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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Annamalai University B.A. Degree Examination, 2010 - ( Population Studies ) ( Third Year ) ( Part - III ) ( Paper - IX ) Population policy and family planning Question paper

( POPULATION STUDIES )
( THIRD YEAR )
( PART - III )
( PAPER - IX )
740. POPULATION POLICY AND FAMILY
PLANNING

May ] [ Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks

Answer any FIVE questions.
All questions carry equal marks. (5 × 20 = 100)

1. How does mortality influencing policies affect population growth of a country ?

2. Explain the differences between pro - natalist and anti - natalist policies.

3. Write an essay on anti - natalist policies.

4. How socio - economic development and improved health and medical services act as anti - natalist policy ?

5. Why population education is important, particularly for developing countries ?

6. Explain population policies followed by developing countries.

7. Trace the changes that occurred in the population policy of India since Independence.

8. What is family planning ? What are its objectives and principles ?

9. Critically examine the family planning programme in India.

10. Write short notes on any FOUR of the following :
(a) Migration as population policy.
(b) Old - age security and population growth.
(c) MTP Act.
(d) Tubectomy.
(e) Status of women and fertility.
(f) Incentives and disincentives in population policy.

Annamalai University B.A. Degree Examination, 2010 - Public administration - First year - Part - III - Paper - I - Principles of public administration Question paper

( PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION )
( FIRST YEAR )
( PART - III )
( PAPER - I )
530. PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
( Including Double Degree )

May ] [ Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks

Answer any FIVE questions.
All questions carry equal marks. (5 × 20 = 100)

1. Define and discuss nature and scope of public administration.

2. Compare and contrast public administration with private administration.

3. Explain the principles of span of control.

4. Explain centralization Vs. decentralization.

5. Discuss the role of line, staff and auxiliary agencies.

6. Assess the nature of Independent Regulatory Commissions.

7. Examine the nature of executive control over public administration.

8. What are the methods of legislative control over public administration ?

9. Describe the types and steps involved in planning.

10. Define communication and describe various types of communication channels.

Annamalai University B.A. Degree Examination, 2010 - Public Administration - Second Year - Part - III - Paper - III - Administrative Thinkers Question paper

( PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION )
( SECOND YEAR )
( PART - III )
( PAPER - III )
640. ADMINISTRATIVE THINKERS
( Including Double Degree )

May ] [ Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks

Answer any FIVE questions.
All questions carry equal marks. (5 × 20 = 100)

1. Describe the principles of administration advocated by Fayol.

2. F.W. Taylor is the "Father of Scientific Management". Do you accept with this statement ? Substantiate your answer.

3. Comment on Max Weber 's views on bureaucracy.

4. "Karl Marx considered bureaucracy as Exploitative Machinery" - Comment.

5. Examine Elton Mayo's contribution to administrative thought.

6. Explain Simon 's theory of decision making.

7. Evaluate the need hierarchy of Abraham Maslow.

8. Comment on the two factor theory of motivation of F. Herzberg.

9. Examine F.W. Riggs contribution to administrative thought.

10. Write an essay on Edward Weidner 's contribution to administrative theory.

Annamalai University B.A. Degree Examination, 2010 - Public Administration - Third Year - Part - III - Paper - IV - Modern Governments Question paper

( PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION )
( THIRD YEAR )
( PART - III )
( PAPER - IV )
650. MODERN GOVERNMENTS
( Including Double Degree )

May ] [ Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks

Answer any FIVE questions.
All questions carry equal marks. (5 × 20 = 100)

1. Describe the various types of constitutions.

2. Discuss the features of Parliamentary and Presidential forms of Government and their merits and demerits.

3. Describe the salient features of the British Constitution.

4. Discuss the powers and functions of the British Prime Minister.

5. Explain the method of election of the President of America and discuss his powers.

6. Bring out the Jurisdiction and role of the Supreme Court of USA.

7. Discuss the salient features of the Constitution of Fifth Republic of France.

8. Examine the process of law making in France.

9. Explain the nature of Swiss Plural Executive.

10. Discuss the organization, powers and functions of the Swiss Federal Assembly.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Annamalai University B.A. Degree Examination, 2010 - Public administration - Third year - Part - III - Paper - V - Public personnel administration Question paper

( PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION )
( THIRD YEAR )
( PART - III )
( PAPER - V )
710. PUBLIC PERSONNEL
ADMINISTRATION
( Including Double Degree )

May ] [ Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks

Turn over
Answer any FIVE questions.
ALL questions carry equal marks. (5 × 20 = 100)

1. Describe the scope and importance of Personnel Administration.

2. Define bureaucracy and examine its merits and demerits.

3. What are the problems of recruitment ? - Discuss.

4. Critically analyze the principles of promotion.

5. Examine the controversies between the "Specialists" and "Generalists" in administration.

6. Analyze the factors that increase morale in public service.

7. Explain the need for conduct rules.

8. Give an account of the functions of employees unions.

9. What is administrative accountability ? - Explain.

10. What is corruption ? Describe the causes for corruption among the Government employees.

Annamalai University B.A. Degree Examination, 2010 - Public administration - Third year - Part - III - Paper - VI - Public Financial administration Question paper

( PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION )
( THIRD YEAR )
( PART - III )
( PAPER - VI )
720. PUBLIC FINANCIAL
ADMINISTRATION
( Including Double Degree )

May ) ( Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks

Answer any FIVE questions.
All questions carry equal marks. (5 × 20 = 100)

1. Examine the nature and scope of Financial Administration.

2. Discuss various agencies involved in the Financial Administration.

3. Describe the process of preparation and execution of the Budget in India.

4. Discuss the significance of performance Budgeting.

5. 'Accounting and Auditing are the two sides of the same Coin' - Elucidate.

6. Discuss the Parliamentary control over the Public expenditure in India.

7. Describe the position and functions of the Comptroller and Auditor - General of India.

8. Explain the structure and functions of Public Accounts Committee.

9. Explain the functions of Estimate Committee.

10. Discuss the role of Finance Commission in India.

Annamalai University B.A. Degree Examination, 2010 - Public administration - Third year - Part - III - Paper - VIII - Human resource management Question paper

( PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION )
( THIRD YEAR )
( PART - III )
( PAPER - VIII )
740. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
( Including Double Degree )

May ] [ Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks

Answer any FIVE questions.
All questions carry equal marks. (5 × 20 = 100)

1. Define Human Resource Management. Discuss the importance of Human Resource Management.

2. Analyze the trends in Modern Human Resource Management.

3. Define Man Power Planning. Explain the process of Man Power Planning.

4. Analyze the importance and sources of Man Power Planning.

5. Describe the principles and features of a good training programme.

6. Mention the different types of training programmes.

7. Leaders are born or made. - Discuss.

8. Discuss the need and importance of Motivation in Organizations.

9. Define stress. Explain the causes and methods of overcoming stress.

10. Examine the need and importance of Employee Counseling.

Annamalai University B.A. degree examination, 2010 - History - Third year - Part - III - Paper - IX - Modern governments ancillary Question paper

( HISTORY )
( THIRD YEAR )
( PART - III )
( PAPER - IX )
750. MODERN GOVERNMENTS
( ANCILLARY )
( Common to B.A. History & Heritage Management )
( Including Lateral Entry )

May ] [ Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks

Answer any FIVE questions.
All questions carry equal marks. (5 × 20 = 100)

1. Assess the significance of Federal Constitution with examples.

2. Enumerate the advantages of written and unwritten constitutions.

3. Analyze the position of Prime Minister in England.

4. Explain the functions and status of Lok Sabha in India.

5. State the functions of Supreme Court of India.

6. Describe the kinds of emergencies in India.

7. Explain why the President ship of America is the most enviable position in the World.

8. Examine the structure and functions of legislature in France.

9. Describe the salient features of Swiss Constitution.

10. Write short notes on any FOUR of the following :
(a) Flexible Constitution.
(b) Voting rights in India.
(c) Senate of America.
(d) Queen of England.
(e) High Council of Judiciary in France.
(f) Initiative.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Annamalai University B.A. Degree Examination, 2010 - English - Second Year - Part - III - Paper - III - Poetry Question paper

( ENGLISH )
( SECOND YEAR )
( PART - III )
( PAPER - III )
640. POETRY
[( Common to B.A. English & Communication & Double Degree )]
May ] [ Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks

SECTION - A ( 5 × 4 = 20)
I. Annotate any FIVE of the following :
1. Bitter constraint, and sad occasion dear, Compels me to disturb your season due; For Lycidas is dead ....... ..
2. But O! what art can teach, What human voice can reach, The sacred organ's praise ?
3. O Sylvan Wye ! thou wanderer through the woods, How often has my spirit turned to thee!
4. Was it a vision, or a watering dream ? Fled is that music : Do I wake or sleep?
5. I fall upon the thorns of life ! I bleed! A heavy weight of hours has chained, and bowed One too like thee : tameless, and swift, and proud.
6. ..... Notice Neptune, though, Taming a sea horse, thought a rarity, Which claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me !
7. Wipe your hands across your mouth, and laugh, The worlds revolve like ancient woman Gathering fuel in vacant lots.
8. All changed, changed utterly : A terrible beauty is born.
9. And some cease feeling Even themelves or for themselves. Dullness best solves The tease and oubling of shelling.
10. He was fully sensible to the advantages of the installment plan And had everything necessary to the modern man, A photograph, a radio, a car and a frigidaire.

SECTION - B ( 1 × 20 = 20)
II. Answer any ONE of the following :
1. Critically evaluate the theme and form of Shakespeare's Sonnet No. 29.
2. Consider Lycidas as a pastoral elegy.
3. A song for St. Cecilia 's Day is a Perfect Pindaric Ode. - Substantiate.
4. Record Wordsworth's philosophic musings as recorded in Tintern Abbey.
5. Consider Ode to a Nightingale as a typical Romantic Ode.

SECTION - C ( 1 × 20 = 20)
III. Answer any ONE of the following :
1. How does Shelley externalizes his inner struggle to overcome the odds of life in his Ode to the West Wind?
2. Consider My Last Duchess as a dramatic Monologue.
3. Treat Tithonus as a powerful exhibition of emotions.
4. How does Eliot 's Prelude present themes like ugliness, poverty and hardship ?
5. How does Auden criticize the 'robot-like' behaviour of the common man in his The Unknown Citizen ?

SECTION - D ( 1 × 20 = 20)
IV. Answer any ONE of the following :
1. Bring out the metaphysical traits in the prescribed sonnet of Donne.
2. How does Pope satirize the efforts of budding poets who strive to achieve fame ?
3. How does Collin's prove himself as a pre-romantic poet through his Ode to the Evening ?
4. Bring out Coleridge's visions as you find in Kubla Khan.
5. Consider the autobiographical elements in Francis Thompson 's The Hound of Heaven.

SECTION - E ( 1 × 20 = 20)
V. Attempt any ONE of the following :
1. How does De La Mare describe his dream world Arabia ?
2. Describe the experience of a dying solider as presented in Sasson 's The Death Bed.
3. Attempt a critique of The Poet by Cecil Day Lewis.
4. Record Dylan Thomas' experiences on his Thirtieth birthday as you find in Poem in October.
5. How does A Poison Tree by William Blake become a psychological examination of the evil effects of suppressed anger ?

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Annamalai University B.A. degree examination, 2010 - English - Third year - Part - III - Paper - VI - Drama Question paper

( ENGLISH )
( THIRD YEAR )
( PART - III )
( PAPER - VI )
710. DRAMA
( Common to B.A. English & communication
& Double Degree - Old Regulations )
May ] [ Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks

Annotate any FIVE of the following Passages,
choosing at least TWO from each Group.

GROUP - A (5 × 4 = 20)

1. A loft cedar tree, fair flourishing On whose top branches kingly eagles perch, And by the bank a Canker creeps me up, And gets unto the highest bough of all.

2. For now, my lord the king regards me not. But does upon the love of Gaveston. He clasps his cheeks and hangs about his neck - smiles in his face and whispers in his ears.

3. But what are kings when regiment is gone but perfect shadows in a sunshine day.

4. Fairwell fair queen, weep not Mortimer this scorns the world, and as a traveler goes to
discover countries yet unknown.

5. Fear 'd am I more than loved, let me be fear'd and when I frown. Make all the court look pale.

GROUP - B

1. A good deal I' ll Keep the cloak ; and you take care that nobody comes in and sees without it. This is a better weapon than the revolver.

2. And there was Don Quixote.... ought to be court - martialled for it.

3. Madam ! it was the cradle and grave of my military reputation.

4. That is the whole secret of successful fighting.

5. It he discovers our secret, he will never forgive me ; and my daughter's life will hardly be safe.

II. Answer any ONE of the following :(1 × 20 = 20)

11. 'Character is destiny'. Explain with reference to Edward - II.
12. Sketch the character of Kent.
13. Discuss Edward - II a typical Marlovian Tragedy.

II. Answer any ONE of the following :(1 × 20 = 20)

14. Examine Shaw's Views on War in Arms and the Man.
15. How does Shaw portray his women characters in Arms and the Man ?
16. Discuss Arms and The Man as an anti romantic comedy.

IV. Answer any ONE of the following : (2 × 20 = 40)

17. (a) Treat The way of the World as a satire on the Restoration Comedy.
(OR)
(b) Attempt a character sketch of Millamant.

18. (a) Anti - sentimental comedy and The Rivals.
(OR)
(b) How does Lydia Languish serve as a representative of her times.

19. (a) Consider Strife as a conflict between capital and labour.
(OR)
(b) Analyze the plot of strife.

Annamalai University B.A. Degree Examination, 2010 - English and communications - Third year - Part - III - Paper - VIII - Communication skills Question paper

( ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATIONS )
( THIRD YEAR )
( PART - III )
( PAPER - VIII )

730. COMMUNICATION SKILLS

May ] [ Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks

SECTION - A ( 5 ×8 = 40)

Answer any FIVE of the following questions.
All questions carry equal marks.

1. (a) Explain the process of communication.
(b) Define communication.

2. (a) Mention the barriers to communication.
(b) Give an account of the listening skills.

3. (a) Describe the pre-interview preparation techniques.
(b) Write a note on the telephone manners.

4. (a) Mention the purposes of having meetings.
(b) What are the different types of visual aids and their functions ?

5. (a) Describe how a report is different from a letter.
(b) Write a report on any traffic accident you witnessed.

6. (a) Write a note on the parts of speech.
(b) Explain the role of question tags in communication..

7. (a) Explain graphic aids.
(b) Write a note on punctuations and capitalization.

8. (a) What is seminar or symposium ?
(b) Give the format of a business letter.

SECTION - B ( 3 × 20 = 60)

Answer any THREE of the following questions.

All questions carry equal mark.
9. (a) What is the role of non-verbal communication and explain the different items in it.
(OR)
(b) Give an account of the importance of communication.

10. (a) Describe the different characteristics of Job Interview.
(OR)
(b) What are the strategies in group discussion ?

11. (a) What are the characteristics involved in organising a successful meeting ?
(OR)
(b) Give an account of the preparations you need before giving a talk.

12. (a) Write a report on the resources facilities and services available in your town / college library.
(OR)
(b) Write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner about the mosquito menace in your area.

13. (a) How will you apply for a job in a multi - national company ?
(OR)
(b) Describe the importance given to grammar in communication.