The Central Government of India in January 2013 project to disburse subsidies relating to twenty six welfare schemes.
Cash Direct Transfer
Aadhaar
Foreign Direct Investment
None ofthe Above

India marked (or celebrated) two years free of disease in January 2013.
Tuberculosis
Polio
Cancer
None of the Above

Tropical cyclone hit the coast of southeast India in the year 2012
Sandy
Rita
Nilam
None of the Above

In a sign of significant democratic reform a Southeast Asian nation, elections were held in April 2012.
Myanmar or Burma
Indonesia
Malaysia
Brunei

satyagraha novel form ofprotest) was held in Madhya Pradesh demanding 'proper' rehabilitation and compensation along with redu<?ing height of Indira Sagar Dam on River Narmada in September 2012.
Salt
Jal
Bhoomi
There was no such satyagraha organised

In environmental debates, EIA stands for
Ecological Argument
Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental Internal Assessment
External Inventory Assessment

The name of a River that flows in the Westward direction in India
Ganga
Godavari
Narmada
Periyar

In planning TCP stands for
Town and Common Property
Town and Common Planning
Town and Country Planning
Total Cost of Production

In India, Le built the city of
Bhubaneswar
Chandigarh
Agra
None ofthe Above


10) The POSCO struggle in India is in the state of Odisha Chattisgarh Madhya Pradesh Andhra Pradesh
11) Eric Hobsbawm is the author of
The Age of Capital
The Age of Revolution
The Age of Empire
All of the Above

12) Presence of Arsenic in the groundwater is widespread in the state of
West Bengal
Tamil Nadu
Punjab
Gujarat

13) National Green Tribunal in India is to address
Conflicts regarding Environmental issues Effective Disaster management and relief efforts Personnel problems of Ministry ofEnvironment and Forests, Government of India No such organization exists in India
14) "Rethinking Capitalist Development" is authored by
Amartya Sen
Jean Dreze
Partha Ghosh
Kalyan Sanyal

15) One ofthe shifting cultivator tribes of the lower Godavari Valley is Chenchu Konda Reddi Boya None ofthe Above


16) Under the influence of which Buddhist monk Ashoka became ardent supporter of Buddhism? Nagasena Upagupta Upali Radhagupta
17) Kamrup region refers to:
West Bengal
Jharkhand
Tripura
Assam

18) One ofthese is a matriarchal tribe
Oraons
Gujars
Santhals
Khasis

19) In the ancient period, India comprised of how many principal Janapadas or tribal territories?
4
8
16
24

20) The book 'Spaces of Global Capitalism' is written by:
Doreen Massey
Jagdish Bhagwati
Kaushik Basu
David Harvey

21.
Jurgen Habermas advances which of the following idea concept: Production of space Public sphere Political society Globalization and its discontents

22.
Henri Lefebvre advances which of the following idea concept:

Production of space
Personality of India
Public sphere
Political society


23.
Partha Chatterjee advances which of the following idea concept:

Production of space
Personality of India
Public sphere
Political society


24.
Joseph Stiglitz advances which of the following idea concept:

Production of space
Public sphere
Political society
Globalization and its discontents


25.
B. Subbarao advances which of the following idea concept:



Production of space
Personality of India
Public sphere
Political society

Please turn to PART B now.

PartB Marks 50
Your answers are expected to be coherent and must include examples.
Write your arguments thoughtfully, and cite literature that you may have read in your courses at the Masters degree Address the question with an explicit viewpoint of your own, and provide evidence in support
of your
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I. Answer any TWO of the following: (2x15=30)
What are the advantages and disadvantages of "Green Revolution" as a means of ,increasing agricultural productivity and food supplies? Illustrate your answer drawing primarily from social science disciplinary knowledge.
Discuss the conflict between wildlife protection and rural villages in India by evaluating the tension between preserving habitat and the needs ofthe rural poor. Take a specific example to illustrate your answer.
How can an understanding of "region" contribute in explaining creation of smaller states in India? State your view point with examples.
Why migration ofpeople is significantly higher from a few regions of India? You may choose examples of any form of migration (Inter-state, Intra-state, circulatory and so on) to illustrate your answer.

II. Write Short Answers or Explain any FOUR of the following:
1.
Sustainability

2.
Qualitative research

3.
Geographic Information System

4.
Subaltern

5.
Equity

6.
Linguistic nationalism