TISS Sample Paper - MA in Development Studies Part 2 Set 1
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SIGNATURE OF THE CANDIDATE SIGNATURE OF THE INVIGILATOR To be filled in by the Candidate Registration No. Centre Name ....................................................................................................................................... PART II M.A. IN DEVELOPMENT STUDIES Duration: 1 Hour Total Marks: 100 SECTION – I: Marks: 30 INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATE • Answer all the questions • Each question carries 2 (Two) marks 1. The present contribution of Agricultural Sector to the GDP in India is: a) > 75% b) 50-75% c) 25-50% d) <25% 2. The Second Five Year Plan of India emphasized development of: a) Industrial sector b) Agricultural development c) Service sector d) Import promotion 3. The role of Finance Commission in India is to suggest: a) Resource mobilisation b) Resource sharing between different levels of governments c) Preparation of five years plan d) Preparation of monetary policy 4. The Special Economic Zones Act 2005 aimed at: a) Promoting exports of goods and services b) Promoting imports of goods and services c) Ensuring agricultural development d) Promoting renewable energy sources DS – II – S1 – 1 of 12
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Transcript of TISS Sample Paper - MA in Development Studies Part 2 Set 1
SIGNATURE OF THE CANDIDATE SIGNATURE OF THE INVIGILATOR
To be filled in by the Candidate
Registration No.
Centre Name .......................................................................................................................................
PART II
M.A. IN DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Duration: 1 Hour Total Marks: 100
SECTION – I: Marks: 30
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATE
• Answer all the questions• Each question carries 2 (Two) marks
1. The present contribution of Agricultural Sector to the GDP in India is:
a) > 75%b) 50-75%c) 25-50%d) <25%
2. The Second Five Year Plan of India emphasized development of:
a) Industrial sectorb) Agricultural developmentc) Service sector d) Import promotion
3. The role of Finance Commission in India is to suggest:
a) Resource mobilisationb) Resource sharing between different levels of governmentsc) Preparation of five years pland) Preparation of monetary policy
4. The Special Economic Zones Act 2005 aimed at:
a) Promoting exports of goods and services b) Promoting imports of goods and servicesc) Ensuring agricultural developmentd) Promoting renewable energy sources
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5. Atmosphere gets heated primarily because of
a) Incoming radiation from the sunb) Outgoing radiation from the earth
c) Reflection and scattering by cloudsd) Ultraviolet rays from the sun
6. Which one of the following south Indian states currently has the highest groundwaterutilisation (in per cent) of its total ground water potential? a) Tamil Nadu b) Andhra Pradesh c) Karnatakad) Kerala
7. What is the most important function of RBI?
a) To act as banker of bankersb) To decide about fiscal policy in Indiac) To accept saving bank deposits from citizensd) To regulate the stock exchanges in India
8. What is‘relative poverty’?
a) Poverty related with incomeb) Poverty of a group/individual in comparison to the other groups/individualsc) Lack of education and health cared) None of the above
9. Mixed farming is a type of land use in which:a) Different crops are cultivated in parallel rows at the same timeb) Different crops are grown in different seasonsc) Food grains are cultivated along with market gardeningd) Animal husbandry and crop cultivation take place together
10. Which one of the following crops is not cultivated under the dryland farming?
a) Ragi b) Groundnutc) Joward) Sugarcane
11. ‘Trans-humance’ represents:
a) Migration of peopleb) Migration of cattlec) Settlement of people in a new aread) Seasonal movement of people with their livestock
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12. Which one of the following states of India has the lowest female literacy rate as per theCensus 2001?
a) Jamu and Kashmir b) Jharkhand
c) Arunachal Pradeshd) Bihar
13. The 73rd Constitutional Amendment in India relates to:a) Village Panchayats
b) Employment Guarantee Schemec) Centre-State Relations
d) Urban Local Governance
14. Niyamgiri Hill located in the Lanjigarh block of Kalahandi district is inhabited mainly by :a) Dongaria Kondhs
b) Bhilsc) Santhals
d) Gonds
15. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad was a leader of:
a) Muslim Leagueb) Indian National Congress
c) President of Indiad) A Pashtun Leader
SECTION – II: Marks: 70
• Answer any 5 (Five) Questions
• Each question carries 14 (Fourteen) marks
• Each answer must be in less than 200 words
1. What are ecological implications of present model of economic ‘growth’ in India?
2. Discuss the major welfare schemes being implemented by Government of India inrural areas.
3. What are major distortions and imbalances in present trends of urbanization in India?
4. Discuss the major findings of Justice Rajindar Sachar Committee Report on ‘Social,Economic and Educational Status of the Muslim Community of India’ and theirrelevance.
5. What are your views on the Naxalite Movement in certain regions of India?
6. Discuss the India’s nuclear policy to its energy sector.
7. Discuss the ‘rights-based approach’ to development.
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