Uttarakhand: The UKPSC Upper PCS Mains 2012 Paper 5: Economic and Social Development question paper is given below. It carried 200 marks and had 39 questions. We have listed every question part-wise, followed by the complete bilingual (Hindi + English) PDF by SAMVEG IAS.

UKPSC Upper PCS Mains 2012 Paper 5: Economic and Social Development

Part – 1

Marks – 30. Note : There are 15 questions in this part. All questions are compulsory. Each question carries 02 marks.

Q1. What is ‘Hindu Growth Rate’ ? Who has given this concept ?
Q2. What do you mean by International Liquidity ?
Q3. What do you understand by Current Account Deficit ?
Q4. Write two revenue sources of the Central Government.
Q5. Discuss about the Chairman of 14th Finance Commission.
Q6. What is ‘NITI’ Commission ?
Q7. State any three important challenges of India’s export sector.
Q8. What do you mean by quantitative methods of credit control ?
Q9. List reasons for the gap of three years between the termination of the Third Five Year Plan and the beginning of the Fourth Five Year Plan.
Q10. What are the six components of Bharat Nirman ?
Q11. How is ‘use based classification’ of industries in India ?
Q12. What is cropping intensity ?
Q13. Name Panch Prayag and the rivers on whose confluence they are situated, of Uttarakhand State.
Q14. What for is Auli famous ?
Q15. What is Yartsa-Gumba/cordyeeps sinensis/keeda jadi ?

Part – 2

Marks – 50. Note : There are 10 questions in this part. All questions are compulsory. Each question carries 05 marks.

Q16. Define economic planning and explain its basic objective.
Q17. Explain any three reform measures that have been introduced in India’s trade policy since 1991.
Q18. Throw light on Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).
Q19. Explain Value Added Tax (VAT).
Q20. What do you mean by credit creation ?
Q21. What do you understand by full convertibility of rupee ?
Q22. Give an account of the extincting occupation and industries of rural Uttarakhand.
Q23. What is the role of Mandi Committees in the plain agriculture of the State ?
Q24. Explain the causes of industrial sickness in the Indian Economy.
Q25. Examine the role of NABARD in Micro Finance.

Part – 3

Marks – 40. Note : There are 07 questions in this part. Candidate should attempt any 05 questions. Each question carries 08 marks.

Q26. What is ‘Green Bonus’ ? How strong is the claim of Uttarakhand for it ?
Q27. What is SIDCUL ? How has it generated the employment opportunities in the State ?
Q28. What are the disputes related to the Hydro-electric generation in the Uttarakhand State ?
Q29. Why has World Trade Organisation been formed ? Explain in brief the process involved in its formation.
Q30. Explain the Canon of equality and Canon of productivity in taxation.
Q31. Discuss growth in India’s trade to China during 2000-01 to 2013-14. What are the potentials for India’s export to China ?
Q32. What is meant by a market driven economy ? What are its drawbacks ?

Part – 4

Marks – 80. Note : There are 07 questions in this part. Candidate should attempt any 05 questions. Each question carries 16 marks.

Q33. As instruments of economic policy of the Government fiscal policy and monetary policy are complimentary to each other. Explain this statement.
Q34. Discuss the main methods of measuring National Income.
Q35. Identify the main determinants of Human Development Index (HDI). With special reference to India, which is most important and why ?
Q36. What is meant by Women Empowerment ? Has their greater participation in town and village panchayats in Uttarakhand, made a progress in this direction ?
Q37. How is disequilibrium created in Balance of Payments of a nation ? Explain policies to correct it.
Q38. What is meant by value addition through processing ? Can fruit production be made a profit making industry through adopting this technology in the State ?
Q39. State and evaluate the role of economic planning in India under the new economic policy.

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