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(Current Affairs) Awards and Prizes | October: 2011
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(Current Affairs) Sports | October: 2011
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(Current Affairs) Awards and Prizes | October: 2011

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 11:56 PM PDT

Awards and Prizes

45th & 46th Jnanpith for 2009 & 2010
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
CSIR Young Scientist Awards 2011
Vayoshrestha Samman, 2011
Hridaynath Award
63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
FICCI Excellence Award
Rajiv Gandhi International Prize
Best Performance Award by Government

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Today's Important News: 21 October 2011

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 11:22 PM PDT

Today's Important News (21-10-2011)

The Hindu

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(Current Affairs) Sports | October: 2011

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 11:18 PM PDT

Sports

Australia Won Test Series against Sri Lanka
ICC Rankings for ODI Team Ranking
Kochi Tuskers' Contract Terminated
Dominic Cork Announced Retirement
World Athletics Championships
Berlin Course Marathon
51st National Open Athletics Championships
All-India Ranking Senior Badminton Championship
Baichung Bhutia Announced Retirement
Singapore Grand Prix
Global Green Bangalore Open
National Institute of Hockey
Agreement with AIFF to Develope J.L.N. Stadium as Football hub
Come & Play Scheme Nationwide Launched

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(Download) IAS (Main) General Studies (Social Issues) Sample Paper: 2011

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 03:28 AM PDT

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IAS Main General Studies Social Issues Sample Paper

1. Answer the following (in about 250 words for each answer)
(a) Discuss how e-governance as an instrument to utilize for rural development and highlight some e-governance initiative in India.
(b) The further decline in child sex ratio, in spite of 15 years of ban on sex determination test, makes us Sober with realization that social legislations serve a purpose only upto a point. Do you agree?

2. Answer the following in about 150 words each
(a) Discuss the Causes for the growth of agricultural labourers in India. In this Context can you suggest some measure for the important of the Socio-economic position of the agricultural labour in India.
(b) Among the Schedule tribes of India. Mortality morbidity and malnutrition rates remain particularly high when compared to the India at large. Explain the reason for this and suggest some measure to tackle this problem.

3. Answer any two of the following in about 150 words each.
(a) Suggest some measure to control over growth of population in India.
(b) Discuss some of the main features of the census 2011.
(c) Suggest how can we use IT in health management in India.

4. Answer only two of the following in about 150 words each
(a) Discussed about the five pillars of National Rural Health Mission, which was implemented on 12 April, 2005.
(b) Who are unorganised workers? Discuss some of the measure taken by the government to take care of the social security & welfare of unorganised workers.
(c) Highlight the benefits under the Rashtriya Swanthya Bima Yojana.

5. Write brief but precise notes on any six of the following. Your answer should not exceed 50 words in each case.
(a) Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar.
(b) Skill Development Initiative.
(c) Swadhar.
(d) Ujjawala.
(e) General Budgeting.
(f) National Mission for Empowerment of women.
(g) I.C.D.S.