Sample Registration System

Relative and Absolute Poverty

Describe the role of organized banking in providing rural credit.

Explain the main sources of social change.

Give an account of evolution of cooperatives in India since independence.

Describe the salient features of rural development experience in Bangladesh.

What do you understand by green revolution? Examine the problem areas of green revolution.

Given the aggregate consumption function C = 0.9Y + 100(where C is aggregate consumption and Y is aggregate income)

(a) Find the marginal propensity to consume (MPC) and average propensity to consume (APC)

(b) Find the elasticity of consumption with respect to income, and show that it equals MPC/APC

Describe the major theories of development.

Find marginal cost (MC) and average coat (AC) as functions of qGiven the total cost function TC = 9q2 + 2q + 8100

(a) Find marginal cost (MC) and average coat (AC) as functions of q

(b) Show that when MC < AC, AC is falling, and when MC > AC, AC is rising

Explain the concept and structure of Management Information System (MIS) for health.

Describe the important guidelines for successful Behavioral Change Communication (BCC).

A firm in a perfectly competitive market has the following cost function:

C = 1/3q3 – 5q2 + 30q +10

If the market-clearing price is 6, obtain the profit maximising level of output.

OR

Given the demand function PD = 27 – Q 2 and supply function Ps = 2Q + 3. Assuming perfect

competition, find (i) the consumers’ surplus, (ii) the producers’ surplus.

What is a venereal disease? Describe its various forms and major health problem in reproductive health care in India.

Analyze major determinants for health linkages with development.

. A monopolist faces the demand curve Q = 60-P/2. The cost function is C=Q2 . Find the output that maximises this monopolist’s profits. What are the prices at profits and that output? Find the elasticity of demand at the profit maximising output.

OR

A monopolist firm has the following total revenue and total cost functions:

R = -mQ2 + nQ             ( m,n > 0)

C= aQ2 + bQ + c           (a,b,c > 0)

Suppose that the government plans to levy an excise tax on the product of this firm and wishes to maximise the total tax revenue T from this source. What tax rate t ( rupees per unit of output) should the government choose?

Explain the traditional Indian healing system of Ayurveda and its contemporary relevance .

What is the nexus between energy and development? What measures to be taken for sustainable energy promotion?

Distinguish between urban informal sector and informal settlements. What the causes of formation of informal settlements in urban areas.

What are the issues and challenges of urban law and order? What revitalization measures to be taken to improve law and order?