What is the role and status of English in India today? As a (potential) teacher of English, do you think English will assume greater significance in the future in the Indian educational system?

What is code mixing and code switching? How can the mother tongue of children be gainfully exploited by the teacher in a classroom? Illustrate with suitable examples.

Discuss the four categories of cognitive style mentioned in your study material. According to your experience in the classroom, which of them best bring about second language learning?

How does schooling i.e. formal education differ from the natural process of socialization in which a child acquires his/her L1? Discuss. 

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Differences between book publishing and newspaper publishing

What are the tasks carried out by the Production Department of a publishing house? What are the jobs/openings available in the Production Department?

Why is it important for an author and publisher to enter into a Publisher’s Contract? What are the aspects usually covered by a Publisher’s Contract?

Explain the concept of copyright and ownership of copyright. Discuss what is meant by ‘infringement of copyright’.

Describe the structure of a publishing house and briefly discuss the tasks carried out by the editorial department.

Write a note on resources of the local bodies.

Highlight the issues in micro level planning.

What are the major requirements in development planning?

Discuss the intra-tier responsibilities in the context of the Eleventh Schedule.

Explain the major features of the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act.

Examine the weaknesses of new Panchayati Raj system.

Describe the impact of decentralised development .

 Explain the factors that influence people‟s preferences for distribution in the context of society wide distribution of resources

„Empowerment is a major component of democratic decentralisation in India‟. Comment.