Markwise- Breakup
Indian Diaspora 12 International Institutions 15
India-defense / strategic relations 32
Bilateral 32
India and its neighbors 37
World Economy 39
International current affairs 55
Science & Tech 110
India and neighbors
Evaluate India's approach towards meeting the country's growing energy demands. Compare the success of this approach with that of another
Asian giant which has perhaps the fastest growing energy demands. 20
Examine the recent developments towards the solution of the
Bangladesh-Myanmar maritime boundary dispute. What implications do
these have for India? 12
What are the major capacity-building and reconstruction projects being
undertaken by India in Afghanistan? 5
India- Defense / strategic relations
Critically examine the implications of the disintegration of the Soviet Union on India's security and strategic perspectives. What further
responses would you suggest in India's foreign policy to accommodate
these implications? 20
Do you agree with the view that Israel is a 'natural ally' of India? 12
India and world Economy
Bring out the FDI and employment implications of China being a manufacturing hub and India a service hub? 12
Have the Uruguay Round negotiations and the resultant Trade Related
Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement helped in resolving
trade conflicts arising out of variations in different nations' IPR
regimes ? Also list the steps taken by India to conform to TRIPS.
[To clear the basic concepts related to TRIPs, refer to my articles on
Economy for newbie series here ] 12
What is 'Round Tripping' in the context of FDI inflow, and why has it
been in the news recently in the case of India? 5
Comment on the reasons for the recent economic crisis in the so-called
'PIGS' countries of Europe. 5
Rotterdam Convention 5
India- bilateral relations
How far have Japan's principles of Hikaku San Gensoku [non-nuclear principle] impacted bilateral ties with India? 12
Comment on the reason for the recent hike in visa processing fees for
certain categories of US visas. What is the likely impact of this hike
on India? 5
(h)List the salient features of the Riyadh declaration and the
bilateral agreements between India and Saudi Arabia signed earlier this
year. 5
International Affairs (Where India isn’t directly involved)
Examine the opportunities for a lasting West Asia peace solution in the
context of the 'historic' talks started in September 2010. 12
Has the February agreement between the Sudanese government and the
Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) been more successful in ending the
strife in Darfur than the Abuja peace agreement of 2006? Evaluate. 12
Comment on the present status of the Biological Weapons Convention
(BWC). What important issues, do you think, need to be taken up at the
seventh review conference of the BWC scheduled for 2011? 12
Trial chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
(ECCC) and its recent verdict. 5
'Predator' drones 3
Mavi Marmara incident 5
(b) Shahran Amiri (nuke scientist of Iran) 3
(g) 'Deepwater Horizon' incident 3
Diaspora
Assess the contributions of Indian Diaspora in the Caribbean. 12
International Institutions (अंतर्राष्ट्रीय संस्थान- આંતરરાષ્ટ્રીય
સંગઠનો)
Compare and contrast the role of the IMF with that of the World Bank. 5 Bring out the significance of GDI and GEM as components of the UN's
Human Development Report (HDR). Comment on India's relative rankings
with regard to HDI and GDI. 5
In the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC), distinguish between 'Annex I' and 'Annex II'
countries. 5
Significance of the Kampala declaration of the International Criminal
Court (ICC) 5
Highlight the role of the Indian peacekeeping contingent as part of
MONUSCO. 5
Science and Tech (विज्ञानं और प्रौद्योगिकी –વિજ્ઞાન અને ટેકનોલોજી)
(a)Bring out the applications of computer models in studying climate changes, with special reference to the Community Earth System Model
(CESM). 12
(b)What is phytoremediation ? Discuss its applications. 12
(c) Explain and differentiate among 'Plasma', 'LCD' and 'LED'
television technologies. 12
(d) What is 'cloud computing’? Bring out its essential features and
list its advantages and limitations. 12
(e) Discuss the applications of nanotechnology in the health care
sector. 12
(a) MRSA infection 5
(b) HRP-2M Choromet 5
(c) Maglev vehicles 5
(d) Super absorbent polymers (SAP) 5
(e) Ginkgo biloba (some plant) 5
(f) CARTOSAT-2B 5
(g) Various generations of mobile phone technology 5
(a) Craig Venter (biologist- first to sequence the human genome) 3
(c) Wolfram Alpha (search engine) 3
(d) 'Dreamliner' aircraft (new Boeing plane, 330 seats, eats 20% less
fuel than Boeing 767) 3
(e) Blue gene project (computer Architech project to design super
computers) 3
(h) ACTN 3 gene
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