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GENERAL STUDIES
Paper I
tm: Allowed: Three Hours !Maximum Marks : 3001
INSTRUCTIONS
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in the Admission issued to you, which
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each question.
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2. Answer any even of the following in about 150 words
each: 15x7=105
v<aJ "Th.ere is an "UI'gent need for the Planning
Commission to revise the chapter on health in tbe
12th Plan Coounent.
Union Cal>met recently cleared proP9sal to
rename and amend the Child Labqur (Pro!libition
and Regulation) Act, 1986. What are the. salient
fer.tures of the proposed ?
...A:c!} "Domestic resourc.e m_obilization, thougp to
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the process of Indian economic frrOwth, is
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characterized by several constraints." Explain.
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(d) The 'flute-playing Krishna is very _popular
in Indian art. Discuss.
../ (e) What are' the salient features of the Consumer
Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2011 introduced in
the Lok Sabba in December2011?
/What do you understand by the term "Multi-Drug
Resistant TUberculosis" CMDR-TB) ? What
measu.--es would you advocate for its containment
and what are the implications of its spread in the
community?
the pace of development and
denulnd for energy, w!>ul!l you consider renewable
energy as a viable option for India's future ?
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(b) Many food items contain "trans fats. What do you
understand by this term ? Whicti Indian food items
contain trans fats ? What are implications of
trans fats on human health?
S. Answer the following in about 50 words each :
(a) What is the 'Parivarik Mahila Lok Adalat'?
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/(b) List the main objectives of the National
Manufacturing Policy (NMP), 2011.
' (c) Comment on the significance of in
studying the history of Indian Chemistry.
are the Rights within the &mbit of Article 21
of the Indian Constitution ?
- (e) Comment on the significance of the Preamble
contained in the Right to Information Act.
(0 'lb implement one key recommendation of the
Mohini Giri Committee, the Government has
recently IIJlnounced the constitution of a National
Council Highlight the composition and the
mandate of this National Council,
..., (g) Comment on the recent launching of the National
Mission on Libraries (NML).
(b) What are the groups into which musical
instruments in India have traditionally been
classified ?
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5. Why have the following been in the news recently ? ,,
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(b) Aditya Kumar Mandi
Mistry

Miranda
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