Mba Tgouexam Dec2011 Pape

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MBA
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THE GLOBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, NAGALAND
MBA / Ex.MBA : FIRST SEMESTER
Maximum Marks 70 TGOU / MBA / Ex.MBA / 2011 DECEMBER
Time 3 Hours Paper 2 - ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Answer any five questions. All questions are of equal value.
1. How do laboratory experiments differ from field experiments? Discuss
advantage and disadvantage of both these techniques..
2. How important is the leadership role in the process of decision making/
Should the leader be more task-oriented or maintenance oriented? Give
reasons for your answer.
3. Is intelligence an inherited trait or a learned trait? If it is a learned trait
what steps can be taken to improve upon intelligence?
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Why are organizations called social inventions? Why are the people i
the organizations more important than the capital, equipment or buildings?
4. What do you understand by managerial grid? Is it possible to achieve the
coordinates( 9,9) If so is it really necessary?
5. What steps can be taken to reduce and resolve conflicts that are
behavioural in nature?
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How do you relate Pavlovs experiments with the dog to the human
behaviour? Give examples as to how a known stimuli results in a known
response.
6. Explain in detail some of the advantages and consequences of group
cohesiveness.
7. What is the difference between perception and attribution? What are the
three major factors that contribute towards the validity of attribution theory?
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Explain in detail some of the organizational strategies in coping with
stress. Stress the importance of each of these strategies.
8. Differentiate between authoritarian and bureaucratic personality?
Emphasis the commonalities and differences among them.
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Explain in detail the ERG theory of motivation. How does it significantly
differ from Maslows model of motivation?.
9. What is Group Decision-Making ? Discuss the Advantages and
Disadvantages of Group Decision-Making.
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Explain Stress, Frustration and Anxiety. Discuss the sources and
consequences of job stress.
10. What do you understand by Human Behaviour ? Explain.
Time 3 Hours Paper 1 - MANAGEMENT PROCESS AND PERSPECTIVES
1. Differentiate between formal and informal organizations. What purposes
do the informal organizations serve? .
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Define coordination. Explain the characteristics, types and principles of
coordination.
2. Define job analysis, job description and job specifications. How does
job description assist in employing adequately qualified people for the
particular job?
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What guidelines can the management set and follow for behavioural
control?.
3. Differentiate between centralization and decentralization. Discuss the
advantage of each.
4. Compare the classical approach on management with the modern
approaches of scientific management.
5. Explain the contribution of Peter F. Drucker in the development of
management thought.
6. Explain the factors and some personal characteristics that have an impact
on the decision maker.
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What i s Communi cati on ? Di scuss the barri ers to eff ective
Communication.
7. What do you understand by Management? Describe the functions of
Management in the 21st century.
8. What are the different types of skills required to be present in a manager?
And discuss briefly the primary functions of management.
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Elaborate the conceptual skills required in a manager.
9. What is Staffing ? Explain performance appraisal and its methodology.
OR
Compare the three leadership styles. Under what situations would each
style be effective?
10. What is Motivation ? Discuss the different theories of motivation.
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What do you understand by mechanistic versus organic structure of an
organisation ?
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Time 3 Hours Paper 4 - MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
1. What do you understand by analysis of Financial Statements? What is
the need for finance analy2sis? How does the ratio analyses technique
help in financial analysis?
2. Distinguish between Funds Flow Statement and Cash Flow Statements.
Discuss the utility of cash flow statement..
3. Explain the different rules of journalizing the transaction with appropriate
illustrations.
4. What do you understand by the Dual Aspect Concept of accounting?
Explain in detail.
5. What are the chief advantages of Funds Flow Statement? Also describe
its limitations.
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Explain the technique of marginal costing and state its importance in
decision-making?
6. What do you mean by break even analysis? Explain the important
assumptions and practical significance of break even analysis?
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What is Marginal Costing and Direct Costing ? Differentiate between
Absorption Costing and Marginal Costing.
7. Explain the role of the accountant in the present day economy.
8. Explain the rules regarding posting of transactions into the ledger?.
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Explain the Imprest System of keeping the Petty Cash Book.
9. What is a Contingent Liability? Where is it shown in the balance sheet?
Give three examples of Contingent Liability?
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What ratios are to be worked out to study the long term solvency of an
organisation ?
10. Draw up a Proforma Balance Sheet of a Company.
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What is Book Keeping ? Explain the single entry and double entry system
of book keeping.
Time 3 Hours Paper 3 - MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. Discuss the terms Budgetary Constraints and Budget Line.
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Distinguish between Skimming Price and Penetration Price Policy.
2. How will you define economies of scale? What are the sources of internal
and external economies Explain the relationship between marginal cost,
average cost and total cost assuming a short term non linear cost function?
3. Examine critically profit maximization as the objective of business firms
What are alternate objectives of business firms?
4. What do you understand by Consumers Equilibrium ? Discuss.
5. Discuss the excess profit as a measure of degree of monopoly. What forces
limit the pure monopolists market powers?
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What is Monetary Policy ? Discuss the meaning and scope of Monetary Policy.
6. Managerial Economics bridges the gap between the economic theory and
business practices-Explain in detail with examples.
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What is the law of demand? Explain with the help of demand schedule and
demand curve. What are the exceptions to this law?.
7. What are different techniques of survey methods? Under what conditions are
complete enumeration and sample survey methods are chosen?
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Explain the following concepts separately.
a) Income elasticity of demand b) price elasticity of demand c) Elasticity of
price exceptions.
8. What is meant by monetary policy? What monetary measures are used to
control business cycles of depressionary nature? Which measure is more
effective in a developing economy?
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What is value-added? Explains the value-added method of estimating
national income?
9. What are the effects of inflation on wage earners, fixed income people, debtors
and creditors, producers and the Governments Give the reasons for the
effects of inflation?
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What is Oligopoly ? Distinguish between Oligopoly and Monopolistic
Competition.
10. Discuss the technique of multiple- product pricing. Illustrate your answer.
Why cant a single average price be fixed for all products?
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What is Business Cycle ? Explain the causes and cures of Business Cycles.
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Time 3 Hours Paper 5 - QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES
1. Define sampling. Discuss the theory and types of sampling.
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Discuss the applications of Set Theory.
2. What do you understand by mean deviation and standard deviation?
Briefly explain its role in quantitative methods.
3. What is meant by correlation on distinguish between negative and positive
correlation.
4. Explain the term arithmetic mean and mode. Which is the good measure
of central tendency and why?
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What is Skewness ? How would you find it in a non-symmetrical
distribution ?
5. a) What is the meaning of regression. Explain regression lines and
regression coefficients. b) From the following data find two regression
lines: X : 60 65 69 74 79 Y : 132 145 160 179 189
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What is Time Series Analysis method ? Discuss in detail.
6. Discuss the need and importance of forecasting and correlation analysis
in research.
7. Discuss the meaning of probability. Explain briefly the nature and functions
of marginal, joint and conditional probability.
8. Explain the concept of quantitative techniques. What are the quantitative
methods? State their advantages.
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Discuss the roles of mathematics as well as statistics in business
decision making.
9. Describe the nature and scope of frequency distribution. Give the meaning
of relative and cumulative frequency and its application in business
statistics.
10. Write short notes on any three of the following:
(a) Ogive Curve
(b) Stratified Random Sampling
(c) Regression analysis
(d) Methods of data collection
(e) Types of Hypothesis
Time 3 Hours Paper 6 - COMPUTER AIDED MANAGEMENT
1. What do you understand by "Windows cessories"? What is their broad
classification? Explain each of them briefly.
2. How do you manage "files" and "folders"? Draw a "flow chart" to illustrate
the same.
3. What is "Client Server Computing"? Briefly describe the various
"resources" that can be shared freely on the "Internet".
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What are the different components of "Networking" and their essential
functions.
4. What is E-Mailing? How do you create your e-mailing account? Explain
briefly how you send an e-mail with attachment.
5. What is "www"? What is a web browser? Briefly enumerate features of a
good browser. Why a "Search Engine" is required?
6. What is DBMS? Explain the advantages of database management System
(DBMS).
7. Differentiate "Data" from "Information", citing suitable examples.
8. How do you create the "database" using the Database Wizard (windows
based)?
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How do you prepare an effective "PowerPoint Presentation (PPP)" slides
how for a "business meeting" with your clients.
9. Explain the needs and functions of "spreadsheet" with suitable examples
under MS Excel programme.
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As an utility of word processing, how "MS Word" helps you to create
"word document". Discuss its various operative features.
(a) CD-Rom Drive
(b) Minimum hardware and software requirements to install "Linux".
(c) Dish Operating System and "DOS" commands
(d) Multimedia Projector
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Time 3 Hours Paper 7 - TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT
1. Illustrate how "Quality Function development" (QFD) process can be
deployed in an organization.
2. How do you integrate "Quality with business process and profitability of
an organization"? Illustrate with examples.
OR
Describe the server interactive processes categories of Malcom Balridge
National Quality Award Model?
3. What is the philosophy of quality masters? Draw the Juran "Quality
Triology"?
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Describe the ISO 9000 Quality Management System.
4. While tracing the different phases of "productivity cycle", cite the methods
of measuring productivity.
5. "Training is the most commonly used method to improve productivity of
an organization", substantiate this with suitable arguments quoting
examples.
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What is Quality Circle (QC)? Narrate how it became a part of TQM,
drawing the attraction of all "Quality Masters" across the globe.
6. What is E-Learning? Brief its process development and scope. How do
you implement an E-Learning programme?
7. "Cause and Effect Analysis" is one of the tools and techniques for quality
standard assessment. Describe?
8. What are the "Indicators of Performance" used as parameters of
measuring quality of productivity. What do you understand by "Quality
Audit"?
9. How do you perform a computer Assisted Job Evaluation of an
organization?
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Trace the motivational process by a "Flow Chart". Describe the
Motivational Theories with the help of a "Hierarchical Model".
(a) Productivity linked incentives
(b) Fringe Benefits
(c) Reliability engineering
(d) Quality Challenges
(e) Point Rating System
Time 3 Hours Paper 8 - BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
1. What are the different types of business letters? Draft a sample of one of
them, considering you as a "manufacturing industrial concern".
2. What do you mean by "Interactive Communication"? Examine the various
"presentation skills" needed for a meeting or conference.
3. Describe the "essential components" of a good "Report Writing".
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How do you prepare an effective resume, when you apply for a promotional
job opportunity.
4. Describe the different "channels of communication" in business
organization.
5. Describe briefly the objectives of communication.
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Trace the process of communication, citing examples of some methods.
6. What are the common barriers to communication?
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What are the essential elements for an effective communication.
7. What type of communication the "Body Language" is? Narrate its various
"dimensions keeping in mind the adages: Bodies do not lie", "Face is
the index of mind"
8. What is the importance of "Listening Skills in Business"?
9. What is "Intrapersonal" and "Interpersonal" communication? Why is the
former an effective precondition for the later?
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"Brevity at its best"- Elucidate the essentials of a good business letter.
(a) Telephone Manners/ Etiquette
(b) Mass Communication
(c) Various Interview and their aims
(d) Pictorial Presentations
(e) New Technological (IT) Development and Communication
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MBA / Ex.MBA : SECOND SEMESTER
Time 3 Hours Paper 1 - HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. Discuss the need of Human Resource Planning. Give the steps involved
in the plan.
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What is Leadership? What are the qualities of a good leader?
2. "Career planning and career developments are essential ingredients of
HRD systems." Explain this statement.
3. Explain the characteristics essential for a human resource manager.
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What is a grievance? Why do grievances arise? Explain in brief the
procedure handling grievances in the business world.
4. Describe in brief the essentials of performance appraisal. Discuss the
various conventional and modern methods of performance appraisal.
5. Define human resources management. What is integration function of
HRM? What are the factors responsible for growth of human relations?
6. Why do industries need training to their employees? What are the types
and techniques of training and development?
7. Describe the importance of compensation in Human Resource
Management. What factors are considered in wage determination?
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What is meant by Quality Circle? Compare it with quality of work life.
Explain in brief the benefits of Quality Circles.
8. Fringe Benefits have a psychological and social base- Explain this
statement.
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Distinguish between Personnel Management and Human Resources
Management.
9. Explain briefly the concept of Morale. Discuss the relationship between
Morale and Motivation.
10. Write short notes on any three of the following :
1. Body language.
2. Maslows Need Hierarchy Theory
3. Grievance Procedure
4. Leadership Styles
5. Line and Staff Organisation
Time 3 Hours Paper 2 - MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. Promotional Programs are economic wastes and usually unethical- Do
you agree with this statement? Give reasons.
2. Discuss briefly the social responsibility of Marketing. What are the social
functions of Marketing?
3. Describe in brief controllable and non-controllable factors influencing
Marketing Decisions.
4. "Advertising sells the product" - Do you agree with this statement? In the
light of this statement explain the functions performed by advertising.
5. What is physical distribution? What channels of distribution would you
select for marketing soft drinks? Give reasons for the selection.
6. What do you mean by marketing environment? Explain the characteristics
of marketing environment.
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Explain briefly the meaning and scope of product decisions? What are
the various product decisions?
7. What do you mean by the term "Buyer Behaviour"? Why is it a problem
solving behaviour?
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What is the basis for market segmentation? Describe the people oriented
approach in segmentation.
8. What are the typical pricing objectives? Describe the various internal
and external forces that influence the pricing strategy of a firm.
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What do you understand by marketing planning? How would you plan for
the launch of a new brand of two-wheelers?
9. Describe the need and importance of product development in marketing
management. Also state the role of branding and packaging in product
development.
(a) Marketing Audit
(b) Competitive Positioning
(c) New product pricing
(d) Factors of Consumer Behaviour
(e) Marketing and sales
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Time 3 Hours Paper 4 - BUSINESS LAWS
1. Explain "Breach of contract" as a mode of discharge of contract.
OR
What do you understand by "Anticipatory breach of contact?" State the
rights of the promise in case of such breach.
2. What remedies are available to an aggrieved party on the breach of a
contract?
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Define Bailment. Discuss the rights and responsibilities of a paid and
gratuitous bailee.
3. Distinguish between: a) Sale and hire purchase agreement
b) Sales and contract for work and labour c) Sale and bailment
4. Define the term price. What are the different modes of determination of
price? Are the stipulations as to time of payment of the essence of the
contract of sale?
5. Explain and enumerate the implied conditions and warranties stated under
the Sales of Goods Act.
6. Discuss the circumstances under which an offer lapses and stands
revoked. Give examples .
7. Discuss briefly the law relating to communication of offer, acceptance
and revocation. Is there any limit of time after which offer and acceptance
cannot be revoked?
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Define Consideration? What are the legal rules regarding Consideration?
8. In what cases a contract without consideration is not void.
9. What remedies are available to a person induced to enter into a contract
by
(a) Misrepresentation, which is not fraudulent, (b) fraud?
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Under what circumstances is the object or consideration of a contract
unlawful? Illustrate with suitable examples.
10. What do you understand by a contingent contract? Discuss how far the
contingency may be dependent on the act of a party.
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What do you understand by performance of a contract? State the persons
by whom the contract should be performed.
Time 3 Hours Paper 3 - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. What is Lease Financing ? Can a Lease benefit both Lessor and Lesse?
2. What is Capital Budgeting ? Discuss the importance of Capital Investment
Planning and Control.
OR
Define the terms "Shares" and "Debentures". Distinguish between equity
shares, preference shares and debentures.
3. What is Cost of Capital ? Discuss the significance of the Cost of Capital.
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What do you understand by the Cost of Debt ? Differentiate between
Debt issued at Par and Debt issued at Discount or Premium.
4. Discuss the Walter's and Gordon's models of Dividend Relevance.
OR
Discuss the Miller - Modigliani (MM) Hypothesis related to Dividend
Irrelevance.
5. Explain in brief Capital Structure Theory. Discuss its relevance and
irrelevance.
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Explain the need of Corporate Restructuring, Mergers and Acquisitions.
6. What is Financial Management ? Explain the Financial Manager's role in
fund raising, allocation and profit planning.
7. Explain the determinants of Working Capital. Discuss the sources of
working capital including trade credit, accrued expenses and deferred
income, bank finance etc.
8. What is Dividend Policy ? Explain.
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What do you understand by Return, Risk and Share Holder Value ?
Discuss
9. Define Financial Leverage. Discuss the measures of Financial Leverage
of Companies in India.
10. What is Capital Rationing ? Explain.
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What is Investment Analysis ? Discuss its benefits.
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Time 3 Hours Paper 6 - PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. Define the term Work Measurement. What is its importance in Production?
Discuss the various techniques of Work Measurement. OR
Describe the various elements of the cost of an engineering product, bringing
out the concept of fixed and variable costs.
2. What are the methods adopted to monitor and control production? What are
the documents used for this purpose? OR
What is quality management? Explain the role and importance of quality
circles in quality control.
3. The production manager advises the manufacturer regarding the decision of
manufacturing the spark plugs instead of procuring them from the open
market. List out reasons for his decision.
4. What is meant by quality circles? Explain in brief the benefits of quality circles
in quality management.
5. What do you mean by materials management? State the various elements of
materials management. OR
What is meant by factory automation? State the role of computers in factory
automation
6. Compare Production Planning and Production Control. State their objectives
with suitable illustrations. OR
Distinguish between Revenue and Capital Budgets. Prepare a typical revenue
and capital budget for a bakery unit.
7. Explain the functions of a Plant Maintenance Department. What are the
techniques for planning the workload of a maintenance department?
8. What are the uses of computers in Production Planning and Control
Department? Explain the functions of any three PPC Modules.
OR
An inventory system for supplies has been using a perpetual inventory system,
but with arbitrarily defined order quantities. Recently, the paper work due to
order transactions has begun to increase, and the boss is looking for a way
to control this trend. One suggestion was to increase in order quantities of
25% for all items. A) Explain why this will reduce paper work. B) Explain why
this will increase inventory. C) Suggest a method for reducing paper work
without increasing total Inventory cost.
9. Draw an organisational chart of Production Management indicating the place
of it in an overall organisation and discuss maj or responsibilities of a
Production Manager. OR
What are the various elements of Production Planning and Control? State the
significance of Production Planning in factory management.
1. SWOT analysis 2. Operational Research.
3. Bath Tub Control 4. Rejection and Rework
5. CAD and CAM Systems 6 PERT network.
Time 3 Hours Paper 5 - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
1. What do you understand by Randomisation Principle ? Explain.
2. Differentiate between Research Method and Research Methodology.
3. How are Hypothesis Testing of Correlation Coefficients done ? Discuss.
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Explain Sample Size and its Determination
4. What is Research ? Explain the objective, types and approaches of
Research.
5. What is the current status of Research in India ? What are the limitations
of Research in Management Decision ?
6. What do you understand by Attitude Measurement and Scales ? Discuss
the Scale Constructions Techniques.
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What is Report Writing ? Discuss the steps in Report Writing. Present a
Layout of a good Research Report.
7. Explain the significance of Research Methodology for conducting a good
Research.
8. What is Sampling. Discuss the types and process of sampling.
OR
What is Research Design ? Explain different Research Designs in
exploratory research studies, descriptive studies and casual research
studies.
9. What is Hypothesis ? Explain the Hypothesis testing of means, difference
between means, proportions and difference between proportions.
OR
What is Research Planning ? Explain its types and considerations.
10. What is Data Collection ? Explain the observation, interview and other
methods of Data Collection.
OR
What is the difference between Questionnaires and Schedules ? Explain
with suitable examples.
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Time 3 Hours Paper 8 - BUSINESS ETHICS
1. What do you mean by ethical investment? What are its modern forms?
OR
Show how culture functions promote the survival of a firm by influencing
its external and internal behaviour.
2. Discuss the code of conduct for a lawyer or charter accountant or an
engineer.
3. The environmental problems of developing countries are not the side
effects of excessive industrialization but the inadequacy of development.
Explain this "Paradox".
4. What is corporate social reporting? What are its uses.
5. What do you understand by CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)?
Discuss.
6. Show how the theme of creativity draws attention when we deal with
Management Activities.
7. Why are we concerned about "Deteriorating values"? How do values and
dedication bring skill?
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Discuss how the "Eight fold path leads to cessation of suffering" according
to Lord Buddha.
8. The Buddhist Economics is very different from the economics of modern
materialism because the Buddhist sees the essence of civilization not in
the multiplication of wants but in the purification of "Human Character",
Discuss how true is this statement.
OR
Describe the Gandhian idea of "Trusteeship"?
9. Can we do without ethics in economics activities? Substantiate your
arguments with some examples from real life situation.
OR
What do you mean "work ethos" or "work culture"? Give an idea of work
ethics at different levels.
10. Write short notes on any two of the following:
(a) Whistle blowing
(b) White collar crime
(c) Workers Participation
(d) Quality Circle
Time 3 Hours Paper 7 - ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
1. How will Technology Transfer help India in bringing efficiency and
productivity ? Explain with suitable examples.
OR
Define the Social Responsibilities of Business. How can the Corporate
Houses protect the Environment ?
2. What is E-Commerce ? Discuss its objectives and benefits.
3. Discuss the working of the World Bank.
OR
Explain the functioning of Industrial Development in India.
4. Why does the Central Government stress the need for Privatisation ?
Explain
5. Discuss the salient features of the Indian Parliament.
6. What is Economic Environment ? Discuss Capitalism, Socialism and
Mix Economy.
OR
Explain the Economic Planning of the Government of India.
7. Discuss the Economic Reforms implemented by the Government of India.
What are the New Economic Policies ?
8. What are the developmental roles of Public Sector in India ? How are
they different from the Cooperative Sectors ?
OR
Explain the function of the International Monetary Fund.
9. Discuss the salient features of MRTP Act, FEMA, EXIM Policy and SEBI
Guidelines.'
10. Explain the Directive Principles of State Policy. What are the rationale
and extent of State Intervention ?
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT)
Time 3 Hours Paper 1 - CORPORATE FINANCE
1. What are the goals and objectives of financial management? Write a
note on the changing role of the financial manager in the backdrop of
basic problems faced by him. OR
Explain the features of an appropriate capital structure. What are the
major determinants of capital structure?
2. What is inventory management? Discuss the techniques of selective
inventory control.
3. What is lease finance? What are the forms of lease finance? Explain the
tax considerations of lease finance.
4. What do you understand by financial statements? Discuss the utility
and limitations of financial statements.
5. Discuss the meaning and importance of optimum capital structure.
Elaborate the significance of the same.
OR
Discuss the role of the manager in Corporate Planning and explain the
steps involved in Corporate Planning.
6. Wealth Maximization Objective is superior to the Profit Maximization.
Do you agree with this statement? Justify your point of view.
OR
What are the methods of Project Evaluation? Explain the merits and
demerits of Pay Back Method?
7. Discuss the meaning and nature of Working Capital Management. State
the two important issues in formulating the Working Capital Policy.
8. What is cash management? What are the determinants of optimum cash
balance? OR
Explain the major sources of finance and financing institutions. State the
significance of cost of capital in financial decision- making.
9. List all the objectives of credit management. What is an optimum credit
policy? Discuss. OR
Define the term capitalisation. Explain the meaning of under-capitalisation
and over-capitalisation. Discuss the causes, effects and remedies of
under-capitalisation as against over capitalization.
(a) Degree of Financial Leverage.
(b) Importance of Cash Forecasting.
(c) Equity Shares and Preference Shares
(d) Selective Inventory Control
(e) Determinants of Dividend Policy
Time 3 Hours Paper 2 - TAXATION IN INDIA
1. Describe the various exemptions granted from income under the head
"capital gains" under the Income Tax Act, 1961.
OR
What deductions are admissible to individuals in respect of payments
made towards medical insurance premium? What are the conditions for
availing such deductions?
2. What are the different bases for the charge of customs duty?
OR
What do you understand by the term "taxable event"? what is the tax-
able event for the charge of the central excise duty?
3. What limitations are place by the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956, on the
power of state governments to levy tax on declared goods?
OR
Write short notes on:
i) Depreciable asset ii) Preliminary expenditure
iii) Methods of accounting iv) Presumptive taxation
4. Enumerate the principles of taxation enunciated by the AICPA.
5. Discuss the taxability of agricultural income.
OR
What is the impact of agricultural income on the total tax liability of an
assessee?
6. What are allowances? Discuss the taxability of various allowances re-
ceived by employees from their employers.
7. Write short notes on?
(a) Previous year and assessment year
(b) Assessee and person
(c) Income
8. Enumerate the deductions allowed to be made from "income from house
property".
9. Enumerate the expenses and payment that are not allowed as deduc-
tions from income chargeable under the head "profits and gains from
business and profession".
10. Explain the following types of income tax assessments:
i) Self-Assessment ii) Regular Assessment
iii) Best judgment assessment iv) Re-assessment
v) Precautionary Assessment
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Time 3 Hours Paper 3 - INDIAN FINANCIAL SYSTEM
1. Define a merchant banker and state the authorized activities.
2. How is Unit Trust of India unique among the mutual funds in India?
3. What are the objectives of NSE?
4. Discuss the different types of Treasury Bills and the major agencies in
the secondary market.
5. What are the types of currency options? Describe their features.
Or
Define a debenture and describe their features.
6. Discuss the functions of financial markets.
OR
Explain the concept of financial intermediation citing examples.
7. "Risk management" is the major function of a commercial bank. Discuss.
8. Analyses the reforms initiated to strengthen cooperative credit structures.
Or
Are the operations of NBFs profitable? Discuss the position of each
category of NBFC.
9. What do you understand by Social cost-benefit analyses?
10. What is the difference between a commercial bank and an investment
band? What restrictions exit on commercial banks in India to undertake
investment banking?
Time 3 Hours Paper 4 - MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
1. Draw an outline of the growth of the Indian mutual funds industry.
2. Discuss the pricing norms during a public offer following a substantial
acquisition of shares.
OR
Discuss the role of merchant banks as consultants, giving at least two
examples.
3. What do you understand by firm allotment and reservation in a public
issue? What is the maximum amount that can b allotted through these
routes to the employees of the issuer company?
OR
Give a brief outline of the process of "issue management".
4. What do you understand by liberalization and globalization of markets .
Discuss some of their consequences.
5. Describe some financial products in international markets that Indian
corporate are accessing nowadays to meet their funding requirements.
OR
What are the liquidity ratios for commercial banks? What are the current
levels for such ratios? How do these help RBI to control the money
supply?
6. Enumerate the essential features of the RBI policy on housing finance.
OR
Explain the prevailing situation in India in respect of venture capital
financing.
7. What are the different types of broad marketing strategies in financial
services?
8. What do you understand by floating rate of interest? Explain how the
introduction of PLRs can help in managing interest rate risk.
9. How does online trading help the flow of information in a share market?
10. How does lease financing differ from term loan financing? Under what
circumstances would a company seek lease financing of its fixed assets
rather than availing of a term loan?
OR
Explain the growth of securitization in the global scenario as well as in
India.
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Time 3 Hours Paper 5 - SECURITY ANALYSIS
1. Discuss the salient features of the Sensex and the recent changes in its
composition.
2. How would you minimize the various risk exposures?
3. How would you immunize the bond portfolio using the immunization
technique?
OR
Explain the importance of earnings, dividend payout and required rate of
return in estimating the theoretical value of the stock.
4. What is "SWOT" analysis? Carry out a "swot" analysis for any industry
of your choice.
5. Without adequate information the investor cannot carry out his investment
programme. Elucidate.
OR
What is a point and figure chart, and how is it used?
6. The investment process involves a series of activities starting from policy
formulation. Discuss.
7. Differentiate between capital and money market securities. Explain the
commonly available money market securities.
8. "Primary and secondary markets are complementary to each other but
their organization set up are different".- Explain
OR
What are the roles played by the underwriter and the bankers to an
issue?
9. What are the requirements to become member of the stock exchange?
Explain the role of brokers in the trading of stock.
10. What is listing? Why do companies get their shares listed in the stock
exchange?
OR
Explain the functioning of NSDL.
Time 3 Hours Paper 6 - PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
1. How would you calculate the systematic, unsystematic risk of a security
and the portfolio risk?
2. "All investors hold only the market portfolio and the riskless securities" -
how true is this statement? Substantiate it.
OR
What is meant by leveraged portfolio? How is it constructed?
3. Give an account of the various types of mutual funds available in the
Indian capital market.
4. What are the Basic Concepts of Portfolio Management? Discuss.
5. What is meant by Risk-Free Asset? Compare systematic Risk and
Specific Risk.
OR
Trace briefly the history of Project Management. What are different Project
Management Approaches? Discuss briefly each of them.
6. What are market inefficiencies? Briefly narrate its study findings.
OR
Discuss the relationship between fundamental analyses and efficiency
market hypothesis.
7. Differentiate between options and futures.
8. What are the different between traditional approach and modern approach
in the construction of portfolio?
9. Define efficient frontier. Distinguish between efficient portfolio and feasible
portfolio.
10. Write short notes any two:
(a) Treynor's performance Index
(b) Simple Diversification of portfolio.
(c) Global fund management industry
(d) Efficient Frontier
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Time 3 Hours Paper 7 - INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
1. What do you mean by fundamental forecasting? Explain its example
and its limitations.
2. Explain the effect of purchasing power parity on operation exposure.
OR
What are the various method of hedging?
3. What are the various aspects of financial management?
OR
Briefly explain the flexibility of a multinational firm.
4. What are bond markets. List its various types.
5. What are the various reasons for considering foreign financing?
6. Describe the three main theories which create a need for business
enterprises to globalize.
7. Explain off-shore markets and their evolution.
8. What do you mean by currency convertibility?
OR
Describe the different types of transactions used in foreign exchange
market.
9. Describe the process of interbank dealing.
10. Explain yield curves and its types and applications.
OR
What are the different concept of financial economy that are related to
international finance?
Time 3 Hours Paper 8 - MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
1. Explain the offshore market and their evolution.
2. Explain the three pillars of capital adequacy. Which three elements are
needed to computer risk-based ratio?
3. Explain the breakeven point analysis performed for financial appraisal of
a project.
OR
What is the role of a financial planner in a financial institution?
4. Explain the role of financial institution in various fields.
5. What do you understand by debt and equity instruments? Explain briefly.
OR
Different between the lending and borrowing behaviour of financial
institutions.
6. How is the concept of security used in commercial bank landing in India?
7. Explain the securitization mechanism and its importance.
8. What are the various types of changes that have occurred in the insurance
industry?
OR
What did you mean by the credit unions and also explain its structure
and composition?
9. What are the different regulations issued by SEBI?
10. Write short notes any three:
(a) EMU-Economy and Monetary Union
(b) Capital-to-assets ratio
(c) Discounted cash flow technique
(d) Forms of insurance companies
(e) Invest in SLR Securities
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SEMESTER (HEALTH CARE & HOSPITAL ADMN.)
Maximum Marks 70 : Time 3 Hours : TGOU / MBA / Ex.MBA / 2011 DECEMBER
Paper 1 - HOSPITAL, PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY Paper - 1 : INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH CARE
(Old Curriculum and Old Study Materials) (New Curriculum and New Study Materials)
MBA / Ex.MBA : 3
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Paper 2 - HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM Paper - 2 : HOSPITAL AND ITS DEPARTMENTS
1. What is a impact of intra-
operative monitoring on patient
safety ? Discuss.
2. Explain the prevention
procedure for clinically
significant gastrointestinal
bleeding in intensive care unit
patients.
3. How are safety audits
conducted in hospitals ?
Explain.
4. What do you understand by
Biosafety in Hospitals ?
Discuss.
5. List out the checklist of
elements that contribute to a
patient-safe environment.
6. What is Health Risk
Assessment ? Explain.
7. Discuss the importance of
Pneumococcal Vaccination
prior to hospital discharge.
8. Name the common drugs which
are considered hazardous.
Explain.
9. Explain the ultrasound guidance
of central vein catheterization.
10. Write short notes on any two of
the following :
(a) Public Health
(b) Vaccine Effectiveness
(c) Drug Administration
(d) Safety Culture
1. Discuss the administration of
blood components. Explain
different aspects of the admini-
stration of blood components ?
2. Why is it important for the Hospital
Management to understand the
patient's expectations for
optimising the reputation of a
Hospital ? Discuss with suitable
examples.
3. Discuss the critical access
hospitals with specific reference
to its administrative aspects.
4. What is health systems
research? What are the essential
guidelines for a successive
health systems research ?
5. Explain the methodology of
Pathology Services.
6. What is Triangulation ? Discuss
with examples.
7. What is Geriatric Evaluation and
Management for hospitalised
patients? How can a Hospital
take care of elderly patients with
multiple co-morbiities ?
8. What are the steps involved in
evaluation planning ? Discuss
briefly the Hospitality
Administration Tool (HAT).
9. What is Trauma Management ?
Discuss the Trauma System Plan
Emergency Medical Services.
10. What is blood transfusion ? What
are the steps required for
collection of blood samples for
pretrans-fusion compatibility
testing ?
1. What are "NOOTROPICS"? discuss its
availability and prevalence as well as
hazards with some examples.
2. What are smart drugs? What are common
"stimulants" used by general medical
practioners and f or what purposes
quoting examples in each case.
3. Discuss about various "stress
management technique" and its
effectiveness and how it can be
measured. OR
Explain the various physiological aspects
of SLEEP and t he i mpact of sleep
deprivation on human health.
4. Explain briefly the various "disparities in
access" to health care.
5. What do you understand by health care
and health care provi ders? Li st and
explain briefly the various Health Care
provider institutions from Indian context.
6. What is the various definition of health?
Explain the dif ferent aspects of health
and the essenti als procedures of a
"general physical fitness programme".
7. What do you underst and by t he
"determinants of Health"? List some of
the f actors concerned with soci al
determinants of Health and briefly explain
at least a few of them to support your
arguments.
8. What are nutrients? Name the essential
and the non essential nutrients required
f or human healt h? List some of the
illnesses caused by improper/inadequate
intake of nutrients. OR
What are vitamins? Mention the two kinds
of Vitamins & their chemical names? List
the deficiency diseases caused by lack
of intake of the vitamins.
9. Explain "Food Safety". What are different
culinary practices adopted in culinary
hygiene to achieve food safety?
10.Write short notes on any two of the
f ollowing:
(a) Ageing and age related health care
services.
(b) Eustress and Distress
(c) Health Care Reforms
1. Discuss in detail radiology.
hospital and health
communication system?
Discuss.
3. Discuss the origin, mission,
vision and administrative
structure of medical faculty
organization.
4. Discuss the hospital human
resource management.
5. What are hospitals? Discuss
the departments of hospital.
6. What is heart and why is it
important? Discuss the
structure and functioning of
heart. Discuss the disorders
and treatment involved in
cardiology.
7. Discuss the emergency
department and intensive care
unit.
8. Define and discuss in detail
endocrinology.
9. Define pharmacy. Discuss its
origin, components, types and
their nature.
10. Write short note on any two of
the following:
(a) Priority patients
departments
(b) Dermatology
(c) Laboratory and pathology
(d) Modern surgery
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Paper 4 - HOSPITAL RULES AND REGULATIONS Paper - 4 : HEALTH INFORMATICS
MBA / Ex.MBA : 3
rd
Paper 3 - HOSPITAL ENTERPRISES MANAGEMENT Paper - 3 : HEALTH EDUCATION
1. Why is quality of patient care so
important ? Explain.
2. Explain organisational research
focusing on Hospitals.
3. Explain the adverse effects of
inappropriate delegation of
authority in Hospitals. Discuss.
4. "A Trade Union is a quasi-legal
entity which can be sued in certain
circumstances, but not in all".
Examine this statement.
5. What is Safety Audit in the context
of a Hospital Organisation ?
Discuss.
6. What is Preventive Health Care ?
Why is it so important ?
OR
Design and ideal employment
contract between the hospital and
a Doctor joining the Hospital.
Management of Change ? Explain.
OR
How is Quality Control in Hospitals
ensured ? Discuss.
8. What do you understand by Patient
Care Quality ? Explain.
OR
What is Hospital Enterprise
Management ? Give examples.
9. Discuss the safety policies to be
adopted in a Hospital.
10. How has technology affected the
working of Hospital Organisations
? Explain.
1. What type of permission is
required for the establishment of
New Medical Colleges in India ?
Explain.
2. Discuss the Health Insurance
Regulations and Policies in India.
3. What is Public Health Ethics ?
Explain.
Human Rights of Patients ? Give
examples.
5. Explain the responsibilities of
Physicians to each other.
6. What do you understand by the
Central Register of Indian
Medicine ? Discuss.
Medical Devices Administration ?
Explain.
OR
Discuss the need for low cost
quality Nursing Homes in India.
8. What is Medical Records
Management ? Why is it so
important ? Explain.
OR
How can the Standards of Medical
Education be improved in India ?
Discuss.
9. Explain the Code of Medical
Ethics developed by the Medical
Council of India.
10. What are the duties of the
Physician to the Public and to the
Paramedical Profession ?
Discuss.
1. Define "nursing" and trace the
history of nursing models.
2. Analyse the different perspectives
of Indian Healthcare Systems as
it exists today.
3. What do you mean by pre-
primary healthcare and explain its
four essential components.
4. Do you believe sex education is
an absolute necessity for any
country? Substanti ate your
arguments wi th necessary
evidences.
5. Provide an overview of Health
Informatics/Medical Informatics.
Expl ai n the need f or Data
Standards for Health Care.
6. What do you understand about
HMOS? Explain how HMOs are
vital to safeguard "Health of
people" in US healthcare system.
7. Enlist the health education career
opportunities and explain each of
them briefly.
8. Define "Epidemiology". Illness or
ill-health are of various types.
Explain each of them.
9. Name some of the "carcinogens".
Explain all about the chemical
carcinogens.
10. What are environmental health
services as defined by WHO?
Briefly explain the environmental
health concerns.
1. How Health Information Exchange (HIE)
functions? OR
What is different "Computer Techniques"
employed in Hospital Quality Control.
2. Define EMR (Electronic Medical Record).
Discuss various EMR issues. OR
Explain the "Social Health Services" in
detail.
3. What do mean by "Determi nants of
Health". List them. Describe briefly the
"Social Determinants of Health".
4. What is HIS (Hospit al I nf ormati on
System)? Explain how different it is from
"Health Informatics"? Analyze its salient
f eatures
5. How much essential is the "Continuity of
Care Record"? What are the medico-legal
aspects relating to this? OR
What do you understand by M-health?
Explain in detail a M-Health project you
have come across and how relevant are
its usages for Low and Middle income
countries.
6. "Health Mat rices Network"- Def i ne.
Narrate briefly its "Mission", "structure",
"partners" and "findings".
7. How "Quality Assurance in Health Care"
can be achi eved? Di scuss "Quali ty
Assurance versus Quality Control". Cite
a few economic impacts of quality with
reference to publicly funded Health Care
System.
8. What is Epidemiology? How significantly
epidemiological analysis help in
enhanci ng popul ation based Heal th
Management in a country like ours.
9. What do you understand by "International
Health Care Accreditation"? explain in
detail. What makes people to pref er
"Health Tourism" or "Global Health Care
options". OR
List the clinical and non clinical uses of
Tele Health Technologies.
f ollowing:
(a) Health Policy
(b) Health Promotion
(c) Health Literacy
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Paper 5 - HOSPITAL AUTOMATION AND INFO. MGT. Paper - 5 : MEDICAL ETHICS
MBA / Ex.MBA : 3
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Paper 6 - HEALTH CARE AND HOSPITAL FACILITIES Paper - 6 : SPECIAL CARE HOSPITALS
1. Trace the development of
Computer Technology. How does
it help in health information ?
2. Discuss use of Simulators in
Medical Training. What is the
extent of patient safety in this
training ?
3. What do you understand by data
standards for health care.
Discuss.
4. What is an Electronic Network?
What are its type ?
5. Design an ideal Health
Information System for a modern
Hospital.
6. What is Community Health
Management Information System
? Discuss.
OR
What is Telemedicine ? Discuss
its scope and limitations.
7. Why is the privacy of Hospital
Records required ? Discuss.
OR
How can the preservation of
Electronic Records be ensured ?
Explain.
8. How can Office Automation in
Hospitals be achieved ? Discuss.
OR
What are the Data Standards for
Health Care ? Explain.
9. What is Health Informatics ?
Discuss in detail.
10. Discuss the Computer
Techniques in Hospital Quality
Control.
1. Are adequate health manpower
available in India ? Design the
strategy for developing health
manpower for the 21
st
century.
2. What is Health Care Quality ?
How can quality be improved with
growing competition ? What are
the barriers to improving quality ?
3. Discuss the Health Care Reforms
issues in the context of
globalisation.
Health Care disparities ? How
can this be reduced ?
5. How can the battle to make Health
Care work be won ? Explain.
OR
What do you understand by the
Political Muscle of the Insurance
Industry? Explain with examples.
6. How can Hospital Facilities for the
Poor be provided at the village
level ? Discuss.
7. Discuss the issues relating to
management of health of the
children with complex health care
leads.
8. What do you understand by Geriatric
Medicine ? Explain the medical
needs of the Aged People.
9. Discuss the reformed health care
in Latin America in the context of
the social protection model.
10. "Health IT can empower parents
and children to make informed
health care decisions". Examine
this statement.
OR
Why is Health Care Financing so
important these days ? How can
Health Care Financing help in the
delivery of health services ?
1. What are the powers and duties of Health
& Safety Executive Inspector?
2. What is "Preventive Care"? What are its
3 levels? Explain. Mention some of the
Prevent ive care "Specialization" &
"Subspeciality" as practiced in USA.
OR
Discuss at length "the Confidentiality",
"Privacy" & "Security of Health Care
Information".
3. What are clinical approaches in "Cognitive
& Behavioural therapies" and explain its
techniques.
4. What is "Holistic Health"? Describe in detail
either of the following therapies in relation
to each other.
(i) Hypnotherapy
(ii) Psychotherapy
5. What is the essence of "Hippocratic Oath"
for Doctors? Discuss its salient aspects
with reference to the present day context
of medical practices in the country.
6. What is "Euthanasia"? Supposing you are
a medi cal practiti oner, do you f eel
empathy towards a patient who needs
"euthanasia"? If yes, what "medical laws"
in India & abroad are there to support
your empathetic decision?
7. What do you know about "Health Care
Proxy"? Under what circumstances
"Health Care Proxies" are needed?
Discuss its "contemporary importance"
in present day "materialistic life of human
beings" citing some "case study".
8. What do you understand by "Health Care
Philosophy" and what are its various
elements? In this context, discuss briefly-
"bio-ethics", medical ethics, "nursing
ethics" and "business ethics".
9. What are "Public Health Acts"? What are
its guidelines for ethical practices in
Human Health Care Management.
10. Write short notes on any two of the
f ollowing:
(a) Health Disparities or Inequalities
(b) Human Radiation Experiments
(c) Leading Causes of Preventable Deaths
1. What do you understand by "Nursing
Home"? What types of skilled nursing care
are provided to the patients. Discuss
briefly quoting some examples.
2. Who are "osteopaths" or "Osteopathic
Physicians"? how Osteopathic
Manipulative Medicine (OMM) is different
f rom "Allopathic Medicine"? Trace its
development across the world.
3. Give a detailed description of a "Surgical
Procedure as carried out by a General
Surgeon". Ment ion some surgical
specialties.
4. Why "Hospital Counselling" is required?
When and how i s i t practi ced by
counsellors?
5. What are the chemical carcinogens?
Discuss the possible mechanisms of
"Alcohol" as a carcinogen. OR
Discuss the treatment regime (in cancer
patients) that is commonly adopted.
6. Explain the techniques and procedures
of the f oll owing terms with their
definitions:
i. "Skin Grafting"
ii. "Reconstructive Surgery"
iii."Cosmetic or Aesthetic Surgery"
7. Vividly discuss the developments taking
place in the "Multidisciplinary diagnostic
testing" fields of nuclear medicine.
8. Def ine the terms: "ORTHOTICS",
ORTHOSES" & "ORTHOTIST". In what
way the practices of an orthotist are
structured and functional to serve the
patients.
9. Di f f erent types of "Urgent Care"
"Ambulatory Health Care" or "Walk in
Care" centers have been developed in
the very recent past- Discuss all of about
them briefly. OR
Trace the origin and history of Geriatric
Intensive Care Unit and discuss its goal,
practice issues and ethical issues.
f ollowing:
(a) Six steps to filing Medical Insurance
Claims
(b) Massaging and Massage Centers
(c) Hospital rehabilitation services &
Support Group.
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Paper 8 - HOSPITAL COUNSELLING & REHAB. SERVICES Paper - 8 : HEALTH INSURANCE
MBA / Ex.MBA : 3
rd
Paper 7 - HOSPITAL HUMAN RESOURCE MGT. Paper - 7 : HEALTH Sc., LAW & KNOWLEDGE
1. What are the training
requirements for the hospital
employees through continuing
education programme?
OR
Discuss the medical errors due
to fatigue and sleepiness of the
health care staff.
2. Explain the HR Leader's
Planning Role for motivating
hospital employees.
3. What is job evaluation and merit
rating as applicable to hospital
industry? Explain.
4. What do you understand by cost
effectiveness analysis for
hospitals ? Give examples.
5. What do you understand by Rural
Health Planning and Policy
Coordination? How is the State
Rural Health Development
Capacity built?
6. What are the Personnel
Management Plans for recruiting
new staff members in large
hospitals ? Discuss.
7. Why are Night Shifts so important
? Why is shift rotation essential ?
Explain.
Health Services Management ?
Explain. OR
Discuss the planning for
Essential Drug Management.
9. Discuss the importance of
documen-tation of evaluation and
management services in
hospitals.
10. What are the benefits of an
effective Human Resource
Management Plan for a health
care and hospital organisation ?
1. What is Voluntary HIV Counselling
and Testing (VCT) ? Discuss its
objectives.
2. What is Social Learning / Social
Cognitive Theory ? Discuss.
3. Discuss biopsychosocial,
empathy, styles of relating and
issues of compliance while
analysing Doctor-Patient
relationship.
4. What is Mammography ? How
does it help in detecting breast
cancer?
5. What is Group Counselling ? What
are the common issues or
problems in Group Counselling
and Sessions ?
6. What is Behavioural Psychology ?
Discuss.
OR
What do you understand by
Medical Ethics ? Explain.
7. Define Medical Psychotherapy.
Explain its scope.
OR
Discuss the utility of Medical
Health Statistics.
8. What is Behaviour Change
Communication (BCC) ? Discuss
the planning, situation and
audience analysis while
developing BCC objectives.
9. What is Hospital Counselling ?
Explain the aims of Rehabilitation
Services in Hospitals.
10. List out the probable questions
asked by the patients about (a)
blood cholesterol; (b) quitting
cigarettes and tobacco.
1. What is FDA? What are the
"Hazardous Drugs" and
Occupational Risks.
2. Discuss in detail "Disposal of
Hospital Wastes" and the Acts
governing this.
3. The "Protocols" that are followed in
case of "High- Risk Drugs" to
safeguard patients safety.
4. Why and how "Hospitals and
Diagnostic centers" functions
should be regulated? What are the
"Acts" pertaining to this.
5. Enumerate "the powers & duties" of
a Minister for Health in a welfare
State Government.
6. Trace the "Early Public Health
Interventions" in the light of "Modern
Public Health" developments.
7. What do you understand by the
terms: IMMUNITY and
IMMUNOLOGY. Describe the
"Immuno-deficiencies" and related
syndromes. OR
What is Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) and who pronounced
it. What are the "Indicators" to
achieve improvements of "Maternal
Health" & initiatives taken by all
countries across the globe.
"Evidence- based Medicine"? what
are its limitations in improving
"Health Care".
9. Give an account of "Interdisciplinary
Sub-specialties of Medicine" as
practiced worldwide.
following :
(i) Medical Imaging
(ii) Family Planning & Contraceptive
Devices
(iii)Ethical Practices in medical
Termination of Pregnancy.
1. What is the micro health Insurance or pro-
poor Health insurance in India? How is it
regulated by IRDA? Briefly explain a few
of its salient features.
2. How Health Care Financing and Delivering
works? Give a brief overview from global
perspective.
3. What are the health insurance initiatives
that State Governments across India have
launched so far? Explain briefly each of
them.
4. What is the future of health insurance in
India? What is the positive direction you
can suggest for its development?
5. What do you under stand by "Health
Insurance"? Explaining briefly the modern
"health Insurance", trace the step by step
process of working of health insurance
from Indian context.
6. "National Health Services (NHS) is the
publicly funded health care system in
UK" In what way is it different from
health insurance Scheme/Plan practiced
elsewhere in other countries. OR
What is HMO? How managed care
techniques effi ciently function as
compared to a public health care system
like NHS?
7. Narrat e bri efly t he history of Health
insurance development in India. List the
individual Health Insurance products in
India (Single Person) and family floater
Health Insurance ( for enti re f amil y)
schemes.
8. What is HIPAA? What are the different
laws pertaining to medical insurance in
USA and explain briefly each of them.
9. Who are the uninsured? What is the
impact of not having insurance? Explain
who pays f or Healt h Care f or t he
uninsured ?
following:
(a) Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection
in Insurance
(b) CGHS & ESIS
(c) Cancer Insurance Policy
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (MARKETING MGT.)
Time 3 Hours Paper 1 - ADVERTISING AND SALES PROMOTION
1. Explain the various functions involved in launching a new detergent soap
in Maharashtra state by preparing a promotional plan for the first year.
2. Discuss the main requirements of a sound compensation plan. Explain
the different plans of giving remuneration to the sales personnel.
3. Explain the meaning and purpose of marketing communications. What
are the functions of marketing communication?
4. Define the term sales management. What are the important functions
involved in sales management?
5. Explain in detail the concept of leadership. Discuss the conditions of
sales leadership. Also explain the relation between leadership and
motivation.
6. What qualities should a Sales Executive possess to be an effective Sales
Manager.
7. Describe any four methods of training salesmen. What are the advantages
of training salesmen?
OR
Define the sales force management. Also explain the objectives of
establishing sales territories.
8. How do you determine advertising outlays? Explain the role of advertising.
OR
"The money spent on advertising is an investment and is not a waste" -
Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer.
9. What do you understand by sales territories? What are the reasons for
establishing sales territories? Why is it sometimes necessary to revise
territories?
(a) Career Aspects of Advertising
(b) The Selling Cycle
(c) Planning Public Relations
(d) Brand Budget
(e) Product Promotion
Time 3 Hours Paper 2 - MANAGEMENT OF SERVICES
1. What is differentiation? How it different from positioning?
OR
Discuss the following method of classifying services, with examples.
(a) Extent of Customer Involvement
(b) Degree of Variability
(c) Pattern of Service Delivery
(d) Significance of the Service to the Purchaser
2. Discuss various methods of managing customer demand in services.
3. What do you understand by promotion? What role does promotion play
in marketing of services?
4. What do you understand by intangibility? What are its implications for
marketers of services?
5. Discuss the role of employees in the service delivery process.
OR
How do customers perceive services? What are its implications for
marketers?
6. Discuss the important emerging trends in the services sector in India.
7. What are the foreseeable barriers in implementing service quality? Suggest
some steps that can be taken by the management to remove these
barriers.
8. How is the role of the traditional 4Ps of marketing of goods different for
service? Discuss its implications for marketers.
OR
What are the necessary steps to be taken by marketers to ensure that
the concept of service quality formulated in the organization gets reflected
in its marketing strategy?
9. Discuss various research techniques by which service quality can be
assessed and measured.
10. Write short notes on any three :
(a) Promotional Mix
(b) Tools for Trade Promotion
(c) Characteristics of a Good Presentation in the Personal Setting
Process
(d) Role of Public Relations in Marketing of Services
(e) Role of Publicity in Marketing of Services
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Time 3 Hours Paper 3 - MARKETING RESEARCH
1. Discuss the data collection methodology in marketing research.
2. What is concept testing ? How is it useful to the marketers ?
3. What is attitude ? What are the different types of attitudes ?
4. Discuss the primary scales of measurement.
5. What do you understand by Casualty in Marketing Research ? Discuss.
OR
What is Psychographic Segmentation ? Explain.
6. Explain the advantages of convenience samples.
7. Discuss the uses of nonprobability and probability sampling.
OR
List the criteria for evaluating secondary data.
8. What do you understand by Test Marketing ? Give examples.
OR
Define Product Research. Discuss its scope.
9. What is marketing research ? Discuss its characteristics.
10. Explain the types of marketing research.
Time 3 Hours Paper 4 - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1. Discuss the functions of commodity boards. How are they helpful in
international business?
OR
What are the major problems of India's export sector? Give your
suggestions for the improvement of export in India.
2. Examine the changing pattern of India's foreign trade during the last
decade of the 20
th
century. OR
Discuss the need and the functions of the World Bank in international
business.
3. What is International trade? Explain in brief the various theories of
International trade.
4. Define the concept of multinational corporations. What are the merits
and demerits of multinational corporations?
5. Explain the meaning and functions of Export Houses and Trading Houses.
Discuss their benefits.
6. What are the aims and functions of the International Monetary Fund? To
what extent has IMF helped in India? OR
Discuss the meaning of quotas. What are the objectives of quotas? To
what extent is their use justified in developing countries?
7. What type of product market analysis has to be done in case of
International Marketing? State the role of Pricing in a Foreign Market.
OR
Define the term Balance of Payment. What are the various components
of Balance of Payment?
8. Explain the functions and objectives of GATT. OR
What are the major problems of Indias Export Sector? Give suggestions
for improvement of the export situation.
9. Explain briefly the meaning, scope and important features of the Eurodollar
Market.
OR
Define the concept of Exchange Control and what are its objectives?
Discuss the methods of exchange control.
10. Write short notes on any two only:
(a) Methods of exchange control
(b) State Trading
(c) Role of World Bank in International Trade
(d) Export Processing Zones
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Time 3 Hours Paper 5 - INTERNATIONAL MARKETING
1. Industrial markets have certain features that contrast sharply with
consumer markets. Discuss with illustrations.
2. Are Channels of Distribution necessary to sell products in International
Marketing? Discuss with examples. OR
Explain briefly the various types of payment terms available to an exporter.
3. What are the Price Objectives? How do the industries price their goods?
OR
The exporting activities involve several commercial and regulatory
procedures. Elucidate.
4. Discuss the factors impacting the choice of mode of entry. Explain the
trade barriers and government regulations in this respect.
5. Define International marketing. What are the reasons for the increasing
interest in International marketing?
6. Write a detailed note on International marketing strategies
7. Discuss in detail the present trend towards globalisation with special
reference to the movement of U.S. companies abroad and the growth of
the Japanese challenge.
OR
Explain the role of multinational corporations in International marketing
and give reasons for the emergence for third world multinationals.
8. What is the importance of strategy formation in International marketing?
Explain the steps involved in strategic planning for International marketing.
OR
Discuss the role and importance of pricing in International marketing.
How do industries price their goods? Also explain the price monitoring
system.
9. Briefly explain the important environment factors relevant to international
marketing.
OR
Discuss the major ways of entering a foreign market. Also state their
merits and demerits. Explain the concept of Globalisation. Discuss the
various trends towards globalisation.
10. Write short notes on any two only:
(a) International Market Segmentation
(b) The Concept of Franchising
(c) Trade Barriers
(d) Political Environment and International Marketing
Time 3 Hours Paper 6 - CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
1. What do you understand by Motivation Research? What kind of research
is required in motivational research?
OR
In India, family and social class and caste play a considerable role in
shaping consumer behaviour. Discuss this statement and highlight the
role of the other sociological determinants of consumer behaviour.
2. Explain how do the stages of product life cycle affect the marketing
strategy of a company manufacturing consumer durables.
OR
Discuss the meaning of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. How is consumer
behaviour directed towards satisfying basic needs?
3. Explain the need and importance of tabulation and data analysis.
4. There is nothing new about market research. What is new today is the
growing importance of it to tackle the various complex problems of modern
business world. Critically evaluate the statement.
5. Explain the importance of consumer behaviour and consumer psychology
in marketing and marketing research.
6. Explain how the concepts of Self Image and Brand Image help explain
consumer behaviour.
7. Consumer Behaviour is concerned with the activities and actions of the
people and organisations that purchase the goods and services- Explain
this statement.
OR
Define Market Segmentation. What variables would you use in segmenting
the market?
8. What is meant by Advertising Research? Discuss its role in Consumer
Behaviour.
OR
Why do new consumable products fail in the market? Enumerate
measures that you would suggest to avoid such product failure.
9. Discuss briefly the significance and relationship of Marketing
Management and Behavioural Environment.
10. Write short notes on any two of the following :
(a) Behavioural Inheritance
(b) Consumer Psychology
(c) Product Research
(d) Learning Theory of Consumer Behaviour
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Time 3 Hours Paper 7 - BRAND MANAGEMENT
1. What are the different factors which are being considered while evaluating
the products?
OR
What is meant by brand equity? What are the benefits of a strong brand
to the owner of the brand and the customer?
2. What is benefit of segmentation? How product positioning is done in
this segmentation? Explain with the help of examples.
3. Discuss the organization of product management.
4. Discuss the traditional and modern classification of product.
5. "Every product has perishable distinctiveness". Discuss this statement
in context of product life cycle and explain its reference in marketing.
OR
Define product planning. Why it is considered important to ensure effective
marketing?
6. What are the various sources for new product ideas? Explain the reasons
for failure of new products?
7. Discuss the various stages involved in building a successful services
brand.
8. Discuss in detail, the brand identity prism. How can it help a company in
building its brand identity?
OR
An advertising campaign usually fulfils several objectives simultaneously.
Comment.
9. How can radio advertising be made more effective?
OR
Explain the various revitalization strategies that a brand can adopt to
save itself from moving into oblivion.
10. What is brand stretching? Explain various methods by which brand
stretching can be achieved. What are the conditions under which brand
stretching will succeed?
OR
What is a brand portfolio? Why should companies maintain a portfolio of
brands?
Time 3 Hours Paper 8 - RURAL MARKETING
1. Describe the current trends of retail market in India.
2. Discuss local example of a retailer appealing to a mass market, a retailer
appealing to a market segment and retailer appealing to multiple
segments.
3. What are the impacts of credit on rural markets? Name the various credit
institutions in the country.
4. Explain the function of Retailer. Discuss the importance of Distribution
Network.
5. Describe the rural marketing environment; especially with reference to
how retail outlets favour the marketers?
6. What kinds of information do retailers communication to customer ? -
Explain.
7. Why is it necessary to develop a though, well - integrated retail strategy
for an effective rural marketing ? - Explain.
OR
Explain the role of cooperatives in marketing of agricultural produces and
rural and cottage industry products.
8. Discuss the principles of Retailing.
OR
How effective is the Relationship marketing for rural customers?-
Substantiate.
9. Explain the elements involved in Marketing of Agro chemicals by doing
its SWOT analysis.
OR
The recent trends of Indian MNCs engaging NGO network and women
groups in rural marketing of FMCG products-Discuss.
10. Write a short note on any three:
(a) Retailing
(b) Social Marketing
(c) Distribution Network
(d) Definition of Consumer
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (HUMAN RESOURCE MGT.)
Time 3 Hours Paper 2 - LABOUR LAWS IN INDIA
1. Explain the purpose behind the Trade Union Act - 1926. What are the
rights and duties of trade unions as per this Act? OR
Explain the concept of fair wages. What are the deductions which can
be made from wages as per the Payment of Wages Act?
2. Discuss the concept of workers compensation and explain the nature
and scope of Workers Compensation Act - 1923.
3. Define the concept of Safety Measures. State the Legal provisions
regarding Safety of Employees. OR
When does the employer become liable to pay compensation to the
employee under the provisions of Compensation Act?
4. Critically examine the main provisions of The Indian Factories Act, 1948.
In your opinion does it require any improvement? If yes, discuss these
improvements.
5. Define the concept of Employees State Insurance and explain the main
features of the Employees State Insurance Act, 1948.
6. Explain the concept of payment of bonus. Discuss how the payment of
Bonus Act is applicable while calculating the bonus. OR
Explain the legal provisions of The Minimum Wages Act. Explain the
procedure for the fixation of minimum wages under The Minimum Wages
Act, 1948.
7. Briefly explain the need and importance of labour laws in personnel
management. OR
What is a grievance? What are reasons for a grievance? Give the procedure
for grievance handling.
8. "Merit rating of an employee is the process of evaluating the employees
performance on the job in terms of the requirements of the job" - Comment.
OR
What are the statutory obligations under the legislation? Explain their
significance in personnel management.
9. What are the forms used in personnel department for day-to-day work?
State its importance in management. OR
Define safety measures and point out their legal and economic
significance in India.
(a) Materials Control Management (b) Provident Fund
(c) Maternity Benefits (d) Employment Under Apprenticeship
(e) Grievance settlement authority (f) The Role of Employment Exchange
Time 3 Hours Paper 1 - HR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
1. What is manpower redundancy? How should an organization avoid
redundancy to survive in the modern world?
OR
What do you mean by Transfer? Discuss transfer policy.
2. What is the need and importance of Executive or Management
Development.? Discuss briefly.
3. Explain briefly Human Resource Information System/(HRIS).Enlist its
advantages.
4. Explain the meaning of manpower planning. Describe the various
strategies which benefit the manpower planners.
5. Why do industries need training for their employees? State its importance
in human resource management.
6. What is meant by performance appraisal? What are the essentials of a
good appraisal system? How is it related to productivity?
7. Discuss the objectives and purpose of career planning. State its
significance in HRD.
8. How can productivity benefit from technological change?
OR
What is Analytical or Quantitative system of job evaluation/Compare
the merits and demerits of Point Rating System.
9. Enumerate the objectives of Organisational Development and state its
significance in Business Management.
OR
Recruiting employee is only the beginning - problem commence with his
induction-Discuss.
(a) Limitations of HR Planning
(b) Employment tests
(c) Utilising Career Counselling
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Time 3 Hours Paper 4 - INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
1. Differentiate between group dynamics and group conflict.
OR
Give an account of our five year plans vis-a-vis Industrial Relations.
2. "The more effective the process of change management, the better the
employee relations is". Explain.
3. Explain the concept of globalization? What is the basis of globalization?
4. How has the WTO regime affected Industrial Relations in India?
OR
Why was the disinvestment process adopted in India?
5. Explain the organizational structure of the ILO.
6. How unemployment and underemployment are considered to be barriers
in improving Industrial Relations?
7. Discuss the Acts on Social Security Legislation.
8. What are the major recommendation of the Second National Commission
of Labour?
OR
Describe the steps undertaken by the ILO towards the safety, health and
welfare of workers.
9. How has the Government policy been influenced by the advent of BPOs
and KPOs?
OR
Describe the composition of Labour court, Tribunal and National Tribunal.
10. What is the role of collective bargaining in the management of conflict in
industry?
Time 3 Hours Paper 3 - ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT
1. What do you understand by group as a medium of change and group as
a target of change? Explain.
OR
Why is KM required? Explain need dimensions ?
2. Under what conditions does resistance to change develop? Does it show
lack of awareness in those who resists.
OR
Explain with reference to Indian Organizations, the mechanics of
organizational learning
3. What are the features of OD? Explain the nature of OD interventions.
4. Explain the various ethical concepts that are necessary to implement
OD.
5. What is knowledge management process? Explain with the help of a
diagram.
6. Explain the role of leadership in KM.
7. Explain the various steps to manage organizational change?
8. You are working as a manager in an organization and you are required to
implement change in the existing method of payment on salary to the
employees. Make a proposal to this effect and submit the same to your
boss. List out the various resisting agents and supporting agents that
you may observe.
9. Explain the concept of corporate social responsibility, which is necessary
for implementing change.
OR
Evaluate the present environment of the organization and apply socio-
technical intervention.
10. Organisational culture generally reflects the belief and ideologies of the
founder. Do you agree with the above statement? Give reasons.
OR
Explain the following concepts: Counterculture, sub-culture, myth, rites
and rituals.
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Time 3 Hours Paper 6 - PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT
1. What do you understand by need-based minimum wage?
OR
Explain in detail the quality factor that needs to be considered when
managing compensation.
2. Describe the various steps required for stock-taking performance.
3. What is potential appraisal? Describe the methods of performance
appraisal. What are the requirements for introducing potential appraisal?
4. Explain the performance management process.
5. Explain organizational development.
6. Explain the planning process for personal development.
7. Explain the various steps involved in counselling.
OR
Explain the following types of counselling:
(a) Directive counselling
(b) Non-Directive counselling
(c) Participative counselling
8. Write down the responsibilities of a manager who conducts appraisal
interviews.
OR
Differentiate between the motivation and morale of employees.
9. What do you understand by transactional analysis?
OR
What do you understand by building and leading high-performance teams?
(a) MBO-Management by objectives
(b) How is personal development a key of performance management
(c) Various types of "Stress"
(d) Explain the "GROW" model
(e) Brain storming
Time 3 Hours Paper 5 - INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. What are the different components that go into formulating international
compensation? Explain.
2. What are the role of repatriation in developing global management cadres?
3. What are the challenges that HR professionals encounter in retaining,
developing and retrenching staff both in the parent country as well as in
the host country? OR
As the head of an international firm, evolve a code of conduct to enhance
the firms business which needs to set up a factory to manufacture in a
host country to beat the competition in the market for the product the
firm deals in? You can make assumptions on the product and the host
country.
4. What are the impacts of EU and NAFTA on IR?
5. From the current happenings reported in newspapers or business
magazines, identify an IR dispute experienced in a multinational firm set
up in India and analyse the causes and effects of the same. For example,
the problem in Honda Scooters Limited, Gurgaon in 2005.
6. How does domestic HRM differ from international HRM?
7. Elaborate on the control mechanism in international human resource
management.
OR
Study the structure of an export house, either medium or large scale,
and compare it with structure of an international business organisation of
similar scale.
8. Prepare a road map or policy guidelines for your organizations IHRM,
presuming hire and deploy people in more than five foreign subsidiaries
of all categories of nationals in geocentric approach.
OR
Consider any one of the well known Indian IT companies that has
international operations and find out what its HR department concentrates
on most in their day-to-day functions.
9. Explain the recruitment and selection methods followed in acquiring talent
for operations?
OR
What is your view on women as an international manager?
10. Elaborate on the various components of pre-departure training programme
for expatriates and on their importance.
OR
If you are the HR manager of a multinational which has an array of
international travellers apart from expatriates, what would be your
considerations in training these international travellers? What do you
think would be the constraints you will face?
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Time 3 Hours Paper 7 - MANAGEMENT OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
1. Write an essay about the various meta-theories of learning.
2. Explain how feedback helps in implementing effective control in the
organization.
3. Elaborate on the various types of conference methods.
OR
On what basis are the trainees chosen for the training programmes.
Mention few impediments to effective training.
4. Elaborate the importance of seating arrangement in a classroom. Discuss
the different types of seating arrangements.
5. What are the different types of communication? Describe each type briefly.
6. What constitutes a good training programme? Discuss briefly.
7. Elaborate upon the various inputs in the training programme.
8. Describe in detail the role of the management in making a training
programme successful.
OR
Describe the Kirpatrick model of evaluation.
9. Explain the various consequences of absence of training needs.
OR
Write an essay on the different types of training programmes.
10. How are learning objectives classified based on the level of learner
participation? Describe each level.
OR
How are training needs determined? List the alternatives of training.
Time 3 Hours Paper 8 - MANAGING INTERPERSONAL & GROUP BEHAVIOUR
1. What function does feedback serve in the communication process?
OR
Define organizational politics. Why is it so widespread in organization?
2. Explain the stages in the development of interpersonal relationship.
OR
What is team building? Explain the main types of team-building activities.
3. As a manager in an organization, in what situation might you practice
authoritative rather than authoritarian communication with you employees?
OR
What do you mean by self-managed teams? How do they differ from
conventional work groups?
4. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of group decision-making.
5. How can organizations encourage creative decision-making?
6. Define organizational learning. How can a manager build organization
learning ability?
7. "Resistance to change is an irrational response". Do you agree or
disagree? Explain.
8. Explain how group productivity can be increased.
OR
Who are stakeholders? What are the reasons why managers care about
managing their relationships?
9. What characteristics of an effective group did the IRS impact teams
have?
OR
Define political behaviour. Why is politics a fact of life in organizations?
10. Name and describe briefly the five different patterns of communication
networks within an organization.
OR
What are the major elements of organizational culture, and where do
they come from?
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (IT & SYSTEMS)
Time 3 Hours Paper 1 - SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
1. Why should the system analyst use information gathering tools? Explain.
2. What is a decision tree? Mention its advantages and disadvantages.
3. "Audit trials do not have independent existence, as they are a
consideration that must be included in the design of an accounting
system". Justify your answer.
OR
Compare and contrast user documentation and system documentation?
4. What you meant by output design ? What are the objectives of an analyst
an designing an output ?
OR
Explain software quality assurance? Discuss the importance of SQA.
5. Define a form. Mention the objectives of a good form.
OR
Compare and contrast flat forms and snap out forms.
6. Who is responsible for indicating if a system is working properly and can
be considered for implementation? Why is acceptance testing necessary?
7. Define system. Differentiate between dynamic systems and cybernetic
systems. Give examples.
8. "A purposive system is defined as a system, which works towards
achieving a set of related goals". Justify the statement.
9. Define terms economic feasibility, operational feasibility, and technical
feasibility and schedule feasibility.
OR
Mention the drawbacks involved in the traditional System Development
Life Cycle.
10. "The objective of the feasibility study is not to solve the problem but
acquire a sense of its scope". Justify the answer.
OR
Is feasibility study mandatory in every system? Is the project team
important in feasibility analysis?
Time 3 Hours Paper 2 - SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
1. Develop a procedural design for a program that accepts two arbitrarily
long integers and produces their sum.
OR
Explain different software design notations used to represent software
design?
2. Software cost estimation does not enhance the skill level of staff members
in an organization. Discuss.
3. Explain the project planning process.
4. Can software execute properly if it is not tested?
OR
Explain the guidelines that are followed to make testing effective and
efficient.
5. What is the difference between equivalence class partitioning and
boundary value analysis?
6. Define module compiling and cohesion. Discuss all types of compiling
supported by diagram.
7. Write short note on any two of the following:
(a) Basis path testing
(b) Control Structure testing
(c) Mutation testing
8. Write short note on any three of the following:
(a) SADT
(b) Data Dictionary
(c) Technical feasibility
(d) Functional Requirements
(e) Traceability matrix
9. What is the difference between structured analysis and object-oriented
analysis? Describe the concepts used in both of them.
OR
Prototyping is advantageous to understand the problem and user
requirements. Do you think it is always advantageous to perform
prototyping? Are there any disadvantages of this approach?
(a) Maintenance plan
(b) Verification and validation plan
(c) Software Equation
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Time 3 Hours Paper 3 - DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
1. Discuss the mandatory access control method.
2. Explain the structure of distributed databases.
3. Explain the various advantages of distributed databases.
4. What is data redundancy ?
5. Describe the architecture of DBMS and the concept of data independence.
6. Explain the network model.
OR
Compare the hierarchical, network and relational models.
7. What do you mean by relative complement? Explain with an example.
OR
What is Relational calculus? Explain in detail.
8. Explain the use of nested SQL queries with an example.
OR
What are the different aggregate functions? Explain briefly.
9. Explain the various sections in PL/SQL block.
10. Define any three of the following terms:
(a) ACID
(b) Serial Schedules
(c) Livelock
(d) Serialisability
Time 3 Hours Paper 4 - INTERNET APPLICATIONS AND JAVA
1. Write a program to handle keyboard events.
2. What is the difference between using Statement and Prepared Statement
objects?
3. Write a program to connect to a website and display its properties such
as protocol, port, host and file.
OR
Write a program to establish URL connection.
4. Define the Internet and describe how the client server model helps in its
operation.
5. What is World Wide Web (WWW)? What are the advantages of World
Wide Web?
6. Create a Java program that creates a table displaying the value of 2 to
power n, n and 2 to power n, where n is 0 to 9.
7. Declare a class that includes three integers, one float and two string
data types.
8. How many stages are there in the lifecycle of an applet? Describe them.
9. Explain how you can use exception handling to debug a program?
10. Write short notes on any three only:
(a) JAVA SQL Package
(b) JDBC Drivers
(c) Metadata in JDBC
(d) Database Transactions in JDBC
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Time 3 Hours Paper 5 - COMPUTER GRAPHICS
1. Given the perspective transformation matrix, show how the vanishing
points may be located?'
2. What is the homogeneous equation of a line? Write the formula for the
intersection of two lines specified in homogeneous form. What is the
homogeneous equation of a plane?
3. Determine a sequence of basic transformations that are equivalent to the
X direction shearing matrix.
4. Write necessary steps in order to describe a method of reflection of a
three-dimensional figure about an arbitrary plane in terms of matrix
operations.
5. What is oblique projection? Give some examples of oblique projection.
6. What are graphics primitives? Mention some typical graphics primitives
that a package may provide.
7. Contrast the differences in both appearance and computational costs
resulting from the use of unweighted and weighted antialiasing.
8. Enumerate the difference between pointing devices and positioning
devices.
9. Compare the working principles of the electrostatic printer with that of a
laser printer.
10. Describe the function of an image scanner. What roles does CCD play in
an image scanner?
Time 3 Hours Paper 6 - WEB TECHNOLOGIES
1. Explain style sheets in HTML. What are external style sheets and how
you can add these to the HTMAL documents?
OR
How can you create frames in HTML? Discuss the various elements of a
frame.
2. Write an HTML program to create a Web document, which is linked with
five other forms and which shows how to link images using hyperlinks.
3. Write an HTML program to show the use of inline style tags and which
shows the cascading of the sheets.
4. Discuss briefly linking of information with an HTML document. Also
explasin how you can create a bookmark and an email link.
5. Discuss how you can add an image in HTML documents using <IMG>
tag. How you can use images as hyperlinks? Discuss about image maps.
6. Discuss the various components of a network.
7. Discuss the various types of Web technologies.
OR
What is the history of HTML? What are the various generations of HTML?
8. Write an HTML program to show the use of various headings and line
tags. How will you create an ordered list, which contains 20 elements in
an HTML program.
9. Discuss the various types of structured tags in HTML. Also explain how
you can implement the structured tags to develop Web pages.
OR
List and explain the various types of lists in HTML.
10. List and discuss the various tags, which need to be used while creating
a table in an HTML document.
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Time 3 Hours Paper 7 - RDBMS
1. Explain in detail the various data types that you can use in SQL.
2. List the various data conversion functions.
3. Explain the various types of Joins.
4. Why do you need to create an indexed view?
OR
What are the advantages of using procedures in PL/SQL?
5. List the various advantages of PL/SQL over SQL.
OR
List the various internal exceptions defined in PL/SQL.
6. Explain roles in the database administration.
7. What is the database management system?
8. List the characteristics of a RDBMS model.
9. What do you mean by functional dependency in a relational table?
OR
What is transitive dependency? How can you eliminate transitive
dependency in a relational table
10. What are the various ways in which an E-R model is beneficial for the
database designers?
OR
Describe entity and attributes in E-R model?
Time 3 Hours Paper 8 - COMPUTER COMMUNICATION & NETWORK
1. In the context of TCP, what do "server" and "client" mean?
2. What is hub? Illustrate its limitations. Can hub be considered as bus
topology? If yes, why?
OR
What are bridges and routers? Why should we use separate LANs
connected by bridges and routers instead of one large network.
3. Wireless Technology is the future technology. Justify this statement.
OR
Briefly describe the operation of the CSMA/CD protocol used in the
MAC sub layer in Ethernet and 802.3 LANs.
4. What is the format of X.25 packet? Explain how it will save bandwidth in
comparison to circuit switching network?
OR
How does email work? Explain the role of SMTP and POP3 in the context
of e-mail.
5. How does the encryption affect performance of network? Explain.
6. How does FDM combine multiple signals into one?
7. Establish the similarity and difference between WDM and FDM?
8. Explain different coding scheme for error detection and correction.
9. Name some characteristics of multi access LANs, which distinguish
them from point to point data link?
OR
What are different types of VPN devices?
10. How are the computers of different manufacturers with different specification
networked together?
OR
What does TCP/IP stand for? What is it utilities?
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (RETAIL MANAGEMENT)
Time 3 Hours Paper 1 - INTRODUCTION TO RETAIL MANAGEMENT
1. Discuss the retail location research and techniques.
2. Discuss the importance of promotion in retailing?
3. What are the factors affecting retail pricing?
4. Why are retailers working out rural retail formats? Late 2007 there has
been a staunch opposition in some States for organized retailing .Identify
and put your comments.
5. What are the important steps in designing a strategic retail plan?
6. Describe "positioning" of the retail outlet.
OR
Explain qualitative research method.
7. Enumerate various forms of "Observation".
OR
How would you develop a "sales forecast"?
8. What do you mean by "assortment planning process" ?.
9. What factors influence retailer's choice of location?
10. Write short notes on any three :
(a) Customer Loyalty Programme
(b) Rural Retailing
(c) Standalone Stores Benefit
(d) Vendor Management
Time 3 Hours Paper 2 - IT AND RETAIL MANAGEMENT
1. What are the benefits of using CRM in retail? What are the criteria for
choosing an ERP solution for Super City?
2. Explain the need for IT Governance in retail with suitable examples..
3. What is the difference between planning application and execution in a
typically supply chain management software.?
4. Give a brief account of retail market with respect to its scope and
objectives. What are the challenges for small retail outlets?
5. What are the major IT innovations possible in retail? How does investing
in IT help stakeholders of chain stores?
6. Discuss how implementation of IT in retail helps in planning regulators
requirements Explain briefly the "Role of IT in Retail".
7. What does the term "Business IT" mean? What would constitute Business
IT in retail?
8. Name and explain briefly the five make of breakpoints in retail that can
be managed using information technology. List of factors that influence
the use of IT in Retail. Explain how these factors influence retail to use
IT.
OR
Enlist various IT/IS application that will help "Super City". Explain how
each one these are going to contribute the store to function better.
9. What are the characteristics of an ERP system? Explain each on of
them with suitable example. What are the criteria for choosing an ERP
solution for "Super City"?
(a) Supplier Contract Life Cycle Management.
(b) Impact of RFID technology in SCM
(c) Problems that supply chain management software should address?
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Time 3 Hours Paper 3 - ADVERTISING MANAGEMENT
1. Explain the meaning, functions and advantages of advertising agency.
2. What are advertising ethics? Analyse its various aspects.
OR
Discuss the various aspects and issues relating to advertising ethics.
3. State the various characteristics of a successful salesman.
OR
What do you mean by as selling plan? Explain the steps involved in the
selling plan.
4. What is meant by "sizing up the customer"? How can information about
customer be obtained?
OR
Explain the consumer buying process. How do customers make the
buying decisions?
5. Explain the various types of advertising. Differentiate between consumer
and business advertising.
6. What do you mean by audience selection? Explain the steps of target
marketing.
OR
What do you mean by consumer behaviour? Explain the factors that
affect consumer behaviour.
7. Explain the various methods of allocating the advertisement budget.
OR
Explain the factors you will consider for selecting an advertising medium.
8. What are the main components of an advertisement copy? On what
themes can advertisement be based?
OR
Explain the meaning and characteristics of advertising appeals? Why
are they important?
9. What measures are available to measure the advertising effectiveness?
OR
What are the various issues in measuring the effectiveness of advertising?
(a) Communication-Effect Research
(b) Memory Test
(c) Sales-effect Research
(d) Post-Testing Ads.
Time 3 Hours Paper 4 - BRAND MANAGEMENT
1. Was it the concept of product management that had failed to deliver?
2. Discuss which will be the most effective strategy according to you that
will make consumer brand loyal in the refrigerator industry.
3. What effect do you think the "background effect" in the ad communicates
to the viewers?
4. Write an essay on product policy for any marketing organization.
5. Discuss the core tangible and augmented product for your favourite brand
of bathing soap.
6. How would you differentiate Coke's promotional strategy from that of
Pepsi ? List the attributes that you consider relevant to this product
class. Even though most attributes in the products are same, suggest
an attribute that can be considered a USP or can be used to differentiate
among brands.
7. Discuss brand equity of HLL's any three brands of your choice.
OR
What is HLL's strategy for strong Brand Equity?
8. In the context of window dressing, what route Is Titan Watches taking to
make watch buying a memorable experience?
9. Chalk out Reebok's marketing strategy in India.
OR
What kind of roles does consumer play in building a brand? Substantiate
your answer with illustrations.
(a) Distinguish between Generic & Product Market
(b) Product Mix Decisions
(c) Dimensions of "Brand Image"
(d) Purchase Decisions
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Time 3 Hours Paper 5 - MARKETING RESEARCH
1. Describe the role of business ethics in global marketing research.
OR
Explain the role of research in media selection and advertising decisions.
2. What are the sources of secondary data? Elaborate the sources.
3. What steps would you follow to evaluate a research proposal?
OR
Describe the role of marketing intelligence in a MIS
4. What are the considerations in selecting a suitable scaling technique?
5. Explain the role of chi-square analysis in testing hypothesis.
6. In measuring degree of association between two or more variables what
methods could be used?
7. What are the new approaches of Marketing Research on Media?
8. What are the statistical tools available to you for analyzing data and how
would you decide which tool is appropriate and why?
OR
Explain the meaning and utility of information in Management Information
system.
9. What is design of experiment and what are different experiments you
have come across for different purposes?
OR
List down the steps involved in the new product development.
10. What are the various sources of gathering information? Illustrate with an
example.
Time 3 Hours Paper 6 - CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
1. Write the meaning of the terms habit, habitual purchasing behaviour and
brand loyalty.
OR
Briefly explain the functions of a habit and habit v/s complex decision
making.
2. Is it possible for the company to overcome the task of changing the
customers belief and attitude of associating the company made food
products to be cold and home made food items to be warm and loving?
How? Discuss.
3. "Culture is a selective man made way of responding to experience, in a
particular set pattern of behaviour". In the light of this statement, explain
the effect of cultural influences on consumer behaviour.
4. Briefly explain the relationship between product and culture and its impact
on the study.
5. Briefly describe the scope and differences between consumer buying
behaviour and industrial.
6. Discuss the Freudian theory and consumer behaviour in relation to Brand
Positioning and Brand Personality.
7. "Psychology as a branch of Behavioural Sciences, tries to probe and
understand how an individual" mind works while taking purchase
decisions. In the light of the above statement, try to bring out the role of
psychology in understanding buyer behaviour.
8. Define consumerism. Do you feel consumer is being sufficiently protected?
Why? OR
What is the nature of the reference groups and explain its role in influencing
consumer behaviour ?
9. Write a short note in the various models of consumer behaviour.
OR
What is the role of "word-of-mouth" communications in group
communication? Explain how it can influence consumers decision making
process.
10. Do you think it would be preferable for the company to identify a new
buyer market (lower priced shoe market segment)? If so, what steps
would you suggest to help the prospective buyer to go through the buying
decision process?
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Time 3 Hours Paper 7 - SALES FORCE MANAGEMENT
1. Write an essay on sales promotion strategy.
OR
Write an essay in sales promotion programme bringing out clearly the
steps involved and relative merits of each.
2. Sales manager has been aptly called "person with three hats". Elucidate.
OR
Write an essay on sales budgeting bringing out clearly its importance,
and different approaches.
3. Write an essay on selection of sales persons highlighting selection
phases, selection objectives, selection criteria and selection process.
OR
Write an essay on various methods used in training salesmen, bringing
out clearly their advantages and limitations.
4. "There is no straight solution to motivate a sales person whose
motivational problems are unique and difficult." Elucidate.
OR
How will you create an operating environment which motivates sales
force?
5. Explain the various schemes of sales force compensation with their merits
and demerits.
6. Write an essay on "Phase of Evolution" of Sales Management, bringing
out clearly the characteristics in each phase.
7. "Organisation forms the foundation of effective implementation of sales
strategy, policies and plans". Explain this statement bringing out the
desirable attributes (characteristics) of an effective Sales Organisations.
8. Define "Management Cycle" and briefly explain them.
OR
Discuss the tasks and responsibilities at filed sales manager.
9. "Sales volume objective, profit target and marketing capabilities require
balancing act to choose the optimum strategy of sales". Elucidate.
OR
Define sales planning. What are the steps involved therein? Please
explain them briefly.
10. Direct selling is more common in industrial products compared consumer
items. Elucidate. OR
What do you mean by "Principles of sales promotion"? explain them
briefly.
Time 3 Hours Paper 8 - E-COMMERCE
1. How does online purchasing works? What are its prospects for the Indian
companies to go on full scale on this activity?
2. "Interactive marketing is a dynamic collaborative process". What are your
comments on this? Explain interactive marketing with examples and identify
the various steps included for successful marketing.
OR
Compare the three choices found in B2B market places which occur during
the implementation of B2B systems.
3. What are the different types of Electronic payment systems? Explain each of
them. OR
Explain the online purchasing process. "Online purchasing process is similar
to a real world credit card transaction except for two major differences". Can
you identify them?
4. Security system is the most important aspect of electronic commerce solution.
Justify the statement. OR
Explain secure electronic transaction and its functioning. What are the various
important internet security standards in e-commerce?
5. What are security tools? What purpose these are used? Explain each of
these tools briefly.
6. What is experts prediction about future of e-commerce?
7. Two technology factors impact the adoption of e-commerce systems: (i)
Systems becoming more and more affordable (ii) User base of customers
increasing dramatically over time. Substantiate this statement with examples.
OR
E-commerce is in its infancy, but still it is the most popular way for a business
to expand its customer base and increase productivity. What are your views?
8. "Change is the law of nature. The way business conducted is no exception.
The key for survival and growth of organization is change or perish". What are
your views in the context of e-commerce in India? OR
What are the pre-requisites for e-commerce? What are the constituents of
e-commerce? Explain the communications and collaborations involved in
Electronic Commerce.
9. The Internet is growing exponentially. What are your views in this? OR
What are the paradoxes of the Internet? What are your predictions about the
future of the Internet?
10. Explain the three tiers of ISPs. Which are the free ISPs in India and what do
they support? OR
What do you mean by application service provider? What are its functions?
Define Hosting Service. Explain some of the ASP business models you are
familiar with. Will ASPs be able to carter to a wide enough variety of business?
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (BIOINFORMATICS)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : GENETICS
1. What are the cloning strategies ? Discuss the limitation of conventional
cloning strategies.
OR
What is the future of Gene Cloning ? Explain.
2. What do you mean by First Division Segregation (FDS) ? Discuss.
3. What is Cistron ? Discuss.
OR
Define Dispersive Replication by giving suitable examples.
4. What is semi-conservative DNA replication ? Define genetic variations
and its type.
5. Define monohybrid and dihybrid cross with appropriate examples. What
is Punnett square ?
6. What is Expressed Sequence Tag (EST) ? Explain.
7. What is suppression? Explain the molecular mechanism for suppression.
OR
What is genetic manipulation ? Discuss the success story of
biotechnology industry.
8. What is Adjacent Segregation ? Discuss.
OR
What do you understand by Chromosome Walking ? Explain.
9. What do you understand by cutting and joining DNA molecules ? Explain
with examples.
OR
What is DNA sequencing ? How do you analyse sequence data ?
10. Define VNTR and SINEs. What are recessive alleles ? Illustrate with an
appropriate example.
OR
Define epistasis. Explain recessive epistasis and dominant epistasis
with appropriate examples.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : BIO PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
1. What is Initialisation and Cleanup ? How do you use this technique as a
C Programmer ?
2. What is data abstraction ? Illustrate with suitable examples.
3. What do you understand by Data Input and Output ? Explain.
OR
Discuss the configuration and utility of Micro Computers.
4. Explain the utility of Application Software.
OR
What is Operating System ? Discuss its role in computer operations.
5. Explain briefly about different types of operating systems. What are the
two types of data management system and its components ?
OR
What is C Programming ? Discuss.
6. What is modulation-demodulation ? Discuss in brief about modems.
7. What are fourth generation PCs ? How fifth generation artificial intelligence
help in getting a faster speed ?
OR
What is computer architecture ? Discuss its use as a hardware
engineering tool in computer applications.
8. Define database management system. Discuss its features and
advantages.
9. What is data communication ? What are the two forms of data
transmission ?
10. What are the major functions of computer software ? Briefly discuss the
major types of software.
OR
What is an Internet ? Why Internet is being popular day by day ?
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
1. What are enzymes ? Discuss in brief the enzyme-substrate complex.
2. Define and explain Bioenergetics with examples.
OR
What is Biological Oxidation ? Explain.
3. What is Ping-Pong Model ? Briefly discuss the Michaelis-Menten and
Hill equations.
4. What is Handerson-Hasselbalch equation ? Describe its behaviour of
weak acids and buffers.
5. "Proteins catalysed metabolic reactions, power cellular motion, and form
micro molecular rods and cables that provide structural integrity to hair,
bones, tendons, and teeth". Examine this statement.
6. Explain in detail the importance of Carbohydrates of Physiologic
significance.
7. What do you understand by DNA Replication ? Explain.
OR
What is Mutagenesis ? Discuss.
8. Give a historical background of the development of Molecular Biology.
OR
Define Metabolism. Discuss the biomedical importance and the categories
of metabolic pathways.
9. What are Cheparones ? Discuss in brief the four different orders of protein
structure.
10. What are Mutants and their uses ? What are the features of protein
molecules ? Discuss in brief the secondary structure and tertiary
structure.
OR
Discuss the utility of Nucleic Acid.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : STATISTICAL METHODS AND DBMS
1. Discuss on Weibull and Reliability/Failure time analysis.
2. Discuss on W. distribution and Gom Pertz distribution. What are relational
databases? Discuss in brief about its structure.
3. Define correlation and its significance. Illustrate t-test for independent
samples with an appropriate example.
OR
What do you understand by Process Capability Indices ? Explain.
4. What is Relational Model ? Explain with examples.
OR
Differentiate between Correlation and Regression.
5. Discuss the historical background of Relational Databases - SQL.
6. What are the Representative Visualisation Techniques ? Discuss the
uses of categorised graphs, histograms, scatterplots.
OR
Discuss the importants of specialised control charts.
7. What is a Data Model ? Discuss the uses of the Entity - Relationship
(ER) Data Model.
8. What are Fixed Sampling Plans ? Explain.
OR
What do you understand by Nonparametric Statistics ? Discuss.
9. Define Stub and Banner tables with an example. Discuss in brief on
ANOVA and ANCOVA.
10. Define Gage repeatability. Explain with a computational approach. Discuss
briefly on Weibull and Reliability/Failure time analysis.
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Time 3 Hours Paper-5: BIOTECHNOLOGY & INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY
1. Define gene therapy. Explain in-vitro culture of cells, tissues and organs
of plants and its application.
2. What are the macronutrients ? Discuss in brief the batch culture and its
applications.
3. What do you understand by Fermentation System ? Discuss.
OR
What are Industrial Microorganisms ? Give examples.
4. What is Plant Biotechnology ? Discuss the terms plant tissue culture
and plant cell culture.
OR
Explain the nature of Fermentation Media.
5. What is cloning ? Discuss on different vectors used for cloning in
mammalian cells.
6. Define mutagenesis. Discuss genetic engineering applications of
microorganisms.
OR
What is Microbial Metabolism ? Explain the term Catabolism.
7. What are Up Stream Processing (USP) and Down Stream Processing
(DSP) ? Discuss the terms Cell Harvesting and Broth Conditioning.
8. What is hybridoma technique and how it is prepared ? Mention its
applications.
9. Discuss the strategy for developing a new fermentation product. Explain
the steps for ensuring product quality and safety.
10. What is Animal Biotechnology ? Discuss its scope.
OR
Explain Microbial Growth and Nutrition.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : STRUCTURAL BIOINFORMATICS
1. How Protein Secondary Structure is Predicted from the Amino Acid
Sequence? Explain.
OR
Discuss Percent Accepted Mutation or PAM Matrices.
2. What is DNA Database? Explain.
OR
Explain FASTA and BLAST methods for Database Searches.
3. Discuss the classes of Protein Structure. What is Protein Database?
4. What is Genetic Algorithm? Explain.
5. What is DNA Sequencing? Explain.
6. How Protein Structures are Predicted? Explain.
7. What is Proteome Analysis? Explain.
8. What is Genome Database? Discuss about Prokaryotic Genomes.
9. Discuss the Significance of Sequence Alignment.
(a) Motif
(b) Transmembrane Spanning Proteins
(c) BLOSUM
(d) Genome Sequencing
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : BIOCOMPUTING LANGUAGES
1. What is BioJava? Discuss its Symbols and symbol lists.
2. What do you understand by PERL? How Perl programs run.
OR
What is Strings? Discuss Escape sequences.
3. What is Network Programming? Explain World Wide Web.
4. What are the Reading Frames? Explain.
5. Discuss Advantages of using Exceptions in Programs.
6. What do you understand by Subroutines? Discuss its application in
Bioinfomatics.
OR
Discuss Advantages and Disadvantages of JAVA.
7. What is Genetic Code? Explain.
8. Discuss the Thread Class in JAVA and its Uses.
9. What do you understand by Browser Compatibility Problems? Explain.
(a) Applets
(b) Operators
(c) EMBL
(d) FASTA
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : BIOINFORMATICS SOFTWARE
1. Discuss the General Operation for running RasMol under UNIX.
2. Discuss about the installation and distribution of Mol Script.
3. Discuss about the Ras Mol Colour Schemes.
4. How to use Mol Script? Explain.
5. Discuss about OLIGO's Primer search.
6. What do you understand by Treeview Program? Discuss its limitations
with Windows.
7. What is Data Cleaning? Explain.
8. What do you understand by Bootstrapping and it's Applications.
9. Discuss the Changes of ClustalW 1.7 from version 1.1.
(a) Gene Chips
(b) Emissive Colour
(c) GIF
(d) JPEG
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (TOTAL QUALITY MGT.)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : FUNDAMENTALS OF TOTAL QUALITY MGT.
1. What is the relationship between Quality and Society ?
OR
How can Total Quality in Government be improved ?
2. How do you define the term Quality Guru ? Highlight the clashes and
commonalities in the philosophies of W. Edward Deming, Philip B Crosby
and Joseph M. Juran.
3. DiffertiateTQM and ISO 9000 Quality System Standard with the help of
TQM model. Explain four pillars and four Cs of TQM.
4. Discuss the terms SQC and Quality Assurance. Describe the activities
that lead to assurance of quality.
OR
Explain 14 points of Philip Crossby or Demings 14 points or Nankana
14 lever key for achieving and sustaining quality.
5. Define Quality as defined by Deming, Juran and Crosby. What are the
benefits of Quality ? Is quality a magic ? - Explain.
OR
What are seven Quality Control tools ? How are these tools used for
solving Quality Control Problems in organisations ?
6. List the popular proven tools exploited to be among that privileged class
and briefly enunciate their objectives.
OR
What is world class label ? List out the factors by which an organisation
can climb the ladder towards becoming world class.
7. Define QCC. Discuss basic objectives of QCC.
8. Identify and explain Eight Quality Management Principles.
OR
Define Kaizen. What Strategy is needed for driving Kaizen in an
organisation. Differentiate between Kaizen and Innovation.
9. Discuss the five principles of Deming for imbibing quality culture as a
way of life or Dr. Jurans Trilogy of quality planning, control and improvement.
OR
Explain the urgency for continuous improvement in the context of global
activity and describe various activities commonly accomplished to sustain
the same as a culture.
10. What do you understand by ISO 14000 ? Explain.
OR
Discuss the QS 9000 / TS 16949 standards.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : STATISTICS
OR Paper - 2 : MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND GUIDES
1. What is Bar diagram ? Explain through examples ?
OR
What is Visionary Leadership ? Give your own views ?
2. Suppose that population of a certain city is 40 % male and 60 % female.
Suppose 50 % male and 30 % female smoke, find the probability of female
smoker.
OR
What are the functions of Bureau of Indian Standards ? Explain.
3. What are seven basic quality control tools ? How are these tools used for
solving Quality Control Problem in organisations ? OR
Discuss measurement, analysis and improvement of quality as essential
feature as contained in ISO 9001:2000
4. What is frequency table ? What important considerations are to be born in
mind for the choice of class interval of such a table ? OR
Compare and contrast the salient points of both National Quality Awards of
India. Also discuss the benefits to the award winner.
5. Distinguish between primary data and secondary data. What precautions
are necessary before making use of the secondary data ? OR
Define process and process approach. What are the advantages of process
approach ?
6. What is pareto analysis ? Discuss in detail the application of it in solving
management problem. OR
Explain the function for Resource Management as a part of Top Management
responsibilities as required in ISO 90001 : 2000.
7. Distinguish between range, mean deviation and standard deviation.
OR
Explain control of measuring and monitoring devices to ensure the correct
data with reference to clause 76 of ISO 9001 : 2000.
8. Suppose 5% of the inheritants of Madras are cricket fans. Determine the
approximate probability that a sample of 100 inheritants will contain at least
3 cricket fans. OR
What are the elements of quality management with regards to product
realization as contained in ISO 9001:2000.
9. For a group of 50 boys the mean score and standard deviation of scores on
a test are 59.5 and 8.38, while for a group of 60 girls the same are 54 and
8.32. Find the mean and standard deviation for combined group of 100
children. OR
Discuss the definitions available on quality ? What are its dimensions?
10. Define Histogram. Give examples. OR
What is ISO ? Explain the road map for developing a customer focused
Quality Management System.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : DECISION MAKING AIDS
1. Define errors in decision making with reference to test of signifciance.
OR
What is 'multcollinearity' ? What are its primary sources ? Explain various
techniques available for dealing with multicollenearity.
2. Wht is Correlation ? How is it different from regression ?
OR
Define Linear Programming. Discuss its types and utilities.
3. What is Probability ? Discuss its use in business.
4. Explain the procedure for fitting the best line under the 'simple linear
regression'.
5. Distinguish between Fixed Effect, Random Effect and Mixed Models
with reference to analysis of variance.
OR
Explain partitioning of total variance into its logical components with
associated benefits.
6. Describe the procedure for fitting the best line under the simple linear
regression ?
OR
What are the advantages of Multiple Linear Regression over simple?
7. What is 'Analysis of Variance' ? Explain the concept of fixed and Random
effect with reference to analysis of variance.
OR
What assumptions are made in the 'Analysis of Variance' and regression
analaysis ? Explain with examples.
8. What is regression analysis ? write the steps involved in regression
analysis.
OR
Discuss the advantage of multiple linear regression over sample.
9. Exaplin the procedure of selection of variables.
10. How transformations are exploited to handle non-linear or polynomial
models?
OR
What is the 'the test of significance' ? Describe the procedure for applying
test of significance.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : QUALITY POLICY, OBJECTIVES AND AUDITS
1. Define quality audit and explain the categories of quality audit.
OR
What is the basic purpose of an audit ? Explain the principles of auditing.
2. What is Customer Satisfaction ? Explain.
OR
What do you understand by Process Requirements ? Discuss.
3. Define and explain Customer Feedback System.
OR
What is Customer Value Measurement ? Give examples.
4. Prepare the Quality Policy of a Polytechnic engaged in imparting quality
'Education and Training meeting requirement of ISO 9001 : 2000.
5. There are three types of QMS audits. Explain the purpose and specific
feature that distinguish each of them.
6. What are the design and development strategy for a QMS? Explain.
OR
What is quality cost? Discuss it with classification.
7. Draw a simplified typical flow charts for policy deployment.
OR
Explain types of product requirements based an Kano's model.
8. Describe in your own words what an organisation should do before starting
to implement QMS ?
OR
Define Quality Audit. Explain categories of Quality Audit.
9. What are various quality costing models ? Describe PAF model in detail.
10. Write an essay on design and development of training process following
PDCA cycle. Define and document the competence criteria for internal
auditors ?
OR
Explain - Customer Value (CV) and 'Market Perceived Quality' (MPQ).
What are the steps involved in measuring MPQ ?
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ime 3 Hours Paper - 5 : STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL
1. What is Master Control System ? Discuss its main features.
2. What is work sampling ? Explain the procedure, application and
advantages of work sampling.
3. What do you understand by control charts for eccentricity ? Explain.
4. Explain the total quality management approach to statistical quality
control.
5. How are the charts harnessed for quality improvements ? Discuss.
6. Explain the statistical process adjustment methods for quality control in
short-run manufacturing.
7. What do you understand by maxima and minima control chart ? Discuss.
8. Explain the relationship between tolerances of individuals and assembly.
Give examples.
9. What is binomial probability ? Explain the purposes of geometrical and
statistical properties.
(a) Modified Control Chart
(b) Group Control Chart
(c) Sloping Control Chart
(d) Control Chart for Coefficient of Variation
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : INSPECTION QUALITY AND SAMPLING PLANS
OR Paper - 6 : ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY
1. Define complaints. What are the process of filling of complaints ?
OR
Explain assessment, reduction standardisation and control of measurable
(variable) inspection.
2. What are customer satisfaction surveys ? Explain the purpose of initial
market survey with suitable example. OR
What do you understand by Dodge and Romig sampling inspection
tables?
3. Write short note on :
a) Emergency procedure b) Environmental policy
4. Define and explain the types of environmental documents.
OR
Discuss the economy of sampling versus 100% inspection.
5. Explain management review, the fifth principle of the environmental
management system. OR
Explain the use of frequency distribution and lot plot in acceptance plans.
6. Define occupational health and safety. List macro level steps for
establishment and implementation of the occupational health and safety
management system.
7. Discuss the core elements of the occupational health and safety
management system. OR
What do you understand by the economics of inspection and its
assurance ? Explain.
8. Who is a consumer ? Write legal provisions available to all users in 'The
Consumer Protection Act, 1986'. Also discuss the structure for consumer
protection in India. OR
What do you understand by sampling errors ? Discuss the benefits and
validity of sampling.
9. Develop and describe a method of measurement of customer satisfaction
for a hospital. OR
What do you understand by value engineering for quality and cost
management ? Discuss.
10. What are main principles of environmental management system ? List
the requirements of environmental management system based on these
principles. OR
What is six sigma ? Discuss the role of six sigma as a statistical
measure.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
1. What is standardisation? Explain levels of standardisation in your own
words.
2. How does an MRP system support production planning ? How is an
MRP, type-II system different from an MRP system.
3. Explain in your own words, 'Functions of Stores Management'.
4. Under what assumptions do the EOQ models operate ?
5. Why is inventory management important ? How is the ABC classification
system used in materials management ?
OR
For a given item there is a constant demand rate. Yearly demand is
6000 units. The price of the item is Rs. 50 per unit. The ordering cost
is Rs. 150 and inventory carrying cost is 20%. What is the optimal
ordering policy ? The manufacturer of the item offers a 1% discount if
1200 units are ordered. Should the discount be taken ?
6. What is the basic philosophy of JIT in inventory management ? Explain
with an example.
7. What parameters do you recommend to assess the overall effectiveness
of a supplier ? Explain the procedure for measuring quality and delivery
rating.
8. Compare and contrast the salient points of different methods of
codifications. Also describe, 'the characteristics of efficient coding
system'
9. (a) What is negotiation ? Explain in you own words the objectives
and parameters of negotiation.
(b) With the help of a flow diagram; explain three phases of preparation
for negotiation.
10. What is materials management ? Enunciate major functions of materials
management.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : TESTING AND CALIBRATION LABORATORIES
1. What is MSA ? What issues need to be considered while evaluating a
measurement system ?
2. Write in your own words the main objectives of the Laboratory
Accreditation System.
3. What do you understand by 'Chemical Hazard' ? Explain basic control
measure of it that can be used by laboratory management.
4. With the help of schematic diagram, explain the classification of
standards.
5. Describe the function of a store keeper in relevance to calibration
laboratory management.
6. Define laboratory automation ? Also discuss the relationship between
laboratory automation and LIMS.
7. What do you understand by calibration system for control of measuring
equipment/instrument ? Explain its elements.
8. Write an essay on calibration laboratory environment.
9. (a) Explain clause 5.4.6 (Estimation of uncertainty of measurement)
of ISO 17025 : 1999.
(b) Write the summary of the procedure for determining overall/total
uncertaining for confidence level of 99%.
OR
Prepare a check list for an audit of clause 5.4 (Test and Calibration
methods validation) for a typical calibration laboratory with reference to
ISO 17025 : 1999.
10. Identify and describe in considerable words, the main function of LIMS.
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER
(TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT)
Time 3 Hours Paper- 2 : MGT. OF TOURISM & HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
1. Work stress is now regarded as one of the most important issues facing
Management in the decade. How true this statement is for hospitality
Industry? How to address these issues? Elaborate.
2. Enumerate critical performance areas in classification and grading
schemes for Hotel Industry and how it helps as a form of bench Marking.
OR
Trace the current trends in Hotel Classification.
3. Explain the process of "Recruitment for the hospitality Industry right
from the stage of "Hiring".
OR
What are the major elements of "Labour Relation in Hospitality Sector"?
4. Discuss the various issues of migration of labour in the Hospitality
Industry.
5. Elaborate the case study: "Hospitality Market Solutions" - Seimens or
Enterprise Network.
OR
"Relatively little is known about the extent, nature and determinants of
training in small and medium sized business either on a national or on a
local basis". How true it is in Hospitality and Tourism Enterprise? Discuss.
6. Explain the "Sexual Harassment Issues" in Hospitality and service
Organisations.
7. What the Dynamic Trends and Environments for Hospitality Industry in
Asia. Discuss in detail.
OR
Trace the trends attracting Asian Outbound Travel Market in Hospitality
Industry Asia Pacific.
8. HSMAI (case study) means what? Explain its activities.
9. Enumerate the "Secondary Elements" of Tourism, why the considerations
should be given to develop then along with developments of tourist industry.
Substantiate your arguments with examples.
10. "Amm an Declaration on Peace Thro Tourism 2000". Explain the objectives
of this declaration and enumerate its principles?
Maximum Marks 70 TGOU / MBA / Ex.MBA /2010 / DECEMBER
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : INTRO. TO TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY
1. Elucidate "The Food and Beverage Management" with a case study
relating to Hospitality Enterprise Management.
2. Enumerate the use of IT in improving service quality in Hospitality Industry.
OR
What changes are required in International Hotel companies strategies
to be effective in its marketing of country specific Hospitality Industry
products.
3. What is the various "Associations" for promotion of "Hospitality Industry"
worldwide? Discuss their need and roles.
4. Trace the history of development of "Hospitality Education and Training
Literature", what are the need for "Training" in hospitality & tourism
separately. Elucidate with examples.
5. "Small Medium Business Enterprises Thrive with the promotional activities
of Hospitality/ Tourism Development". Elaborate this statement with
examples.
6. What are the major elements in the Management of Tourism and
Hospitality Industry. Discuss them briefly.
7. Explain the different processes in the services Delivery relating to
Hospitality Services Management- Briefly indicate its problem and issues.
OR
What is WTO Tourism Legislation Database (LEXTOUR)? Explain this
terminology and elaborate how useful is this "LEXTOUR" for international
tourism development and tourist?
8. Discuss the different strategies with regard to Marketing and Brand
Management in Global Hospitality Industry.
9. Narrate the importance of "Tour Operators" in the Hospitality Industry.
Cite examples wherever necessary.
OR
"Eco Tourism" has become one of the new tourism themes even though
its definition and character centime to generate substantial debate-
Elaborate this statement in the light of other similar new "Tourism
Themes".
10. Organisation & Management of Regional Tourism whose task it is to
promote this? What are the different initiatives generally taken to promote
regional tourism. Explain.
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Time 3 Hours Paper-4 : HOSPITALITY ADMN. & MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT
1. Review the "Emerging Sectors" in Hospitality Industry especially in relation
to the "Tourism Development" across the globe.
2. What do you understand about "Brand Loyalty" in Hospital Industry?
Discuss with some case study.
3. What are the key strategies for change in vocational work in Hospitality
business?
4. Enumerate the "Job Profile" of "Controller" in Hospitality Industry.
OR
Service Innovations and Customer Choices in the Hospitality Industry.
Give an elaborate account based on recent trends in the development of
Hospitality Industry.
5. Describe the importance of CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
in general terms as related to Hospitality Industry.
6. What are the various impacts of the "Working Time Regulation" in
Hospitality Industry?
OR
RFID Integration Platform, Explain this. How it helps in the Hospitality
Industry Services.
7. List the various attributes that helps measure the service quality in
Hospitality Industry. Discuss about them briefly quoting examples.
8. What are the specific "Human Resources Issues" in International
Hospitality Sector?
OR
What are the various "Market Driven Approach" to business Development
and Service improvement in the Hospitality Industry?
9. How benefits of service quality are achievable through the application of
TQM in Hospitality Industry. OR
"Human Resource Demands of the Hospitality Industry". Conduct an
assessment based on some research survey. List some of the "perceived
benefits of older workers".
(a) Process Quality Improvement in Performance management
(b) Sexual Harassment in Hospitality and service Industry
(c) Use of Multimedia and other Technology for Hospitality Industry
Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : HOSPITALITY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
1. "AIDS in Hospitality" discuss the "myths" of "AIDS" and how it impacts
the development of Hospitality Industry. Quote some case study.
OR
Conduct a case study discussion on "Microsofts" "Conf erence
Management Toolkit".
2. Why do labour in Hospitality Industry migrate? Discuss its causes and
solutions.
3. How will you carry out "Man Power Planning" if you are a HR Manager of
the Hospitality Industry?
4. What do you understand about Career Development in Food and Beverage
Industry? Discuss two important issues about it.
5. Expand the abbreviation of "ITIL" and its framework? Providing an
"overview" elaborately.
6. Trace the major trends in promotion of Hospitality Industry during 1990-
1995. OR
Relationship between Universities and Private clubs. Analyse its various
dimensions and discuss how useful is this for the development of
Hospitality Industry.
7. Elucidate the operational strategies in the hospitality Industry quoting
examples wherever needed. OR
Discuss the need of International Worker Exchange Programme in
Hospitality Industry and elaborate the various concepts.
8. Provide a detailed account on Australians Industrial Relations System in
Hospitality Sector.
OR
What is the role of "Time Share Resorts Hotel Resorts" in the development
of hospitality Industry? Quote some popular "Beach or Hill Resorts" that
are managed most efficiently.
9. What are the objective, scope and findings of joint WTO and IH & RA
study on Hotel Classification. Apart from grading schemes, what other
forms of classification are adopted?
(a) Relationship Marketing in Hospitality Services.
(b) Bringing "Cost Effectiveness" by Training and Development
(c) "Myths about employee Motivations"
(d) Conducting Performance, Appraisal/Reviews.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : HOSPITALITY PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1. Examine the problems due to Haphazard Tourism Development especially
with reference to Himalayan Tourism.
OR
What are "EcoTourism Hot Spots"? Why it is termed "Hot Spots"? Explain
with reference to a case study "New York State Catskill Mountains".
2. Illustrate with example a community based Ecotour Operators and the
special features of his functioning.
OR
Highlight the major factors in attracting Tourism and Hospitality Industries.
Define "Tourist" as per WTO.
3. What is "Project Management"? How it is relevant to Hospitality Industry?
List the secondary elements of Tourism.
4. How a Project of Organization and Managing a business of "Regional
Tourism" can be executed? What are its major elements.
5. What are the principles of interpretation for "Tourist Guides applied to
EcoTourism"? Enumerate some issues in "Ecotour Guiding".
6. Elaborate the various steps in planning an advertising campaign for
Tourism Development.
7. How do you handle the "PR Functions" as a Tourism Development
Manager? List the various approaches.
8. Enumerate the "Indicators of Sustainability" in Tourism Development.
Explain briefly each of them.
OR
How do you proceed with a "Ecotour Product Development and Evaluation"
process? Narrate with suitable examples.
9. Discuss some "issues and trends" relating to Rural Tourism quoting
some examples.
OR
Analyze the various Impact of Tourism due to "Mountaineering and
Trekking"?
(a) Classification criteria for Hotels and Similar Establishments
(b) Travel Industry vis-a-vis Tourism Development
(c) "Star Rating" of Hotels
(d) "EcoTourism" as a major Contributor in Rural Development
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : HOSPITALITY MGT., TRAINING AND DEV.
1. "Certain important considerations" are to be borne in mind while playing
your role of "Internal Marketing" in Hospital Industry. Enumerate them
with brief explanation.
2. Investigate in your own way the various methodologies that can be applied
for "Incorporating Environmental Education" in Hospitality courses at
various levels.
OR
An ideal recruitment and retention policy for employees in Hospitality
Industry is the need of the hour. Why? Explain with the suitable examples.
3. Enlist the current challenges faced in Intellectual Hospitality Management
Education.
4. Narrate with some of the case study on Hospitality Management
Education, the various findings of the research and its outcome.
5. How, in your view, the restructuring of Hospitality Management Education
Programme can be done and what should be the main objectives of such
exercise.
6. What kind of an "Interdisciplinary Approach" can be taken in Hospitality
Management Education especially with regard to various research
activities?
7. Describe "Performance Management Applications" to Hospitality
Services.
8. Solving the "Human Resource Policy Issues" is very essential for
development of Tourism and Hospitality Sector. Elucidate.
9. What are the various Hospitality Management Educational Programmes
that have been already created in developing countries? Discuss the
various "Challenges" faced by this segment of academic programme.
OR
Enumerate the various ways in which the Hospitality Industry participates
in "Curriculum Design, Development and practical orientation" for students.
10. Many roles are played by students as environmental change agents in
Hospitality and tourism Sectors. How do you substantiate this statement?
Discuss with examples.
OR
What kind of development strategies is suitable for Hospitality Operation
Management curriculum? Elucidate.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : ECO-TOURISM AND ENVIRONMENT
1. On Tourism and Moral Values, it is believed that the most significant
and desirable by-product is its effect on the moral standards of the
destination society. Examine this statement.
2. Discuss how tourism is both an opportunity to the locals as well as
pressure on locals.
3. Evaluate the impact of tourism on wildlife?
OR
What are the limitations of Ecotourism?
4. Discuss the importance of wetlands. Also examine the impact of tourism
on wetlands.
5. Explain the meaning of Abiotic Environment with the help of appropriate
examples
6. Discuss the impact of tourism on environment and suggest measures
to reduce adverse impacts.
OR
Provide a detailed account of the continuity and change in Tourism
Industry at the New millennium, outlining the tourism mega trends for
21st century briefly.
7. Explain Responsible Tourism by giving suitable examples.
8. What is Environmental Management by Tour Operators ? How they try
to achieve protection of their environment?
OR
Describe the elements of spiritual tourism or adventure tourism quoting
examples in each case.
9. Analyze critically the relationship between conservation requirements
and development .
OR
What do the terms "Tourism Euphoria" and "Xenophobia" mean? Explain.
(a) Aquatic Biomes
(b) Indian Philosophy and Environment
(c) Visitor Behaviour
(d) Making of Shimla
(e) Adventure Sports Tourism
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : TOURISM PLANNING : APPROACHES & TECH.
1. "Ecotourism Destination" must ensure that all members of their distribution
network share the same "code of ethics for ecotourists"- How true is this
statement? Explain why?
OR
How ecotourism impacted environment? Explain with the example of
UNESCO's world Heritage site at Banane Rice Terraces of Philippines.
2. Compare and contrast "Ecotourism and Nature based Tourism".
OR
What do you understand by "Green Certification and Eco Labels for
Tourism". Explain.
3. What are the strategies to maximize the economic benefits from tourism
in Developing countries.
4. Explain how "Tourism Fee" impacts the "Financing Ecotourism" and
"Conservation Programmes".
5. As a Tourism Planning Manager, what are the considerations you should
have on the question of - What contributes tourist attractions? Explain
with suitable examples.
6. Carry out an objective assessment of "Tourism Planning in India". What
are your suggestions towards improvement.
7. What do you understand by "Carrying capacity of Tourist spot"? Explain
with suitable examples and narrate the restraint measures for a "hot-
spot".
8. Provide a descriptive account of "Indian Beach Resorts". What attraction
are provided by Tourism Department of Government in these resorts.
OR
How the new experiment in "Beach Tourism at Maldives" in progressing?
Provide a detailed account.
9. Different advertising media channels provide very useful tools for marketing
tourism products- Explain with few examples.
10. Write Short Note on any three of the following:
(a) Conceptualization of Ecotourism Products.
(b) Ecotourism Strategies
(c) UN conference on Human Environment
(d) Economic issues in Ecotourism Management.
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (BIOTECHNOLOGY)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : INTRODUCTION TO BIOTECHNOLOGY
1. What is Bioinformatics ? What is BLAST and OMIM ? Depict some of
the applications of Bioinformatics.
2. What do you understand by Bioplastics ? Discuss.
OR
What is Nanobiology ? Explain its scope.
3. "Biotechnology is the use of plants, animals and microorganisms for
creating products or processes". Examine this statement. Discuss the
traditional and moderned applications of biotechnology.
OR
What is Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) ? Explain.
4. Define gene technology. What are the techniques and tools used in this
technology ?
OR
Correlate Biotechnology with early human development.
5. Explain Genetically Modified Crops ? What are the applications of
biotechnology ?
6. What is Genetic engineering ? Define cloning, its types and their
significance.
7. What is applied biotechnology ? Is a genetically modified food a food
product containing some quantity of any Genetically Modified Organism
(GMO) as an ingredient ?
8. What are the impacts of biotechnology on society ? Discuss societal
benefits of biotechnology.
9. What are bioengineered foods ? Explain bioengineering.
10. What is Starch Bioprocessing ? Explain.
OR
Define Enzyme Biotechnology. Give examples.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : APPLICATIONS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
1. What is gene technology ? What are the medical applications of biochips?
2. What are the different nano applications of biotechnology ? Discuss in
detail.
OR
Define bio-stimulation. Discuss briefly how biotechnology is applied in
forestry, industry, metals and minerals recovery, energy and human
beings.
3. Discuss the biotechnological applications like vaccine making, germ
defence and bio-terror.
4. What is high-throughput image analysis ? Explain naked - DNA vaccine.
5. Define GeneMap98. Write a note on sequence analysis.
6. Define gene expression analysis. What are the techniques and tools
employed in gene technology ?
7. Discuss the environmental applications of biotechnology.
OR
What is Genetic Engineering ? Discuss its future.
8. How are the bio-weapons developed by applying the latest techniques of
biotechnology ?
9. What is Wet Nanotechnology ? Explain with examples.
OR
What is Restriction Endonuclease (Enzyme) ? Discuss.
10. What is Mechnosynthesis ? Explain.
OR
What do you understand by Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) ? Discuss.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : BIOTECH. INDUSTRIES
1. What is COGs ? How BLAST assist on detecting new sequence
similarities ?
OR
Write an essay on the biotech entrepreneurs of India.
2. Discuss phylogenetics and pharmacogenomics with suitable examples.
OR
What is phenetic and cladistic methods of analysis ? Explain in brief on
molecular phylogenetics ?
3. What do you understand by Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) ? Explain.
OR
What is the status of Fishery Genetic Resources ? Discuss.
4. What is Nano Enabled Drug Delivery System ? Give examples.
OR
Explain the Moral Standing of Human Embroys.
5. Discuss the challenges and opportunities of biotechnology industry in
agriculture sector.
OR
What is Lactic Acid Bacteria ? Explain.
6. Write a note on natural selection, random drift, and founder effect. Explain
in brief on phylogenetic trees.
7. Discuss the ethical and safety issues of bioengineered food and steam
cells.
8. What is HomoloGene? Write a note on PDBeast.
9. What do you understand by the regulatory oversight in biotechnology?
Discuss the terms (a) Potato Plant Pesticides (b) Herbicide Resistant
Soybeans.
10. What are the key features of DNA -based phylogenetic tress? Write a
note on gene tree versus species trees.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : BIOTECH. ENGINEERING
1. Discuss on the main steps used for the design and development of bio-
nanorobots.
2. What is DNA Microarrays Technology ? Discuss with examples.
OR
Discuss the utilities of Biotech Products and Applications.
3. What is molecular docking method ? Explain its scoring function. What
is circular dichroism spectroscopy ?
4. Define microarray markup language. Write a note on NCBI and microarray
data management.
5. What is Bioengineering ? Discuss the uses and applications of Protein
Engineering.
6. Describe briefly on DNA microarray. What are their applications ?
7. What do you understand by Genomic Gains and Losses ? Explain.
OR
What is Microarray Technology ? Discuss.
8. What are Bioengineered foods ? Discuss the scope of food biotechnology.
9. What is genetic engineering ? Explain briefly on economic impact of
genetic engineering in developing countries.
OR
Discuss the interrelationship between biotechnology and nanotechnology
in the context of medical capability.
10. Define and explain Genetic Modification.
OR
What are Assembled Bio-Nano-Robots ? Explain.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : BIOTECH. RISKS, SAFETY AND ETHICS
1. Explain the future of Embryo Research and Development.
OR
What do you understand by Reproducting Cloning ? Explain.
2. What could be the model framework for regulation of biotechnology ?
Suggest measures and strategies.
3. What is genetically modified food ? Write a note on Flavr-Savr tomato.
Design a proposal for embryonic stem cell funding.
4. Discuss the religious aspects of genetically engineered foods containing
genes from animals.
OR
How important are the Human Neural Stem Cells ? Discuss.
5. What are the different safety options of biotech crops ?
6. What are the salient features of the Commission on genetic resources
for food and agriculture ?
OR
What are human stem cells ? How are they medically beneficial ?
7. What is Therapeutic Cloning ? Discuss its scope.
OR
What is Human Adult ? Explain.
8. Discuss the Government's responsibilities for regulating genetically
modified foods. Discuss briefly on food and drug policy with special
reference to biotechnology.
9. Write a note on applicability of the toxic substances control act to
microbial products.
10. Discuss the ethics and values related to biotechnology.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : BIOTECH. INFORMATICS
1. Discuss the Significance of Bioinformatics in measuring Biodversity and
Gene expression.
2. What is Protein Modelling? Discuss the steps of Protein Modelling?
3. Define Stem cells and its significance in treatment of different diseases.
4. Explain Bioinformatics. Discuss its applications in Evolutionary Biology
and Protein Modelling.
OR
Explain different Bioinformatics Tools.
5. Discuss Gene expression analysis and Regulation analysis with special
reference to Analysis of mutations in Cancer?
6. What do You understand by Gene Revolution? Explain.
OR
What are the Genetically Modified Crops? Explain with examples?
7. Define Biotechnology Research and its Regulations?
8. Discuss the Importance of Patent Protection. Also explain Safety and
Consumer Concerns of Genetically Engineered foods?
OR
Explain Modern innovations in Biotechnology.
9. What are the Genetic Maps? Discuss commonly used DNA Markers.
(a) Biomedical nanotechnology
(b) Biomedical Polymers
(c) CDNA library
(d) Sequence Analysis
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : MODERN ADVANCES IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
1. Discuss applications of Biotechnology in the areas of Food, Agriculture
and Environment.
OR
Explain different techniques of Biotechnology.
2. What is Cloning? Discuss the Problems with Clonning.
3. How Metals and Minerals recovery is possible by the application of
Biotechnology? Discuss.
OR
Discuss Human Applications of Biotechnology.
4. Expalin Molecular Modeling? Discuss Molecular Modeling Database.
5. Discuss about Biotechnology Patents.
6. What are the Biofuels? Explain with examples.
7. What is Gene Marker Technology? Explain.
8. What is Gene Technology? Discuss.
OR
Discuss Modern advances in Biotechnology.
9. Explain Biopolymers and Bioplastics.
OR
What is enzyme Biotechnology? Explain its significance in textile
industry.
(a) Human Genome Project (HGP)
(b) Transgenic Plants
(c) Bioengineered Foods
(d) Therapeutic Cloning
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
1. Discuss the applications of Nanotechnology.
2. Discuss the advantages of Molecular Nanotechnology.
OR
Explain about Self Assembly Processes of Nanobiotechnology.
3. Discuss the proposed Steps towards the design and development of
Bio-nano robots.
4. What is DNA Mediated Energy Transfer? Explain.
5. What is Nano Scale Chemistry? Discuss.
OR
What is Molecular Modelling? Explain.
6. What is Nanobiotechnology? Explain.
OR
Discuss Nano-Enabled Drug Delivery System.
7. What are the Superconductors? Discuss its Significance and Applications
in Nanotechnology.
8. How Nano materials are produced? Discuss their processes.
9. Discuss about the Social and Ethical Issues in Nanobiotechnology.
(a) Biofabrications
(b) Zeolitic Materials
(c) Bionano Components
(d) Biomedical Nanotechnology
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (SUSTAINABLE DEV.)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
1. Which activities should be taken up by developing countries for promoting
sustainable energy systems/efficient and sound transport systems?
2. How much is the approximate consumption level of "north"? What is
"Earth Increment" funding? Write the benefits of an open multilateral
trading system.
3. How much is the annual deforestation rate of "tropical forests"? Which
are the priority areas for sustainable development of forests and woodlands.
Why sustainable use and conservation of marine living resources is
important?
4. Discuss various kinds of Institutional reforms needed for provision of safe
drinking water supply and sanitation. Explain the basic principles
applicable for equitable and ecologically sustainable consumption and
production patterns.
5. Mention the critical factors essential for food security and self reliance in
food. How and in what way population management programmes can be
made more effective?
6. Write basic ingredients for planning sustainable human settlements. How
"science" can play effective role for sustainable development?
7. Why there is need for gender sensitive data bases and which areas are
proposed for research in Agenda 21 in this regard? Which important
aspects should be addressed while discussing transfer of "environmentally
sound technology"?
OR
Mention the essential programme areas under Agenda 21 for protecting
and promoting human health.
8. Give comprehensive account of various principles of Rio declaration.
OR
Discuss various strategies for environmentally sound management of
toxic chemicals.
9. Discuss the objectives of promoting sustainable development through
trade and explain how trade and environment can be made mutually
supportive.
10. Write Short note on any three of the following:
(a) Define the meaning of "Population Literacy"
(b) Why shelter is essential for human existence.
(c) What is the source of natural "radioactive waste"
(d) Name the most dangerous "radioactive waste"
(e) Define the meaning of Human Rights.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : BIODIVERSITY
1. Indentify and explain the causes for the loss of biodiversity.
2. Discuss various initiatives taken as follow up of the "Convention on
Biodiversity".
3. What are the implications of biotechnology research in developing
countries?
4. How chemical companies can profit from seed market? Discuss Article
16 "Access to and transfer of technology according to CBD".
5. Explain how "Genetic Engineering" is more significant than splitting the
atom. Give details of site specific interventions for biodiversity
management.
OR
Discuss various programme areas for increasing the availability of food,
feed and renewable raw material through biotechnology.
6. Critically evaluate significance of biological diversity and International
Environmental Law. Also describe IUCN environmental law education
programme.
7. Define the role of education for biodiversity conservation and the objectives
of the triennium in CBD for environmental education programmes.
8. Give details of citizen's actions taking place in India to protect biodiversity.
Why is it essential for indigenous communities to maintain control over
biological resources?
9. Which are the centres of plant diversity in World and Why? Justify-
"Sustainable use of bio diversity is a key component of sustainable social
and economic development". Explain the limitations of TRIPS regarding
informal innovations.
(a) Who are "Informal innovators"?
(b) "Bio-piracy"
(c) Write the full form IGBP/INDNR.
(d) How many Endemic Bird Areas (EBA's) are identified in the world?
(e) Why IRRI seeds are called "seeds of imperialism"?
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : ENERGY
1. Give a critical evaluation of energy utilization and discuss energy financing
constraints.
2. Explain - What were the reasons of import burden of oil in India during
last two or three decades.
3. Write the basic systems for conversion of Biomass into energy resources.
How attitudinal change and awareness can help reduce petroleum and
oil consumption.
4. Discuss the environmental impacts and other drawbacks associated with
oil production, transportation and use.
5. Explain - What were the reasons of import burden of oil in India during
last two or three decades.
6. Discuss the national strategy for energy management.
7. Give details of sources of energy in rural areas in developing countries.
Describe the advantages/disadvantages of coal over other commercial
energy sources.
8. How industrial sector have achieved energy saving strategies? What is
the role of additives in fuel conservation?
9. Define the meaning of the term "oil glut". How it has affected the world oil
situation?
10. Short notes on any three of the following :
(a) The key determinants of oil conservation in transport sector.
(b) Give example of passive/active solar buildings.
(c) Co-generation
(d) Good Housekeeping Measures to achieve energy efficiency.
(e) CERT
(f) Emissions of Carbon
Time 3 Hours Paper 4 - HABITAT AND POPULATION
1. How demographic pressures relate to economic growth, consumption
patterns, poverty and environmental quality
2. Explain the causes of homelessness in high income countries. Explain
the basics of Ecological approach to human settlement planning.
3. Explain the problems faced by women regarding land ownership and
use. Which "differential" affect fertility patterns?
4. Discuss the strategies to be adopted by developing countries for
implementing integrated urban development programmes.
OR
How military activities and wars have emerged as a major polluter and
destroyer of environment. Elucidate with suitable examples.
5. Discuss the trends of urban population growth, consumption patterns,
poverty and environmental quality?
OR
Give an account of world population history
6. Short Notes on all the three :
(a) What are Venetian Blind Satellites?
(b) Define Village
(c) Write the significance and importance of historic cities.
7. Write a note on population density pattern in MDC's and LDC's. How
agricultural revolution altered man's relationship with environment?
8. Describe in detail the strategies for promoting human settlement planning
and management in disaster prone areas.
9. Give a profile of the "poor" and discuss why it is essential to distinguish
different types of poverty.
10. Short Notes on any three of the following:
(a) Explain "NIMBY" syndrome
(b) Define population carrying capacity
(c) What is Poverty Line
(d) Why there is an increase in cost of waste disposal services?
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Time 3 Hours Paper 5 - GLOBAL WARMING AND OZONE DEPLETION
1. Elaborate adaptive and preventive measures for controlling global warming
and limiting the impacts of its effects.
2. How the impact of climatic change of major ecosystems would affect
human welfare?
3. Critically evaluate the options for shift to nuclear generation to combat
global warming.
4. How "population question" is different from demographic dynamics?
5. What are the effects of rising atmospheric CO
2
on the trees and forests?
How phytoplankton and algae are affected by warming. What chemical
changes takes place?
6. Explain - what would be the repercussions on world food and feed supplies
due to global warming. Which factors are essential and affect the costs
of fuel substitution.
7. Give suitable reasons "why energy efficiency options in developing nations
are essential"?
OR
Give a comprehensive account of national and global efforts for saving
the ozone layers
8. List the various steps needed to be taken in India for meeting the
challenges of the climate change. Give a detailed account of new
perspectives on sectoral CO
2
emissions and incremental costs.
OR
What is the relationship between economic growth and the creation of
wealth on the one hand and population growth and the creation of poverty
on the other?
9. Discuss special characteristics and major issues involved with global
warming. Give assessment of costs and benefits each of the policy options
related to global warming.
OR
Give suitable reasons why energy efficiency options: in developing nations
are essential.
10. Short Notes on any three of the following :
(a) ENSO Phenomenon.
(b) Reasons of rise in Nitrous oxide (N
2
O) in the atmosphere
(c) Use of CFC-11 and CFC-12
(d) GCM
(e) Thermal Sponge
Time 3 Hours Paper 6 - GREEN MOVEMENTS
1. Give a detailed account of various environmental movements in India
after independence.
OR
Give the details of "ICC Business Charter" for Sustainable Development
(Rotterdam Charter).
2. What are the basic objectives of integrating environment and development
in decision-making?
3. Describe briefly the activities of various alternative lifestyle groups in
Japan. Define the relationship between social conflicts and environmental
degradation.
4. How people in India responded to damage to their environment in colonial
era? Evaluate the criticism though India claims largest number of NGO's
in the world, most of the organizations are non-effective in the environment
filed.
5. Define the role of Greenpeace and what regulations in various countries
have been imposed due to their presence. Comment - Environmental
movement in America is as "White" as it is "Green".
6. Give a descriptive overview of environmental movements in Netherlands
causes and implication.
7. Write various aspects of Canada's Green Plan.
OR
What had been the US experience regarding Garbage Recycling. What
has been the role of Consumer?
8. Cite the examples of "Sukhomajri Seed" and "Raelgram Siddi" as proof
of Sustainable Development.
9. Justi fy Chi pko movement is historically, philosophicall y and
organisationally an extension of tradition of Gandhian Satyagraha.
(a) What type of agricultural and industrial revolution is needed for
sustainable development to occur?
(b) Ecotactics
(c) In which year EPA was created in USA and what were the objectives?
(d) In which state of India "Mitti Bachao Abhjiyan" was started on what
mission/vision ?
(e) What is the reality behind "environmentalism" of TNC's?
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Time 3 Hours Paper 7 - WILDLIFE, WILDERNESS & FORESTS CONS.
1. Why it is essential to generate and strengthen knowledge related to
mountain ecosystem? What would be the objectives and related activities?
2. Write an essay on "Antarctica , our last great wilderness".
OR
Write an essay on Rights of "Adivasis" in Protected Areas.
3. What should be the principal targets to responsible and accountable
programme management for wilderness?
4. Write a note on Ivory Trade and its implications. What were the main
objective of Wildlife Protection Act 1972? Mention the strategies for
retention of tropical forests.
5. Explain the causes of decline in tiger population. What are the deficiencies
in reserves and parks in India.
6. What are the capacity requirements (legal and operational) of governments
and institutions for sustainable use of wild species?
OR
What measures should be taken to prevent trade in endangered flora and
fauna? What were the recommendations of CITES standing committee?
7. Write the salient feature of the convention on the conservation of migratory
species of wild animals (1980).
8. Give an overview of the strategy for conservation of Biological Diversity in
India.
OR
Why corridor dynamics are dominated by external rather than internal
influences? What are the priority areas in India for a broad conservation
based and use plan?
9. Why World Heritage List is not supposed to be universally representative?
What are the limitations of "operational guidelines"?
(a) How a continuing decline is defined?
(b) What was "Operation Whiteout"?
(c) What is the full form of ITTA?
(d) What are the typical environmental applications of remote sensing?
(e) Differentiate between aerial photography and remote sensing
Time 3 Hours Paper 8 - TOXIC, HAZARDOUS AND NUCLEAR WASTES
1. Why industrialized countries export their toxic wastes to Third World
countries. What type of wastes are sent or planned? List them.
2. How people respond to environmental hazards and how mass media
affects it?
3. Explain the "deep-well injection" method of hazardous wastes disposal?
Write short note on the types of radio active waste. What types and
sources of disposal of wastes?
4. Explain the definitions of carriage, Damage, Dangerous goods, preventive
measures and green card system as per article 1? Write a short note on
Atomic Energy Act 1948 and 1962?
OR
What are the main problems associated with nuclear waste disposal?
Explain main features of "Toxic Releases Inventory". Explain why and
how effects of hazardous substances on human health are considered
complex?
5. Why Third World countries are considered as customers for dump
technology? Give suitable examples. What is the process of uranium
enrichment?
6. What were the consequences of improper waste management?
7. Discuss the role of toxicologist in the assessment of risk.
8. Explain various methods of waste disposal.
9. Write an essay on environmentally sound management of toxic chemicals.
What are the basic factors involved?
(a) Define Nuclear Winter phenomena.
(b) What is meant by Recycling Colonialism?
(c) How toxic and potentially toxic pollutants are different from
conventional pollutants?
(d) Mention broad classes of radioactive waste.
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (GREEN BUSINESS)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : INTRODUCTION TO GREEN BUSINESS
1. Describe how the revival of the spent resources in respect of marine
fishery can be achieved.
2. How the toxic waste dumping is buried at international level and how the
buried toxins are dealt with?
3. Discuss the interrelation between environment, energy and economy
and its linkages.
4. What are the basic concepts of Sustainable Business Development?
5. Prove with suitable arguments that concern of environment can be good
for profitability in business enterprises.
6. Trace the linkages between ecological and human system, quoting
suitable examples.
7. What do you understand by "Greening of Management". Trace the unique
contri buti on of E.F.Schumacher, the German Economi st to
developmental management .
8. "Expanding population which exacerbates economic, social and
ecological impoverishment make all of the existing environmental problems
more critical" - Examine this statement of (Cardwell -1984) critically from
current context.
9. What are the consequences of India's private property rights to Lands
and the sustainable development.
10. Discuss how air and atmosphere are the two most vital elements for
sustenance of life in the planetary system of earth.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : STRATEGIES FOR GREEN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
1. "Sooner or later deposits of fossil resources will be exhausted and our
reckless consumption of these fuels has accelerated the process of
climate change". Substantiate this statement.
2. What do you understand by "Energy Technological Revolution" ? Explain.
3. Give a detailed account of the ecological solutions and Environmental
Technologies. Briefly explain each of them.
4. "Globalization can generate wealth, it can take it away too". Substantiate
this statement citing examples.
5. Discus the various "New Challenges of Globalization" quoting examples
wherever necessary.
6. What Is Eco-efficiency? What are the barriers to this in a company
atmosphere, list the step by step process of its nine key elements.
7. Discuss the FIVE signs of good environmental performance.
8. What are the elements of Environmental Management System Standards?
Explain.
9. How design for Eco-efficiency can be achieved? Cite some examples.
10. "Tourism, the largest and fastest growing industry across the world,
impacts environment to a greater extent." Explain how cleaner production
and Eco-efficiency can be achieved in Tourism.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : PLANNING & POLICY INITIATIVES FOR GREEN BUSINESS
1. "The concept of sustainable product policy can be mapped to the four
corners of the product policy quadrangle". Elucidate this statement.
2. Enlist the main barriers facing a sustainable product policy and explain
each of them briefly.
3. What are green mark product criteria? Discuss.
4. Discuss vividly the various economic aspects of "Product Development".
5. "Institutional arrangements have profound impact on the environmental
performance of a country". Elucidate this statement with reference to a
recent "OECD" study.
6. Indicate the five "sustainable development indicators" and explain each
of them briefly.
7. Explain the significance of "International Agreements to control pollution
of River Rhine".
8. Elaborate on the European Union "Fifth Action Programme on the
Environment and its issues for business".
9. Discuss how "Sustainable Development" is becoming an increasingly
important "public policy issue". What role is played by "Global Business
Unit" (GBU) in this?
10. Give an account of the New Strategy for sustainable product development
with reference to its policy and process
OR
Explain on the four principles for Environmental Policy, with reference to
Principle 16 of "Rio Declaration".
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : NETWORKING BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS
1. The Monsanto Corporation, being the world' largest producer of agricultural
chemicals and pesticides tuned into the first producer of "GM Crops"
that could produce proteins designed to repel insect pests thereby nullify
use of pesticides altogether. Elucidate.
2. Elaborate on the Responsible Care. Programme of Canadian chemical
Industry that led the world's "CMA" of USA and "CIA" of UK to adopt
similar schemes.
3. Give an account of sustainable Forest Management (SFM) describing
its principles as declared by Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
4. Describe with the help of some case study the cost saving and
environmental improvement programmes adopted by some business firm.
5. In what strategic manner, world's one of the most polluting industry viz
"car manufacturing", adopt the environmental performance programme.
Explain with some case study.
6. Express in your own words the essentiality of "Environmental Audit".
How this process was established in US since early 1970s?
7. What is "EMAS" of European Union? Provide an overview of EMAS
scheme.
8. What do you understand about "Ecolabelling"? Explain the activities of
GEN - "Global Ecolabelling Network".
9. Explain how ISO 1400 Environmental Management can benefit companies
while at the same time saving the environment.
10. Define "sustainability" as per World Commission on Environment &
Development. How ISO 14001 helps sustainability.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : GREEN BUSINESS AND JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT
1. Explain how Herman Daly's three principles of sustainability are
continually violated world over. Suggest measures to counter this.
2. Reason out with proper arguments as to why Sustainable Development
needs peace and Human Security.
3. What do you understand by "Green Com" Tool? How does it work?
4. How Globalisation can forge Sustainable Development and what are its
six ingredients for a continuous improvement.
5. UN General Assembly's World Summit on Sustainable Development
(WSSD) in Johannesburg is a mile stone of Intergovernmental Actions
involving economical, social and environmental development. Explain how.
6. How "Trade not Aid" Programmes of Ms.Roddick owner of the "Body
Shop" have pioneered environmental protection issues across the world.
Explain.
7. Enlist the environmental problems that confront business and how these
problems manifest themselves. Elucidate.
8. What are the pressures on the "Marine Environment" according to a
report of OECD (1991a)
9. Enumerate the business opportunities that are associated with some
major environmental problems and briefly explain them with reference to
some case studies.
10. "Poor are the most vulnerable victims of disaster and poverty amplifies
all other disasters". Elucidate this statement with reference to Agenda
21.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : INDUSTRY'S ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE
1. For achieving a good environmental compliance, what kind of "Human
Resources" are needed? Explain.
2. What are the factors, both human and financial, that influence the amount
of resources required to enforce compliance by the regulated community?
3. What do you understand by "self-monitoring" and describe the
development of the inspection strategy.
4. Do you think a strategy that considers all three : government, industry
and the institution can create a sustainable and self supporting system
for environmental management and compliance. Explain.
5. Describe the goals of UNEP-IE and what types of complementary tools
were developed to achieve its goals.
6. Enlist the factors that affect the environmental quality management and
briefly provide its details.
7. What is Environmental Permit? Why is it issued? What are the roles of
permitting?
8. Describe the Belgium's Multimedia and Single Media permitting
programmes.
9. Provide the details of steps in developing an environment strategy and
explain how compliance is enforceable.
(a) Sri Lankan Regulated Community
(b) Poland's Discharge fee for Environmental protection
(c) Norway's SFT's Inspection and Audit Fee
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : CLEANER PRODUCTION FOR GREEN BUSINESS
1. What is the "GEN"? Why is there a "GEN"? Who is a "GEN"? Explain.
2. Enlist the procedural guidelines for the promotion of the Green Mark.
3. How production life cycle analysis helps in developing (PLCA) product
selection criteria? Explain.
4. Perform a case study analysis of "Ecolabels and Environmental Trade-
offs" in the case of plastic garbage bags in California.
5. Revisit "Indian Ecomark", explaining its various perspectives as of today.
6. Discuss about the concept for an Environmental labelling scheme.
7. What is "Ecomark" scheme? What was it intended for? What is its
current status of implementation?
8. Describe the impact of Ecolables developed in Industrialized Western
Countries on wares from poor countries.
9. Explain the Ecomark criteria as applicable to "Textile goods" in India and
discuss various issues related to it.
10. What are the factors responsible for achieving only a limited success in
implementing "Ecomark" scheme in India?
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : GLOBALISATION TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT
1. Describe how the interplay of geopolitics and power impact significant
international relations and sustainability issues.
2. Trace the historical international developmental activities in intensification
of Agriculture, Deforestation, vis-a-vis increasing population have impacted
sustainability.
3. What are the guiding factors that address conflicts arising due to lateral
pleasures conceptual framework as theorized by Naltz. Explain.
4. Present the three methodological techniques which can be employed as
tools to help access environmental impact study and research. Explain
each of them briefly.
5. Explain how CO
2
makes a good indicator for assessment of good
environment. Briefly indicate how CO
2
trading takes place.
6. "Environmentalist usually conflict and counter Economist that the pursuit
of national wealth drives global environmental degradation and that free
trade accelerates this process" - Resolve this conflict.
7. What do you understand about GATT and WTO? Describe the challenges
faced by Uruguay Round of Talks and why and how it failed (1986-94).
8. Explain the DOHA Development rounds. (20014-till date) and how it
impacts various international trade talks and agreements.
9. What is "TRIPS" Agreement and how the intellectual property inputs
related to "Biodiversity" and Sustainable Development?
10. How free trade impacts the "Global Warming" and environmental
sustainability? What are the criticism of the South.
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (GEOINFORMATICS)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
1. Critically evaluate the Gaseous Theory of Kant regarding the origin
of the earth.
2. Discuss the effect of temperature in distribution and functioning
of animals.
3. Discuss the concept of glacial erosion.
4. Discuss recent views related to the composition of the structure
of earth.
5. Explain the theory of isostasy.
6. Edaphic and biotic factors are closely related to ecosystem
development. Explain.
7. Discuss the concept of Lord Kelvin for the calculation of the age
of the earth.
8. Discuss the modifications made by Jeffery to the Tidal Hypothesis
of James Jene.
9. Discuss in detail the Planetismal Hypothesis of Chamberlain.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
1. Discuss various data functions in detail.
OR
Explain data conversi on and its inf luence on cost of
implementation of a GIS.
2. Discuss the significance of DoD Spatial Data Standards.
OR
Discuss the role of GIS in public safety.
3. Discuss the benefits of Prince William Countys GIS system.
OR
What is network analysis ? Explain.
4. Discuss in detail advantages of GIS over traditional methods of
land data management.
OR
Write a detailed note on role of digital cartography in GIS.
5. Define Topology. What is information communities model ?
6. What is map generalisation ? Define and discuss the importance
of GIS.
7. What is the role of a GIS consultant in any firm. What are the
various data input requirements ?
8. List the potential sources of GIS data errors. What are set queries
in GIS?
9. What are the various factors that should be taken into
consideration while selecting a GIS ? Discuss in detail.
10. Discuss the base map accuracy standards.
OR
What are the various GIS data formats ? Explain.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING
1. Discuss in detail various sources of geometric erroes in remotely
sensed data.
2. What is spectral resolution ? What is digital data ? Discuss.
3. Define transmittance. What is the importance of a conformal map
projection ?
4. What is relative radiometric correction ? Define image restoration.
5. List important sources of atmospheric attenuation in remotely
sensed data. List the distinctive features of microwave energy.
6. Discuss Linear Array Digitization. What is NDVI ? Explain its
significance in remote sensing data.
7. What is SPOT sensor systems ? Discuss the significance of
RADAR over normal remote sensing.
8. Discuss the functioning of GOES.
9. Explain airborne remote sensing systems with suitable examples.
OR
Discuss in detail various methods of satellite data interpretation.
10. Explain microwave remote sensing. What is RMS error and how
it is calculated ?
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : SPATIAL DATABASE DESIGN
1. How do validation rules help in controlling the attribute quality ?
2. What do you understand by the term 'association' in GIS ?
OR
Define type inheritance. What is polymorphism ?
3. What is the significance of natural breaks classification ?
4. Define map scale. List the two key facets of the data coverage
model.
5. What are the logical elements of data model ? Define topology ?
6. What is the significance of geo-database data model ?
OR
What are transactions in relational database ?
7. Discuss the methods for drawing raster layer. What are the
different types of layers in GIS ?
8. What is encapsulation in object oriented data model ?
OR
Discuss the guidelines meant for geo-database data design.
9. Discuss the significance of installation of high end database
alongwith GIS software.
10. Discuss in detail different methods for drawing TIN layers.
OR
What is TIN ? Discuss in detail the significance of TIN in terrain
analysis.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : MAP DIGITIZAITON USING AUTOCAD
1. Explain data storage techniques.
OR
Write a note on dimension variables.
2. Define Blocks. Write a note on advantages of blocks.
OR
Write a note on various parts of computer and their functions.
3. What is the main difference between disk operating system and
UNIX?
4. What is DFX ? Define Block.
5. What is instruction and program ? Write the full form of CIM,
IGES, CAE.
6. What are the advantages of blocks ? What are the commands
used for manipulating blocks ?
7. What are application softwares. Discuss dimension variables.
8. Explain data storage techniques. Discuss the various parts of
computers and their functions.
9. What are the different computer languages ? State the
distinguishing features of each.
10. Discuss the significance of CAD over conventional methods of
drawing and designing.
OR
Discuss in detail the significance of Blocks.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : MODELLING & VISUALISATION OF SPATIAL DATA
1. Write a note on advantages of Features in modelling.
2. Discuss the primary role that people generally play in GIS.
3. Write a note on Connectivity Rules.
4. List some functions the GIS software adds to a relational
database management system.
5. List the advantages of Raster Datasets in modelling Surfaces.
6. Write a note on contour lines and their significance in Surface
analysis.
7. What does the term Catalog means in GIS and what is its
significance?
8. Write a detailed note on Feature Geometries and its
components.
9. What are the different forms of Raster Data and what is its
significance? Discuss in detail
OR
Write a detailed note on Network Model. Explain the Geometric
and Logical Network.
10. Write a note on Shapeflies.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : INTERNET BASED GIS
1. Write a note on Team GIAS.
2. What is TriNet project and why it was created?
3. Write a note on MapFinder project.
4. Write a note on ArcData Online.
5. What are the data products available and offered by MapFinder?
6. What is EMICA and how it forks ?
7. Discuss in detail about Bioregional Geographic Server.
8. Write a detailed note on Disaster Response Network and
applications available online.
9. Discuss in detail the contribution of USGS in developing web
based GIS applications to allow users worldwide explore
geographic data.
10. Why shapefiles are considered ideal vehicle for distributing
spatial data over Internet ?
OR
When was the National Association of Relation (NAR) founded?
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : TOOLS FOR MAP ANALYSIS
1. What is image reduction and what is its significance ?
2. Write a note on linear contrast enhancement.
3. Write a note on vegetation indices. What is its significance ?
4. What is texture in remotely sensed image? Write a note on
texture transformation.
5. Discuss the steps generally followed to accomplish error
evaluation of land cover classification map.
6. What is the difference between the minimum distance to mean
ans maximum likelihood classification algorithm.
7. Discuss in detail general steps used to extract land cover
information from remotely sensed data.
8. Discuss in detail the U.S Geological Survey Landuse
classification system for remotely sensed data.
9. Discuss in detail edge enhancement techniques used in spatial
Domain.
10. Write a note on Principal Component Analysis.
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (DISASTER MANAGEMENT)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : INTRODUCTION TO DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. What is meant by "Disaster Response"? Indicate its different activities.
Explain briefly emergency and post disaster assistance.
2. Give an account of "Rehabilitation and Reconstruction" phase of "Disaster
Recovery". What are its priorities and opportunities?
3. Present a "menu of mitigation Action". Explain each of them briefly
quoting suitable examples.
4. Define Environmental Hazards. What are the potentially hazardous
environmental agencies or processes, including that are due to human
activities ? Briefly discuss about all.
5. Analyse the trend of occurrence of natural disaster in the past 3 decades.
State the major factors that have induced such disasters.
OR
What are the nature of response to Geo-hazards? What are the emerging
responses.
6. What major roles are played by Civil Defence personnel during Disasters?
Explain with example.
7. Has the frequency of disasters involving weather, climate, atmosphere
etc. in fact increased? Substantiate your arguments with examples.
8. Quote some basic major differenced between Risk Assessment & Risk
perception. How risk analysis is conducted?
OR
What are "carcinogens"? Name some of them. What kind of health
hazards these carcinogens create?
9. Explain the concept of Disaster Preparedness. What are its objectives?
Enlist the nine components of Disaster Preparedness.
10. Short notes on any three of the following :
a. Housing in Hazard Prone Areas.
b. Ecological changes in coastal zones in last 2 decades
c. Counter measures adopted to contain spilled "oil"
d. Insurance is one of the oldest strategies of coping with Risk -
Explain and justify.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : HYDROLOGICAL, COASTAL & MARINE DISASTERS
1. Describe the environmental impacts of urban land surface paving and
construction. What is the motive if impoundment of water and what are
gains and losses? How and in what way chemicals enter the marine
environment and how do they affect biota?
2. List and describe in brief various conventions for prevention of pollution
originating from land based sources.
3. Protection of Marine environment is essential for our survival justify it.
4. Discuss in detail the techniques of marine pollution control.
5. Give a glimpse of the flood situation in Himalayas, the causes and their
effects.
6. Give an overview of sources of marine pollution, various trends and
responses from international agencies.
7. Define Tsunami. How Tsunami is different from an earthquake? What
does "EEZ" denotes?
8. Why in some areas floods are immediately followed by draughts? What
is the rate of siltation in Indian dams? How dams on rivers have affected
biogeochemical balance in oceans?
9. Write an explanatory account of various types of coastal erosion and
measures of beach protection.
10. Critically evaluate status of marine pollution in India and the organizational
infrastructure for combating oil pollution in seas around India.
11. In what way intensive commercial aquaculture has harmed the
environment? Why there is need for "sediment quality criteria"?
12. Which organisms of sea are efficient bioaccumulators and can also
detoxify themselves?
13. Illustrate and explain various types of engineering structures required for
flood diversion. "Economic justification of flood control rests more on the
enhancement of land use than on the reduction of flood damage". Evaluate
this statement of World Bank.
14. What is the meaning of effluent tracing and how a tracer system operate?
Explain the functions of the "International Sea-bed Authority".
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : ATMOSPHERIC DISASTERS
1. Discuss the ever rising Co2 content in the atmosphere and the resultant
impact on our climate. Discuss the urban "Heat Inland" effect.
2. Mention the different forms of air pollution. Define SPM. What is GEMS?
3. Air quality monitoring and "megacity monitoring". Explain how these are
achieved. What are its limitations ?
4. Narrate the Global Warming's impact on the water resources of our planet.
5. What do you understand by "Inter generational Transfer of Global
Warming"? Explain.
6. Increasing demand of electricity by industry is it also a cause of Global
Warming? Explain how?
7. Project the future trends of GHG and their role in climate change.
8. Discuss the meaning and importance of ozone in the survival of mankind
and the steps required to be taken to stop ozone depletion.
9. How the rise in sea level is a serious threat to coastal areas.
10. Discuss the economic aspects of "Global Warming".
11. Sea level rise leads to erosive tendencies. Elucidate how the precipitation
occurs.
12. How the acid rain is caused? What are its resultant consequences?
Acid rain, phenomenon of the developed countries, is fast appearing in
developing countries too. Why?
13. Short notes on any three of following
(a) ERBE
(b) Role of CFCs in depleting O3
(c) The metal causes mad hatters disease
(d) METROMEX
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : GEOLOGICAL, MASS MOVEMENT & LAND DISASTERS
1. What do you understand by Plate Tectonics ? Describe various types of
tectonic movements with sketches.
OR
Discuss various techniques and measures that can reduce vulnerability
of structures in earthquake prone areas.
2. What are the four principal direct causes of desertification? Explain each
in brief.
OR
Discuss variety of defence structures for protection against snow
avalanches.
3. What are Love and Raleigh waves? What hazards do they pose?
OR
What do you understand by transcursion between two plates? Name
the well-known fault existing because of such tectonic phenomenon.
4. Explain the three types of plate movements and the resultant seismic
hazards.
5. Examine the ways in which the occurrence of volcanoes can be monitored
and information can be made available to people about it.
OR
How can the lowering ground water levels be a factor of total climatic
change?
6. Write the full form of TOMS. Which specific component of the volcanic
plumes does it monitor ?
OR
For what purpose are the tilt-meters used ?
7. Describe the environmental factors and disasters, natural and man-made
that cause famine. What are its social consequences ?
8. What primary and secondary phenomena take place following a volcanic
eruption? Describe each ?
OR
What is PACD ? What are its objectives ?
9. List various kinds of droughts. Which type of drought is caused due to
depletion of water resources ?
OR
What is lateral spread ? What type of hazard does it cause ?
10. What do you understand by seismic micro-zoning? What type of data/
information is required for this purpose ?
OR
Mention the various methods monitoring a volcano? Describe briefly
Thermal Monitoring.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : FORESTS RELATED DISASTERS
1. Give a detailed account of impacts of deforestation on loss of biological
diversity.
2. What are the limitations that restrict ethno-botany to become a major
force behind commercial drug discovery programmes? Write a note on
"Pathogens". Discuss the "ethical issues" involved with biotechnology.
3. How "transgenic bio-pesticides" bring ecological risk? Write an account
of dangerous trends in agricultural biotechnology.
4. What are the drawbacks of Corporate takeover of Breeder Rights for
plant varieties? How ecological assessment can regulate biotechnology
products?
5. Describe in detail various aspects of biotechnology.
6. Elucidate Biotechnology is a double edged sword which can be used or
abused for conservation of biodiversity.
7. Discuss the methods for managing the hazards of genetic engineering.
8. What type of responses have been received in past 20 years regarding
loss of biodiversity?
9. Elucidate and justify saving biodiversity means saving the biosphere.
10. Write Short notes any four of the following:
(a) Define Biological Diversity/Gene Diversity/Species Diversity.
(b) Why butterflies are considered the best single group of organisms
to use as indicators of ecosystem health?
(c) How man has made mistakes in "batting the bugs".
(d) What are "hot spots"? What lessons can be drawn from extinction
episodes of the past?
(f) What is BGH and what are its implications?
(g) Give example of "Gene Pool" and "Gene Rich" countries.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : WIND AND WATER DRIVEN DISASTERS
1. Give a detailed account of protection of buildings from cyclones in India.
2. Give an account of pattern and incidence of cyclones in Bay of Bengal.
3. What were the terms of reference regarding environment and disaster
management at "Male declaration" of SAARC countries and what were
the recommendations?
4. Write a note on cyclone risk and engineering aspects to reduce the risk.
5. What were the objectives of IDNDR and what were the recommendations?
6. Who are the persons most likely to be affected by "Lightening"? Which
is the most fire prone country in the world? List some NGO's active in
relief and rescue operations in India. Define "Hail", what are the damages
due to hailstorms.
OR
Summarize important coastal issues related to water related problems
due to natural hazards in low lying coastal areas. How and why human
intervention in the coastal low land and river valley have intensified natural
hazards in the areas?
7. Define the meaning "Flood Hazard Mapping". What basic information is
necessary for this. What are the elements of flood forecasting system?
OR
What are the basic requirements of integrated flood management
information system (IMMIS)? Explain the major steps of IFMIS
development. What is the relevance of preparation of flood inundation
maps?
8. Explain the specific social objectives of flood mitigation measures.
Describe various environmental consequences regarding flood plain
management.
OR
Describe risk reduction measures for flood prone areas.
9. Write in detail disaster management and mitigation measures for tropical
cyclones?
(a) What is the advantage of meteorological radar in flood forecasting?
(b) What is meant by structural measures to mitigate flood damage?
(c) Define the following terms: Afflux/Flood Fringe/ floodway/ Infill.
(d) Give a proper definition of "tropical cyclones".
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : TECHNOLOGICAL DISASTERS
1. What are the basic features of environmental management of mining
area? Explain the various health risks associated with mining.
2. Why there is need for technical cooperation among developing countries.
Explain. In what way technology transfer may help environmental
protection?
3. Which is the most vulnerable part of the hydrosphere from the standpoint
of potential damage by hazardous wastes? What is "Operation CHASE"?
4. Define and discuss the main principles of IRPTC. Describe national and
international activities regarding exchange of information on banned
hazardous chemicals.
5. Explain and evaluate the drawbacks in paying compensation to the victims
of industrial accidents. What were the recommendation on Bhopal gas
disaster regarding?
OR
What are the major sources of liquid effluents associated with mineral
exploration? Explain the various health risks associated with mining.
6. Discuss various dimensions of deforestation problem associated with
mining activity
OR
What are common problems related to control of mine water and its
contaminants and land reclamation problem?
7. Give a detailed account of environmental impacts of military activity.
8. Give a comprehensive review of various types of industries and industrial
production of hazardous wastes.
OR
What may be the innovative approaches to pollution control regarding
hazardous wastes?
9. Write a note on Toxic Chemicals and the environment. Define GIS. What
are the major components and what is the importance.
10. Write Short Notes on any three of the following:
(a) What are chemical weapons?
(b) What are "orange", "white" and "blue" agents?
(c) What does the name "Love Canal" symbolize?
(d) What is meant by "Fixing Hazardous Wastes"?
(e) What would be the positive economic and social consequences of
military disarmament?
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : CASE STUDIES IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. How assessment and monitoring of floods and droughts are done using
remotely date in Indian scenario. Quote any case study to substantiate.
2. Provide an overview of the various considerations in the development of
information systems and networking for disaster management.
3. Elaborate on the reconstruction programmes undertaken in earthquake
affected areas of Latur and Bhuj.
4. How prevention of disaster due to open fires in underground coal mines
can be done? Discuss citing some case study as example.
5. Explain how disaster management during super cyclone in Orissa was
executed.
6. What are the issues concerned with integrated water for draught ?
Substantiate with case study.
7. Narrate the devastating events of cloud burst leading to landslides and
its consequences quoting example of Garhwal Himalayan Region.
8. How effectively the management of chemical hazards associated with
natural disaster can be done? Explain with the help of some case study.
9. Elaborate on the importance of seismic resistant concrete gravity dam in
seismic prone area like North East India.
10. Explain the role of Insurance & Reinsurance in managing financial risks
due to national catastrophic events. Substantiate with case study
examples.
11. Give an account of the techno-legal strategies for disaster mitigation.
Cite some case study as example.
12. Citing as case study example of experiences of Gujarat (Bhuj) earthquake,
give an account of how transforming adversity into opportunity can be
achieved.
OR
Discuss the structural safety issues in retrofitting of reinforced concrete
buildings.
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (MEDIA MANAGEMENT)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : PRINCIPLES OF MASS COMMUNICATION
1. Explain the word - "Media Complexity" with suitable examples.
2. "Real Time Interactive Media" - What are they? How "teleconferencing"
works? How it is classified?
3. "INSAT and INTELSAT" - Expand these words and explain how they
perform?
4. What are the five "categories of communication" between people? Explain
each of them briefly comparing and contrasting one another, with suitable
examples.
5. Interactive mass media contrast strongly with contemporary media.
Explain.
6. What is NFDC? Elaborate on its activities with reference to promotion of
film industry
OR
What is "EDUSAT"? How Govt.'s educational organizations/ institutions
make use of EDUSAT to telecast useful programmes.
7. What roles do you think "the traditional film media" can play in the
developing countries like India? What are its advantages? What will be
its future in the new era of TV, satellite broadcasting?
OR
What are PTI and UNI? How do they function? What are these structural
organisations?
8. Current world has made rapid transition from initial age to the "Information
Age". If it is time what are the characteristics that determine the future of
all emerging and existing channels of communication? Explain.
9. What are "Integrated Grid and Information Bridges"?
OR
What are the defects and difficulties and mass communication systems
in India? Suggest ways and means to remove them.
(a) SITE Programme
(b) E-mailing as a means of communication
(c) Cable TV operators
(d) Internet
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : MEDIA ETHICS AND LAWS
1. Briefly explain the salient features of "Official Secrets Act 1923".
OR
How Restoration of Press Freedom took place in post emergency.
2. Describe the "Note of Dissent in Press Litigation".
OR
What is PCI - Press Commission of India? Explain its roles.
3. In the post-independence era, "Emergence of Vernacular Press created
a whole new phenomenon of growth. How true is this? Elaborate on this.
4. Amendment of constitution relating to press freedom. Explain.
5. What are the code of conducts for journalists.
OR
How the different media - the Electronic Media, Print Media and Film
Medium serves the purpose of uplifting the objectives of Human Rights.
6. "Freedom of Press" - Absolute vs Limited ; "Press and the constitution
of India" - Elaborately discuss both of them in relation to each other.
7. What are the institutional guarantees and its limitations on "freedom of
press". Explain.
8. Enumerate the various responsibilities and social obligations of the press
as envisaged by the constitutional provisions.
9. Compare the Press Censorship in the USA and India.
10. From your point of view explain whether "self regulation of the Press is a
good concept for national progress. Put forth your arguments for and
against it. What is "ombudsman"?
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : NEWS REPORTING AND EDITING
1. What is "Inverted Pyramid style of News Story? Explain with a famous
example of any eye-catching introduction.
2. What is "feature column"? Explain in detail.
OR
Write an account of the peculiar language of newspapers
3. What is News Reporting, its main components? Explain in relation to
New Stories quoting some example.
4. Classify the kinds of Reporting - Explain about any one of them in detail
citing good examples.
5. "News at the Desk" - is the processing house of News Media. Explain
why and how.
6. What do you mean by "News Value"? What are its different characteristic
elements? Briefly explain each of them.
7. "Varieties of ingredients in the News Elements make an Interesting News
Story" - Substantiate this statement.
8. Enumerate the qualities of a good news reporter or a good sub editor.
9. News has a number of characteristic elements. What are its conventional
determinants ?
(a) Hard News and Soft News
(b) Sport Writing
(c) Reviews and Criticism
(d) E-news
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : MEDIA MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
1. Who is owner of "Prasar Bharti"? What role it does play?
OR
Explain the meaning of audiences and audience types. How do you
describe audience as markets, nature of audience experience and its
feedback system?
2. What is strategic organizational communication?
3. Give an interesting account on the performance of Indian Press.
4. Describe the Indian Heritage and Communication values.
5. Provide a detailed account of the emergence of modern mass media.
6. What will be the future of Mass Communication Media in India in the
context of technological developments in IT sector?
7. Write a detailed account of "Recent Trends on Mass Communication"
keeping in mind the post-independence challenges and opportunities in
India.
8. Human Rights in the Indian context and, the media - print film and
electronic media - role in it.
9. Development support communication (DSC)'s activities in health and non
formal literacy programmes. - Elucidate. With examples.
10. What are "underground press" and the "Black Press"? Why they are
called so? Briefly describe their activities.
11. The world of mass media faces some technology oriented problems.
Enumerate them. Discuss the possible solutions for them.
(a) FM Radio
(b) TV Satellite Channels
(c) INSAT
(d) ISRO Project
(e) Social Mdia Communication
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISM
1. Enumerate the qualities or factors that lead to good writing skills. What
is meant by "Negative News"? Explain.
2. Trade professional bodies in Journalism also grew along with the
development and growth of print media. Elaborate this statement.
OR
3. "Working of the Editorial News Department is very vital to the publishing
of newspapers, especially dailies". How true is the statement?
Substantiate.
4. "Journalism is a profession or business." - Debate for and against it
substantiating with sufficient examples.
5. What do you understand by Development Journalism/Reporting? Give
an account of "White Revolution" in Rajasthan.
6. Technical writing applies to what subjects? Why and for whom it is intended
for? What are the various characteristics are applied in "Technical
Writing"?
OR
Journalist professionals work 24x7 to provide us news up-to-date-. How
they go about their work? Explain.
7. Explain the various dimensions of a Journalistic Interview
OR
"Brevity" a virtue in writing. How? Elucidate.
8. Compare a good Reporter with a bad Reporter. What special traits and
characteristics of a good reporter enables him in providing accurate news
reporting to the media.
OR
The "privacy of press" is still there with all powerful media like Radio,
television and technology driven Internet like E- media. Explain how and
why?
9. Who are the "pad & pencil" - journalists? How and why they are still
essential in the present context of "electronic media" development.
10. Short notes on any three of the following::
(a) Mixing facts and fiction (b) Integrity of the Journalist
(c) False titles (d) State Journals
(e) E-Journals
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : PRINT MEDIA MANAGEMENT
1. What sort of job opportunities that are created in the book publishing
sector of print media? Explain.
2. What are the factors that affect the production of publicising the print
media's work? Name few of the different sections working in publication
wing. Explain the functions of "Circulation Wing".
3. Trade and professional bodies also grew along with the growth and
development of Print Media. Elaborate this statement.
4. Trace the developments of English Press in India both in pre and post
independent era.
5. What is Photo-Journalism? Give an example and explain the reasons for
its successful growth till today.
6. What are the new dimensions of print media that keep it going for ever as
an inevitable news -media? Explain
OR
Explain "the freedom and responsibilities of Press".
7. What is "Press Commission of India"? When and why was in formed?
What are its recommendations as major guidelines to the Indian Press?
Name a few enactments subsequently suggested by it.
OR
What are the functions of "AAAI" and "ACI" in respect of advertisement
and Public Relations profession?
8. What are the three types of journals? Explain the salient features of
Internal House Journals.
9. Enlist the different professionals engaged in the print media and briefly
explain each of their major roles and responsibilities.
10. Short notes on any two of the following :
(a) Trade Journals
(b) Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC)
(c) The Illustrated Weekly of India
(d) The Readers Digest
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : ELECTRONIC MEDIA MANAGEMENT
1. Quote all the important guidelines to be followed for TV interviews.
2. "Script Writing for TV Documentary and Commentary" itself is an art and
skill. Elucidate this with example
OR
"Why and how Autonomous Status for Doordarshan and AIR"? What for
it is required? Substantiate. What was Govt.'s decision on "The Chandra
& Verghese Committee" Report?
3. When was the first "Communication Satellite over the Atlantic was used
for news transmission? Trace its milestones of development thenceforth?
4. What do you understand by "Television Journalism"? Give a general
layout of a "Television Script".
5. Narrate the various functions of a film cameraman in the latest era of
electronic revolution with hi- tech equipments.
6. In what technical manner, a sound technician works in the TV production
and enlist his problems in sound recording.
7. "As a fast and instantaneous communication media, Radio has an inbuilt
advantage of overcoming the country's formidable literacy, linguistic,
cultural and physical barriers." Substantiate the statement.
8. Enumerate the major differences between the print and broadcast media
in reporting news.
OR
What is compiling of news? Explain the process of compiling news
bulletins for the Radio broadcasting.
9. Explain the preparation of news bulletin for the TV channel, quoting the
example of "Doordarshan".
OR
What are the golden rules for TV news and writing the "TV news bulletin"?
What cardinal aspects should be borne in mind?
10. Certain basic and essential qualifications are required to be good TV
news reporter. What are they? Explain them briefly.
OR
"Editor, Director and Producer of TV Production" their roles are often
interchangeable and overlapping and hence confuses people. Substantiate
this statement while enlisting the functions of an Editor.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. In so many ways related are the "PRs and Personnel and Industrial
Relations" What are they? Explain with examples.
2. Why is it becoming all the more necessary in a growing organization for
the PR professional to take initiatives to co-ordinate in all HRD
programmes? Explain.
3. "The Govt. of India is one of the biggest public organization". Its public
administration through various levels of administrative hierarchy is nothing
but an act of "PR by the Govt." Substantiate this statement.
4. What are the nature and scope of "PR" and according to nature of functions
performed, in what different terms "PR" function is defined with.
5. A different kind of "functional ethics and morality" has to be followed by
PR professionals. What are they ? Explain why?
OR
Enumerate the "PR methods" adopted by the PR professionals.
6. How a "PR" person executes his function as an editor of a house journal
in an organization.
7. Trace the origin and growth of PR professionalism since the past century.
OR
What are the recent trends in a Public Relationship?
8. "International Public Relations" - Analyse its various dimensions as
against the Internal PRs.
9. Explain in details the PR persons role in Customer Relations for a
manufacturing and marketing organization.
OR
Discuss the process of communication as it relates to the profession of
PR.
10. Short Notes on any two of the following :
(a) Press Conferences
(b) Press Tours
(c) Exhibitions
(d) Annual Reports
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(INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : IPR AND ITS GENERAL REGIME
1. Discuss different issues relating to Intellectual Property Rights Education.
OR
Define TRIPS agreement. What is encryption and discuss the major
categories of encryption system ?
2. What is a Patent ? Discuss the benefits.
OR
What are Industrial Designs ? Discuss its utility in the context of IPR.
3. Define Trade Marks. Explain it with reference to UK.
4. Discuss the conceptual and legal understanding of Intellectual Property
Rights (IPR).
5. What do you understand by protecting Digital Intellectual Property ?
Discuss the strategies for reinvesting scholarly communication.
6. Write a note on Paris Convention for the protection of Intellectual Property,
1883. What are the roles of corporate sector in IPR ?
7. Discuss the role of Corporate Sector in IPR.
OR
What do you understand by Geographical Indications ? Discuss.
8. How do Copyrights help in protecting the Intellectual Property ? Explain.
9. What are the characteristics features of the DTCP Copy protection
standard ? Discuss briefly the less traditional business models.
10. "Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) promotes knowledge and economic
development". Examine this statement.
OR
What is multilateralism ? Discuss the impact of rise of global intellectual
property rights on Asia.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : PATENT SYSTEM, LAW AND POLICY
1. Discuss the IPR related issues with special reference to E-commerce
and Internet.
2. What are the laws and procedures for Intellectual Property in India after
India's inclusion as the 98th Member of the Patent Cooperation Treaty
(PCT) on 7th December 1998 ?
3. What are the objectives of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) reform?
4. Write a note on the WIPO Digital Agenda. Electronic commerce is
regarded as a prerequisite for the conduct of business in the knowledge
societies of the future in developed countries. Comment on it.
5. What are the principles for electronic commerce ? Discuss briefly the
Patent System, 1973.
OR
What are the salient features of Patent Act 1970 ? Briefly discuss the
purpose and objective of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).
6. Define patents. What are the importance of patent policy ? Discuss
briefly the elements of patent licensing.
7. Discuss the Future of the Internet ?
OR
Explain the nature and the functioning of WIPO.
8. What do you understand by the Protection of Undisclosed Information ?
Explain.
OR
Discuss Plant Varieties in the context of IPR.
9. Write an Essay on Patent System, Law and Policy with special reference
to India.
10. What are the patent and copyright issues facing the developed and the
developing countries ? Discuss in detail.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : COPYRIGHT & NEIGHBOURING RIGHTS LAW
1. Define collective administration. Discuss its importance and role of
administration societies.
2. What is the contribution of John Locke. Discuss briefly the access and
technical protection services.
3. Discuss the salient features of the text of 1952 Universal Copyright
Convention.
4. What are the characteristics of the electronic marketplace ? Write a
note on the internet services providers.
5. Discuss different features of the Copyright Act 1957 and the Copyright
order of 1991 as amended in the year 1984, 1994 and 1999.
OR
What is First Modern Copyright Law ? Explain the origins and development
of U.S. Copyright Law.
6. What do you understand by Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law ?
Discuss in detail.
7. What is Copyright Education ? Explain with examples.
OR
Explain Home Recording Rights.
8. "Implementation of Copyright Law in the context of Digital Environment
is very difficult". Do you agree with this statement.
9. What do you understand by Software Piracy ? Discuss.
OR
Explain the features of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
10. Define Federalism and U.S Copyright Laws. Discuss briefly the critical
legal study and the law of copyright.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : TRADEMARK SYSTEM, LAW AND POLICY
1. What are the three models of knowledge management ?
2. Discuss the Global and Indian Legal Provisions of Trade Marks.
3. Explain briefly the Trade Mark Act of India 1999. What are the salient
features of the Trade Mark Bill ?
OR
What do you understand by Internet Domain Names Disputes ? Explain.
4. Discuss the scale and nature of computer crimes.
5. What are trade secrets ? Why network security policies fail ?
6. Discuss the requirements of a Network Security Policy.
OR
What is Cyborgs ? Discuss with examples.
7. "Trade Secrets, a relatively newer form of Intellectual Property needs
protection". Examine this statement.
8. What is a Cyborg ? What are the features of computer contracts ?
9. What are Cyber Crimes ? Explain with examples.
10. Define web technology. What are the different phases of computing ?
OR
Discuss the liability issues related to defective hardware or software.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS & GEO INDICATIONS
1. Discuss the Global Legal Considerations of Industrial Designs.
2. What is Novelty or Originality ? Discuss briefly the Designs Act, 2000.
3. What is e-Governance in the context of India's Information Technology
Act 2000 ? Discuss.
4. Define Industrial Design. Explain briefly the Design Right.
5. Discuss the salient features of the Paris Convention for the protection of
industrial property.
6. What do you understand by Design Rights ? Explain.
7. What is a Registered Design ? Discuss.
8. Explain and discuss Industrial Design Protection.
9. Explain briefly the Information Technology Act, 2000.
10. Explain Geographical Indications.
11. Write a note on the Fourth Schedule of Amendment to the reserve Bank
of India Act, 1934, (2 of 1934). Discuss briefly the regulations appellate
tribunal procedure rules, 2000.
12. Discuss the salient features of Geographical Indicators Act 1999 and the
rules framed thereafter.
OR
Discuss briefly the First Schedule of Amendments to the Indian Penal
Code.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : IPR PROTECTION : GLOBAL & LOCAL SCENARIO
1. What are the functions of the National Biodiversity Authority ? Discuss.
2. What are the changing levels of Intellectual Property Protection under
GATT, NAFTA and the EU ? Explain.
3. What is Computer Fraud ? Discuss its types.
4. What is IPR Protection ? Discuss.
5. What are the salient features of the Biological Diversity Act ? Explain.
6. Discuss the laws for preventing computer hacking.
7. How are the State Biodiversity Boards established and financed ? Explain.
8. What are the challenges of WTO and its implications for India's National
Security ?
9. Present an overview of the IPR Regime in India.
(a) Pattents
(b) Geographical Indication
(c) Copyrights
(d) Trademarks
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : WIPO, WTO, GATT, TRIPS & IPR
1. Name and discuss the organs of WIPO.
2. Explain the relationship between International Consumer Movement and
the Consumer Rights.
3. Explain the provisions of the Trademark Law Treaty 1994.
4. What are the new forms of intellectual property ? Explain.
5. What are the impacts of Doha Convention on the future of TRIPS ? Explain.
6. Discuss the protocols relating to Madrid Agreement concerning the
International Registration of Marks 1989.
7. What are the current and emerging issues relating to specific intellectual
property rights for business ? Discuss.
8. What do you understand by the economics of intellectual property ?
9. Trace the history and birth of the World Intellectual Property Organisation
(WIPO).
(a) IP and the Global Economy
(b) Trade related Aspects of IPR
(c) Future of Intellectual Property
(d) Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act 2001
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : IPR, INNOVATIONS, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1. Discuss the recommendations of the Meeting of the OECD Committee
for Scientific and Technological Policy related to Science, Technology
and Innovations held in January 2004.
2. What do you understand by the Governance Regimes for ICTs ? Explain.
3. Discuss the origins of the world wide web (www).
4. What do you understand by the Intellectual Property Rights Gateway for
Digital Cultural Exchange ? Explain.
5. What have been the efforts for reforms in Copyright Law ? Discuss.
6. Explain the role of WTO in providing guidelines for E-Commerce.
7. What do you understand by Proprietary Protection of Genetic Resources
and Traditional Knowledge ? Explain.
8. What is E-Commerce ? Explain with examples.
9. Discuss the role of Intellectual Property in building capacity for innovation
for development.
(a) Digital Literacy
(b) Science and Technology Policy 2003
(c) IP and Innovation
(d) Vertical Technology Transfer
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (NGO MANAGEMENT)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : NATIONALISM AND INDIAN SOCIETY
1. Narrate the heroic deeds of Chandra Sekhar Azad.
2. In the freedom movement, at what stage did Mahatma Gandhiji emerged
as the nation's supreme leader and the whole nation stood steadfastly
behind him. Elaborate the incidents that led to this.
3. Describe the contributions of Tilak to the freedom movement in Western
India before and during the emergence of Gandhiji's leadership at national
level.
4. Trace with suitable evidences, how Gandhian ideology of Satyagraha/
Non-violence was the fulcrum of various stages of progressive
independence movements led by him.
5. Through which historical movements of our struggle for independence
did Gandhiji succeed in bringing the feelings of brotherhood between
Hindus and Muslims enlisting the support of prominent leaders like Jinnah.
6. Name a few evolutionary Indian leaders who were very successful in
foreign soils to nurture Indian independence movement and narrate any
one of their sacrifices to one country.
7. "Regionalism and Linguism" being two major threats to the unity of India,
explain how it was a success to unify/integrate India, at the time the
British transferred power to us.
8. How Aurobindo Ghosh's ideologies were in close approximation to
Gandhiji's methods of Satyagraha or nonviolence? Explain.
9. Give a detailed review of how "communalism" impacted the practical
developments of pre-independent days of India and indicate briefly how
its impact sustains even today.
10. List the prominent and brightest stars in the galaxy of Indian
Revolutionaries. Explain in detail the revolutionary path adopted by anyone
among them to achieve our freedom.
OR
The war of independence the first few revolutionary seeds were sown
by many like Rani Channama of Kittur (1824), Rani Laxmibhai of Jhansi
(1857) Veerpandia Kattabomman of Panchalamkurichi (1777) Alluri Sita
Rama Raju of Andhra Pradesh or Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (17
th
century) of Thalasseery Kottayam region) - Give an account of each of
their heroic deeds.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : NGO DEVELOPMENT
1. What are the two characteristics which influence NGDO's effectiveness.
Enumerate the factors that contribute to the quality of aid-funds for NGDOs.
OR
Discuss the case study of KTGSM to prove that the performance of NGOs is
better than Governments a "case in arm" to prove effectiveness of PRA
(Participatory Rural Appraisals).
2. "The case of Kundla Taluka Gram Sewa Mandal (KTGSM) has its roots in
Indian Ideology". Why and how ? Substantiate your arguments citing examples.
3. What is a NGO/NGDO? Explain the characteristics of NGDOs? Briefly indicate
its operating principles?
4. Trace the development of Southern NGOs and grass roots organisation as
against the backdrop of the development of their counterparts viz Northern
NGOs.
5. Analyse the contribution of NGOs to the process of development, with a case
study on their performance as compared to Governmental Organisations.
6. Describe the FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act) and under what
circumstances the impact of its stricter implementation was felt a necessity
to make NGOs more transparent and accountable?
7. How do you account for the emergence of new volunteerism the India in the
form of movements that are based on specific issues of society and discuss
its future as well.
8. Describe how the World Bank and NGDOs collaborate in various funded
projects if developmental activity. Illustrate with examples of case study.
OR
Which are the movements initiated by NGOs made people to pressurize
Government to improve its performance, especially with reference to project
areas of AKRSP. Discuss.
9. How the "Gift Economy" helps in financing NGDO activities in the North?
Substantiate your arguments with some case studies.
OR
What kind of developmental issues faced by NGOs in its contribution to the
grass root level developmental projects and what are the parameters driving
these issues.
(a) OXFAM
(b) Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)
(c) UNDP funded projects
(d) MYRADA, KRIBHW
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : NGO AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
1. Define and write about the need for either health education or adult literacy
in women's empowerment Programmes.
OR
Explain the grant-in-aid, process. Discuss the problem in foreign funding
for NGOs.
2. What do you understand by poverty alleviation programmes. Explain the
roles of NGOs in this programme.
3. Though they are called "Non-Governmental Organisation", they have to
be performing in close support and liaison with governmental
organizations. Explain this NGO Govt. interactions / interventions with
examples.
4. With the help of a case study, discuss the NGOs role in poverty alleviation
programme and the impact of the same, briefly indicating the difficulties
faced by them.
5. What is meant by social marketing? What is the NGO's role in social
marketing? Discuss with a case study as example.
6. Give a detailed account of NGO's role in Child Development Programmes.
7. Define Social Enterprises Development. Explain its important
characteristics in Indian context.
8. Describe the role of international agencies involved in Health Promotions.
OR
Trace the recent trends in NGO activities and development of Southern
NGOs /Grass Roots Organization.
9. How are the Voluntary Organizations (VOs) successful in making family
welfare programmes a people's programme? Discuss.
OR
"On the diversified roles of NGOs" - Indeed, voluntary sector is emerging
as a field of multidisciplinary research in the West, especially in the
USA - Substantiate this statement.
10. Define public health. Describe the various branches of public health
OR
Define the characteristics of preferred organizational structure for
operational NGDOs.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : FUND RAISING
1. Why and how you would choose the right fund raising company?
2. Explain what is meant by corporate fund raising. How is it organised
successfully?
3. What is CSR? How will you operationalize your CSR?
OR
Briefly describe the various Government of India's Grants-in-Aid
programmes through its various Ministries.
4. Trace the importance of cultivating an amicable relationship with donor
agencies?
5. What do you understand by the word "fund raising"? Describe the
principles and techniques of fund raising.
6. Explain the various strategies adopted for fund-raising by national NGOs
with the backdrop of certain realities.
7. Elucidate the methods in the step-by-step guide to develop fund raising
strategies.
8. Consider yourself a national level NGO espousing the cause of
environmental/ecological development- what kind of fund-raising strategies
you will choose?
9. Chalk out a detailed programme for organizing a fund-raising campaign.
10. What are the criteria of a successful fund raising campaign? Explain
with an examples.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : VOLUNTARY ORG. : PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE
1. Analyse critically the relationship that should exist between NGOs,
voluntary groups and self governments for bringing out positive
development.
2. Classify and explain broadly the various voluntary organizations.
3. Why accreditation of voluntary organisations is necessary? Explain the
process of accreditation.
4. What are the alternative fund-raising strategies? Explain.
5. Explain the term "gift economy". How NGDO financing takes place in
the North?
6. Trace the developmental history from the ORIGINS of and voluntary
organizations in Indian context.
7. Name a few renowned voluntary organisations in India and their
developmental activities.
8. What do you understand by the social commitment of voluntary
organisations? Briefly explain the programmes of leading voluntary
organisations in fulfilling their social commitments.
9. How do the voluntary organisations mobilize their financial resources to
carry on with their activities? Explain what are international donor agencies.
10. Why do you think there is need for voluntary action as a social service?
Why not the governmental bodies or organisations fulfil the same?
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR NGOs
1. Why do you think it is necessary to evaluate the performance of NGOs?
Describe the art of judging NGO performance.
2. Which are called grass root level peoples organisations? Elaborate on
the problems and weakness faced by voluntary organisations.
3. Analayse the various capacity building measures for effective functioning
of voluntary organisations.
4. What do you mean by "development"? Why bringing in synergy of the
efforts of NGOs, CBOs & Panchayati Raj institutions necessary for
development?
5. Review the term "social marketing". How NGOs are involved in social
marketing? Explain with some examples.
6. Much of today's International Development Effort is directed at variety of
organisations and institutions social change is seldom achieved .by
individuals acting alone- Elucidate this statement with suitable examples.
7. What are the comparative advantages of the third sector in people centred
development? Explain in detail.
8. What characterizes NGDOs on today's developmental scene? Explain.
9. Give a detailed account of emergence and development of Southern NGOs
and Grass Roots Organisations.
10. What were Gandhiji's influences over "Volunteerism" and constructive
social work? How he practiced his ideology keeping himself away from
power centric political party or Govt. Explain.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : STATE, CIVIL SOCIETY AND NGOs
1. How the UN and its programmes would impact the future of global
governance? Explain.
2. Analyse the impact of liberalization? How it affects human development
in various spheres?
3. Discuss briefly the possible new pattern of urban risks in the next few
decades.
4. Elaborate on the various measures taken on global scale to address the
pandemic of HIV/AIDS.
5. How scenario planning helps NGOs to address the issues that might
emerge in near future in difficult sectors?
6. Analyse critically the interaction between NGOs, state and civil society
institutions that would fuel the engine of progress and development.
7. Enumerate the various developmental roles played by UN and its
constitutional bodies in encouraging NGOs/civil society institutions
developmental projects.
8. What do you understand by Grass Root Developments? Which are the
Grass Root Developmental organisations? How their inter-play help
progress and development of any nation. Cite some examples.
9. Which were the occasion in the past referred as utmost Humanitarian
Assistance and what roles were played by NGOs in such occasions.
Discuss with a few examples.
10. Define governance. What is meant by global governance? While states
can adopt good governance why they can't perform global governance?
Explain how it can be achieved?
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : UNITED NATIONS AND NGOs
1. Give an account of a healthy "State-NGO" relationship. Mention some of
the barriers to it.
2. What was the new for some Arab Civil Societies demanding to play a
watch-dog-role? Under what circumstances from your opinion, NGOs
should play such a role?
3. Under what circumstances "brand-jacking" using Coke's brand name
was done by CSE's Director and what was the transactional impact of
this regional problem?
4. What are MDGs ? - "Charity finds that US food aid for Africa hurts instead
of helps" - Elaborate. This statement.
5. Explain the global call to action against poverty (GCAP) and how its four
demands were met in respect of MDGs. Discuss.
6. Describe how World Bank supports the community driven development
in Bangladesh.
7. What were two structural inadequacies of IMF/ World Bank as viewed by
NGOs and what were their demands for minimum steps to improve them?
8. Elaborate on the opportunities provided for NGOs participation in the
WTO.
9. As regards the issue of protection of global environment, what are the
benefits of NGOs involvement in international for a? Discuss elaborately.
Indicate a few drawbacks in it.
10. Mention a few global issues/affairs and how some of the transactional
NGOs play a vital role in this.
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (NANOTECHNOLOGY)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : NANO BIOLOGY
1. What is Quantumbiology ? Discuss in Detail.
2. What do you understand by Nanolabs ? Explain.
OR
Discuss the utilities of Nano Electronic Computers.
3. What is molecular imprinting ? Discuss briefly how electromechanical
molecular switch operates with special examples. Depict the advantages
of vasculoid.
OR
What is Nanomedicine ? Discuss its features and limitation.
4. Discuss the impact of Nanotechnology on Agriculture and Environment.
5. Define pit damage. Discuss how gene gun assists in gene therapy and
genetic transformation of plants in horticultural sciences.
6. Define an explain Molecular Nano Technology.
OR
What is Naturophilia ? Discuss.
7. What are Nanobodies. Discuss the role of biotech companies in developing
nanobodies.
8. How nanoparticles or nanospheres help in pharmaceutical industry ?
Discuss the role of nanoparticles in health and pollution.
9. Discuss briefly the cell repair machines. What are the Donaldsons
techniques for repairing at the level of the cell ?
10. Explain the advantages of molecular nanotechnology in medical science.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : NANO CHEMISTRY
1. Write a note on nanostructured material. What is nanoscale interfacial
material ?
2. What are Nanocomposits ? Discuss its uses.
3. Define molecular motors. Write a note on nanoclays and carbon
nanotubes.
4. Discuss the role of Nanoparticles in health and pollution. What could be
the potential role of atmospheric nanoparticles in photocatalytic and
thermal production of atmospheric pollutants.
5. Explain Nano Structured Bold Catalysis.
OR
Explain and discuss Nano Composite and Plastics.
6. Explain polymeric nanocomposites. What are the roles of nanoparticles
in health and pollution ?
7. What are clusters and nanocrystalline materials ? Discuss in brief the
catalytic properties of nanostructured gold catalysts.
OR
Define self-assembly. Write a note on self replication.
8. What is Polymer Nanotechnology ? Discuss the issues relating to
synthesis and application of Polymer Nanotechnology.
9. What do you understand by Molecular Motors ? Explain.
OR
What is Polymer Nanotechnology ? Discuss.
10. What is a Nano Velcro ? Discuss in detail.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : NANO PHYSICS
1. Define GMR. What are the two types of polymer nanocomposites?
Discuss briefly the polymer nanocomposite.
2. How can nanotechnology be qualitatively understood as an approach to
Alchemy that is based on the current model of matter ?
OR
Explain briefly on electrochromism and its types of devices. What are
nanoclusters ?
3. Define Nanocrystals. Discuss in brief the commercial applications of
nanomaterals.
4. Discuss the major applications of Carbon Nanotypes
5. What are Nanosensor and Nanoscale Scanning ? Give an overview.
6. What do you understand by Nanoribbons ? Explain.
OR
Discuss Buckytubes with examples.
7. What is Polymer Silicate ? Explain.
OR
Define Superplasticity with examples.
8. Discuss the applications and utilities of Nanooptics.
9. What are Quantum Dots? Define Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
(MEMS). Briefly discuss the two fundamental components in MEMS
devices.
10. What is field-effect transistor (FET) ? Define nanoimprint lithography and
its processing steps. Discuss briefly the near-field optical microscopy.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : NANO ENGINEERING
1. Define teleportation. What are the applications of novel self-assembly
processes for nanotech ?
OR
Discuss nano-vasculoid and its application.
2. Discuss the applications of Nano Electromechanical Systems.
3. What do you understand by Molecular Logistics ? Explain.
4. Discuss the industrial applications of Nano Engineering.
5. What are nanomaterials ? Discuss in brief the applications and importance
of nano-tribology.
OR
Explain and discuss Molecular Mechanics.
6. What is Nanomanupulation also discuss scanning probe microscopy
techniques ?
7. What is the future of Nano Structure Science and Technology ? Explain.
8. How scanning probe microscope enables researchers or scientists to
image surfaces at the nanometer scale? Write a note on atomic force
microscopy (AFM).
9. Discuss the applications of Nano Electronics.
10. What are disassemblers ? Discuss scanning tunnelling microscope (STM)
and its applications.
OR
What is Nano Diode ? Discuss with examples.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : NANO BIOTECHNOLOGY
1. What are zeolitic materials ? Discuss its utilities.
2. What is Bano Science ? How is it different from Banoshells ? Explain.
3. Define nanocomposite material. Discuss its uses.
4. What is Biomedical Nano Technology ? Discuss.
5. What are the common enabling technologies in Nano Structure Synthesis
and Assembly ? Explain.
6. What is Nanobiotechnology ? Discuss with examples.
7. What are the social and ethical issues in nano-biotechnology ? Discuss
with examples.
8. What do you understand by Molecular Modelling ? Discuss.
9. What are the current opportunities in nano-enabled drug delivery system?
Explain.
(a) DNA
(b) Molecular Medicine
(c) Biofarbrications
(d) Bioengineering
Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : NANO ELECTRONICS
1. What are Spintronics ? Give a detail list of semiconductor materials.
2. What are the Nanotech Applications of superconductors ?
OR
What is wireless electronic logic switching ? Explain.
3. What is current-induced local oxidation ?
4. Define Thyristor. Discuss briefly the applications of superconductors.
OR
What are Molecular Electrostatic Field Computers ? Discuss.
5. What are the two types of nanoelectronic devices ? Briefly discuss the
three basic categories of solid-state nanoelectronic devices.
6. What do you understand by Fabrication of a Single Electron Transistor?
Explain.
7. Write a note on Quantum Dots. What are the three significant
developments of T2-MP EviTagsTM ?
8. What is Nanoscale Electronics ? Explain in detail.
OR
What do you understand by Nanospheres ? Discuss.
9. What are Carbon Nanotypes Transistor ? Discuss in Detail.
10. What is Evidots ? Explain Inp Quantum Dots for life sciences.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : NANO-RESEARCH
1. What are the results of interdisciplinary approaches to Nano Research ?
Explain.
2. How are X-rays and Neutrons the essential tools for nano science
research? Explain with examples.
3. Discuss the latest advances in nanotubes.
4. What are the challenges of Nanotechnology ? Explain.
5. What are the societal implications of nanoscience, nanotechnology and
nanoengineering ? Explain.
6. Discuss the techniques of nanoparticles.
7. How do biology, chemistry, physics, engineering and computer science
affect the process of nanotechnology ? Discuss.
8. Name and discuss the important tools and techniques of Nano Research.
9. Explain the societal approaches for assessing nanotechnology's
implications.
(a) Model Nanotechnology Research and Development Act of USA
(b) Nanostructuring
(c) Atomic Force Microscopy
(d) Beneficial Nanotechnology
Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : NANO-COMPUTERS
1. What do you understand by Nano Computers ? Discuss the advances in
the area of Nano Computers.
2. What are Nano Crystals ? Explain with examples.
3. Present an Economic Analysis of Nano Electronics.
4. Explain the Drexler-Smalley debate on Nanotechnology.
5. What is a molecular compiler ? Discuss.
6. Discuss the future of Nanoscale Electronics.
7. What do you understand by the sufficiency of current modelling method?
Explain.
8. What is Nano Robotics ? Discuss its applications.
9. What is Nano Electronics ? Trace its history and utilities.
(a) Exponential Assembly
(b) Semiconductor
(c) Nanocrystals
(d) Dendrimer
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (ENVIRONMENTAL MGT.)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : INTRODUCTION TO ENV. SCIENCE
1. What are ecological pyramids ? Explain their working and significance.
OR
What are the esturies of southern east coast of India ? Give the names of
three. What is Ecesis ?
2. At what altitude do the temperate forests occur in India ? Name the important
species of such altitudes.
OR
Why is it important to preserve environmental quality ? What is the role of man
in changing it ?
3. How do animals make adjustments for life on a terrestrial habitat ?
OR
Describe in detail the major terrestrial ecosystem of the world.
4. What is the difference between population and community ? What is
Permafrost ? Give examples.
5. What is the theory of origin of tloles ? What are the characteristcsof mutations?
OR
What are the important points of ecological significance to understand in any
ecosystem ?
6. Write an essay on the adverse impact of deforestation.
7. What is the scope of political ecology ? What are the areas of research for
understanding third world political ecology ?
8. What are the suggested strategies to conserve purity of esturine ecosystem
in case of coastal developmental activities.
OR
Explain in short the succession on flood plains. Write the stages of plant and
animal life.
9. Discuss continental drift and land bridges theoreis as dispersal pathways.
OR
Explain in detail about the Balanoid - Gastroped Thallophyte Biome.
10. Explain the role of GATT on enviornmental related issues.
OR
What is ecological succession ? Discuss distinct features of various seres
or name major terrestrial ecosystems and enumerate their distinct features.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : INDIA's ENVIRONMENT / GLOBAL ENV. ISSUES
1. What are the princi ples of f orest
management ? Explain precisely the
principles of environmental control.
OR
Explain with the help of case studies
the resettlement problems in case of big
dams.
2. Describe in detail guiding principles of
f orest s policy and various national
forests policies declared from time to
time. OR
Discuss in detail various issues related
to women and development and need
for their empowerment.
3. Why inorganic soil colloids are called as
"protoplasm of the soil" ? OR
How the tribal s and f orests are
intimately linked to each other ?
4. Li st t he various activities that are
involved in forest management.
OR
Name the Institutions which are involved
in research on fodder production.
5. Why generally phosphate becomes a
remitting f actor in f resh water eco-
system ?
6. What are the different types of forest ?
Where are they occur in India ?
7. Write the photochemical process of N
(species) which is involved in smog
formation.
8. What is the statutory classification of
forests in India ? Explain. OR
Explain in short valuable and vulnerable
plant species and eff orts to maintain
them.
9. Why it is important to conserve Micro -
Organisms ? Explain.
10. Write in short various types of
foodborne infections and their sources.
OR
Explain a successf ul pi lot proj ect
implemented in Hyderabad or in any other
city for slum dwellers.
1. Explain about the Drilling Rig
types and thei r desi gn
characteristics.
OR
Explain the impacts of sea water
intrusion on water management
system.
2. How would you develop a cost
effective programme for offshore
oil and gas development ?
3. Explain Terminator Technology.
What is the purpose of switching
of seed germination.
4. How rise in sea level affects
salinity of estuaries ? OR
Discuss in detail the national
and international efforts in order
to protect the ozone layer.
5. What is the role of biotech
i ndustry in sol ving worl d' s
hunger?
6. Describe various strategies for
sustaining development and
explain the relations between
ef ficiency, technology and
substitution to reduce
environmental damage.
7. Explain the effects of ozone
depleti on on syntheti c and
naturally occurring bio-polymers.
8. Give a classified account of non-
living resources of India EEZ.
9. Write notes on "Food Patents
and Intellectual Property Rights".
10. What are edible vaccine -
Explain.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
1. Explain about the sources of soil pollution and methods for their control.
OR
What are the main reasons for the pollution of Indian Rivers? What are the
ways to depollute them ?
2. Write a detailed account of legislation in India for mining which seek to prevent
environmental degradation.
OR
What are wetlands ? Explain their categories and threats to them. What are
the action plans to conserved them ?
3. Describe the meteorological factors responsible for air pollution and effects
of air pollution on control assets.
OR
What are the four different approaches to resource management ?
4. Which important nutrients are released by rock weathering.
OR
What are the types and sources of air pollution ? Describe physical and
chemical methods for air pollution control.
5. What types of pollutants present in effluents generated from sugar, distillery,
tannery and paper industries ?
OR
Describe some indicators of current environmental state of the planet.
6. Give instances where wetlands are affecting developmental activities.
7. Name the plants which can be used as the indicator of lead pollution.
OR
What are the Class I, II and III organisms. What they indicate ?
8. What is Infused Model of environmental education.
OR
Explain the sources of nutrient overloading in lake ecosystem and schemes
for reducing them.
9. Discuss the importance of Himalayan Tourism, its adverse effects on
environment and measures to preserve the Himalayan Ecology.
OR
What are the modern mine rehabilitation and land reclamation techniques ?
10. Evaluate man's role in disruption of Carbon cycle at local and global level.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : POPULATION AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY
1. How is a national park and sanctuary created? What is the fundamental
difference between the two. Explain.
OR
Describe different trends in world population growth and demographic
transition in India.
2. Write a note on "Marine Bioresources as source of food".
3. Write the names of three species which are endemic to western ghats.
Describe their characters.
OR
When was the project elephant launched? What are the main activities
of the project?
4. Write the main causes of threat to species and give detailed account of
endangered flora of Himalayas.
OR
Discuss Energy situation in India Potential and future Prospects.
5. Explain the methods for population estimates with stress on their merits and
demerits.
OR
What are the Primary and Secondary objectives of BIS?
6. Explain various methods of population estimate with stress on their
merits and demerits.
7. How develop and developing countries are inter-dependent on each other
for the use of world's genetic resources.
8. Describe Malthusian and Logistic curve theories of population growth. Point
out the differences between them.
OR
In which year Indian board for wild life was established? Where wild
buffaloes are found in India ?
9. Write a note on Joint Forest Management What are the adaptations in
desert animals ?
OR
How herbaria and musea have proved to be a very good source for
Ethanobotanical studies?
10. Discuss briefly the availability and limitations of life supporting requirements
and how will their distributional inequality bring ecological instability.
OR
What are the main aspects of crowding ? By citing models of crowing, explain
the consequences on social behaviour and population ecology.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION
1. Why should we develop alternative sources of energy ? What are they? Explain
their advantages and limitations. Name few organizations which developed
this energy.
OR
Give an account of the Primates of North East region.
2. In which year Indian board for wild life was established? Where wild
buffaloes are found in India?
OR
Write a note on Joint Forest Management. What are the adaptations in
desert animals?
3. What has been the rate of extinction of various species over the years
from the historical records of the earth?
4. What are natural resources ? Describe the main characteristics of minerals
and policies for their development and conservation.
OR
What is the importance of genetic diversity ? How population diversity
originates? What are the root causes of biodiversity loss ? State scientific
methods for gaining more knowledge about species and ecosystems.
5. How herbaria and musea have proved to be a very good source for
Ethanobotanical studies?
OR
What are the basic characteristics of Protected Areas? What is the
potential of power generation by wind in India?
6. Explain the use of Geo-Thermal Energy in various countries. What are the
constraints ?
7. Define the role of fuels in every day life i.e. houses, transport and industry.
8. To provide the basic needs for wild life what steps should be taken for
conservational purpose.
OR
What is resource? How a resource is related to economics?
9. Write the names of three species which are endemic to western ghats.
Describe their characters.
OR
What are the Primary and Secondary objectives of BIS ? Write a note on
"Marine Bioresources as source of food".
10. When was the project elephant launched? What are the main activities
of the project?
OR
What is the key factor that influences the global economic" Explain the
problems related to water management.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND LAW
1. Write a short note on 'Declaration of Sanctury'.
2. Differentiate between sound and noise. Describe sources of noise pollution
and its physiological and behavioural effects on human beings.
3. Discuss salient features of Environment Protection Act 1986 What are
the functions of the Central Government ?
4. Discuss the mechanisms by which air pollutants cause damage to
materials.
5. Define the function of Central Zoo Authority ? Who are the members of
the authority ?
6. Write the salient features of Biological Diversity Act 2002.
7. Describe various legislations and regulations for the control of air pollution.
8. What are the rules deal with trade / commerce in wild animals, animals
article and trophies under wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 and (Amendment
2002.
9. What is the position of India in terms of International Cooperation for
Environmental Protection ?
10. Summarize the characteristics of water pollution by manufacturing
industry.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : POLLUTION MONITORING AND CONTROL
1. What are the characteristic of fertilizer waste and how the effluent is
treated?
2. Describe the importance of Ganga in industrial, domestic and agricultural
sectors and discuss various approaches to control pollution in Ganga.
3. Describe various types of biological treatment plants.
4. Define absorption. What are the steps necessary for effective removal of
gaseous pollutant in this method ?
5. Write the process of chlorination in water treatment.
6. What is COD ? Exploain the method of estimation of COD.
7. Describe in detail the operation of high volume sampler.
8. Discuss briefly the conventional treatment methods for public water
supply.
9. Classify sampling methods and describe instruments and devices for
sampling gases and vapours.
10. What are the treatment methods for oil refinery waste ?
Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
1. Describe various parameters essential to measure EIA of water pollution.
2. Discuss in detail all the parameters which are used to assess the
significance of cultural resources.
3. How would you identify critical socio economic factors and predict changes
in socio - economic factors ?
4. What are Meso and Microscale impacts ? - Explain.
5. What is the impact of urbanization on hydrosphere ?
6. Which areas are covered under ISO 14000 Standards ?
7. What are the potential adverse or beneficial impacts of the project activities
on the identified environmental values ?
8. Explain the essential features of a public participation programme. How
it can be made effective ?
9. Prepare a description of biological setting for EIA.
10. Write the basic steps for the prediction of air environment. What are the
effects of air quality on health ?
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (GERIATRIC CARE)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : INTRODUCTION TO GERIATRIC CARE
1. Explain how "Life Span" is divided ? Why in many societies a legal age
is defined? Discuss its implications. How ageing impacts "Health Care
demands" of a nation?
2. What do you mean by the aging syndrome? Enlist those disease
conditions that make the life dependant? In old age deafness, poor
vision, memory loss etc hardly hits 10% of elderly people, still why they
are not revered as normal persons? Explain.
3. Define "Geriatrics" and "Geriatric Care" as per WHO. Who is defined as
a senior citizen and why in different countries differently? What are its
societal implications? Explain how Govt. takes care of such elderly
citizens.
4. What is gerontology? Explain the factors that contribute to higher life
expectancy. How life expectancy is calculated? Discuss.
5. Referring to case studies, explain the different perspectives and perception
of older people in India , with reference to aspects like i) "advantages" or
disadvantage of being old, ii) preferred living arrangements and iii) other
specific needs etc.
6. Do you feel ageing in a social problem? Explain how the social scene
affects the aged?
7. The adage "Health is Wealth" is even more truer in respect of old people.
Explain how and what are the implications of elderly health.
8. Briefing the various concepts of aging, explain the tools used to assist
the meaning of "concepts of old age".
9. Controversial views of "Biogerontologists" regarding ageing itself as a
disease, are not commonly accepted by others. Explain why? What is
healthy life style and how it helps preventing aging?
10. Write short note on any three of the following.
(a) Ageing Brain
(b) Old age homes
(c) Disability Rights Movement.
(d) Senescence Ageing
(e) Memory & Ageing
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF GERONTOLOGY
1. What do you understand by Pressure Ulcers? Explain the geriatric
essentials that are required to be taken care of with regard to this condition
of elderly patients.
2. Define "Melanomas". Describe its symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis and
treatment.
3. Classify geriatric disease and explain its management. Discuss the food
guide pyramid for older adults.
4. Explain the different theories of ageing.
5. Discuss about all types of prevention of diseases - primary, secondary
and tertiary prevention.
6. Describe the age related changes in Skin Structure and functions.
7. Enumerate the age related changes in ocular structure and function.
Briefly explain them.
8. List out 8 standards of care in the Natural service framework for older
people and explain medicating an Ageing population.
9. Explain how the comprehensive geriatric assessment in conducted?
Which are the principle domains assessed? Explain in detail.
(a) Antioxidant Therapy
(b) Calorie Restriction
(c) Progeria
(d) Catabiosis
(e) AMD - Age related Muscular Degeneration.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : GERIATRIC PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY
1. Enlist the various branches of Psychology. Explain in detail cognitive
psychology and developmental Psychology.
2. Distinguish "Psychosis" & "Psychopathy". Enlist the causes of
"Psychosis" and its associated symptoms. Name some psychoactive
drugs.
3. Explain vividly Pathophysiology of Psychosis.
4. Classify the types of depressions ? Describe them briefly.
5. What is psychotherapy and its various systems. Discuss the general
issues with regard to this.
6. Explain the various biological, clinical and psychological factors
associated with healthy ageing, according to the New castle 85+ study?
7. Artificial Nutrition and Hydration (ANH) is administered thro PEG-
percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in severely cognitively impaired
older patients. Explain why this practice is objected to? Discuss with
the help of a case study.
8. List some of the major problems most frequently reported by the Home-
living aged in a -study. Discuss about how mental problems are tackled?
9. What are the attitudinal disposition of young towards the aged ? Explain
how it is measured?
10. Write short note on any three of the following :
(a) Augmenter Drugs or "Augmentors"
(b) Neuropsychiatric treatment issues.
(c) Progressive Dementing disorders.
(d) APQ - Ageing Perceptions Questionnaire
(e) Anxiety's role in Depression
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : GERIATRIC EDUCATION AND COUNSELLING
1. Who are MFTs( Marriage + Family Therapists ) ? What are their functions?
Discuss the - Values and ethics in family therapy.
2. What do you understand by "perturbation based balance training
programme for Adults". Discuss the methodology of such training
programme and its importance.
3. Enlist the different services provided by GEC- Geriatric Care Counselling
and elaborate how the multi disciplinary Geriatric consultant services
work ?
4. Enumerate the various courses in Gerontology and its specialization
modules.
5. Explain in vivid details the module SPA 40004 - "Clinical approaches to
Health, Illness and disability".
6. What are the special features of the MBA Degree course in Geriatric
care and its various course modules.
7. Differentiate Geriatric coaching, Counselling and Psychotherapy.
8. Do you think a Geriatrician needs to have some special characteristics?
What are they ? Why there are certain "myths" about geriatric and geriatric
patients ?
9. What do you understand by the term "Assessment of Driving related
skills" (ADReS)? How is it important for aged people? Explain.
(a) Group Therapy
(b) Geriatric Care Management Training
(c) Social Gerontology
(d) The Institute on Ageing ( TU-IoA)
(e) Geriatric Medicine.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : GERIATRIC SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL GERONTOLOGY
1. List of the areas of Biodemography Research. Explain the socio economic
profile of the older people in India.
2. Based on a case study analysis, bring out the facts and figures of morbidity
pattern among geriatric population in an Urban area in India.
3. Put forth your arguments for and against the late life pregnancy from
philosophical, ethical and medical points of view.
4. What is Social work and its types of interventions? Explain medical
social work.
5. Describe the existing pattern of social work activities with the aged and
the future of such professional social workers.
6. Explain the Social insurance, Public Assistance and social services
programmes relating to the Aged. How such programmes are
administered?
7. Provide an overview of "Demography of Ageing" in India, hi lighting the
factors which contribute to ageing process from an Indian context.
8. Indicate all the "Indices" that help measure the ageing process and discuss
them in detail.
9. Enlist the various perspectives of WHO's programme on "Ageing and
Health" Analytically review the health problem of the aged in India.
(a) Pregnancy over age 50
(b) Disability and disease
(c) Loneliness and Emptiness
(d) Socially meaningful Activities of old people
(e) Family in the old age
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : GERIATRIC PHARMACOLOGY
1. What are called vital organs of the body ? Discuss the effects of old age
in Liver and its vital functions.
2. Explain about the Commission for certification in Geriatric Pharmacy
and its various roles.
3. Why hip fracture is common and gender specific in old age ? Explain.
How the rehabilitation of these cares are done?
4. What is De Grey's Definition of Ageing and according to him what are the
seven biological causes of senescence and possible solutions.
5. DNA repair refers to what biological process and its depends on what
factor ? Discuss the types of damages of DNA ?
6. List out the early post-operatives complications of elderly patients and
explain how they are addressed clinically.
7. Explain the therapies for Heart- Diseases and stroke of elderly patients.
8. Why and what for Muscle Strengthening exercises are given to elderly
people? Explain their various medical dimensions.
9. What do you understand by pharmacodynamics ? Discuss the adverse
Drug reaction on elderly people.
10. Write short note on any of three of the following :
(a) CRF - Chronic Renal Failure/CKD- Chronic Kidney Disease
(b) Pacemaker for Heart
(c) Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Spastic colon)
(d) Schatzkis Ring
(e) Hernia
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : FATAL DISEASES CARE AND REHABILITATION
1. Describe the symptoms, signs, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of
Hypertropic Cardio myopathy.
2. Explain the epidemiology and surgical care for "Hip fracture" .Briefly
also explain its rehabilitation and prevention of recurrence.
3. Describe the cardiovascular function in "Hypertensive" aged people.
Explain what is the effect of life styles.
OR
Explain the cardiac catheterization and coronary Angiography, noting
down details of "Geriatric Essentials in Hypertension".
4. List the various kinds of organ tumors ? Explain the common symptom
of both type of tumors. What is the prognosis and treatment for malignant
tumors like Adeno carcinoma?
5. Discus the rehabilitation goals approach to management of "stroke" in
elderly people.
6. Explain how acute Leukemia are of very grave "prognosis". What is the
treatment regimen for elderly patients of acute myelogenous leukemia.
7. Define "Heart Failure". Discuss its aetiology and Pathogenesis. Briefly
indicate important symptoms signs and diagnosis.
8. What is Mitral Valve Stenosis ? Explain its pathophysiology. Indicating
briefly its symptoms, explain the treatment for elderly patients.
9. What are called "fatal disease"? What kind of fatal diseases are common
? Explain the specified "care and rehabilitation" required for patients
suffering from fatal diseases.
(a) Thlassemia Minor
(b) Acquired Thrombophilias
(c) Mechanical Ventilation
(d) Angina Pectoris
(e) Acute Cholangitis
Maximum Marks 70 TGOU / MBA / Ex.MBA /2011 DECEMBER
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : CHRONIC AILMENTS AND AGEING
1. Narrate some of the ongoing work in "Gero-infomatics" and how useful
they are to improve health care of elderly people. What is GOCAR? Brief
its summary.
2. Describe briefly Anatomy and Physiology of Voice, and the neurological
changes of the voice in older age.
3. Does "Rhinosinusitis" like URT Infections increase with age ? What are
the specific reasons ? Analytically discuss its sequels.
4. What is BAHA ? Discuss in detail the surgical procedure for this case.
5. Give a brief description of Geriatric Otolaryngologic disorders and possible
treatment for the same.
6. Explain what is "dysphagia"? The incidence of dysphagia in the ageing
population is expected to have significant impact on healthcare costs
and quality of life -How? Discuss,
7. Elaborate on the effects of ageing on the skin and the possible non-
surgical management of this senescent skin.
8. Among all the major disorders of ageing "OSAH" is most commonest.
Expand OSAHS and explain this "disorder's epidemiology, its elements
and clinical squeals.
9. Enlist a few "Research groups on Ageing" and what are their common
objectives ?
(a) Forensic Anthropology
(b) Forensic Archaeology
(c) Forensic Toxicology
(d) Forensic Entomology
(e) Schizophrenia
(f) DNA Finger printing
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (INSURANCE BUSINESS)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : BUSINESS DEV. AND ITS MGT. PRACTICES
1. Elaborate on the basic principles of quality service which top service
companies adopt to effectively deliver services to customers.
2. Enlist the qualities that go in the "Managerial Effectiveness". Explain
briefly each of them.
3. What do you understand TALLY 5.0. Explain the special ways in which
the software is useful in accounting jobs.
4. Post IRDA era, what kinds of varied business opportunities have been
opened up for entrepreneurs. Enumerate them and explain briefly each
of them.
5. What are the 4 'P's, which are elements of marketing? Explain in detail.
6. What are called "pure services" and how they differ from goods? What
different characteristics do these services-marketing here, according to
Philip Koflev, the management expect ?
7. Need for "Team Work"- is all the more essential for insurance marketing.
Why? Explain the kind of work activities that need to go o in a team as
far as Insurance Marketing in Indian scenario.
8. Differentiate selling to Govt. sector and private sector. What kind of
marketing strategy you would plan for selling to private sector ? Explain.
9. Explain "salesmanship". What Are the special skills and traits a good
salesman should possess to be a successful salesman ?
10. Write Short notes on any three of the following :
(a) Wealth Creation
(b) Residual Income
(c) Time Compounding
(d) Team Management Wheel
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : INSURANCE BUSINESS IN INDIA
1. Explain, in life insurance segment, how the premiums are determined.
2. What are the various subsectors in the general insurance segment and
what major risk protecting business (policies) each of them transact.
3. Outline the insurance industry's initiatives for developing rural and social
sector business.
4. Explain in detail the different functions of insurance.
5. Trace briefly the "History of Insurance" and the development strides of
insurance industry in post independence era of India.
6. On what "principles" the insurance and its policies are doctrined? Explain
them briefly.
7. In the recent past, after liberalization of Indian economic sector, there
were a lots of reforms introduced in insurance industry. Trace these
reforms briefly explaining its salient features.
8. Insurance regulations in India have gone through various milestones of
developmental reforms. What are they? Explain briefly their economic
importance.
9. IRDA's regulation on protection of policy holders interests is one of the
very major regulatory framework. Explain its salient features and the
reform measures initiated by IRDA.
10. Write Short notes on any three of the following :
(a) Insurance in the 21
st
century.
(b) Policy loans and underwriting in life insurance
(c) Indian Life Insurance Market
(d) Universal Health Insurance Scheme
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : INSURANCE REGULATIONS
1. Who is a surveyor/loss assessor? Narrate the licensing procedure of
surveyors as per the insurance Act of India as per IRDA's regulations.
2. What do you understand by IRDA's (insurance policies) Regulations 2002.
What are the functions of a Direct Broker. Enumerate them. Who is a
Re-Insurance Broker and a Composite Broker?
3. Are the services of a third party administrators-health services, required
compulsorily as per IRDA Act 2001 regulatory framework? If yes,
narrate the code of conduct for TPA.
4. Under what different legal environment the insurance business in India is
practiced? Enumerate them and briefly discuss IRDA Act 1999.
5. Elaborate on the powers and functions of the IRD Authority of India.
6. What is a contract? Illustrate with example the important sections of
Contract Act insurance relevant to insurance contract.
OR
Every insurance policy needs to be stamped to be a legally valid document.
Explain this statement as it pertains to life and general insurance policies.
7. Under the Carriers Act 1865, what are the liabilities? How this Act pertains
to transaction of insurance business? Explain.
8. For transacting Marine insurance business, so many other Acts are
also pertinent apart from Marine insurance Act of 1963.- Elaborate this
statement as to how other acts are relevant.
9. All the motor vehicles are to be compulsorily insured under the TP liability
section of M.V. Act 1988. Do you agree with this statement? Substantiate
your answer quoting relevant sections of the M.V. Act.
10. Write Short notes on:
(a) Assets and liabilities and solvency Margin of insurance company
(b) ULIP: Unit Linked Insurance Policies
(c) Insurance Business in rural and social sector-mandatory provisions
of insurance of Insurance Act.
(d) Commission and rebates (section 40 of Insurance Act.)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : CORPORATE PROCEDURE AND PRACTICES
1. Discuss the various underwriting considerations in respect of either fire
insurance or marine insurance business as transacted in Indian Insurance
Industry.
2. Under what different headings the underwriting of Motor .insurance is
done. Explain each of them briefly.
3. Pro-rata Average clause under Fire Insurance Policy means what? How
do you arrive at a Fire Insurance claim settlement involving under
insurance? Illustrate with example.
4. What are called "Total Loss" and "Constructive Total Loss" under marine
cargo claim? How such claims are dealt with?
5. Explain the three types of claims under Motor Insurance Policy briefly
and how they are handled? Illustrate with examples.
6. What is underwriting? Why is it required? Explain with example the
necessity of equitable pricing of premiums.
7. How a life insurance proposal is made and accepted by life insurance
underwriters ? Illustrate with example.
8. What do you understand by the term nomination and assignment of
policies? Explain them with reference to Section 39 of Insurance Act
1938.
9. Non forfeiture and surrender value of life insurance policies. Explain both
the terms in detail.
10. Elaborate the claim procedures to be followed in respect of different kinds
of claims that arise in a Life insurance policy.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : LIFE INSURANCE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
1. Under life insurance, how compensation of bonus, "surrender value" and
"paid up value" of policies are calculated. Illustrate with examples.
2. How is the scrutiny of a life proposal done? Explain the various underwriting
considerations..
3. Explain the essential elements of an insurance contract. Illustrate with
example.
4. Elaborate "Risks" and "perils". What are insurable and non insurable
risks? What are natural and man- made perils? Compare them with
hazards of three types.
5. Discuss the ideal requisites of insurability, illustrating with examples.
6. Enlist the Rate Making Tools in life insurance and explain them in detail.
7. What are the social sector insurance policies of life insurance segment?
Why is it mandatory to do this business? Explain.
8. Narrate the philosophy and features in respect of group life insurance
policies. Name the different categories of Group insurance Schemes.
9. What is the function of annuity? What risk does it protect in one's life?
Illustrate your answer with reference to various .annuity policies. Also
mention some of its uses and limitations.
10. Explain the economic and mathematical concepts of Endowment
Assurance Policies, its uses and limitations. Name some of the
Endowment Assurance policies.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : GENERAL INSURANCE PRODUCTS
1. What is Re-insurance? Who is the present ."National Re-Insurer"?
Explain the various Re-insurance practices as applicable to National
Re-insurance Market..
2. Discuss- on Risks, Risk identification, Risk handling methods in details.
3. List the various special policies under fire insurance portfolio, state with
suitable. Illustrations how declaration policies are issued by General
insurers.
4. "Marine insurance is the oldest form of Insurance". Elaborate this
statement with reference to Marine Hull Insurance Practices.
OR
Classify the types of motor vehicles and how the motor insurance policies
cover the different kinds of risks in accordance with MV Act1988.
5. Enumerate the different "rural insurance products" sold by the General
Insurers. And explain the oldest of them in detail.
6. Define Indemnity. On what basis it is applied to General Insurance
Contracts? Explain briefly each of them.
7. Two corollaries i.e. "subrogation and contribution" to Indemnity contracts
are applicable under what circumstances. Explain.
8. What is proximate cause? Explain the need to identify occurrence of
proximate cause and illustrate your reply with reference to claim handling
any one of the General Insurance policies
9. Who are the intermediaries involved in General Insurance business
transactions and explain each of their roles briefly.
10. "Pre IRDA-era, the practice involved in General Insurance business in
India was mostly tariff-driven and controlled atmosphere". Substantiate
this statement illustrating with various mechanisms that existed earlier.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : CASE STUDIES IN GENERAL INSURANCE
1. Enumerate the various types of losses that are covered and not coverable
under a standard fire insurance policy.
2. Explain the different types of "Home Insurance". Give an account of claim
settlement procedures in case of Home Insurance claims.
3. What do you understand about detariffing of general insurance industry
and "File and Use" guidelines? Explain briefly.
4. Explain the meaning of appointed Actuary system. What are the
frameworks for inspection of the authority?
5. IRDA Investment Regulations have prescribed investment pattern for life
and non-life insurers. In case of general insurance, on what basis the
investments are to be done and how much in each of the sector.
prescribed.
6. Elaborate on the salient features of "office umbrella insurance" policy.
7. Motor cycle insurance policy. Explain its coverage and risks, pattern of
compensation payable for own .and act liability claims and its exclusions.
8. What do you understand by commercial vehicles? Discuss how a fleet
owner with a large number of omnibuses is covered against the possible
risk exposures, how the premium quote is offered by insurers?
OR
What is NAIS? How the different varieties of crops are insured by whom?
What types of risks are covered under this policy? Explain the mode of
loss assessment and claim payment to farmers.
9. What are the common drawbacks of NAIS? What measures are
suggested by you to overcome some of the major drawbacks?
10. Explain the salient features of the pilot scheme on "seed crop insurance".
Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : CASE STUDIES IN LIFE INSURANCE
1. What is a beneficiary ? Discuss the levels of beneficiaries.
2. How is Tax benefits related to Life Insurance ? Explain with examples.
3. How does Indexation help the customer ? Explain.
4. Name the Life Insurance Companies in the Private as well as in the
Public Sector. Which company is giving the best services.
5. What do you understand by Whole Life Insurance ? Is it different from
Universal Life Coverage ?
6. What do you mean by Corporate-owned Life Insurance ? Explain with
examples.
7. What do you understand by Commission / Intermediation Fees paid by
the Insurance Companies ? Explain.
8. What is Burial Insurance ? Explain.
9. How should one select a Life Insurance Company for getting insured ?
Explain.
(a) Foreign Currency Accounts
(b) Guaranteed Issue Life Insurance
(c) Life Insurance and Contract
(d) Code of Best Practices
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (POLLUTION CONTROL)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : STATE OF INDIA'S POLLUTION
1. Give a general account of involving/living resources of India's EEZ.
2. Discuss in detail "Environmental Management" of offshore oil and gas
development.
3. Discuss conferences/conventions for International policy framework to
be considered for "Climate Change".
4. Give a review of planning for onshore facilities.
5. What is the relationship between Global Climate change and biological
diversity? What would be the impact of future Global Warming on sea
level?
6. Discuss the conservative measurers for Antarctic fauna and flora. What
is the significance of "Antarctic Treaty"?
7. Discuss the impacts of sea level rise on estuaries and aquifers. What
type of ecological damages are caused by sea level rise?
8. What important considerations are needed for resources development in
India's EEZ? What are the thrust areas for successful resource
management in India's EEZ?
9. Write a note on onshore impacts and facilities. Write a note on onshore
cleanup and disposal.
OR
Describe in detail Geographic setting, Physiography and Climate of
Antarctica.
10. Short notes on any four of the following:
(a) What is "EEZ"?
(b) What are MDB?
(c) What is meant by GDP, UNP, UNDP?
(d) What is meant by following abbreviations, DOD, NIO, ONGC, OIL?
(e) What is meant by "OTEC"?
(f) For what purpose CFC-11 and CFC-12 are used?
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : GLOBAL POL. ISSUES
1. Give a general account of involving/living resources of India's EEZ.
2. Discuss in detail Environmental Management of offshore oil and gas
development.
3. Discuss conferences/conventions for International policy framework to
be considered for "Climate Change".
OR
Give a review of planning for onshore facilities.
4. What is the relationship between Global Climate change and biological
diversity? What would be the impact of future Global Warming on sea
level?
5. Discuss the conservative measurers for Antarctic fauna and flora. What
is the significance of "Antarctic Treaty"?
6. Discuss the impacts of sea level rise on estuaries and aquifers. What
type of ecological damages are caused by sea level rise?
7. What important considerations are needed for resources development in
India's EEZ? What are the thrust areas for successful resource
management in India's EEZ?
8. Write a note on onshore impacts and facilities. Write a note on onshore
cleanup and disposal.
9. Describe in detail Geographic setting, Physiography and Climate of
Antarctica.
(a) What is "EEZ"?
(b) What are MDB?
(c) What is meant by GDP, UNP, UNDP?
(d) What is meant by following abbreviations, DOD, NIO, ONGC, OIL?
(e) What is meant by "OTEC"?
(f) For what purpose CFC-11 and CFC-12 are used?
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : WATER POLLUTION
1. If the various techniques of water treatment employed, compare the merits
of each of them in contrast to the other.
2. What do you understand by the term "Fluoridation of Drinking Water"?
Explain the details of this process.
3. Explain briefly the demand of water, given the task of a Manager in charge
of "Public Water Supply Management", how will you perform it ? Discuss.
4. Mention various water quality parameters and standards for public or
domestic water /irrigation water,Industry/aquatic surface water and
recreation and aesthetic purposes of water.
5. What is Eutrophication? How does contamination of bottom sediments
take place. Explain the significance of dissolved oxygen?
6. Explain the terms - "Nitrogen fixation, Nitrification, Nitrate Reduction"
and Denitrification , taking reference to Nitrogen Cycle.
7. Trace vividly all sources of contamination of water pollution.
OR
How will you achieve prevention of incrustation and corrosion ? Explain
various methods to control corrosion.
8. What are the different methods of "water sampling"? Mention the
parameters analysed on the spot.
9. Describe briefly the procedures for determining free Ammonia and
Albuminoid Ammonia in water samples.
10. Short notes on any three of the following
(a) Artesian Wells
(b) Water circulation in nature
(c) Acid rain Drainage
(d) Physio -Chemical parameters
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : AIR POLLUTION
1. What are particulates? Write their general properties and chemical
processes of formation.
2. Express your views on use of pesticides and nitrates past, present and
future.
OR
What are the different types of inversions? How temperature inversions
are related to pollution problems? Explain.
3. Discuss in detail about production and control of pollutant HCs from
automobiles.
4. What is Acid Rain? Explain its theory and adverse effects on Environment.
5. What is the full form of PAN? What is its effect on Environment?
6. Explain about the damages to health by Nitric Oxides. Comment on
"Pesticide poisoning on the rise".
7. What are meteorological factors that govern the dispersal of air pollutants?
Explain. Why Methanol should be used instead of Gasoline ? Give
reasons?
OR
What are the effects of arsenic, lead and fluorine on farm animals? Discuss
acute and chronic symptoms.
8. How will you remove NO and NO2 from the atmosphere? Which factors
of air pollution influence atmospheric deterioration?
9. What is green house effect? How green house effect is brought out in the
atmosphere? How it will affect world's climate? Give detailed explanation.
OR
Enlist and describe the meteorological factors responsible for air pollution.
(a) Why the cities are called as "heat island"?
(b) Why there is rise in Malaria?
(c) Why NO
2
level goes up during day time?
(d) Why H.Cs are called as primary pollutants?
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : NOISE POLLUTION
1. What are the main sources of noise in vehicles? Explain about their
characteristics and functioning.
OR
Mention basic principles of noise control
2. How will you measure and monitor noise pollution? Explain precisely the
operation of Instrument and Procedures.
OR
How tyres are responsible for noise generation? Where is its origin (tyre
noise) and characteristics? Explain.
3. "Noise pollution is a public enemy". Support the statement by giving
reasons. Explain the principle of Sonic boom.
4. What is the principle of sound insulation of wall? Explain. How will you
reduce noise from construction machinery by internal and external design
changes? Explain.
5. Describe in brief effects of noise pollution on people. How traffic noise
can be reduced?
6. How does noise affects communication and auditory skills?
7. Explain outdoor and indoor sources of noise.
8. Discuss briefly adverse effects of noise pollution.
OR
What is Airframe Noise? What are the methods to insulate aircraft from
noise pollution? Explain.
9. What are the sources of noise at construction sites? What are the
techniques to control noise pollution? Describe.
10. Short Notes on four of the following:
(a) What is the average dB level in Delhi and Bombay? Explain reasons.
(b) What is "NOY"?
(c) Define reverberant and free field radius.
(d) What does CNR stand for? Who has originally proposed it?
(e) Explain the term "Dissonance".
Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION
1. What was the purpose of green revolution? Discuss its consequences
with the help of case studies.
OR
Give a detailed account of Insecticides Act.
2. Discuss different types of Agricultural waste as pollutants.
3. What is the significance of biotechnology in agriculture? Which areas
are important?
4. What measure we should adopt to increase farm products besides using
fertilizers?
5. What are pheromones? How can they control damages? Explain by
giving examples.
6. Describe the impact of soil erosion and methods for its control. How
sedimentary rocks are formed? What are the types and characteristics?
7. What is biological pest control? Describe different methods of biological
control by giving suitable examples.
OR
Give a detailed account of environmental impacts of pesticides
8. Discuss the long term effects of organochlorine compounds.
9. Explain precisely about the occupational hazards in agriculture and ways
to handle pesticides in a safe way.
10. Short notes on five of the following:
(a) What are the advantages of "Neem" as pesticide?
(b) Why surface of hybrid tomatoes look oily?
(c) What are "Pheromones"? Give an example.
(d) Write a note on herbicide "Agent Orange".
(e) Where is "Vector Control Research Centre" situated? What are the
areas of research there?
(f) Micronutrients in soil
(g) Trace metals in soil and their importance
(h) Polychlorinated biphenyls
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : NUCLEAR AND &THERMAL POLLUTION
1. What are the sources of Thermal Pollution? Describe the methods for
prevention of Thermal Pollution.
OR
Explain general principles for protection against x-rays in industrial
radiotherapy and in research applications.
2. What are the most dangerous Radioactive Pollutants? Write the
recommendations of ICRP for Radiation Protection.
3. Describe in brief the salient features of electromagnetic radiation. Write
a note on man- made sources of radiation.
4. What are the fallout from weapons testing? Explain. Explain the effects
on environment by storage of atomic waste in the above ground tanks.
5. Explain by giving example how enrichment of radioactive substances
takes place in plants. Write the principles of protection against X-rays.
6. How ionizing rays (radiation) induce damages to DNA Structures. Explain
in brief. Write note on external hazards and its control.
7. Explain how personal dose control could be done on the basis of area
classification. What are the consequences of release of Radioactivity?
How solid wastes, liquid wastes and gaseous wastes are disposed off?
8. Describe the different methods of contamination monitoring.
9. Describe in short the Biological effects of Ionizing Radiation.
(a) Explain the term "Epilation"
(b) Radiation Dosimetry
(c) Symptoms of "Leucopenia"
(d) What does "RAD" stand for? Where is it used?
(e) Define "Half Life"
(f) What do you understand by the word "LET"?
Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : MARINE POLLUTION
1. Explain in detail the scope and methods of harvesting energy from sea.
2. Give account of responses of mangrove forests to oil spills.
3. What have been the impacts associated with cleanup techniques of oil
in sea.
4. List various pollutants associated with marine environment. How do these
pollutants behave in the oceans?
5. What have been the effects of oil spills on marshes and mangroves?
What is the habitat of Coral Reef Biome? Describe in brief the origin and
formation of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
6. Write a note on sea-bed. What is Synergism? Explain it in short
7. What type of pathogens are present in sea? Describe them in brief.
Write a short note on Pesticide and Herbicide Pollution.
OR
Discuss legal background international conventions and jurisdictional
responsibility to prevent oil pollution in ocean of the world.
8. Describe different techniques for oil recovery at sea stressing cost benefit
and efficiency.
9. Enumerate the general Principles of levels of Marine Pollution.
10. Short notes on any 4 of the following:
(a) Foraminiferal ooze
(b) Co-relations between coral reefs and petroleum infrastructure
(c) Write the names of important pelagic fauna
(d) List a few world famous "oil spil" disasters
(e) Ecomorphic pollutants
(f) What are "Ebb-tide" and "Neep tide"?
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
1. What are the primary emissions from incinerators? How will you control
them? Discuss.
2. What are salt mines? Discuss the various problems connected with their
use.
3. Write in detail the laid down code of practice for land fill disposal of
asbestos wastes by Asbestos Research Council, indicating also the
safe methods of stripping asbestos lagging and precautions to be taken
in its safe disposal.
4. Describe in brief Secondary Hazards from solid waste. Describe the
Licom system for composting of manure.
5. Explain in brief the working of multiple Hearth refuse incinerator. Write in
brief about the safe methods of stripping of Asbestos lagging.
6. Write a note on Economic implications of solid waste management.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using bags for storage of
solid waste prior to collection?
OR
Discuss the problems of ocean dumping and its repercussions on the
environment and habitat.
7. Describe in brief the various grades of scrap produces from ferrous during
various stages of its consumption/uses. What are the advantages of
bricks prepared from fly -ash? Enumerate.
8. What are the common features of industrialized countries related to solid
wastes?
9. What has been the history of solid waste pollution management in world?
OR
Categorise different types of wastes in India. What have been the
recommendations of DST for management of wastes?
10. Short notes on any 4 of the following:
(a) Final land uses of sanitary landfills
(b) Main characteristics of solid waste
(c) Eddy current for separation of scrap
(d) Main purpose of automated separation by pulping
(e) Define Fin rot disease. What does it signify?
(f) What is "Pyrolysis"
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (ENTREPRENEURSHIP)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : CONCEPT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1. Explain the tripartite approach of Discovery Entrepreneurship (DE) in
UK's higher Education Institutions.
2. What are the differences between Risk Taking and Tolerance for
Ambiguity? In India, does tolerance for ambiguity also contributes for
startup success? Explain how?
3. Trace the conceptual history of Entrepreneurial thoughts. What is the
nature of Entrepreneurial thoughts?
4. Define Entrepreneurship. Who is an Entrepreneur? How the Report of
GEM project India (2001) reviewed Indian Entrepreneurship?
5. Whether Entrepreneurship is desirable in quantitative techniques? If so,
what is an ideal mathematical model for Entrepreneurship? Discuss.
6. Define EM-Entrepreneurial Marketing. Explain with the help of case study
a successful promotional strategy of Entrepreneurial Marketing.
7. As one of the learning process for Entrepreneurs, how "opportunity
discovery" and "opportunity development" are conceptualized. Discuss.
8. How opportunity related information is processed by entrepreneurs in
order to reach a decision of acceptance or rejection? Explain.
9. Describe the framework for mapping corporate entrepreneurship.
10. What is the universal culture as regards the cognitive process of
entrepreneurship? Discuss through a case study example.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION
1. Explain "nnouva 3D Telephony"? Discuss with case study the Industry-
University collaboration for new Hi-tech Company Ventures
2. Is Apprenticeship an option for promoting Entrepreneurial culture in
professional colleges? Substantiate your arguments with suitable
examples.
3. What are TBIs-Technology Business Incubators? How? Who can set up
TBIs? Explain the global scenario of TBI.
4. Discuss the ethical dimension of Entrepreneurship.
5. Narrate the challenges and considerations in embedding new
Entrepreneurship programme in UK Higher Education Institutions.
6. Describe the scope of Entrepreneurship Development in India. Name
some Indian Entrepreneurs.
7. What is EDC? Who is eligible to set up an EDC? What are the proposed
functions of EDC? Mention a few benefits of EDC.
8. What is STED Project? Mention the terms and conditions for "GRANTS-
IN-AID" under the project.
9. Explain Knowledge Entrepreneurship? Trace its evolutionary history.
10. Review the steps required to create Mass Entrepreneurship from
embryonic stages of startup entrepreneurial venture.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : BENCHMARK FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1. How "Archetype Critical Path" Analysis is done? What are the
characteristics of Archetype Enterprises?
2. What are the actions required to be taken to reduce time and cost of
complying with mandatory procedures for registering business?
3. Elucidate the series of steps that should be taken to improve efficiency
of new business registration process according to European Commission
Recommendations during 1997.
4. What measures have been taken by Italy and Ireland as good practices
with regard to registration process by the introduction of ICT.
5. What are the common features of website on line Filing of UK and
Sweden's Kontakt-N-Programme with reference to the registration
procedure?
6. Describe the obstacles to Entrepreneurship. Suggest some measures
to curb these obstacles.
7. What is Benchmarking? Explain the methods of Benchmarking with their
definitions.
8. Enumerate the "performance drivers" which are most influential to impact
benchmarking criteria.
9. For improving the registration process of start up, certain conceptual
obstacles have been identified. What are they? Explain.
10. What are the identified reforms to each of the "performance drivers"?
From best practice case studies, explain them.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN SME SECTOR
1. Innovations in SME are vital for its growth and development on an ongoing
basis - Justify this statement.
2. Under the UNIDO's Cluster Development Initiatives started by Govt. of
India (in 1996) Govt. of Kerala took serious efforts to bring out industrial
Development in MSME sector thro Cluster Development. Explain how
what measures were carried out.
3. Enumerate the essential features of the innovation process in Indian
organizations.
4. What are the four stages of innovating process according to Hage (1980)?
Enlist some of the characteristic value innovative techniques of successful
companies.
5. World over ,what common characteristics of SMEs are observed? Explain
whether it is possible for SMEs "going international" under globalization?
6. What do you understand by SME sector? What are its challenges and
opportunities in India? Discuss.
7. In Indian SMEs, there are certain barriers of innovations and what are
they? Briefly explain how each of these barriers can be overcome?
8. Explain the salient features of MSME Development Act 2006. How FDI
serves as new source of cost effective technology for SSI Units.
9. How Ancillary industries are classified? Briefly explain them. Explain the
procedure of "Ancilliarization".
10. Describe the conceptual model on Small Business Growth Strategy.
Mention a few limitation of this model.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR SUSTAINABILITY
1. The Entrepreneurial approach vs Equilibrium Approach to competition
and economic progress. Discuss the three major differences between
both these approaches.
2. Do you agree that poor women in rural India too are equally entrepreneurial
as their counterparts, if so, prove this by recent developments in the
sphere of Entrepreneurship.
3. Enumerate the Leadership Dimension of Political Entrepreneurs, and
briefly explain them.
4. Enlist the sustainability challenges in its order of priority and provide a
summary of how these issues are addressed at international level.
5. Mohammad Yunus, the Nobel Laureate is considered to be one of the
greatest icons of grass root level "Business Activity for Sustainability".
Substantiate this statement.
6. Present a comprehensive review on "Entrepreneurship simply as being
"Life in process", putting yourself questions-what? Why? Who? How?
Where"? and "when"? Quote examples.
7. Who is a social entrepreneur and what is social entrepreneurship? Explain
in the context of the core dimensions of "Sustainopreneurship".
8. With the help of case study analysis, describe the sustainable "Group
Entrepreneurship" programmes as conducted by IMSE, a NGO of
Kolkatha (1973-74) under their Micro Credit Programme for poor women
groups.
9. Discuss the process of "Entrepreneurial Discovery" in the backdrop of
Inventions vs. Innovation, citing suitable examples.
10. Analyse different perspectives of the Entrepreneurship among the
Management students quoting necessary examples.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1. "Self employment is the best employment and entrepreneurship is the
most important mode of self-employment". Critically analyze this
observation with reference to the many rural women owned Micro
Enterprises
2. "Women Entrepreneurs largely confined to minor scale of operation,
mostly service and trade and feminine traditional nature of activities in
which women were found since long". How true is this statement? Explain
why ?
3. What are "WEAT" and "WEAN"? Through what special initiative these
two organizations are prompting Women Entrepreneurship in Tamil Nadu
and Nepal. Explain.
4. How the "marketing of products" produced by women entrepreneurs are
done by the SHWGs across India?
5. "There are millions of job seekers, whereas these jobseekers can be
converted to job providers through entrepreneurial skill development".
Substantiate this statement with reference to the recent development in
SHWG movement in India.
6. "Economic Dedependancy of women entrepreneurs arises due to many
factors". Enlist them all and briefly discuss about any one of them.
7. Conduct an analysis briefly of the various dimensions of the "individual
perceptions" and "common socio-economic conditions" that affect Women
Entrepreneurship.
8. Define Women Entrepreneurs. Profil ing very briefly Women
Entrepreneurship, discuss the various challenges and opportunities for
them from Indian context.
9. What strategies, do you consider ideal for promoting Women
Entrepreneurship.
10. "Gender responsive Institutional Support Services" are essential for
sustainability of Entrepreneurship among rural women. Substantiate this
with suitable arguments and evidences.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1. One of the most important abilities of successful Entrepreneurship is
the identification of opportunities. Substantiate the statement with
suitable arguments citing examples.
2. Entrepreneurship Research encompasses a variety of disciplines the
economics, sociology, finance, marketing and so on. What characterizes
this multi disciplinary multi country approach for a fruitful research
outcome? Explain.
3. Define "International Entrepreneurship". Discuss some fundamental issues
in this International Entrepreneurship.
4. What is off shoring ? What drives this ? Who is off shoring and when do
they do ? Explain.
5. What solutions are at hand t help assuage inevitable displacement and
disruption of worker - force due to off shoring.
6. Explain how the CPS (Current Population Survey) help assess the "trends
in Entrepreneurship". Of all the parameters to estimate various activities,
describe only the region-based index of Entrepreneurship.
7. Discuss the win-win solutions available in offshoring value in "Global
Economy"
8. Debate for against whether or not National Business can influence
economic activity in a number of way.
9. Classify "Entrepreneurship Innovation" as per Schumpeter's (1934)
concepts. Explain how these innovational activities help growth and
development of entrepreneurship.
(a) The band wagon syndrome
(b) The snowball effect
(c) US dependency on Human Capital Inflow
(d) GEM" conceptual model
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1. How the various alternative/renewal energy sources can be most effective
CDMs-Clean Development Mechanisms- providing vast opportunities to
invest in rural India. Discuss.
2. Trace the future trends of development of organized food retailing in India,
based on its present directions of growth.
3. Deliberate on the "entrepreneurship among Rural women based on a
recent EDI-EU study for economic regeneration of Kachchh and Saurashtra
regions - post earthquake.
4. Discuss the "liability of rurality" in the backdrop of social capital and
rural entrepreneurship.
5. What constitute "Business Network"? How entrepreneurs access market
information useful to develop his entrepreneurial skills.
6. Elaborate on the role of ICT in rural and agricultural development.
7. Define the terms - "Agripreneurs" and "Agripreneurship Development".
While poor traditional farmers failed in agriculture, agripreneurs are
becoming very successful in doing business in AEZ of India. Substantiate
this statement.
8. Explain Leno Bags. How these innovations in agricultural packaging help
Indian Rural Farm Economy to grow and develop.
9. One of the organic farming techniques Vermi composting can be a rural
entrepreneurial venture and help promote rural economy and employment
opportunity. Discuss.
10. Write short notes on any 3 expanding the abbreviations:
(a) APEDA
(b) MPEDA
(c) NAFED
(d) AMUL
(e) VDCs
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (ECOTOURISM)
Time 3 Hours Paper 1 -CONCEPTS OF TOURISM
1. What are the main objectives of WTO Environmental committee . When
was ITDC incorporated.
2. How do you define a National Tourism Administration (NTA)? What is its
role.
3. Why does WTO prefer to describe National Tourism Organisations as
National Tourism Administrations. Explain.
4. Describe the tourism set up in the center and the states of India. Is there
a conflict between the views of the center and states in tourism matters?
Give examples and suggest how to reconcile their approach.
5. Describe 10 important functions of tourist offices overseas.
6. Define tourist according to IUOTO. Differentiate between inbound and
outbound tourism.
7. What is the relationship between leisure and tourism.
8. Enumerate the different barriers to travel. What is long haul and short
haul tourism. Explain the distinguishing features of a tourism product.
9. What are the factors which influence growth of travel . List the three
basic components of tourism. What are three types of tourism statistics.
10. What are the important aspects of Marketing. Enlist different marketing
tools. What are the different sources of income of an advertising
agency.Briefly explain them all.
Time 3 Hours Paper 2 - INTRODUCTION TO ECOTOURISM
1. Describe clearly the difference between Nature Tourism and Ecotourism.
2. Describe the various sources for funding ecotourism projects.
3. Describe the various impacts of ecotourism in the destination area.
4. Ecotourism can be very powerful tool for the conservation of biodiversity.
Discuss.
5. Define Ecotourism. Why there is need for ecotourism in today's scenario.
Mention all the principles of ecotourism.
6. Differentiate between mass tourism and alternate tourism. Differentiate
between tourist and ecotourist. List the various motivations for ecotourism.
7. What are the various principles for sustainable tourism. What is the
difference between soft and hard ecotourism. Why the term "3S tourism"
is in use ?
8. What are the various ecotourism resources of India. Explain the principles
of tourism fee policy. What are the different types of fees?
9. According to you what could be the reasons for the fast development of
ecotourism around the globe.
10. Write Short Notes on any three:
(a) Aquatic Biota
(b) Host Communities
(c) Socio Cultural Impact
(d) Green Certification and Ecolabels
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Time 3 Hours Paper 3 - ECOTOURISM VENUES AND BUSINESS
1. Are privately owned protected areas true ecotourism venues. Discuss
with justification.
2. Enlist the various types of modified spaces and justify their relevance
with ecotourism. How can landfill and wastes sites used as ecotourism
venues.
3. Describe the present use of wilderness areas for ecotourism use and
discuss the management framework for wilderness ecotourism.
4. Discuss the role and functions of ecotourism organizations. In your opinion
are they really contributing to ecotourism development. Give your views.
5. Tour operators play a crucial role in ecotourism. Describe their role in
promoting ecotourism.
6. Describe the role played by tour guides in ecotourism industry. Also list
the various features of interpretation.
7. List different types of Public Protected Areas. Define Carrying Capacity.
What are Modified Spaces.
8. Define Wilderness Areas. What are indigenous Territories. List various
motivators for ecotourism adoption on indigenous territories.
9. List various building type opportunities for ecotourism accommodation.
What is community based operators. Define vertical operator network.
10. What are the basic marketing issues in ecotourism. Define four basic
tenets. Differentiate between PPA (Private) and PPA (Public) and Modified
Spaces and indigenous Territories.
Time 3 Hours Paper 4 - ECOTOURISM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
1. Describe the different levels of planning and need for integrated planning.
2. Describe the different warning signals for tourist destinations.
3. Critically evaluate tourism planning in India.
4. Why there is need for planned development. List the various factors
influencing tourism development. What are the different levels of planning.
5. Define financial planning. What are the different tools and techniques of
planning. What is the expanded form of MIS AND EBT.
6. Define carrying capacity. What are the non-measurable carrying capacity
criteria. How is criteria fixed for assessing scenic resource of destination.
7. What is the criteria affecting the physical, economic and socio-cultural
carrying capacity. How is carrying capacity measured? What is the
formula for threshold capacity. What is the relation between landscape
and tourism.
8. Write down the formula for tourist attraction of a region. List the various
information sources for planning and management.
OR
Comment on ecotourism plan for American Samoa.
9. Describe why there is need for planned development of tourism, enlist
the consequences of unplanned tourism development.
OR
Describe the various steps in planning process
(a) Carrying Capacity
(b) Conservation Policy
(c) WTO Environmental Committee
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Time 3 Hours Paper 5 - DESIGN OF ECOTOURISM FACILITIES
1. Describe the future prospects of ecotourism facilities.
2. What according to you should be the construction material site plan and
design standards of an actual ecotourism resort.
3. What are the chief managerial problems of rural tourism in Kerala.
4. What is the impact of rural tourism on the communities of Thailand.
5. Can there be negative impacts of rural tourism on the host community,
discuss with relevant examples.
6. Describe community initiatives in ecotourism in Sikkim.
7. What are environmental clues? What are the different site plan issues?
8 What are the waste management issues involved in ecotourism facility
designs. How are ecotourism facilities evaluated?
9. What are the different indicators for sustainability? What is the relationship
between rural tourism and sustainable tourism?
10. What kinds of Farm Inns occur in Japan? Enumerate the basic steps
involved to establish a farm inn. Describe briefly the different management
styles used in running farm inns.
Time 3 Hours Paper 6 - WILDLIFE TOURISM
1. Public awareness can help in the conservation of wildlife. Justify the
statement with relevant examples.
2. Describe the status of vegetation in Rajaji National Park.
3. Discuss the mismanagement and mining problem in Sariska Sanctuary.
4. Silent Valley National Park is suffering from developmental activities.
Discuss.
5. Describe the management of animals included in big game management.
6. Discuss the relevance of wildlife in tourism.
7. Write down the comparative account of National parks, sanctuaries and
protected areas. Write measures to preserve vanishing species under
Wildlife Protection Act 1972.
8. Describe the concept of Biosphere Reserve. What are the objectives of
Biosphere Reserve ?
9. Discuss the impact of road construction on wildlife and wildlife habitats.
10. Discuss the importance of Nokrek Biosphere Reserve in Wildlife
Conservation.
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Time 3 Hours Paper 7 - SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF ECOTOURISM
1. What are the various spiritual values of tourism? Describe giving examples.
2. Describe how tourism can save cultural treasures giving specific examples.
3. What do you understand by coastline ecology and ghat ecosystem?
Discuss their relationship with tourism.
4. Describe the various tourism resources, which needs to be conserved for
the future. Also discuss the various methods of conservation.
5. How can cultural heritages be promoted as tourism attractions? Describe
the various cultural heritages of India.
6. Discuss developed environment giving suitable example.
7. What is the relationship of tourism with the environment. What are the
various social aspects of tourism.
8. What is the impact of tourism on natural vegetation. What is the
relationship between tourism and conservation.
9. What is Idukki ecology. What are the benefits of tourism to farmers.
10. How can tourism development promote international understanding?
Discuss in detail.
Time 3 Hours Paper 8 - RESEARCHING TOURIST SATISFACTION
1. Describe the process of research design will suitable rams.
2. Boredom and frustration can significantly lower the level of satisfaction
among tourists. Justify with suitable examples.
3. Describe the concept of tourist career.
4. Discuss the various ways of categorizing samples for tourist satisfaction.
5. What are the various problems encountered while handling secondary
data. Explain.
6. Write down various sources of error in research. What are the various
steps in research design.
7. What are unstructured situations in qualitative research. Design sampling.
8. What are primary and secondary data.
9. What are closed and open ended questions.
10. Discuss the explicit research values in detail.
OR
What are the various contents of a questionnaire? Prepare a sample
questionnaire for evaluating tourist satisfaction for a destination you have
visited.
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (FORENSIC SCIENCE)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC SCIENCE
1. Discuss the importance of Fingerprint in Police Agencies.
2. Discuss about Explosive Materials and its types.
3. What is Bloodstain Pattern Analysis? Explain Its different categories.
4. Define forensic science and explain different areas of Forensic Science.
Discuss its origin and what the job opportunities are and highlight their
descriptions.
5. Define crime scene. Discuss different aspects of Crime Scene Research.
What do you understand by crime scene safety?
6. What is Ballistics and Finger Print? Discuss its types.
7. What are DNA and genetic Finger Printing? Discuss about PCR Analysis.
8. Define Electrophoresis and its types?
9. Discuss different Chemical, Physical and Biological Hazards of Crime
Scene Processing.
(a) Global Positioning System (GPS)
(b) RFLP Analysis
(c) Digital Image Processing
(d) Hand writing Identification
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : FORENSIC SCIENCE DISCIPLINES
1. Discuss the role of Gas - Liquid Chromatography in the area of Forensic
Toxicology.
2. How DNA is effective in identifying persons? Discuss.
3. What is Chromosomal Analysis? Explain.
4. What is Forensic Pathology? Who is a forensic scientist? Explain about
different Trace Evidence Materials and their examinations.
5. Explain forensic psychology and Forensic Psychiatry. Discuss about
the Ethical Implications of Forensic Psychology.
6. What is forensic anthropology? Discuss the role of Anthropologists in
Forensic Science Research.
7. What is Forensic Entomology? Discuss its diverse applications in Forensic
Science.
8. What is Autopsy? Discuss Its Protocol.
9. Explain the role of Genetic and Molecular Pathology in Forensic Science.
(a) DNA Analysis
(b) Forensic Odontology
(c) Ritual killing
(d) Entomological collection equipment
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY
1. What is Forensic Psychiatry ? Discuss its scope and limitations.
2. Explain Forensic Psychotherapy.
3. What is Forensic Psychology ? Discuss.
4. Classify important studies and research on Forensic Psychology.
5. What is Pathological Lying and Swindling ? Discuss with examples.
6. What is Pathological Accusation ? Explain with case studies.
7. Give an example of Pathological Lying in Border-Line mental type.
8. What are the guidelines and codes for Forensic Psychologists ? Discuss.
9. What do you understand by Forensic Behaviour Analysis ? Explain with
examples.
(a) Medical and Mental Health Malpractices
(b) Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Product Liability
(c) Criminal Profiling
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : FORENSIC SERVICES
1. Discuss Image Analysis Examinations. What is Child Pornography?
2. How Shoe Print and Thread Examinations are done? Discuss.
3. What are the different methods of Identification and Interpretation in
Forensic Case Studies? Discuss.
4. Discuss about Association of Fire arm and Tool mark Examiners. Discuss
the role of 3D Photography and Videography in Forensic Science?
5. What is Forensic Geology? What are the different Procedures for
Packaging and Shipping of Evidences? Discuss.
6. Discuss what do you understand by Collection and Preservation of
Evidence?
7. What is Sexual Assault? Discuss Special Considerations for Sexual
Assault Evidence.
8. What are the different methods for Documenting the Crime Scene?
Discuss.
9. Explain Explosives Residue Examination.
(a) FBI
(b) Crimescope and Ballistic
(c) Lubricant Examinations
(d) Violent Crime vs Property Crime
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : FORENSIC TECHNOLOGIES
1. Discuss different distinction characteristics of Hair and Fibres.
2. What is Brain Finger Printing? How it is different from Conventional Lie
Detector.
3. What do you understand by Microspectrophotometry? Discuss its role
in Forensic Studies.
4. How Finger Printing Lab helps to solve a crime? Discuss.
5. Discuss what is Forensic Mapping? Discuss about Colour Measurement
in Forensic Paint Analysis.
6. What do you understand by Forensic Labs? Explain different types of
Forensic Lab? How would you use refractive liquids to identify difficult
types of glass?
7. How can a Biologist, a Chemist and a Physicist help at a Crime Scene?
What type of evidence would they analyse? Discuss.
8. What are Breath Tests? Comment on its accuracy and limitations.
9. What are the different methods to detect Drugs? Explain.
(a) Forensic DNA Testing
(b) Urinalysis Lab
(c) Colorimetry
(d) Chromatography
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : FORENSIC SCIENCE EDUCATION & RESEARCH
1. What is fingerprint examination? What type of qualifications and training
are required for such personnel ?
2. Who can become the Digital Forensic Specialist. Discuss in detail the
qualifications and training needed at different levels.
3. Discuss in detail the roles and functions of the National Institute on Drug
Abuse the science of drug abuse and addiction.
4. Present in detail the various programmes at undergraduate level in
forensic science in the different semesters.
5. Give detailed lesson plans for introduction to forensics and the crime
scene investigation.
6. Discuss in detail the forensic nursing curriculum at different levels
semesterwise.
7. Elucidate the various subject matters to be mastered for the High
Technology Crime Investigation course at Masters level.
8. What are the various jobs and careers available to students who complete
their forensic science course? Discuss in terms of different qualification
and certificates, degrees obtained by the candidates.
9. For a job as crime scene analysis, what kind of courses are to be
completed by a candidate. Discuss in detail.
10. Write short notes on any two of the following
(a) Schools with forensic programmes in different countries
(b) Forensic service manager
(c) Forensic technician
(d) ACFEI
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY, PHARMACIST & NURSING
1. Death due to acids- discuss the various methods and techniques used
to identify and analyse and confirm the results.
2. Elucidate the symptoms of death due to opium, morphine, cocaine and
chloroform. What indications give to the investigator during postmortem
that the person died due to the ingestion of these substances.
3. Give a presentation of forensic nursing, and its functions and use in
criminal investigations and related matters.
4. Define Toxicology. Elucidate the various laboratory guidelines in forensic
toxicology.
5. Describe the analytical procedures in toxicology lab tests
6. Discuss how the toxicology results are interpreted. Give details of the
same.
7. Define Forensic medicine. Discuss its role and functions in regard to
crime investigation and analysis.
8. Discuss the various categories of mental unsoundness and how does
the forensic medicine help to understand the typical problem which led
to the crime.
9. What is poison? How do the different types of poisoning are detected
through toxicology analysis. Discuss in detail.
(a) Calibration and validation methods
(b) Quality assurance and quality control
(c) Signs of death
(d) Symptoms of ingesting zinc, silver, bismuth and chromium
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : COMPUTER FORENSICS INFORMATION
1. What are the functions of a computer forensic laboratories? Discuss in
detail the various investigative services undertaken in such laboratories
including the legal information that is needed for forensic analysis.
2. Discuss critically the issues arising from reconciling of industry and legal
standards for reliability. Discuss in detail the presumption of reliability
afforded by the courts.
3. Define digital evidence. How are these identified and what are its functions
in computer investigations?
4. What is Computer Forensics? How it carried out and what are the
important requisites for the same. Explain with suitable examples.
5. Discuss with examples the steps to inspect for traps. What are all involved
in forensic computer composites?
6. How is computer crime investigation carried out? List out the tools and
procedures involved in the same.
7. List out the various laws related to forensic sciences. How are they
implemented ? Discuss.
8. Defining information forensics, digital forensics, and forensic
telecommunication, discuss in with examples how are these obtained
and what are their functions?
9. What is Numerology? Tracing its history, discuss its methodology and
indicate how this can be used in forensic investigation of computer related
crimes?
(a) Backmasking
(b) Categorization of modern ciphers and types of ciphers
(c) Open source software facilities
(d) Imaging
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (CRIMINOLOGY)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : CRIME AND CRIMINOLOGY
1. Discuss rational choice theory, routine activity theory and social control
theory.
2. Examine criminal mind.
3. Discuss the relationship between crime scene and criminology.
4. Define crime. Discuss the meaning, history and types of crime.
5. What do you understand by juvenile delinquency? Discuss the nature,
cause and theoretical perspective of the same and crime.
6. What is criminal recklessness and vandalism? Define and discuss the
various laws.
7. Discuss in detail the laws specific to various countries and their region.
8. What is criminology? Discuss its various theories and the schools of
thought.
9. What do you understand by penology? Discuss its theories and how is it
practiced?
(a) Criminalization
(b) Assault and Kidnapping
(c) Counterfeit of Money
(d) Social Learning Theory
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE & COMBAT MECHANISM
1. Explain the role of police in crime prevention.
2. What are the various anti-mafia measures.
3. What are the impacts of human trafficking? What are the international
laws and combat mechanism to stop trafficking in persons? Explain.
4. Define global crime. Discuss the crime victim surveys and statistics.
5. Discuss the eleventh UN crime congress and international court of justice.
Discuss the various articles.
6. Discuss critically the crime victimization survey and reporting.
7. What do you understand by criminal investigation? Discuss investigation
and operations.
8. Explain how can the trafficking of women and children be combated?
How can child sexual abuse be stopped? What are the laws? Discuss.
9. Explain with examples global mafia.
(a) Federal Bureau of Investigation
(b) Los Angeles Police Department
(c) Protocols Against Drug Trafficking
(d) Drug Enforcement Administration
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : CRIME IN INDIA
1. What is meant by prostitution? Discuss this in the context of India in
terms of the various problems that arise due to prostitution
2. What do you understand by the term communal violence? Discuss
theories of communal violence and put forward measures to counteract
the same.
3. Discuss the different kinds of crimes in India and based on the statistics
available indicate which of the states have largest and which the least
crime in India? Discuss critically reasons for the same.
4. Discuss sociological and psychological approach to crime in India.
5. What are the various types of crime against women in India. Explain
6. What is rape crime? Discuss the type of facilities and counselling that
should be provided to them
7. What do you understand by the term child labour. Discuss the various
problems of the child population working as child labourers.
8. Define delinquency. Discuss the various factors that contribute to
delinquency and what are the remedial measures to deal with the problem.
9. Define the terms homicide and suicide. What are the factors that explain
these behaviours?
(a) Biological Approach to Crime
(b) Violence Against Widows in India
(c) Child Abuse
(d) Kidnapping and Abduction
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : CRIME AGAINST WOMEN
1. What are the laws that provide economic security, property rights to
women in India? How far these are being implemented? Discuss critically
2. How are the legal provisions in Islam gfavouring women as compared to
the laws that is existent in India for Hindu women?
3. Discuss female criminality in terms of sociopsychological perspective.
4. What are the various types of crimes against women? Discuss each of
them in detail giving the causes.
5. Put forward the various laws against rape in India
6. Discuss the economic, social and psychological crime against women?
What measures will you take to prevent the same?
7. Discuss historically the status of women in India.
8. What are the various welfare measures available in India for working
women?
9. Define "Streedhan". Discuss this in the context of dowry deaths in India
(a) Victimology
(b) Maternity Protection Provisions
(c) Measures to Reduce Discrimination Against Women
(d) Family Courts
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : CRIME AND CORRUPTION
1. What are the major features of UN Declaration against corruption and
bribery. How have these been implemented.
2. Discuss the UN Declaration against corruption and bribery in international
commercial transactions.
3. What is meant by political corruption? How does this affect politics,
government and other institutions?
4. Define bribery, graft, extortion, robbery, patronage, nepotism, blackmail,
embezzlement and kinckbacks.
5. Define corruption and indicate how many types of corruption exist globally
and in India.
6. Discuss critically corruption in terms of social, psychological and cultural
facts
7. Despite all measures taken by the government, corruption seems to be
increasing. Discuss in the context of causes of corruption
8. What is Kleptocracy? Discuss the efforts of the USA to internationalize
this phenomenon.
9. Discuss the UN Convention against corruption. In what way the results
of this convention have been implemented globally and in India
(a) Extortion
(b) Police corruption
(c) Active and passive bribery
(d) Corruption monitoring
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : CRIMINAL LAW AND JUSTICE
1. Discuss the criminal law convention on corruption.
2. Explain the model Arson law.
3. Describe the elements and functions of law enforcement agencies.
4. Discuss the criminal law and justice.
5. Explain the global initiatives for preventing and combating corruption?
6. Discuss African union convention on preventing and combating corruption.
7. What do you understand by International anti-corruption day? Discuss.
8. Discuss the initiative taken by anti-corruption authorities.
9. Discuss the declaration forum for parliamentarians.
(a) UNCAC
(b) English Law
(c) Vicarious Liability
(d) Bail
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : CRIME PREVENTION : COMMISSIONS & REPORTS
1. Discuss strategic management and programme questions.
2. Discuss the reports of the commission on crime prevention and criminal
justice 2001 & 2002.
3. Discuss what you understand by crime prevention.
4. Discuss the global perspective on analysis of criminal justice system.
5. Discuss draft resolution I and draft resolution II.
6. Discuss draft resolution III and draft resolution IV.
7. Discuss the work of United Nations office on drugs and crime.
8. Discuss the Discuss the reports of commission on crime prevention and
criminal justice 2003.
9. Discuss the draft resolution for adoption by the economic and social
council.
(a) UN standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice
(b) Work of the centre for international crime prevention
(c) UNICRI & UNAFEI
(d) Use and application of UN standards and norms in crime prevention
and criminal justice
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : GLOBAL TERRORISM
1. Discuss the presenting recommendations for global counter-terrorism
strategy to general assembly.
2. Discuss the impact of Sept. 11 on US Military spending.
3. Discuss HRW-impact and Shanghai six.
4. What do you understand by terrorist exclusion list and foreign terrorist
organization? Discuss the transcript of Osama Bin Laden's speech, April
2001.
5. Discuss the measures to eliminate international terrorism.
6. Discuss general assembly adopts convention on nuclear terrorism.
7. Describe Israel or occupied territories.
8. Explain human rights and counter terrorism.
9. Discuss counter-terrorism legislation and practice.
(a) Counter-terrorism Law Strengthened
(b) Latest News Releases
(c) Nuclear Terrorism Convention (2005)
(d) Terrorism and Disarmament
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (MEDICINAL PLANTS)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : INTRODUCTION TO MEDICINAL PLANTS
1. Enlist the branches of Ayurveda and elaborate them with suitable
examples.
OR
Explain in detail the plant kingdom of "Chlorophyta"
2. Explain how "Ayurveda" was promoted during Buddhist Era. And name
some of the Buddhist personalities and their special contribution.
OR
What is "photosynthesis" ? Explain the process in detail.
3. Back tracing emergence and promotion from its origin, explain the
"modern-era" milestones of development of Ayurveda.
4. What are the seven bodily tissues (Sapta Dhatus) and its unique
histological features in Ayurveda ?
5. Describe the organization of the vascular plant body and its different
system with suitable examples.
6. Listing out the process of evolution, explain Hardy Weinberg Law and
how his theory is disrupted leading to the evolution of living organisms.
7. Describe how medicinal plants are considered as wealth of India, explain
how they are part of our culture and so have to be conserved carefully
by us.
8. Mention the types of classification of Herbs based on properties (Gunas)
and actions (Karmas) giving examples of each.
9. What are the special characteristics of Herbs and Herbal Medicinal pants?
Explain with examples.
10. Define "Ayurveda" and explain its "Uniqueness" covering different aspects
of life.
OR
Explain Ayurveda's objectives and elaborate them with suitable examples.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : MEDICINAL PLANTS CULTIVATION
1. Give a detail account from your point of view on why should we conserve
and manage medical plants of our country.
2. What is "St.John's wort botanically called ? Explain its medicinal uses
and other research conducted to isolate its active principle.
3. "T.villgaris and T.serphyllum are the most commonly used medicinal
thymes." Describe these plants uses, legal protection, consummation
assessments briefly.
4. Describe the "role of education" in the conservation of medicinal plants.
5. Describe the new dimensions of cultivating Medicinal plants.
6. Conduct a SWOT analysis of collection and cultivation of medicinal plants.
7. What do you understand by "Bio prospecting" and "Bio-piracy" ? Explain.
8. How herbal farming in India can be a profitable endeavour to create a
niche in globe market? Explain with some examples.
9. Explain the cultivation practice and medicinal uses of any two Indian
medicinal plants.
(a) Adonis Vernalis. (L, Ranunalaecae )
(b) Rauvolfia Serpentinan ( Sorpogandha)
(c) Bambusa Vulgaris
(d) Ambusa Vulbglaris
(e) Asparaogus Racemosus
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : Conservation, Distribution & Dev. of Med. Plants
1. Explain briefly the "Integrated Approach" through Agri.Export Zone and
the programmes that are recommended.
2. Enlist the specific responsibilities of the Agri. Export Zone.
3. What are the different R and D projects by designated Research Institutes
with financial assistance from Govt. bodies like ICAR, CSIR, DPPI and
APEDA ? Explain.
4. Describe the activities of National Medicinal Plant Board (NMPB) and
Trading Knowledge Digital Library.(TKDL)
5. In situ conservation of medicinal plants in "protected areas" is the only
measure to ensure as many wild species as possible can continue to
survive in managed habitats such as farms and plantation forests -
substantiate this.
6. Elaborate on the various issues and approaches in respect of medicinal
plants conservation.
7. Describe the various approach to medicinal plant conservation as endorsed
by "CBD" (Convention on Biological Diversity).
8. What are MPCA and MPCN ? Explain the measures taken by Govt. of
India to augment the export potential of medicinal plants with reference
to market share in world trade?
9. Elaborate on the unique features that make Kerala an ideal place for the
growth of traditional medicine particularly the Ayurvedic system ?
(a) CBD- Convention on Biological Diversity.
(b) Types of Certification for Medicinal Plants.
(c) Ethnobotanical Survey
(d) Ex-situ conservation and propagationof plant species.
(e) Agri Export Zone study report
Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : Phyto-Pharmaceutical Studies (Pharmacognosy)
1. What are the anti-inflammatory properties of "Ashwagandha" (Withania
somnifera-WS)? Explain in detail..
2. Enlist the native traditional medicinal plants for brain disorders. "Baopa
Monniera" (B.M.) in India is one among them. What are its local names
and medicinal properties. Explain in detail.
3. Enumerate the various issues of pharmacognosy and explain them briefly.
4. Define "Herbalism". What is the role of herbal medicine in human society?
Explain with examples.
5. What are the different types of Herbal medicine systems and its routes
of administration?
6. Explain the need for standardization of Herbal medicines? Quote suitable
examples.
7. Describe the biochemistry of "Ephedra" and its effects and uses
8. Explain the THM Principles and strike parallels between pest
management and THM.
9. Elaborate on the cardiovascular effects of Garlic.
(a) Aphrodisiac and M.S.D.
(b) Dyspareunia ( F.S.D. Problem)
(c) Antiparkinsonian Properties of W.S or Ashwagandha.
(d) Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors.
(e) Boswallia Serrata , an Oleo Gum Resin
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : PHYTOCHEMISTRY
1. Trace the relationship between vegetable/fruit intake and coronary Heart
Disease/ Cardiovascular disease. In what way plant strols,flavinoids and
plant sulphur compounnds help with mitigating effects on chronic disease.
2. Euphorbia Kansui (Euphorbiaceae),a Chinese Medicine is used in herbal
remedies for Analgesia,leukemia, whooping cough and some tumors.
Describe its phyto chemical properties and other medicinal use.
3. Write the formula for phytochemical Lutein and describe its properties
and action.
4. Discuss the estrogen agonist effects of Isoflarones with regard to
Breast cancer in women.
5. What are Phyto chemicals? How do they work ? Name some sources of
food plants containing phtyo chemicals.
6. What do you understand by Protein- Protein Interaction. Explain quoting
some examples.
OR
Describe the phyto-chemistry, pharmacology and therapeutic uses of
"Wrightia Tintoria"
7. What is noni fruit called botanically its other India names? Describe the
Phyto chemical / medicinal properties and its use.
8. Name the different "names" by which "Aloe Vera" is known ? Describe
what are the phyto-chemicals in it and their medicinal properties and
uses.
9. What do you understand by "Flavinoids"? Describe their properties,
distribution and action with regard to health benefits.
(a) Alkaloids (b) Glycosides
(c) SAPONINS and SEROTONIN (d) Pectins
(e) Folacin
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : PHYTO-PHARMACEUTICAL STUDIES
(PHARMACOLOGY)
1. Give an account of "seizures", its classification & treatment in detail.
2. Provide an overview "Boswellia Serrate", and the phytochemical profile of
it.
3. What is "Cannabinoids" and what are the Cannabinoidal types ? Describe.
4. How do you define "pharmovigilance" as prevalent in India . Explain the
brief history of its development in India.
5. What do you understand by "receptor theory" ? Explain its current status.
6. Explain "Medication" and O-T-C Drugs. The Acronyms "ADME" ,"ADME-
TOX" , "ADMET" and LADME refer to what? Explain in detail with
examples
7. What are common "Adverse Effects" of drugs. Explain.
8. Describe Hypothyroidism and Hypothyroidism.
9. Explain the different types of "Diuretics". How Carbonic Anhydrous
Inhibitors act as "Diuretics".
10. Describe the types of "Angina". What are called Antianginal Drugs?
Explain its actions, Mechanism, tolerance and adverse effects, if any.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : MEDICINAL PLANTS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. Describe FRLHT's project on Bio cultural Herbarium and Raw-drug Library
and how it helps in achieving its objectives?
2. What are the parameters concerned with establishing proper quality
standard for Medicinal plants/herbal drugs. Describe them briefly.
3. Elucidate the guidelines with regard to Management of cultivation of
Medical Herbs and Animal Husbandry as per Article 17 to 25 of the
document.
4. What do you understand by the term Conservation Action and Research
Group. Explain their activities concerning MPCA across different forest
types.
5. List the major medicinal plants gardens in India and explain the objectives
of setting up FRLHT.
6. Enumerate all good agricultural practices for Medicinal plants and describe
them ecological environmental and social impact of cultivation and such
other aspects briefly.
7. Describe all the technical aspects of the Medicinal plant, material handling
areas while processing them.
8. While describing briefly the aims and objectives of NMPS explain its
functions in detail.
9. Explain the Herbal Tea Promotion Project.
(a) Seeds and Propagation Materials
(b) Storage and Distribution
(c) NABARDS role in Promoting Medicinal Plants
(d) Good Collection Practices
(e) Uttaranchal Forest Corporation Role in Medicinal Plants.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : QUALITY CONTROL FOR MEDICINAL PLANTS
1. Discuss all various possibility of radioactive contamination of herbal
plant materials.
2. How herbal medicines in the South Asia Region are regulated as per
guidelines.
3. For various Herbal Medicinal materials, what are permissible limits of
microbial contamination ? Explain.
4. Explain the method of determination of pesticide residues.
5. What is recommended procedure for sampling of material in bulk of
medicinal plant materials and explain "average sample" and "final sample"
6. Elaborate microscopic and macroscopic examination of samples of
medicinal plants.
7. Explain how thin layer chromatography is useful in evaluating medicinal
plants and its preparations.
8. In detail elaborate the recommended procedures for qualitative and for
quantitative determination of Organochloride pesicides.
9. How validation of tests is done for specific micro oraganisms? Explain.
10. Write short note o any three of the following:
(a) Culture Media and Strain of Micro Organisms
(b) Leaf Stomata
(c) Azeotropic Method or Toluene dDistillation
(d) Determination of Volatile Oil
(e) Classification of Microscopic Particles.
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (INSTITUTIONAL MGT.)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : INSTT. BLDG. PHILOSOPHIES, TYPES & STRATEGIES
1. What do you understand by the political types of Institutions ? Discuss
its need and importance.
2. Explain the history and origins of colleges in different countries of the
world.
3. Define a School. Trace its history in India.
4. Name and explain the bio-reproductive types of Institutions.
5. What is Business ? Name and explain basic forms of Business
Organisations.
6. What is a Club ? Discuss its origins and types.
7. What is Pedagogy ? Critically examine the concept of Pedagogy.
8. What is Institution Building ? Discuss its prepositions.
9. What do you understand by a University ? Discuss the need for
modernising the curriculum in the universities.
(a) Team Sport as an Institutions
(b) Monasteries as an Institutions
(c) Church as an Institutions
(d) Library as an Institutions
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : MANAGEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
1. How did educational system developed in India from the pre-vedic age to
the modern age ? Explain.
2. What do you understand by Madarsa ? Explain the contribution of
Madarsas in promoting education.
3. Explain the sociology of education. What are its theoretical perspectives?
Explain.
4. What is Adult Education ? Explain its need in the context of India.
5. Discuss alternative schooling in the context of India. How is it different
from other countries.
6. What is Education ? Discuss the systems of Education.
7. What is Vocational Education ? Discuss its development in different
countries.'
8. Define curriculum. How are they developed ? Explain.
9. What is educational psychology ? Discuss different perspectives of
educational psychology.
(a) Education Production Functions
(b) Literacy in India
(c) Distance Education
(d) Universities around the World
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : MANAGEMENT OF VOLUNTARY INSTITUTIONS
1. What is an NGO ? Discuss its types.
2. How can NGOs ensure human rights protection ? Explain.
3. How can Indian NGOs be strengthened with international support ?
4. How do NGOs help in bringing awareness regarding Public Interest
Litigation and RTI Act ? Explain.
5. What do you understand by Coalition Building among NGOs ? Discuss
with examples.
6. What is a transitional civil society ? Discuss its future.
7. Can NGOs be registered under the Indian Companies Act 1956 under
Section 25 ? What are the procedures for such a registration ? Explain.
8. Define a Charitable Organisation. What type of exemption is given to the
registered charitable organisations under the Income Tax Act 1961 of the
Government of India ?
9. Differentiate between NGO registered as a Trust and NGO registered as
a Society.
(a) Grassroot Level NGOs
(b) Networking from NGOs
(c) Community Foundation
(d) Voluntary Association
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : MANAGEMENT OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
1. What is Naxalism ? Trace its history.
2. Why is Caste related Politics disturbing the development policies of India?
Explain the remedial measures.
3. What is a Political Institutions ? Discuss its utility.
4. What is Terrorism ? Discuss the reasons and solutions.
5. What do you understand by Political Compass or Political Diamond ?
Discuss its principles and practices.
6. What is Political Corruption ? What are its adverse effects on
administration, development and economics of a country ? Explain.
7. Discuss the reasons of political and religious violence in India.
8. Who is a Politician ? Discuss the duties and responsibilities of politicians.
9. What is a Government ? Discuss its origins and types.
(a) Good Governance
(b) Environment and Development
(c) Population Explosion
(d) Republic of India
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : MANAGEMENT OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
1. What do you understand by religious belief ? What are its different forms?
Explain.
2. How did Hinduism developed during the post-vedic period ? Explain.
3. What is Religion ? Discuss its scope.
4. What is the relationship between Region and Mythology ? Explain.
5. Trace the historical development of Buddhism and Jainism in India and in
other countries.
6. Explain the relationship between religion and science.
7. Trace the history of animal worship.
8. Name the new religions developed during the last 2000 years.
9. Explain the Sociology of Religion.
(a) Evolutionary Psychology of Religion
(b) Chritianity
(c) Paleolithic Burials
(d) Islam
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : MANAGEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
1. What is the future of Federalism as a political philosophy ? Discuss.
2. What is intergovernmentalism ? Discuss its process.
3. Di scuss the duti es and responsibi liti es of Intergovernmental
Organisations.
4. What is an International Institution ? Discuss the role of International
Non-Governmental Organisations.
5. How are International Law Enforcement Agencies exchanging information?
Explain the role of INTERPOL.
6. What do you understand by .int domain ? Name five International
Organisations having .int domain.
7. What is a non-profit making organisation ? What are its functions ?
Explain.
8. What is a Federation ? What is the future of having a federative approach
to South Asia ? Explain.
9. How do you like the idea of a World Government ? What have been the
attempts in this regard ? Explain.
(a) SAARC
(b) ASEAN
(c) African Union
(d) European Union
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : MANAGEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS
1. Define Oligarchy. Give examples of Oligarchy.
2. What is Government ? Discuss its types.
3. Explain the limitations of a Constitutional Monarchy.
4. What do you understand by citizenship ? Discuss the responsibilities
and duties of citizenship.
5. What is Democracy ? Trace its history and forms.
6. What is Stratocracy ? What are its demerits ? Explain.
7. What is a Republic ? Explain its salient features.
8. What is Theocracy ? Discuss its historical context.
9. Differentiate between Sultan and Emir in the context of Islamic Kingdoms.
(a) Prime Minister
(b) President
(c) House of Commons
(d) Caesar
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : MANAGEMENT OF BUSINESS INSTITUTIONS
1. What is a Trade Union ? How does it help the workers ? Explain.
2. What is a Multinational Corporation ? Explain with examples.
3. What is Business Management ? Discuss the functions of a Manager.
4. Explain the salient features of a Business School.
5. Differentiate between a Commercial Bank and a Cooperative Bank.
6. What is a limited liability ? Answer in the context of the Indian Companies
Act 1956.
7. What are the limitations of a Partnership Firm ? Explain.
8. Trace the history of Business Merger Movement.
9. Define BPO. Discuss its merits and demerits.
(a) Corporate Taxation
(b) Mercantilism
(c) Good Reasons for Investing in India
(d) Business Networks
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MGT.)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : ECONOMICS OF PRODUCTION
1. Examine the origins, theory and methodology of feminist economics.
2. What do you understand by behavioural economics ? Trace its history
and scope.
3. What is classifical economics ? Trace its history and classical theories
of growth and development.
4. Define distribution. Discuss distribution theories.
5. What is homoeconomics or economic human ? Present its model.
6. Explain rational choice theory and its scope as well as limitations.
7. What is utility ? Discuss quantifying, cardinal and ordinal utility.
8. What do you understand by economic analysis ? Explain with examples.
OR
Define economic liberalism. Explain Keynesian economics.
9. What is monetarism ? Discuss the rise and practice of monetarism.
(a) Thermoeconomics
(b) Ecological Economics
(c) Production-Possibility Frontier
(d) Bounded Rationality
MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : THEORIES OF PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS
1. Define productive efficiency. Explain Allocative and Pareto efficiency.
2. What is opportunity cost ? Explain with examples.
3. Discuss the marginal rate of transformation.
4. What are the factors of production ? Explain the historical schools.
5. What do you understand by diminishing marginal utility ? Explain with
examples.
6. What are the effects of taxes and subsidies on price ?
7. Discuss the marginal revenue productivity theory.
8. What is marginalism ? Explain with examples.
9. What is neoclassical economics ? Discuss its features.
(a) Aggregation problem
(b) Time Management
(c) Trade-off
(d) Productivity
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : PRODUCTION DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING
1. What is industrial design ? Explain industrial design rights.
2. Discuss the history, background and new areas of conceptual economics.
3. Critically examine the history and the stages of stage-gate model.
4. What is pre-clinical imaging ? Explain its nature and scope.
5. "Design for Six Sigma is a separate and emerging business process
management methodology related to traditional Six Sigma". Examine
this statement.
6. Define social design. Discuss its systems and initiatives.
7. What is product management ? Explain different aspects of product
management and product planning.
8. What do you understand by requirements management ? Explain in
detail with examples.
9. Discuss brand management and its principles as well as techniques.
(a) Technology Life-cycle
(b) Mass Customization
(c) Creativity Techniques
(d) Product Differentiation
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : LOGISTICS ENGINEERING
1. What is value chain analysis ? Discuss its concepts and model.
2. What do you understand by the enterprise resource planning ? Explain
its key components.
3. Define manufacturing resource planning. Discuss its key functions and
features.
4. Trace the origins and the scope of operations management.
5. What is Logistics ? Discuss its nature and scope.
6. Define Logistics Engineering. Explain its utilities.
7. "A supply chain is a system of organisations, people, technology,
activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service
from supplier to customer". Examine this statement.
8. What is supply chain management ? Explain its problems and prospects.
OR
Discuss demand chain management. Explain its advantages.
9. What are the claims for supply chain optimisation ? Explain.
(a) Purchasing
(b) Cash Conversion Cycle
(c) Economic Order Quantity
(d) Service Level
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES
1. What do you understand by reliability centered maintenance ? Discuss
its history and basic features.
2. What are the processes and challenges of plastic recycling ? Explain.
3. What is active packaging ? Discuss with examples.
OR
What is sustainable packaging ? Explain its nature and scope.
4. Present the ISO defined analysis of an industrial robot. Discuss its key
features.
5. What is Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) ? Trace its history and
typical areas of concerned.
6. Explain the key challenges of Computer Integrated Manufacturing.
7. What do you understand by flexible manufacturing system ? What are
its advantages ?
8. What is manufacturing process management ? Is it a collection of
technologies and methods used to define how products are to be
manufactured ? Explain.
9. What are the advantages and utilities of computerised maintenance
management system ? Discuss.
(a) Packaging and Labelling
(b) Good Manufacturing Practice
(c) Packaging Engineering
(d) Resin Identification Code
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
1. What is quality assurance ? Explain its importance.
OR
What do you understand by methods engineering ? Explain with
examples.
2. Explain the concepts of discrete event simulation. Discuss its
applications.
3. What is metrology ? Explain the nature and scope of applied metrology.
4. What is Industrial Engineering ? Discuss its history and scope.
5. Define operations management. Trace its origins.
6. Explain the concept of systems engineering also discuss its scope and
process.
7. What is manufacturing engineering ? Discuss its scope in the moderned
day context.
8. What do you understand by ergonomics ? Explain its fields and
applications.
9. What is value engineering ? Explain its origins and present day
importance.
(a) Accuracy and Precision
(b) Data Analysis
(c) Tribology
(d) Optimality Theory
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS
1. What is price mechanism ? Explain its applications.
2. What do you understand by national accounts ? Explain social accounting
theory with examples.
3. What is industrialisation ? Explain its nature and scope.
4. What is productivity ? How is productivity related to economic growth ?
5. What is labour productivity ? Discuss the factors effecting labour
productivity.
6. Discuss the concepts like productive and unproductive labour.
OR
What do you understand by productive forces ? How are productive forces
different from destructive forces.
7. Trace the history of industrial revolution. Explain in the context of Europe
and America.
8. What do you understand by economic thought ? Discuss the early and
the moderened economic thoughts.
9. Explain catallactics as a praxeological theory.
OR
Trace the history of money. What are the measures of money ? Discuss
its types.
(a) Flexible Manufacturing System
(b) Step-NC
(c) Price System
(d) Price Mechanism
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AND MANAGEMENT
1. Examine the concept of chemical process modelling.
OR
What is process optimisation ? How is it different from process design ?
2. What is deficit irrigation ? Discuss by giving a suitable example.
3. Define quality. List out the quality management techniques.
4. What is quality audit ? Explain its necessity and importance.
5. What is accident analysis ? Discuss casual, expert and organisational
analysis.
6. What is morphology ? Discuss morphological analysis.
7. What do you understand by software prototyping ? Discuss its dimensions
and types.
8. Explain the spiral model as a software development process combining
elements of both design and prototyping-in-stages, in an effort to combine
advantages of top down and bottom up concepts.
9. What is cybernetics ? Explain its applications.
(a) Seven Basic Tools of Quality
(b) Business Analysis
(c) Systems Analysis
(d) ISO 9000
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : INTRODUCTION TO REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT
1. What are the factors involved in real estate investing ? Discuss with
examples.
2. What do you understand by real estate transaction ? Explain.
3. Differentiate between commercial and residential property.
4. What do you understand by Real Estate ? Discuss different types of
Real Estate.
5. What do you understand by property management ? Explain the services
under property management.
6. What is enterprise assets management ? Discuss its importance.
7. Explain corporate real estate. Give examples.
8. Define facility management. Explain the importance of environmental
health and safety.
9. Why is building automation needs becoming popular ? Explain.
(a) Real Estate Derivatives
(b) Real Estate Education
(c) Disinfluation
(d) Depreciation
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : REAL ESTATE MARKETING
1. What is Capital Stock ? Trace its history and applications.
2. Explain the concept of steady state economy. Discuss its historical
developments.
3. What do you understand by the neutrality of money ? Explain.
4. Define real estate economics. Discuss its scope.
5. What do you understand by capitalisation rate ? Explain with examples.
6. Explain a creative real estate investing. Discuss different options.
7. Define Commercial Bank. Discuss its role and functions.
8. What is a Credit Union ? Trace its history.
9. What do you understand by real estate pricing ? How is it calculated ?
(a) Time Value of Money
(b) Tax Lien
(c) Savings Bank
(d) Cash on Cash Return
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
1. How is Construction Engineering different from Civil Engineering ? Explain.
2. Discuss the importance of Construction Site safety.
3. What is Construction ? Discuss the construction process.
4. Trace the early construction methods by giving suitable examples.
5. What is Deconstruction ? Explain its typical methods.
6. Define Construction Aggregate. Name and explain the recycled materials
for aggregates.
7. Explain the salient features and qualities of a construction worker.
8. What do you understand by an architectural plan ? Discuss its types.
9. Define Construction Engineering and explain its scope.
(a) Construction Surveying
(b) Traffic Warning Sign
(c) Construction of the World Trade Centre
(d) International Building Code
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : BUILDING AND ITS TYPES
1. What is a Green Building ? Discuss its goals.
2. What do you understand by concrete recycling ? Explain its uses.
3. Define and explain a sustainable city. Discuss the challenges of a
sustainable city.
4. Define a Building. Discuss its types.
5. Explain the basis of a Natural Building.
6. What is a Super Abode ? Explain its sustainability.
7. What is a Building Code ? Discuss its types.
8. What is Structural Engineering ? Discuss its nature and scope.
9. Explain Building Services Engineering. Name the software for these
services.
(a) Indoor Air Quality
(b) Organic Architecture
(c) Green Roof
(d) Zero Energy Building
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : REAL ESTATE TRENDS AND APPRAISAL
1. What is deflation ? What are the effects of deflation ? Explain.
2. What is hyperinflation ? Discuss the causes and characteristics of
hyperinflation.
3. What do you understand by real interest rate ? Explain with examples.
4. Discuss different approaches to value.
5. What do you understand by Real Estate Appraisal ? Discuss its
approaches.
6. Explain Real Estate benchmarking. Explain different types of Real Estate
benchmarking indicators.
7. Define economic stagnation. Trace its history.
8. What is stagflation ? Discuss different views and theories regarding
stagflation.
9. Explain the term inflation. Discuss different views to measure inflation.
(a) Computer Aided Facility Management
(b) Stabilization Policy
(c) Auditing Standards
(d) Multiple Listing Service
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : REAL ESTATE RELATED LAWS
1. Define Conveyancing. Discuss its nature and scope.
2. What is a difference between a General Power of Attorney and a Special
Power of Attorney ? Explain with examples.
3. Design a Power of Attorney for executing a Sale Deed.
4. What is Power of Attorney ? Discuss its types.
5. What are the salient features of an "Agreement for Sale" of a Freehold
Property ? Explain.
6. Design a Sale Deed for transfer of an Apartment from the original builder
to a new buyer.
7. What is Property Law ? Trace its history.
8. What is a Mortgage ? Discuss its necessity and legal aspects.
9. What do you understand by Property Tax ? Discuss its situation in India.
(a) Mortgage Loan
(b) Real Estate Transaction
(c) Real Estate Contract
(d) Real Estate Licence
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : GROWTH AND RECESSION IN REAL ESTATE
1. What do you understand by Corporate Bond ? Discuss its types and
risks.
2. Discuss the future of Real Estate Business Growth in India.
3. Outline the Real Estate Recession in different countries since 2007.
4. What do you understand by Recession ? Discuss its nature and scope.
5. Define the Real Estate Bubble. Name and explain the recent Real Estate
Bubbles.
6. Explain the background of the Housing Bubble of the United States of
America.
7. Define the term foreclosure. Explain its types.
8. Discuss the origin of the term "Economic Bubble".
9. What are Hedge Funds ? Discuss its limitations and risks.
(a) Onlined World
(b) Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits
(c) Real Estate Business in China
(d) Loss Mitigation
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : REAL ESTATE MARKETING
1. Explain the term inflation accounting and adjustment. Trace the history
of inflation accounting models.
2. Define "Verification and Validation". Discuss its categories.
3. What do you mean by online real estate trading ? How does it work ?
4. What is Close-End Leasing ? Discuss with examples.
5. Discuss the importance of Real Estate Marketing in the fast changing
economic environment.
6. Explain the qualities of a Real Estate Agent.
7. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of buying properties under
lease agreement.
8. What is private equity ? Discuss the difference between venture capital
and growth capital.
9. What do you understand by buyer brokerage ? Discuss with examples.
(a) Real versus Nominal Value
(b) Flat Fee MLS
(c) Real Estate Marketing in India
(d) Marketing Expenses
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : HUMAN AND GROUP BEHAVIOUR
1. What are emotions? Discuss the human sexual behaviour.
2. What is group behaviour? Discuss formal group.
3. What is collaboration? Discuss the collaborative method.
4. What is crowd? Discuss group dynamics and group development.
5. Discuss interpersonal relationship and small-group communication.
6. What do you understand by Spiral of silence? Discuss.
7. Explain ochlocracy.
8. Discuss the terms behavioural sink, collective consciousness and mass
hysteria.
9. What is human behaviour and human evolution? Discuss.
(a) Human Timescales
(b) Bandwagon Effect
(c) Facilitator
(d) Blombos Cave
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : INTRO. TO BEHAVIOURAL Sciences
1. What is behaviour modification ? How is it different from
behaviour management ? Explain.
2. What is behavioural activation ? How is it applied in educational
psychology.
3. What is emotional competence ? Explain its utility.
4. Define behaviourism. Discuss its nature and scope.
5. What do you understand by behavioural ecology ? Explain its
benefits.
6. Explain the scope of behavioural economics in the present day
context.
7. What is social cognition ? Explain with examples.
8. Define social neuroscience. Discuss its relation with other
sciences.
9. What is behavioural science ? Discuss its scope.
(a) Self Control
(b) Anti Social Behaviour
(c) Rebellion
(d) Disposition Effect
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : PERSONALITY, PERCEPTION & ORG. CHANGE
1. Discuss the theories of personality.
2. What is repertory grid? Discuss.
3. Explain thematic apperception test.
4. Discuss humorism.
5. What is sense? Explain.
6. Explain proprioception.
7. Discuss multistable perception.
8. What do you understand by organizational change? Discuss.
9. What is personality? Discuss.
(a) Humanistic theories
(b) Rorschach test
(c) Proscan survey
(d) Perception in-action
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : ORGANISATIONAL AND LEARNING THEORIES
1. Discuss organizational learning.
2. What is learning? Discuss learning theory.
3. What is learning disability? Discuss language based learning disability.
4. Discuss inquiry-based and problem-based learning.
5. Discuss M-learning and E-learning.
6. Discuss active, experimental and action learning.
7. Explain adventure and service-learning.
8. Discuss speed and machine learning.
9. What is organizational culture? Discuss.
(a) Connectivism
(b) Aptitude
(c) Knowledge building
(d) Blended Learning
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : LEADERSHIP, VALUES & TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS
1. Discuss managerial grid model and Fielder contingency model.
2. Discuss Path-goal and functional theory.
3. What is ideal leadership? Discuss leader-member exchange theory.
4. Discuss the role of hero, priest and scout leader.
5. Explain mentorship.
6. Discuss what are values? Discuss value education.
7. Explain servant leadership.
8. What is collaborative leadership? Explain leadership accountability.
9. What is leadership? Discuss leadership development.
(a) Big man (Athropology)
(b) Alpha (Biology)
(c) Minister (Christianity)
(d) Leadership School
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : ORGANISATIONAL STUDIES
1. Discuss self-organisation? Explain organizations that are legal entities.
2. Discuss For-Profit and Non-Profit. Explain.
3. What is Marxism? Discuss Marxist schools of thought.
4. Discuss and differentiate limited and unlimited company. Discuss rational
planning model.
5. What is society? Discuss voluntary association.
6. Explain institutional theory. Discuss the model of organizational justice.
7. Discuss mutual and pacifist organization.
8. Discuss and differentiate between organizational dissent and engineering.
9. What are organizational studies? Discuss the organizational structures.
(a) Charitable trust
(b) Hybrid organization
(c) Scientific management
(d) Corporation
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : CONFLICT AND STRESS MANAGEMENT
1. Discuss the conflict theory and social conflict theory.
2. Discuss the terms conflict criminology, continuum, and analysis.
3. Explain psychoanalysis.
4. What are defense mechanisms? Explain.
5. Discuss the nature and classification of stress. Discuss stress
management.
6. Explain meditation. Discuss the relaxation technique.
7. What do you understand by alternative medicine? Discuss.
8. Discuss Id, Ego and Super ego. Explain alter ego and egolessness.
9. What is conflict? Discuss the cost of conflict.
(a) Ahamkara
(b) Naturopathy
(c) Defense Mechanism
(d) Dispute and conflict resolution
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : BEYOND BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE
1. Discuss the transactional analysis corroboration research project.
2. What do you understand by cognitive bias and confirmation bias?
Discuss.
3. Explain cognitive psychology.
4. Discuss economic sociology.
5. Discuss and differentiate project based and confidence-based learning.
6. Explain psychoacoustics.
7. What is neoclassical economics? Discuss.
8. Discuss what is virtual world language learning.
9. What is transactional analysis? Discuss.
(a) Social perception
(b) Groupthink
(c) Microlearning
(d) Talking circle
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (EDUCATIONAL MGT.)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS IN INDIA
1. Explain the role of UGC in promoting higher education.
2. Is privatization of education the need of the hour ? Explain its
repercussions.
3. Discuss the nature and scope of distance education in the present
day context.
4. Why does India need to stress on technical and vocational
education ? Explain.
5. What is basic education ? Discuss its features.
6. Explain the salient features and recommendations of Malcom
Adiseshiah's Report.
7. How can adult and continuing education help in rural development?
8. What is population education ? How does population education
help in population control ?
9. What do you understand by educational system ? Discuss its
features.
(a) Secondary Education
(b) Social Education
(c) Education Commission
(d) Future of Education
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : EDUCATIONAL THINKER'S VIEWS
1. Discuss the views of Rabindra Nath Tagore on education.
2. What is integral education ? Discuss its benefits.
3. How are development, democracy and education interrelated ?
Explain.
4. Examine the contribution of Lord Macaulay on higher education.
5. Explain the salient features of the contribution of Raja Ram Mohan
Roy on education.
6. Discuss the views of Jean-Jacques Rousseau on adult
education.
7. List out Gary's main contribution to education.
8. Explain the proximate and ultimate aims of education.
9. Explain the relationship among humanity, spirituality and
education.
(a) Intellect, Authority and Intelligence
(b) Educators, Pupils and Parents
(c) Negative Education
(d) Adult Education Programmes
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
1. Discuss the historical views on leadership.
2. What do you understand by strategy formulation? Discuss.
3. Explain strategic planning the schools.
4. Discuss developing leadership at a collective level.
5. Discuss what is educational leadership?
6. Explain productivity management.
7. What do you understand by blended learning solutions and
management? Discuss.
8. Explain the Child and the learning process.
9. What is leadership? Discuss the leadership and emotion.
10. Write the short note on any two of the following:
(a) Two Taxonomies
(b) Leadership styles and Development styles
(c) Development and Components of concept
(d) The planning and political perspective
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
1. What do you understand by secondary school in transition? Discuss.
2. Discuss the structure and size of secondary schools.
3. Explain the principal as a leader.
4. Explain what are external activities and their Management.
5. Discuss the functions and responsibilities of the Principal.
6. Discuss the outside class activities.
7. Explain discipline.
8. Discuss the management of extra class finances.
9. What do you understand by secondary school administration? Discuss
(a) Full time principal
(b) Accreditation and professional organization requirements
(c) First secondary schools
(d) Homerooms
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : DEV. PLANNING IN EDUCATION
1. What is the difference between long range planning and strategic
planning in the context of educational planning ?
2. Discuss the rhetorical, singular, cooperative and corporate plans
for school development.
3. What are the value added programmes in the educational
institutions ? Explain.
4. Discuss the organisational perspectives on resource allocation
for making educational budgets.
5. What is unit costing ? How are unit costs calculated ? Explain.
6. How is project management conducted in educational institutions?
Discuss the main properties of projects.
7. What are the duties of an effective project leader for implementing
educational projects and ideas ? Explain.
8. Differentiate among autocratic leader, democratic leader and
laissez-faire leader.
9. Explain the concept of strategic planning for developing a model
for education in general and the school development plan in
particular.
(a) School Development Plan
(b) Staff Development
(c) Cost Allocation
(d) Cash Apportionment
Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 EDUCATIONAL MARKETING:
1. What is advertising? Discuss the types and criticism of advertising.
2. Discuss what you understand by educational marketing.
3. Discuss the business functions of the heads of educational institutions.
4. Discuss the business management of extra class activities.
5. Discuss the contents of educational specifications.
6. Explain the process of developing educational specification.
7. Discuss the institutions building standards.
8. Explain the Specification programmes.
9. What is marketing? Discuss the four Ps.
(a) Agricultural marketing
(b) Practice in the school
(c) Other activities business functions
(d) Model of educational specification
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : WORLDWIDE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
1. Explain the planning and budgeting scheme for schools.
2. Discuss the developing the standard schedule.
3. Discuss and differentiate between education in Mexico and Brazil.
4. Discuss and differentiate between education in Netherlands and
South Africa.
5. Discuss the student's performance in secondary schools in
America.
6. Explain the role American secondary school principal.
7. Explain the Education in Arab Republic.
8. Explain American school board.
9. Discuss the American secondary school system.
(a) Elective courses
(b) The critical-incident technique
(c) History of education
(d) Education Financing
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : FUTURE OF EDUCATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1. What is entrepreneurship? Discuss its history.
2. What are the qualities and functions of entrepreneurs? Explain.
3. Discuss the curriculum reconstruction in India.
4. Discuss the educational system and educational research in India.
5. Explain the educational planning for future.
6. What is the difference between Open and Distance education?
Discuss.
7. Explain the educational facilities in India.
8. Explain the new issues in education for the future generation.
9. Discuss the importance of entrepreneurship.
(a) Characteristics of an entrepreneur
(b) The concept of caste
(c) Entrepreneurship and the family
(d) Women's Education
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (POLICE ADMINISTRATION)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : EFFECTING POLICING
1. What is a police car ? Discuss its functional types.
2. Explain the law enforcement mechanism in different countries.
3. What is criminal justice ? Discuss the role of policing in the
criminal justice system.
4. Trace the history of criminal justice in India, China and USA.
5. What is public administration ? Discuss its functions.
6. What do you understand by public security ? Explain its scope.
7. Discuss the roles and duties of the police academy.
8. Compare the law enforcement practices in India with any other
country.
9. What do you understand by police service ? Give an overview.
(a) Police Brutality
(b) Chief of Police
(c) Effective Policing
(d) International Police
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : CRIMINOLOGY
1. Define Juvenile Delinquency. Discuss its nature and scope.
2. What is Crime Science ? Explain its utility.
3. What is Emotional Blackmail ? How can this be prevented ?
Discuss.
4. What is Physiognomy ? How can this help in locating criminals ?
Explain.
5. Discuss different schools of thought relating to criminology.
6. What is Rational Choice Thoery ? Explain with examples.
7. What is Bullying ? Trace its history and types.
8. What do you understand by Clandestine Abuse ? How can this
be prevented ? Explain.
5. What is Crime ? How is it different from Criminology ? Explain.
(a) Hate Speech
(b) Mind Control
(c) Fear of Crime
(d) Phrenology
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : CRIMINAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
1. Why do we find caste related violence in India ? Explain.
2. Why are police force blamed for violating human rights ? Discuss.
3. Compare the law enforcement systems in three important
countries.
4. What are the different methods of fingerprint detection ? Explain.
5. What is indictment ? Differentiate between direct and sealed
indictment.
6. What is a warrant ? Trace its history.
7. What is a baton ? Examine its theory, uses and target areas.
8. What is lawful interception ? Explain with examples.
9. Trace the history of Indian Law.
(a) Criminal Investigation
(b) Criminal Laws
(c) Fingerprint Types
(d) Nanomaterials in Ballistics
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : FORENSIC SCIENCE
1. Define forensic astronomy. Explain forensic biology.
2. What is forensic chemistry ? Explain with examples.
3. What is a fingerprint ? How are they examine ? Explain.
4. What is digital forensic ? What are its branches ? Discuss.
5. What do you understand by DNA profiling ? Explain its process.
6. What is forensic engineering ? Discuss its application.
7. Define forensic entomology. What are its sub fields ? Explain
with examples.
8. What is forensic linguistics ? Discuss its applications in legal
proceedings.
9. What is forensic science ? Trace its ancient and modern history.
(a) Forensic Identification
(b) Forensic Photography
(c) Fractography
(d) Diplomatics
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : POLICE REFORMS
1. Discuss the judicial initiatives regarding Police Reforms.
2. Name and explain the important State Police Commissions.
3. What do you understand by Criminalisation of Police ? Explain.
4. What are the causes for popular dissatisfaction with the Police ?
Discuss.
5. What could be the salient features of a model Police Act ? Write
down in detail.
6. Suggest measures for ensuring immediate registration of FIRs
in the Police Station.
7. What do you understand by Police Force argumentation ?
Explain.
8. How can Police help in bringing socio-economic changes ?
Discuss.
9. Is there a need for Police Reforms in India ? Give your own views.
(a) Dehumanisation of Police
(b) Attitudinal Change among Police Personnel
(c) Social Responsibility of Police
(d) Policing in Rural Areas
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : ADVANCED POLICING
1. What is criminal intelligence ? Explain with examples.
2. Discuss the features of automated criminal intelligence
information system.
3. What is crowd control ? How is it effectively done by the Police ?
Explain.
4. Discuss the recent advances in criminal investigation with the
help of Police Dog.
5. What are the uses of Police Radio ? Explain.
6. Discuss the types of Handguns with its utilities.
7. What precautions are to be taken in the process of dignitary
protection ? Explain.
8. What is profiling ? Discuss its phases.
9. Explain the recent developments in Police Administration in
advanced countries.
(a) Crime Analysis
(b) Privacy
(c) Police Diving
(d) Crowd Control Barrier
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : Prof. GORE COMMITTEE REPORT ON POLICE TRG.
1. Inculcate the components of science and technology in the latest
curriculum for Police training.
2. Design a reorientation programme for the existing Police
Personnel.
3. What are the instructional methods and aids used in Police
training? Explain.
4. What could be the ideal Police-Citizen relationship ? Guess and
write.
5. What are the essential components of the training programme
for Constables ? Why their training is most important ? Explain.
6. Can you suggest a foolproof recruitment policy for Police
Personnel ? Explain the entire methodology.
7. Why study of criminology and forensic science essential in Police
training ? Discuss.
8. Explain the revised curriculum for the training of Police Officers
at the National Police Academy.
9. Explain the need of having a clear concept and objectives for
Police training.
(a) Police in the New Social Context
(b) Determinants of Police Efficiency
(c) Training of Armed Police
(d) Police Organisation in India
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : POLICE RESEARCH
1. What is the role of BPR&D in Police Research ? Explain.
2. What do you understand by Police Accountability ? Discuss with
examples.
3. Define offender profiling. How is it conducted ?
4. What is victimology ? Also discuss victimisation rate.
5. What is surveillance ? What are its types ? Explain.
6. What is a victim survey ? Why is it done ? Discuss.
7. What is victim proneness ? Explain with examples.
8. What is correctional administration ? Discuss in the Indian
context.
9. Trace the history of the establishment of the Bureau of Police
Research and Development (BPR&D).
(a) Police Corruption
(b) Data Mining and Profiling
(c) RFID Tagging
(d) Intentional Homicide Rate
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (FASHION TECHNOLOGY)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : HISTORY OF FASHION
1. Describe the Fashion in the period 1550-1600 in Western Europe
with special reference to clothing.
2. Discuss the Fashion in the period 1700-1750 in the European
and European influenced countries.
3. Explain how there was an increase in the Width of Women's
Skirts supported by Crinolines or Hoops during 1850 in the West.
4. Outline the trends in the Development of Fashion during 1900.
5. Trace the history of Western Fashion.
6. Explain the Costumes during the Twelfth Century in Europe.
7. Outline the Hairstyles and Headdresses of the Women in the
Christian Custom.
8. Discuss the growth of fashion in the 14
th
Century Europe.
9. "Fashion in the 15
th
Century Europe was characterised by a Series
of Extremes and Extravagances". Examine this statement.
(a) Mini Skirts and Bell-Bottoms during 1970s
(b) Fashion in the 1990s
(c) Footwear in the Mid 2000s
(d) Hairstyles of the 2000s
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : AREAS OF FASHION
1. What is Hairstyle ? Explain different Hairstyle processes.
2. How are Fashion and Behavioural Economics related ? Discuss.
3. What is Jwellery ? Describe the latest trends in Jwellery Design.
4. What is Fast Fashion ? Discuss its nature and scope.
5. What is Fashion ? Discuss different area of Fashion.
6. What is Clothing ? Trace the origins and history of clothing.
7. What is Costume ? Differentiate between theoretical and national
costumes.
8. Define Cosmetics. Explain and discuss make-up types.
9. What is Personal Grooming ? Discuss in the light of Grooming
as a social activity.
(a) Interior Design
(b) Arts and Crafts
(c) Dance
(d) Slang
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : FASHION DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
1. What are the careers available in the area of Fashion Designing?
Explain in detail.
2. Discuss the aims and objectives of the Fashion Design Council
of India.
3. Name the important Fashion Designers of India and discuss their
special features and contributions.
4. Write the name and their works of the top ten Fashion Designers
of the World.
5. What is Fashion Design ? Explain the history of Fashion Design.
6. Discuss the rise of Men's Fashion including Hairstyles, Coats
and Trousers.
7. "During the late 20
th
Century, Fashions began to criss-cross
international boundaries with rapidity". Examine this statement.
8. What is Fashion Education ? Explain in detail.
9. Trace the history of Fashion Designing in India.
(a) Ritu Beri
(b) Rohit Bal
(c) Taun Tahiliani
(d) Rina Dhaka
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : FASHION FABRIC AND CLOTHING
1. What is Textile Manufacturing ? Explain in detail.
2. How are the Vegetables Fibres grown and processes ? Discuss
in detail.
3. What is Textile Printing ? Trace its origins and the present
procedures.
4. What do you understand by Textile Preservation ? How do climate
and environment affect Textile Preservation ? Explain.
5. What is Textile ? Trace its history and uses.
6. What do you understand by Animal Textiles ? How is it different
from plant, mineral and synthetic textiles ? Explain.
7. Trace the history of Clothing and Textiles in India, Egypt, China
and Japan.
8. Describe the history and development of Silk from ancient
medieval to the present age.
9. Why is there a decline in the European Silk Industry ? Explain.
(a) Woodblock Printing
(b) Textile Recycling
(c) Textile Measurement
(d) Costume Storage
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : FASHION DESIGNERS AND THEIR STYLES
1. What is Sewing ? Explain its patterns.
2. What is Embroidery ? Trace its origins and classification.
3. What is Computerised Embroidery ? Discuss its limitations.
4. What do you understand by Stitches ? Discus its variants.
5. Discuss the structure of Fashion Design.
6. What do you understand by Haute Couture ? Explain in detail.
7. Explain Ready-to-Wear Garments.
8. Differentiate among American, British, French, Italian and Swiss
Fashion Design.
9. What is Punk Fashion ? Discuss its history during the last 30
years.
(a) Needlework
(b) English Embroidery
(c) Embroidery of West Bengal
(d) Handmade Carpets
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : FASHION JOURNALISM
1. How are Fashion Journalism and Fashion Retail interrelated ?
Discuss in detail.
2. What are the qualities of Good Fashion Writers ? Name a few
Renowned Fashion Writers.
3. How to become a Freelance Fashion Writer ? Explain.
4. What are the challenges regarding the practices of Fashion
Journalism ? Discuss.
5. What is Fashion Journalism ? How is it different from Fashion
Publishing ? Explain.
6. Are Fashion Journalism and the Internet correlated ? Discuss.
7. What kinds of careers are available in the area of Fashion
Journalism ? Explain.
8. Examine the politics of Fashion Journalism.
9. What do you understand by Fashion Feature Writing ? Explain.
(a) Fashion Magazines Internship
(b) Fashion Writer's Verdict
(c) Building a Shoe Wardrobe
(d) Vocational Education of Fashion Journalists
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : FASHION SHOWS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT
1. What are the achievements of Doha (Qatar) Fashion Show held
in December 2010 ?
2. What do you understand by Bespoke Clothing ? Explain.
3. Discuss the aims and objectives of Federation Francaise De La
Couture. Name their Members.
4. Is Fashion a Buyers' Market ? Give your own views.
5. What is a Fashion Show ? Trace its history.
6. What are the characteristics of Fashion Shows ? Explain.
7. What is Fashion Capital ? Explain with examples.
8. Describe the details of New York Fashion Week.
9. Trace the history of the French Fashion.
(a) Behind the Scenes of the Fashion Industry
(b) Inside Scoop on Breaking into the Fashion Business
(c) Shades of Green Pop Up at New York Fashion Week
(d) Web 2.0 Creating a Digital Revolution for Fashion
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : SUSTAINABLE FASHION
1. What do you understand by Trashion ? Explain its philosophy
and history.
2. Define Airdye. Discuss its applications and characteristics.
3. Explain the term "Wool". Discuss its characteristics, processing,
quality and utilisation.
4. Examine the physical and the chemical properties of Silk.
5. What is Sustainable Fashion ? Discuss its requirements.
6. Trace the history of the Reusable Shopping Bags.
7. What do you understand by Fair Trade ? Explain the general
structure of the Fair Trade Movement.
8. Discuss the historical developments in the cultivation and
utilisation of Cotton.
9. What is genetically modified Cotton ? Is it different from Organic
Cotton ? Explain in detail.
(a) Silk Cultivation
(b) Angora Wool
(c) Organic Baby Products
(d) Alpaca
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (PEACE AND GLOBAL SECURITY)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : Peacekeeping, Peacemaking, Peacebuilding
1. Discuss the role of peacekeeping movement in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
2. What is the status of United Nations Operations in the Congo ? Explain.
3. What is the difference among peacekeeping, peacemaking and
peacebuilding ? Discuss.
4. What are the roles and responsibilities of UN observer missions in India
and Pakistan.
OR
Peacekeeping technique can prevent the conflict. Examine this statement.
5. Discuss the role of United Nations and its specialised agencies in peace
keeping.
6. Discuss the role and functions of United Nations Truce Supervision
Organisation.
7. How can the peace keeping movement be made stronger ? Discuss.
8. Discuss the objectives of United Nations Disengagement Observer Force.
OR
Explain the contribution of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.
9. What have been the important peace keeping operations from 1956 till
date ? Discuss.
10. What are the common features of peacekeeping operations ? How does
a peacekeeping mission start ? How much does it costs ?
OR
Discuss the salient features of United Nations Truce Supervision
Organisation.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : Global Wars and International Security
1. Suggest activities for the students of general knowledge for collecting
data on peacemaking in the selected countries of the world.
2. Discuss the internal crisis and boarder problems in different parts of
Africa.
OR
Discuss the lessons learned from the Cambodian conflict.
3. Why is Crime Prevention so urgent ? Discuss.
OR
Explain the requirements of an Ideological Struggle.
4. Discuss the current activities in preventive diplomacy, peacemaking and
peacekeeping in Afghanistan.
5. How can countries prevent conflicts ? Discuss the role of United Nations
in the prevention of conflicts.
6. Discuss the different aspects of the Central American Peace Process.
7. Discuss the future of Economic Integration in America.
OR
What is Conflict Resolution ? Explain.
8. Discuss the issues relating to preventive diplomacy among African
Countries / States.
9. Discuss the benefits of timely decisions in the field of Military and Strategic
Security for preventing wars.
10. Discuss the effects of inter-regional military training in Africa as a
confidence building factor.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : International Organisations & Global Peace
1. How does International Law works under the body of treaties, customary
laws, judicial decisions and other relevant sources playing a central role
in promoting economic and social development as well as international
peace and security among the nations of the world ?
2. Can there be a South-Asian option if we do not get India's seat in the
Security Council ?
3. Discuss the salient features of the Disarmament Resolution adopted by
the General Assembly of the United Nations.
4. Suggest new ways and means for strengthening the cause of United
Nations by adopting new values and new methods.
5. Examined the peacekeeping operations of United Nations.
6. What is Arms Reduction ? Why is it required ?
OR
What are the specific powers of the Security Council of the United Nations?
Discuss in detail.
7. What are the New Departures in Peacekeeping ? Discuss.
OR
How is Post Conflict in Peacebuiding solved ? Explain.
8. Discuss the role of United Nations in Disarmament Movement.
Are Nuclear Weapons essential ? Explain.
9. Discuss the Millennium Forum of the United Nations Resolutions on
Peace, Security and Disarmament.
10. Why does United Nations establish more and more sanctions regimes
than ever before ?
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : Regional Security and Confidence Building
1. What is the significance of regional approaches to disarmament and
international security ? Explain in detail.
2. Discuss the security concerns in the Korean Peninsula.
3. What are the cooperation and confidence building measures being adopted
by the United Nations for the countries in Latin America and the
Caribbeans ?
4. What do you understand by Nuclear Disarmament ? Explain.
OR
What are the Security Concerns in Japan ? Describe.
5. Discuss the security issues with special reference to the South-East
Asian Countries.
6. How can we prevent war through multilateral Confidence Building ? Discuss
in detail.
7. What are the Security Building and Confidence Building measures for
Asian and the Pacific ?
OR
Discuss the problems and prospects of Southern Africa's Security.
8. Discuss the Agenda for Peace in the Central Africa.
9. Discuss the openness and transparencies in the ASEAN Countries.
10. Design and propose the plan of Security for South Pacific Island Countries
OR
Discuss the features of the Non-Aggression Pact.
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : Treaties on War, Peace and Security
1. Discuss the features of the South-East Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
(Bangkok) Treaty.
2. Examine the functioning of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
OR
Discuss the disastrous effects of Dumping of Radio Active Wastes.
3. What are the special features of the United Nations model rules for
conciliation of the disputes ?
4. Discuss the United Nations Resolution on the establishment of a nuclear
weapon free zone in Central Asia.
OR
Discuss the features of 1996 African Nuclear Weapon Free Treaty.
5. What are the details of the convention on the prohibition of the
development, production and stoppiling and use of chemical weapons
and their destructions ?
6. What is the comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ?
7. Are the treaties on war and peace effective ? Why developed nations do
not agree to the protocols signed for peace and security ?
8. Describe the salient features of the American Commission of Nuclear
Energy.
OR
What is Hydroacoustic Monitoring ? Explain.
9. How does UN help in preventing the illcit trade of small arms and light
weapons ?
10. Discuss the Report of the Third Annual Conference of the States Parties
to amended protocol on the prohibitions or restrictions on the use of
mines, booby-traps and other devices.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : WORLD CONFLICTS
1. Trace the history of conflicts in Sri Lanka.
2. Explain the future of the peace process in the Israeli Palestinian conflict.
3. What is the positi on of the Spanish Government on Basque
Independence? Explain.
4. Explain the reasons of the conflicts and wars in Afghanistan.
5. Explain the reasons of violence in Chechnya.
6. Discuss the reasons of conflicts in Armenia.
7. Name the Terrorists Groups in India and Pakistan.
8. What happened to the Civil War fought in Colombia ? Explain its origins.
9. Discuss the major troublespots and the reasons of wars in Iran.
(a) Religious Intolerance
(b) Kashmir related Problems
(c) UN Peace Keeping Force in Cyprus
(d) Iraq War
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : REGIONAL LAWS ON TERRORISM
1. List out the Resolutions of the Council of Europe Convention on the
prevention of Terrorism.
2. What were the salient features of the Treaty on cooperation among the
Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States signed at
Minsk ? Explain.
3. Examine the European Parliament's Resolution regarding combating of
terrorism.
4. Describe the features of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington
DC in April 1944.
5. Explain the provision of Terrorism to include "Acts of Urban Violence" in
the European Union Laws.
6. Discuss the resolutions concluded at Washington regarding the Acts of
Terrorism taking the form of Crimes against persons and related extortion.
7. Discuss the OAU Convention on the prevention and combating of terrorism
held at Algiers in 1994.
8. Discuss the provisions made during the SAARC Regional Convention on
suppression of Terrorism.
9. What was discussed during the convention of the organisation of the
Islamic Conference on combating international terrorism ?
(a) Terrorism and the US Patriot Act
(b) Asia-Pacific Cross Border On-line Rights Network
(c) Anti-Terror Conventions in Asia and the Pacific
(d) Liability of Legal Persons
Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : INTERNATIONAL LAWS ON TERRORISM
1. Describe the Resolutions of the International Convention held in 2005 for
the suppression of acts of Nuclear Terrorism.
2. Explain the provisions of the New York Convention on the prevention and
punishment of crimes against internationally protected persons.
3. List out the Security Council's Resolutions on Terrorism.
4. What are the salient features of the Montreal Convention on the marking
of plastic explosives for the purpose of identification ?
5. Is there a need for more numbers of anti-terror laws ? Do we need to
implement the existing laws effectively ?
6. Discuss the salient features of the Tokyo Convention on offences
committed on board aircraft.
7. Mention the provisions discussed and resolved during New York
International Convention for the suppression of Terrorist Bombings.
8. What provisions were declared during the Montreal Convention on
Suppression of unlawful acts of violence at airports serving international
civil aviation ? Discuss.
9. What were the Resolutions passed during the Hague Convention for the
suppression of unlawful seizure of aircrafts ? Explain.
(a) 26 / 11 Attack in Mumbai
(b) Financing of Terrorism
(c) Safety of Maritime Navigation
(d) Drug Trafficking
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (MATERIALS MANAGEMENT)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : PURCHASING MANAGEMENT
1. What is Demand Chain Management ? Explain its competitive advantages
as well as misconceptions.
2. What do you understand by Distribution ? Discuss different channels of
distribution.
3. Define Inventory. Explain Inventory Management and its importance.
4. What is Logistics Engineering ? Discuss its utility.
5. What is Purchasing ? Discuss the processes involved in purchasing.
6. Define Supply Chain Management. Explain the problems addressed by
Supply Chain Management.
7. What is Logistics ? Trace its origins and types.
8. What do you understand by Material Requirements Planning ? Discuss
its scope in manufacturing.
9. Explain procurement. Explain different steps in procurement.
(a) Order Fulfilment
(b) Service Management
(c) Supply Management
(d) Performance Based Logistics
(e) Cargo
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
1. Define a Warehouse. Explain its types and modern trends.
2. What do you understand by Automated Storage and Retrieval System ?
Discuss in details.
3. What is Outsourcing ? Why do companies outsource ? Explain.
4. What are the future prospects of Internet enabled supply chain
management ? Discuss.
5. What is Materials Management ? Discuss its nature and scope.
6. What do you understand by the cost of goods sold ? Explain.
7. What is Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) ? What are its underlying
assumptions and extensions ? Discuss.
8. Define Inventory Investment. Explain its types.
9. What is Stock Management ? Discuss its business models.
(a) E-Procurement for Government
(b) Logistics for Customer Satisfaction
(c) Supply Chain Strategies
(d) BAR Codes - The Easy Way for SCM Efficiency
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : MATERIALS DISPOSAL MANAGEMENT
1. Define Reverse Auction. Explain e-Reverse Auction in the Public Sector
Procurement.
2. What is Garage Sale ? Discuss with examples.
3. Explain Foreclosure. Describe the types of Foreclosure.
4. What is a Landfill Site ? Discuss the regional practices of creating Landfill
Sites in different countries.
5. What is Auction ? Trace the history of Auction.
6. Differentiate between Primary and Secondary Types of Auction.
7. What do you understand by Chinese Auction ? Explain.
8. What is Auction Sniping ? What are the uses of Bid Sniping ? Discuss.
9. What is an eBay ? Trace its origins and history.
(a) Incineration
(b) Recycling
(c) Waste-to-Energy
(d) Biomedical Waste
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
1. Define Cargo Scanning. How is it conducted ? Explain.
2. Described Containerization in the context of Freight Rail Transport.
3. What is Transport Engineering ? Discuss its nature and scope.
4. Describe the problem of package pilferage. Explain appropriate solutions
for retail loss.
5. What do you understand by Transportation ? Discuss different modes of
Transportation.
6. Trace the history of Transport in India.
7. What is a Fuel Card or a Fleet Card ? Trace its origins.
8. What are Cargo Airlines or Airfreight Carriers ? Name ten notable Cargo
Airlines.
9. What is Cargo Cult ? Discuss its causes beliefs and practices.
(a) Organised Retail Crime
(b) Possession of Stolen Goods
(c) Beach Cleaner
(d) Indian Road Network
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT
1. What do you understand by Bullwhip Effect ? Discuss its causes and
consequences.
2. Define Customer Relationship Management. Explain its benefits,
challenges and complexity.
3. What is Demand Chain Management ? Describe its advantages.
4. What is Demand Chain ? Link Demand and Supply Chains.
5. What is Procurement ? Trace its history and processes.
6. What do you understand by the principle of inventory proportionality ?
Explain in detail.
7. What is Collecting Buying Power ? Discuss with examples.
8. Define e-Procurement. What are its advantages and disadvantages ?
Explain.
9. What is Outsourcing or Sub-servicing ? Discuss its implications.
(a) Product Distribution
(b) Logistics
(c) Data Warehouse
(d) Capacity Planning
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : STORES MANAGEMENT
1. Discuss the history and growth of Supermarkets in the developing
countries.
2. What is on-line shopping ? Discuss its merits and demerits.
3. Explain the features of automated storage and retrieval system.
4. What do you understand by voice directed warehousing ? Explain.
5. What do you mean by Chain Store ? Trace its history.
6. What is a Convenience Store ? Discuss its types and its difference with
super markets.
7. What is a Departmental Store ? Trace its history and its emergence in
different countries in the world including India.
8. Explain the history and growth of Discount Stores.
OR
What is a Variety Store ? Discuss its types in different countries.
9. What is a Hyper Market ? Trace its history, types and success rates.
(a) Inventory Control System
(b) Vendor Managed Inventory
(c) Material Requirements Planning
(d) Scan-based Trading
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : NEGOTIATIONS AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
1. What is Construction Bidding ? Explain its process.
2. What is Supply Chain Security ? What are its key initiatives ? Discuss.
3. What do you understand by Turnkey ? Discuss its uses in business.
4. Explain Alternative Dispute Resolution by discussing its types and
features.
5. What is Negotiations ? Discuss different approaches to negotiations.
6. Define Leverage in the context of Negotiations.
OR
What do you understand by Porter's Five Forces Analysis ? Explain.
7. What is Contracts Management ? Discuss its areas.
8. What are the salient features of the United Nations Convention on
Contracts for the International Sale of Goods ? Explain.
9. What do you mean by Uniform Commercial Code ? Discuss its articles.
(a) Arbitration
(b) Bargaining
(c) Conciliation
(d) Lead Time
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : EMERGING ISSUES IN MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
1. Discuss the theory of constraints.
2. What is Visual Merchandising ? Explain in detail.
3. What is Collective Action ? Discuss in different contexts.
4. Explain the utility of "Six Sigma".
5. What is Packaging ? Trace its history.
6. Explain Channel Value Proposition.
OR
What do you understand by Container Security Initiatives ? Discuss.
7. Describe the philosophy and approaches to "Just-in-Time".
8. What is Just-in-Sequence ? Discuss its concepts.
9. What is Lean Manufacturing ? Trace its origins.
(a) Game Theory
(b) Tie-in
(c) Cash Conversion Cycle
(d) Enterprise Resource Planning
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (RURAL DEVELOPMENT)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : INTRODUCTION TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT
1. What is the present scenario of Rural Development in India ? Discuss.
2. What are the constraints of providing Telecom Services in all the Rural
Areas ? Explain.
3. Trace the history of Rural Development.
4. How can Rural Development take place with the strengthened powers of
Panchayati Raj Institutions ? Explain.
5. What is the status of IRDP in South Asia ? Explain countrywise position.
6. What are the different methods of Rural Development ? Explain.
7. Discuss possible changes in the roles of Rural Development Grassroot
Level Functionaries.
8. How can Bureaucracy help implement Rural Development Programmes?
Explain.
9. What do you understand by participatory Rural Governance ? Discuss.
(a) Rural Development versus Urban Development
(b) Rural Roads and Transportation
(c) Planned Rural Development
(d) Rural Development Strategies
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : RURAL BANKING IN INDIA
1. Compare the functioning of Rural Banks vis-a-vis Urban Banks.
2. What are the constraints regarding Loan Recovery from Rural Farmers ?
Explain.
3. How are Rural Economy and Rural Banking related ? Explain.
4. What are the special Rural Banking guidelines in India ? Discuss.
5. What are the benefits of biometric supported ATMs ? Explain.
6. Differentiate between Cooperative Banks and Rural Banks.
7. What are the basic functions of Regional Rural Banks ? Discuss.
8. Locate the economic problems among villagers. How can Rural Banks
help solve these problems ? Explain.
9. What are the limitations of Rural Credit Policies ? Discuss.
(a) NABARD
(b) Local Area Banks
(c) Causes of Backwardness in Villages
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : RURAL EMPLOYMENT
1. How can the problems of unemployment, underemployment and
insurgency be solved in the rural areas ? Discuss
2. Design an Employment Plan for Rural India.
3. What is Employment Quality Index ? Explain with examples.
4. What are the economic policies for employment generation in rural areas?
Explain.
5. What is Rural Employment ? Discuss its scope.
6. Why casualisation in Rural Employment increasing day by day ? Discuss.
7. How can the educational background of Rural Workers be improved ?
Explain.
8. What are the provisions under the National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act ? Discuss.
9. How can women be employed in the Rural Informal manufacturing sector?
Explain.
(a) Employment Diversification within Agriculture
(b) Employment under the Spell of Economic Reforms
(c) Global Employment Scenario
(d) Employment vis-a-vis Training Needs
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT
1. Explain the decentralised multi-level planning and rural development
planning in India.
2. What is Integrated Rural Development ? Discuss.
3. How can Renewable Energy be produced in rural areas ? Explain.
4. What have been the new experiments in integrated rural development ?
Explain.
5. How can medical services be optimised in rural areas ? Design an action
plan.
6. What are salient features of the National Rural Health Mission ? Explain.
7. Discuss the relationship between Democratic Governance and Rural
Development.
8. What is the level of development participation of women in SAARC and
Asia Pacific countries in the context of entrepreneurship ? Explain.
9. What is Integrated Rural Development ? Discuss.
(a) SGSY
(b) Panchayati Raj System
(c) Leadership Training for Rural Development
(d) Regional Development Planning Theories
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1. Has rural housing programme in India been successful ? Give your own
views.
2. Discuss the efforts of the Governments of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat,
Maharashtra and Punjab for Rural Entrepreneurship.
3. How can functional literacy training help in developing women as
entrepreneurs ? Explain.
4. Discuss the need of having grassroot level NGO based Entrepreneurship
Training Centres in India.
5. How can training for rural governance and leadership be dovetailed in
Rural Entrepreneurship programme ?
6. What is Rural Entrepreneurship ? Explain.
7. How can agro industries be developed in rural areas ? Explain.
8. Compare the rural entrepreneurship programme of India with that of Korea,
China and Japan.
9. How can Rural Entrepreneurship help in the development of Rural
Industries? Discuss.
(a) Voluntarism and Rural Development
(b) Rural Environment
(c) Rural Poor
(d) Women Entrepreneurship
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : PANCHAYATI RAJ AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
1. Consider to what extent political parties should participate in Panchayati
Raj elections.
2. How far would you agree that lack of constitutional support for local self-
government, below the State level, has halted the process of
decentralisation?
3. Consider the working of panchayati raj, from the angle of wider participation
and inclusion of weaker sections, in the States of Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka and West Bengal.
4. What do you understand by the "Four Pillar State"? Has our political
system hijacked the concept of panchayati raj ? Give your view point.
5. Discuss the significant role of women, through reservations as elected
representatives on local bodies under Panchayati Raj. Comment on the
successful experience of women in Karnataka.
6. Does Panchayati Raj lead to greater empowerment of citizens at the
village level? Explain the process.
7. Analyse the main factors that determine the level of perception of leaders,
youth and women in the new Panchayati Raj system.
8. Panchayati Raj Institutions are a means of transferring power back to
the people to whom this power really belongs. Explain this statement to
define the concept of grassroots democracy.
9. What was the necessity of the Constitution (Seventy-third) Amendment
Act, 1992? Briefly state the salient provisions of the Act.
10. Write a short note on any two of the following :
(a) Gram Sabha
(b) Reservation for Backward Classes in Panchayat
(c) Removal of Chairperson of a Panchayat
(d) Mahatma Gandhi's views on Panchayati Raj
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT
1. Give the functional constraints of gram sabhas. What in your view is the
real challenge in reconnecting or re-engaging the "Sabha", the majoritarian
assembly, and the affairs of the "Gram" (village)?
2. Reflect on a meaningful linkage between the panchayats (the formal
sector) and NGOs (the informal sector), to facilitate development process
at local levels.
3. List out some of the most pressing issues of the grass roots village
community that are discussed for resolution by gram sabhas.
4. What are agro-industries and how essential are they for sustaining rural
development?
5. Give a proposed framework for a sustainable national integrated rural
energy programme.
6. Draw up a sustainable plan for agriculture for rural development.
7. State the functions and scope of the gram sabha in Karnataka.
8. What are the powers and functions of the Gram Sabha? What level of
independence do they enjoy?
9. What should a reform process for Indian agriculture take into account in
order to give a big push to the rural economy?
10. Write a short note on any two of the following :
(a) The Dantawala Committee
(b) Carrying technology and research back to the farmer
(c) Rural transport infrastructure
(d) Planning Commission.
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : GENDER, POPULATION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
1. Is the Gandhian philosophy on rural development relevant in today's
circumstances?
2. Give the most outstanding features of the statistics according to the
Census of India 2001.
3. Give an account of the salient features of the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana as
guaranteeing employment to the landless labourers.
4. Bring out the inter-relationship among population, gender fertility and
mortality in determining the process of socio-economic development.
5. Rural women play a major role in agricultural production, food security
and rural development. Elaborate.
6. How can changes in tenure systems contribute to favourable demographic
responses, particularly with regard to fertility / mortality?
7. To what extent are gender bias and stereotyping, major stumbling blocks
to adopting more equitable policies?
8. Outline the salient features of major Centrally sponsored schemes for
rural development under the current Five Year Plan.
9. According to Dr. M.S.Swaminathan, information technology can bring
improved production and marketing of agricultural products. education
and entertainment to India. Do you agree? If so, give reasons.
10. Write a short note on any two of the following:
(a) Gender bias
(b) Changes in cropping patterns
(c) Fertility rates
(d) Micro-credit for women
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MBA / Ex.MBA : THIRD SEMESTER (SOCIAL WORK MANAGEMENT)
Time 3 Hours Paper - 1 : INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK
1. What is Social Work ? Give its historical background.
2. What do you understand by the Gandhian approach to Social Work?
Explain.
3. What are the principles of Social Work ? Explain.
4. Discuss the relationship between Psychology and Social Work.
5. Trace the history of Social Work in ancient India
6. What are the professional traits required for Social Work ? Explain.
7. Discuss the philosophy of Social Work.
8. Elucidate on the importance of Social Work in today's world.
9. Differentiate between Social Work and Voluntarism.
(a) Misconceptions regarding Social Work
(b) Religious Reforms as Social Work
(c) Swadeshi Andolan
(d) Dignity of Man
Time 3 Hours Paper - 2 : RESOURCE MOBILISATION FOR SOCIAL WORK
1. What are the possibilities of providing awareness through NGOs for
ensuring tribal rights ? Discuss.
2. Are NGOs tax exempt ? Where do they get the exemption from ? Describe
the procedure.
3. Why are Voluntary Organisations getting financial assistance ? Explain.
4. Describe the role and importance of mobilization of local community
resources in development programmes.
5. "Monitoring of performance is essential for the purpose of accountability."
Explain.
6. What do you understand by Rural Resource Development? Discuss.
7. What is Fund Raising ? How can this technique be transferred to the
grassroot level NGOs ? Explain.
8. Design action plans to be implemented as a social work for the
development of youth in the rural areas.
9. What is a self-help group ? How can womens empowerment be achieved
through the self-help groups ? Explain.
(a) Planning for Social Work
(b) Community Development and Social Work
(c) Self Employment and Social Work
(d) Motivation for Social Work
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 3 : SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
1. What do you understand by the doctrine of Trusteeship as envisaged by
Mahatma Gandhi ?
2. What is Social Development ? Discuss its scope.
3. Explain the problems solving model of social development in Indian
context.
4. Write down the important features of Social Work Intervention.
5. Explain the problems solving model of social development in Indian
context.
6. What are the expected roles of Social Workers ? Discuss
7. Trace the components of Religion and God in Gandhian Thoughts.
8. Explain three categories of regulations to protect the public.
9. What is Bureaucracy ? Discuss different types of Bureaucrats
(a) Bureaucratic Succession
(b) Indicators of Social Development
(c) Rural Technology
(d) Ram Rajya
Time 3 Hours Paper - 4 : SOCIAL WORK & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
1. Discuss the need of the knowledge of behavioural science to social
workers.
2. Describe the need and importance of Organisation of Training of Social
workers for Community development.
3. Name the India based agencies engaged in urban development of the
country.
4. Discuss the nature and scope of community organisation practice in
Social Work.
5. How does UN work as a social development organisation ? Explain.
6. Discuss the role of leadership, supervision and coordination in community
development.
7. What is Community Development ? Design the content for providing
training to community development workers
8. Describe the functions of International Agencies in performing Social
Welfare activities.
9. Explain the history of Social Welfare in India.
(a) Financing of Social Work
(b) Social Change and Community Development
(c) Adult Education
(d) Research in Social Work
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 5 : SOCIAL UNREST AND VIOLENCE
1. How can social unrest be controlled during the war ? Discuss.
2. What is Naxalism ? Why is it growing ? Explain.
3. Why is violence against women increasing ? Give reasons.
4. How does black money some times help in promoting social unrest ?
Explain.
5. What is Communal Violence ? Briefly describe the unrest which has
occurred due to two Communal Violences during the last five years in
India.
6. What are the reasons of Social Unrest ? Explain
7. Discuss the anatomy of social unrest and corruption.
8. Write down the theoretical explanation of violent behaviour.
9. What is Alcoholism ? What are the disastrous effects of Alcoholism ?
(a) Racial Violence
(b) Communalism
(c) Ethnic Violence
(d) Women's Harassment
Time 3 Hours Paper - 6 : HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL WORK
1. What do you understand by LGBT Rights ? Discuss
2. Write an essay on Hobbes Natural Law.
3. What do you understand by Human Rights ?
4. How can water supply be ensured to everyone as this is the right of every
human being ?
5. Discuss the philosophy of Human Rights.
6. What are the provisions under International Human Rights Instruments?
Explain.
7. Explain International Human Rights Law.
8. Highlight the elements of national security and human rights.
9. Trace the history of Human Rights in India.
(a) Moral Relativism
(b) Moral Universalism
(c) Cultural Relativism
(d) Reproductive Rights
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Time 3 Hours Paper - 7 : CHANGING DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL WORK
1. What is Casteism ? Explain the disadvantages of Casteism.
2. How can Womens Empowerment be ensured ? Explain.
3. Highlight the changing dimensions of social work.
4. How can child care programmes be implemented as a part of social
work activity ? Explain.
5. Write down the functions of Family Welfare agencies.
6. What is the future of the Welfare State ? Discuss
7. Discuss the typology of Social Work.
8. What is ageing ? How can aged people the helped as a voluntary activity?
9. How can training to social workers be given through instructional texts
prepared in the Indian context ? Explain.
(a) Casteless Society
(b) Changing Dimensions of Social Work
(c) Future of Social Work Research
(d) Management of Social Work
Time 3 Hours Paper - 8 : FUTURE OF SOCIAL WORK
1. Describe Deprivation Theory of Social Movements.
OR
Describe Structural Strain Theory of Social Movements.
2. Discuss the scope of social work in international development
3. Who is a Social Worker ? Discuss the role of a professional social
worker.
4. Discuss the relationship between international relations and social work.
5. Discuss the history of Community Organising for Social Work in the
United States.
6. How can education for social work be taught at school and college levels?
Explain.
7. What is social engineering ? Explain with examples.
8. How does social change take place after doing social work ? Discuss.
9. Design community development projects as a part of Masters Degree
in Social Work.
(a) Research and Social Work
(b) Social Actions for Social Work
(c) Social Justice and Social Work
(d) Policy Analysis and Social work
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MBA / Ex.MBA : FOURTH SEMESTER
Time 3 Hours Paper 1 - MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
1. Explain the differences between manual MIS and Computer-based MIS.
2. Explain the different approaches to evaluating MIS.
OR
Explain the planning for implementation step in MIS.
3. What is the impact of computers on organizational functions?
OR
Discuss the recent development in IT and their applications.
4. Explain decision-making and its various steps.
5. Explain the importance of information in the decision-making process.
6. How can the Internet be used to promote a product? Explain.
7. Explain the implementation, testing and maintenance stages of system
development profess.
8. Explain the development of various design steps of conceptual design.
OR
Describe the problem partitioning method of system design.
9. Explain the categories of robots that can be used in an organization for
performing business activities.
10. Write Short notes on any two of the following :
(a) Business Information System
(b) Characteristics of Information Systems
(c) Functional Components of information management
(d) Transaction Cost Theory of Impact of IT
Time 3 Hours Paper 2 - LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
1. The inventory control system may need to be modified as demand costs
and competitive pressure changes. What are the parameters that should
be reviewed for the fixed recorder quantity and periodic reorder systems?
2. Explain how transport economics is influenced by the following factors :
(a) Distance (b) Stowability
(c) Liability (d) Joint costs
3. Discuss and illustrate the economic justification for establishing a
warehouse. How do you determine the number of locations and size of
the facilities?
4. What is the primary purpose of communication in packaging? Is the role
of communication more important for the customer or the logistical
channel? Give your reasons.
OR
Discuss the difference between one-way and reusable packaging.
Discuss the role of return logistic systems in reusable packaging.
5. What are the difference between "logistics" and "SCM" on the basis of
definitions of the Council of Logistics Management?
OR
How do you measure the performance of a supply chain?
6. What are the key features of CMS?
7. What do you understand by Supply Chain Business Process Integration?
8. Who are the key actors and what are the current issues in logistics
management?
9. Explain the relevance of the product life cycle in determining the logistics
requirements during the life cycle of a product.
OR
What do you understand by basic logistics services, value-added services,
zero defect and perfect order? Provide two examples of each.
10. A superior locational network can provide competitive advantage to the
firm. Elaborate on this statement.
OR
How does RFID technology facilitate in information collection and exchange
throughout the supply chain?
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Time 3 Hours Paper 3 - MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS
1. Explain how ERP can help in management control information.
OR
Define adapting control systems and explain system evaluation and
adaptation.
2. Outline a procedure for evaluating a planning and control system. If you
were called in by the president of a local organization to bid on a contract
to evaluate his system, would you feel comfortable in explaining your
approach to him? What questions might he ask?
3. What part does an investment centre manager (e.g., a divisional general
manager in a product-based organization) play in the organization, what
information would you want before you approved a capital investment
request or a machine disposal request?
4. Explain how project budgets are formulated.
5. What is the efficient way of Project Control and its success factors?
OR
Explain Progress Measurement Technique (PROMT).
6. Explain Performance Monitoring Technique (PERMIT).
7. Explain the concept of Management Control and discuss the necessity
of such control.
8. Distinguish between strategic planning and strategic control.
9. What are the positive and negative effects that can be expected in the
future from the increasing use of computer-based information systems
and management science models?
OR
In what situations, if any, do you think the uses of statistical techniques
of control are appropriate? What are the barriers to the introduction of
such techniques?
10. Does the zero-base budgeting system described in this unit assume a
realistic view of how decisions are made in organizations? What are its
strengths and weaknesses?
OR
To which steps in an organization's nine-step planning and control process
do the methods and techniques contained in texts on managerial
accounting relate?
Time 3 Hours Paper 4 - STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. Identify two industries experiencing rapid technological changes and three
industries experiencing slow or little technological change. Compare and
contrast the environmental factors in these industries.
OR
Use Porter's five-forces model to evaluate competitiveness in any two of
the following Indian industries:
(a) Information Technology
(b) Biotechnology
(c) Insurance and financial services
(d) Airlines
2. Explain the concept of corporate restructuring.
3. How would profit and non-profit organization differ in their applications of
the strategy formulation framework?
4. What do you mean by resource allocation? What are factor affecting
resource allocation? Explain briefly the difficulties that arise during
allocating resources?
5. Explain the differences between strategic control and operational control.
6. Explain the historical development of Strategic Management?
7. Explain McKinsey's framework of the 7-S's and describe its relevance in
strategic management.
8. Explain the techniques of improving strategic decisions.
OR
What is Hofer's Product-Market Evolution Matrix? Explain the basis of
its two parameters.
9. A Mission Statement defines the company's business, its objective and
its approach to attain the objectives. Explain this statement.
10. Explain value chain analysis in detail.
OR
What are the Barriers to environmental Appraisal? Explain.
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Time 3 Hours Paper 5 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1. Demand estimate is an important part of a project feasibility study. What
are the points we should consider in estimating demand?
OR
Explain briefly the methods used for demand forecasting.
2. Why should we undertake a financial appraisal of capital investment in a
project? What are the two main issues to be resolved in this process?
3. Explain briefly the benefits of economic appraisal.
4. Describe the differences between project planning and project control.
Illustrate with the example of any typical project.
OR
What are the typical problems in project control? Suggest simple way to
minimize, if not eliminate, these problems.
5. What are the factors determining the style of leadership to be selected
by a project manager? Which style would you must recommend for a
typical Indian public sector project and a private sector project? Why?
6. What are the different Project Management approaches? Explain.
7. Explain the different stages of the product life cycle.
8. What are the different principles of project management?
OR
Explain different techniques for SCBA.
9. Write short notes on each of the following:
(a) Technical Appraisal of projects
(b) Managerial appraisal of projects
(c) Environmental appraisal of projects.
10. Explain the types of charts and layouts that can be developed in technical
appraisal.
Time 3 Hours Paper 6 - ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
1. How does an entrepreneur create employment opportunities for the
country?
2. Briefly discuss the opportunity analysis for promotion of a venture.
3. Discuss the stages of venture capital financing.
OR
Name the specialist who have given the view points on entrepreneurship.
Describe the view of any one of them.
4. What is the role of EDP in promoting economic development of economy?
5. What is Social Entrepreneurial Economics? Discuss.
OR
What is Knowledge Entrepreneur? Discuss its uses.
6. What are the types of entrepreneurs?
7. What do you understand by social and economic theories?
OR
What is Maslow's need hierarchy theory. Debate its merits and demerits.
8. Innovation and entrepreneur are directly related to each other. Comment.
9. Suppose you want to establish a business. You have two option with
you, one commencing the business from the scratch and the other buying
an existing business. Which one would you prefer? Justify your answer.
OR
Explain the role of Government in organizing EDPs.
10. Explain the following terms:
(a) Small industries service Institutes (SISIs)
(b) Small Industries Development Organization (SIDO)
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Time 3 Hours Paper 7 - CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
1. Explain different managerial roles in corporate governance.
OR
What is Attitude? What are the different components of attitude? What
are the work related attitudes and explain about Job Satisfaction.
2. What do you understand by keiretsu in the Japanese model?
3. What do you understand by regulatory framework? Explain the regulatory
framework followed in the Anglo-US and the Japanese Models.
OR
What is the Kumaramangalam Birla Committee code? Elaborate details.
4. Explain the various steps that a management takes to plan risk
management.
5. Explain the benefits of a code of ethics in organizations.
6. Explain in detail the term social responsibility.
7. Describe the global concept of Western management.
8. Explain the myths regarding business ethics.
OR
Describe the ethical issues related to the roles of the costing manager
and the auditing manager.
9. What are the factors affecting decision making?
10. Write short Notes on any three of the following :
(a) Internal Corporate Governance Control
(b) Impact of Corporate Governance
(c) Anglo-American Model of Corporate Governance

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