Time Allowed : Three
Hours Maximum
Marks : 300
Candidates should attempt questions from all the Section I, II, and III. The
number of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the
question.
SECTION- I
1. Did Jawaharlal Nehru really 'speak' the 'language' of Gandhi?
Locate the points of their agreements and departures.
OR
How did economic nationalism mirror the work of the early nationalist
leadership in India?
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(About 250 words)
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2. Answer any two of the following
:
15 x 2 =30
(About 150 words on each)
(a) Why did the moderates lose
appeal with the Indians and failed to elicit desired response from the
British?
(b) How did the Policy of free
trade hurt Indian textile industry and crafts in the latter half of the 19th
century?
(c) Trace the origins of the R.N.I.
Mutiny and evaluate its impact on the political situation in India.
3. Answer any three of the
following
:
10 x 3 =30
(About 75 words on each)
(a) Examine the ideas of
Rabindranath Tagore on democracy.
(b) How did the Swadeshi Movement
in Bengal influence the nationalist politics?
(c) What was the significance of
the Prajamandal movements in the Indian States in the decade preceding
India's independence?
(d) Assess the role of C.
Rajagopalachari during the pre-partition years of Indian public life.
4. (a) What do you know about the
following :
2 x 15 =30
(About 20 words on each)
(i) Nil Darpan (ii) Sarda Sadan
(iii) Sabarmati Ashram (iv) Hunter Commission
(v) Bandi Jiwan
(b) Why have the following become
famous?
(vi) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(vii) Seth Jamanlal Bajaj (viii) S. Satyamurti
(ix) Udham Singh (x) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Write about the chief fatures
of the following :
(xi) Kulu School (xii) Gopuram
(xiii) Wahabi Movement
(xiv) Bharat Dharma Mahamandal
(xv) Communal Award
SECTION II
5. Examine the reasons for the
non-introduction of Women's Reservation Bill in the LokSabha.
(About 250 words)
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OR
Discuss the implications of Israel's expansion plan. How have the major
western powers reacted to it ? (About 250 words)
6. Attempt any three of the
following
:
10 x 3 =30
(About 100 words on each)
(a) Examine the fall out of
population explosion in India at the close of twentieth century.
(b) Discuss the justification for
the creation of new states in U.P. and Bihir.
(c) What are the reasons for the
slow progress of SAPTA?
(d) Describe the problem of
KOSOVO.
(e) What is ASEAN PLUS? What is
its nature and duty?
7. Attempt any five of following
:
6 x 5 =30
(About 50 words on each)
(a) What were the circumstances
leading to the promulgation of Prasar Bharati ordinance in August 1998?
(b) Who has claimed the
responsibility for the recent bomb attacks on American embassies at Nairobi
and Dar Es Salam? What are their demands?
(c) What is the significance of
Pope John Paul II's visit to Cuba?
(d) What are the significant
features of Lokpal Bill recently introduced in the Lok Sabha?
(e) Why was a variant of Basmati
rice in news recently?
(f) What solution has been arrived
at recently in the Cauvery water dispute?
(g) Bring out the issues involved
in the appointments and transfer of judges of the Supreme Court and high
Courts in India.
8. (a) Explain the following
:
2 x 15 =30
(About 20 words on each)
(i) Netizens (ii) Shehab-3 (iii) Planet-B
(iv) W.H.O. (v) Greenpeace
(b) What do you know about the
following?
(vi) Chattisgarh (vii) Article 356 (viii) Bentota
(ix) Narmada Sagar dam (x) Full monty
(xi) Pamirs (xii) Nelson Mandela
(xiii) Bacharuddin Jusul Habibie
(xiv) E.M.S. Namboodripad. (xv) Jnanpith Award
SECTION III
9. The total population of a country
is 357 million of which 62 million live in urban areas. Of these who live in
rural areas, 234 million are agriculturists including 124 million earning
members. Among the urban population, 12 million are agriculturists of which
7 million are earning members. Among the non-agriculturist rural population
43 million are earning are earning members whereas among non-agriculturist
urban people 14 million are non-earning members.
Represent the above information in a tabular
form.
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10. (a) The following table shows
annual profits (Rs. in crores) of two investment companies A and B during
the given 5 years :
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
A : 70 60 70 60 70
B : 60 50 60 80 80
If someone plans to invest Rs. 50,000, which of the two companies should be
preferred and
why
?
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(b) An investor bought shares of a
company at a premium of Rs. 20. If the par value of the share is Rs. 120 and
the company declares 21% dividend in a given year, find the rate of interest
received by the investor.
11. (a) Mention, in each of the
following cases, the most appropriate diagram to represent the data
:
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(i) Number of AIDS patients in a country detected during the last
10 years.
(ii) Monthly production of eggs in a poultry farm in a given yaer.
(iii) Yearly export and import (in dollars) of a multinational firm during
the period from 1990 to 1997.
(iv) Distribution of weights of 500 school children in the age group 15-18
years.
(v) Political party-wise percentage of votes cast during a parliamentary
election.
(b) The following table shows the
IQ scores of adolescents aged 15-17 years:
Interval
|
Frequency
|
121 and above
|
15
|
116-120
|
35
|
111-115
|
50
|
106-110
|
60
|
101-105
|
100
|
96-100
|
75
|
91-95
|
70
|
86-90
|
60
|
81-85
|
25
|
80and below
|
10
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Find :
(i) the cut-off point above which 25% most intelligent adolescents fall.
(ii) the cut-off point below which the 25% least intelligent adolescents
fall. 8
12. (a) State whether the
following statements are true or false.
Give
reasons.
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(i) A person's monthly income first increases by 20% and then decreases by
20% . There is no net change in his income.
(ii) All facts expressed numerically pertain to statistics.
(iii) If A stands 50 % change of getting through Test I and Test II
independently, then A stands at least 50 % chance of getting through both
the tests.
(b) The following is the series of
index numbers taking 1992 as base year :
Year :- 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Index :- 100 120 135 170 180 210
How would the index numbers be changed if 1993 is taken as base
year? 7
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