Civil Services Prep

The New Economic Policy – 1921 of Lenin influenced the policies adopted by India soon after independence. Evaluate.

Model answer

  1. Most of the unusual climatic happenings are explained as an outcome of the El-Nino effect. Do you agree? 10 marks
  2. What were the events that led to the Suez Crisis in 1956? How did it deal a final blow to Britain’s self-image as a world power? 10 marks
  3. Tropical cyclones are largely confined to the South China Sea, the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Mexico. Why? 10 marks
  4. Discuss the various economic and socio-cultural forces that are driving the increasing feminization of agriculture in India. 10 marks
  5. Taxila University was one of the oldest universities in the world with which were associated several renowned learned personalities of different disciplines. Its strategic location caused its fame to flourish, but unlike Nalanda, it is not considered a university in the modern sense. Discuss. 10 marks
  6. How do the Indian debates on secularism differ from the debates in the West? 10 marks