GENERAL KNOWLEDGE – 2006, SECTION -II

 4.       Answer any three of the following (about 100 words each :)

(a)    What are earth movements? Explain.

(b)   What is acid rock?

(c)    Distinguish between weather and climate.

(d)   Explain avalanche and avalanche wind.

(e)   Define mountain range, mountain system and mountain chain.

5.       Answer any three of the following (about 100 words each):

(a)    Write a note on barrier reef.

(b)   What is lumbering?

(c)    Explain the importance of monsoon rains on Indian economy.

(d)   Distinguish between Bhabar and Tarai.

(e)   What is the significance of ‘FINSAS’?

6.       Answer any three of the following (about 100 words each)

(a)    Colonial Historiography has led to communalism in India. Discuss.

(b)   Define Mansabdari system.

(c)    Explain the features of Nehru Report, 1928.

(d)   What is Home rule movement?

(e)   State regions for the growth of Extremism during the second phase of India’s freedom struggle.

7.       Answer any three of the following (about 100 words each)

(a)    Explain Sufism.

(b)   Was Mughal state a centralized bureaucracy? Discuss.

(c)    Discuss the nature of medieval Indian peasantry.

(d)   Briefly write the major points of Civil disobedience movement.

(e)   What is ‘fourth generation warfare’?