Major cities of India are becoming vulnerable to flood conditions. Discuss.

Popular Indian cities like Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Kozhikode abruptly face water-logging situations every year. It affects normal lifestyle, life loss, and infrastructure damage. The nature of Urban flooding is totally different from rural flooding. It causes more damage due to ..

Examine the contribution of Bhartendu in the proliferation of Hindi Literature.

Bharatendu Harishchandra was a great writer that he is known as father of modern Hindi literature as well as Hindi theatre. His pen name was “Rasa”. Government of India confers the Bharatendu Harishchandra Awards since 1983 to promote original writings ..

Highlight the institutional challenges faced by the Election Commission of India in dealing with the use of money and muscle power in electoral politics and ensuring free and fair elections.

The Election Commission of India is a premier constitutional body enshrined with conduct of free and fair elections throughout the nation. However, there are several institutional challenges present within the institution which hampers its functioning. Institutional Challenges: Lack of permanent ..

To what extent was the Paris Peace Settlement shaped by the principle of self-determination?

When the war started none of the participant nations had any specific idea as what they hoped to achieve. As the war carried on these participating nations had to device clear objectives to encourage troops to continue fighting. The principle ..

Explain why the 1919 Peace Settlement provoked so much opposition among the Germans.

With the surrender of Germany, the Great War came to an end. The hostilities ceased and peace efforts started in Europe. The Peace Conference was held at Paris in which the victor powers dictated the decided provisions of the Peace ..

To what extent, the fear of communism was responsible for rise of Mussolini in Italy in 1922? Discuss

Communism emerged in Russia in 1917 which started spreading to Western Europe. By 1922, Socialist and communist supporters in Italy agitated for nationalisation of property and they wanted government to control the means of production. This demand created fear among ..

To what extent, the lopsided procurement system in the country is responsible for the groundwater crisis looming large in recent times? Explain.

Ground water crisis is a severe concern for our country. Erratic rainfall of monsoons, intensive use of ground water for domestic and agricultural purpose are the factors responsible for it.   Highly variable rainfall, with the bursts of heavy rainfall ..

How do the rock paintings of North Karnataka and Andhra differ from those of Western Central India? Discuss.

The granite rocks of north Karnataka and Andhra provide suitable protected surfaces for rock-art at sites as Kupgan, Maski, Piklihal, etc. Most of this can be attributed on account of its content to the Neolithic people who settled on these ..

Aranyakas don't lay much emphasis on rites, ritual and sacrifices but have philosophy and mysticism. Examine the statement focussing on key content of the Aranyakas.

The Aranyakas were written in Forests and are concluding parts of the Brahmans. Aranyakas don’t lay much emphasis on rites, ritual and sacrifices but have philosophy and mysticism. This is because aranyakas were written mainly for the hermits and students ..

"The RS Lodha committee has recommended for legalising betting in India with certain safeguards."Do you think legalising betting will eliminate the malpractices in sports? Discuss critically.

In order to curb corruption in cricket, betting in cricket should be legalized is being stated by RS Lodha committee. Except players and officials, all other people should be allowed to place their bets on registered websites. Legalizing betting will ..