ISS General Studies Papers 2005
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ISS General Studies 2005
- Answer any Three of the following questions (in not more than 75 words) :
- Enumerate the different types of irrigation used for agricultural development in India.
- Explain the main sources of air pollution and its remedies.
- What are the provisions for reservation for women in the 73rd Amendment to the Constitution?
- Election Commission. Analyse its powers and functions.
- What are the functions of proteins in our body? 5 × 3 = 15
- Answer any two of the following questions (in not more than 75 words)
- What are the salient features of Lord Dalhousie՚s administration?
- Examine the process of the transfer of power from East India Company (EIC) to the British Crown.
- Explain Carbon dating. 5 × 2 = 10
- Answer any one of the following question (in not more than 75 words)
- What is blink technology?
- Describe Planning Commission Vision 2020.5 × l = 5
- Write short notes (in not more than 25 words) on any Four of the following
- Committee on welfare of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes
- 2003UB313
- Cartosat
- Tiger files
- Components of Environment
- Indo-Russian Friendship Treaty, 1993.2 × 4 = 8
- Write short notes on any four of the following (in not more than 25 words) :
- VAT
- Difference between vaccination and inoculation
- Difference between soap and detergent
- Geo-stationary satellites
- ICHR 2 × 4 = 8
- Are the following statements True or False? Give brief reasons for your answer (in not more than 25 words) . Attempt any four of the following:
- Kuchipudi is a dance form of Orissa.
- Big Ben is the name of a mountain.
- Intellectual Property Right gives legal protection to all the properties of the intellectuals.
- Chipko movements was started by Acharya Vinoba Bhave.
- Zero hour in Indian Parliament is the time of commencement of the parliamentary session.
- Leap year comes once in 10 years. 2 × 4 = 8
- Why have the following come into news in recent times? Answer any four of the following in not more than 25 words each:
- Medha Patkar
- Maosuma al Mubarak
- Sunita Mittal
- Anastasia Myskina
- Madanlal Khurana 2 × 4 = 8
- Where are the following located? Attempt any four (Mention both place and State) :
- Indian Institute of Remote Sensing
- Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
- National Institute of Virology
- National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences
- National Police Academy. 2 × 4 = 8
- Mention the names of States in which of the following cities are located:
- Itanagar
- Durgapur
- Kurukshetra
- Quilon
- Tuticorin 1 × 5 = 5
- Why are the following persons important? Give your answer in 25 words:
- Mohammed Iqbal
- Lord Irwin
- Bankim Chandra Chatterji
- Sri Sankaradeva
- Baba Amte 1 × 5 = 5
- Write one sentence on each of the following:
- 9th Schedule of the Indian Constitution
- Black Box
- Non-conventional energy
- Bioinsecticides
- Mahavir Charka 1 × 5 = 5
- What do the following abbreviations stand for?
- PESO
- COD
- DMK
- UNCFAD
- TISCO 1 × 5 = 5
- Where are the following located? Mention place and State:
- Dilwara Temple
- Ramoji Film City
- Victoria Memorial
- Prince of Wales Museum
- Bannerghatta National Park 1 × 5 = 5
- Mention the names of the following:
- The metal ion present in Vitamin B − 12.
- Who said, Democracy is a government by the people, of the people and for the people?
- Who wrote the book: My Experiments with Truth?
- Who wrote the book Wings of Fire?
- Who has the first woman president of the Indian National Congress? 1 × 5 = 5