SOME MAINS QUESTIONS OF 2012

              Phani Siddha

@ Super Sixty IAS Academy

                   Hyd



WITH SOME BATCHES I DISCUSSED THE RELEVANCE OF LEARNING THRU UNDERSTANDING RATHER THAN ROTE LEARNING (UNFORTUNATELY ROTE LEARNING HAS BECOME THE NORM IN SOME 'FAMOUS' SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES) ...

ROTE LEARNING KILLS CURIOSITY AND INNOVATION



SOME QNS IN PAPER I

WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM INNOVATION? DISCUSS THE NEED FOR LAUNCHING A NATIONAL INNOVATION POLICY IN INDIA. 25 MARKS

EXAMINE THE CAUSES AND THE EXTENT OF DESERTIFICATION IN INDIA AND SUGGEST REMEDIAL MEASURES 25 MARKS

IN THE CONTEXT OF THE GROWING DEMANDS FOR THE BAN OF ENDOSULFAN IN THE COUNTRY, CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE ISSUES INVOLVED. WHAT IN YOUR VIEW SHOULD BE DONE IN THE MATTER? 25 MARKS

THE ISSUE OF TOURISM IN CORE AREAS OF TIGER RESERVE FORESTS IN THE COUNTRY IS A SUBJECT MATTER OF DEBATE. CRITICALLY EXAMINE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THIS ISSUE KEEPING IN VIEW RELEVANT RECENT JUDICIAL PRONOUNCEMENTS.
25 MARKS

YOU ARE STATIONED IN A SMALL DISTRICT TOWN IN THE PLAINS OF NORTHERN INDIA. THE SUMMER HAS BEEN SEVERE. SUDDENLY, A COLLEAGUE, WHO HAD BEEN OUT SINCE MORNING RETURNS TO THE OFFICE COMPLAINING OF HEADACHE, RESTLESSNESS AND CONFUSION. SHORTLY HE BECOMES UNCONSCIOUS. HIS BODY TEMP IS 40 DEGREES C. WHAT FIRST AID STEPS WOULD YOU TAKE TO REVIVE HIM?
5 MARKS

ISSUES HIGHLIGHTED THROUGH THE WORK OF PALAGUMMI SAINATH
 {{P. SAINATH THE RURAL AREAS EDITOR IN THE HINDU WHO WROTE ON AGRARIAN CRISES, FARMER SUICIDES AND EXTRAVAGANT SPENDING OF THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF PLANNING COMMISSION }}  2 MARKS

TOTAL 107 MARKS


SOME QNS IN PAPER II

THE HUMAN POPULATION IS SLATED TO GROW TO 9 BILLION BY 2050. IN THIS CONTEXT MANY SCIENTISTS PREDICT THAT PLANT GENOMICS WOULD PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN KEEPING OUT HUNDER AND PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT. EXPLAIN. 25 MARKS

THE SITUATION TODAY IS FAR DIFFERENT TO THAT FIFTY YEARS BACK WHEN THE INDUS WATER TREATY WAS SIGNED. HIGHLIGHT THE COMPLEXITY OF THE CURRENT CHALLENGES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER IN THIS REGARD. DO YOU THINK A REVIEW OF THE TREATY IN IN INDIA'S BEST INTERESTS? 25 MARKS

WHY HAVE THE RESOURCE RICH AFRICAN AND SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES REMAINED POOR FOR DECADES? EXPLAIN 15 MARKS

WHAT ARE INDIA'S STAKES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA? 5 MARKS

EXPLAIN BRIEFLY THE CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM AS PROVIDED UNDER THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE (UNFCCC)? 5 MARKS

TOTAL 75 MARKS



SOME QNS IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS/INDIA AND THE WORLD

DO YOU THINK THAT CHINA'S EMERGENCE AS ONE OF THE LARGEST TRADING PARTNERS OF INDIA HAS ADVERSELY AFFECTED THE SETTLEMENT OF THE OUTSTANDING BORDER DISPUTES. 25 MARKS

WRITE A SHORT ANALYTICAL NOTE ON INDIAN DIASPORA. HOW IS THE NEW DIASPORA DIFFERENT FROM THE OLD DIASPORA? 15 MARKS