Showing posts with label Paper 3. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paper 3. Show all posts

Friday, September 18, 2009

Paper 3 - Section 2 - Chapter 4

In Paper 3,Section 2 chapter 4 the syllabus is as follows:

State finances and budgetary policy – tax structure, sharing central taxes, expenditure
pattern in revenue and capital account as well as plan and non-plan accounts. Public debt – composition - internal and external debt including World Bank loans.


For Budgetary Policy which is also called as fiscal policy we can go through the below document.

Statement of Fiscal Policy to be laid on the table of the A.P. State Legislature in August, 2009

If a brief description of Andhra Pradesh Budget is needed to you. Please go through the below attachment where you can find Budget in Brief of Andhra for this year's budget.

Budget in Brief 2009

Though I have refined notes on this chapter it will be very difficult for me to update here.I will try to upload it anyways.

I will post the expected questions in next posting.

Hope this is helpful.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Paper 3 - Poverty and Unemployment-Expected Questions

Expected questions:


1. Explain the methods of measuring poverty in India?

2. Explain the methods of measuring unemployment in India?

3. What are the properties that determine poverty and explain the reasons why poverty is a major economic issue in developing countries like India?

4. Explain the poverty estimates after independence and types of methods used for estimating poverty in developing and developed countries?

5. Explain why poverty did not reduce that level when compared to economic development Post-reform period?

6. What are the concepts used by NSSO for measuring unemployment and explain the different ways of unemployment in rural India?

7. Wage employment schemes, self employment schemes- which one does you think are the best to ameliorate poverty and unemployment?

8. Discuss the progress of NREGA and explain how this act helped in employment generation?

9. What are the steps need to be taken to improve employment opportunities?

10. What was done to ameliorate poverty?

11. What should be done to ameliorate poverty?

12. What is the status of poverty in India in pre- and post reform period?

13. What are the causes of unemployment?

14what was done to ameliorate unemployment?

15. What should be done to ameliorate unemployment?

15. Discuss NREGA , its implementation and its pros and cons?

16. What is the status of unemployment in India?

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

APPSC Papers 2008

Below are the links of question papers of Group one exam conducted in 2008. I am giving the links paper wise. I am trying to locate model question papers provided by APPSC before this exam. Though I have a paper copy I am trying to locate a e-copy of those papers and also prelims paper. Once I identify them I will notify here.

PAPER 1

PAPER 2


PAPER 3

PAPER 4


PAPER 5

GENERAL ENGLISH


Hope this will be helpful.

My Plan of preperation

Hi.. I will be uploading details as per the way I prepare and material I collect since it is not my own material or concepts almost every material will be from some source. I only keep them at one place here so that it will be a one point junction for all preparation material. You can ask me any doubts and clarifications in this matter.

As of now I am preparing for Paper 3 and Paper 5 for mains along with prelims. So we shall be having material and discussion on this areas particularly.

My findings will be pin point and will have information from examination point of view since our aim is to write stuff of 200 words with in given 10 minutes for a question with utmost matter we know. There should be no question of checking for words or answers while writing it.stick to the question and answer it.