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International The richest person of the

world is Carlos Slim.

The country which recentlyadopted new constitution -Kenya

The winner of the Champi-ons Trophy Hockey - Aus-tralia

The Leelavathi Award hasbeen conferred on SimonLehna Singh

Simon Lehna Singh

The winner of Ryder Cup(golf) Europe.

The logest railway tunnel ofthe world which was re-cently completed isGotthard Base Tunnel(57km long)

The woman Athlete whowas adjudged the best ath-lete of the XIX Common-wealth Games - TreciaSmith

President of SriLanka whowas sworn in for a secondterm in November 2010 -Mahinda Raja Paksa

Mahinda Raja Paksa

Myanmar’s Pro-democracyleader who was recently re-leased from house arrest -Aung San Suu Kyi

The man who has been re-cently re-elected as InterpolSecretary General - RonaldNoble

The new Brazilian President- Dilma Rousself

General Than Shwe who vis-ited India in the last week ofJuly is the military ruler ofMyanmar.

Rosa Otunbayeva has re-cently been sworn in thepresident of Krygizstan.

The 17th ASEAN Summitwas held in Hanoi.

Who has been awarded ICCTest Player of the year

Award for 2010 ?

Virender Sehwag

Which country recentlycompleted its 20 years ofunity?

Germany

On January 18, 2011, the for-eign dignitary who will bethe Chief Guest at RepublicDay Parade is SusiloBambang Yudhoyono (Presi-dent of Indonesia)

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

The new German President- Christian Wulff

The new President of Poland- Bronislaw Komorowski

Paul Kagame was recentlysworn in as the new Presi-dent of Rwanda.

The women World BoxingChampion this year isM.C.Mary Kom

The first Indian-American

woman and first non-whitecandidate to win election asCalifornia’s Attorney Gen-eral - Kamla Harris

Who has been named themost powerful person in theworld by Forbes Magazineahead of US PresidentBarack Obama - ChinesePresident Hu Jintao

Hu Jintao

The Indian origin DeputySpeaker of Britain’s Houseof Lords, who has resignedfrom his position, unhappyover his 4 month suspensionfrom the House over parlia-mentary expenses claim -Lord Swaraj Paul

The Jailed Chinese PoliticalActivist who has beenawarded the Nobel PeacePrize for his efforts to pro-mote democratic right inChina - Liu Xiaoba

Slovakia’s first female PrimeMinister - Ivela Radicova

The World Tiger Summitwas recently held in St Pe-tersburg, Russia

The 15th African unionsummit was recently held in- Kampala, Uganda

The team which won the2010 World Cup’s FIFA FairPlay Award - Spain

The Latin American Coun-try that has adopted a newconstitution recently - Ecua-dor

National Football Museum,which keeps all FIFA Collec-tion is located in UK.

The winner of this year’sOrange Prize for fiction re-garded as a ‘traitor’ by theAmericans for her criticismof the country’s foreignpolicy - Barbara Kingsolver

The country that has en-acted legislation whichmakes it illegal to buy or sellcigarettes in the country -Bhutan

The name of the second ofthree stealth Frigate that hasbeen recently launched byRussia for the Indian Navy- Tarkash

The longest trans-oceanicbridge in the worldHangzholo Bay Bridge,China

Who has topped the Forbesmagazine’s list of World’s100 most Powerful Women?

Michelle Obama

The Public Sector under-standing which is the big-gest producer of coal inh theworld - Coal India Limited

The two ASEAN countrieswhich have recently imple-mented the Indo-ASEANFree Trade Agreement - Viet-nam, Myanmar

Britain’s youngest PrimeMinister in almost 200 years- David Cameron

David Cameron

Navinchandra Ramgoolamhas been re-appointed asthe Prime Minister ofMauritius.

The Indian origin lady whohas been elected the firstwoman Prime Minister ofTrinidad and Tobago -Kamla Persad Bissessar

The Pakistani descent ladywho has secured thehonour of being the firstMuslim member of BritishPrime Minister DavidCameron’s Cabinet Sayeeda.

The country which hastaken over the chairmanshipof Group of 15 countries -SriLanka

The secretariat of SAARCDevelopment Fund is lo-cated in Thimpu, Bhutan.

The country that has re-tained its position as theworld’s second largesteconomy behind the US -Japan

Laura Chinchilla is the firstfemale President of CostaRica

Laura Chinchilla

The Asian country that hasbanned the use of foreigncurrency in its territory -North Korea

Omid is the first domesti-cally made satellite of Iran.

China launched the world’sfastest train service cover-ing a distance of 1,068 km atthe average speed of 350 kmin an hour.

- The Service is between theChinese cities Wuhan andGuangzhou.

Herman Von Rompuy hasbeen elected as the firstPresident of EuropeanUnion.

-He was the Prime Ministerof Belgium.

-European Union was estab-lished by the ‘Treaty ofMaastricht on November

1993. The motto of EU is‘United in diversity’.

Maldives, which is facing agrave threat of beingswamped by the sea levels,held the world’s first under-water cabinet meeting tohighlight the danger posedto low-lying nations by glo-bal warming.

National On March 9, 2010 Rajya

Sabha passed Women’sReservation Bill.

The heaviest soundingrocket developed by ISRO -ATV-DO1

Moorti Award (2009) hasbeen conferred on VeerappaMoily.

The nutritional scheme forgirls recently approved bythe cabinet - SABLA

The Bollywood actress whohas been made UNICEFbrand ambassador isPriyanka Chopra.

The First Indian WomanShooter to be crowned aWorld Champion isTejaswini Sawant.

Lal Bahadur Shastri Awardhas been bestowed onAruna Roy.

The new Director General ofthe Central Reserve PoliceForce (CRPF) K.VijayKumar.

K.Vijay Kumar

Sahitya Academi Fellowshiphas been conferred onKushwant Singh.

The World’s largest Dia-mond Bourse which was re-cently inaugurated inMumbai - Bharat DiamondBourse (BDB)

The nation which occupiestop position in under weightchildren among Common-wealth Nations is India.

The adult HIV prevalence inthe country has declinedfrom 0.45% in 2002 to0.29% in 2008.

Three Indian performing artforms which were recentlyinscribed on UNESCO’s in-

tangible heritage listKerala’s Mudiyettu, Chhauof East India and Kalbelia ofRajasthan.

The winner of Durand Cupthis year is Chirag United.

The Indian women whohave been ranked as themost powerful women of thepast century by Time Maga-zine - Indira Gandhi andMother Teresa

The highest suicide ratio inIndia is in the state ofSikkim.

India has recently signedSocial Security Agreementwith South Korea.

In October 2010, India waselected to Security Councilas Non-permanent Memberafter 19 years.

The Prema Bhatia Award ofJournalism has been con-ferred on Ritu Sarin.

The only Indian to be ap-pointed as member of UNadvocacy group for Millen-nium Development Goals(MDGs) - Mukesh Ambani

The Additional SolicitorGeneral, who has been con-ferred with the prestigious‘Sikh of the year 2010’Award for his outstandingachievement in his profes-sion and for the bettermentof society - Amarjit SinghChandhok

Amarjit Singh Chandhok

Sangita Kalanidhi Awardthis year has been conferredon Bombay Sisters.

The two Indian women whohave figured among Forbesmost inspiring women listare Arundhati Roy andIndira Nooyi.

The Ramnath Goenka Jour-nalist of the Year Award hasrecently been conferred onSiddharth Varadarajan.

The Indian Army Officerwho recently won medals atthe World Health Games -Major Surendra Poonia

The International Airportthat was renamed as SriGuru Ram Dass Jee Interna-tional Airport - RajasansiAirport, Amritsar

The public sector oil explo-ration company that hasemerged as the world’s topoil and gas exploration andproduction company - Oiland Natural Gas Corpora-tion (ONGC)

The Former Minister ofState for Science and Tech-nology who has been swornin as the 22nd Chief Minis-ter of Maharashtra -Prithviraj Chavan

The Indian badmintonplayer who won the YonexCzech Open InternationalChampionship recently -Ajay Jayaram

The dignitary who was theChief Guest at the closingceremony of the XIX Com-mon Wealth Games -SriLankan PresidentMahinda Rajapakse

The Indian batsman whohas won the Cricketer of theyear Award, winning the SirGarfield Sobers Trophy inthe 2010 ICC Awards -Sachin Tendulkar

The Finance Minister whohas won this year’s awardfor ‘Finance Minister of theyear for Asia - PranabMukherjee

Pranab

Mukherjee

The first motor woman tosteer a suburban train forthe Western Railway inMumbai - Preeti Kumari

The Rajya Sabha MP whohas been made an HonoraryFellow of Trinity Hall atCambridge University, inrecognition of his contribu-tion to the “diplomatic andpolitical life of the world’slargest democracy” - ManiShankar Aiyar

India and Russia conducteda joint military exercise Índra2010’focusing on counter-terrorism operations atChaubattia Uttarakhand

The Indian Navy recentlyinducted a new warship atthe naval base in Kochi,boistering the capabilities ofthe Southern Naval Com-mand. The ship has beennamed INS Kalpeni.

For the first time in the his-

tory of the Indian Army, alady cadet received the‘Sword of Honour’, the bestall round cadet award at thepassing out parade of theofficer’s Training Academy,Chennai. The cadet is ADivya.

The Indian wrestler recentlymade history by becomingthe first Indian to win aworld wrestling champion-ship gold medal in the 66 kgfreestyle category - SushilKumar

The two countries PresidentPratibha Patil visited re-cently, as part of an effort toboost India’s Look EastPolicy - Laos and Cambodia

The Chairperson of SangeetNatak Academy - LeelaSamson

The Social activist, who hasbeen on fast unto death forpast nine years demandingwithdrawal of the ArmedForces Special Powers Act1958 from Manipur, hasbeen awarded theRabindranath Tagore PeacePrize- Irom Sharmila

The Indian leader who hasbeen honoured with the2010 World StatesmanAward by the Appeal ofConscience Foundation -Dr.Manmohan Singh

Dr.Manmohan Singh

The Government recentlyreleased a five rupee com-memorative coin to mark thecentenary birth celebrationof Mother Teresa.

The former Union PowerSecretary, who has beenappointed as the ElectionCommissioner -Harishankar Brahma

The first State to launchPradhan Mantri AdarshGrama Yojana in India -Rajasthan

The 17th SAARC summitwill be held in MaleMaldives.

The High Court of whichState recently barred non-tax payers from filing PublicInterest Litigations -Jharkhand

The name of the recentlyconducted joint Air ForcesExercise between India andFrance Garuda.

The distinguished IndianPhysicist and environmen-talist who has been awardedthe prestigious SydneyPeace Prize this year -Vandana Shiva

Vandana Shiva

The Former Chief Justice ofIndia who has been ap-pointed as ChairPerson ofthe National Human RightsCommission-K.G.Balakrishnan

The Port that has been re-cently included in the list of13 major ports in India -Port Blair

The Indian Bank which re-cently opened its first over-seas counter in Dubai’s In-ternational Finance Centre -IDBI Bank

Aurobindo Express the newtrain which was recentlyflagged off from Howrah isdestined to Puducherry.

The Chairman of the ExpertCommittee on National FilmAwards is Shyam Benegal.

The Former Vice Presidentand three time Chief Minis-ter of Rajasthan, who diedrecently - Bhairon SinghShekhawat

The Indian Airport that hasreceived the ISO 27001 cer-tification, recognised inter-nationally as an InformationSecurity Management Sys-tem (ISMS) Standard Ban-galore.

The Central Salt and MarineChemicals Research Insti-tute is located at Bhavnagar,Gujarat.

The main bench of NationalGreen Tribunal, the first ju-dicial body to deal exclu-sively with environmentallaws - Bhopal

The official carrier of uniqueidentity numbers to deliverthe UID communication tothe citizens of India - IndiaPost

The former Indian Captainwho has announced his re-tirement from InternationalHockey - Dilip Tirkey

Dilip Tirkey

The name of the recentlyconducted largest summerwar games in Rajasthan bythe Indian Army - YodhaShakti

The Indian author who haswon the prestigious DanDavid Prize - Amitav Ghosh

Amitav Ghosh

Sultan Azlan Shah HockeyCup 2010 winners India andSouth Korea.

According to the latest IRSreport, the most read news-paper in India is DainikJagran

The recently launchedIndia’s first Anti SubmarineWarfare Corvette (ASWC)for the Indian Navy -Kamorta

The centrally sponsoredscheme for creation of ba-sic sports infrastructure inall village and blockpanchayats in the country -Panchayat Yuvakrida AurKhel Abhiyan

The State Government that

has recently launched amobile mammography vanto detect breast cancer inthe rural areas of the StateMeghalaya.

India and Singapore re-cently conducted their an-nual naval wargames in theeastern sea board. The jointexercise was named Simbex.

The Cricket legend who wasnamed Good will Ambassa-dor by United Nations En-vironment Programme(UNEP) - Sachin Tendulkar

India’s first district levelpaperless e-court recentlystarted functioning in themetropolitan city of NewDelhi.

The city that hosted the 6thinternal Exhibition on Landand Naval Defences Sys-tems (CD of Expo 2010) - NewDelhi

The MIG fighter aircraftsrecently inducted into theIndian Navy - MIG 29k

The Indian AmericanPulitzer winning writer whohas been appointed by theUS President Barack Obamato his committee on Arts andHumanities - Jhumpa Lahiri

The Chairman of UniqueIdentification Authority ofIndia - Nandan Nilekani

Nandan Nilekani

The Programme launchedby Unique Identifica-tionAuthority of India.

AADHAAR (it was laun-ched on 29 september, 2010.

The Former Supreme CourtJudge who has been ap-pointed Chairman of theLaw Commission of India -Justice P.V.Reddy

The committee appointed toenquire in to the Telanganaissue - Srikrishna Commit-tee. Creation of SeparateTelangana State withHyderabad as its Capitaland keeping AndhraPradesh United with consti-tutional and statutory mea-sures for empowerment ofthe Telangana region areamong the six options rec-ommended by the JusticeSrikrishna Committee.

‘Peepli Live’ the Hindi filmproduced by actor AamirKhan will be India’s officialentry to 2010’s AcademyAwards (Oscar) in the Best

Foreign language film cat-egory.

“Swavalamban” is LIC’snew pension scheme for theunorganised sector underNew Pension System.

India’s first open jail forwomen was inaugurated atthe Yerawada CentralPrison, in Pune. Initially 50women prisoners would beselected for the open jail.

Well - known Hindi writer,Amar Kant was selected forthe prestigious VyasSamman award for his out-standing novel “InhiHathiyaron Se’, constitutedby K.K. Birla foundation.

Hyderabad’s Rajiv GandhiInternational Airport re-ceived the World’s best air-port award at the (ACI) AsiaPacific Regional Conferenceand Exhibition in Hainan,China.

India’s first mobile mam-mography unit (MMU) islaunched in Goa.

The millennium’s longestannular solar eclipse wasvisible in India and aroundthe world on 15 January2010.

India ranks 123rd in 2010Environmental PerformanceIndex (EPI), while Icelandleads the world in address-ing pollution control andnatural resource manage-ment challenges.

- China ranks 121.

India’s largest fuel retailer isIndian Oil Corporation.

Prajarajyam is Political partylaunched by Chiranjeevi inAndhra Pradesh

Chiranjeevi

Military Secretary Lieuten-ant General AvadeshPrakash will be the firstthree star general to facecourt martial.

The India MeteorologicalDepartment (IMD) declared2009 the warmest yearsince 1901, the year itstarted keeping records oftemporary and otherweather parameters.

Former Chief Justice of In-dia A.S. Anand has beenappointed as Chairman ofthe high level EmpoweredCommittee to go into all as-pects of the Mullaperiyardispute between the statesTamil Nadu and Kerala.

Sushma Swaraj has beenappointed as the opposi-tion leader in Lok Sabha.

- She is the first female poli-tician to be appointed as theleader of the opposition inLok Sabha.

Noted Bollywood actressNandita Das has been ap-pointed the New Chairper-son of the Children’s FilmSociety of India (CFST)

Regional The new pension scheme

meant for poor and bed rid-den patients launched bythe Kerala State Govern-ment - Aaswasa Kiranam

The district that has becomethe first fully electrified dis-tr ict in the countryPalakkad.

India’s 38th figer reserve isParambikulam Tiger Re-serve.

The Kathakali exponentwho was given honoraryDoctorate by Cochin Uni-versity KalamandalamRaman Kutty Nair

The first formed TribalPanchayat in Kerala -Edamalakudi.

The first medium Irrigationproject in Wyanad -Karappuzha (It was commis-sioned in June 20th 2010)

The new scheme started bythe Government of Keralafor the welfare and protec-tion of tr ibal women -Snehasparsham

The project started by Gov-ernment of Kerala to givefood to tribals - Annadayini

Project The first familypoly clinic in India -Vattiyoorkavu, PHC,Thiruvananthapuram

Where is the 4th Airport inKerala being constructed ?

Moorkkan parambu inMattannoor (Kannur)

The fish that has been de-clared as State Fish - Pearlspot (Karimeen)

Chief Justice of Kerala HighCourt - J.Chelameshwar

The Chairman of KeralaSangeetha Natak Academy- Mukesh

Mukesh

The Chairman of KeralaLalitakala Academy -C.N.Karunakaran

The President of KeralaSahitya Academy -P.Valsala

The operation carried outby vigilance and anticorrup-tion bureau on RTO of Mo-tor Vehicle Department re-cently - Operation Spark

India’s only Endosulfanproducer factory HIL(Hindustan Insecticide Lim-ited) - Udyogamandal, Kochi

Kerala Forest Academy is

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The first Indian State to implement the tribal forest rights act - Kerala

Chairman of State Administrative Tribunal - Justice K Balakrishnan Nair

Chief Secretary of Kerala - Dr.P.Prabhakaran

First Vice Chancellor of the newly formed Vetinary University is Dr. P.Ashok

The Heli Taxi Service started in Kochi International Airport - Kerala Air Taxi service

The scheme launched by Government of Kerala to provide building materials at no profit to those below poverty line tobuild 600 sq.ft. houses - Nirmithi Kalavara

The city where BSNL started it 3G mobile service for the first time in kerala - Kozhikode

Palakkad, in Kerala, will be the first district in the country to implement e-governing of the revenue administration.

India’s first Community College directly run by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is established inPathanamthitta.

The Kerala Government has decided to observe 2010 as the ‘Year of Sport’.

The first Cyber Forensic and Digital Analysis Cen-tre in India has started functioning in Thiruvanan-thapuram.

Paper I General StudiesMaximum: 150 marks

Time: 3 hoursAll questions are to be attempted. Each carries 15 marks.

No answer should exceed 1,500 words in length.1. “Formation of linguistic states has proved to be a bag of mixed blessings”. Discuss2. What are the social, economic and religious dimensions of the impact of Sree Narayana Guru Swamy

on Kerala?3. Has the Planning Commission outlived its usefulness? If so, suggest an alternative. If not, explain

why?4. Is sustainable development impossible without causing ecological hazards?5. Explain the impact of fall in prices of commercial crops on Kerala economy?6. Discuss the role of the District collector in Kerala’s current administrative structure?7. Land Reforms in Kerala has been counterproductive. True or False?8. What are your views on human cloning?9. Write short note on the following?

(a) Kerala’s Express Highway Project(b) The Golden Quadrilateral(c) Vallarpadom Transshipment Terminal(d) Marine Fishing

10. Name the Chief Ministers Kerala has had and state in one sentence what you consider the bestcontribution of each CM to the life and society of Kerala

PAPER II - DATA APPRECIATION, PROBLEM SOLVING AND ESSAY WRITINGMaximum: 50 marks

Time: 1 HourPart I and Part II can be answered in English or in Regional Languages and Part III

should be answered in Malayalam or Tamil or KannadaPART - I (Data Appreciation)

1. The following table gives the data on foreign tourists arrival (in lakhs) to India during 2001-2003

Month Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.Year2001 2.84 2.62 2.50 1.85 1.51 1.77 2.24 1.97 1.62 1.81 2.10 2.552002 2.28 2.41 2.16 1.60 1.45 1.35 1.78 1.63 1.63 2.13 2.46 2.962003 2.78 2.73 2.20 1.68 1.45 1.72 2.18 2.01 1.90 2.46 2.82 3.58

Study the above table and answer the following questions:-(a) What is the general trend observed over years on the arrival of foreign tourists?(b) How much per cent of the tourists visit India during the months from November to February? Why a

large proportion of tourist prefer this period for their travel to India?(c) “The range of variation of tourists arrival within the months increases over years”. Comment on this

statement.

Deputy Collector Previous Question Paper (Main)

(d) What is the month in which the foreign tourists inflow to India is the least. Explain with reasons for thistrend.

(8 Marks)2. The following data provides the population size, the number of households, number unemployed, per

capita income in Rupees, number or houses connected by electricity and water supply and the numberof houses with good sanitary conditions from each of three villages A, B and C.

Electric ityconnection

W atersupply

connection

Goodsanitary

conditions

A 2150 512 1410 2150 410 182 260

B 1826 400 1028 1820 370 116 180

C 2118 518 1370 1975 395 175 210

No. of houses with

VillagePopulation

Size

No. ofhouse holds

No. Unemployed

PerCapitaincome

(Rs.)

(a) Study the above data and prepare a report(b) In a schemes of uplifting the villages from their backwardness an organisation intimates its desire to

provide a support of Rs. 75,00,000 with a condition that atleast 60% of the amount should be assignedto employment generating schemes. Prepare a budget proposal to be submitted to the organisation soas to draw the amount for the development of the villages.

(12 marks)PART - II (Problem Solving)

3. In each of the following questions with multiple choice identify your answer and write the same.(a) A survey was conducted on a sample of 1000 persons regarding the literacy on Malayalam, English and

Hindi. The results of the survey are presenterd in the diagram below:

The ratio of the number of persons who do not know any of the three languages to those who know all thethree languages is:(i) 60/125 (ii) 1/4 (iii) 15/21 (iv) 16/100

(b) In a journey of 320 km, a car covers the first 240 km at a speed of 80 km/h and the remaining distance at 40km/h. The average speed of the car for the whole journey is:(i) 60 km/h (ii) 75 km/h. (iii) 64 km/h (iv) 72 km/h

(c) The number of triangles in the following figure is

150

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English

Hindi

DEPUTY COLLECTOR PREVIOUS QUESTION PA-PER (MAIN)

(i) 8 (ii) 10 (iii) 12 (iv) 14(d) In the following sequence of numbers one number is missing. Find out the appropriate number of the

missing value:19

29

23

83

403

80, , , , , ,

(i) 160 (ii) 160

3 (iii) 480 (iv) 560

(e) How can the relationship between X and Y be best defined if the values of X and Y are as follows?X 2 4 3 5 6

Y 0 2 6 12 20(i) Y X X 2 3 2 (ii) Y X X 2 2 (iii) Y X X 2 2 (iv) Y X X 2 2 8

(5×2=10 marks)4. Suppose you are working under a District Collector. The District Collector has assigned a work to you.

After the completion of the work on assessing it, the Collector felt dissatisfied with it and called forexplanation from you for the failures. Write an explanation letter to the District Collector, How will youproceed further to solve the problem?

(5 marks)PART - III (Essay Writing)

5. Write an essay not exceeding 500 words on any one of the following topics:-A. Merits and demerits of People’s PlanB. Administrative Reforms in Government with the help of Information Technology?C. Necessity of Economic Empowerment of the uncared people to build a Shining India?

(15 Marks)

DEPUTY COLLECTOR PREVIOUS QUESTIONPAPER (MAIN)

The Syllabus for the Final ExaminationThe Final Examination shall consist of twopapers

Paper I – General StudiesTime : 3 hours. Max.Marks: 150This Paper shall consists of 4 parts viz.Part 1 :-i) Cultural Heritage of India with emphasis on 20th

century.ii) Post Independent Indian Polity.iii) Social and Cultural Movements in KeralaPart 2 :-i) Present Indian economy in the Global

Environment.ii) Development and Environmental Issues.iii) Kerala Economy :-1) Kerala Model Development2) Food Security3) Group Initiatives4) Role of Non Resident Indians5) Role of Co-operatives6) Women Empowernment.Part 3A:-i) A General Overview of the Indian Constitutionii) 86th Amendment to the Constitution and

Consequential Enactments.iii) Role of District Collectors in Administration –

Situation Analysis.B:-i) Recent Land Laws enacted in Kerala:-1) Kerala Protection of River bank and Regulation

of removal of sand Act, 20012) Ecological Fragile Land Act, 20053) Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wet

Land Act,2008.ii) Decentralisation in Administration – Local Self

Government.

Part 4 :-i) Science and Technology – Information

Communication Technology, Space Technologyetc.

ii) General Awareness of the modern trends in lifesciences.

(Medium of Questions : English)N.B:- Candidates are to answer the questions either

in English or in the Regional Languages, viz,Malayalam, Tamil orKannada. The same medium should be usedthroughout.

Paper II – Data Appreciation, Problem Solving andEssay Writing.Time :1 hourMax. Marks:50

There shall be following 3 parts in Paper II viz.Part I – Data Appreciation and Interpretation. The

candidates will be asked to draw their ownconclusions from the data presented in a tabularform or graphically or otherwise.

Part II – Problem solving – Duly ‘structured’situation will be presented to the candidatesand they will be asked to suggest their ownsolution to the problems arising out of thesituation. Alternatively they maybe called uponto prove their understanding of the situationby answering certain searching questions basedon the situation.

Part III – Essay Writing – The candidates will haveto write a short essay not exceeding 500 wordson a given topic.

(Medium of Questions : English)N.B :- Part I and II can be answered in English or in

the Regional languages and Part III should beanswered in Malayalam or Tamil or Kannada.

9. Date of Preliminary and final examinations.i) Preliminary : 09.04.2011ii) Final : 16.07.2011

Deputy Collector Main Exam Syllabus