Past Questions — 2022
Give a descriptive account of architecture in Harappan civilization.
Describe the formation and major characteristics of Tropical Cyclone.
Explain the origin of universe with reference to the Big Bang Theory.
Critically examine the practice of gender division of labour in Mizo society.
Write a note on relationship between climate and vegetation.
Examine the significance of Swadeshi Movement in the Indian Freedom Struggle?
Give a critical comment on reoganization of states in India.
Write an essay on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its impact on international politics.
Write an essay on Higher Education versus skill acquisition.
Write an essay on Covid 19 and social change in the context of the Mizo society.
Write an essay on The essence of India.
Write an essay on New Education Policy 2020: A Progressive policy with diverse challenges.
As a concerned citizen, write a letter to the Chairman of your Local Council informing him/her of the garbages lying on the roadside in your locality. (furnish necessary details)
Write a précis on the passage provided (starting with 'A country is not built of rivers...'), comprising approximately one-thirds of the original, giving it a suitable title.
Discuss the development and importance of rail transport in India.
Highlight the merits and demerits of Multinational Companies in India’s economic growth and development.
Critically evaluate Lewis Theory of Economic development with unlimited supply of labour.
“Job evaluation is the ranking of job and not the job holder.” Comment. What makes a Job evaluation programme successful?
What is ‘Management by Objectives (MBO)’? What are its main features? Describe the guidelines to be followed in order to make MBO more effective in an organisation.
Critically review the government scheme of workers’ participation in management and suggest the prerequisites to make them effective?
What is Human Resource Planning? Review its benefits and limitations. Discuss the steps involved in the manpower planning of an industry.
Why there is need to manage the resistance to the changes that occur in organisations? What strategy would you suggest to implement the change successfully in organisations.
Highlight the incomes relating to business, which do not come under the heading ‘Profits and Gains from Business and Profession’. Also list out the incomes (as per section 10) that are to be exempted while computing ‘Income from House Property’.
A rectangular sedimentation basin is to handle 10 million litres/ day of raw water. A detention basin of width to length ratio of 1/3 is proposed to trap all particles larger than 0.04 mm in size. Assuming a relative density of 2.65 for the particles and 20C as the average temperature, compute the basin dimensions. If the depth of tank is 3.5 m. Calculate the detention time.
The ordinates of a 4-hour unit hydrograph for a particular basin are given below. Determine the ordinates of the S-curve hydrograph and the ordinates of 6-hr unit hydrograph. (Time in hrs: 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24; 4-hr UHO in cumec: 0, 25, 100, 160, 190, 170, 110, 70, 30, 20, 6, 1.5, 0)