BRAOU and CESS - M.Phil and Ph.D Admissions 2015-16

Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU), Hyderabad and Center for
Economic and Social Sciences (CESS) are jointly offering M.Phil and
Ph.D Programmes in Development Studies for the academic year 2015-16.

Subjects / Disciplines: 1. Commerce 2. Development Statistics 3.
Economics 4. Geography 5. Political Science and Public Administration
6. Sociology.

Eligibility: Candidates should have PG Degree with 55 percent marks in
the subject concerned.

Selection Procedure: Admission is based on an Entrance Test in the
subject selected from above and personal interviews for the
shortlisted candidates.

Application forms and the guidelines can be downloaded from the CESS
website. Filled in application form along with a registration fee
should reach the Coordinator (Research Programmes), CESS, Hyderabad on
or before 07 March 2015.

Junior Inter Physics Model Paper for IPE Exams of AP and Telangana

Following is the Junior Intermediate Model Question Paper for Physics
subject. The model paper is useful for the students of Telangana and
Andhra Pradesh Inter Boards. Duration of the exam will be 3 hours and
maximum marks are 60 only.

SECTION - A

I. i) Answer ALL questions.
ii) Each carries 2 marks.
iii) All are very short answer type questions. 10 × 2 = 20
1. What is the contribution of S. Chandra Sekhar to physics?
2. Distinguish between accuracy and precision.
3. If A = i + j, then find the angle made by the vector A with X - axis.
4. Why does the car with a flattened tyres stop sooner than the one
with inflated tyres?
5. If the polar ice caps of the earth were to melt, what would the
effect of the length of the day be?
6. Why should a helicopter necessarily have two propellers?
7. What is magnus effect?
8. Give the expression for the excess pressure in an air bubble inside
the liquid.
9. Why gaps are left between adjacent rails on a railway track?
10. What is specific gas constant? Is it same for all gases?

SECTION - B

II. i) Answer any SIX questions.
ii) Each carries 4 marks.
iii) All are short answer type questions. 6 × 4 = 24
11. A car travels the first third of a distance with a speed of
10 kmph, the second third at 20 kmph and the last third at 60 kmph.
What is its mean speed over the entire distance?
12. Show that the trajectory of an object thrown at certain angle with
the horizontal is a parabola.
13. Why is pulling the lawn roller preferred to pushing it?
14. Define angular velocity. Derive V = r..
15. What is escape velocity? Obtain an expression for it.
16. Define strain energy and derive the evaluation for the same.
17. A body cools from 60°C to 40°C in 7 minutes. What will be its
temperature after next 7 minutes if the temperature of its surrounding
is 10°C?
18. Prove that the average kinetic energy of a molecule of an ideal
gas is directly proportional to the absolute temperature of the gas.

SECTION - C

III. i) Answer any TWO of the following.
ii) Each carries 8 marks.
iii) All are long answer type questions. 2 × 8 = 16
19. (a) State and prove law of conservation of mechanical energy in
the case of a freely falling body.
(b) A machine gun fires 360 bullets per minute and each bullet travels
with a velocity of 600 ms-1. If the mass of each bullet is 5 gm, find
the power of the machine gun.
20. Derive the equation for the kinetic energy and potential energy of
a simple harmonic oscillator and show that the total kinetic energy of
a particle in simple harmonic motion is constant at any point on its
path.
21. Explain the reversible and irreversible processes. Describe the
working of Carnot engine. Obtain an expression for the efficiency.

Senior Inter Economics Model Paper for IPE Exams in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

Here is the Senior Intermediate Economics Model question paper for AP and Telangana students. The Intermediate examinations (IPE) will commence soon and the model paper is useful for the students of both the states. The duration is 3 hours and maximum marks allotted are 100. Section A and Section C gives 30 marks each and Section B is allotted 40 marks thus making a total of 100 marks. See the model paper below:

Section - A

I. i) Answer any THREE out of the following five questions.
ii) Every answer may be limited to 40 lines.
iii) Each question carries TEN marks. 3 × 10 = 30
1. India is a developing economy. Discuss.
2. What are the causes for inequalities in the distribution of income of wealth? Suggest some measures.
3. What are the causes for low productivity in agriculture? Suggest some measures to improve it.
4. What are the causes for rural indebtedness? Suggest measures to reduce it.
5. Critically explain the 1991 Industrial Policy.

SECTION - B

II. i) Answer any EIGHT out of the following twelve questions.
ii) Every answer may be limited to 20 lines.
iii) Each question carries FIVE marks. 8 × 5 = 40

6. What are the factors influencing economic development?
7. Distinguish between economic growth and Economic Development.
8. Explain GATT. Explain the objective of GATT.
9. Explain the theory of demographic transitation.
10. What is the role of education in rural development?
11. What are the different types of unemployment?
12. Explain reasons for poor performance of land reforms in India.
13. Explain the defect in agricultural marketing in India?
14. Explain 1948 Industrial policy resolution.
15. Explain the causes of regional imbalance in India.
16. Write a Note on Arogya Sree, 108, 104.
17. Write a Note on Material balance model.

SECTION - C

III. i) Answer any FIFTEEN out of the following twenty.
ii) Every answer may be limited to 5 lines.
iii) Each question carries TWO marks. 15 × 2 = 30

18. Planning commission definition of developing country
19. Economic growth
20. Liberalisation
21. Poverty gap
22. Urbanisation
23. Green Revolution
24. Eco-system
25. Industrial estate
26. Rythu Bazar
27. ICICI
28. Mixed recall period
29. Civil aviation
30. National income
31. Per capita income
32. Great dividing year of population
33. Disguised Unemployment
34. Backward States in India
35. Regional imbalance
36. e-waste
37. Science and technology