GENERAL STUDIES 2007
Paper- II
Time Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 300
INSTRUCTIONS
Candidates should attempt all question strictly in accordance with the instructions given under each questions. The
number of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question

1. Answer any two of the following (answer to each question should be in about 150 words): 15x2=30
Indo-Russian Defence Co-operation
India's response, to political crisis In Bangladesh
Elaborate on India's Nuclear Doctrine
2. Write about the following (answer to each question should be in about 20 wordS): 2x5= I 0
SAFTA
India and East Asia Summit
Shanghai Cooperation Organization, (S.C.O.)
Panchsheel in India's Foreign Policy
Relevance of NAM
3. Write about the following (answer to each question should be in about 20 words) 2x5=10
Pravasi Bhartiya Bima Yojana, 2006
Indian All-Women Contingent to Liberia
Madheshis in Nepal
Know India Programme
Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs
4. Answer anyone of the following (in about 250 words): 30
What is Dumping? Evaluate the remedial measures taken by Government of India vis-à-vis WTO provisions
rding dumping.
Comment on the relationship between credit availability and agricultural growth in India.
5. Answer any two of the following (answer to each question should be in about 150 words
What is the meaning and aim of social forestry What are the main weakness noticed in social forestry
ramme?
Bring out the main objective of Rastriya Krishi Bima Yojana. The scheme is being implemented by which agency.
Explain Mega Food park Scheme of Government of India.
6. Write about the following (answer to each question should be in about 20 words 2x15 30
Explain the term Merit Goods
What is Cheap Money?
What is Countervailing Duty?
What is Hot Money?
Explain the Concept Trickle Down Theory
What is Stagflation?
What is Engel's Law?
Meaning of CCIL
What is Administered Price?
What is Venture Capital?
Explain the term Balance on Current Account
What is Consolidated Fund?
What is Budget Deficit?
Explain the term Most Favored Nations
Meaning of Capital- Output Ratio
7. Write about any two of the following (in about 150 words each): 15x2=30
Impact of globalization on state system and its institutions
SAARC Summit 2007
The UN conference on Environment and Development (The Earth Summit)
8. Write about the following (in about 20 words each): 2x5 10
G-8 Summit 2007
Hyde Act of 2006
Global Governance
Operation Silence
SAARC Human Rights Report 2006
9. Write about the following by expanding and explaining the objectives (in about 20 Words each): 2x5=10
ICT4D
BEMs
IAEA
BIMSTEC
ECJ
10. Answer any one of the following in about 250 words: 30
Explain the phenomenon of ozone depletion, its cause and effects . What efforts are needed to reduce it.
what do you understanding by the term ‘biodiversity’? Examine the cause and consequence of degeneration of
biodiversity?
11. Answer any two of the following (answer for each question should be in about 150 words) 15x2=30
What are the alterative fuels available for the transport sector? Discuss their characteristics, advantages 'and advantages in their utilization.
Explain the objectives and the current achievements of human genome project.
Discuss the missile technology initiatives undertaken by India.
12. Answer all the five (in about 20 words each) 2x5=10
What is firewall
What is mal ware
What do the following stand for?
MPEG
ISP
HTML
ASCII
What is Root kit?
What is computer architecture?
13.
In the year 2000 out of a total 1750 workers of a factory 1200 workers were members of a union. The number of
women employed was 200 of which 175 did not belong to the union. In 2005 the number of union workers increased to
1510 of which 1290 were men . On the other hand the number of non union workers fell down to 208 of which 180 were
men.
Put the above information in a proper table with title.
Calculate the increase in the percentage of the female workers belonging to the union in that five year period.
The marks obtained by 20 students in a subject are given:
32, 62, 72, 46, 52, 74, 53, 42, 58, 61, 59, 46, 36, 76, 58, 77, 62, 48, 36, 39.
Form a frequency distribution table with class interval 10. Also Draw the Histogram.
14.
For the following distribution of statistics test grades, construct a frequency polygon and answer the following:
How many test grades are greater than 87
What percentage of test grades are greater than 83?
What percentage of test grades are lower than72?
What percentage of test grades are between 72 and 79 (inclusive
Test Grades:
73, 92, 57, 89, 70, 95, 75, 80, 47, 88, 47, 48, 64, 86, 79, 72, 71, 77, 93, 55, 75, 50, 53, 75, 85, 50, 82, 45, 40, 82,
60, 89, 79, 65, 54, 93, 60, 83, 59
Construct an appropriate diagram to show the following data of a university:
Course No. of Students
Engineering 440
Arts 220
Agriculture 120
Home Science 80
Economic 60
Total 920
15. What do you understand by
Primary and secondary data
Data classification
Measures of central tendency
Characteristics of good average
The mean wage of 100 laborers working in a factory running two shifts of 60 and 40 workers respectively is Rs. 38.
The mean wage of 60 labourers working in the morning shift is Rs 40. Find the mean wage of 40 Labourers working in
the evening shift. 2
The mean age of a group of 5 boys is 16 years. Another boy joins the group and then the mean age of the group
becomes 18 years. How old is the newcomer? 2
Arithmetic means of two completely different sets of values may be same. When extreme values are taken into
consideration, the arithmetic mean is largely affected. Is it merit or demerit of arithmetic mean and give reasons for your
statement?