Civil Services Model Main
Exam, 2015
General Studies,
Paper-III Test dated.25.10.2015
Conditions:
1. All the questions
carry equal marks
2. Give answer to each
question in 200 words
3. Maximum marks: 250
marks
4. Time Allowed: 3 hours
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1. Salient feature of Gold Monetization
Scheme [GMS] and Sovereign Gold Bond Schemes [SGBS].
2. The GMS and SGBS are going to reduce
the gold imports and Current Account Deficit of India. Comment.
3. Discuss the factors which are going to/hinder
the success of GMS and SGBS?
4. The World countries are busy in forging trade
pacts with their allies or like minded members all over the world. Comment.
5. The recent developments in the
Asia-Pacific region are affecting India in a big way. Comment
6. Answer the following questions
a.
“The
geo-politics in the Asia-Pacific region are revolving around trade pacts”.
Comment [100 words]
b.
The
imperatives of UN backed climate talks for replacing Kyoto Protocol. [100
words]
7. “The bio-diversity loss is more than
what we know”. Comment in the light of recent discoveries of flora and fauna in
this regard.
8. Delineate reasons for high NPAs in Public
Sector Banks [PSBs]. What are the measures taken by Govt. to improve the
situation and what more steps you suggest for improving the health of PSBs?
9. The Forward Markets Commission [FMC]
has been merged with SEBI, w. e. f 29.9.2015. What are the expected benefits from
the merger and problems arising out of the issue?
10. The Parliament of
India has passed Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and
Imposition of Tax Act, 2015 (‘Black Money Act’) in May. About 4000 crores
undisclosed assets and income have been declared by the citizens of India who
stashed their money or assets outside India. Give the reasons for the failure
or low disclosure under the scheme.
11. Critically evaluate the India’s
performance in achieving Millennium Development Goals [MDGs].
12. What are Sustainable Development Goals
[SDGs] and do you think that India would be able to achieve them?
13. What do you
understand by Base Erosion and Profit Sharing (BEPS) project of Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD? How it will create new and
formidable challenges for many companies operating in India and abroad?
14. What are the effects
of ElNino or ESNO in India and other countries?
15. The price discovery mechanism of
agricultural produce under the existing APMC Acts is opaque and thus benefiting
the middle men rather than the farmers and end consumers. What are the latest
initiatives of Union and some states to improve the price discovery mechanism,
aiming at benefiting the farmers and consumers at one go?
16. “India has been progressing aggressively
on the agenda of Financial Inclusion in recent years”. Critically evaluate the
statements
17. What is “ease of doing business”? What
are the measures taken by Union and states in this regard in recent years?
18. “The climate talks are aimed at fixing the liability
for the past actions of some countries and future action of the all the
countries to save the planet from destruction”. Evaluate the statement.
19. “The Basel III norms have set certain
regulatory and capital requirements for the sustainable performance of banks
and financial institutions all over the globe”. In this regard, critically
discuss the preparedness of Indian banks/Financial Institutions to meet the
conditions set by BCBS by March, 2019.
20. “India is on the threshold of
perfecting the Geosynchronous launch vehicle (GSLV) technology and it is
believed that time is not far behind the launch of 4 ton category of INSAT satellite
from Indian soil”. Critically evaluate the statement.
21. Answer the following questions
a.
Air
quality Index and its purposes
b.
Commitments
made by top polluters of the world under INDCs and their adequacy in fighting
climate change
22. “Small Financial Banks [SFBs] and Payment
Banks [PBs] are going to accentuate the Financial Inclusion drive of the GOI”.
Critically evaluate the statement
23. “The conservation of nature and natural resources
and their sustainable utilization has been in the blood of the indigenous
communities”. Evaluate the statement with suitable examples.
24. It is believed that the Himalayan
country of Nepal and parts of Northern India are sitting on a landmine of
seismic activity which may explode at any time. What are the imperatives or
measures you suggest to avert this dangerous situation?
25. Answer the following questions
a.
What
made RBI to cut Bank Rate by 50 basis points in its Monetary Policy statement
released in the last week of September, 2015
b.
Do
you think that this rate cut would promote growth in India
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Dear Friends,
Please attempt these questions. Model answers for all non-obvious questions will be placed in the blog on or before 30.10.2015. For obvious questions guidelines will be given.
Best of luck..
B. Yadagiri, IRS.,
