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ACIO-I/Exe Examination-2023(Tier-l)
2) All answers are to be written in the answer sheet provided separately.
Time: 1 hour
3) Please do not write your name or roll no. on the ansSwer sheet except in
Max Marks: 50
) Write your roll number in the space provided above.
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the space provided on the first page.
4) Please deposit the answer sheet/ additional answer sheet & admit card
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5) Candidates can take the question paper after the exam.
Q1. Write an essay in English language only on ANY ONE of the following
topics, in not more than 400 words.
(30 marks)
to the invigilator before leaving the examination hall.
Women's education is a pre-requisite for social progress.
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Increasing dependence on technology- bane or boon?
Equitable economic growth- its drivers.
Social media has replaced traditional news across the world.
Impact of tourism on environment.
Q2. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow, in
about 40 words each.
(Each question carries 2 marks- Total 10 marks)
Popular imagination, even in India itself, has it that unhealthy Indians suffer
overwhelmingly from under-and malnutrition. The visual trope for this is the
thin, emasculated people. But even as undernutrition in India very much
lingers, that a growing number of Indians suffer from obesity gets underplayed.
According to a recent study, globally, more than 1 billion people- 1 in 8 persons
live with obesity today. Obesity among adults has more than doubled since
1990, and quadrupled among children and adolescents (5-19 years). And India
hasn't bucked this trend. For India, there is also the double burden of
malnutrition and obesity. Also, there is the high burden of non-communicable
diseases like heart disease and diabetes, which obesity fuels. It would be a
mistake to think that obesity is a disease of the urban rich. From 1990 to 2022,
numbers have grown from 35 lakhs to 7 crores. With households becoming
more affluent, there is a rise in consumption of processed foods high in fats,
salts and sugar. Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2022-23 shows
that the rural households now nearly spend as much, relatively, as their urban
equivalents on beverages and processed foods. A sedentary lifestyle adds to
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the
malaise.
Tackling
obesity
and
malnutrition
requires
increasing
consumption of fruits, vegetables and pulses, and increasing physicl
activity.
(especially those targeted at the children), shape fiscal and pricing
policies to
Government must regulate the harmful marketing of foods and
beverages
promote healthy diets, and raise public awareness on eating healthy and
exercising. As the economy of the country improves, so does the health of its
citizens. Conversely, improving health of citizens leads to a more productive
Work force.
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The solution for tackling obesity and malnutrition is essentially same
Explain.
What are the prime reasons for obesity?
How is economy of a country benefitted from the health of its citizens?
Why children today suffer disproportionately more from obesity as
Compared to adults?
What is a key finding of Household Consumption Expenditure Survey
2022-23 with regard to urtban and rural consumption and why is this
important?
Q3. Read the folowing passage and write the precis in your own words (not
more than 100 words, exceeding the limit could entail negative marking).
(10 marks)
The lives of the Ancient Greeks revolved around eris, a concept by which
they defined the universe. They believed that the world existed in a condition
of opposites. If there was good, then there was evil, if there was love, then
there was hatred; joy, then sorroW; war then peace; and so on. The Greeks
believed that good eris occurred when one held a balanced outlook on life and
coped with problems as they arose. It was a kind of ease of living that came
from trying to bring together the great opposing forces in nature. Bad eris was
evident in the violent conditions that ruled men's lives. Although these things
were found in nature and sometimes could not be controlled, it was believed
that bad eris occurred when one ignored a problem, letting it grow larger until
it destroyed not only that person, but his family as well. The ancient Greeks
saw eris as a Goddess: Eris, the Goddess of Discord, better known as Trouble.
One myth that expresses this concept of bad eris deals with the marriage
of King Peleus and the river goddess Thetis. Zeus, the supreme ruler, learns
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to father his own ruin, Zeus convinces Thetis to marry a human, a mortal whose
child could never challenge the gods. He promises her, among other things,
the greatest wedding in all of Heaven and Earth and allows the couple to invite
whomever they please. This is one of the first mixed marriages of Greek
Mythology and the lesson learnt from it still applies today. They do invite
everyone...except Eris, the Goddess of Discord. In other words, instead of
tacing the problems brought on by a mixed marriage, they turn their backs on
them. Thy refused to deal directly with their problems and the result is tragic.
In her fury, Eris arrives, ruins the wedding, causes a jealous feud between the
three major goddesses over a golden apple, and sets in place the conditions
that lead to the Trojan War. The war would take place 20 years in the future,
but it would result in the death of the only child of the bride and groom, Achilles.
Eris would destroy the parents' hopes for their future, leaving the couple with
no legitimate heirs to the throne.
Hence, when we are told, if you don't invite trouble, trouble comes", It
means that it we don't deal with our problems, our problems will deal with us
with a vengeance! It is easy to see why the Greeks considered many of their
myths learning myths, for this one teaches us the best way to defeat that which
can destroy us.
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