL ANCHOR? [200

WORDS]

102. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “STERILIZATION” IN ECONOMICS? WHY EXCESSIVE CAPITAL INFLOWS

NEED TO BE STERILIZED? DISCUSS THE IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS OF URJIT PANEL WITH

REGARD TO STERILIZATION OF INDIAN ECONOMY? [200 WORDS]

103. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “VIABILITY GAP FUNDING”? HOW IT WORKS? VGF MODEL ACTS AS

COMPLEMENTARY TO PPP MODEL – COMMENT? [300 WORDS]

104. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “SENSITIVE LIST OF RBI”? ENUMERATE THE REASONS FOR RBI TO

INCLUDE HONG KONG & MACAU IN THE SENSITIVE LIST? [200 WORDS]

105. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “INLAND WATERS”? WHAT ARE THE RECENT STEPS TAKEN BY

MINISTRY OF SHIPPING TO IMPROVE INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORT IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

106. DISCUSS THE COMPONENTS, VARIOUS OBJECTIVES OF NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR BOVINE

BREEDING AND DIARY DEVELOPMENT [ 200 words]

107. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “CURRENCY HEDGING”? EXPLAIN THE RECENT STEPS TAKEN BY RBI

TO EASE CURRENCY HEDGING? [ 200 WORDS]

108. WHAT IS CHILD FRIENDLINESS INDEX? BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE SALIENT FEATURES OF THE

REPORT? FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE SOUTH ASIA AS CHILD

FRIENDLY REGION?[200 WORDS]

109. ENUMERATE THE REFORMS INITIATED BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO IMPROVE THE

PERFORMANCE OF CAPTIAL MARKET [200 WORDS]

110. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY E-COMMERCE? ENUMERATE THE PROS AND CONS OF ALLOWING FDI

IN E-COMMERCE IN INDIA?

111. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY “WEB AGGREGATORS’? BRIEFLY ELABORATE THE STEPS

TAKEN BY IRDA TO REGULATE WEB AGGREGATORS? [ 100 WORDS]

112. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “P-NOTES”? HOW P-NOTES MAY AFFECT INDIAN EXCHANGE

MARKET? BRIEFLY MENTION THE STEPS TAKEN BY SEBI TO REGULATE THE ISSUING OF P-NOTES?

[200 WORDS]

113. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “PEHLE AAP CAMPAIGN” [ 50 WORDS]

114. WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY MISSION ON COCONUT? DESCRIBE ITS VARIOUS GOALS AND

OBJECTIVES?

115. “INDIA IS CONSIDERED NOT ONLY AS BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT BUT ALSO A HUNGER HOTSPOT”

– CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATEMENT [ 200 WORDS]

116. WHAT IS VENTURE CAPITAL? BRIEFLY DISCUSS ITS MERITS AND DEMERITS? ELABORATE SUNIL

MITRA COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS ON VENTURE CAPITAL? [200 words]

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117. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY FRIENDS OF COCONUT TREE CONCEPT? HOW THIS MODEL IS

RELEVANT TO ACHIEVE FOOD SECURITY? [200 WORDS]

118. NACHIKET MOR PANEL’S RECOMMENDATIONS WILL OPEN NEW GATES TO ACHIEVE FINANCIAL

INCLUSION BY 2016” – CRITICALLY ANALYZE [ 200 WORDS]

119. WHAT IS E-MIGRATE PROJECT? HOW IT WORKS? BRIEFLY MENTION THE SIGNIFICANCE OF E-

MIGRATE PROJECT? [200 WORDS]

120. WHAT IS NELP? DISCUSS ITS VARIOUS MERITS AND DEMERITS

121. DISCUSS THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WORLD BANK TOWARDS IMPROVING THE STANDARD OF

LIVING IN RURAL INDIA?

122. WHAT IS “BALANCED FUND”? DISCUSS IN BRIEF ABOUT THE SALIENT FEATURES OF BALANCED

FUND?

123. WHAT IS CLEAN NOTE POLICY? DESCRIBE THE STEPS TAKEN BY RBI TO ENSURE THE SUPPLY OF

CLEAN NOTES TO THE PUBLIC? [200 WORDS]

124. CAPITALIST ECONOMY – FEATURES, MERITS AND DEMERITS

125. WHAT IS MEGA POWER POLICY? WHAT ARE ITS OBJECTIVES? BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE RECENT

AMENDMENTS MADE IN MEGA POWER POLICY 2009? [200 WORDS]

126. BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE ROLE PLAYED BY BUREAU OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN SHIFTING THE

RESOURCE INTENSIVE ECONOMY TOWARDS GREEN ECONOMY

127. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON MISSION “ONE NATION, ONE GRID & ONE FREQUENCY” [ 100

WORDS]

128. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “WHITE PAPER” & ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [50 WORDS]

129. WHAT IS BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY [BIT]? ENUMERATE THE REASONS FOR PROBLEMS

ASSOCIATED WITH INDIA’S BITs WIT OTHER NATIONS? SUGGEST THE MEASURES TO AVOID THE

PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH IT? [200 WORDS]

130. LIST OUT VARIOUS OBJECTIVES OF BHARATIYA MAHILA BANK? HOW IT DIFFERS FROM OTHER

BANKS? [200 WORDS]

131. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY CURRENCY SWAP AGREEMENT? HOW IT WORKS? BRIEFLY DISCUSS

THE BENEFITS AND LIMITATIONS OF IT? [ 200 WORDS]

132. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “BLUE CHIP COMPANIES”? NAME FIVE BLUE CHIP PSUs IN INDIA?

BRIEFLY MENTION THE BENEFITS OF BLUE CHIP STOCKS? [200 WORDS]

133. MENTION THE MAJOR CROP INSURANCE SCHEMES BEING IMPLEMENTED IN INDIA? DISCUSS

THE FEATURES OF RECENTLY INTRODUCED NATIONAL CROP INSURANCE PROGRAMME AND

OPPOSITION TO IT?

134. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES [GSP]”? HOW GSP DIFFERS

FROM GSTP? HOW GSP AFFECTS INDIAN TEXTILES SECTOR? [200 WORDS]

135. “WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “DTAA”? DESCRIBE ITS VARIOUS OBJECTIVES & SIGNIFICANCE? [300

WORDS]

136. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “CROWDING OUT” IN ECONOMICS? “INDIA IS FACING THE PROBLEM

OF CROWDING OUT” – ANALYZE THE STATEMENT [ 200 WORDS]

137. “HIGHER FISCAL DEFICIT MEANS HIGHER INFLATION FOR THE COMMON MAN” – CRITICALLY

EVALUATE THE STATEMENT [100 WORDS]

138. SPECIAL ARTICLE ON “GREENFIELD INVESTMENT VS BROWNFIELD INVESTMENT”

139. SPECIAL ARTICLE ON “FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT”

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140. DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS OBJECTIVES & COMPONENTS OF NATIONAL SAFFRON MISSION?

EXAMINE THE VARIOUS REASONS FOR LOW LEVEL OF SAFFRON PRODUCTION AND

PRODUCTIVITY IN INDIA? ADD A NOTE ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SAFFRON PARK PROJECT IN

REMOVING/REDUCING THE HURDLES FACED BY SAFFRON SECTOR? [200 WORDS]

141. DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS AIMS, OBJECTIVES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF DIGITAL INDIA

PROGRAMME? [200 WORDS]

142. WHAT IS MARGIN FINANCING? HOW DOES MARGIN FINANCING WORK? WHAT ARE THE

PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH MARGIN FINANCING? DESCRIBE THE STEPS TAKEN BY RBI/SEBI TO

REGULATE MARGIN FINANCING? [200 WORDS]

143. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘INSIDER TRADING’ & ‘FRONT RUNNING’? HOW DOES INSIDER

TRADING OCCUR? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS STEPS TAKEN BY SEBI RECENTLY TO ADDRESS THE

PROBLEM OF INSIDER TRADING? [200 WORDS]

144. DESCRIBE THE SALIENT FEATURES OF ‘VARISHTHA PENSION BIMA YOJANA’? HOW IT ENSURES

FINANCIAL SECURITY TO SENIOR CITIZENS? [200 WORDS]

145. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS OBJECTIVES & FEATURES OF RASHTRIYA GOKUL MISSION? [200 WORDS]

146. WHAT ARE SYSTEMATICALLY IMPORTANT BANKS ? HOW ARE THEY SIGNIFICANT ?(200 WORDS)

147. WHAT IS TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT? WHY INDIA STRONGLY OPPOSES THE TRADE

FACILITATION AGREEMENT AT PRESENT FORMAT? ADD A NOTE ON PEACE CLAUSE & BALI

PACKAGE? [200 WORDS]

148. WHAT IS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX? HOW H.D.I IS CALCULATED? EVALUATE THE INDIA’S

RANKING IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX REPORT 2014? [200 WORDS]

149. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE VARIOUS CHALLENGES BEING FACED BY INSURANCE SECTOR SECTOR

IN INDIA? DO YOU THINK INCREASING FDI IN INSURANCE SECTOR TO 49% ALONE WILL BE

ENOUGH TO TACKLE THESE CHALLENGES? COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

150. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY ‘SMALL BANKS’? HOW DOES IT HELP TO ACHIEVE FINANCIAL

INCLUSION IN INDIA? ADD A NOTE ON RECENT DRAFT GUIDELINES OF RBI ON SMALL BANKS?

[200 WORDS]

151. WHAT IS ‘ACCELERATED DEPRECIATION’? HOW IS IT SIGNIFICANT TO WIND POWER SECTOR?

[200 WORDS]

152. WHAT IS ‘ADVANCE PRICING AGREEMENT’ ? HOW IT DIFFERS FROM MUTUAL AGREEMENT

PROCEDURE? ADD A NOTE ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ADVANCE PRICING AGREEMENT IN

REDUCING TAX RELATED DISPUTES? [ 200 WORDS]

153. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE VARIOUS PROBLEMS BEING FACED BY FERTILIZER SECTOR IN INDIA?

DO YOU THINK WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL FERTILIZER POLICY TO ADDRESS THOSE

PROBLEMS? [200 WORDS]

154. WHAT ARE PAYMENT BANKS? HOW THEY DIFFER FROM SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS?

CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE PROS AND CONS OF ALLOWING PAYMENT BANKS IN INDIA? [200

WORDS]

155. WHO ARE PRE-PAID INSTRUMENT [PPI] PROVIDERS? WHY PPI MODEL FAILED TO ACHIEVE ITS

PURPOSE? EXAMINE THE VARIOUS PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH PPI? ADD A NOTE ON

NACHIKET MOR COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ‘PPI’? [200 WORDS]

156. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT “RURAL ATMs” CONCEPT? DO YOU THINK RURAL INDIA NEEDS A

DIFFERENT ATM MODEL COMPARED TO URBAN CENTRIC ATM MODEL? SUBSTANTIATE YOUR

ANSWER WITH FACTS? [200 WORDS]

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157. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘SMART CITIES’? CONSTRUCTION OF SMART CITIES IS THE NEED OF

HOUR TO DECONGEST METRO CITIES AND TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION.

CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATEMENT? [200 WORDS]

158. DISCUSS THE SALIENT FEATURES OF ‘KISAN VIKAS PATRIKA’? EXAMINE VARIOUS BENEFITS &

CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF KISAN VIKAS PATRIKA? [200 WORDS]

159. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE VARIOUS CHALLENGES BEING FACED BY INDIAN AGRICULTURE?

160. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘PERFORMANCE BASED BUDGETING’? DISCUSS THE PROS AND CONS

OF PERFORMANCE BASED BUDGETING? [200 WORDS]

161. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “CLEAN CREDIT”? HOW DOES RBI’S EASING OF CLEAN CREDIT HELP

INDIAN DIAMOND INDUSTRY? GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE OUR DIAMOND INDUSTRY

GLOBALLY MORE COMPETITIVE? [200 WORDS]

162. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY “FISCAL CONSOLIDATION? WHY FISCAL CONSOLIDATION IS

IMPORTANT FOR AN EMERGING COUNTRY LIKE INDIA? EXAMINE THE VARIOUS STEPS TAKEN BY

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO ACHIEVE FISCAL CONSOLIDATION? [200 WORDS]

163. WHAT IS ESCROW ACCOUNT? HOW DOES IT FUNCTION? HOW ESCROW ACCOUNT DIFFER

FROM SAVING & CURRENT ACCOUNTS? ADD A NOTE ON THE BENEFITS OF ESCROW ACCOUNT?

[ 200 words]

164. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY “NON DELIVERABLE FORWARDS”? HOW DOES IT WORK? WHY

IT IS A POPULAR INSTRUMENT WHILE DOING BUSINESS IN EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES? [

200 WORDS]

165. WHAT IS PPP MODEL? HOW PPP MODEL DIFFERS FROM E.P.C MODEL? ADD A NOTE ON

MERITS & DEMERITS OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP MODEL? [200 WORDS]

166. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “CAPTIVE MEANING”? CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE PROS AND CONS OF

RECENT SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT REGARDING CANCELLATION OF COAL MINING BLOCKS?

GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE INDIAN COAL INDUSTRY TRANSPARENT & EFFICIENT? [200

WORDS]

167. DEFINE “INCLUSIVE GROWTH”? DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF

INDIA TO THE DEVELOPMENT MORE INCLUSIVE?

168. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INFLATION & INTEREST RATE WITH SPECIAL

REFERENCE TO INDIA? GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO BREAK THE VICIOUS CYCLE OF HIGH

INTEREST RATE – INFLATION? [ 200 WORDS]

169. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY “DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND”? INDIA’S DEMOGRAPHIC

DIVIDEND MAY TURN INTO DEMOGRAPHIC NIGHTMARE IF CHALLENGES ARE NOT ADDRESSED

ADEQUATELY. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATEMENT? [200 WORDS]

170. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “RuPay” & ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [100 WORDS]

171. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS FACTORS THAT ACT AS HINDRANCE TO THE GROWTH OF TOURISM

SECTOR IN INDIA? GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO TOURISM SECTOR A NEW LEASE OF LIFE? [200

WORDS]

172. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM “EVERGREENING OF BAD LOANS”? HOW

EVERGREENING IS BEING DONE? DISCUSS THE STEPS TAKEN BY R.B.I TO REDUCE THE EVER-

GREENING OF BAD LOANS? ADD A NOTE ON P J NAYAK COMMITTEE ON EVER-GREENING OF

BAD LOANS? [200 WORDS]

173. WHAT ARE “DUAL CURRENCY BONDS”? HOW DOES IT WORK? ADD A NOTE ON SIGNIFICANCE

OF DUAL CURRENCY BONDS? [200 WORDS]

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174. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION’? HOW IIP IS CALCULATED?

WHY IIP DATA IS SIGNIFICANT? ADD A NOTE ON SAUMITRA CHAUDHURI COMMITTEE

RECOMMENDATIONS ON REVAMPING INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION? [200 WORDS]

175. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “FOREX RESERVES”? WHY DO COUNTRIES NEED FOREX RESERVES?

DISCUSS THE ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES OF FOREX RESERVES? GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS

TO USE EXCESSIVE FOREX RESERVES OF INDIA IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER? [200 WORDS]

176. INDIA NEEDS SPECIAL AGRICULTURAL ZONES [SAZ] INSTEAD OF SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES

[SEZ]. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATEMENT? [200 WORDS]

177. DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS – DEPOSITORY RECEIPTS, FOREIGN CURRENCY CONVERTIBLE

BONDS & GLOBAL DEPOSITORY RECEIPTS? DISCUSS THE MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS OF

SAHOO COMMITTEE ON DEPOSITORY RECEIPTS? [200 WORDS]

178. DISCUSS THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF FINANCIAL STABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT

COUNCIL [FSDC]? CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE NEED FOR SUCH COUNCIL? DO YOU THINK THAT

CREATION OF F.S.D.C CURBS THE AUTONOMY OF VARIOUS REGULATORS OF FINANCE SECTOR?

COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

179. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON – 1. INS VIKRANT 2. RANGARAJAN COMMITTEE ON POVERTY

ESTIMATION 3. DICLOFENAC 4. CHILDREN CAN OPEN AND OPERATIVE SAVINGS ACCOUNT

180. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘PREDATORY PRICING’? HOW PREDATORY PRICING IS DONE? DISCUSS

THE LAW GOVERNING THE PREDATORY PRICING IN INDIA? ADD A NOTE ON AREEDA TURNER

TEST? [200 WORDS]

181. EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING CURVES WITH RESPECT TO ECONOMICS – PHILIPS CURVE, LORENTZ

CURVE & KUZNETS CURVE? DISCUSS THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IN ASSESSING THE NATURE OF

GLOBAL ECONOMIC GROWTH? [ 200 WORDS]

182. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM “POLIO OF AGRICULTURE”? HOW IT THREATENS

THE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY? ADD A NOTE ON GLOBAL RUST INITIATIVE?[200 WORDS]

183. WHAT IS ‘UNIVERSAL BANKING’? HOW DIFFERENTIATED BANKING MODEL DIFFERS FROM

UNIVERSAL MODEL? INDIA SHOULD MOVE FROM UNIVERSAL BANKING MODEL TO

DIFFERENTIATED BANKING MODEL TO ACHIEVE THE 12TH FYP OBJECTIVE OF ‘FASTER AND

INCLUSIVE GROWTH’? ADD A NOTE ON RECOMMENDATIONS OF MOR PANEL ON BANKING

MODELS IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

184. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘ROUND TRIPPING’? HOW DOES ROUND TRIPPING WORK? STEPS

TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO CONTROL ROUND TRIPPING? [ 200 WORDS]

185. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “SENSEX”? HOW SENSEX IS CALCULATED? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS

FACTORS AFFECTING SENSEX? ADD A NOTE ON “BULL RUN” AND “BEAR RUN” IN THE CONTEXT

OF STOCK MARKET? [ 200 WORDS]

186. WHAT IS ‘EQUITY’? DISCUSS THE SALIENT FEATURES OF RAJEEV GANDHI EQUITY SAVINGS

SCHEME? ENUMERATE THE REASONS FOR LUKEWARM RESPONSE FOR THIS SCHEME FROM

INVESTORS? [200 WORDS]

187. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “BHARATIYA MAHILA BANK”? HOW IT DIFFERS FROM OTHER BANKS?

DICUSS THE ROLE PLAYED BY BHARATIYA MAHILA BANK IN EMPOWERING WOMEN? [200

WORDS]

188. WRITE SHORT NOTE ON – 1.NEW FUND OFFERING 2. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING 3. FOLLOW ON

PUBLIC OFFERING 4. ANGEL INVESTORS 5. ANCHOR INVESTORS 6. HIGH NETWORTH

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INDIVIDUALS 7. PRIMARY & SECONDARY MARKET 8. OPEN ENDED FUNDS VS CLOSED ENDED

FUNDS [ 30 WORDS EACH]

189. MCX-SX CONTROVERSY – WHAT IS MCX-SX? WHAT IS SX40? WHAT DOES IT DO? WHAT IS

RIGHTS ISSUE? HOW THE PROBLEM AFFECTS INDIAN STOCK MARKET? CONCEPTS – FUTURES,

OPTIONS, CURRENCY DERIVATIVES?

190. WHAT IS “BANKING CORRESPONDENTS” MODEL? HOW IT DIFFERS FROM “BRICKS & MORTAR”

MODEL? DISCUSS THE SALIENT FEATURES OF “SWABHIMAAN” & CONTRIBUTION OF BUSINESS

CORRESPONDENTS TO ACHIEVE FINANCIAL INCLUSION? [200 WORDS]

191. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘BLUE ECONOMY’? DESCRIBE ITS VARIOUS

PRINCIPLES? IT IS TIME FOR US TO FOCUS OUR ATTENTION FROM ‘GREEN ECONOMY’ TO ‘BLUE

ECONOMY’ – CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATEMENT? [200 WORDS]

192. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE VARIOUS PROBLEMS BEING FACED BY SUGAR INDUSTRY IN INDIA?

DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO ADDRESS THESE

PROBLEMS? THE STRUCTURAL REFORMS ARE THE NEED OF HOUR TO PROVIDE LONG TERM

SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS OF INDIAN SUGAR INDUSTRY. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE


193. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE REASONS FOR POWER SECTOR CRISIS IN INDIA? THE POLICY OF

‘CROSS SUBSIDIZATION’ DOES MORE HARM RATHER THAN BENEFITTING POWER SECTOR –


194. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “MAHATMA GANDHI PRAVASI SURAKSHA YOJANA? [100 WORDS]

195. DESCRIBE THE SALIENT FEATURES OF PRADHAN MANTRA SWASTHYA SURAKSHA YOJANA

(PMSSY)? (100 WORDS )

196. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND’? GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE

DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND ADVANTAGEOUS TO INDIA’S GROWTH? [200 WORDS]

197. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM “HINDU RATE OF GROWTH”? DO YOU THINK THAT

WE ARE GOING BACK TO HINDU RATE OF GROWTH? – CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATEMENT [

200 WORDS]

198. WHAT IS E-AGRICULTURE? HOW DOES E-TECHNOLOGY HELP THE FARMERS? ADD A NOTE ON

CONSTRAINTS AND CHALLENGES TO E-AGRICULTURE IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

199. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘DUMPING’ IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE? HOW

ANTI-DUMPING DUTY DIFFERS FROM NORMAL CUSTOMS DUTY? EXPLAIN THE PROCEDURE AND

LEGAL FRAMEWORK ASSOCIATED WITH ANTI- DUMPING IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

200. WHAT IS ‘PURCHASING POWER PARITY’? HOW IS P.P.P CALCULATED? HOW NOMINAL GDP

DIFFERS FROM GDP BASED ON P.P.P? ADD A NOTE ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF P.P.P? [200

WORDS]

201. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘ROYALTY PAYMENT’? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS

PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH ROYALTY PAYMENTS BY INDIAN FIRMS? SHOULD ROYALTY

CEILING BE RE-IMPOSED? – CRITICALLY ANALYZE? [ 200 WORDS]

202. EXPLAIN THE KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS & PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS?

WHY PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS NEED TO BE REFORMED? THE SEPARATION OF THE POST OF

CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR INTO TWO WILL HELP PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS TO MAKE

THEM COMPETITIVE WITH PRIVATE BANKS. – CRITICALLY ANALYZE [200 WORDS]

203. WHAT IS ‘CROWDFUNDING’? HOW CROWDFUNDING DIFFERS FROM CROWDSOURCING?

ANALYZE THE PROS AND CONS OF ALLOWING CROWDFUNDING IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

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204. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY ‘INCREMENTAL CAPITAL OUTPUT RATIO’? HOW I.C.O.R IS

CALCULATED? EXAMINE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF I.C.O.R IN ASSESSING A COUNTRY’S CAPITAL

EFFICIENCY? [200 WORDS]

205. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘LONG AVERAGE PERIOD”? HOW L.A.P CONCEPT IS

HELPFUL IN CLASSIFICATION OF RAINFALL IN INDIA? DISCUSS THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF

DEFICIT RAINFALL ON INDIAN ECONOMY IN 2014? [200 WORDS]

206. WHAT IS MARKET STABILIZATION FUND? DISCUSS THE SALIENT FEATURES OF M.S.F SCHEME?

HOW DOES MARKET STABILIZATION FUND HELP RESERVE BANK OF INDIA TO STERILIZE AND

STABILIZE THE ECONOMY? [200 WORDS]

207. WHAT IS CLEAN NOTE POLICY? DESCRIBE THE STEPS TAKEN BY RBI TO ENSURE THE SUPPLY OF

CLEAN NOTES TO THE PUBLIC? [200 WORDS]

208. CAPITALIST ECONOMY – FEATURES, MERITS AND DEMERITS? [200 WORDS]

209. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “VASTRA KAMGAR PUNARVAS YOJANA” [100 WORDS]

210. BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE ROLE PLAYED BY BUREAU OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN SHIFTING THE

RESOURCE INTENSIVE ECONOMY TOWARDS GREEN ECONOMY? [200 WORDS]

211. WHAT IS “BALANCED FUND”? DISCUSS IN BRIEF ABOUT THE SALIENT FEATURES OF BALANCED

FUND? [200 WORDS]

212. WHAT IS NEW EXPLORATION LICENSING POLICY [NELP]? DISCUSS ITS VARIOUS MERITS AND

DEMERITS? [200 words]

213. MENTION THE MAJOR CROP INSURANCE SCHEMES BEING IMPLEMENTED IN INDIA? DISCUSS

THE FEATURES OF RECENTLY INTRODUCED NATIONAL CROP INSURANCE PROGRAMME AND

OPPOSITION TO IT? [200 words]

214. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “PRODUCTION SHARING CONTRACT”? DISCUSS THE MERITS AND

DEMERITS OF IT? [200 words]

215. NACHIKET MOR PANEL’S RECOMMENDATIONS WILL OPEN NEW GATES TO ACHIEVE FINANCIAL

INCLUSION BY 2016” – CRITICALLY ANALYZE [ 200 WORDS]

216. DISCUSS THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WORLD BANK TOWARDS IMPROVING THE STANDARD OF

LIVING IN RURAL INDIA? [200 WORDS]

217. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “STERILIZATION” IN ECONOMICS? WHY EXCESSIVE CAPITAL INFLOWS

NEED TO BE STERILIZED? DISCUSS THE IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS OF URJIT PANEL WITH

REGARD TO STERILIZATION OF INDIAN ECONOMY? [200 WORDS]

218. DEFINE – MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES SECTOR? MSMEs ARE CONSIDERED AS

BACKBONE OF INDIAN ECONOMY – COMMENT? ADD A NOTE ON STEPS TAKEN BY

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO PROMOTE MSME SECTOR IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

219. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLE”? HOW S.P.V IS CREATED? HOW S.P.V

DIFFERS FROM A COMPANY? ADD A NOTE ON ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [200 WORDS]

220. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THE TERM “BITCOINS”? DESCRIBE VARIOUS ADVANTAGES AND

DISADVANTAGES OF IT? ‘BITCOIN IS NOTHING BUT A FORM OF PONZI SCHEME’- DO YOU

AGREE?-COMMENT [200 WORDS]

221. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “HIDDEN HUNGER”? WHY THE ISSUE OF ‘HIDDEN HUNGER’ IS

GETTING SIGNIFICANCE? DESCRIBE THE STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO ADDRESS

THE PROBLEM OF ‘HIDDEN HUNGER’? [200 WORDS]

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222. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THE TERM “GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES ‘GMP]? “GMPs ARE

ACTING AS HINDRANCE TO THE GROWTH OF INDIA’S PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY” –


223. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “INTEGRATED FARMING”? EASTERN INDIA IS OFTEN CALLED AS

“SLEEPING GIANT” IN TERMS OF AGRICULTURAL POTENTIAL. RICE –FISH CULTIVATION IS ONE OF

THE WAY TO WAKE UP SLEEPING GIANT” – CRITICALLY ANALYZE [ 200 WORDS]

1. ACHIEVEMENTS OF INDIANS – EXAMINE THE VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF JAGADISH CHANDRA

BOSE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

2. DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS FEATURES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ‘INS VIKRAMADITYA’? ‘INS

VIKRAMADIYA’ ALONG WITH ‘INS ARIHANT’ WILL HELP INDIA TO PROJECT ITS NAVAL PROWESS

IN THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION. COMMENT ON THIS STATEMENT? [200 WORDS]

3. SPACE SCIENCE] WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON ‘PSLV – C23′ & ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [100 WORDS]

4. ACHIEVEMENTS OF INDIANS] WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF ‘SATISH

DHAWAN’ TO THE FIELD OF INDIAN SPACE SCIENCE? [200 WORDS]

5. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON ‘DENIAL OF SERVICE’ ATTACK? HOW DOES IT WORK? HOW IT DIFFERS

FROM ‘DISTRIBUTED DENIAL OF SERVICE’ ATTACK? ADD A NOTE ON HOW TO PREVENT THEM?

[200 WORDS]

6. WHAT IS ‘GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE’? WHY GAMMA RAY TELESCOPES ARE PLACED AT HIGHER

ALTITUDES? DESCRIBE SHORTLY ON INDIA’S MAJOR ATMOSPHERIC CHERENKOV EXPERIMENT?

ADD A NOTE ON CHERENKOV RADIATION? [ 200 WORDS]

7. WHAT IS NEUROBRIDGE TECHNOLOGY? HOW WILL IT BE USEFUL FOR DISABLED PERSONS

PARTICULARLY IN ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS? [200 WORDS]

8. WRITE SHORT NOTE ON 1. ATLAS EXPERIMENT 2. HIGGS BOSONS 3. CMS EXPERIMENT 4. CERN 5.

LARGE HADRON COLLIDOR 6. STANDARD MODEL OF PHYSICS 7. QUARKS 8. HADRONS VS

LEPTONS 9. FERMIONS 10. PAULI EXPULSION PRINCIPLE 11. BOSONS\

9. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON ‘CERN’ & ITS ACHIEVEMENTS SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT 60 YEARS

AGO? [ 100 WORDS]

10. WRITE SHORT NOTE ON 1. ATLAST TELESCOPE 2. ENCELADUS 3. CASSINI – HUYGENS

SPACECRAFT 4. SOLAR POWERED ADVANCED MEMBRANE SYSTEM & ITS IMPORTANCE [50

WORDS EACH]

11. WHAT IS MERS-CoV? IS MERS-CoV SAME LIKE SARS VIRUS? HOW WILL YOU PROTECT YOURSELF

FROM MERS-CoV INFECTION? [200 WORDS]

12. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘INCINERATION’? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS OF

KASTURIRANGAN TASK FORCE ON WASTE TO ENERGY /MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE

MANAGEMENT IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

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13. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘WASTE TO ENERGY’? HOW WASTE TO ENERGY

TECHNOLOGY WORKS? ADD A NOTE ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WASTE TO ENERGY

TECHNOLOGY TO INDIA? [200 WORKS]

14. WHAT IS “ALOE VERA”? WHY IT IS CALLED AS ‘FIRST AID PLANT? HOW ALOE VERA IS IMPORTANT

FOR INDIAN SOLDIERS WHO NEED TO BE DEPLOYED IN SIACHEN GLACIER? (200 WORDS)

15. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘REGENERATIVE PLASTIC’? HOW DOES IT WORK? ADD A NOTE ON ITS

SIGNIFICANCE?

16. WHAT IS ’3D PRINTING’ TECHNOLOGY? HOW DOES IT WORK? DISCUSS THE PROS AND CONS OF

3D PRINTING? [200 WORDS]

17. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “SUPER HEAVY ELEMENTS”? HOW THEY ARE PRODUCED? DISCUSS

THE IMPORTANT PROPERTIES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SUPER HEAVY ELEMENTS? (200 WORDS)

18. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “NET METERING”? HOW DOES IT WORK? ADD A NOTE ON ITS

SIGNIFICANCE? [200 WORDS]

19. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON INTEGRATED GUIDED MISSILE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME [IGMDP]

& ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO INDIA’S SECURITY? [100 WORDS]

20. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY “PATENT EVERGREENING”? HOW PATENT EVERGREENING IS

DONE? EXPLAIN THE ISSUE OF PATENT EVERGREENING BY USING FAMOUS ‘GLIVEC’ CASE AS AN

EXAMPLE? WHY COMPULSORY LICENSING IS ESSENTIAL TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF PATENT

EVERGREENING? [200 WORDS]

21. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘m-GOVERNANCE’?

22. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘NARCO-TERRORISM’?

23. WHAT IS ‘RAILSAVER’? HOW RAILSAVER WILL BE HELPFUL IN IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN

INDIAN RAILWAYS? ADD A NOTE ON STEPS TAKEN BY INDIAN RAILWAYS TO IMPROVE ENERGY

EFFICIENCY? [ 200 WORDS]

24. WRITE SHORT NOTE ON – 1. INDIA – USA TAX EVASION AGREEMENT 2. KEPLER’S LAWS OF

PLANETARY MOTION 3. XMM – NEWTON 4. DGCA ALLOWS USE OF CELLPHONE DURING FLIGHT

[30 -50 WORDS EACH]

25. WHAT IS BIG DATA? HOW IS IMPORTANT? BIG DATA ANALYTICS IS IMPORTANT IN ENSURING

THE SUCCESS OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND MEGA SCHEMES LIKE AADHAAR – CRITICALLY ANALYZE?

[200 WORDS]

26. WHAT IS ‘OPEN SOURCE DRUG DISCOVERY [OSDD]? HOW IS OSDD IMPORTANT TO ACHIEVE THE

OBJECTIVE OF ‘AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE FOR ALL’? ADD A NOTE ON COMPUTATIONAL

RESOURCES FOR DRUG DISCOVERY [CSDD]?[200 WORDS]

27. WRITE SHORT NOTE ON – 1. CURIOSITY 2. 3-D PRINTING TECHNOLOGY [ 50 WORDS EACH]

28. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON OSIRIS-Rex MISSION & ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [100 WORDS]

29. WHAT IS “3D HOLOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY”? HOW DOES IT WORK? ADD A NOTE ON THE ROLE

OF TECHNOLOGY IN INDIAN ELECTIONS? [200 WORDS]

30. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “ENTERIC FERMENTATION”? HOW IT LEADS TO GLOBAL WARMING?

ADD A NOTE ON RECENTLY RELEASED FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION’S REPORT ON

GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND OTHER LAND USE? [200

words]

31. WHAT IS SECURE SOCKETS LAYER? HOW IT WORKS? DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF RECENTLY

DISCOVERED ‘HEART BLEED’ BUG ON INTERNET SECURITY? [200 WORDS]

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32. WHAT IS META DATA? DISCUSS BRIEFLY ABOUT ITS SIGNIFICANCE? METADATA IS CONSIDERED

AS MORE INTRUSIVE THAN EAVESDROPPING – COMMENT ON THE STATEMENT? [ 200 WORDS]

33. EXPLAIN THE STRUCTURE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF INDIAN REGIONAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE

SYSTEM TO INDIA? [ 200 WORDS]

34. DISCUSS THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY INSAT-3E TO INDIAN SPACE PROGRAMME? A

DYSFUNCTIONAL ORBIT NEEDS TO BE PLACED IN GRAVEYARD ORBIT TO PREVENT THE

OCCURRENCE OF KESSLER SYNDROME – CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATEMENT? [ 200 WORDS]

35. WHAT ARE NEUTRINOS? WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES THAT MAKE NEUTRINOS

UNIQUE? ADD A NOTE ON INDIAN NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY? [200 WORDS]

36. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “BIOETHICS”? DICUSS THE VARIOUS BIOETHICAL ISSUES THAT HAVE

EMERGED DUE TO DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE? [200 WORDS]

37. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND RADIATION & ITS SIGNIFICANCE?

[200 WORDS]

38. WHAT IS BLACK BOX? HOW DOES BLACK BOX WORK? BLACK BOX PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN

THE AVIATION SAFETY AND SECURITY? [200 WORDS]

39. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘DRUG RESISTANCE’? HOW DOES IT DEVELOP?

DISCUSS THE REASONS AND MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM OF ANTI-MICROBIAL RESISTANCE?

[200 WORDS]

40. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY CARBON NANOTUBE? HOW IT DIFFERS FROM ‘BUCKYBALLS’? ADD A

NOTE ON ITS APPLICATIONS? [200 WORDS]

41. WHAT IS STEALTH TECHNOLOGY? DISCUSS THE ROLE OF RADAR IN STEALTH TECHNOLOGY? ADD

A NOTE ON INDIA’S STEALTH TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME? [200 WORDS]

42. DEFINE ‘ROBOTICS’? HOW SOFT ROBOTICS DIFFER FROM HARD ROBOTICS? ADD A NOTE ON

SHOAL PROJECT & ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [200 WORDS]

43. WHAT IS BIOCHAR? HOW IT IS PRODUCED? ADD A NOTE ON ‘REINVENT THE TOILET CHALLENGE’

PROJECT & ITS IMPORTANCE? [200 WORDS]

44. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “FOLDSCOPE” & ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [100 WORDS]

45. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON STEM CELL BANKING & ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [ 200 WORDS]

46. WHAT IS WEBCASTING? HOW WEBCASTING WORKS? HOW WEBCASTING DIFFERS FROM

WEBCONFERENCING? CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE ROLE OF WEBCASTING IN CONTROLLING THE

BOOTHCAPTURING ACTIVITIES DURING ELECTIONS? [200 WORDS]

47. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON ‘MEN-AFRI-VAC’ & ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [100 WORDS]

48. DISCUSS THE SALIENT FEATURES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF NATIONAL FIBER OPTIC NETWORK? [200

WORDS]

49. WHAT IS LTTD TECHNOLOGY? WRITE SHORTLY ON ITS MECHANISM & ADVANTAGES? LTTD

TECHNOLOGY PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN ENSURING SAFE DRINKING WATER IN COASTAL

REGIONS – COMMENT?

50. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “CYBERSQUATTING & ITS IMPLICATIONS”? [100 WORDS]

51. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON MUFA,PUFA & OMEGA-3 & THEIR SIGNIFICANCE? [200 WORDS]

52. MARS RESEARCH IS THE FOCUS POINT OF MANY SPACE ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING ISRO. IN

THIS BACKGROUND, LIST OUT SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MARS AND EARTH

STRUCTURE? [200 WORDS]

53. “CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS POSES THREAT TO TIGER POPULATION IN INDIA” –EXAMINE THE

STATEMENT? [100 WORDS]

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54. WHAT IS “SUPERCRITICAL TECHNOLOGY”? “SUPERCRITICAL TECHNOLOGY PLAYS VITAL ROLE IN

ENSURING ENERGY SECURITY IN INDIA” – COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

55. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “REVERSE OSMOSIS”? DISCUSS ITS VARIOUS ADVANTAGES AD

LIMITATIONS? [200 WORDS]

56. WHAT IS PHOTOBIOREACTOR? DISCUSS VARIOUS ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF

PHOTOBIOREACTOR? [200 WORDS]

57. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “BIOREACTOR”? HOW IT WORKS? DESCRIBE ITS VARIOUS

APPLICATIONS? [ 200 WORDS]

58. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “SUPERFOOD”? WHY QUINOA IS CONSIDERED AS SUPERFOOD?

“QUINOA COULD PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN ADDRESSING THE GLOBAL MALNUTRITION” –

CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE STATEMENT? [200 WORDS]

59. WHAT IS BIO –DIGESTER TECHNOLOGY? DISCUSS ITS VARIOUS ADVANTAGES OF BIO-TOILET

OVER NORMAL TOILET? “BIO-TOILETS COULD BE AN ANSWER TO INDIA’S SANITATION

PROBLEM” –COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

60. BRING OUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ASTROSAT MISSION? [100 WORDS]

61. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “AKASH DEFENCE WEAPONS SYSTEM” & ITS SIGNIFICANCE [100

words]

62. BRING OUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF “SOMAH” & CONTRIBUTION OF HEMANT THATTE TO THE

DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY? [100 WORDS]

63. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY STEM CELL THERAPY? HOW STEM CELL THERAPY IS MISUSED? DISCUSS

THE RECENTLY RELEASED NATIONAL GUIDELINES ON STEM CELL RESEARCH? [200 WORDS]

64. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “SALVAGE THERAPY”? DISCUSS THE CONCEPT OF FIXED DRUG DOSE

COMBINATION IN RELATION TO ANTI-RETROVIRAL THERAPY [ART]? [ 200 WORDS]

65. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS [HIV] & ACQUIRED IMMUNE

DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (PREVENTION AND CONTROL) BILL, 2014 [100 WORDS]

66. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY TRANSGENICS? DISCUSS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TRANSGENIC

TECHNOLOGY? [200 words]

67. SPECIAL ARTICLE ON “ LEPROSY IS NOT MEDICAL CONDITION BUT SOCIAL CONDITION AS WELL &

NEEDS INTEGRATED APPROACH”

68. WHAT IS INTROGRESSIVE HYBRIDIZATION? INTROGRESSIVE HYBRIDIZATION CAN PLAY A

SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN ENSURING FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA PARTICULARLY COASTAL REGIONS-


69. WHAT IS NUCLEAR FUSION? HOW IT DIFFERS FROM NUCLEAR FISSION? DISCUSS IN DETAIL THE

ADVANTAGES OF FUSION POWER? [ 200 WORDS]

70. DESCRIBE IN DETAIL THE OBJECTIVES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ITER PROJECT? ADD A NOTE ON

INDIA’S CONTRIBUTION TO ITER PROJECT? [200 WORDS]

71. WHAT IS BIO-BATTERY? DISCUSS THE MECHANISM, ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF

BIOBATTERIES? [200 WORDS]

72. SPECIAL ARTICLE ON ‘EVOLUTION FROM 1G TO 4G AND BEYOND”

73. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT “LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES”? HOW IT WORKS? DESCRIBE ITS

APPLICATIONS, ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES? [ 200 WORDS]

74. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “E-CIGARETTE”? DISCUSS ITS PROS AND CONS? SHOULD

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PROMOTE E-CIGARETTE? – COMMENT? [ 200 WORDS]

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75. WHAT IS SONAR TECHNOLOGY? DISCUSS ITS VARIOUS TYPES & APPLICATIONS? DISCUSS THE

SIGNIFICANCE OF INDIA’S EXPORT OF SONAR TECHNOLOGY TO MYANMAR? [200 WORDS]

76. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY FOLLOWING TERMS – LPG,CNG,PNG & LNG? DESCRIBE THE

VARIOUS ADVANTAGES OF CNG? [ 200 WORDS]

77. BACTERIAL INFECTION/CONTAMINATION IS AFFECTING OUR DAY TO DAY LIFE. CMOS

TECHNOLOGY OFFERS A SOLUTION TO CONTROL BACTERIAL INFECTION. – COMMENT ON THIS


78. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘STARE MISSION”? STARE MISSION ACTS LIKE “SPACE COPS” TO

CONTROL SPACE TRAFFIC – COMMENT ON THE STATEMENT? [100 WORDS]

79. APPLICATIONS OF GAMMA RAYS IN OUR DAY TO DAY LIFE?

80. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “DIGITAL SNOOPING”? HOW IT WORKS? DISCUSS BRIEFLY ABOUT

INDIA’S SNOOPING PROGRAMME? [200 WORDS]

81. WHAT IS ETHYL MERCAPTAN? HOW IS IT USEFUL IN YOUR DAY TO DAY LIFE? [50 WORDS]

82. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM “AVIATION TURBINE FUEL”? HOW JET FUEL DIFFERS

FROM DIESEL FUEL? “JET FUEL NEEDS TO BE ANNOUNCED AS DECLARED GOODS” – COMMENT?

[200 WORDS]

83. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “GENERIC DRUGS”? HOW GENERIC DRUGS ARE DIFFERENT FROM

BRANDED DRUGS? INDIA IS CALLED GLOBAL POWER WITH REGARD TO PRODUCTION OF

GENERIC MEDICINE. JUSTIFY? [200 WORDS]

84. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “DHRUV 3” [ 50 WORDS]

85. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “EAVESDROPPING”? “INDIA NEEDS EAVESDROPPING SYSTEM LIKE

CENTRAL MONITORING SYSTEM” – COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

86. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “DEXTER”? BRIEFLY MENTION THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DEXTER? DISCUSS

THE ROLE OF CERT-In? [200 WORDS]

87. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “SPECTRUM”? “SPECTRUM IS CONSIDERED AS A SOVEREIGN ASSET” –


88. WHAT IS “NET NEUTRALITY”? “INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY SHOULD MOVE FROM NET

NEUTRALITY TO TIERED SERVICES MODEL TO PROVIDE QUALITY OF SERVICE” – COMMENT ON

THIS STATEMENT? [200 WORDS]

89. WHAT IS ASACUSA EXPERIMENT? DISCUSS IN DETAIL THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT? [100 WORDS]

90. SPECIAL ARTICLE ON INDIA – THE CANCER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

91. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ACHIEVING CRITICALITY IN NUCLEAR REACTORS

92. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “ROBOEARTH”? [50 WORDS]

93. WHAT IS IPAQT INITIATIVE? MENTION IT VARIOUS OBJECTIVES? HOW IPAQT INITIATIVE WILL

BENEFIT INDIA? [ 100 WORDS]

94. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “SUCHEK & QUICKCHEQ” [50 WORDS]

95. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “ ICGS ABHINAV “ & ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO COASTAL SECURITY OF

INDIA[ 50 WORDS]

96. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “SOLAR FUEL”? HOW IT WORKS? BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE ADVANTAGES

OF SOLAR FUEL OVER SOLAR PANELS? [ 200 WORDS]

97. WHAT IS OXYTOCIN? WHY IT IS CALLED AS RIPENING AGENT? STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT TO

CONTROL ARTIFICIAL RIPENING? [200 WORDS]

98. WHAT ARE METAMATERIALS? HOW IT WORKS? BRIEFLY DISCUSS ITS POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS?

[200 WORDS]

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99. WHAT IS H.Seq X [or] DNA SUPERCOMPUTER? BRIEFLY MENTION THE ADVANTAGES OF IT? HOW

CAN IT BENEFIT A COUNTRY LIKE INDIA? [ 200 words]

100. WHAT IS GENEXPERT? DISCUSS THE MERITS AND DEMERITS OF GENEXPERT OVER BLOOD

SMEAR TEST TO DIAGNOSE TUBERCULOSIS? [200 WORDS]

101. SPECIAL ARTICLE ON “DRONE – A KIND OF VIDEO GAME WARFARE IN 21ST CENTURY”

102. SPECIAL ARTICLE ON “ A WORLD WITHOUT POLIO” – “ CRIPPLING DISEASE IN A CRIPPLING

GLOBALIZED WORLD ORDER”

103. WHY ARE POTASSIUM, SODIUM AND LITHIUM STORED IN A JAR OF OIL?

104. “FUNGAL INFECTIONS ARE THE GREY AREA IN HEALTHCARE & NEEDS URGENT ATTENTION” –

CRITICALLY EXAMINE [ 200 WORDS]

105. BRING OUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GSAT – 14 TO INDIA?

106. WHAT IS BIOBOT? HOW IT WORKS? BRIEFLY MENTION ITS ADVANTAGES?

107. WHAT IS WI-FI? HOW IT WORKS? WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES THAT NEPAL WOULD GAIN

FROM BECOMING A FREE WI-FI ZONE

108. WRITE A NOTE ON SUPER BALL BOT PROJECT? [100 WORDS]

109. WHAT IS GPS TRACKING? HOW IT WORKS? HOW IT CAN ENSURE THE SAFETY OF WOMEN?

110. WHAT IS CCTV? HOW IT WORKS? HOW IT DIFFERS FROM BROADCAST TV? [ 200 words]

111. WHAT IS LOW INTENSITY CONFLICT? EXPLAIN THE ROLE PLAYED BY DRDO IN PREPARING INDIA

FOR LOW INTENSITY CONFLICT MANAGEMENT? [ 100 words]

112. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “LUKOSKIN” [50 words]

113. EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING TERMS 1.TOP500 2.GREEN500, 3.PENTAFLOP COMPUTING 4.

CYBERESPIONAGE 5. CYBER STALKING

114. “PARAM YUVA II – REDEFINES INDIA’S PLACE IN THE WORLD OF SUPERCOMPUTING” – DO YOU

AGREE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWER? [ 200 WORDS]

115. DISCUSS THE CONTRIBUTION OF C-DAC IN THE FIELD OF SUPERCOMPUTING IN INDIA [ 100

words]

116. BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE OBJECTIVES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ROSETTA MISSION? [ 100 WORDS]

117. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “CRYPTOGRAPHY”? HOW IT WORKS? DISCUSS ITS VARIOUS

OBJECTIVES & SIGNIFICANCE? [200 WORDS]

118. WHAT IS DIGITAL SIGNATURE? GIVE AN ACCOUNT ON ITS APPLICATIONS? [200 WORDS]

119. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “CENTRIFUGE”? BRIEFLY DISCUSS ITS PRINCIPLE AND APPLICATIONS?

EXPLAIN THE ROLE OF CENTRIFUGES IN NUCLEAR REACTOR? [ 200 WORDS]

120. WHAT IS CRYOGENIC TECHNOLOGY? HOW CRYOGENICS WORKS? BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE

APPLICATIONS OF CRYOGENIC TECHNOLOGY?

121. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “SATURATION DIVING”? BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF

CHINA’S RECENT SATURATION DIVING EXPERIMENT & LESSONS TO INDIA? [200 WORDS]

122. WHAT IS NUCLEAR MATERIALS SECURITY INDEX? ENUMERATE THE REASONS FOR INDIA’S LOW

SCORE IN NMSI? GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE THE NUCLEAR SECURITY STATUS IN

INDIA? [200 WORDS]

123. WHAT IS TELLTAIL? HOW IS IT USEFUL TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF WOMEN?

124. WHAT IS REVERSE CATALYSATION TECHNOLOGY? DESCRIBE ITS USES AND ADVANTAGES?

“REVERSE CATALYZATION OFFERS SOLUTION TO INDIA’S PLASTIC WASTE TIME BOMB” –


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125. WHAT IS IRON DOME? HOW IT WORKS? WILL DEPLOYMENT OF IRON DOME ALONG LoC BY

INDIA SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF TERRORISM? -COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

126. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “BLACK HOLES”? DESCRIBE IN DETAIL THE VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS

OF STEPHEN HAWKING IN THE FIELD OF BLACK HOLES? [200 WORDS]

127. HELIBORNE GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY SYSTEM & ITS SIGNIFICANCE

128. DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS FEATURES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ‘INS VIKRAMADITYA’? ‘INS

VIKRAMADIYA’ ALONG WITH ‘INS ARIHANT’ WILL HELP INDIA TO PROJECT ITS NAVAL PROWESS

IN THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION. COMMENT ON THIS STATEMENT? [200 WORDS]

129. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON – 1. RHODODENDRONS, 2. PHOOL SANKRANTI, 3. CNEMASPIS GIRII

(DWARF GECKOS), 4. MICROPLASTICS, 5. IUCN GLOBAL MARIE AND POLAR PROGRAMME [ 50

WORDS EACH]

130. EXAMINE THE VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF JAGADISH CHANDRA BOSE FOR THE

DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

131. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF ‘SATISH DHAWAN’ TO THE FIELD OF INDIAN

SPACE SCIENCE? [200 WORDS]

132. WHAT IS NEUROBRIDGE TECHNOLOGY? HOW WILL IT BE USEFUL FOR DISABLED PERSONS

PARTICULARLY IN ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS? [200 WORDS]

133. WRITE SHORT NOTE ON 1. ATLAS EXPERIMENT 2. HIGGS BOSONS 3. CMS EXPERIMENT 4. CERN

5. LARGE HADRON COLLIDOR 6. STANDARD MODEL OF PHYSICS 7. QUARKS 8. HADRONS VS

LEPTONS 9. FERMIONS 10. PAULI EXPULSION PRINCIPLE 11. BOSONS

134. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON ‘CERN’ & ITS ACHIEVEMENTS SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT 60 YEARS

AGO? [ 100 WORDS]

135. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘INCINERATION’? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS OF

KASTURIRANGAN TASK FORCE ON WASTE TO ENERGY /MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE

MANAGEMENT IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

136. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘WASTE TO ENERGY’? HOW WASTE TO ENERGY

TECHNOLOGY WORKS? ADD A NOTE ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WASTE TO ENERGY

TECHNOLOGY TO INDIA? [200 WORKS]

137. WHAT IS “ALOE VERA”? WHY IT IS CALLED AS ‘FIRST AID PLANT? HOW ALOE VERA IS

IMPORTANT FOR INDIAN SOLDIERS WHO NEED TO BE DEPLOYED IN SIACHEN GLACIER? (200

WORDS)

138. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘REGENERATIVE PLASTIC’? HOW DOES IT WORK? ADD A NOTE ON ITS


139. WHAT IS ’3D PRINTING’ TECHNOLOGY? HOW DOES IT WORK? DISCUSS THE PROS AND CONS OF

3D PRINTING? [200 WORDS]

140. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “SUPER HEAVY ELEMENTS”? HOW THEY ARE PRODUCED? DISCUSS

THE IMPORTANT PROPERTIES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SUPER HEAVY ELEMENTS? (200 WORDS)

141. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “NET METERING”? HOW DOES IT WORK? ADD A NOTE ON ITS


142. WHAT IS GPS TRACKING? HOW IT WORKS? HOW IT CAN ENSURE THE SAFETY OF WOMEN?

143. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON INTEGRATED GUIDED MISSILE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

[IGMDP] & ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO INDIA’S SECURITY? [100 WORDS]

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144. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY “PATENT EVERGREENING”? HOW PATENT EVERGREENING IS

DONE? EXPLAIN THE ISSUE OF PATENT EVERGREENING BY USING FAMOUS ‘GLIVEC’ CASE AS AN

EXAMPLE? WHY COMPULSORY LICENSING IS ESSENTIAL TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF PATENT

EVERGREENING? [200 WORDS]

145. WHAT IS ‘RAILSAVER’? HOW RAILSAVER WILL BE HELPFUL IN IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY

IN INDIAN RAILWAYS? ADD A NOTE ON STEPS TAKEN BY INDIAN RAILWAYS TO IMPROVE

ENERGY EFFICIENCY? [ 200 WORDS]

146. WHAT IS BIG DATA? HOW IS IMPORTANT? BIG DATA ANALYTICS IS IMPORTANT IN ENSURING

THE SUCCESS OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND MEGA SCHEMES LIKE AADHAAR – CRITICALLY ANALYZE?

[200 WORDS]

147. WHAT IS ‘OPEN SOURCE DRUG DISCOVERY [OSDD]? HOW IS OSDD IMPORTANT TO ACHIEVE

THE OBJECTIVE OF ‘AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE FOR ALL’? ADD A NOTE ON COMPUTATIONAL

RESOURCES FOR DRUG DISCOVERY [CSDD]?[200 WORDS]

148. WHAT IS TELLTAIL? HOW IS IT USEFUL TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF WOMEN?

149. WHAT IS CCTV? HOW IT WORKS? HOW IT DIFFERS FROM BROADCAST TV? [ 200 words]

150. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “LUKOSKIN” [50 words]

151. “PARAM YUVA II – REDEFINES INDIA’S PLACE IN THE WORLD OF SUPERCOMPUTING” – DO YOU

AGREE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWER? [ 200 WORDS]

152. DISCUSS THE CONTRIBUTION OF C-DAC IN THE FIELD OF SUPERCOMPUTING IN INDIA [ 100

words]

153. WHAT IS LOW INTENSITY CONFLICT? EXPLAIN THE ROLE PLAYED BY DRDO IN PREPARING INDIA

FOR LOW INTENSITY CONFLICT MANAGEMENT? [ 100 words]

154. EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING TERMS 1.TOP500 2.GREEN500, 3.PENTAFLOP COMPUTING 4.

CYBERESPIONAGE 5. CYBER STALKING [20 WORDS EACH]

155. WRITE A NOTE ON SUPER BALL BOT PROJECT? [100 WORDS]

156. WHAT IS WI-FI? HOW IT WORKS? WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES THAT NEPAL WOULD GAIN

FROM BECOMING A FREE WI-FI ZONE? [200 words]

157. WHAT IS BIOBOT? HOW IT WORKS? BRIEFLY MENTION ITS ADVANTAGES? [100 WORDS]

158. BRING OUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GSAT – 14 TO INDIA? [100 WORDS]

159. WHAT IS CRYOGENIC TECHNOLOGY? HOW CRYOGENICS WORKS? BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE

APPLICATIONS OF CRYOGENIC TECHNOLOGY? [200 WORDS]

160. DAY TO DAY SCIENCE – WHY ARE POTASSIUM, SODIUM AND LITHIUM STORED IN A JAR OF OIL?

161. “CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS POSES THREAT TO TIGER POPULATION IN INDIA” –EXAMINE THE


162. WHAT IS “SUPERCRITICAL TECHNOLOGY”? “SUPERCRITICAL TECHNOLOGY PLAYS VITAL ROLE IN

ENSURING ENERGY SECURITY IN INDIA” – COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

163. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “REVERSE OSMOSIS”? DISCUSS ITS VARIOUS ADVANTAGES AD

LIMITATIONS? [200 WORDS]

164. BRING OUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ASTROSAT MISSION? [100 WORDS]

165. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “CRYPTOGRAPHY”? HOW IT WORKS? DISCUSS ITS VARIOUS

OBJECTIVES & SIGNIFICANCE? [200 WORDS]

166. GIVE AN ACCOUNT ON CRITERIA TO GET POLIO FREE NATION STATUS? ENUMERATE THE STEPS

TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF POLIO FROM POLIO ENDEMIC NATIONS?

[200 WORDS]

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167. WHAT IS DIGITAL SIGNATURE? GIVE AN ACCOUNT ON ITS APPLICATIONS? [200 WORDS]

168. BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE OBJECTIVES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ROSETTA MISSION? [ 100 WORDS]

169. WHAT IS ASACUSA EXPERIMENT? DISCUSS IN DETAIL THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT? [100 WORDS]

170. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “BLACK HOLES”? DESCRIBE IN DETAIL THE VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS

OF STEPHEN HAWKING IN THE FIELD OF BLACK HOLES? [200 WORDS]

171. HELIBORNE GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY SYSTEM & ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [200 WORDS]

172. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS OBJECTIVES & SIGNIFICANCE OF ICECUBE OBSERVATORY? WHY SOUTH

POLE IS CHOSEN FOR ICECUBE OBSERVATORY EXPERIMENTS/ [200 WORDS]

173. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON RHODIOLA & ITS SIGNIFICANCE? HOW RHODIOLA CAN HELP INDIAN

SOLIDERS SERVING AT HIGHER ALTITUDES? [200 WORDS]

174. WHAT IS IMIDACLOPRID ?WHAT ARE ITS APPLICATIONS?DO YOU THINK INDIA SHOULD BAN

THE USE OF IMIDACLOPRID?CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE REASONS? [200 WORDS] WRITE A SHORT

NOTE ON ‘BRAINFLIGHT PROJECT’ & ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [100 WORDS]

175. WHAT IS MAGLEV TECHNOLOGY? HOW DOES IT WORK? DISCUSS THE ADVANTAGES OF

MAGLEV TRAINS OVER CONVENTIONAL WHEELED TRAINS? ADD A NOTE ON SUPER-MAGLEV

TECHNOLOGY? [200 WORDS]

176. WHAT IS HUMAN BRAIN ACTIVITY MAP PROJECT? WHY IT WAS IN NEWS RECENTLY? ADD A

NOTE ON HUMAN GENOME PROJECT, BLUE BRAIN PROJECT & HUMAN CONNECTOME

PROJECT? [200 WORDS]

177. WHAT IS MICRO-GRAVITY? WHY MICRO-GRAVITY RESEARCH IS CONSIDERED AS IMPORTANT

FOR FUTURE MANNED MARS MISSION? ADD A NOTE ON NASA’S MICRO-GRAVITY MISSION &

ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [200 WORDS]

178. WHAT IS DNA FINGERPRINTING? DISCUSS THE PRINCIPLE AND APPLICATIONS OF DNA

FINGERPRINTING? ADD A NOTE ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF ALEC JEFFREY TO THE

DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY? [200 WORDS].

179. WHAT IS Wi-Fi BACKSCATTER TECHNOLOGY? HOW DOES IT WORK? ADD A NOTE ON ITS

POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS THAT MAY HAVE IMPACT ON OUR DAY TO DAY LIFE? [200 WORDS]

180. WHAT ARE ROCKET PROPELLANTS? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS TYPES OF ROCKET PROPELLANTS?

MICROWAVE THRUSTER SYSTEM [CANNAE DRIVE TECHNOLOGY] WILL TAKE SPACE

EXPLORATION TO NEXT LEVEL – CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATEMENT? [200 WORDS]

181. WHAT IS EBOLA VIRUS? HOW IT SPREADS? AS A DISTRICT COLLECTOR, WHAT ARE THE STEPS

THAT YOU WILL TAKE TO PREVENT THE OCCURRENCE OF EBOLA OUTBREAK IN YOUR DISTRICT?

[200 WORDS]

182. WHAT IS IndARC OBSERVATORY & ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [100 WORDS]

183. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘SOLAR FLARE’? HOW DOES IT OCCUR? ADD A

NOTE ON THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF SOLAR FLARE ON THE EARTH? [200 WORDS]

184. WHAT IS ’513A’ MOSQUITO? HOW WOULD IT BE USEFUL TO CONTROL DENGUE FEVER? [200

WORDS]

185. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON ‘HAND GUIDED CLONING’ TECHNIQUE & ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [200

WORDS]

186. WHAT ARE CONTECT LENSES? HOW DOES THEY WORK? HOW RECENT DEVELOPMENTS WITH

RESPECT TO CONTACT LENSES WILL CHANGE YOUR DAY TO DAY LIFE? [200 WORDS]

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187. WHO ARE VERTICALLY INTEGRATED BROADCASTERS? HOW VERTICAL INTEGRATION DIFFERS

FROM HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION? DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS OF TRAI ON

NEW ‘DTH’ LICENSING REGIME? [200 WORDS]

188. WHAT IS ‘BISPHENOL A’? DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD BAN THE USE OF BISPHENOL A IN INDIA

TO AVOID ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS OF BISPHENOL A? [200 WORDS]

189. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON ‘MARS ODYSSEY’ SPACECRAFT & ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [100 WORDS]

190. WHAT IS ‘GENOME SEQUENCING’? WHY GENOME SEQUENCING IS IMPORTANT? DESCRIBE THE

SIGNIFICANCE OF RECENTLY RELEASED DRAFT SEQUENCE OF BREAD WHEAT GENOME &

CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIAN AGRICULTURAL SCIENTISTS TO IT/ [200 WORDS]

191. WHAT IS BIO-MEDICAL WASTE? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF

INDIA TO REGULATE BIO-MEDICAL WASTE AT VARIOUS LEVELS? ADD A NOTE ON RECENT

GENERAL BUDGET 2014-15 ANNOUNCEMENT WITH RESPECT TO BIO-MEDICAL WASTE? [200

WORDS]

192. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON 1. STRATOSPHERIC OBSERVATORY FOR INFRARED ASTRONOMY

(SOFIA), 2. EPHMERAL1, 3. HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, 4. PELAGORNIS SANDERSI, 5. NANO –

JUICE, 6. ORBITING CARBON OBSERVATORY – 2 [50 WORDS EACH]

193. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY TO THE

GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA PARTICULARLY RURAL INDIA? [200 WORDS]

194. WHAT IS ‘GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM’? BRIEFLY MENTION ITS VARIOUS

APPLICATIONS? HOW GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM CAN BE USED TO MAXIMIZE

REVENUE OF INDIAN RAILWAYS? [200 WORDS]

195. WHAT IS ‘ULTRASOUND BROKEN RAIL DETECTOR SYSTEM’? HOW DOES IT WORK? HOW WILL IT

HELP TO REDUCE THE TRAIN ACCIDENTS? [200 WORDS]

196. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS STEPS PROPOSED IN RAILWAY BUDGET 2014 – 15 TO ENSURE THE RAIL

SAFETY AND SECURITY OF PASSENGERS? [200 WORDS]

197. WHAT IS ‘BOLLGARD TECHNOLOGY’? HOW DOES IT HELP INDIAN FARMERS? [200 WORDS]

198. WHAT IS ‘SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION’? HOW DOES S.R.I WORK? ADD A NOTE ON ITS

BENEFITS? WHY S.R.I IS SPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO INDIA? [200 WORDS]

199. WHAT IS ‘AEROBIC RICE’? HOW AEROBIC RICE DIFFERS FROM TRADITIONAL RICE

CULTIVATION? ADD A NOTE ON ITS BENEFITS? [200 WORDS]

200. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM “CANISTER BASED MISSILE LAUNCHING SYSTEM”?

HOW DOES IT WORK? HOW IS IT IMPORTANT TO INDIA? [200 WORDS]

201. DISCUSS THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIAN SCIENTIST SANJAYA RAJARAM IN THE FIELD OF

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY? ADD A NOTE ON ‘WORLD FOOD PRIZE’? (200 WORDS)

202. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM “COOKIES”? HOW DOES IT WORK? WHY ARE THEY

IMPORTANT? [100 WORDS]

203. WHAT IS ‘DOUBLE FERTILIZATION’? HOW IS IT SIGNIFICANT TO FLOWERING PLANTS? WHY IT

WAS RECENTLY IN NEWS? [ 200 WORDS]

204. WHAT IS ‘LYCOPENE’? DESCRIBE THE IMPORTANCE OF LYCOPENE TO OUR HEALTH?

MEDITERRANEAN DIET IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED AS HEALTHY WHEN COMPARED TO

WESTERN DIET. COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

205. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “HORIZON 2020 PROJECT” & ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [200 WORDS]

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206. WRITE SHORT NOTE ON 1. POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS OBJECTS 2. 2014 HQ124 3. COSMIC

INFLATION 4. BICEP – 2 PROJECT 5. 1,00,000 GENOMES PROJECT [ PERSONAL GENOME

PROJECT] [ 50 WORDS EACH]

207. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “SPECTRUM SHARING”? DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD ALLOW

SPECTRUM SHARING IN INDIA? CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATEMENT? [ 200 WORDS]

208. WHAT IS ‘STAP’ TECHNIQUE? WHY THERE IS A CONTROVERSY ERUPTED RECENTLY, RELATED TO

‘STAP’ TECHNIQUE? [200 words]

209. WHAT IS ‘CITRUS GREENING’? HOW IT IS RELATED TO A DISEASE CALLED ‘SCURVY’? ADD A

NOTE ON THE STATUS OF CITRUS FRUITS PRODUCTION IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

210. WHAT IS “THERMOGALVANIC EFFECT”? HOW DOES IT WORK? HOW IT US USEFUL TO HARNESS

ELECTRICITY FROM WASTE HEAT RELEASED FROM BATTERIES? [200 WORDS]

211. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “BIOPOLYMERS”? DISCUSS THE ADVANTAGES OF BIOPOLYMERS OVER

SYNTHETIC POLYMERS? EXPLAIN HOW BARC TECHNOLOGY OFFERS SOLUTION TO OVERCOME

THE LIMITATIONS OF BIOPOLYMERS? [200 WORDS]

212. WHAT IS PUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTURE [PKI]? HOW IS IT IMPORTANT IN OUR DAY-TO-DAY

ONLINE TRANSACTIONS? [100 WORDS]

213. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “VECTOR BORNE DISEASES”? LIST OUT MAJOR VECTOR BORNE

DISEASES THAT ARE PREVALENT IN INDIA? ADD A NOTE ON NATIONAL VECTOR BORNE DISEASE

CONTROL PROGRAMME? ENUMERATE THE KEY CHALLENGES IN CONTROLLING THE VECTOR

BORNE DISEASES? [300 WORDS]

214. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF SCIENTIST M.S SWAMINATHAN TO THE

DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN AGRICULTURE AND UPLIFTING MILLIONS OF POOR FARMERS? [ 200

WORDS]

215. SPECIAL ARTICLE ON “TB –> MDR TB –> XDR TB –> TDR TB –> DEATH?”

216. WHAT IS ‘DOTS’? DISCUSS ITS VARIOUS COMPONENTS & OBJECTIVES? HOW DOES DOTS DIFFER

FROM DOTS-PLUS? [200 WORDS]

217. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘ EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTERS[ELT]?

HOW DOES IT WORK? DISCUSS THE ROLE OF COSPAS-SARSAT PROGRAMME IN ENSURING

GLOBAL AVIATION SAFETY? [200 WORDS]

1. WHAT IS ‘TRI-COLOUR’ REVOLUTION? TRICOLOUR REVOLUTION IS THE NEED OF HOUR FOR THE

EMPOWERMENT OF RURAL INDIA. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATEMENT? [200 WORDS]

2. DISCUSS THE STRUCTURE & ROLE OF PLANNING COMMISSION? DO YOU THINK PLANNING

COMMISSION HAS LOST ITS RELEVANCE IN THE 21ST CENTURY? CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE

STATEMENT [200 WORDS]

3. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY ‘COMMUNITY RADIO’? HOW ARE THEY SIGNIFICANT?

DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY

RADIO MOVEMENT IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

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4. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘SEX EDUCATION’? DESCRIBE THE OBJECTIVES OF

PROVIDING SEX EDUCATION? DO YOU THINK INDIA IS READY FOR INTRODUCING SEX

EDUCATION IN SCHOOL CURRICULUM? CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE VARIOUS PROS AND CONS

WITH RESPECT TO INTRODUCTION OF SEX EDUCATION IN SCHOOL CURRICULUM? [200 WORDS]

5. DESCRIBE THE SALIENT FEATURES OF TECHNOLOGY UPGRADATION FUND SCHEME [TUFS]? WHY

TUFS SCHEME IS NOT IMPLEMENTED EFFECTIVELY IN NORTH-EASTERN REGION [NER]? [200

WORDS]

6. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE CONCEPT ‘MINIMUM GOVERNMENT MAXIMUM

GOVERNANCE’? ELABORATE THE VARIOUS STEPS TAKEN BY OUR GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE

‘MINIMUM GOVERNMENT MAXIMUM GOVERNANCE’ RECENTLY? [200 WORDS]

7. WHAT IS ‘MOBILE SEVA’? HOW DOES IT WORK? MOBILE SEVA EMPOWERS POOR RURAL PEOPLE

AND MAKES VOICE OF THE VOICELESS PEOPLE TO BE HEARD – COMMENT? [ 100 WORDS]

8. DEFINE – ‘FEDERALISM’? DISCUSS THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF FEDERALISM? DO YOU

THINK UNITARY GOVERNMENTS ARE PERFORMING BETTER THAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS?

CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATEMENT? [200 WORDS]

9. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE’? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS STEPS TAKEN BY

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO REDUCE THE MOBILE RADIATION? GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO

REDUCE THE RADIATION EXPOSURE TO MOBILE USERS? [200 WORDS]

10. DO YOU THINK INDIA SHOULD ADOPT PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION SYSTEM IN PLACE OF

THE FIRST PAST THE POST SYSTEM [FPTP] IN LOK SABHA ELECTIONS TO MAKE INDIA TRULY

DEMOCRATIC?

11. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION”? DISCUSS THE MERITS AND

DEMERITS OF PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION? [200 WORDS]

12. WHAT IS ‘FIRST PAST THE POST SYSTEM’? EXAMINE THE MERITS AND DEMERITS OF THE FIRST

PAST THE POST SYSTEM? [ 200 words]

13. DO YOU THINK INDIA SHOULD OPT FOR COMPULSORY VOTING? EXAMINE THE PROS AND CONS

OF INTRODUCING COMPULSORY VOTING IN INDIA? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS STEPS THAT NEED TO

BE TAKEN, IF INDIA OPTS FOR COMPULSORY VOTING? [ 200 WORDS]

14. DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF RTE ACT 2009? [100 WORDS]

15. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND’? WHAT ARE THE STEPS TAKEN BY

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF INDIA’S DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND? GIVE

YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO HARNESS THE FULL POTENTIAL OF INDIA’S DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND?

[200 WORDS]

16. DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE OF BODOLAND TERRITORIAL COUNCIL? DO YOU THINK THAT

SEPARATE BODOLAND STATE SHOULD BE CREATED? ANALYZE THE PROS AND CONS OF

CREATING SEPARATE STATE OF BODOLAND WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PROBLEMS OF NORTH

EASTERN STATES? [200 WORDS]

17. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON ‘MOBILE SEVA’ PROJECT & ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN PROVIDING

INCLUSIVE GOVERNANCE? [200 WORDS]

18. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘PERFORMING ANIMALS’? WHY IT WAS IN NEWS

RECENTLY? [200 WORDS]

19. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘TWIN NOMINATION’ IN INDIAN CONTEXT? TWIN

NOMINATION ACTS AGAINST THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF REPRESENTATIVE

DEMOCRACY – CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATEMENT? [ 200 WORDS]

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20. DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL/LOCATION FACTORS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR

BACKWARDNESS OF BUNDELKHAND REGION? THE CREATON OF BUNDELKHAND AS A SEPARATE

STATE WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF ITS BACKWARDNESS – CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE

STATEMENT? GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO TO REDUCE THE BACKWARDNESS OF

BUNDELKHAND REGION? [ 200 WORDS]

21. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “ABSENTEE VOTING”? ADD A NOTE ON PROS AND CONS OF ABSENTEE

VOTING? INDIA SHOULD ALLOW ABSENTEE VOTING TO REFLECT THE IDEALS MENTIONED IN THE

CONSTITUTION OF WORLD’S LARGEST DEMOCRACY? [200 WORDS]

22. WRITE SHORT NOTE ON 1. PADMA AWARDS 2. KODOMO EXERCISE 3. MAFI PROJECT 4.

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE 5. GREAT INDIAN BUSTARD 6. SPRINKLER IRRIGATION 7.

OCTAVIO PAZ [ 30 WORDS EACH]

23. WHAT IS ONE RANK ONE PENSION SCHEME? DO YOU THINK ONE RANK ONE PENSION SCHEME

SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN ALL SECTORS/DEPARTMENTS? – COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

24. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘ANAEMIA’? DISCUSS THE MAGNITUDE OF THE

PROBLEM OF ANAEMIA IN INDIA AND ROLE OF MID-DAY MEAL SCHEME IN REDUCING ITS

PREVALENCE? ADD A NOTE ON SIGNIFICANCE OF RECENTLY INVENTED TRUE-HB-HEMOMETER

IN DETECTING THE ANAEMIA? [200 WORDS]

25. DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS 1. RAW SUGAR 2. WHITE SUGAR 3. BROWN SUAGR? INDIA’S

EXPORT SUBSIDY TO RAW SUGAR VIOLATES INDIA’S COMMITMENT TO AGREEMENT ON

AGRICULTURE’ – ANALYZE THE STATEMENT WITH FACTS [ 200 WORDS]

26. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘GMOs’? DISCUSS VARIOUS RISKS AND BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH

GMOs? ‘GM TECHNOLOGY IS ESSENTIAL TO ENSURE FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA’ – COMMENT?

[200 WORDS]

27. WHAT IS CRONY CAPITALISM? HOW IT DIFFERS FROM FREE MARKET CAPITALISM? WHAT ARE

THE IMPLICATIONS OF CRONY CAPITALISM ON INDIAN ECONOMY? ADD A NOTE ON THE IMPACT

OF ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION ON CRONY CAPITALISM IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

28. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON -1.NON – GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS – ROLE IN THE

DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH IT 2. PEACE INITIATIVE 3. DoT GUIDELINES

TO TACKLE THE THREATS OF CYBER ATTACKS

29. DISCUSS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF NATIONAL ANTIMICROBIAL POLICY TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM

OF MULTI –DRUG RESISTANCE DUE TO INDISCRIMINATE USE OF ANTIBIOTICS IN INDIA? [200

WORDS]

30. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS STEPS TAKEN BY THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA TO CURB THE

ROLE OF MONEY POWER IN INDIAN ELECTIONS?

31. WHAT IS INDELIBLE INK? HOW IT WORKS? DESCRIBE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MYSORE PAINTS

AND VARNISH LIMITED [MPVL] IN ENSURING FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

32. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF SUPREME COURT [JUDGEMENTS] IN THE

EVOLUTION OF ELECTORAL LAWS IN INDIA [200 WORDS]

33. DEFINE ‘CONSUMER RIGHTS”? BRING OUT THE STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO

PROTECT CONSUMBER RIGHTS? ADD A NOTE ON ‘JAGO GRAHAK JAGO CAMPAIGN’? [200

WORDS]

34. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘TRANSGENDER”? WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS BEING

FACED BY TRANSGENDERS COMMUNITY? DISCUSS THE STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF

INDIA FOR THE WELFARE OF TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY? [200 WORDS]

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35. WHAT IS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM? HOW G.I.S DIFFERS FROM G.P.S? ADD A NOTE

ON RECENTLY INTRODUCED WEB-GIS TOOL & ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [200 WORDS]

36. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “NATIONAL COMMUNITY RADIO AWARDS” & ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [100

WORDS]

37. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “JUNK FOOD”? DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS MADE

BY AN EXPERT COMMITTEE OF FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA ON JUNK

FOODS/HFSS? [200 WORDS]

38. VVPAT METHOD IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT IN ENSURING FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS –

CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE STATEMENT [200 WORDS]

39. DISCUSS IN DETAIL THE ROLE OF SVEEP PROGRAMME OF ELECTION COMMISSION IN

ENCOURAGING THE YOUNG VOTERS TO EXERCISE THEIR DEMOCRATIC RIGHT? [200 WORDS]

40. BRING OUT THE SIGNIFICANCE AND NECESSITY OF SEBI AMENDMENT BILL 2013 IN CHANGING

SCENARIO? [100 WORDS]

41. DISCUSS IN DETAIL THE CRITERIA USED BY ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA TO RECOGNIZE THE

POLITICAL PARTIES IN INDIA? ENUMERATE THE BENEFITS GIVEN TO THE REGISTERED POLITICAL

PARTIES IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

42. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “MATCH FIXING” IN SPORTS? HOW MATCH FIXING DIFFERS FROM

SPOT FIXING?

43. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘AADHAAR’? DISCUSS VARIOUS ADVANTAGES OF AADHAAR?

ELABORATE THE MERITS AND DEMERITS OF AADHAAR LINKED DIRECT BENEFIT TRANSFER FOR

LPG? [200 WORDS]

44. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘PAID NEWS” SYNDROME? HOW DOES PAID NEWS AFFECT

FUNDAMENTAL VALUES OF INDIAN DEMOCRACY? GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO PREVENT THE

ISSUE OF PAID NEWS? [ 200 WORDS]

45. TITBITS – 1.NOW CANDIDATES HAVE TO DISCLOSE BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS NOT ONLY HELD IN

INDIA BUT FOREIGN COUNTRIES AS WELL 2.COMMUNITY CONNECT SCHEME 3.AMENDMENT TO

RULE 90 OF THE CONDUCT OF ELECTION RULES, 1961

46. WRITE SHORT NOTE ON -1. MESOPELAGIC FISH 2. NATIONAL SPORTS FEDERATION

3.DEVELOPMENT OF PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TRIBAL GROUPS (PTGS) 4. MPLADS SCHEME 5.

RASHTRIYA GRAM SWARAJ YOJANA (RGSY) AND RAJIV GANDHI PANCHAYAT SASHAKTIKARAN

ABHIYAN (RGPSA)

47. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO IMPROVE THE WELFARE OF

MINORITIES [200 WORDS]

48. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY TWO FINGER TEST? TWO FINGER TEST IS CONSIDERED AS

UNSCIENTIFIC AND NEEDS TO BE SCRAPED –COMMENT? ADD A NOTE ON RECENT GUIDELINES

ISSUED BY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RESEARCH ON MEDICAL CARE TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL

VIOLENCE? [200 WORDS]

49. THE CREATION OF “MINI-CAPITALS” PROVIDES A WAY TO ACHIEVE INCLUSIVE AND

DECENTRALIZED DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA. – CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE STATEMENT [200 WORDS]

50. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “MODEL SCHOOL”? DISCUSS THE KEY FEATURES OF A MODEL SCHOOL

UNDER MODEL SCHOOL SCHEME? [ 200 WORDS]

51. DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF RASHTRIYA RIFLES? HOW RASHTRIYA RIFLES

DIFFERS FROM ASSAM RIFLES? [200 WORDS]

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52. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “NATIONAL MISSION ON SUSTAINING HIMALAYAN ECOSYSTEM” & ITS


53. ELABORATE THE SIGNIFICANT PROVISIONS OF THE GOVERNORS (EMOLUMENTS, ALLOWANCES

AND PRIVILEGES) AMENDMENT BILL, 2012? [100 WORDS]

54. DISCUSS THE SALIENT FEATURES OF INTEGRATED CHILD PROTECTION SCHEME [ICPS]? [200

WORDS]

55. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “PUBLIC RECORDS”? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF PUBLIC

RECORDS ACT 1993? “THE SENDING OF PUBLIC RECORDS VIA PRIVATE MAIL SERVICES IS A

VIOLATION OF PUBLIC RECORDS ACT 1993” – ANALYZE THE STATEMENT? [200 WORDS]

56. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “BIOFORTIFICATION”? DESCRIBE ITS VARIOUS ADVANTAGES?

BIOFORTIFICATION IS A TOOL TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF ‘HIDDEN HUNGER’ –JUSTIFY THE


57. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “HIDDEN HUNGER”? WHY THE ISSUE OF ‘HIDDEN HUNGER’ IS GETTING

SIGNIFICANCE? DESCRIBE THE STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO ADDRESS THE

PROBLEM OF ‘HIDDEN HUNGER’? [200 WORDS]

58. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “SUPPLEMENTARY NUTRITION PROGRAMME”? [100 WORDS]

59. SPECIAL ARTICLE – “ORDINANCE MAKING POWER OF PRESIDENT – IS IT COMPLEMENTARY OR

COMPETITIVE TO THE LEGISLATIVE POWER OF PARLIAMENT?

60. SPECIAL ARTICLE ON “ ISSUE OF GRANTING SPECIAL CATEGORY STATUS TO STATES & ITS

IMPLICATIONS”?

61. WRITE SHORT NOTE ON 1. NANO MISSION 2. TOURISM FRIENDLY POLICIES 3. RAJIV AWAS

YOJANA 4. SCHOLARSHIP TO DISABLED STUDENTS 5. INDIA – BAHRAIN AGREEMENTS [50

WORDS EACH]

62. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “CLASSICAL LANGUAGE”? DISCUSS THE CRITERIA USED BY GoI TO

GRANT CLASSICAL LANGUAGE STATUS? LIST OUT THE BENEFITS TO A LANGUAGE THAT IS

DECLARED AS CLASSICAL LANGUAGE? [200 WORDS]

63. DISCUSS THE SALIENT FEATURES OF NPDS [ AMENDMENT] BILL 2011? [200 WORDS]

64. DISCUSS THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATES OF PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGES?

[100 WORDS]

65. ELABORATE THE VARIOUS LEGISLATIVE/PROGRAMMATIC MEASURES TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT

OF INDIA TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF WOMEN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS?

66. DESCRIBE THE RECENT STEPS TAKEN BY BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS TO ENSURE THE GOOD

QUALITY PRODUCTS REACHING CONSUMERS? [ 200 WORDS]

67. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF DRAFT ANDHRA PRADESH REORGANIZATION BILL 2013?

[200 words]

68. DISCUSS THE MAJOR STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO ACHIEVE THE TARGET OF

INDIAN RAILWAYS VISION 2020’S ZERO ACCIDENTS BY 2020? [200 WORDS]

69. NIRMAL BHARAT ABHIYAN IS OFTEN CONSIDERED AS A HALF EMPTY AND HALF FULL IN

ACHIEVING ITS OBJECTIVES – COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

70. LIST OF IMPORTANT LEGAL STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA IN

REDUCING/PREVENTING CORRUPTION IN INDIA? [100 words]

71. DISCUSS THE SALIENT FEATURES OF AMASR ACT 1958? EXAMINE THE ROLE OF

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA IN PROTECTING AND PRESERVING THE MONUMENTS IN

INDIA? [200 WORDS]

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72. “ASHAs GIVE NEW HOPE OF HEALTH CARE DELIVERY IN RURAL INDIA” – COMMENT [100

WORDS]

73. BRING OUT THE SALIENT FEATURES OF SEBI [AMENDMENT] BILL 2013? [100 words]

74. DESCRIBE IN DETAIL THE STRUCTURE, FUNCTIONS, LIMITATIONS OF C.B.I? DISCUSS THE MAJOR

CHANGES IN CBI’S FUNCTIONS BROUGHT BY LOKPAL BILL? [ 300 WORDS]

75. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “OPERATION FLOOD”? EXAMINE ITS ACHIEVEMENTS AND REASONS

FOR ITS SUCCESS? [200 WORDS]

76. INDIA NEEDS A SECOND WHITE REVOLUTION. HUB AND SPOKE MODEL WILL BE ONE OF THE

BETTER MODEL TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN SECOND WHITE REVOLUTION. – CRITICALLY ANALYZE

THE STATEMENT [ 200 WORDS]

77. WHAT IS “VOTE ON ACCOUNT”? HOW VOTE ON ACCOUNT DIFFERS FROM FULL BUDGET?

BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF VOTE ON ACCOUNT? [ 200 WORDS]

78. DEFINE THE TERM ‘WHISTLEBLOWER’? HIGHLIGHT THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF

WHISTLEBLOWERS PROTECTION BILL 2011? DISCUSS ITS SHORTCOMINGS? [200 WORDS]

79. DEFINE –“MINORITY CONCENTRATION BLOCKS”? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS BACKWARD

PARAMETERS USED BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO IDENTIFY THEM? [ 200 WORDS]

80. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS OF MAJITHIA WAGE BOARD? [100 WORDS]

81. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “CLEAN INDIA CAMPAIGN”? [100 WORDS]

82. SECTION 6A OF DELHI SPECIAL POLICE ESTABLISHMENT ACT IS CONSIDERED AS CLASS

LEGISLATION – COMMENT? [100 WORDS]

83. ENUMERATE THE STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF

TOURISTS? [100 WORDS]

84. DEFINE STREET VENDORS? DISCUSS THE IMPORTANT PROVISIONS OF THE STREET VENDORS

(PROTECTION OF LIVELIHOOD AND REGULATION OF STREET VENDING) BILL, 2012? [200 WORDS]

85. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “NATIONAL MISSION ON AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND

TECHNOLOGY (NMAET)” [100 WORDS]

86. DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE AND ROLE PLAYED BY CONSUMER PROTECTION COUNCILS?

ENUMERATE THE RECENT STEPS TAKEN BY CENTRAL CONSUMER PROTECTION COUNCIL TO

TACKLE THE MENACE OF MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENTS? [200 WORDS]

87. DISCUSS THE SALIENT FEATURES OF PAM RAJPUT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS? [200

WORDS]

88. “CULTURE OF FORMING A SECOND COMMITTEE TO RE-EXAMINE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF

ORIGINAL OR FIRST COMMITTEE IS PREVALENT IN INDIA” – CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE

STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO SACHAR AND KUNDU COMMITTEES? [200 words]

89. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF FOOD SAFETY & STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA? [200

WORDS]

90. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON – “INSPIRE” PROGRAMME & ITS SIGNIFICANCE [ 100 WORDS]

91. “PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE CONSIDERED AS PEOPLE’S UNIVERSITY. IN THIS CONTEXT, EXPLAIN IN

DETAIL THE COMPONENTS & SIGNIFICANCE OF NATIONAL MISSION ON LIBRARIES” [200

WORDS]

92. IT IS THE TIME TO AMEND THE PAYMENT OF THE BONUS ACT 1965 TO REFLECT THE

ASPIRATIONS OF WORKERS IN 21ST CENTURY – CRITICALLY ANALYZE [ 200 WORDS]

93. EXAMINE THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR BACKWARD

CLASSES IN CHANGING INDIA’S DEMOGRAPHICS? [100 WORDS]

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94. “NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR DENOTIFIED & NOMADIC TRIBES IS THE NEED OF HOUR TO

UPLIFT THEM. COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

95. ENUMERATE THE SALIENT FEATURES OF SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS AGAINST SAFETY OF

MARITIME NAVIGATION AND FIXED PLATFORMS ON CONTINENTAL SHELF ACT, 2002? HOW

APPLICATION OF SUA ACT IN ITALIAN MARINES CASE MAY AFFECT INDIA-EU RELATIONS [ 200

words]

96. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “RURAL –URBAN CLUSTERS”? THE RECHRISTINED PURA SCHEME WILL

ENSURE THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL-URBAN CLUSTERS-COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

97. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “NAWADCO”? [50 WORDS]

98. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON STRUCTURE, MANDATE & FUNCTIONS OF NCPCR? [100 WORDS]

99. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON ‘INDIA INCLUSION INNOVATION FUND’? [100 WORDS]

100.WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON NATIONAL SPORTS DEVELOPMENT FUND [ 50 WORDS]

101.“SAM PITRODA COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL ENSURE THE COMPETITIVENESS OF

PRASAR BHARATI WITH PRIVATE PLAYERS IF IMPLEMENTED IN LETTER AND SPIRIT” – EVALUATE

[100 WORDS]

101. WRITE A SHORT NOTE “NATIONAL COMMUNAL HARMONY AWARDS & ITS SIGNIFICANCE”? [ 50

WORDS]

102. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “ NATIONAL MISSION FOR EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN” [ 100

words]

103. DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS OBJECTIVES, SALIENT FEATURES OF RECENTLY LAUNCHED NATIONAL

URBAN HEALTH MISSION [200 WORDS]

104. GIVE AN ACCOUNT ON CRITERIA TO GET POLIO FREE NATION STATUS? ENUMERATE THE STEPS

TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF POLIO FROM POLIO ENDEMIC NATIONS?

[200 WORDS]

105. DISCUSS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GETTING “NATIONAL MINORITY STATUS” TO A COMMUNITY?

[50 WORDS]

106. DISCUSS THE STRUCTURE, ROLE & MANDATES OF NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE

[NDRF]? [200 WORDS]

107. WRITE A NOTE ON “KRISHI KARMAN AWARD & ITS SIGNIFICANCE” [100 words]

108. ENUMERATE THE LEGISLATIVE MEASURES TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA FOR BETTER

SECURITY AND SAFETY OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN [ 200 WORDS]

109. BRIEFLY ELABORATE THE STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO ADDRESS CHILD ABUSE?

[200 WORDS]

110. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUPREME COURT’S RECENT JUDGEMENT WHICH MAKES

PROMOTION AS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT? [100 words]

111. “INTEGRATED MEDICINE IS THE NEED OF HOUR IN INDIA TO ADDRESS HEALTHCARE

CHALLENGES” – CRITICALLY ANALYZE [200 words]

112. “OPEN ACREAGE LICENSING POLICY IS THE NEED OF HOUR FOR ENSURING INDIA’S ENERGY

SECURITY” – COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

113. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE”? HOW THE NATURE OF DEATH

SENTENCE IN INDIA DIFFERS FROM THAT OF CHINA? [ 200 words]

114. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF VISHAKA GUIDELINES? [200 WORDS]

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115. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY TRP RATING? HOW IT IS CALCULATED? BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE

TRP GUIDELINES THAT ARE RECENTLY APPROVED BY UNION CABINET? [200 words]

116. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “YARN SUPPLY SCHEME”? [100 WORDS]

117. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “KNOW INDIA PROGRAMME” [50 WORDS]

118. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS OBJECTIVES OF “RUSA”? RUSA WILL REDUCE THE QUALITY GAP EXISTS

BETWEEN CENTRAL AND STATE EDUCATION SYSTEM – COMMENT?

119. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “NATIONAL MERIT AWARDS” [ 100 words]

120. “SWADHAR GREY SCHEME IS A JOINT EFFORT OF CENTRAL & STATE GOVT TO EMPOWER

WOMEN IN INDIA” – COMMENT –

121. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY E-INCLUSION PROJECT? “E-INCLUSION IS THE WAY TO

ACHIEVE TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE” – CRITICALLY ANALYZE

122. DISCUSS THE SALIENT FEATURES OF RASHTRIYA KISHOR SWATHYA KARYAKRAM? WHY INDIA

NEEDS SUCH SCHEME? [ 200 words]

123. “NATIONAL JUDICIAL DATA GRID IS THE NEED OF HOUR TO STRENGTHEN JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN

INDIA. COMMENT [ 100 WORDS]

124. BRING OUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 120TH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BILL 2013 [200

WORDS]

125. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “NALANDA UNIVERSITY BILL 2013? [ 100 WORDS]

126. BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL OF

BIO – ENERGY [ 100 WORDS]

127. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS OF VIJAY BHASKAR COMMITTEE?

128. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “PRODUCTION SHARING CONTRACT”? DISCUSS THE MERITS AND

DEMERITS OF IT?

129. WHAT IS “GRANTHASALA SANGHOM MOVEMENT”? BRIEFLY MENTION THE SIGNIFICANCE OF

IT? [200 WORDS]

130. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “SAHITYA ACADEMY AWARD” [ 50 WORDS]

131. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “TOTAL LITERACY CAMPAIGN” & ITS SIGNIFICANCE

132. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON WAKF [ AMENDMENT] BILL 2013 [ 200 WORDS]

133. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “VASTRA KAMGAR PUNARVAS YOJANA” [100 WORDS]

134. THE SOLUTION TO UNDERNUTRITION NEEDS INTEGRATED AND MISSION MODE APPROACH –

CRITICALLY ANALYZE [ 200 WORDS]

135. BRIEFLY ELABORATE THE STEPS TAKEN BY TRAI TO CURB PESKY CALLS [ 100 WORDS]

136. FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW, WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT NEWS MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS

CURRENTLY FACE? [ 100 WORDS / 5 MARKER]

137. WHAT IS “BREAKING NEWS SYNDROME”? HOW BREAKING NEWS SYNDROME AFFECTS OUR

FOREIGN POLICY? [ 200 WORDS] [10 MARKS]

138. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “DRUG ABUSE”? WHAT ARE THE STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF

INDIA TO PREVENT DRUG ABUSE [ 200 words]

139. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON RECENT CONTROVERSIAL CHANGES PROPOSED IN INTERNATIONAL

CRICKET COUNCIL’S STRUCTURE & ITS IMPLICATIONS? [ 100 WORDS]

140. “SIGN BILINGUISM IS ESSENTIAL FOR FULL ENJOYMENT OF RIGHTS FOR DEAF PEOPLE” –

CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE STATEMENT [ 200 WORDS] –

141. BRIEFLY ENUMERATE THE STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT TO EMPOWER DEAF PEOPLE & TO

REALIZE THEIR POTENTIAL? [100 WORDS]

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142. WHAT IS “LEAP” INITIATIVE? DISCUSS ITS VARIOUS OBJECTIVES & SIGNIFICANCE? [ 200

WORDS]

143. IRENA – ITS STRUCTURE & MANDATE [GS PAPER II]

144. “SETTIING UP A NATIONAL DATA REPOSITORY IS ONE STOP SOLUTION TO SOLVE THE MAJOR

PROBLEMS BEING FACED BY OIL & GAS EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION SECTOR IN INDIA” –


145. BRING OUT THE SALIENT FEATURES OF DOMESTIC NATURAL GAS PRICING GUIDELINES 2014

[100 WORDS]

146. GIVE A LIST OF STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO ADDRESS THE SHORTAGE OF

DOCTORS IN INDIA [100 WORDS]

147. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY 2014” [ 100 WORDS]

148. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “MOTHER AND CHILD TRACKING SYSTEM & ITS SIGNIFICANCE”? [100

WORDS]

149. MONORAIL SYSTEM CAN BE CONSIDERED AS FEEDER SERVICE TO METRO RAIL SYSTEM RATHER

THAN CONSIDERING IT AS MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM – CRITICALLY ANALYZE [200 WORDS]

150. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS OBJECTIVES, COMPONENTS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF “MULTI SECTORAL

NUTRITION PROGRAMME”? [200 WORDS]

151. DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS ROLES AND FUNCTION OF CAG & HOW CAG’s ROLE HELPS IN GOOD

GOVERNANCE ? [200 WORDS]

152. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF RIGHT OF CITIZENS FOR TIME BOUND DELIVERY OF

GOODS AND SERVICES AND REDRESSAL OF THEIR GRIEVANCES BILL, 2011 & THEIR

SIGNIFICANCE? SUMMARIZE THE DRAWBACKS OF THIS BILL? [200 WORDS]

153. DESCRIBE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF RTI ACT 2005? CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE SUCCESS OF RTI ACT

2005? ELABORATE THE STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT TO MAKE RTI ACT CITIZEN FRIENDLY?

[300 WORDS]

154. DISCUSS THE SALIENT FEATURES OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT BILL 2012? [200 WORDS]

155. DESCRIBE THE COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONS OF DELIMITATION COMMISSION? DISCUSS THE

METHODOLOGY FOLLOWED IN THE PROCESS OF DELIMITATION? [200 WORDS]

156. POLITY & GOVERNANCE

157. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATUS AND ROLE OF LEADER OF OPPOSITION IN THE PRESENT

TIMES? [200 WORDS]

158. DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS OBJECTIVES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF NATIONAL OPTICAL FIBER

NETWORK [NOFN] PROJECT? CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE VARIOUS REASONS FOR DELAY IN ITS

IMPLEMENTATION? [200 WORDS]

159. DESCRIBE THE SALIENT FEATURES OF APPRENTICES [AMENDMENT] BILL 2014? [100 WORDS]

160. DISCUSS THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF COUNCIL FOR ADVANCEMENT OF PEOPLE’S

ACTION & RURAL TECHNOLOGY [CAPART]? WHY CAPART NEEDS TO BE REVAMPED? [200

WORDS]

161. DESCRIBE THE SALIENT FEATURES OF SEBI AMENDMENT BILL 2014? [200 WORDS]

162. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY ‘SURROGATE ADVERTISING’? DO YOU THINK SOCIAL MEDIA

ADVERTISING AND SURROGATE ADVERTISING OF LIQUOR PRODUCTS SHOULD BE BANNED?

ANALYZE?[200 WORDS]

163. DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS OBJECTIVES, PHASES & SIGNIFICANCE OF SAMPOORN VITTIYEA

SAMAVESHAN? [200 WORDS]

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164. CONSIDER A HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION. YOU ARE A CABINET SECRETARY OF INDIA. A CIVIL

WAR/MILITANT GROUP IS SLOWING TAKING CONTROL OF GOVT OF ‘ABCDE’ [ SAY IRAQ]. IN THE

COUNTRY ‘ABCDE’, MANY INDIAN NATIONALS ARE WORKING AND GOT STRUCK IN THE CIVIL

WAR. AS A CABINET SECRETARY, WHAT ARE THE STEPS YOU WILL TAKE TO BRING BACK INDIANS

SAFELY? [200 WORDS]

165. DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS – ‘SPECTRUM SHARING’, ‘SPECTRUM TRADING’, ‘SPECTRUM

REFARMING’? DO YOU THINK SPECTRUM TRADING SHOULD BE ALLOWED IN INDIA? DISCUSS

THE PROS AND CONS OF ALLOWING SPECTRUM TRADING IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

166. CONSIDER A SITUATION. YOU ARE A FOREST OFFICER IN CHARGE OF PROTECTING CRITICALLY

ENDANGERED BIRDS. WHAT ARE THE STEPS THAT YOU WILL TAKE TO PROTECT ‘CRITICALLY

ENDANGERED BIRDS’ [IUCN RED LIST]? [200 WORDS]

167. DISCUSS THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY?

[200 WORDS]

168. DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GROUP OF MINISTERS AND EMPOWERED GROUP OF

MINISTERS? CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE REASONS WHICH COMPELLED GOVERNMENT TO

ABOLISH THE SYSTEM OF APPOINTING EGoM/GoM? GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE

FASTER DECISION MAKING IN GOVERNANCE? [ 200 WORDS]

169. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM “CO-OPERATIVE FEDERALISM”? IS INDIAN

FEDERALISM CO-OPERATIVE OR COMPETITIVE IN NATURE? COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM IS THE

NEED OF HOUR TO TACKLE THE CHALLENGES THAT THREATEN OUR FOREIGN POLICY

OBJECTIVES? [ 200 WORDS]

170. WHAT IS GOALLINE TECHNOLOGY? HOW DOES IT WORK? ADD A NOTE ON ITS SIGNIFICANCE?

[200 WORDS]

171. PUBLIC TOILETS ARE GENERALLY CRITICIZED FOR ITS WOMEN – UNFRIENDLY NATURE BECAUSE

OF LACK OF HYGIENE AND SANITATION. “SHE-TOILETS” PROVIDE A SOLUTION TO THESE

PROBLEMS – COMMENT? [100 WORDS]

172. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM “WORK CULTURE”? A HEALTHY WORK CULTURE IS

IMPORTANT TO ACHIEVE GOOD GOVERNANCE. COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

173. WHAT IS ‘MATCH FIXING’? HOW MATCH FIXING DIFFERS FROM SPOT FIXING?

174. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS CHALLENGES THAT INDIA IS FACING IN ACHIEVING THE GOALS 4 & 5 OF

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS [MDGs]? ADD A NOTE ON VARIOUS STEPS TAKEN BY GoI IN

FULFILLING THE TARGETS OF GOAL 4 & 5 UNDER MDGs? [ 200 WORDS]

175. THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA IS A LIVING DOCUMENT WHICH GROWS & EVOLVES WITH TIME.

DISCUSS THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF OUR CONSTITUTION TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT?

[200 WORDS]

176. WHAT IS ‘PROTEIN ENERGY MALNUTRITION’? WHY PROTEINS ARE VITAL FOR OUR BODY

GROWTH? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO ALLEIVATE

POVERTY? [200 WORDS]

177. SECTION 6A OF DELHI SPECIAL POLICE ESTABLISHMENT (DSPE ) ACT CREATES TWO CLASS OF

OFFICERS AND NEED TO BE SCRAPED – CRITICALLY ANALYSE ( 100 WORDS )

178. WHY ANIMAL – TESTING IN COSMETICS SHOULD BE BANNED ? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS STEPS

TAKEN BY GOVT OF INDIA TO STOP ANIMAL CRUELTY IN COSMETICS ? GIVE YOUR SUGGESTION

TO MAKE INDIA FULLY CRUELTY – FREE COSMETICS ZONE ? ( 200 WORDS)

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179. DESCRIBE IN DETAIL THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF NATIONAL SECURITY GUARDS? ADD A

NOTE ON DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NATIONAL SECURITY GUARDS AND NATIONAL INVESTIGATION

AGENCY [NIA]

180. WHAT IS PRESS FREEDOM INDEX? DISCUSS THE MAJOR FINDINGS OF PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

2014? ADD A NOTE ON YELLOW JOURNALISM? [200 WORDS]

181. DEFINE – CLINICAL TRIAL? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS PHASES INVOLVED IN CLINICAL TRIALS?

DISCUSS THE VARIOUS STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO REGULATE CLINICAL

TRIALS? ADD A NOTE ON HELSINKI DECLARATION ON CLINICAL TRIALS? [200 WORDS]

182. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘SURROGACY’? HOW DOES SURROGACY WORK? SHOULD

COMMERCIAL SURROGACY BE LEGALIZED IN INDIA? – COMMENT & ADD A NOTE ON ‘ASSISTED

REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY’ BILL 2010? [ 200 WORDS]

183. DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE? PRIME MINISTER’S

OFFICE PLAYS A CENTRAL ROLE IN ENSURING THE SUCCESS OF WESTMINSTER MODEL OF

GOVERNMENT IN INDIA – CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE STATEMENT? [ 200 WORDS]

184. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF CLINICAL ESTABLISHMENTS (REGISTRATION AND

REGULATION) ACT? ADD A NOTE ON ITS DRAWBACKS? [ 200 WORDS]

185. SECTION 126A OF REPRESENTATION OF PEOPLE ACT & ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN ENSURING A LEVEL

PLAYING FIELD DURING INDIAN ELECTIONS? [100 WORDS]

186. EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING TERMS – TRANSGENDERS, HERMAPHRODITISM & TRANSVESTITE?

DISCUSS THE PROBLEMS BEING FACED BY TRANSGENDERS SINCE INDEPENDENCE?

RECOGNITION OF TRANSGENDER AS A ‘THIRD GENDER’ IS NOT A SOCIAL AND MEDICAL ISSUE

BUT A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE – CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATEMENT? [300 WORDS]

187. WHAT IS UNIFORM CIVIL CODE? DESCRIBE THE IMPORTANCE OF SHAH BANU CASE

JUDGEMENT? THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNIFORM CIVIL CODE WILL MAKE INDIA A TRULY

SECULAR AND MODERN NATION-STATE – CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATEMENT? [ 200 WORDS]

188. WHAT IS ELECTION MANIFESTO? SHOULD ELECTION MANIFESTOS BE MADE LEGALLY BINDING?

WHAT LESSON THAT INDIA CAN LEARN FROM BHUTAN ON THE ISSUE OF ELECTION

MANIFESTOS? ADD A NOTE ON ELECTION COMMISSON OF INDIA’S RECENTLY PUBLISHED

GUIDELINES ON ELECTION MANIFESTO? [200 words]

189. WHAT IS ‘EXIT POLL’? HOW EXIT POLL DIFFER FROM OPINION POLL? EXIT POLL IS CONSIDERED

AS RELIABLE INDICATOR THAN PRE-POLL SURVEY/OPINION POLL – CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE


190. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘OPINION POLL’? DO YOU THINK THAT OPINION POLL SHOULD BE

BANNED? OPINION POLLS TEND TO MISLEAD THE VOTERS RATHER THAN TO INFORM THEM –


191. DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF CRIMINAL LAW [AMENDMENT] ACT 2013?

192. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “GOOD GOVERNANCE”? DESCRIBE THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF

GOOD GOVERNANCE? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS STRATEGIES THAT NEED TO BE FOLLOWED IN

ENSURING GOOD GOVERNANCE? ADD A NOTE ON GOOD GOVERNANCE INITIATIVES IN

INDIA.(200 WORDS)

193. DO YOU THINK INDIA SHOULD OPT FOR COMPULSORY VOTING? EXAMINE THE PROS AND

CONS OF INTRODUCING COMPULSORY VOTING IN INDIA? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS STEPS THAT

NEED TO BE TAKEN, IF INDIA OPTS FOR COMPULSORY VOTING? [ 200 WORDS]

194. DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF RTE ACT 2009? [100 WORDS]

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195. TITBITS – 1. BIOBURDEN 2. RAVINDER DAHIYA 3. ARJUNA AWARD 4. CAN GOVERNMENT BLOCK

ALL PORN WEBSITES 5. KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF ORDER OF BRITISH EMPIRE? [20 WORDS

EACH]

196. DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE OF BODOLAND TERRITORIAL COUNCIL? DO YOU THINK THAT

SEPARATE BODOLAND STATE SHOULD BE CREATED? ANALYZE THE PROS AND CONS OF

CREATING SEPARATE STATE OF BODOLAND WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PROBLEMS OF NORTH

EASTERN STATES? [200 WORDS]

197. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON ‘MOBILE SEVA’ PROJECT & ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN PROVIDING

INCLUSIVE GOVERNANCE? [200 WORDS]

198. DISCUSS THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF INDIAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT? [200

WORDS]

199. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON WAKF [ AMENDMENT] BILL 2013 [ 200 WORDS]

200. THE SOLUTION TO UNDERNUTRITION NEEDS INTEGRATED AND MISSION MODE APPROACH –


201. BRIEFLY ELABORATE THE STEPS TAKEN BY TRAI TO CURB PESKY CALLS [ 100 WORDS]

202. FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW, WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT NEWS MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS

CURRENTLY FACE? [ 100 WORDS / 5 MARKER]

203. WHAT IS “BREAKING NEWS SYNDROME”? HOW BREAKING NEWS SYNDROME AFFECTS OUR

FOREIGN POLICY? [ 200 WORDS] [10 MARKS]

204. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “DRUG ABUSE”? WHAT ARE THE STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF

INDIA TO PREVENT DRUG ABUSE [ 200 words]

205. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON MISSION “ONE NATION, ONE GRID & ONE FREQUENCY” [ 100

WORDS]

206. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “SAHITYA ACADEMY AWARD” [ 50 WORDS]

207. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “TOTAL LITERACY CAMPAIGN” & ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [200 WORDS]

208. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS OF VIJAY BHASKAR COMMITTEE? [100 WORDS]

209. WHAT IS E-MIGRATE PROJECT? HOW IT WORKS? BRIEFLY MENTION THE SIGNIFICANCE OF E-

MIGRATE PROJECT? [200 WORDS]

210. WHAT IS “GRANTHASALA SANGHOM MOVEMENT”? BRIEFLY MENTION THE SIGNIFICANCE OF

IT? [200 WORDS]

211. WHAT IS MEGA POWER POLICY? WHAT ARE ITS OBJECTIVES? BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE RECENT

AMENDMENTS MADE IN MEGA POWER POLICY 2009? [200 WORDS]

212. “NATIONAL JUDICIAL DATA GRID IS THE NEED OF HOUR TO STRENGTHEN JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN

INDIA. COMMENT [ 100 WORDS]

213. BRING OUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 120TH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BILL 2013 [200

WORDS]

214. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “NALANDA UNIVERSITY BILL 2013? [ 100 WORDS]

215. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY E-INCLUSION PROJECT? “E-INCLUSION IS THE WAY TO

ACHIEVE TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE” – CRITICALLY ANALYZE [200 words]

216. BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL OF

BIO – ENERGY [ 100 WORDS]

217. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS OBJECTIVES OF “RUSA”? RUSA WILL REDUCE THE QUALITY GAP EXISTS

BETWEEN CENTRAL AND STATE EDUCATION SYSTEM – COMMENT? [200 words]

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218. “SWADHAR GREY SCHEME IS A JOINT EFFORT OF CENTRAL & STATE GOVT TO EMPOWER

WOMEN IN INDIA” – COMMENT [200 WORDS]

219. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “NATIONAL MERIT AWARDS” [ 100 words]

220. DISCUSS THE SALIENT FEATURES OF RASHTRIYA KISHOR SWATHYA KARYAKRAM? WHY INDIA

NEEDS SUCH SCHEME? [ 200 words]

221. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY 2014” [ 100 WORDS]

222. INDIA IS CONSIDERED AS CANCER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE


223. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “WHITE PAPER” & ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [50 WORDS]

224. DESCRIBE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF RTI ACT 2005? CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE SUCCESS OF RTI ACT

2005? ELABORATE THE STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT TO MAKE RTI ACT CITIZEN FRIENDLY?

[300 WORDS]

225. DISCUSS THE SALIENT FEATURES OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT BILL 2012? [200 WORDS]

226. IN SOUTH ASIA, INDIA IS CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE UNSAFE PLACE TO LIVE. ANALYZE THE

STATEMENT WITH THE HELP OF RECENTLY PUBLISHED NATIONAL BOMB DATA CENTRE REPORT?

[200 WORDS]

227. WRITE SHORT NOTE ON 1. SMS GATEWAY PROJECT 2. NATIONAL POLICY ON BIOFUELS

3.JATROPA MICRO MISSION 4. JABOBA PLANT VS JATROPA PLANT 5. NATIONAL BOARD OF

WILDLIFE 6. CARBON TAX [20 WORDS EACH]

228. THE CREATION OF “MINI-CAPITALS” PROVIDES A WAY TO ACHIEVE INCLUSIVE AND

DECENTRALIZED DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA. – CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE STATEMENT [200 WORDS]

229. ELABORATE THE SIGNIFICANT PROVISIONS OF THE GOVERNORS (EMOLUMENTS, ALLOWANCES

AND PRIVILEGES) AMENDMENT BILL, 2012? [100 WORDS]

230. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “MODEL SCHOOL”? DISCUSS THE KEY FEATURES OF A MODEL

SCHOOL UNDER MODEL SCHOOL SCHEME? [ 200 WORDS]

231. DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF RASHTRIYA RIFLES? HOW RASHTRIYA RIFLES

DIFFERS FROM ASSAM RIFLES? [200 WORDS]

232. WRITE A “ONE RANK ONE PENSION SCHEME”& ITS SIGNIFICANCE [100 WORDS]

233. DEFINE –“DRYLANDS”? WHY DRYLAND FARMING IS SIGNIFICANT IN A TROPICAL COUNTRY LIKE

INDIA? DRYLAND FARMING MISSION COULD ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF FARMER’S SUICIDES IN

INDIA – COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

234. DISCUSS THE SALIENT FEATURES OF INTEGRATED CHILD PROTECTION SCHEME [ICPS]? [200

WORDS]

235. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “PUBLIC RECORDS”? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF PUBLIC

RECORDS ACT 1993? “THE SENDING OF PUBLIC RECORDS VIA PRIVATE MAIL SERVICES IS A

VIOLATION OF PUBLIC RECORDS ACT 1993” – ANALYZE THE STATEMENT? [200 WORDS]

236. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “BIOFORTIFICATION”? DESCRIBE ITS VARIOUS ADVANTAGES?

BIOFORTIFICATION IS A TOOL TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF ‘HIDDEN HUNGER’ –JUSTIFY THE


237. DISCUSS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GETTING “NATIONAL MINORITY STATUS” TO A COMMUNITY?

[50 WORDS]

238. DISCUSS THE STRUCTURE, ROLE & MANDATES OF NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE

[NDRF]? [200 WORDS]

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239. “SIGN BILINGUISM IS ESSENTIAL FOR FULL ENJOYMENT OF RIGHTS FOR DEAF PEOPLE” –

CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE STATEMENT [ 200 WORDS] –

240. BRIEFLY ENUMERATE THE STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT TO EMPOWER DEAF PEOPLE & TO

REALIZE THEIR POTENTIAL? [100 WORDS]

241. WHAT IS “LEAP” INITIATIVE? DISCUSS ITS VARIOUS OBJECTIVES & SIGNIFICANCE? [ 200

WORDS]

242. DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS OBJECTIVES, SALIENT FEATURES OF RECENTLY LAUNCHED NATIONAL

URBAN HEALTH MISSION [200 WORDS]

243. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON RECENT CONTROVERSIAL CHANGES PROPOSED IN INTERNATIONAL

CRICKET COUNCIL’S STRUCTURE & ITS IMPLICATIONS? [ 100 WORDS]

244. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “RURAL –URBAN CLUSTERS”? THE RECHRISTINED PURA SCHEME WILL

ENSURE THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL-URBAN CLUSTERS-COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

245. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON ‘INDIA INCLUSION INNOVATION FUND’? [100 WORDS]

246. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON STRUCTURE, MANDATE & FUNCTIONS OF NCPCR? [100 WORDS]

247. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “ NATIONAL MISSION FOR EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN” [ 100

words]

248. DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS ROLES AND FUNCTION OF CAG & HOW CAG’s ROLE HELPS IN GOOD

GOVERNANCE ? [200 WORDS]

1. INDIAN OCEAN MONSOON SYSTEM PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN NOT ONLY EVOLUTION OF

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES, BUT ALSO IN THE EVOLUTION OF HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL

FEATURES IN INDIA AND INDIAN OCEAN LITTORAL STATES. JUSTIFY THE STATEMENT? [200

WORDS]

2. DESCRIBE THE MAJOR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF PROJECT ‘MAUSAM’? ADD A NOTE ON THE

ROLE OF PROJECT MAUSAM IN INTERCONNECTING INDIAN OCEAN LITTORAL STATES? [ 200

WORDS]

3. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “CONTINENTAL SHELF”? DISCUSS THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF

UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON THE LIMITS OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF? [200 WORDS]

4. ‘RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT’ MODEL OR ‘SABARMATI RIVER’ MODEL PROVIDES A IDEAL

SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS FACED BY MAJOR RIVERS IN INDIA. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE

STATEMENT. EXPLAIN THE PROS AND CONS OF SABARMATI RIVER MODEL? [200 WORDS]

5. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF BEGAM HAZRAT MAHAL IN INDIA’S STRUGGLE FOR

INDEPENDENCE? [200 WORDS]

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6. WHAT IS INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE OR INDIAN NINO? DESCRIBE THE MECHANISM INVOLVED IN ITS

FORMATION? HOW INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE AFFECTS INDIAN MONSOON PATTERN? ADD A NOTE

ON WALKER CIRCULATION? [200 WORDS]

7. DISCUSS THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF INDIAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT? [200

WORDS]

8. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘LONG AVERAGE PERIOD”? HOW L.A.P CONCEPT IS

HELPFUL IN CLASSIFICATION OF RAINFALL IN INDIA? DISCUSS THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF

DEFICIT RAINFALL ON INDIAN ECONOMY IN 2014? [200 WORDS]

9. WHAT IS EL-NINO? HOW EL-NINO DIFFERS FROM LA-NINO? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS SOCIAL,

ECONOMIC AND HEALTH IMPACTS OF ENSO SYSTEM ON INDIA? [ 200 WORDS]

10. DESCRIBE THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF “YASUKUNI SHRINE” IN THE WORLD POLITICS?

HOW YASUKUNI SHRINE AFFECTS CHINA – JAPAN RELATIONS? ADD A NOTE ON ‘NANKING

MASSACRE”? [ 200 WORDS]

11. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS FACTORS THAT MAKE SRIHARIKOTA AS AN IDEAL SATELLITE LAUNCH

SITE? WHY MOST OF THE WORLD’S COMMUNICATION SATELLITES LAUNCH CENTRES ARE

LOCATED IN EAST COAST? [ 200 WORDS]

12. WHAT IS TSUNAMI? HOW DOES IT OCCUR? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS TYPES OF TSUNAMI? ADD A

NOTE ON INDIAN EARLY TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM? [ 300 WORDS]

13. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘ROARING FORTIES’? EXPLAIN THE MECHANISM OF FORMATION OF

ROARING FORTIES? [200 WORDS]

14. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON ‘Dr.AMBEDKAR NATIONAL AWARD” & ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [100

WORDS] +

15. DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE AND VARIOUS OBJECTIVES OF LALIT KALA AKADEMI IN PROMOTING

ART & CULTURE IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

16. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY AEROSOLS? DISCUSS VARIOUS TYPES OF AEROSOLS AND THEIR EFFECT

ON EARTH CLIMATIC SYSTEM? HOW LEVEL OF DESERTIFICATION IN WANA REGION AFFECTS

INDIAN MONSOON? [200 WORDS]

17. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF FIRST WORLD WAR? DISCUSS THE

CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIAN ARMY FROM UNDIVIDED INDIA IN ENSURING THE VICTORY OF

ALLIED POWERS? [200 WORDS]

18. ENUMERATE THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF CRIMEAN WAR OF 1853 -1856? [200

WORDS]

19. EXAMINE THE VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF “NIGHTINGALE OF INDIA” TO PRE- AND POST-

INDEPENDENCE INDIA [ 200 WORDS]

20. DISCUSS THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MAULANA HASRAT MOHANI TO INDIA’S FREEDOM

STRUGGLE? [200 WORDS]

21. DEFINE ‘AVALANCHES”? HOW IT OCCURS? DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS PREVENTIVE STEPS TAKEN BY

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO CONTROL AVALANCHES? [200 WORDS]

22. INDIA IS OFTEN CALLED “INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE” OF THE WORLD. CRITICALLY

EVALUATE THE STATEMENT BY USING FOLK DANCES OF INDIA AS AN EXAMPLE [ 300 WORDS]

23. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “JUNBEEL MELA”? [50 WORDS]

24. BRING OUT THE SALIENT FEATURES OF NEW LAND POLICY FOR MAJOR PORTS? [200 words]

25. BRING OUT THE SALIENT FEATURES OF TRANSPLANTATION OF HUMAN ORGANS [AMENDMENT]

ACT 2013 [ 200 WORDS]

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26. “NATIONAL CANCER GRID IS THE NEED OF HOUR” – CRITICALLY ANALYZE [ 200 WORDS]

27. ENUMERATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI TO PRE AND POST-

INDEPENDENCE INDIA? [200 WORDS] [100TH YEAR]

28. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY CONTINENTAL MARGIN? HOW ACTIVE MARGIN DIFFERS FROM

PASSIVE MARGIN? ENUMERATE TWO REASONS FOR KG BASIN[MARGIN] TO COME IN THE NEWS

FREQUENTLY? [200 WORDS]

29. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “KIEW EH – RNGIEW” [ART & CULTURE] [ 50 WORDS]

30. MOHENJODARO WAS ONE OF THE MOST DEVELOPED CITY OF INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION –

JUSTIFY THE STATEMENT [200 WORDS]

31. “IRRESPECTIVE OF THE PURPOSE, BRITISH RULE IN INDIA LED TO THE – DEVELOPMENT OF

RAILWAYS’ – SUBSTANTIATE YOUR ANSWER BY USING “PAMPAN BRIDGE” AS AN EXAMPLE [100

words]

32. SHORT NOTE – SUBHAH –E—BANARAS,SANJEEVANI BOOTI, KAWAD,TERAH TAALI,PONGAL, TIPU

SULTAN, BHUPEN HAZARIKA, AJI LHAMU, ARECANUT PURULIA CHHAU BHUMKAL FREEDOM

MOVEMENT NARALI PORNIMA JADI BUTI?

33. WHAT IS INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE OR INDIAN NINO? DESCRIBE THE MECHANISM INVOLVED IN ITS

FORMATION? HOW INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE AFFECTS INDIAN MONSOON PATTERN? ADD A NOTE

ON WALKER CIRCULATION? [200 WORDS]

34. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF BEGAM HAZRAT MAHAL IN INDIA’S STRUGGLE FOR


35. WHAT IS EL-NINO? HOW EL-NINO DIFFERS FROM LA-NINO? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS SOCIAL,

ECONOMIC AND HEALTH IMPACTS OF ENSO SYSTEM ON INDIA? [ 200 WORDS]

36. NATIONAL MONSOON MISSION IS THE NEED OF HOUR TO A TROPICAL COUNTRY LIKE INDIA –


37. SHORT NOTE – SUBHAH –E—BANARAS,SANJEEVANI BOOTI, KAWAD,TERAH TAALI,PONGAL, TIPU

SULTAN, BHUPEN HAZARIKA, AJI LHAMU, ARECANUT PURULIA CHHAU BHUMKAL FREEDOM

MOVEMENT NARALI PORNIMA JADI BUTI? [20 WORDS EACH]

38. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE”? HOW INTANGIBLE HERITAGE

DIFFERS FROM TANGIBLE HERITAGE? ADD A NOTE ON SANKIRTANA? [200 WORDS]

39. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “JUNBEEL MELA”? [50 WORDS]

40. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF RANI VELU NACHIYAR IN THE FIGHT AGAINST

BRITISH COLONIAL RULE IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

41. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF ‘VEER SAVARKAR’ IN INDIA’S PRE & POST –


42. DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS – TYPHOON, SUPER-TYPHOON, HURRICANE? DESCRIBE THE

MECHANISM OF FORMATION OF TYPHOON/SUPERTYPHOON? HOW TYPHOONS ARE NAMED?

[200 WORDS]

43. WHAT IS LANDSLIDE? HOW DOES LANDSLIDES OCCUR? HOW TO DETECT LANDSLIDES BEFORE IT

OCCURS? DISCUSS THE STEPS TAKEN BY GOVT OF INDIA TO PREVENT/REDUCE THE IMPACT OF

LANDSLIDES? ADD A NOTE ON NATIONAL GUIDELINES ON LANDSLIDES AND SNOW

AVALANCHES? [200 WORDS]

44. DSCUSS THE VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY BABU JAGJIVAN RAM TO PRE-INDEPENDENCE

AND POST-INDEPENDENCE INDIA? [ 200 WORDS]

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1. DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF UNIDO? ADD A NOTE ON UNIDO’S “SUSTAINABLE

ENERGY FOR ALL” REPORT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON INDIA? (200 WORDS

2. DESCRIBE THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF IRAQ TO INDIA? ENUMERATE THE REASONS FOR

ONGOING IRAQ CRISIS? HOW DOES IRAQ CRISIS AFFECT INDIAN ECONOMY? WHAT INDIA CAN

DO TO PROTECT OUR ECONOMY FROM SUCH FLUCTUATIONS? [200 WORDS]

3. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE CHANGING NATURE OF INDIA – BHUTAN RELATIONS? [ 200 WORDS]

4. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY ‘ZERO SUM GAME’ IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS? [100

WORDS]

5. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION’? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS OBJECTIVES AND

PROVISIONS OF NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY? CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE REASONS

WHICH COMPEL INDIA NOT TO SIGN NON PROLIFERATION TREATY? [200 WORDS]

6. INDUS WATER TREATY IS CONSIDERED AS PARTITIONING OF RIVERS RATHER THAN SHARING OF

RIVER WATER – CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATEMENT [ 200 WORDS]

7. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘ONE COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS’ MODEL? HOW IT HELPED CHINA TO

REUNIFY ITS TERRITORIES? [200 WORDS]

8. EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WESTERN PACIFIC NAVAL SYMPOSIUM? ADOPTION OF CODE FOR

UNPLANNED ENCOUNTERS AT SEA [CUES] WILL HELP TO BRING DOWN TENSION IN SOUTH AND

EAST CHINA SEA DISPUTES – CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATEMENT? [200 WORDS]

9. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “WHITE CONTINENT”? WHY IS IT SIGNIFICANT? DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS

FEATURES OF ANTARCTIC TREATY 1959? ADD A NOTE ON INDIA’S RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN

ANTARCTICA? [200 WORDS]

10. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON ‘UN’s SAFE CITY PROJECT” & ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO INDIA? [100

WORDS]

11. DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF UN – ECOSOC? [100 WORDS]

12. WHAT IS INDIA’S ‘EXTENDED NEIGHBOURHOOD’ CONCEPT? INDIA’S EXTENDED

NEIGHBOURHOOD IS CRUCIAL FOR OUR ENERGY SECURITY – CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE


13. WHAT IS EU BLUE CHIP INITIATIVE? COMPARE IT WITH US GREEN CARD INITIATIVE? IN THE

GLOBALIZED WORLD, THE MOVEMENT OF HIGHLY SKILLED PROFESSIONALS IS VERY IMPORTANT

POLICY TOOL TO CREATE GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. – CRITICALLY ANALYZE

THE STATEMENT? [200 WORDS]

14. WHAT IS NITAQAT PROGRAMME? HOW IT IMPACTS INDIA – SAUDI ARABIA RELATIONS? [200

WORDS]

15. DISCUSS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LABOUR COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND

SAUDI ARABIA [100 words]

16. DISCUSS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF “CONSULAR ACCESS AGREEMENT” BETWEEN INDIA AND

PAKISTAN? [100 WORDS]

17. SPECIAL ARTICLE ON ” INDIA –MALDIVES RELATIONS”

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18. WHAT IS BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY [BIT]? ENUMERATE THE REASONS FOR PROBLEMS

ASSOCIATED WITH INDIA’S BITs WIT OTHER NATIONS? SUGGEST THE MEASURES TO AVOID THE

PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH IT? [200 WORDS]

19. BIMSTEC ACTS AS BRIDGE BETWEEN SOUTH ASIA AND EAST ASIA – CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE


20. WHAT IS “MARITIME SILK ROAD”? COMPARE THE MARITIME SILK ROAD STRATEGY WITH STRING

OF PEARLS STRATEGY? DO YOU THINK THAT INDIA SHOULD JOIN MARITIME SILK ROAD PLAN? -


21. DISCUSS IN DETAIL THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT? [200

WORDS]

22. IN CHANGING GEOPOLITICAL CONDITIONS, SOMETIMES TINY NATIONS OCCUPY SIGNIFICANT

POSITION BECAUSE OF ITS STRATEGIC LOCATION. ANALYZE THE STATEMENT BY USING

AZERBAIJAN AS AN EXAMPLE & ITS ROLE IN IMPROVING INDIA –RUSSIA RELATIONS? [200

WORDS]

23. TEESTA RIVER WATER SHARING ISSUE & ITS IMPACT ON INDIA -BANGLADESH RELATIONS [200

WORDS]

24. DO YOU THINK THAT 1950 INDIA – NEPAL TREATY OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP SHOULD BE

REVISED? COMMENT [200 WORDS]

25. DISCUSS THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF UNAIDS ? DISCUSS THE SALIENT FEATURES OF

RECENTLY PUBLISHED UNAIDS ‘GAP’ REPORT?(200 WORDS)

26. DESCRIBE THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF JAPAN TO INDIA? CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE

CHANGING NATURE OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORLD’S LARGEST DEMOCRACY AND ASIA’S

OLDEST DEMOCRACY? [200 WORDS]

27. WHAT IS ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL OF IAEA? CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF INDIA’S

RATIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO IAEA? [200 WORDS]

28. DISCUSS THE SALIENT FEATURES OF ‘MARRAKESH TREATY’? ADD A NOTE ON CHALLENGES THAT

NEED TO BE ADDRESSED TO IMPLEMENT MARRAKESH TREATY IN INDIA? [ 200 WORDS]

29. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF UN RESOLUTION AGAINST CHILD

MARRIAGE? EXAMINE THE REASONS FOR INDIA’S OPPOSITION TO THIS UNITED NATIONS

RESOLUTION? [ 200 WORDS]

30. WHAT ARE ‘MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS’? WILL INDIA BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE M.D.G

TARGETS BY THE YEAR 2015? CRITICALLY ANALYZE. ADD A NOTE ON IMPORTANT STEPS TAKEN

BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO ACHIEVE M.D.Gs? [200 WORDS]

31. DISCUSS THE STRUCTURE & MANDATE OF ‘SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL

COOPERATION [SAARC]‘? [200 WORDS]

32. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON ‘WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT”?[100 WORDS]

33. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON ‘INDIA – DENMARK RELATIONS’? [100 WORDS]

34. CRITICALLY ANALYSE THE REASONS FOR ‘NIGERIAN CRISIS” & ROLE OF ‘BOKO HARAM’ IN

DESTABILIZING THE WESTERN AFRICA? [200 WORDS]

35. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR

MIGRATION? [100 WORDS]

36. DEFINE – UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE & TENTATIVE LIST? DISCUSS THE CRITERIA USED TO

SELECT A SITE AS WORLD HERITAGE SITE? ADD A NOTE ON RECENTLY ADDED UNESCO

TENTATIVE LIST OF INDIAN SITES & THEIR CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE? [ 200 WORDS]

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37. WHAT ARE YOGYAKARTA PRINCIPLES? DISCUSS THE IMPORTANT PROVISIONS OF YOGYAKARTA

PRINCIPLES? HOW YOGYAKARTA PRINCIPLES ARE IMPORTANT TO INDIA? ADD A NOTE ON THE

ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS IN PROMOTING YOGYAKARTA PRINCIPLES?

[200 WORDS]

38. DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF ‘UN WATER’? [200 WORDS]

39. DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF UNIDO? ADD A NOTE ON UNIDO’S “SUSTAINABLE

ENERGY FOR ALL” REPORT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON INDIA? (200 WORDS)

40. WHAT IS ‘WASHINGTON ACCORD’? DISCUSS ITS VARIOUS FEATURES? HOW INDIA WILL GET

BENEFITED BY BECOMING A MEMBER OF WASHINGTON ACCORD? ADD A NOTE ON SEOUL,

DUBLIN & SYDNEY ACCORD? [200 WORDS]

41. WHAT IS ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK [AIIB] INITIATIVE? DO YOU THINK INDIA

SHOULD JOIN ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK? CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE POSSIBLE

PROS AND CONS OF SUCH DECISION? [200 WORDS]

42. WHAT IS ‘GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL’? HOW GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL IS SIGNIFICANT

TO INDIA? ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION OF WORKERS FROM INDIA TO GCC NATIONS IS A THORNY

ISSUE BETWEEN INDIA AND GCC NATIONS. GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE THE

RELATIONS FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE? [200 WORDS]

43. DESCRIBE THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF IRAQ TO INDIA? ENUMERATE THE REASONS FOR

ONGOING IRAQ CRISIS? HOW DOES IRAQ CRISIS AFFECT INDIAN ECONOMY? WHAT INDIA CAN

DO TO PROTECT OUR ECONOMY FROM SUCH FLUCTUATIONS? [200 WORDS]

44. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE CHANGING NATURE OF INDIA – BHUTAN RELATIONS? [ 200 WORDS]

45. WHAT IS INDIA’S LOOK EAST POLICY? EXAMINE THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH LED TO THE

EVOLUTION OF INDIA’S LOOK EAST POLICY? DO YOU THINK INDIA’S LOOK EAST POLICY IS A

SUCCESSFUL INITIATIVE? CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE STATEMENT WITH EXAMPLES [200 WORDS]

46. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE VARIOUS REASONS FOR BANGLADESH – MYANMAR BORDER DISPUTE?

ANALYZE HOW THE IDENTITY OF ROHINYAS MUSLIMS IS LINKED WITH BORDER DISPUTE? ADD A

NOTE ON THE POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS OF MYANMAR – BANGLADESH BORDER DISPUTE FOR

INDIA? [200 WORDS]

47. DISCUSS THE SALIENT FEATURES OF “WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT”? WHY INDIA IS NOT IN

FAVOR OF INCLUDING CYBER SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES UNDER WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT?

DO YOU THINK INDIA SHOULD BECOME A MEMBER OF WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT?

COMMENT. [ 200 WORDS]

48. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY “BACKCHANNEL DIPLOMACY”? WHY BACKCHANNEL

DIPLOMACY IS NEEDED? DISCUSS THE ROLE OF BACKCHANNEL DIPLOMACY IN BUILDING INDIA –

PAKISTAN RELATIONS? [200 WORDS]

49. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY ‘ZERO SUM GAME’ IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS?

50. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION’? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS OBJECTIVES AND

PROVISIONS OF NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY? CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE REASONS

WHICH COMPEL INDIA NOT TO SIGN NON PROLIFERATION TREATY? [200 WORDS]

51. INDUS WATER TREATY IS CONSIDERED AS PARTITIONING OF RIVERS RATHER THAN SHARING OF

RIVER WATER – CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATEMENT [ 200 WORDS]

52. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘ONE COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS’ MODEL? HOW IT HELPED CHINA TO

REUNIFY ITS TERRITORIES? [200 WORDS]

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53. EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WESTERN PACIFIC NAVAL SYMPOSIUM? ADOPTION OF CODE

FOR UNPLANNED ENCOUNTERS AT SEA [CUES] WILL HELP TO BRING DOWN TENSION IN SOUTH

AND EAST CHINA SEA DISPUTES – CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATEMENT? [200 WORDS]

54. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “WHITE CONTINENT”? WHY IS IT SIGNIFICANT? DESCRIBE THE

VARIOUS FEATURES OF ANTARCTIC TREATY 1959? ADD A NOTE ON INDIA’S RESEARCH

ACTIVITIES IN ANTARCTICA? [200 WORDS]

55. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON ‘UN’s SAFE CITY PROJECT” & ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO INDIA? [100

WORDS]

56. DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF UN – ECOSOC? [100 WORDS]

57. WHAT IS INDIA’S ‘EXTENDED NEIGHBOURHOOD’ CONCEPT? INDIA’S EXTENDED

NEIGHBOURHOOD IS CRUCIAL FOR OUR ENERGY SECURITY – CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE


58. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘WORLD HERITAGE IN DANGER’? HOW IS THE CONCEPT USEFUL IN

PROTECTING WORLD HERITAGE SITES? ADD A NOTE ON ‘WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION’? [200

WORDS]

59. TITBITS – 1. ARJUNA AWARD 2. SUPRAX 3. SHOMPEN TRIBES 4. DECADE OF SUSTAINABLE

ENERGY FOR ALL [2014 – 2024] INITIATIVE 5. EARTH HOUR 6. MISSION TECHNOLOGY PRIZE

60. WHAT IS ‘AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT’? DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS FEATURES

OF THIS AGREEMENT? SHOULD INDIA JOIN THE AGREEMENT? – EXPLAIN [ 200 WORDS]

61. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “NUCLEAR DOCTRINE”? DESCRIBE THE SALIENT FEATURES OF INDIA’S

NUCLEAR DOCTRINE? HOW NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE CONTROLLED IN INDIA? SHOULD INDIA’S

NO FIRST USE DOCTRINE NEED TO BE REVISITED – CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE STATEMENT’? [200

words]

62. WE, AS A NATION, ARE NOT ABLE TO CONDUCT NATIONAL GAMES FOR LAST FIVE YEARS.

ANALYZE THE REASONS FOR THIS FAILURE? NATIONAL GAMES SHOULD BE SCRAPED TO

ALLOCATE THE FUNDS FOR PREPARING INDIAN ATHELTES FOR INTERNATIONAL EVENTS –

CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATEMENT? [ 200 WORDS]

63. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘BILATERAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION AND

PROTECTION AGREEMENT’? DESCRIBE ITS VARIOUS OBJECTIVES AND SIGNIFICANCE? ADD A

NOTE ON ‘NATIONAL TREATMENT & MOST FAVORED NATION STATUS? [ 300 WORDS]

64. WHAT IS ARMS TRADE TREATY? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS FEATURES OF U.N ARMS TRADE TREATY?

ARMS TRADE TREATY, IF IMPLEMENTED IN LETTER AND SPIRIT BY ALL UN MEMBERS, WILL

PREVENT/REDUCE THE OCCURRENCE OF ANOTHER SYRIAN CONFLICT LIKE SITUATION –


65. WHAT ARE “NUCLEAR MATERIALS”? HOW NUCLEAR MATERIALS DIFFER RADIOLOGICAL

MATERIALS? BRING OUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 2014 HAGUE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT IN

ENSURING NUCLEAR SECURITY AND PREVENTING NUCLEAR TERRORISM? [200 WORDS]

66. WHAT IS GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION? HOW GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION IS GRANTED? DISCUSS

THE VARIOUS BENEFITS OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS? ADD A NOTE ON LAW/CONVENTION

DEALING WITH GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS? [ 200 WORDS]

67. DISCUSS THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION? DISCUSS

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ON WHALE HUNTING? [ 200 WORDS]

68. DISCUSS THE ROLE OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL IN PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS? BRING OUT

THE SALIENT FEATURES OF GLOBAL DEATH PENALTY REPORT 2013? [200 WORDS]

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69. INDIA SHOULD PREFER TO JOIN REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP RATHER

THAN JOINING TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP IN REALIZING THE GOAL OF MAKING 21ST

CENTURY AS ASIAN CENTURY- CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE STATEMENT? [200 WORDS]

70. DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF ORGANIZATION OF SECURITY AND CO-

OPERATION IN THE CHANGING GEO-STRATEGIC EURASIAN SECURITY ENVIRONMENT? [200

WORDS]

71. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON 1. G7 2. G8 3. G20 4 G8+5 & DIFFERENTIATE THEM? [50 WORDS

EACH]

72. DIEGO GARCIA IS VITAL FOR MAINTAINING AMERICA’S HEGEMONY IN THE INDIAN OCEAN

REGION – CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE STATEMENT [200 WORDS]

73. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘WORLD HERITAGE’? DISCUSS THE ROLE OF UNESCO IN PROTECTING

WORLD HERITAGE SITES? [200 WORDS]

74. CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF INTERPOL? [200 WORDS]

75. DISCUSS THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF UNITED NATION HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

[UNHRC]? ADD A NOTE ON UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW MECHANISM? [200 WORDS]

76. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “COLD WAR”? DESCRIBE THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUNCES OF COLD

WAR? 21ST CENTURY IS EXPERIENCING SECOND / NEO-COLD WAR- COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

77. ‘INDIA’S SECURITY DEPENDS UPON THE SECURITY OF INDIAN OCEAN’ – CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE

STATEMENT [ 200 WORDS]

78. CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE IPR DISPUTE BETWEEN INDIA AND USA? HOW THE ISSUE OF USING

COMPULSORY LICENSING IN PHARMA SECTOR CAN BE SOLVED? [200 WORDS]

79. DISCUSS THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF GANGES WATER TREATY 1996? [200 WORDS]

80. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON INDIA’S RIVER WATER SHARING AGREEMENTS WITH ITS

NEIGHBOURS? [100 WORDS]

81. IN SOUTH ASIA, INDIA IS CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE UNSAFE PLACE TO LIVE. ANALYZE THE

STATEMENT WITH THE HELP OF RECENTLY PUBLISHED NATIONAL BOMB DATA CENTRE REPORT?

[200 WORDS

82. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE”? HOW INTANGIBLE HERITAGE

DIFFERS FROM TANGIBLE HERITAGE? ADD A NOTE ON SANKIRTANA? [200 WORDS]

83. BIMSTEC ACTS AS BRIDGE BETWEEN SOUTH ASIA AND EAST ASIA – CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE


84. WHAT IS “MARITIME SILK ROAD”? COMPARE THE MARITIME SILK ROAD STRATEGY WITH STRING

OF PEARLS STRATEGY? DO YOU THINK THAT INDIA SHOULD JOIN MARITIME SILK ROAD PLAN? -


85. DISCUSS IN DETAIL THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT? [200

WORDS

86. IN CHANGING GEOPOLITICAL CONDITIONS, SOMETIMES TINY NATIONS OCCUPY SIGNIFICANT

POSITION BECAUSE OF ITS STRATEGIC LOCATION. ANALYZE THE STATEMENT BY USING

AZERBAIJAN AS AN EXAMPLE & ITS ROLE IN IMPROVING INDIA –RUSSIA RELATIONS? [200

WORDS

87. UKRAINE IS UNDERGOING SECOND ORANGE REVOLUTION – CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE

STATEMENT? [200 words]

88. DISCUSS THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATES OF G20? BRING OUT THE SALIENT FEATURES OF G20

COMMUNIQUE 2014? [200 words]

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89. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT “KARAKORAM HIGHWAY PROJECT”? HOW KARAKORAM

HIGHWAY PROJECT MAY AFFECT INDIA’S INTERESTS? KARAKORAM HIGHWAY PROJECT IS

CONSDIERED AS GAME CHANGER WITH REGARD TO CHINA’S ENERGY SECURITY INTERESTS-


90. SPECIAL ARTICLE ON “KATCHATHEEVU ISLAND CONTROVERSY & SOLUTIONS”

91. SPECIAL ARTICLE ON ‘EXCLAVE & ENCLAVE” & INDIA & BANGLADESH BORDER ISSUES &

SOLUTIONS

92. SPECIAL ARTICLE ON “INDIA-PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN TRIANGULAR RELATIONSHIP”

93. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY ‘BCIM CORRIDOR INITIATIVE”? BCIM INITIATIVE WILL BOOST

INDIA’S STRATEGIC TIES WITH CHINA – COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

94. SPECIAL ARTICLE ON “GEOPOLITICS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA & ITS IMPLICATIONS”

95. USA IS INDIA’S LARGEST EXPORT MARKET FOR PHARMA PRODUCTS DESPITE SOME UNRESOLVED

ISSUES. DISCUSS THE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE SOLVED TO IMPROVE IN INDIA-USA PHARMA

TRADE RELATIONS? [200 WORDS]

96. “STRAIT OF MALACCA IS CONSIDERED AS STRATEGIC CHOKE POINT” – JUSTIFY? [200 WORDS]

97. “CHINA’S YUNNAN PROVINCE PROVIDES SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS BEING FACED BY INDIA’S

NORTHEASTERN REGION” – ANALYZE THE STATEMENT [ 200 WORDS]

98. MILAN & INDIAN OCEAN NAVAL SYMBOSIUM [IONS] ARE COMPLEMENTARY RATHER THAN

COMPETITIVE IN NATURE. CRITICALLY ANALYZE. [ 200 WORDS]

99. UKRAINE IS BECOMING A NEXT PLACE OF COLD WAR BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC AND COMMUNIST

FORCES IN THE WORLD – CRITICALLY ANALYSIS [200 WORDS]

100. TEESTA RIVER WATER SHARING ISSUE & ITS IMPACT ON INDIA -BANGLADESH RELATIONS [200

WORDS]

101. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THE TERM “ABENOMICS”? HOW ABENOMICS IS DIFFERENT FROM

‘LIKONOMICS’? DISCUSS IN DETAILS THE IMPLICATIONS OF ABENOMICS TO INDIA? [200 WORDS]

102. SPECIAL ARTICLE ON “GEOPOLITICS AROUND A TEMPORARY LINE –“LINE OF CONTROL”

103. ENUMERATE THE REASONS FOR FISHERMEN PROBLEMS BETWEEN INDIA AND SRILANKA? GIVE

YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM? [ 100 WORDS]

104. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT “NANKING MASSACRE”? NANKING MASSACRE IS ONE OF THE

THORNY ISSUE IN ESTABLISHING PEACEFUL EAST ASIA – COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

105. “BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION ON DRONES”

[100 WORDS]

106. THERE IS A MARKED SHIFT IN THE GEOGRAPHY OF TRADEMARK FILINGS TOWARDS ASIA –

ANALYZE [ 200 WORDS]

107. SPECIAL ARTICLE ON ” INDIA –MALDIVES RELATIONS”

108. DISCUSS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF “CONSULAR ACCESS AGREEMENT” BETWEEN INDIA AND

PAKISTAN? [100 WORDS]

109. DISCUSS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LABOUR COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND

SAUDI ARABIA [100 words]

110. WHAT IS NITAQAT PROGRAMME? HOW IT IMPACTS INDIA – SAUDI ARABIA RELATIONS? [200

WORDS]

111. WHAT IS AIR DEFENSE IDENTIFICATION ZONE? HOW ADI ZONE DIFFERS FROM FLIGHT

INFORMATION ZONES? BRING OUT THE GEO-POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF CHINESE ADIZ? [200

WORDS]

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112. DESCRIBE IN DETAIL THE GEOSTRATEGIC SIGNIFICANCE OF ARCTIC REGION? OPENING UP OF

NORTHERN SEA ROUTE WILL DIMINISH THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SUEZ CANAL IN GLOBAL

MARITIME TRADE” – CRITICALLY EXAMINE[ 200 WORDS]

113. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM “NUCLEAR UMBRELLA”? HOW NUCLEAR

UMBRELLA CONCEPT DIFFERS FROM NUCLEAR SHARING CONCEPT? “NUCLEAR NON-

PROLIFERATION IS BECOMING A FORGOTTEN WORD IN CHANGING GEOPOLITICAL GAME OF

NUCLEAR DETERRENCE” – CRITICALLY ANALYZE [ 200 WORDS]

114. DISCUSS THE SALIENT FEATURES OF INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IP) INDEX

2014? ENUMERATE THE REASONS FOR INDIA’S LOWEST RANK IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

INDEX? [200 MARKS]

115. -“INTEGRATED CHECK POSTS ARE CRUCIAL FOR STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF SOUTH ASIA” –

CRITICALLY ANALYZE [200 WORDS]

1. “NATIONAL SMART WATERWAYS GRID MISSION IS THE NEED OF HOUR TO ENSURE NOT ONLY

WATER SECURITY & ENERGY SECURITY, BUT ALSO TO MAKE OUR AGRICULTURE SUSTAINABLE” –

CRITICALLY ASSESS THE STATEMENT? [200 WORDS]

2. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON – 1. RHODODENDRONS, 2. PHOOL SANKRANTI, 3. CNEMASPIS GIRII

(DWARF GECKOS), 4. MICROPLASTICS, 5. IUCN GLOBAL MARIE AND POLAR PROGRAMME [ 50

WORDS EACH]

3. TITBITS – 1. BIOBURDEN 2. RAVINDER DAHIYA 3. ARJUNA AWARD 4. CAN GOVERNMENT BLOCK

ALL PORN WEBSITES 5. KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF ORDER OF BRITISH EMPIRE

4. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘OCEAN ACIDIFICATION”? HOW DOES IT OCCUR? DESCRIBE THE

VARIOUS IMPLICATIONS OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ON MARINE ECOSYSTEM? [ 200 WORDS]

5. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “AIR POLLUTION”? DISCUSS THE SALIENT FEATURES OF RECENTLY

RELEASED W.H.O 2013 REPORT ON AIR POLLUTION? ANALYZE THE VARIOUS STEPS TAKEN BY

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO CONTROL AIR POLLUTION? [200 WORDS]

6. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM “ICE STREAM”? DISCUSS THE ROLE OF ICESTREAM

IN MAGNIFYING THE PROBLEM OF SEA LEVEL RISE? DESCRIBE THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES

OF SEA LEVEL RISE?[300 WORDS]

7. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “HAILSTORMS”? HOW HAILSTONES ARE FORMED? DISCUSS THE ROLE

OF UPDRAFT AND THUNDERSTORM IN HAILSTONE FORMATION? [200 WORDS]

8. TITBITS -1.WORLD’ LARGEST DEMOCRACY REMAINS BIGGEST ARMS IMPORTER 2.FORFEITURE

OF DEPOSIT IN ELECTIONS & ITS CHANGING TRENDS 3.207 AGAINST 377 CAMPAIGN 4.SECTION

5 OF ENVIRONMENT (PROTECTION) ACT, 1986 5.NANUQSAURUS HOGLUNDI

9. WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT? DISCUSS VARIOUS COMPONENTS,

PRINCIPLES OF E.I.A? ADD A NOTE ON EIA NORMS IN INDIA? [400 WORDS]

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10. WHAT IS E-EYE? HOW IT WORKS? E-EYE PROJECT OPENS A NEW VISTA FOR PREVENTING MAN-

ANIMAL CONFLICT – CRITICALLY ANALYZE [200 WORDS]

11. WHAT IS ‘BIOPESTICIDE’? WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF BIOPESTICIDES OVER

CONVENTIONAL PESTICIDES? ADD A NOTE ON THE ROLE OF NATIONAL PROJECT ON ORGANIC

FARMING IN PROMOTING USE OF BIOPESTICIDES IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

12. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘SPONGES’? WHY SPONGES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR

MAINTAINING HEALTHY ECOSYSTEM? HOW SPONGES HAVE PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE

EVOLUTION OF HIGHER AND COMPLEX ORGANISMS? [200 WORDS]

13. RECENTLY INDIA IS EMERGED AS HOME TO LARGEST NUMBER OF BIRD SPECIES. IN THIS

BACKGROUND, BRING OUT THE STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO PROTECT

MIGRATORY SPECIES? [200 WORDS]

14. GREEN INDIA MISSION IS NOT MERELY A PLANTATION PROGRAM BUT IT IS CONSIDERED AS

ANOTHER WAY TO ELIMINATE POVERTY – JUSTIFY THE STATEMENT [ 200 WORDS]

15. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “HEAT ISLANDS”? ENUMERATE THE CAUSES AND IMPACTS OF URBAN

HEAT ISLANDS? WRITE A NOTE ON SAFAR PROJECT ? [ 200 WORDS]

16. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM “CARBON FOOTPRINT”? HOW CARBON FOOTPRINT

IS CALCULATED? DESCRIBE THE STEPS TAKEN BY GOVT OF INDIA TO REDUCE THE CARBON

FOOTPRINT? ESTABLISH LINKAGE BETWEEN YOUR FOOD CHOICES AND CARBON FOOTPRINT?

[200 WORDS]

17. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “ECO – TOURISM”? DISCUSS THE MERITS AND DEMERITS OF ECO-

TOURISM?[200 words]

18. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “AGROFORESTRY”? AGROFORESTRY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO

TRANSFORM THE LIVELIHOODS OF RURAL ECONOMY-COMMENT? ELABORATE THE STEPS

TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT TO PROMOTE AGROFORESTRY IN INDIA? [ 200 WORDS]

19. DEFINE –“DRYLANDS”? WHY DRYLAND FARMING IS SIGNIFICANT IN A TROPICAL COUNTRY LIKE

INDIA? DRYLAND FARMING MISSION COULD ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF FARMER’S SUICIDES IN

INDIA – COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

20. DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS ADVANTAGES, DISADVANTAGES OF WIND ENERGY? DRAW A WIND

ENERGY POTENTIAL MAP OF INDIA? ELABORATE THE STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

TO PROMOTE WIND ENERGY GENERATION? [200 WORDS]

21. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “ATMOSPHERIC BROWN CLOUD”? DESCRIBE THE REASONS AND ITS

IMPACTS ON SOUTH ASIA? [200 words]

22. WHAT IS ‘ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDEX”? BRIEFLY MENTION ITS OBJECTIVES?

DISCUSS THE SALIENT FEATURES OF E.P.I 2014 REPORT? [200 words]

23. WHAT IS POLAR VORTEX? HOW IT FORMS? EXPLAIN THE ROLE OF POLAR VORTEX IN DEPLETING

OZONE LAYER? [ 200 WORDS]SPECIAL ARTICLE – “RHINOCEROS – A WORLD’S 5TH LARGEST

LAND ANIMAL GOING TOWARDS EXTINCTION??

24. STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO CONSERVE RHINOCEROS POPULATION? [100

WORDS]

25. ENUMERATE THE STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA FOR PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED

SPECIES [100 WORDS]

26. ENUMERATE THE STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA FOR PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED

SPECIES [ 200 WORDS]

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27. WHAT IS MOCLIC PROJECT? WHY THIS PROJECT IS IMPORTANT IN CHANGING CLIMATIC

CONDITIONS? [ 100 WORDS]

28. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FAMILY FARMING”

29. WHAT IS FAMILY FARMING? WHY IS FAMILY FARMING IMPORTANT? [100 words]

30. ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS AND DEVELOPMENT CAN NOT GO HAND IN HAND. CRITICALLY

EXAMINE THE STATEMENT [ 200 WORDS]

31. DEFINE OCEAN ACIDIFICATION? HOW IT OCCURS? ARCTIC OCEAN IS GETTING ACIDIFIED FASTER

THAN OTHER OCEANS-COMMENT? [200 WORDS]

32. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “INTEGRATED FARMING”? EASTERN INDIA IS OFTEN CALLED AS

“SLEEPING GIANT” IN TERMS OF AGRICULTURAL POTENTIAL. RICE –FISH CULTIVATION IS ONE OF

THE WAY TO WAKE UP SLEEPING GIANT” – CRITICALLY ANALYZE [ 200 WORDS]

33. “BLACK CARBON IS CONSIDERED AS CLIMATE FORCING AGENT” – CRITICALLY ANALYZE [200

WORDS]

34. NATIONAL MONSOON MISSION IS THE NEED OF HOUR TO A TROPICAL COUNTRY LIKE INDIA –


35. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “WESTERLIES”? “RECENT AIR POLLUTION FROM CHINA AFFECTS USA

DIRECTLY AND INDIA INDIRECTLY” – JUSTIFY THE STATEMENT WITH THE HELP OF WESTERLIES

CONCEPT? [ 200 WORDS]

36. ENUMERATE THE VARIOUS REASONS FOR RIVER POLLUTION IN INDIA? TO REDUCE THE RIVER

POLLUTION IN INDIA, SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES NEED TO BE MODERNIZED. CRITICALLY

EXAMINE THE REASONS? ADD A NOTE ON B.K MITTAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS ON

SILTATION PATTERN OF INDIAN RIVERS? [200 WORDS]

37. WHAT IS BLUE CARBON? DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS FUNCTIONS OF MANGROVES THAT HELP TO

COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS? CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE VARIOUS PROBLEMS BEING

FACED BY SUNDERBANS MANGROVES? [200 WORDS]

38. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY ‘POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE & COMMON BUT DIFFERTIATED

RESPONSIBILITIES? EXPLAIN THE POLLUTER PAY PRINCIPLE CONCEPT BY USING ‘NATIONAL

CLEAN ENERGY FUND’ AS AN EXAMPLE? ADD A NOTE ON THE VARIOUS REASONS FOR UNDER-

UTILIZATION OF NATIONAL GREEN ENERGY FUND? [200 WORDS]

39. DEFINE – BLUE WATER, GREEN WATER & GREY WATER? IF YOU TURN TO VEGETARIAN DIET /

REDUCE THE CONSUMPTION OF MEAT, YOU CAN HELP THE GOVERNMENT IN FIGHTING

AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING/CLIMATE CHANGE. JUSIFY THE STATEMENT WITH FACTS? [200

WORDS]

40. WHAT IS NAGOYA PROTOCOL? WHAT ARE THE SALIENT FEATURES OF NAGOYA PROTOCOL?

HOW DOES IT BENEFIT INDIA? ADD A NOTE ON ITS DRAWBACKS? [200 WORDS]

41. WHAT IS GASOHOL? CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE PROS AND CONS OF ETHANOL BLENDING

PROGRAMME? GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE A ETHANOL BLENDING PROGRAMME A

SUCCESSFUL ONE? [200 WORDS]

42. NAME THE IMPORTANT SCHEMES THAT GOVERNMENT OF INDIA IS IMPLEMENTING TO ACHIEVE

‘CLIMATE RESILIENT AGRICULTURE’? ADD A NOTE ON ‘NATIONAL INITIATIVE ON CLIMATE

RESILIENT AGRICULTURE’? [200 WORDS]

43. DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS PHASES OF GANGA RIVER ACTION PLAN? CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE

VARIOUS REASONS FOR ITS FAILURE ? GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE INDIAN RIVERS

CLEAN?[ 200 WORDS]

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44. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND”? HOW DOES IT AFFECT WATER

QUALITY? ANALYZE THE VARIOUS FACTORS THAT INCREASE THE VALUE OF BIOCHEMICAL

OXYGEN DEMAND OF GANGES RIVER IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

45. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT”? GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE

INDIA’S GROWTH TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT? ADD A NOTE ON THE RECENT

RECOMMENDATIONS OF ‘TERI’ ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT? [200 WORDS]

46. “CLUSTER COUNTING OF VOTES SHOULD BE INTRODUCED INSTEAD OF WARD-WISE COUNTING

OF VOTES TO PROTECT THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY OF VOTERS” – CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE


47. WHAT IS GREEN BUILDING? DESCRIBE THE ADVANTAGES OF GOING FOR GREEN BUILDING? ADD

A NOTE ON ‘GRIHA’ SYSTEM IN RATING GREEN BUILDINGS IN INDIA/ [200 WORDS]

48. WHAT ARE ‘EDGE SPECIES’? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS MAN-MADE FACTORS THAT THREATEN THE

SURVIVAL OF EDGE SPECIES? GIVE A LIST OF IMPORTANT EDGE SPECIES IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]

49. WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘COVER CROPS’? HOW CAN COVER CROPS PLAY A

CRUCIAL ROLE IN ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE? ADD A NOTE ON VARIOUS BENEFITS

OF COVER CROPS? [200 WORDS]

50. WHAT IS OCEAN FERTILIZATION OR IRON FERTILIZATION? HOW DOES IT WORK? HOW DOES

OCEAN FERTILIZATION HELP TO CONTROL GLOBAL WARMING? [200 WORDS]

51. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘CARBON SEQUESTRATION’? DESCRIBE IN DETAIL THE VARIOUS

METHODS INVOLVED IN CARBON SEQUESTRATION? ADD A NOTE ON ITS APPLICATIONS? [200

WORDS]

52. WHAT IS – 1.GLOBAL WARMING 2. CLIMATE CHANGE 3. UNFCCC 4.BASIC GROUP 5. AOSIS

GROUP 6. KYOTO PROTOCOL 7. COMMON BUT DIFFERENTIATED RESPONSIBILITY 8. G77 9.

EMISSIONS TRADING 10. INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM FOR LOSS AND DAMAGE [ 30 WORDS

EACH]

53. WHAT IS POLAVARAM PROJECT? DO YOU THINK POLAVARAM PROJECT SHOULD BE

IMPLEMENTED? CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE PROS AND CONS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF

POLAVARAM PROJECT? [200 WORDS]

54. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘OCEAN ACIDIFICATION”? HOW DOES IT OCCUR? DESCRIBE THE

VARIOUS IMPLICATIONS OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ON MARINE ECOSYSTEM? [ 200 WORDS

55. “BLACK CARBON IS CONSIDERED AS CLIMATE FORCING AGENT” – CRITICALLY ANALYZE [200

WORDS]

56. WHAT IS FAMILY FARMING? WHY IS FAMILY FARMING IMPORTANT? [100 words]

57. WHAT IS MOCLIC PROJECT? WHY THIS PROJECT IS IMPORTANT IN CHANGING CLIMATIC

CONDITIONS? [ 100 WORDS]

58. THERE IS A MARKED SHIFT IN THE GEOGRAPHY OF TRADEMARK FILINGS TOWARDS ASIA –

ANALYZE [ 200 WORDS]

59. APART FROM POACHERS, MANY OTHER FACTORS ALSO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN

THREATENING THE SURVIVAL OF ENDANGERED SPECIES – CRITICALLY ANALYZE [200 WORDS]

60. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FAMILY FARMING” [100 WORDS]

61. WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “NATIONAL MISSION ON SUSTAINING HIMALAYAN ECOSYSTEM” & ITS


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62. WRITE SHORT NOTE ON – 1.HEINZ AWARDS 2. QUESTION HOUR 3.PROKASH KARMAKAR

4.JAPAN’S DRAFT ENERGY POLICY & SIGNIFICANCE 5.MISSISSIPPI RIVER 6.INDIA – SAUDI ARABIA

TRADE COOPERATION [20 WORDS EACH]

63. IRENA – ITS STRUCTURE & MANDATE [100 WORDS]

64. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “ATMOSPHERIC BROWN CLOUD”? DESCRIBE THE REASONS AND ITS

IMPACTS ON SOUTH ASIA? [200 words]

ECA 2014 - CIVIL SERVICES MAINS 2014 COURSE - 900+ Q&A [200-100 WORDS]

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