Explain the Traditionalist approach related to wage differentials and modern economists' views on wage differentials.

Why do we need social protection for women workers in the informal sector? Justify your answers with suitable examples drawn from the course material.

 Discuss issues related to the under-enumeration of women's work in the Indian Data collection system.

Gender discrimination includes behaviours occurring in the workplace that limit the target person's ability to enter, remain in, succeed in, or progress in a job and that are primarily the result of the target person's gender. - Comment on the statement

Explain how the R- and S- labels are used for enantiomers. Explain the λ and δ conformations of methyl axial and methyl equatorial respectively. Give suitable illustrations for all of these.

Write the Russell-Saunders terms symbols for states with the angular momentum quantum numbers (L,S) (a) (1, 1/2) (b) (2,1) (c) (0, 3/2) (d) (3, 0).

What is the expected magnetic moment of the complex MnF₃? What sort of stereochemistry is seen in it? What is the electron configuration in it based on crystal field theory.

Give suitable equations and explain the orbital and spin contributions towards paramagnetism in a complex.

Explain the structure of normal spinels with a suitable example. Give suitable illustration.

Give the electronic configuration of d⁸ and d⁹ complexes in both weak and strong fields. Also calculate their CFSE.

 Explain the structure of MoCl₄²⁻. Which are the two main classes of metal atom cluster compounds?

Give the reactions for preparation of decaborane(14) from B₅H₈⁻ anion. Which is the only neutral dodecaborane and how is it prepared? Give suitable equation.

Give the structure of titanocene with its IUPAC nomenclature. How is the Hund's rule obeyed in manganocene?

Explain the π system of the allyl group with the help of molecular orbital theory. Illustrate your answer.

Compare the characteristics of electron-rich phosphines with those of electron poor phosphines regarding their σ donor and π acceptor capacities. What happens to these characteristics when the average electronegativity of the three groups attached to P increases?

With suitable diagrams explain the electronic structure of NO and its binding to a metal fragment on the covalent model.

With the help of suitable examples and structures, explain why some of the 16-electron organometallic complexes are stable. For a dⁿ metal ion which form will be more stable, 16-electron square planar complex (d⁸ and 8 ligand electrons) or a 18-electron complex (d⁸ and 10 ligand electrons)? Justify your answer.

With suitable illustration explain the bent tin-tin double bond in (SnR2)2; where R = (Me3Si)2CH.

With any two suitable examples show how organanometallic complexes of different classes may be stabilized by bulky ligands.

Give the classification of nonclassically bonded organometallic compounds.