PRELIMS CUM MAINS MODULE 4

Keeping in view the commitment of helping the students crack the civil services ,Smart  Foundation launches E Correspondence Material for Civil Service Examination 2011-12 (both PRELIMS AND MAINS) , covering GS comprehensively.The material for Prelims and Mains has been divided into two sections TRADITIONAL (including Polity,History,Geography,Economics,General Science etc)  and APPLIED( in accordance with the equirements of the examination) part.Material for the traditional section would be based on the compilation of standard texts.It will be available in 5 concise modules.

APPLIED PART

Environment:

1. Okhla Bird Sanctuary
2. Batfish, Razor fish and Frog crab rediscovered
3. New species of fishes
4. Kalpavriksh report
5. 25 years of Narmada Bachao Andolan
6. Human-Elephant Conflict and the ETF Report
7. Climate talks & national interest
8. Ecocity Programme
9. The Zoning Atlas towards sustainable development
10. NAMP

India and the World:

1. “Focal point of dispute between India & Pakistan in 20th century was territory in 21st century it will be water”? Elaborate the following statement in the light of recent acrimony between two nations over Indus water treaty?
2. How far India’s Economic diplomacy is a viable tool to secure its strategic interest?
3. TAPI project-Benefits and opportunity
4. India-Russia ties in the neoliberal era
5. Hardeep Singh Puri
6. India to be UNSC president twice
7. India enters UN Security Council after 19 years
8. Is Iranian Import in our interest? Discuss
9. MLAT with Indonesia
10. Geopolitics behind TAPI project
11. New ‘Silk Route' via Bangladesh to give greater connectivity to North-East
12. Review of India Foreign Policy in 2010
13. India-Africa -2010
14. “China’s growing strategic influence is invading India’s strategic space”? Discuss
15. Cyber Warfare: A ‘New Generation Threat’ to India
16. Strategic Stability in Southern Asia: Challenges and Prospects
17. Nuclear C2: The balance agenda
18. India &CAR –Look west policy
19. “India’s growing international stature gives it strategic relevance in the area ranging from the Persian Gulf to the Straits of Malacca”? Discuss
20. “Indo-US partnership will shape the geo-political contours of the 21st century in a manner that enhances peace and stability the world over”? Discuss
21. China’s Quest for Regional Dominance in the India-China Context
22. South Asia and beyond: Raging Conflicts
23. The India-China road ahead
24. Public Diplomacy in the Information Age

International Affairs:

1. Referendum in Turkey
2. Blood Diamonds 
3. Sudan
4. Need for a limited war doctrine
5. Latest standoff in Ivory Coast
6. U.N. examines claims to remote Rockall
7. START II
8. Diaoyu Islands - the environmental issue of territory dispute
9. ADMM-Plus
10. US-China
11. Crisis in Korean Peninsula
12. Transition in Tongo

National:

1. Note on OCI card
2. Rangarajan panel Observations
3. What are the options suggested by Justice B.N. Srikrishna Committee to resolve Telangana issue
4. Justice B.N. Srikrishna Committee recommendations – a Complex way forward
5. How far the option of Telangana Regional Council , recommended by Justice B.N. Srikrishna Committee, will be a viable solution to resolve Telengana issue ?
6. Jan-sankhya Sthirata Kosh  ,an effective tool for population stabilisation ?
7. Note on National Board for Health Education 
8. Sea Water Farming project and a Genetic Garden of Halophytes
9. NRHM: addressing the challenges
10. KWDT-II
11. India 2025: What kind of superpower?
12. Assess the viability of NAC in policy formulation
13. Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) 2011
14. Highlight the recent measures announced by government to bring transparency and growth in Telecom sector?
15. Discussion on Public Interest Disclosure and Protection to Persons Making the Disclosure Bill, 2010
16. Does Indian citizen have a right to access draft legislation before it is tabled in the legislature or draft rules before they are gazetted? What are the observations of CIC on this issue?
17. What does the phrase “voluntarily giving up membership of such political party” stands for in tenth schedule of the constitution”? Elaborate it with reference to the recent developments in Karnataka Assembly?
18. “Recent decision of CIC on Calcutta High Court has widened the horizons of RTI Act”? Elaborate
19. Note on COP
20. Protection of Women against Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill, 2010,
21. Suggest the measures to make Mass Transport system effective
22. Fighting dishonesty in Public office
23. Environment ministry notifies coastal regulation norms
24. The New Indian Postal Bill: Issues and Way Forward
25. Article 164(4)

Science and Technology:

1. Lunar atmosphere -Observations made CHACE & LCROSS
2. Nalanda and the pursuit of science
3. Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system
4. IRNSS-Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System
5. The evolving internet: A look ahead to 2025
6. First Quantum Machine
7. Synthetic Biology
8. Neanderthal Project
9. HIV prophylaxis
10. Quantum Stimulator
11. Knockout Rat
12. Dark Genome
13. Aerostat
14. Can India take on China's R&D might?
15. Note on Vigyan Prasar
16. Note on Agro-meteorological advisory service (AAS) 
17. An alternative Biochemistry - life in Arsenic

Economy:

1. The current moves to fiscal consolidation in Europe are both economically wrong-headed and socially explosive ? Discuss
2. The ‘lead indicator’ syndrome
3. Analysis of annual surveys on employment and unemployment by the Labour Bureau under the Ministry of Labour and Employment?
4. Assessing Microfinance as a tool of developmental Banking ?
5. Assess the steps taken by RBI to check sub-prime crisis in India ?
6. IMF report on Indian Economic scenario.
7. “The strengthening of the rupee that the capital inflows result in, which promises even higher returns on carry trade investments.”Discuss
8. Power producers & IFRS
9. Why Liberalization of retail sector is necessary?
10. “ECBs can be used to make Indian industry more competitive globally” Discuss?
11. Note on Legal Metrology Act
12. Global economy-a tough road ahead
13. Note on Infrastructure debt funds
14. Social Stock Exchange - Impact investingIndian Economy towards a metamorphic change
15. Recent government decision on expats PF & its implication
16. How far future markets are responsible for food inflation ?
17. The further easing of investment rules will go a long way to help spur the next phase of India's own economic growth? Elaborate
18. MFIs & poverty alleviation
19. Note on the producer price index (PPI)
20. The spending cuts in Europe may trigger a new recession in some countries, generate prolonged stagnation or gentle decline in others, and generally have a negative impact on the chances for economic recovery in other regions? Elaborate
21. Resolving the contradiction between the welfare state and the demands of contemporary capitalism
22. “The entire process of European economic integration created much less actual integration than was expected” Discuss ?
23. The Global Crisis and Systemic Risks: Matching Sources with Correctives
24. Capitalism in Crisis and Its Alternatives: A Conference Report
25. The East Asian Crisis in Retrospect
26. Crunching the Liquidity Crunch

• Also Snippets and Personalities in News in separate Sections

Reference material to the above questions  as well as objective type questions for prelims on above mentioned topics is available in Module 4.To know more about the E-Correspondence course click and acquire  Sample Notes click here

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