ENGLISH (COMPULSORY)
ESSAY - 1977
Q. Write essays on any two of the following topics: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. “More than the means of production science transforms the producer himself”. Indian science should be rooted to the Indian soil. Is ecology relevant to India? Education as an avenue of social mobility. Modernization as a contemporary myth. Is consumer protection possible in India? The concept of a welfare state. Role and responsibilities of the judiciary in a Parliamentary democracy. Democracy and the leadership principle. India’s composite culture.
C.S.E-Mains 1977
ENGLISH (COMPULSORY)
GENERAL ENGLISH - 1977
1. Make a précis of the following passage in about 340 words. The précis should be in your own words. It should be written on the special sheets provided, which should be fastened securely inside the answer-book. N.B. – You will be penalized if your précis is much longer or shorter than the length prescribed. New things are more evident in the social history of the Western countries than the decline of interest in inequality as an economic issue. This has been particularly true in the United States It is only necessary to observe that for some 15 years no serious effort has been made to alter the present distribution of income. The principal public device for redistribution income is the progressive income-tax. Not since the Second World War has there been a major effort of modify this tax in the interest of grater equality. Loopholes have been opened and a few closed. Liberal has not, however, proposed any important new steps to make the tax more progressive and hence more egalitarian. The present nominal surtax rates put into effect during the was a temporary measure are now regarded as permanent. As a part of the present compromise, liberals do not seek to make current taxes more progressive. They would, however, rally in opposition to any general reduction in rates on the higher income brackets. Those who