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G. S. (MAINS) PAPER -2 - 2010

Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 300INSTRUCTIONS

Candidates should attempt all question strictly in accordance

with the instructions given under each questions. The number

of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the

question.

1.  Comment on any one of the following (in about 350

words each). 35 x 1 = 35 marks

(a) Water issues between India and China.

(b) India's position on Iran's nuclear program is a product of

India's strategic and national security calculus.

2.   Write on any two of the following (not exceeding 150

words each) 15 x 2= 30 marks

(a) Present a case for India’s seat in UN Security Council.

(b) What are the factors that hinder emergence of an efficient

free trade regime in South Asia?.

(c) What are Cotton-4 (C4) countries?. What is India’s interest in

C-4 negotiations?

3.   Write a notes on any five of the following (in about 50

words each) 5 x5 = 25 marks

(a) EEAS

(b) Millennium Development Goals.

(c) India, Pakistan and Peace pipeline

(d) India-Canada Nuclear relations

(e) India-Mauritius Common interests

(f) India’s strategic concerns over Chumbhi valley.

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4.  Answer any two of the following (in about 200 words

each) 20 x2 = 40 marks(a)  What is Sovereign wealth fund? Does India need it?.

(b)  Could Indian Rupee be an international currency?.

(c)  Discuss the recent developments in Russia-Pakistan

relations. Does it hurt India?.

5.  Answer any two of the following (in about 150 words)

15 x 3 = 45 marks

(a) What is Stealth technology?.

(b) What is Hand Guided Cloning? Why was it in news

recently?.

(c) What is Carbon-22? Why is it special?.

(d) Explain Cloud Computing.

6.  Answer any 4 of the following (in about 100 words

each)10 x 4 = 40 marks

(a) What is DNA Foot printing? .

(b) What is Carbon Footprint?.

(c) What is Immortality enzyme? Why is it called so?.

(d) What are Solar Tsunamis?.

(e)  What is FXS? Why was it in news recently?.

7.   Write a note on the following (in about 50 words each) 

4 x 5 = 20 marks

(a)  ‘Paragraph 6’ system

(b)  Friends of GIs Group

(c)  Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) Scheme

(d)  Towns of Export Excellence

(e)  LFTR principle in NAMA

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8.  Answer any three of the following (in about 100 wordseach) 10 x 3 =30 marks

(a) Generic drugs and Patent regime in India

(b) India’s expertise in Cryogenic Engine

(c) Continuously Variable Transmission

(d) WiMAX

9.  Answer the following 

(a) Distribution of shops according to the number of wage-

earners employed at a shopping complex is given below:

Wage earners Shops

Under 5 18

5-10 27

10-20 24

20-30 20

30-50 16

Represent the above by a histogram, showing clearly how you

deal with the unequal class intervals. (8) 

(b) Calculate Median from the following table: (5) 

Marks Frequency

0-20 10

20-40 24

40-60 3660-80 20

80-100 10

(c) The IQ of 50 students are recorded as follows. Draw a

histogram for the data and estimate the mode. (8) 

I.Q Score Number of students

80-90 6

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90-100 9

100-110 16110-120 13

120-130 4

130-140 2

(d) The average score of boys in an examination of a school is 71

and that of the girls is 73. The average score of the school in the

examination is 71.8. Find the ratio of the number of boys to the

number of girls. (2) 

(e) Prices of a particular commodity in five years in two cities are

given below: (8) 

Year Price in City A Price in City B

1985 20 10

1986 22 20

1987 19 18

1988 23 12

1989 16 15

Which city has more stable prices?

(f) 9 of the children in a class like to play on the slide and 8 like to

play on the jungle gym. 4 children like to play on both the slide

and the jungle gym. How many children like to play on the slide

or the jungle gym or both? (2) 

(g) For a distribution, arithmetic mean is 180 and median is 170.

Calculate Mode. (2).