Here is the 2nd Geography Mains Marathon Optional Test.
Geography Mains Marathon : Test-2
Below are the questions:
- ‘The nature of source region largely determines the temperature and humidity characteristics of an air mass’- Explain
- What are agro-climatic zones? Discuss the characteristics and problems of Trans-ganga Plains region.
- Outline and account for the characteristics of the contemporary urban hierarchy in India.
- Discuss with examples how climate is an important determinant of soil properties.
- What causes aggradation of a stream? What are the effects of aggradation?
- What is social well-being? Critically discuss the welfare approach to geography.
- What do you understand by ‘geopolitics’? Compare and contrast frontiers and boundaries.
- Differentiate between site and situation of a settlement. With examples from India, discuss the role of site and situation in determining the location and growth of settlements.
- ‘Female labour force participation in urban India has stagnated despite rising education levels and rapid economic growth’- Discuss.
- Discuss the issues and challenges pertaining to the interlinking of rivers in India.
All Mains Marathon Optional Questions are updated in this page.





Thanks sir . Please provide geo optional test 1 answer link anyone .
Welcome Goms. We are only posting questions for answer writing practice.
Sir plz post ur schedule
And plz post questions regularly
Hi sir, can u provide solutions to these questions later. It will be very much helpful to all of us. Thanks.
Thnx sir…
We appreciate the initiative in Geography. If you could provide model / reference answer , it would be greater. !!
Wht abt plan.. Pls post plan asap
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team forumias ,please bring forth more question particularly for geography optional
No more optional test after this?
sir,kindly post the geography optional questions regularly plz…optional subject value is increasing every year…and guys try to write questions everyday and get them evaluated by giving inputs that will help enormously… trust me. Try to be serious…