Q.1) Left Wing Extremism (LWE) is showing a downward trend, but still affects many parts of the country. Briefly explain the Government of India’s approach to counter the challenges posed by LWE. (10 marks, 150 words) Q.2) Mob violence is emerging as a serious law and order problem in India. By giving suitable examples, analyze […]
Q.1) With the help of a map, indicate the principal areas of dryland farming in the country and account for farmers‟ suicides mainly in those areas. (15 marks) Q.2) Discuss the role of animal husbandry in the agricultural economy of India with special reference to any one region. (20 marks) Q.3) Discuss the potentiality and
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Q.1) Disaster preparedness is the first step in any disaster management process. Explain how hazard zonation mapping will help disaster mitigation in the case of landslides. (15 marks, 250 words) Q.2) Rehabilitation of human settlements is one of the important environmental impacts which always attracts controversy while planning major projects. Discuss the measures suggested for
Q.1) Why has agro and social forestry has failed to achieve its objectives? (10 marks) Q.2) What is evergreen revolution? Why it is needed for India? Discuss. (15 marks) Q.3) What is significance of land capability classification in land use planning? Explain the method of land capability classification adopted by the All India land use
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Q.1) Coastal sand mining, whether legal or illegal, poses one of the biggest threats to our environment. Analyze the impact of sand mining along the Indians coasts, citing specific examples. (10 marks, 150 words) Q.2) Define the concept of carrying capacity of an ecosystem as relevant to an environment. Explain how understanding this concept is
Q.1) Explain the role of institutional factors in the development of agriculture in India. (15 marks) Q.2) Discuss the cropping patterns in different agricultural regions of India. (20 marks) Q.3) Analyse the relationship between cropping intensity and agricultural productivity and throw light on the measures of increasing the cropping intensity in India. (20 marks) Q.4)
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Q.1) How can biotechnology help to improve the living standards of farmers? (15 marks, 250 words) Q.2) Why is there so much activity in the field of biotechnology in our country? How has this activity benefitted the field of biopharma? (10 marks, 150 words) Q.3) What are the areas of prohibitive labour that can be
Q.1) Illustrate with suitable examples the endeavours undertaken in augmenting conservation of water and vegetation in India. (20 marks) Q.2) Outline the Government of India’s strategies of conservation of the Western Ghats. (15 marks) Q.3) Identify the major biosphere reserves of India and discuss their role in conservation of forest and wildlife. (15 marks) Q.4)
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Q.1) What is India’s plan to have its own space station and how will it benefit our space programme? (10 marks) Q.2) Discuss the work of ‘Bose-Einstein Statistics’ done by Prof. Satyendra Nath Bose and show how it revolutionized the field of Physics. (10 marks) Q.3) Give an account of the growth and development of
Q.1) Examine the major causes for the ground water depletion in India. (10 marks) Q.2) “Non-conventional energy is the energy of future in India”. Justify this statement. (20 marks) Q.3) Identify important biotic resource regions of India. Highlight in brief the problems and remedial measures of biotic-resource conservation in India. (20 Marks) Q.4) Give an
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