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Question 1)

While Regionalism is a major problem in Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and almost all of India’s neighbours, India has been able to maintain relative peace regarding regional violence, except Kashmir. Discuss. (250 Words)

Question 2)

Chief of Defence staff offers hope as the good first step in a long road of defence reforms. Discuss. (250 Words)

Question 3)

The fight against TB is painful and long-drawn. Present the challenges in conquering the disease and provide solutions. (250 Words)

Question 4)

You are posted in some part of the country as the superintendent of police. A lower caste engineer boy married a higher caste teacher girl in a highly patriarchal and stratified society in your area. In the rage of anger and outrage the patriarchs call meeting of panchayat and decide to punish the couple and severely punish the boy to teach a lesson to lower caste so that such incident would not be repeated in future. Knowing this the couple rushes to your office for protection from the members of upper caste, some of whom chased them to the SP office. Your office has been encircled by upper caste people and they demanded handing over the couple for action decided by the Panchayat. Given below are some alternatives before you: (i) You will hand over the couple to the crowd and leave their fate on the rationality of the panchayat members. (ii) You will protect the couple and persuade them to respect and accept the caste based system of marriage; separate and say sorry publicly in Panchayat with a legal statement that they will never meet again. (iii) You will keep the couple under police protection and try to pacify the crowd and persuade them to allow the two adults to decide about their lives on their own. (a) Discuss the merits and demerits of each alternative. (b) Which is the best thing/ best course of action to do for the police officer in this case? Give reasons for your answer. (250 words)

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