IGNOU BCA FHS-01: FOUNDATION COURSE IN HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES - DEC 2008 QUESTION PAPER
Term-End Examination
December, 2008
FHS : FOUNDATION COURSE IN HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Time : 3 Hours
Max. Marks : 100
Note: Answer two questions from DCQ, four from MCQ and the last question number 13 is compulsory.
Descriptive Category Questions (DCQ): Answer any two of the following questions in about 500 words each.
1. What do you understand by Renaissance ? Discuss importent changes introduced in philosophy and political theory during Renaissance. [20 marks]
2. Explain the nature of British agrarian policy in India. How did it affact Indian agriculture ? [20 marks]
3. How far has planning strategy helped in removing poverty and unemployment in India ? [20 marks]
4. Discuss the important features of the India federal system. [20 marks]
Middle category Questions (MCQ): Answer any four of the following questions in about 250 words each.
5. How did the use of iron tools affect the socio-economic life of human beings ? [12 marks]
6. Discuss the main factor responsible for the growth of river-valley civilizations. [12 marks]
7. Examine critically the concept of Satyagraha envolved by Mahatma Gandhi. [12 marks]
8. What is meant by market failure ? Briefly discuss the major weaknesses of free market economy. [12 marks]
9. What do you understand by sesecularism ? Discuss the factors which made India a secular state. [12 marks]
10. What is the importance of independent judiciary in a federal set-up ? [12 marks]
11. How have legal measures and government action helped Indian women ? [12 marks]
12. List the activities which have damaged the global ecosystem. What measures can save this planet ? [12 marks]
Short Category Question (SCQ):
13. Write short notes on any two of the following in about 100 words each:
(i) Urban revolution in Bronze age
(ii) Backward Caste Movement
(iii) Interface between tradition and modernity
(iv) Concept of scientific temper
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