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BDP/BCAIBTS Term-End Examination December, 2OO8 FHS : FOI'NDATIONCOURSEIN H U M A N IT IE S N D S OC IA TS C IENCES A
T i m e: 3 h o u r s Maximum Marks: 700 (Weightage 700/o)

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Answer an! two questionsfrom DCQ and any four from MCQ. Question no. 13 is compulsory.

Descriptiue Category Questions (DCQ) Answer any two of the t'ollowing questions about 500 words each. 1. ? What do you under-stand Renaissance Discuss by important changes introduced in philosophy and political theory during Renaissance. 20

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Explain the natqre of British agrarian policy in India. How did it affect Indian agriculture?

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How far has planning strategy helped in removing poverty and unemployment in India ? Discussthe important featuresof the Indian federal system.

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Middle Category Questions (MCq : Answer any four of thd t'ollowingquesfionsin about 250 words each.

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How did the use of iron tools affect the socio-economic of human beings? life Discuss the main factorsresponsible the growth for of river-valleycivilizations.

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Examine critically the concept of Satyagraha evolvedby Mahatma Gandhi, 12 What is meant by market failure ? Briefly discuss the major weaknesses free market economy. oI 72 What do you understandby secularism? Discuss the factors which made India a secularstate. 12 judiciaryin What is the importanceof independent a federal set-up ?

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1 1 . How have legal measuresand governmentaction
helped Indian women ?

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12. List the activitiesiwhichhave damagedthe global
ecosystem. What measures can savethis planet ?

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Short Category Question (SCQ)

1 3 . Write short notes on any two of the following in
about 100 words each : (i) (ii) Urban revolution in Bronze age Backward Caste Movement 6+6

(iii) Interfacebetween,tradition and modernity (iv) Concept of scientific temper

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