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 President of SriLanka who Award for 2010 ? International was sworn in for a second term in November 2010 -  The richest person of the Mahinda Raja Paksa world is Carlos Slim.  Which country recently completed its 20 years of  The country which recently unity? adopted new constitution - Kenya Germany  On January 18, 2011, the for-  The winner of the Champi- ons Trophy Hockey - Aus- eign dignitary who will be tralia the Chief Guest at Republic Day Parade is Susilo  The Leelavathi Award has Bambang Yudhoyono (Presi- been conferred on Simon Mahinda Raja Paksa dent of Indonesia) Lehna Singh  Myanmar’s Pro-democracy leader who was recently re- leased from house arrest - Aung San Suu Kyi

 The man who has been re- cently re-elected as Interpol Secretary General - Ronald Noble

 The new Brazilian President Simon Lehna Singh - Dilma Rousself Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono  The winner of Ryder Cup  The new German President  General Than Shwe who vis- (golf) Europe. - Christian Wulff ited in the last week of  The logest railway tunnel of July is the military ruler of  The new President of Poland the world which was re- Myanmar. - Bronislaw Komorowski cently completed is  Paul Kagame was recently Gotthard Base Tunnel  Rosa Otunbayeva has re- sworn in as the new Presi- (57km long) cently been sworn in the president of Krygizstan. dent of Rwanda.  The woman Athlete who th  The women World Boxing was adjudged the best ath-  The 17 ASEAN Summit Champion this year is lete of the XIX Common- was held in Hanoi. M.C. wealth Games - Trecia  Who has been awarded ICC Smith Test Player of the year  The first Indian-American woman and first non-white  The team which won the  The Public Sector under- candidate to win election as 2010 World Cup’s FIFA Fair standing which is the big- California’s Attorney Gen- Play Award - Spain gest producer of coal inh the eral - Kamla Harris world - Coal India Limited  The Latin American Coun-  Who has been named the try that has adopted a new  The two ASEAN countries most powerful person in the constitution recently - Ecua- which have recently imple- world by Forbes Magazine dor mented the Indo-ASEAN ahead of US President Free Trade Agreement - Viet-  National Football Museum, Barack Obama - Chinese which keeps all FIFA Collec- nam, Myanmar President Hu Jintao tion is located in UK.  Britain’s youngest Prime Minister in almost 200 years  The winner of this year’s Orange Prize for fiction re- - David Cameron garded as a ‘traitor’ by the Americans for her criticism of the country’s foreign policy - Barbara Kingsolver  The country that has en- acted legislation which makes it illegal to buy or sell cigarettes in the country - Bhutan Hu Jintao  The name of the second of David Cameron  The Indian origin Deputy three stealth Frigate that has Speaker of Britain’s House  Navinchandra Ramgoolam been recently launched by of Lords, who has resigned has been re-appointed as Russia for the Indian Navy from his position, unhappy the Prime Minister of - Tarkash over his 4 month suspension Mauritius. from the House over parlia-  The longest trans-oceanic  The Indian origin lady who mentary expenses claim - bridge in the world has been elected the first Lord Swaraj Paul Hangzholo Bay Bridge, woman Prime Minister of China Trinidad and Tobago -  The Jailed Chinese Political Kamla Persad Bissessar Activist who has been  Who has topped the Forbes awarded the Nobel Peace magazine’s list of World’s  The Pakistani descent lady Prize for his efforts to pro- 100 most Powerful Women? who has secured the mote democratic right in Michelle Obama honour of being the first China - Liu Xiaoba Muslim member of British Prime Minister David  Slovakia’s first female Prime Cameron’s Cabinet Sayeeda. Minister - Ivela Radicova  The country which has  The World Tiger Summit taken over the chairmanship was recently held in St Pe- of Group of 15 countries - tersburg, Russia SriLanka  The 15th African union  The secretariat of SAARC summit was recently held in Development Fund is lo- - Kampala, Uganda cated in Thimpu, Bhutan.  The country that has re- 1993. The motto of EU is  The First Indian Woman tained its position as the ‘United in diversity’. Shooter to be crowned a world’s second largest World Champion is  Maldives, which is facing a economy behind the US - grave threat of being Tejaswini Sawant. Japan swamped by the sea levels,  Lal Bahadur Shastri Award  Laura Chinchilla is the first held the world’s first under- has been bestowed on female President of Costa water cabinet meeting to Aruna Roy. Rica highlight the danger posed  The new Director General of to low-lying nations by glo- the Central Reserve Police bal warming. Force (CRPF) K.Vijay National Kumar.

 On March 9, 2010 passed Women’s Reservation Bill.  The heaviest sounding rocket developed by ISRO - ATV-DO1  Moorti Award (2009) has Laura Chinchilla been conferred on Veerappa  The Asian country that has Moily. banned the use of foreign  The nutritional scheme for currency in its territory - girls recently approved by North Korea the cabinet - SABLA K.Vijay Kumar

 Omid is the first domesti-  The Bollywood actress who  Sahitya Academi Fellowship cally made satellite of Iran. has been made UNICEF has been conferred on  China launched the world’s brand ambassador is Kushwant Singh. Priyanka Chopra. fastest train service cover-  The World’s largest Dia- ing a distance of 1,068 km at mond Bourse which was re- the average speed of 350 km cently inaugurated in in an hour. - Bharat Diamond - The Service is between the Bourse (BDB) Chinese cities Wuhan and  The nation which occupies Guangzhou. top position in under weight  Herman Von Rompuy has children among Common- been elected as the first wealth Nations is India. President of European  The adult HIV prevalence in Union. the country has declined -He was the Prime Minister from 0.45% in 2002 to of Belgium. 0.29% in 2008. -European Union was estab-  Three Indian performing art lished by the ‘Treaty of forms which were recently Maastricht on November inscribed on UNESCO’s in- tangible heritage list  The Additional Solicitor  The International Airport Kerala’s Mudiyettu, Chhau General, who has been con- that was renamed as Sri of and Kalbelia of ferred with the prestigious Guru Ram Dass Jee Interna- Rajasthan. ‘Sikh of the year 2010’ tional Airport - Rajasansi Award for his outstanding Airport, Amritsar  The winner of Durand Cup achievement in his profes- this year is Chirag United.  The public sector oil explo- sion and for the betterment ration company that has  The Indian women who of society - Amarjit Singh emerged as the world’s top have been ranked as the Chandhok most powerful women of the oil and gas exploration and past century by Time Maga- production company - Oil zine - Indira Gandhi and and Natural Gas Corpora- Mother Teresa tion (ONGC)  The Former Minister of  The highest suicide ratio in India is in the state of State for Science and Tech- Sikkim. nology who has been sworn in as the 22nd Chief Minis-  India has recently signed ter of Maharashtra - Social Security Agreement Prithviraj Chavan with South Korea.  The Indian badminton  In October 2010, India was player who won the Yonex elected to Security Council Czech Open International as Non-permanent Member Championship recently - after 19 years. Ajay Jayaram  The Prema Bhatia Award of  The dignitary who was the Journalism has been con- Chief Guest at the closing ferred on Ritu Sarin. ceremony of the XIX Com-  The only Indian to be ap- mon Wealth Games - pointed as member of UN Amarjit Singh Chandhok SriLankan President advocacy group for Millen- Mahinda Rajapakse  Sangita Kalanidhi Award nium Development Goals this year has been conferred  The Indian batsman who (MDGs) - Mukesh Ambani on Bombay Sisters. has won the Cricketer of the year Award, winning the Sir  The two Indian women who Trophy in have figured among Forbes the 2010 ICC Awards - most inspiring women list are Arundhati Roy and Indira Nooyi.  The Ramnath Goenka Jour- nalist of the Year Award has recently been conferred on Siddharth Varadarajan.  The Indian Army Officer who recently won medals at the World Health Games - Major Surendra Poonia  The Finance Minister who tory of the Indian Army, a  The Indian leader who has has won this year’s award lady cadet received the been honoured with the for ‘Finance Minister of the ‘Sword of Honour’, the best 2010 World Statesman year for Asia - Pranab all round cadet award at the Award by the Appeal of Mukherjee passing out parade of the Conscience Foundation - officer’s Training Academy, Dr. Chennai. The cadet is A Divya.  The Indian wrestler recently made history by becoming the first Indian to win a world wrestling champion- ship gold medal in the 66 kg Pranab freestyle category -  The two countries President Pratibha Patil visited re- M ukherjee cently, as part of an effort to Dr.Manmohan Singh boost India’s Look East  The first motor woman to Policy - Laos and Cambodia  The Government recently steer a suburban train for released a five rupee com- the Western Railway in  The Chairperson of Sangeet memorative coin to mark the Mumbai - Preeti Kumari Natak Academy - Leela centenary birth celebration Samson  The Rajya Sabha MP who of Mother Teresa. has been made an Honorary  The Social activist, who has  The former Union Power Fellow of Trinity Hall at been on fast unto death for Secretary, who has been Cambridge University, in past nine years demanding appointed as the Election recognition of his contribu- withdrawal of the Armed Commissioner - tion to the “diplomatic and Forces Special Powers Act Harishankar Brahma political life of the world’s 1958 from Manipur, has  The first State to launch largest democracy” - Mani been awarded the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Shankar Aiyar Rabindranath Tagore Peace Prize- Irom Sharmila Grama Yojana in India -  India and Russia conducted Rajasthan a joint military exercise Índra  The 17th SAARC summit 2010’focusing on counter- will be held in Male terrorism operations at Maldives. Chaubattia Uttarakhand  The High Court of which  The Indian Navy recently State recently barred non- inducted a new warship at tax payers from filing Public the naval base in Kochi, Interest Litigations - boistering the capabilities of Jharkhand the Southern Naval Com- mand. The ship has been  The name of the recently named INS Kalpeni. conducted joint Air Forces Exercise between India and  For the first time in the his- France Garuda.  The distinguished Indian  The Former Vice President  The name of the recently Physicist and environmen- and three time Chief Minis- conducted largest summer talist who has been awarded ter of Rajasthan, who died war games in Rajasthan by the prestigious Sydney recently - Bhairon Singh the Indian Army - Yodha Peace Prize this year - Shekhawat Shakti Vandana Shiva  The Indian Airport that has  The Indian author who has received the ISO 27001 cer- won the prestigious Dan tification, recognised inter- David Prize - Amitav Ghosh nationally as an Information Security Management Sys- tem (ISMS) Standard Ban- galore.  The Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Insti- tute is located at Bhavnagar, Gujarat.  The main bench of National Green Tribunal, the first ju- dicial body to deal exclu- sively with environmental laws - Bhopal Vandana Shiva  The official carrier of unique  The Former Chief Justice of identity numbers to deliver Amitav Ghosh India who has been ap- the UID communication to  Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey pointed as ChairPerson of the citizens of India - India Cup 2010 winners India and the National Human Rights Post Commission- South Korea.  The former Indian K.G.Balakrishnan  According to the latest IRS who has announced his re- report, the most read news-  The Port that has been re- tirement from International paper in India is Dainik cently included in the list of Hockey - Dilip Tirkey 13 major ports in India - Jagran Port Blair  The recently launched  The Indian Bank which re- India’s first Anti Submarine cently opened its first over- Warfare Corvette (ASWC) seas counter in Dubai’s In- for the Indian Navy - ternational Finance Centre - Kamorta IDBI Bank  The centrally sponsored  Aurobindo Express the new scheme for creation of ba- train which was recently sic sports infrastructure in flagged off from Howrah is all village and block destined to Puducherry. panchayats in the country - Panchayat Yuvakrida Aur  The Chairman of the Expert Khel Abhiyan Committee on National Film Awards is Shyam Benegal.  The State Government that Dilip Tirkey has recently launched a  The Chairman of Unique Foreign language film cat- mobile mammography van Identification Authority of egory. to detect breast cancer in India - Nandan Nilekani  “Swavalamban” is LIC’s the rural areas of the State new pension scheme for the Meghalaya. unorganised sector under  India and Singapore re- New Pension System. cently conducted their an-  India’s first open jail for nual naval wargames in the women was inaugurated at eastern sea board. The joint the Yerawada Central exercise was named Simbex. Prison, in Pune. Initially 50  The legend who was women prisoners would be named Good will Ambassa- selected for the open jail. dor by United Nations En-  Well - known Hindi writer, vironment Programme Nandan Nilekani Amar Kant was selected for (UNEP) - Sachin Tendulkar the prestigious Vyas  The Programme launched  India’s first district level Samman award for his out- by Unique Identifica-tion paperless e-court recently standing novel “Inhi Authority of India. started functioning in the Hathiyaron Se’, constituted metropolitan city of New  (it was laun- by K.K. Birla foundation. Delhi. ched on 29 september, 2010.  Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi  The city that hosted the 6th  The Former Supreme Court International Airport re- internal Exhibition on Land Judge who has been ap- ceived the World’s best air- and Naval Defences Sys- pointed Chairman of the port award at the (ACI) Asia tems (CD of Expo 2010) - New Law Commission of India - Pacific Regional Conference Delhi Justice P.V.Reddy and Exhibition in Hainan, China.  The MIG fighter aircrafts  The committee appointed to recently inducted into the enquire in to the Telangana  India’s first mobile mam- Indian Navy - MIG 29k issue - Srikrishna Commit- mography unit (MMU) is launched in Goa.  The Indian American tee. Creation of Separate Pulitzer winning writer who Telangana State with  The millennium’s longest has been appointed by the Hyderabad as its Capital annular solar eclipse was US President Barack Obama and keeping Andhra visible in India and around to his committee on Arts and Pradesh United with consti- the world on 15 January Humanities - Jhumpa Lahiri tutional and statutory mea- 2010. sures for empowerment of  India ranks 123rd in 2010 the Telangana region are Environmental Performance among the six options rec- Index (EPI), while Iceland ommended by the Justice leads the world in address- Srikrishna Committee. ing pollution control and natural resource manage-  ‘Peepli Live’ the Hindi film ment challenges. produced by actor Aamir Khan will be India’s official - China ranks 121. entry to 2010’s Academy  India’s largest fuel retailer is Awards (Oscar) in the Best Indian Oil Corporation.  Prajarajyam is Political party - She is the first female poli- Project The first family launched by in tician to be appointed as the poly clinic in India - Andhra Pradesh leader of the opposition in Vattiyoorkavu, PHC, Lok Sabha. Thiruvananthapuram  Noted Bollywood actress  Where is the 4th Airport in Nandita Das has been ap- Kerala being constructed ? pointed the New Chairper- Moorkkan parambu in son of the Children’s Film Mattannoor (Kannur) Society of India (CFST)  The fish that has been de- Regional clared as State Fish - Pearl spot (Karimeen)  The new pension scheme Chiranjeevi meant for poor and bed rid-  Chief Justice of Kerala High den patients launched by Court - J.Chelameshwar  Military Secretary Lieuten- ant General Avadesh the Kerala State Govern-  The Chairman of Kerala Prakash will be the first ment - Aaswasa Kiranam Sangeetha Natak Academy three star general to face  The district that has become - Mukesh court martial. the first fully electrified dis- trict in the country  The India Meteorological Department (IMD) declared Palakkad. 2009 the warmest year  India’s 38th figer reserve is since 1901, the year it Parambikulam Tiger Re- started keeping records of serve. temporary and other  The Kathakali exponent weather parameters. who was given honorary  Former Chief Justice of In- Doctorate by Cochin Uni- dia A.S. Anand has been versity Kalamandalam appointed as Chairman of Raman Kutty Nair the high level Empowered  The first formed Tribal Committee to go into all as- Panchayat in Kerala - pects of the Mullaperiyar Edamalakudi. dispute between the states M ukesh Tamil Nadu and Kerala.  The first medium Irrigation project in Wyanad -  The Chairman of Kerala  Sushma Swaraj has been Karappuzha (It was commis- Lalitakala Academy - appointed as the opposi- sioned in June 20th 2010) C.N.Karunakaran tion leader in Lok Sabha.  The new scheme started by  The President of Kerala the Government of Kerala Sahitya Academy - for the welfare and protec- P.Valsala tion of tribal women -  The operation carried out Snehasparsham by vigilance and anticorrup-  The project started by Gov- tion bureau on RTO of Mo- ernment of Kerala to give tor Vehicle Department re- food to tribals - Annadayini cently - Operation Spark  India’s only Endosulfan producer factory HIL (Hindustan Insecticide Lim- ited) - Udyogamandal, Kochi  Kerala Forest Academy is situated in Arippa, Thiru-vananthapuram.  The first Indian State to implement the tribal forest rights act - Kerala  Chairman of State Administrative Tribunal - Justice K Balakrishnan Nair  Chief Secretary of Kerala - Dr.P.Prabhakaran  First Vice Chancellor of the newly formed Vetinary University is Dr. P.Ashok  The Heli Taxi Service started in Kochi International Airport - Kerala Air Taxi service  The scheme launched by Government of Kerala to provide building materials at no profit to those below poverty line to build 600 sq.ft. houses - Nirmithi Kalavara  The city where BSNL startedDtZym-K-kw-_-Ô-amb it 3G mobile service hnh-c-§ for the Ä¡ first v logtime on in kerala sN¿q. - Kozhikode  Palakkad, in Kerala, will be thewww. first district brilliancecollegeonline.com in the country to implement e-governing of the revenue administration.  India’s first Community College directly run by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is established in Pathanamthitta.  The Kerala Government has decided to observe 2010 as the ‘Year of Sport’.  The first Cyber Forensic and Digital Analysis Cen-tre in India has started functioning in Thiruvanan-thapuram. Deputy Collector Previous Question Paper (Main) Paper I General Studies Maximum: 150 marks Time: 3 hours All questions are to be attempted. Each carries 15 marks. No answer should exceed 1,500 words in length. 1. “Formation of linguistic states has proved to be a bag of mixed blessings”. Discuss 2. What are the social, economic and religious dimensions of the impact of Sree Narayana Guru Swamy on Kerala? 3. Has the Planning Commission outlived its usefulness? If so, suggest an alternative. If not, explain why? 4. Is sustainable development impossible without causing ecological hazards? 5. Explain the impact of fall in prices of commercial crops on Kerala economy? 6. Discuss the role of the District collector in Kerala’s current administrative structure? 7. Land Reforms in Kerala has been counterproductive. True or False? 8. What are your views on human cloning? 9. Write short note on the following? (a) Kerala’s Express Highway Project (b) The Golden Quadrilateral (c) Vallarpadom Transshipment Terminal (d) Marine Fishing 10. Name the Chief Ministers Kerala has had and state in one sentence what you consider the best contribution of each CM to the life and society of Kerala

PAPER II - DATA APPRECIATION, PROBLEM SOLVING AND ESSAY WRITING Maximum: 50 marks Time: 1 Hour Part I and Part II can be answered in English or in Regional Languages and Part III should be answered in Malayalam or Tamil or PART - I (Data Appreciation) 1. The following table gives the data on foreign tourists arrival (in lakhs) to India during 2001-2003

Month Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Year 2001 2.84 2.62 2.50 1.85 1.51 1.77 2.24 1.97 1.62 1.81 2.10 2.55 2002 2.28 2.41 2.16 1.60 1.45 1.35 1.78 1.63 1.63 2.13 2.46 2.96 2003 2.78 2.73 2.20 1.68 1.45 1.72 2.18 2.01 1.90 2.46 2.82 3.58

Study the above table and answer the following questions:- (a) What is the general trend observed over years on the arrival of foreign tourists? (b) How much per cent of the tourists visit India during the months from November to February? Why a large proportion of tourist prefer this period for their travel to India? (c) “The range of variation of tourists arrival within the months increases over years”. Comment on this statement. DEPUTY COLLECTOR PREVIOUS QUESTION PA- PER (MAIN) (d) What is the month in which the foreign tourists inflow to India is the least. Explain with reasons for this trend. (8 Marks) 2. The following data provides the population size, the number of households, number unemployed, per capita income in Rupees, number or houses connected by electricity and water supply and the number of houses with good sanitary conditions from each of three villages A, B and C.

No. of houses with Per No. of Population No. Capita W ater Good Village house Electricity Size Unemployed income supply sanitary holds connection (Rs.) connection conditions

A 2150 512 1410 2150 410 182 260 B 1826 400 1028 1820 370 116 180 C 2118 518 1370 1975 395 175 210 (a) Study the above data and prepare a report (b) In a schemes of uplifting the villages from their backwardness an organisation intimates its desire to provide a support of Rs. 75,00,000 with a condition that atleast 60% of the amount should be assigned to employment generating schemes. Prepare a budget proposal to be submitted to the organisation so as to draw the amount for the development of the villages. (12 marks) PART - II (Problem Solving) 3. In each of the following questions with multiple choice identify your answer and write the same. (a) A survey was conducted on a sample of 1000 persons regarding the literacy on Malayalam, English and Hindi. The results of the survey are presenterd in the diagram below: English

150 125 160 160 80 75

210 Hindi

The ratio of the number of persons who do not know any of the three languages to those who know all the three languages is: (i) 60/125 (ii) 1/4 (iii) 15/21 (iv) 16/100 (b) In a journey of 320 km, a car covers the first 240 km at a speed of 80 km/h and the remaining distance at 40 km/h. The average speed of the car for the whole journey is: (i) 60 km/h (ii) 75 km/h. (iii) 64 km/h (iv) 72 km/h (c) The number of triangles in the following figure is DEPUTY COLLECTOR PREVIOUS QUESTION PAPER (MAIN) (i) 8 (ii) 10 (iii) 12 (iv) 14 (d) In the following sequence of numbers one number is missing. Find out the appropriate number of the missing value: 1 2 2 8 40 , , , , , 80, 9 9 3 3 3 160 (i) 160 (ii) (iii) 480 (iv) 560 3 (e) How can the relationship between X and Y be best defined if the values of X and Y are as follows? X 2 4 3 5 6 Y 0 2 6 12 20 (i) Y  X2  3X  2 (ii) Y  X2  X  2 (iii) Y  X2  2X (iv) Y  X2  2X  8 (5×2=10 marks) 4. Suppose you are working under a District Collector. The District Collector has assigned a work to you. After the completion of the work on assessing it, the Collector felt dissatisfied with it and called for explanation from you for the failures. Write an explanation letter to the District Collector, How will you proceed further to solve the problem? (5 marks) PART - III (Essay Writing) 5. Write an essay not exceeding 500 words on any one of the following topics:- A. Merits and demerits of People’s Plan B. Administrative Reforms in Government with the help of Information Technology? C. Necessity of Economic Empowerment of the uncared people to build a Shining India? (15 Marks) Deputy Collector Main Exam Syllabus

The Syllabus for the Final Examination Part 4 :- The Final Examination shall consist of two i) Science and Technology – Information papers Communication Technology, Space Technology Paper I – General Studies etc. Time : 3 hours. Max.Marks: 150 ii) General Awareness of the modern trends in life This Paper shall consists of 4 parts viz. sciences. Part 1 :- (Medium of Questions : English) i) Cultural Heritage of India with emphasis on 20th N.B:- Candidates are to answer the questions either century. in English or in the Regional Languages, viz, ii) Post Independent Indian Polity. Malayalam, Tamil or iii) Social and Cultural Movements in Kerala Kannada. The same medium should be used throughout. Part 2 :- Paper II – Data Appreciation, Problem Solving and i) Present Indian economy in the Global Environment. Essay Writing. ii) Development and Environmental Issues. Time :1 hour iii) Kerala Economy :- Max. Marks:50 1) Kerala Model Development There shall be following 3 parts in Paper II viz. 2) Food Security Part I – Data Appreciation and Interpretation. The 3) Group Initiatives candidates will be asked to draw their own conclusions from the data presented in a tabular 4) Role of Non Resident Indians form or graphically or otherwise. 5) Role of Co-operatives Part II – Problem solving – Duly ‘structured’ 6) Women Empowernment. situation will be presented to the candidates Part 3 and they will be asked to suggest their own A:- solution to the problems arising out of the i) A General Overview of the Indian Constitution situation. Alternatively they maybe called upon to prove their understanding of the situation ii) 86th Amendment to the Constitution and by answering certain searching questions based Consequential Enactments. on the situation. iii) Role of District Collectors in Administration – Situation Analysis. Part III – Essay Writing – The candidates will have to write a short essay not exceeding 500 words B:- on a given topic. i) Recent Land Laws enacted in Kerala:- (Medium of Questions : English) 1) Kerala Protection of River bank and Regulation N.B :- Part I and II can be answered in English or in of removal of sand Act, 2001 the Regional languages and Part III should be 2) Ecological Fragile Land Act, 2005 answered in Malayalam or Tamil or Kannada. 3) Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wet 9. Date of Preliminary and final examinations. Land Act,2008. i) Preliminary : 09.04.2011 ii) Decentralisation in Administration – Local Self Government. ii) Final : 16.07.2011