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Notes 2. The Government of India awarded an award in 1998.

(a) Bharat Ratna (b) Padma Vibhushan
(c) Veer Savarkar Award (d) None of these
3. The Dept. of Atomic Energy and DRDO had recent nuclear tests, on
(a) 11 and 13 May (b) 24 and 31 May

(c) 12 and 15 May (d) None of these
4. Abdul Kalam received Padam Bhushan Award in:
(a) 1981 (b) 1984
(c) 1990 (d) 1999

4.5 Summary

• India with its varied incarnations is an old civilization and an extremely complex
society. Its glorious past, natural beauty, resources, vast size and above all its unique
geographical location have always given its the pride of place in the world. With the
ups and downs of history India has retained its vibrancy. My vision of India 2020AD
is a visionary’s agenda full of hopes and resolve to work towards it.
• The understanding of the historical traditions is very important in order to form a
concrete futuristic vision of nation like India. India has a long history and as it is
understood presently, it has covered a span of five thousand years since the period of
its first known civilization. During all these times a long steam of immigrants, representing
different ethnic strains and linguistic families, have merged into its population to contribute
to its diversity, richness and vitality. India is probably the only civilization in the
world which shows a clear continuity of its several traditions from the times of its
earliest known civilization. Even today several levels of social evolution coexist in
India and its composite identity has won it the quoted cliché, 'unity in diversity.'
• A country of India’s dimension is bound to have its share of problems and failings.
However, the vibrant nation sets about overcoming its shortcomings, protecting its
culture and enriching the material as well as cultural life of its people. So, obviously
I visualize an all around growth and development of India.
• The Indian society of my vision will be different from the present one. Hopefully in the
2020 AD, India will rid itself of the discriminating nature of its caste system. There will
be quality in all fields for everyone. There will also not remain some unfortunate
customs like dowry system, child labour as well as discrimination against women or
weaker sections of the society. I hope the society itself will develop a mechanism to
promote the well being of everyone without having the need of an enforcement by law
all the time.
• In economic field, I hope India will make great progress. Agriculture will make a rapid
advance, generating enough surplus and providing food for everyone. Certainly the
industrial development will have a balanced look providing work for everyone and at
the same time bringing prosperity and sustained development for our natural resources.
And there will be no more rise of population. The most important part of the human
resource development is meaningful education for all. I hope by that time India will
develop an advanced and relevant education system taking care of the needs of all the
aspects of the society. I am sure India by that time will be able to take care of the health
needs of all its citizens.

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