Time Allowed : Three
Hours Maximum Marks : 300
Candidates should
attempt all questions from Section I, II and III.
SECTION I
1. How did Communalism manifest in Indian political scene?
Explain the background of the passing of the momentous Pakistan
Resolution.
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What were the proposals of the Cabinet Mission ? Analyse there actions of
the Congress and the League to the proposals. (About 250 words)
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2. Answer any
two of the following : (About 150 words on each)
(a) Trace the
formation of the Swaraj Party. What were its demands.
(b) 'What
began as a flight for religion ended as a war of independence, for there is
not the slightest doubt that the rebels wanted to get rid of the alien
government and restore the old order of which the king of Delhi was the
rightful representative.' Do you support this viewpoint?
(c) How far
Curzon's policy towards Tibet was influenced by strategic
consideration.
15x2=30
3. Answer
any three of the following : (About 75 words on each)
(a) Assess
the contributions of Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar to the making of modern
India.
(b) In what
way did Ramakrishna infuse a new vigour and dynamism into Hinduism ?
(c) 'Tagore's
poetry is a written record of his religious experience.' Elucidate.
(d) How did
Nehru's plan for modernization make rapid stride during the decade
1951-61?
10x3=30
4. (a) Write about the chief features of the following :
(About 20 words on each)
(i) Chola architecture (ii) Baisakhi
(iii) Neo-art movement
(b) What do
you know about the following ?
(iv) Munda Movement
(v) Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
(vi) Ilbert Bill (vii) Sarda Act
(viii) Education Despatch of 1854
(c) Why have
the following become famous ?
(ix) Rammanohar Lohia (x) C. Y.
Chintamani
(xi) Henry Cotton (xii) Tej Bahadur
Sapru
(xiii) Veeresalingam P.K. (xiv) Bhulabhai Desai
(xv) Kamladevi Chattopadhyay 2 x
15 =30
SECTION II
5. What are the highlights of the
draft nuclear doctrine formulated by the National Security Advisory Board ?
What shortcomings have been pointed out in media reports relating to the
same? (About 250 words)
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What are the reasons for the recent diplomatic confrontation between the
U.S.E. and China? What specific measures have been taken by the U.S.E. to
defuse the tension building up the Taiwan strait? (About 250
words) 35
6. Attempt
any three of the following : (About 100 words on each)
(a) What
new type of satellite is proposed to be inducted for bolstering surveillance
on India�s boarder? How does this type of satellite compare with existing
IRS satellites?
(b)
Explain in brief the observations made by the leaders of the Group of
Eight countries in their meeting in Cologne on Kargil intrusion by Pakistan.
(c)
What are the major provisions of the New Telecom Policy approved by
the Government? What has been the decision of the Delhi High Court in this
respect?
(d)
Analyse the recent French response to India�s diplomatic efforts for
promoting Indo-French
friendship.
10 x 3 =30
7. Attempt
any five of the following : (About 50 words on each)
(a)
What was the rationale for the recourse to air strikes by the Indian
Air Force during Operation Vijay ?
(b) What is Deep-water Oil
Exploration? What are its prospects in India?
(c) Has India the capability to
make a Neutron Bomb?
(d)
What percentage of GDP India spends of defence? To what extent
defence expenditure should be increased ?
(e)
What is �Chandra� ? For what purpose it has been launched?
(f)
What is the most important provision of the Wye River Accord?
(g)
What is Al Khalid ? What are its features?
6 x 5=30
8. (a) Who
are the following ? Why have they been in the news ? (About 20 words
on each)
(i) Dr. Sam Nujoma (ii)
Mahendra Chaudhry
(iii) Colonel Eileen Collins (iv)
Dr. Neelan Thiruchelvam
(v) David Ogilvy (vi)
Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
(b) What do
you know about the following?
(vii) Martha�svineyard (viii) Mianmari
Creek
(ix) Karabash
(c) Name the
authors of the following books ?
(x) Three Horsemen of the New Apocalypse
(xi) My Childhood Days
(d)
Answer the following :
(xii) Who became the highest wicket taker in the World Cup 1999 ?
(xiii) Which film won the Best film award at the Cannes International Film
Festival this
year? Name the directors.
(xiv) Which film won the Special Jury Award for Experimental Cinema at the
46th National
Film Festival? Name the director.
(xv) Who won the 1999 French open Doubles title?
2 x 15=30
SECTION III
9. Enrolments in different faculties, in the Universities of a
state, for the period 1993-94 to 1995-96 are described below :
Enrolment in Arts faculty during the three sessions were 1,20,605; 1,35,100;
and 1,50,000 respectively. In Commerce, Science, Law and Education faculties
the enrolment in the session 1993-94 were 90,000; 60,500; 50,500 and 45,600
respectively. During the next two sessions the enrolment figures in the
Science faculty were 65,210 and 70,300 while in Law and Education faculties
the corresponding figures were 55,000; 60,000 and 48,000;
50,000respectively. In Commerce faculty the enrolment during 1994-95 and
1995-96 were 1,15,000 and 1,22,250.
(a) Represent
the information in tabular form. 10
(b) From your
table calculate the increase in total enrolment from 1993-94 to
1995-96. 2
10.(a) A pie
chart is to be constructed to represent the distribution of total budget of
a government. The total budget is Rs. 7200 crores. Out oj this Rs. 360
crores is budgeted for Agriculture, Rs. 90 crores for irrigation, Rs. 90
crores for Education, Rs. 540 crores for Defence, Rs. 72 crores for Health
and Rs. 108 crores for Industry. The remaining amount is budgeted for other
(miscellaneous) heads. Provide the percentages and angle measures of all the
above heads in a tabular
form.
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(b) In a
housing complex there are 20 families. A family having annual income of Rs.
1.8 lacs leaves and another with annual income of Rs. 3.0 lacs moves in.
What change is caused to the average monthly income of the housing complex
due to this replacement?
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11. (a) Given
below are the percentages of words of different lengths used by an author in
his entire work :
Number
of letters in a word
|
Percentage
|
1
|
4.5
|
2
|
16.0
|
3
|
21.5
|
4
|
24.0
|
5
|
12.0
|
6
|
7.0
|
7
|
5.0
|
8
|
4.0
|
9
|
3.0
|
10
|
2.5
|
11
|
0.4
|
12
|
0.1
|
(i) What is the total
percentage of words of length 8 or more?
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What is the maximum number of letters contained the shortest 78% of
the words? 4
(b)
Name the most appropriate diagram to be used for representing the
information in each of the following cases :
(i) Scientific manpower in four
consecutive years in four different fields of science.
(ii) Distribution of the number of children belonging to a school by their
ages.
(iii) The percentages of persons
serving in different branches of the army such as infantry, artillary,
signals, etc.
(iv) The production of wheat in India
in each year from 1955 to 1984.
(v) The heights and weights of the
50 children in a high school class.
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12. (a) A
group of freedom fighters met in 1998 and their average age was 81.7 years.
The survivors of this group met again in 1999 and their average age was 81.0
Explain why has the average decreased when everyone in the second group is
one year older than what they were in
1998.
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(b) Below is
given the gross corporate sector output in four selected years at current
prices and also the inflation factor for these years. Calculate the gross
output for these years adjusted for
inflation.
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Year
|
1980-81
|
1985-86
|
1990-91
|
1995-96
|
Out put at current prices (thousands of crores)
|
28.6
|
49.1
|
126.6
|
305.64
|
Inflation factor
|
1.0
|
1.39
|
1.98
|
3.05
|
(c)
In report it is quoted that 65% of the women and 30% of the men in a
locality were against the opening of a liquor store in their locality. Thus
it is argued that, an overwhelming 95% of the total population is against
the opening of the liquor store. Is this argument justifiable? Give
reasons. 2
(d)
Six lots of twenty guinea-pigs each were administered carcinogenic
drugs in an experiment. After 6 weeks the percentage of survivors in the six
lots were :
Lot No
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
Percentage of survivors
|
53
|
86
|
48
|
27
|
8
|
24
|
Is this data prima facie plausible? Give reasons for your
answer. 2
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