Geography Optional Test 2 for UPSC Mains 2017 : Mains Marathon

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Here is the 2nd Geography Mains Marathon Optional Test.


Geography Mains Marathon : Test-2


Below are the questions:

  1. ‘The nature of source region largely determines the temperature and humidity characteristics of an air mass’- Explain
  2. What are agro-climatic zones? Discuss the characteristics and problems of Trans-ganga Plains region.
  3. Outline and account for the characteristics of the contemporary urban hierarchy in India.
  4. Discuss with examples how climate is an important determinant of soil properties.
  5. What causes aggradation of a stream? What are the effects of aggradation?
  6. What is social well-being? Critically discuss the welfare approach to geography.
  7. What do you understand by ‘geopolitics’? Compare and contrast frontiers and boundaries.
  8. 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.
  9. ‘Female labour force participation in urban India has stagnated despite rising education levels and rapid economic growth’- Discuss.
  10. Discuss the issues and challenges pertaining to the interlinking of rivers in India.

All Mains Marathon Optional Questions are updated in this page.


 

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Goms
Goms
8 years ago

Thanks sir . Please provide geo optional test 1 answer link anyone .

ForumIAS
ForumIAS
8 years ago
Reply to  Goms

Welcome Goms. We are only posting questions for answer writing practice.

Vikram kumar
Vikram kumar
8 years ago
Reply to  ForumIAS

Sir plz post ur schedule
And plz post questions regularly

Bharath Chandra
Bharath Chandra
8 years ago

Hi sir, can u provide solutions to these questions later. It will be very much helpful to all of us. Thanks.

prateek shukla
prateek shukla
8 years ago

Thnx sir…

INSAT
INSAT
8 years ago

We appreciate the initiative in Geography. If you could provide model / reference answer , it would be greater. !!

Happu Singh
Happu Singh
8 years ago

Wht abt plan.. Pls post plan asap

tzedok lebbran
tzedok lebbran
8 years ago

question 2
plz review :disqus @gaurav_kamra:disqus
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tzedok lebbran
tzedok lebbran
8 years ago

Que. 3
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tarun gogoi
tarun gogoi
8 years ago

team forumias ,please bring forth more question particularly for geography optional

Sakshi
Sakshi
8 years ago

No more optional test after this?

kirti dalal
kirti dalal
7 years ago

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…

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