MODEL QUESTION PAPER

English

Time:3 hrs.

Marks:100

1. Write an essay on any one of the following (in about 500 words)

   
   

   1. Towards a more Open Economy-Prospects & Pitfalls for India.

      
      

   2. Criminalisation of India Politics

      
      

   3. Corruption in Judiciary-Discuss.

      
      

   4. The importance of folk literature in removal of illiteracy in India

      
      

   5. 'Indian Sports on the decline'-Substantiate.

      
      
   
   

2. Write a precis on the following with a suitable title:

   
   

   The Government of Japan has called for a reduction in the average number of hours put in annually by Japanese workers to 1, 800 by the year 2000. If this goal is realised, extended vacations will become as common as eating 'Sushi', and will in turn generate demand for resort facilities where people can spend their extra leisure time. The Japanese people are often criticized fro working too hard, but to -day the sound of resort construction can be heard in many places throughout this island country, In short, the push for resort development is so vigorous that if we were to mark on a Japanese map all the places where it is being planned, the entire map would be obliterataed by "x"s. Will Japan manage to transform into the sought-after leiusre-oriented society ?

   
   
   
   

   A harbinger of the resort boom, Tomamu opened in 1983 as Japan's first full-scale mountain resort for people taking long holidays. Unperturbed by a claim that such resorts would never take root in Japan itself, Tomamu opened in 1983 as Japan's first full-scale mountain resort for people taking long holidays. Unperturbed by a claim that such resorts ;would never take root in Japan itself, Tomamu has been investing Yenn 10 billion a year. The huge infusion has paid off; the resort has been operating at 97 per cent capacity during the ski-season and over 70 per cent on an annualized basis since its opening.

   
   

   The secret of Tomamu's success lies in the fact that nothins is done half-heartedly. In addition to boasing Japan's biggest ski-slope, the 1000 hectares of land making up the resrot is home to a golf course, the tennis courts, a condominium and two hotels capable of accomodating 4,800 persons altogether, and 20 restaurants. And yet being located in Hokkaido, one of the few places in Japan where undeveloped nataure still remains, there are no facilities hemming the place into disrupt the feeling of being at a resort.

   
   

   Before it was developed, Shimukkappu where Tomamu is located, was a typical depopulated village, lacking in both tourist attractions and industry. Villagers would sometimes get together just to debate whether to abandon the village outright or not. Convinced that unless something was done, the village would disappear, the mayor welcomed an offer to develope a resort there. A local urban developer was assigned to implement the development plan. The absence of preexisting facilities made possible a resort development on a scale unprescedented elsewhere in Japan. Incredible as it may seem, the village was in such difficult financial straits that it managed to put up only 5000 Yenns of its own for the proposed "third sector" (part government and part private) resort development plan.

   
   

   The development of the resort coincided with strong calls in Japan for shifting the country's industrial structure from its dependence on exports to one stressing expansion of domestinc demand. Hence the Tomamu project attracted the interest of big business, such as steel and heavy machinery makers, which were seeking to branch out into new sphere, and various local governments, troubled with the exodus of people, to touch off a development boom. Overnight, Shimukkappu became the most famous resort in Japan

   
   

   Urayasu city has also attracted strong interest as a new type of "resort zone", If pristine nature is Shimukkappu's chief sales point, Urayasu's is an environment created completely artificially. In fact, two-thirds of the total land area has been reclaimed from the sea. Basically a Tokyo bedroom town, the city is home to Tokyo Disneyland. If it had only Disneyland. Urayasu would hardly qualify as a resort. However, mammoth hotels with a combined total of about 4000 guest rooms are being constructed around the periphery of the playland according to what is dubbed "an urban resort concept"

   
   

   Five leading hotel chains, both Japanese and foreign, are setting up hotels in Urayasu. And while hotels in the heart of Tokyo cater to businessmen and thus give priority to efficiency, hotels here are all lavish and with ample space.

   
   

   Most of the lodgers are there to visit Disneyland, but there are also many who camesolely to unwind in one of the posh hotels over the weekend. A dip in the pool and then dinner-it is the perfect way to start a brief but relaxing holiday weekend. Tokyo Disneyland, a gigantic leisureland established under franchies contract with the U.S. absed Walt Disney Company, has attracted over 10 million visitors every year since its opening in 1983. Through its six, engineered attractions and service. Tokyo its size, engineered attrafctiosn and service, Tokyo Disneyland has completely disporved all convaentional Japanese wisdom regarding leisure facilities

   
   

   Both Tomamu and the araea surrounding Tokyo Dineyland offer something out of the ordinary. Unlike inother toursit spots, here larage initial investments were focussed on the creation of self-contained, special worlds. In exchange for convaenience, urban living strips daily life of the element of adventure. And in the overcrowded conditions of life of the lement of adventure, And in the overcrowded conditions of the city, people come under greater stress and begin to hunger for something out of the ordinary. Tomamu and the area around Tokyo Disneyland apparently satisfy at least a part of that hunger.

   
   

   Both have had major economic effects also. The economic affect of Tokyo Disneyland has been a whopping 980 billion Yenns during the past six years. And it is not over yet. Three world convention facilites are currently being built on the waterfront along Tokyo Bya in an area close by. There is even a plan to build a second leisureland right next to Disneyland.

   
   

   In keeping with the emerging resort boom, the Japanese govenrment in 1987 promulgated the Comprehensive Resort Development Law. The law has three objectives 1) to improve the quality of life in tandem with the increase in free time, 2) to promote community development and 3) to expand domestic demand. The overall goal is to promote the joint development of resort through the co-operation of the private sector and local governments by designating "comprehensive resort regions". Even if the best possible leisure facilities were provided, they would not be worth much if people were unable to take the necessary time off to enjoy them. Hence the Ministry of Labor's appeal for the reduction of working hours.

   
   

   Japanese are too restless to do nothing. They are not satisfied unless they can claim to have accomplished something which they have not done before. They still cannot take long holidays. Moreover, they are prone to fads and like to do things in groups. Such behavior is not suitable for relaxed resort life. So, Japanese will have to change the way they spend their holidays at resort. The most important prerequisite for that is to create an atmosphere in which Japanese workers can take extended uninterrupted holidays at resort. The most important prerequisite for that is to create an atmosphere in which Japanese workers can take extended uninterrupted holidays. In the recent business boom, their working hours are increased rather than decreased in some industrial sectors. Japan still has a long way to go in the direction of becoming a mature, leisure-oriented society