PAPER-III

HOME SCIENCE

Note This paper is of two hundred marks containing four sections. Candidates are required to attempt the questions contained in these sections according to the detailed instructions given therein.


Note This section consists of two essay type questions of twenty marks each, to be answered in about five hundred words each. ×
20 40 Marks)

1. Marginalization of poor in India.

2. Role of Home Scientist in disaster management.

3. Evaluation of Protein Quality.

4. Review of food service establishment.

5. Environmental influences causing damage during prenatal period.

6. Problems faced by the Indian consumers while purchasing textile goods.

7. Ergonomic approach to workplace design.

8.73 and 74 Amendments of the Constitution.


Note This section contains three questions. From each of the electives/specializations, the candidate has to choose only one elective/specialization and answer all the three questions contained therein. Each question carries fifteen marks and is to be answered in about three hundred words. ×15 45 Marks)


9. Describe the principles of food preservation.

10. Compare and contrast nutrition monitoring and nutrition surveillance.

11. Write classification of fatty acids with examples.

12. Describe the steps involved in the establishment of food service management.

13. Describe the dietary and life style modification for an obese person suffering from diabetes mellitus.

14. Discuss the nutritional management of liver disorders.

15. Describe concrete operational stage of Cognitive Development Theory.

16. What are the different programmes for parents in ECCE centres

17. Describe the role of peers and school in socialization of children.

18. What are the major differences among resist, direct and discharge printing

19. What are stabilization finishes Discuss its principles and application.

20. Compare and contrast the Bandhnis of Gujarat and Rajasthan.

21. Explain the concept of systems approach and its application to family resource management. Illustrate with diagram.

22. What are the fraudulent practices prevailing in the present day market Discuss in short the role of consumers and Government to protect against these practices.

23. Reveal your understanding on the term 'Motion mindedness'. Discuss the techniques of improving work methods in homes.

24. Explain Edger Dale's 'Cone of Experience'.

25. "Community Development embraces all forms of betterment." Justify this statement.

26. Describe the danger, weakness and challenges of P.R.A. (Participatory Rural Appraisal).


Note This section contains nine questions of ten marks each, each to be answered in about fifty words. ×10 90 Marks)

27. Dietary fibre

28. Nutritional Anaemia

29. Food Additives

30. Anorexia Nervosa

31. Yarn numbering

32. Kalamkari of Andhra Pradesh

33. Consumer Rights.

34. Decision-making Process

35. Sustainability


SECTION IV


Note This section contains five questions of five marks each based on the following passage. Each question should be answered in about thirty words. ×
5 25 Marks)

36. Answer the below questions according to the passage

Wheat production in 2011 may reach a level of 85 million tonnes, in contrast to the seven million tonnes our farmers harvested at the time of independence in 1947. Several grain Mandis in Monga, Khanna, Khananon and other places in the Punjab during April, 2011 and experienced, concurrently, a feeling of ecstasy and agony. It was heart-warming to see the great work done by our farm men and women under difficult circumstances when, often, they had to irrigate the fields at night due to a lack of availability of power during the day. The cause of agony was the way the grains produced by farmers with loving care were being handled. The various state Marketing Agencies and the Food Corporation of India are trying their best to procure and store the mountains of grains arriving everyday. The gunny bags containing the wheat procured during April-May 2010, are still occupying a considerable part of the storage space available at several Mandis. The condition of the grains of earlier years presents a sad sight. The impact of moisture on the quality of paddy is even worse. Malathion sprays and fumigation with aluminium sulphide tablets are used to prevent grain spoilage. Safe storage involves attention to both quantity and quality. Grain safety is as important as grain saving. Due to rain and relatively milder temperature, grain arrivals were initially slow, but have now picked up. For all concerned with the procurement, dispatch and storage of wheat grains in the Punjab, Haryana-western U.P. region, which is heart-land of the green revolution, the task on hand is stupendous. Farmers in Punjab contribute nearly 40 percent of the wheat and 26 percent of the rice needed to sustain the public distribution system. The legal entitlement to food envisaged under the proposed National Food Security Act cannot be implemented without the help of the farm families of Punjab, Haryana and other grain surplus areas. Farmers are currently facing serious problems during production and post-harvest phases of farming due to inadequate investment in the farm machinery and storage infrastructure. There is an over-exploitation of the aquifer and nearly 70 percent of irrigated areas shows a negative water balance. The quality of water is also deteriorating due to the indiscriminate use of pesticide and mineral fertilizer. Over 50,000 h.a. of crop land in the South-West region of Punjab are affected by water-logging and salinisation. Deficiencies of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Zinc are affecting 66, 48 and 22 percent of soil in Punjab respectively. No water factor productivity, i.e., return from a unit of input, is going down, unless urgent steps are taken to convert the green revolution into an ever-green revolution leading to the enhancement of productivity in perpetuity without associated ecological harm, both agriculture in Punjab and our public distribution system will be in danger. Worried about the future fate of farming as a profession, the younger generation is unwilling to follow in the footsteps of their parents and remain on the farm. 2011

Write about the post-harvest losses in food grain.

37. Why younger generation is not willing to adopt agriculture as a profession Justify your comments.

38. Describe the reasons for deterioration of water quality in the country.

39. Explain green revolution and evergreen revolution.

40. What provisions are made under National Food Security Act