Kerala PSC Previous Years Question Paper & Answer
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Below are the scanned copy of Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) Question Paper with answer keys of Exam Name 'CHIEF DECENTRALISED PLANNING CHIEF PLAN CO ORDINATION DIVISION STATE PLANNING BOARD PAPER II' And exam conducted in the year 2018. And Question paper code was '114/2018'. Medium of question paper was in Malayalam or English . Booklet Alphacode was 'A'. Answer keys are given at the bottom, but we suggest you to try answering the questions yourself and compare the key along wih to check your performance. Because we would like you to do and practice by yourself.
CHIEF (DECENTRALISED PL ANNING, CHIEF (PLAN CO-ORDINATION
DIVISION) IN STATE PLANNING BOARD
Paper I1
QUESTION CODE : 114/2018
Maximum : 100 marks
Time : 2 Hours
. What is decentralized planning ? (2 Marks)
. Summarize the major provisions in the 73™ and 74" constitutional
amendments for effective decentralization. (4 Marks)
. Discuss the historical evolution of local self governments in Kerala (4 Marks)
. Critically examine the various sources of financing the plans for local self
government institutions. (5 Marks)
. Examine the general considerations relating to cost-benefit analysis for project
appraisal. (10 Marks)
. Arandom sample 2.1, 2,7, 2,3, 2.9 is taken from the uniform distribution
over (0-1/2, 0+1/2). Is sample mean an MLE 0807 (2 Marks)
. 'What is the significance of principal component analysis ? (4 Marks)
. Write down the expressions for the Horvitz-Thompson estimator of the
population total and its variance. (4 Marks)
. Let {Xn} be a Markov chain with state space S = {-1, 0, 1} and transition
probabilities P-1,0= 1/2, P-1,1= 1/2,Pg,-1= 1, 210 = 1 and zero otherwise.
Examine whether Yn=|Xn|; n>0 is a Markov chain. (5 Marks)
10. Obtain UMP test for testing Ho : @ < 60 against H1: 6 > 00 ಎ ന a
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