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IBSHF-IOllFHS-I(S)I
BDPIBCAlBTS
Term-End Examjnation
December, 2016

BSHF-101(S) FOUNDATION COURSE IN
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Time hours Maximum Marks: 100
Note: All sections are compul8ory. Choice of questions is indicated at each section.
SECTION I
Answer any two of the following questions in about 500 words each.

1. Discuss the salient features of the post-industrial society. What are the factors that led to its rise 20

2. Compare and contrast the different aspects of the Non-Cooperation and Civil Disobedience Movements. 20

3. Did the Juvenile Justice Act of 1986 serve the needs of the orphaned, delinquent and destitute children Discuss. 20

4. Is globalisation a factor in poverty and conflict Discuss. 20

SECTION II

Answer any four of the following questions in about 250 words each.

5. What is the role of values In education Comment. 12

6. Explain 'Status' and in the context of society. How are they interrelated? 12

7. Discuss the role of communication in an administrative organisation. 12

8. What do you understand by the term 'digital-divide' Discuss. 12

9. Compare rights based approach and basic needs approach in the context of human security. 12

10. Write a brief note on Kathak as a dance form. 12

11. What are the functions of family as a social institution? Discuss. 12

12. What do you understand by the term 'denotified tribes' Discuss. 12


SECTION III

13. Write short notes on any two of the following in about 100 words each

Fundamental Rights

Concept and Significance of 'Governance'

Rio Summit

Technological Factors of Social Change

IBSHF·I0llFHS-l(S) I BDPIBCAlBTS Term-End Examjnation December, 2016
FOUNDATION COURSE IN HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Time hours Maximum Marks: 100
Note: All sections are compulsory. Choice of questions is indicated at each section.

SECTION I

Answer any two of the following questions in about 500 words each.

1. What do you understand by the term Renaissance? Discuss its main features. 20

2. What is meant by 'market failure' Elaborate in the context of a free market economy. 20

3. Discuss the evolution of tool making in the pre-historic period. 20

4. Discuss the nature of Fundamental Rights as given in the Indian Constitution. 20


SECTION II

Answer any four of the following questions in about 250 words each.

5. Was Five Year Planning in India successful in tackling poverty and unemployment Comment. 12

6. How far were government measures helpful in changing the condition of women in India? 12

7. Is caste a factor in electoral politics in India? Discuss. 12

8. What are the main issues affecting the Centre-State relations in India? Elaborate. 12

9. Is people's participation in development process in India effective? Discuss. 12

10. Compare and contrast Gandhi and Nehru's views on secularism. 12

11. What are the dangers of a nuclear war? Discuss. 12

12. What led to the separation of scientific and religious forms of knowledge 12


SECTION III

13. Write short notes on any two of the following in about 100 words each: 6+6=12

Environmental Degradation

Backward Caste Movements

First War of Independence in 1857

Directive Principles of State Policy