WEST BENGAL CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATION - 2000
Economics Paper-II
Time Allowed-3 Hours Full Marks-100
Group - A
(Answer any three questions.)
1. What were the main features of the process of commercialization of Indian agriculture in the nineteenth century ? How did this process alter the economic landscape of rural India ?
2. Give an account of the controversy around the thesis of deindustrialization of the Indian economy form the early nineteenth century.
3. Discuss the performance and problems of public sector enterprises in India in the plan era. Comment in this context on the recent policy of disinvestment.
4. Describe the evolution of the approach to poverty over the last five decades of Indian planning. How can you relate this evolution to the change in ground reality ?
5. Do you think that the strrategy of green revolution was a negation of institutional reform in India ?
Group - B
Answer any two questions.
6. What role did the imperial Government play in the economy of colonial India ?
7. To what extent has the Indian economy become 'outward looking' during the last decade ? Can India now expect to gain by an outward looking policy ?
8. Planning in India is riddled with contradictions - do you agree ?
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