The New Economic Policy – 1921 of Lenin had influenced the policies adopted by India soon after independence. Evaluate.

Has the Indian governmental system responded adequately to the demands of Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization started in 1991? What can the government do to be responsive to this important change?

Examine the impact of liberalization on companies owned by Indians. Are they competing with the MNCs satisfactorily?

“Success of ‘Make in India’ programme depends on the success of ‘Skill India’ programme and radical labour reforms.” Discuss with logical arguments. There is a clear acknowledgement that Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are a tool of industrial development, manufacturing and exports. Recognizing this potential, the whole instrumentality of SEZs requires augmentation. Discuss the issues plaguing the success of SEZs with respect to taxation, governing laws and administration.

Sufis and medieval mystic saints failed to modify either the religious ideas and practices or the outward structure of Hindu/Muslim societies to any appreciable extent. Comment.

Taxila university was one of the oldest universities of the world with which were associated a number of renowned learned personalities of all times. Its strategic location caused its fame to flourish, but unlike Nalanda, it is not considered as a university in the modern sense. Discuss.

Gandhara sculpture owed as much to the Romans as to the Greeks. Explain.

To what extent has the urban planning and culture of the Indus Valley Civilization provided inputs to the present day urbanization? Discuss.

In what ways did the naval mutiny prove to be the last nail in the coffin of British colonial aspirations in India?

Examine critically the various facets of economic policies of the British in India from mid-eighteenth century till independence.