LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ECONOMICS
FIFTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2008
EC 5401 - TAMIL NADU ECONOMY
Date : 05/05/2008
Time : 9:00 - 12:00
Dept. No.
AK 22
Max. : 100 Marks
PART – A
Answer any FIVE questions in about 75 words each.
(5 x 4 = 20 marks)
1. Give an account of Rural development.
2. What is litigation?
3. Write short notes on food and fertilizer subsidies.
4. Bring out the importance of cottage and small scale industries for rural development.
5. Distinguish between capital and revenue account.
6. Distinguish between IAAP, IADP and Package programs.
7. What is meant by operational flood I and white revolution II
PART – B
Answer any FOUR questions in about 250 words each.
(4 x 10 = 40 marks)
8. List out the performance of sugar industries in Tamil Nadu.
9. Mention the growth and development of automobile industries in Tamil Nadu.
10. Anti poverty programme is a failure in Tamil Nadu – Discuss.
11. Evaluate the performance of SIDCO, TIDCO, TIIC.
12. Make out a brief resume of Rural Health and Rural Education.
13. Mention the development and growth of shipping and aviation in Tamil Nadu.
14. What are the steps taken for the development of Diary and Shipping?
PART – C
Answer any TWO questions in about 900 words.
(2 x 20 = 40 marks)
15. Bring out the development and growth of textile industries in Tamil Nadu.
16. How does banking sector help to develop Tamil Nadu Economy.
17. Critically examine the performance of Tamil Nadu Economy under Five Year Plans.
18. Make out a brief history of Tamil Nadu, Its birth, administration and economic development.
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