Q.1) “Cultural regions are the most suited units to study the diversity of an area”. Comment. (10 marks) Q.2) “Indo-Gangetic hearth is considered to be one of the world’s richest cultural realms.” Examine. (15 marks) Q.3) “The traditional cultural identities are at loss with the growth of global connectivity.” Explain. (10 marks) Q.4) HDI has […]
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Q.1) Comment upon the contributions of D M Smith in outlining ‘welfare’ as a key focus in geographies of social well-being. (15 marks) Q.2) Provide a brief outline of ideas related to “sense of place” as propounded by Yi-Fu Tuan and Relph in humanistic geography that emerged in the 1970s. (15 marks) Q.3) Elaborate upon
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Q.1) What is understood by quantification in Geography? Discuss the significance of quantification in modern geographical studies with examples. (20 marks) Q.2) ‘Quantitative Revolution and model building provided an empirical basis for geographical research’ – Elaborate. (15 marks) Q.3) State the concept of locational analysis. And enumerate the criticism against it. (15 marks) Q.4) Why
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Q.1) “Areal differentiation forms the core theme in Geography.” Explain. (10 marks) Q.2) “Regional synthesis is the crux of geographical studies.” Elaborate. (15 marks) Q.3) Critically examine the concept of dualism with special reference to physical versus human geography. (20 marks) Q.4) “There is a rejuvenation of environmentalism as a paradigm in geographical studies.” Comment.
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Q.1) Examine the significance of the Trans–continental railways. (10 marks) Q.2) Discuss the important global sea routes and their significance. (20 marks) Q.3) Harbours and ports are the gateways of international trade. Elucidate. (15 marks) Q.4) Ganga cannot be restored by only pollution-abatement measures. In this context suggest measures to clean the Ganga. (20 marks)
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Q.1) Discuss the spatial distribution of the Intensive Subsistence Farming. (10 marks) Q.2) What are the footloose industries? Explain its characteristics with examples. (15 marks) Q.3) Discuss the formal and informal services with examples. Also mention issues faced by them. Q.4) What is ‘digital divide’? Explain reasons for the same with examples. (15 marks)
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Q.1) Discuss the factors that influence population distribution in the world. (15 marks) Q.2) What is demographic transition theory? Discuss. (10 marks) Q.3) State the concept of Age-Sex pyramid. Discuss the different types of age-sex pyramids. (20 marks) Q.4) Define human development. Discuss the different approaches to human development. (15 marks)
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Q.1) “Human geography is the synthetic study of the relationship between human societies and earth’s surface”. – Ratzel. Elucidate. (10 marks) Q.2) Discuss the Naturalisation of Humans and Humanisation of Nature. (15 marks) Q.3) Make a temporal analysis of approaches to Human Geography. (20 marks) Q.4) State the concept of gender-responsive climate policies. Discuss their
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Q.1) Article 48 says “the state shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country”. discuss the various policies that the Indian government enacted in pursuance of this act. (20 marks) Q.2) Discuss the principles of Environmental hazard management. (10 marks) Reference Q.3) Discuss the objectives
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Q.1) Enumerate the major causes of increasing degradation of environment in hills and hillslopes and state its down-valley impact. (15 marks) Q.2) Examine the effect of El Nino on the disease outbreaks. (15 marks) Q.3) Examine the forest fires in India in 2019. Suggest some policy measures to reduce the forest fires. (20 marks) Q.4)
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