IIM-B (BBA-DBE) 2024 #1 (VA) PYQs

The Arab Spring is widely believed to have stemmed from dissatisfaction with the rule of local governments, though some have speculated that wide gaps in income levels may have had a hand as well. Issues such as political corruption, human rights violations, unemployment, and educated but dissatisfied youth may have been responsible as well._____________________.

Select the CORRECT option to fill in the blank.

I drove out early one morning to Hemis to witness one of the greatest events of the Ladakhi calendar, the Tse-Chu festival. ________________________. I concluded that this is how the traditional culture flourished, until a Ladakhi pointed out that such goods could be aimed only at the tourist market. The real Ladakhis in evidence were clustered around the homemade roulette wheels set among the trees.

In the late 1960s, architect Charles Correa began his career as an urban planner, creating New Bombay (now Navi Mumbai), an urban area that provided housing and job opportunities for many who lived across the harbour from the original city. In the midst of overpopulated cities, he tried to create quasi-rural housing environments. In all of his urban planning commissions, Correa avoided high-rise housing solutions. ___________.