[Gundeep]

There are many serious concerns all over the country that the government must pay attention to before emphasizing on art, although art represents the heritage of a nation, so some grants should be designated for the same. I agree with the notion that the funds devoted to art section can be better spent elsewhere where it is really required.

There are a lot of reasons which should be dealt, firstly the current unemployment rate in India has considerably increased in the past decade and due to this many people are dying from hunger. Secondly, India lags behind in health sector with only 3.5% of the total GDP invested in health, whereas America has approximately 20% of their GDP solely for the health sector. Thirdly, improvement in the infrastructure is required for a better transportation. Although in the past few years there has been a lot of improvement in the communication and transportation sector but there is still scope for improvement. Most importantly, the education sector needs a lot of development with better government schools, professional courses provided by the country and funds for innovative research projects.

However, some people believe that money should be invested in arts as it is a part of our culture, but in my opinion, money could be better spent elsewhere rather than spending on building new attractive art galleries or repairing the historical monuments for example the Old Fort of Delhi is undergoing a major remodeling with a total budget of approximately 5 million whereas it should be considered that art is not a critical aspect for sustainability of human life.

To conclude, supporting art is important to keep the heritage alive but not at the cost of compromising on other major issues.

[Gundeep]

The diagrams given below depicts how electricity is produced from wave power.

Overall, figure A and B depicts the cycle of events taking place when the sea waves approach the sea wall and returns back and how this natural process is used to generate electricity.

This whole set up is generally located near a sea wall or cliff as it is the place where the waves come and goes continuously throughout the day. The set up consist of a chamber which leads to a narrow column where the turbine is located. Figure A depicts the process in which a high wave approaches the shore, enters the chamber and the positive pressure exerted by this helps in rotating the turbine which in return produces electricity.

Figure B depicts the process when the waves retreat back, thus creating negative pressure which again rotates the turbine generating electricity. So, electricity is produced both when the waves come to the shore or retreats back.

[Gundeep]

Advancement in communication technology and transportation have allowed people from all around the globe to do their work while sitting in any part of the world. I believe that this has more advantages than drawbacks.

The main downside of this is the valuable time which families used to spend together have considerably decreased, although with the introduction of some free and easy online platforms like skype, zoom or google meet it has become easier to maintain contact with friends and family but it is not the same as having a live conversation face to face or going for a small outings or picnics frequently. Also, with the improvement in transportation the total air pollution level has increased in the past few years despite the efforts by the government promoting public transport majority of the people like to travel in their own vehicles as it is more comfortable.

The main advantage of advancement in transportation is that they can help people to travel long distances with ease and in much shorter time, making it possible to spend a vacation at any part of world and learn new culture, language and trends of different countries.

Also, with the advancement of communication work can be done at any place with a simple internet connection and a laptop, which has reduced the fatigue involved with the traveling and increased work efficiency. It has also created opportunities for people to take out some time which was usually used in travelling to improve their health and fitness.

To conclude, in my opinion although there are disadvantages of modernization in communication and transportation, they are outweighed by the advantages.

[Gundeep]

Crimes have continuously increased in the last decade, be it theft, assault, murder, kidnapping or hijacking and more recently the cybercrimes. People from all around the world are trying to find an effective way to reduce these crimes.

A lot of people think that increasing the prison sentence will decrease the number of offenders in the long run whereas some believe other methods of punishment should be involved, like people who have committed shallow crimes for example stealing or defying the traffic rules they can be given community service, and the defaulters who are involved in serious offences like assault or murder, firstly for each of them a detailed evaluation of their mental status should be done and it should be analyzed that how much of a threat are they to our society rather than just giving a prison sentence there should be a method adopted that can evaluate weather they can be reintroduced to the society after their prescribed sentence.

Also, with the increase in cybercrime, there should be more efforts applied to catch them and give them an appropriate punishment which will not only let them learn their mistakes but also not to repeat in the future. A recent example of this is a student from Belarus was exiled from the country and he retaliated by causing mass conflict on a social platform, these types of offenders should be given a chance to learn from there mistakes rather than just giving them long prison sentences.

On the other hand, longer prison sentences may increase the fear among people and thus decrease the crime rate, also some people believe that it may overall help in developing the character of a person although it may take long period of time.

To conclude, it is important to analyze all the alternate methods of punishment and where it can be applied keeping in mind that justice is served.

[Gundeep]

In this competitive world, everyone has to be on there toes to move forward and have an exceptional life. Children are exposed to competition from a very young age be it academically or socially.

In my opinion contesting should be encouraged, healthy competition is good in instilling positive attitude in children. It prepares the kids for the problems they will be facing in adulthood, also developing skills which will benefit them throughout their lives. With proper guidance from their parents, teachers and other coaches, they can instill a good sportsmanship which entails positive attitude towards everyone no matter the outcome of the competition besides this, they also learn from their mistakes and can become more capable adults.

Other people believe that competitiveness in kids can become destructive. They believe that contesting against each other may create a lot of pressure on the child and may lead to a low self confidence which may have sequalae of avoiding these tasks, which in turn affects the overall growth of the child also there are some parents who are very overprotective of their kids and don’t want them to receive any grievances so they don’t encourage them much for participation in these kind of events. The question arises, is it alright to avoid competing just for the sake of avoiding discomfort?

On the other hand cooperativeness could be another approach, where children can work in groups to learn new things and experiment together. it is believed by some people that this puts little or no pressure on kids and help them form a good friendship with their partners and colleagues.

In conclusion, healthy competition and being cooperative both are very essential for an overall growth of child. Although, I believe that a healthy competition helps children become a more independent and a prominent part of the society.

[Gundeep]

The tables given below illustrates the sales of fairtrade labelled items mainly the tea and pineapple in different countries over the time period of 2010 and 2015.

Overall, the sales of tea as well as pineapple have increased apart from slight variation, from 2010 to 2015 in Austria, France, Netherlands, Norway and Germany.

In France the sales of Tea increased from 2.5 million euros in 2010 to 21million euros in 2015, being higher than pineapples which were 2 million euros in 2010 and 6.5 million euros in 2015. Whereas Austria experienced growth which was much more in pineapple amounting to 48 million euros in 2015 from only 16 million euros in 2010 which is about 3 times while the sales of tea elevated by 2 times.

Although Germany experienced a slight increase in sales of tea but there was a downfall in sales of pineapple from 3 million euros to 1.9 million euros. Following Germany, Netherland also had a slight increase in sales of tea of 0.7 million euros but rather than a decrease there was a tremendous increase in sales of pineapple accounting to more than 3 times in 2015 from that in 2010. Norway follows the similar trend of Netherland and Germany with only small rise of sales of tea from 2010 to 2015 though there was a decrease in pineapple sales similar to Germany which reduced up to one third of the initial sales in 2010.