Civil Services Examination (main)-2015

 GENERAL STUDIES (PAPER-III)

Time Allowed: Three Hours                                                                                                                           Maximum Marks: 250

QUESTION PAPER SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

                                     (Please read each of the following instructions carefully before attempting questions)

 There are TWENTY-FIVE questions printed in ENGLISH. All questions are compulsory. The number of marks carried by a question/part is indicated against it.Answers must be written in the medium authorized in the Admission Certificate which must be stated clearly on the cover of this Question-cum-Answer (QCA) Booklet in the space provided. No marks will be given for answers written in medium other than the authorized one.Word limit in questions, if specified, should be adhered to. Any page or portion of the page left blank in the Question-cum-Answer Booklet must be clearly struck off. Answer questions in NOT MORE than the word limit specified for each in the parenthesis. Content of the answer is more important than its length

(1) ‘’The budget is perhaps the most important managerial tool available for furthering the deficit ’’. Comment                                                                                                      [200 words]               10

(2) Investment proposals made across industries paint a promising picture after the relaxation of FDI norms. Discuss the importance of improving the investment climate in states.             [200 words]               10

(3) “Agriculture is resilient despite the fluctuation in south west monsoon regime”. How consecutive years of bad rainfall accentuate the woes of rural India? Discuss                        [200 words]                 10 

(4) The growth potential in India in the area of financial services sector is high. Analyze the statement with reference to the establishment of GIFT.                                                         [200 words]                  10

(5) ‘’India’s economic potential should be realized through strengthening the market forces.’’  Comment                                                                                                                  [200 words]                  10

(6)Write note on mainstreaming the disaster risk reduction component into the developmental plans.                                                        

      [200 words]                   10

 (7) Why global slowdown should so severely impact manufacturing in spite of fundamental strengths possessed by the country- strong demographic dividend, large domestic market base, well regulated monetary system etc.?                                                                                                  [200 words]                10

(8) Nano-technology has the potential to be seen as "the next industrial revolution’’. Elucidate    

         [200 words]                   10

(9) Discuss the multi dimensional aspects of Indian space programme.               [200 words]                   10

(10) The strategy to explore natural resources must include preservation of human values’’. Comment                                                                                                                          [200 words]                  

(11)       (a) Cloud platform                                                                    [100 words]                    5

(b) Latest developments in IPR regime –India                               [100 words]                    5

(12) Discuss major issues involved in irrigated cropping system in south India

[200 words]                    10

(13)       (a)  5/20 rule and aviation sector                                           [100 words]                 

(b) Nalanda Project                                                                    [100 words]                    5

(14) Differentiate between Patent and service mark with examples            [200 words]                   10          

(15) India’s digital future is at stake. Discuss with reference to Digital India initiative                                                                                                                                      [200 words]                   10

(16) Trace the development of communication technology since the commercialization of blue tooth                                                                                                          [200 words]                   10

(17) Point out the features of community radio services                           [200 words]                   10

(18)       (a) SERVIR-Mekong project                                                        [100 words]                     5

           

(b) Ever green revolution                                                            [100 words]                    5   

(19) Importance increasing urban space in Indian socio cultural landscape [200 words]                 10

(20) Dual use technology and India’s nuclear doctrine                             [200 words]                   10

(21) How drought proofing will help stabilize an emerging economy         [200 words]                   10

(22)       (a) The prospect of Hybrid 3-D printing                                     [100 words]                   5

(b) Value based tourism                                                                         [100 words]                    5

(23) Discuss the importance of Social security legislation                                    [200 words]                   10

(24) The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a threat to the interventions of other multilateral development banks. Comment                                             [200 words]                   10

(25) The international monetary and financial system has spread easy monetary and financial conditions in the core economies to other economies through exchange rate and capital flow pressures, furthering the build-up of financial vulnerabilities. How a macroeconomic policy regime should respond to a financial crisis?

                                                [200 words]                   10