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CS (M A IN ) EXAM , 2010 .SI. No. 8905 i B-DTN-K-HTB

. ,. . .GENERAL STUDIES

Paper II.. -,. '-~

1 1Itne Allowed: Three Hours II Maxil1lUm Marks: 3 0 0 1INSTRUCTIONS

Each question is printed both in Hindi and illEnglish.Answers must be written in the- -mediumspecified ill the Admission Certificate issuedto you, whicli must be stated clearly 011 thecover of the answer-book in the spaceprovided for the purpose. No marks will begiven for the answers written in a mediumother than that specified in the "AdmissionCertificate. .Candidates should attempt all questionsstrictly in accordance with the instructionsgiven under each question.The number of marks carried by each.question is indicated at the end of thequestion. ,.

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I "..r: " .t. Answerthe following in not more than 250 wordseach: 20x2=40(a) Critically examine the implications of the

disintegration of the Soviet Union on India'ssecurity and strategic perspectives. Whatfurther responses wou Id you suggest in India'sforeign policy to accommodate these implica-tions.

(b) Evaluate India's approach towards meeting thecountry's growing energy demands. Comparethe success of this approach with that ofanother Asian giant -which has perhaps thefastest growing energy demand.

2. Answer any JOUT of the following In not morethan 150 words each: 12x4=48(a) How far have Japan's principles of Hikaku Sail

Gensoku impacted bilateral ties with India?(b) Assess [he contributions of Indian diaspora in

the Caribbean.(c) Do you agree with the view that Israel IS a

'natural ally' of India?(d) Bring out the FDI and employment implica-

tions of China being a manufacturing hub andIndia a services hub.

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(e) Have the Uruguay Round negotiations and theresultant Trade Related Intellectual PropertyRights (TRIPS) agreement he1ped in resolvingtrade conflicts arising out of variations indifferent nations' IP_R regimes? Also Jist thesteps taken by India to conform to TRIPS ..

(f) Examine the recent developments towards thesolution of the Bangladesh-Myanmar maritimeboundary dispute. What implications do thesehave for India?

3. Answer any eight of the following in not more than50 words each: 5x8=40(a) Compare and contrast the role of the IMF with

that of the World Bank.- - ..(b) What are the major capacity-building and

reconstruction projects being undertaken byIndia in Afghani stan ?

(e) Bring out the significance of GDI and GEM ascomponents of the UN's Human DevelopmentReport (HDR). Comment on India's relativerankings with regard to HOI and GDL

(d) What is IRound Tripping.' in the context ofPDT inflow, and why has it been in the newsrecently in the case of India?

(e) Comment on the reason for the recent hike invisa processing fees fOT certain categories of'US visas. What is the likely impact of this hikeon India?

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B-DTN-K-HTB 5 (Contd.)

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(g) Highlight the role of ;the Indian peacekeepingcontingent as p~ of MONUSCO.

.- . . ,< " . . . . (i) Comment on the reasons for the recent

economic crisis in the so-called ~PIGS'countries of Europe.

;4 Answer any Ilvo of the following in not more than150 words each : 12x2=24(a) Examine the opportunities for a lasting West

Asia peace solution a n the context of the'historic' talks started in September 2010.

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In the context of the United NationsFramework Convention on Cl imate Change(UNFCCC), distinguish between ~Annex I'and 'Annex II' countries... .

,List, the salient features of the Riyadh declara-tion ,and the bilateral agreements betweenIndia and Saudi Arabia signed earlier this year,

Has the February agreement between theSudanese government and the Justice andEquality Movement CJEM) been moresuccessful in ending the strife in Darfur thanthe Ahuja peace agreement of 2006 ? Evaluate.Comment on the present status of theBiological Weapons Convention (BWC). Whatimportant issues, do you think, need to betaken up at the seventh review conference ofthe BWC scheduled for 201] ?

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_> (e) Discuss the applications of nanotechnology in.! the health care sector.

S.r Answer any jour of the following in not more than150 words each: 12x4=48(a) Bring out the applications of computer models

In studying climate changes, with specialreference to the Community Earth SystemModeJ (CESM).(b) What is phyroremediarion ? Discuss its appli-cations.(c) Explain and differentiate among 'Plasma',

'LCD' and LED~ television technologies.(d) What is 'cloud computing'? Bring out its

essential features and list its advantages and1irni rations.

6. Comment on any three of the following in not morethan 50 words each: 5x3=15(a) Rotterdam Convention(b) The Mavi Marmara incident(e) Significance of the Kampala declaration of the

International Criminal Court (ICC)(d) Trial chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers

in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCe) and itsrecent verdict

B-DTN-K-HTB 8 (Contd.)

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B-DTN-K-HTB 9 . (Contd.)

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B-DTN-K-HTB 10 (Contd.)

7. Comment on any six of the following in not morethan 50 words each: 5x6=30(a) MRSA infection(b) HRP-2M Choromet(c) Maglev vehic1es(d) Super absorbent polymers (SA~)(e) Ginkgo biloba(f) CARTOSAT-2B(g) Various generations of mobi1e phone techno-logy

8. Who/What are the following and why have theybeen in the news recently ? (Your answers shouldbe in a sentence or two only) : 3x8=24(a) Craig Venter(b) Shahran Amiri(c) Wolfram Alpha(d) 'Dreamli ner ' aircraft(e) Blue gene project(f) 'Predator" drones(g) 'Deepwater Horizon" incident(h) ACTN 3 gene

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9. (a) The distribution of rent of 150 residentialhouses surveyed in a locality is as follows:

Rent in Rs. Number of Houses]01-150 10151-200 18201-250 27251-300 35301~350 30351-400 16401-450 8451-500 6

Find: (i) The percentage .of houses havingrent higher than ~ 300.

(ii) The percentage of houses havingrent more than ~ 250 but less than~ 401. 5

(b) Work out the trend values by any suitablemethod from the following data showing thenumber of murders (in thousand) in a countryfOT the years 1985-1995. 5Year 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

Murders 190 206 201 207 215 247

Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995Murders 247 238 245 233 216

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(c) The data on the total investment on differentheads under the eighth five year plan areshown below:

19'4% Services

186%14% r:- ~.......... Science. Technology & Environment- - '" ... .. .. .. .. .. + - - - .. .. - + + ........................ t-

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- - o il ~ ... ... . . . . . . ..~ Transport & CommunicationsIndustry &Minerals

282% Energy55% Irrigation & Flood Control1.00/..........--"--'1-01.... ......................1{ Special Programme7 -70/0 Rural Development

Agriculture &Allied Services7-40/0

If the total proposed outlay on different headsis ~ 4,34~100 crores at 1991-92 prices, obtai nseparately the proposed outlay on each of theheads and make an overal1 comment. 4

(d) Represent the following datasuitable diagram:

through a3

Region 'A' 'B' 'C' 'D"Married Criminals 95 80 63 32

Unmarried Criminals 72 25 41 26

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