8/12/2019 IESL B Paper Sample Question

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Sample Question

1. Almost 80% of our country's demand for mobility is met through the mode of

road transport, and the country is spending heavily for improvements and as

ell as for construction of ne road transport infrastructure. !et these

interventions have not been able to e"ectively address urban tra#ccongestion. $hat a"ordable and sustainable demand management strategies

ould you propose to mitigate the urban tra#c congestion in our country

&plain your anser ith eamples from countries you have visited or

information on e#cient urban transportation systems and demand

management strategies you have read about.

(. )iscuss the role played by infrastructure in the course of development of the

Sri *an+an economy, hile highlighting its relevance to investor

attractiveness and interregional e-uity.

. /he Sri *an+an overnment has recently launched an intensive physicalinfrastructure development strategy reected by mega development pro2ects

such as ports, airports, poer plants, highays and railays, most of hich

are implemented using borroed capital on bilateral negotiations. Such

pro2ects are eecuted through contractors nominated by such lenders.

&amine 3a4 the rationale and 3b4 the pros and cons to the national economy

of such an infrastructuredriven mega investment strategy as ell as its

5nancing and implementation mechanisms.$hat alternative policies could you possibly recommend to the Sri *an+an

policy ma+ers ith a vie to deriving higher national bene5ts in

implementing such mega development pro2ects

6. 7ontechnical senior managers, at times, assume that formulating business

strategy and, in particular, formulating technology strategy is too important a

matter to be left to engineers.Such managers tend to feel that those deeply involved in the e-uipment or

system speci5c day to day technical matters cannot comprehend the

comple issues that govern long term competitiveness of a business. /hey

also thin+ that engineers are not aare of the true business potential of

technology.)o you agree f so hy f not, hy not

9. $ith reference to Sri *an+a, discuss the role of the construction sector in

infrastructure development and in the national economy over the last

decade.,. :o does this compare ith the present situation