3. Describe with the help of a diagram the whole scheme of the circulation of blood through the body, naming any peculiarity in the flow of blood through the alimentary canal. 15 4. State fully what you understand by the clotting or coagulation of 10 blood. What makes it clot ? How can you prevent its clotting? 5. Give the structure of the Diaphragm of the rabbit and explain its 10 action in the process of respiration, 6. Explain the terms:-Gland, Duct, Secretion, Mucous membrane, and Epithelium. What useful physiological work is done by the Sweat-gland ? 15 7. Name the different food-stuffs on which we live. Which of the 15 food-stuffs are acted upon in the mouth and in the stomach? Describe the process of digestion taking place there. 8. What is a Nerve? Give the different kinds of nerves found in the body. 10 WEDNESDAY, 4TH DECEMBER. [10 A.M. TO 1 P.M.] BIOLOGY (Zoology and Animal Physiology)—PAPER II. 1. Mention the occurrence and describe the structure and life-history of 15 Rhizopoda. What is their place in the Animal kingdom? 2. Give the general characters of the class Chaetopoda or Bristle-footed 15 Worms. 3 Describe the anatomy of Cephalopoda or Cuttlefishes. What sub- 15 kingdom do they represent ? 4. Describe the Scales of Fishes. 10 5. Describe the poison apparatus of the common viper and what takes 10 place in the act of striking. 6. Give the mechanism of respiration in Birds, and describe their 10 peculiar organ of voice. 7. Describe the teeth of mammals, and explain what you understand by 15 a dental formula. Write the dental formula in an adult man. 8. Describe the mammalian order Proboscidea (Elephants). 10 10 TUESDAY, 3RD DECEMBER. [10 A.M. TO 1 P.M.] BIOLOGY (Botany and Vegetable Physiology)-PAPER 1, 1. Describe the principal kinds of indefinite inflorescence. 2. Describe fully the structure of any seed. the principal changes which take place in the during germination. In what ways is albumen plant? 14 What is albumen ? State 20 different parts of the seed useful to the germinating 3. What is epidermis? Describe the structure of the epidermis of the 12 leaf. 4. Explain the following terms :-Adventitious roots; valvate æstiva 14 tion; apocarpous pistil; parietal placentation; rhizome; tuber; involucre. 5. What is meant by the adhesion, cohesion and suppression of parts 10 of a flower? 6. In what essential respects do the Monocotyledons as a whole differ 10 from the Dicotyledons? 7. Give the general characters of the following Natural Orders and the 20 names of plants belonging to each :-Cruciferæ ; Rubiacea; Euphorbiacea; Graminacea. WEDNESDAY, 4TH DECEMBER. [10 A.M. TO 1 P.M.] BIOLOGY (Botany and Vegetable Physiology)-PAPER II. 1. How would you distinguish between a simple divided leaf and a com- 12 pound leaf? Illustrate your answer by a diagram. Describe the principal forms of compound leaves. 2. Describe the structure of a pollen grain as seen under the microscope. 15 Describe the process of fertilization. 3. What are vessels? How do they originate? Describe their prin- 12 cipal forms. 4. Compare the structure of the fibro-vascular bundle of a Dicotyledon 16 with that of a Monocotyledon. What are medullary rays? 5. Describe the processes of assimilation and transpiration. 14 6. How would you describe the following fruits:-Drupe; Capsule ; 10 Follicle and Nut? Give an example of each. What are Collective fruits? 7. Describe fully the structure of the flower of the following: 21 MONDAY, 9TH DECEMBER. [2 Р.М. ТО 5 Р.М.] POLITICAL ECONOMY-PAPER I. 1. Would you call a science which treats of wealth" Political Economy" 7 or "Economics"? State with reasons which name you prefer. 2. Which of the following persons produce or destroy wealth? If so, 15 how? : (a) Infants. (d) Drunkards. (e) Persons who give large caste- (7) Mill-owners. (g) Native Chiefs. 3. Illustrate by an example, how capital aids production. Distin- 10 guish between circulating and fixed capital. Is the labour of a dock-labourer or coolie capital? If so, why? 4. Criticise the statement "Wages are determined by a ratio between 12 capital and population." Distinguish between money wages and real wages. 5 Distinguish between interest and profit, and state how they are deter- 12 mined. 6. State with reasons whether India has been economically benefited or 12 not by the introduction of railways. 7. Enumerate the advantages and disadvantages of the Division of 12 Labour. State with reasons whether you would or would not encourage weaving in cottages by the aid of looms worked by hand-power. 8. Distinguish between socialism and individualism, and state with 12 reasons which of the two you prefer. 9. Criticise the statement that "An Englishman saves by spending, while 8 an Indian spends by saving." TUESDAY, 10TH DECEMBER. [10 A.M. TO 1 P.M.] POLITICAL ECONOMY-PAPER II. 1. Distinguish between money and wealth. Is money wealth or vice 9 versa? 2. Consider the comparative advantages of using silver, copper, paper-notes 12 and wheat as money. 3. Explain the theory that quantity of money determines price. 4. Enumerate so me of the advantages and disadvantages of Bi-metallism. 10 5. Explain the statement: "The exports and imports between two counries must in the aggregate pay for each other." 6. Enumerate the various causes which affect foreign exchange. 10 10 15 8. Explain the terms: (a) Incidence of Taxation; (b) Direct and 6 Indirect Taxation. 9. Examine the meaning of the maxim that taxation should be 10 equal. How far is a salt tax consistent with this maxim ? 10. Examine the doctrine that, although the principles of free trade are 10 sound, if there is free trade on both sides, still, if other countries impose duties on our commodities, we ought in self-defence to impose duties on their commodities. TUESDAY, 10TH DECEMBER. AGRICULTURE-PAPER I. 1. Name and describe the physical characters of the soil ordinarily met 10 with in your district. 2. Describe the action of water in the weathering of rocks. 15 3. Give the composition of bones and the forms in which they are generally used as manure. 15 4. Describe the process of harvesting Jowar and Bajri crops. 12 5. What methods would you recommend for improving the quality and 15 quantity of seeds? 6. Describe the soils best suited for the following rotations of crops :- 15 7. How many tons of farm yard manure are usually applied to Cotton, Sugarcane, and Tobacco crops? 8. What do you understand by an Inch of Rainfall? Calculate its 10 equivalent in tons. WEDNESDAY, 11TH DECEMBER. [10 A.M. TO 1 P.M.] AGRICULTURE-PAPER II, 1. What conditions would you look for in fixing the site of a breeding 20 farm? 2. Describe the characteristics indicative of deep milking qualities. 12 20 8 3. Explain the terms:-Atavism; false presentation, gestation; heat. 4. Give the daily yield of milk from a buffalo and a cow in full milk. 5. Describe the changes which take place in the composition of a seed 10 during germination. 6. Describe the method of pruning fruit trees and state its advantages. 10 020 7. Name the principal varieties of Mangoes. How are they propagated ? 20 Describe the characteristics of a good mango fruit. THURSDAY, 12TH DECEMBER. [2 P.M. TO 4 P.M.] DRAWING (Practical Geometry)—PAPER I. N.B.-The methods of construction must be clearly shown, and 1. Construct an Isoskeles Triangle having a base 3 inches in length and a vertical angle of 30°. 2. Construct a Trapezium having its diagonal line equal to 9 feet and the angles at its extremity 110° and 60° respectively. Scale inch to a foot. 3. A cover is required to be made for a small octagonal box, one side of which is 8 inches. Draw the shape of the cover to a scale of 1 inches to a foot. 4. Construct a scale on which 6 inches is equal to 300 yards, to show distance of 10 yards. 5. Draw to a scale of inch to a foot an obtuse pointed arch of which the span is 12 feet in length. The space between the centres is 4 feet. Divide the curve into seven equal parts and draw the lines to show the joints of the masonry. 4 5 5 5 6 6. The foci of an ellipse are 2 inches apart and its major axis is 5 4 inches long. Describe the curve of the ellipse and draw a tangent from any point on the curve. 7. Inscribe three equal circles in a circle of which the radius is 2 inches 5 in length. 8. Copy the given geometrical figure, making it 1 times larger. 7 |