{"id":49980,"date":"2019-07-17T12:34:54","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T07:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=49980"},"modified":"2019-07-17T12:35:05","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T07:05:05","slug":"upsc-mains-optional-geography-paper-2-2013","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-mains-optional-geography-paper-2-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Mains Optional Geography Paper 2 (2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Section A <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.<\/strong> (a) On the outline map of India provided to you, mark the location of all of the following. Write in your QCA Booklet the significance of these locations, whether physical\/ commercial\/ economic \/ ecological\/ environmental\/ cultural, in not more than 30 words<\/strong> for each entry: 2 x 5= 10<\/strong>                                                                                           <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(i) Mishmi Hills<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(ii) Lipulekh Pass<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(iii) Beas River<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(iv) Rihand Dam <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(v) Amarnath<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) Explain the topographical and structural characteristics of the Siwalik Range. (150 words<\/strong>) 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c)Discuss the mechanism of Indian Monsoon. (150 words<\/strong>) 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(d)Identify the main industrial clusters of India and account for their development. (150 words) 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(e)Explain the method of delineating crop-association regions with reference to India. (150 words) 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2<\/strong>. (a) Discuss the potentiality and present status of horticulture in the Western and Central Himalaya. (250 words) 20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) Delineate the coalfields of India and mention their distinctive features. (150 words) 15<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) Explain the role of multinationals in globalization of industries in India. (150 words) 15<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.<\/strong> (a) Distributional pattern of industries in India does not provide requisite basis for division of the country into distinct industrial regions. Elaborate. (250 words)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b)Discuss the role of institutional factors in shaping the pattern of Indian agriculture.(150 words) 15<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) What do you understand by ‘Young India’? How can the present state of population composition   be converted into an asset for the country? (150words) 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. <\/strong>(a)  Comment on the feasibility of interlinking of rivers of India and its possible contribution to resolution of water crisis (250 words) 20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) Define agricultural productivity. Mention the methods of its measurement and bring out the disparities in its regional distribution. (150 words) 15<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) Discuss the problems in realization of benefits of globalization and liberalization in industrial sector of India (150 words) 15<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                              SECTION-B<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5<\/strong>. For Question Nos. 5(a) to 5(d), write on each in about 150 words and answer Question No. 5 (e) as directed therein :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(a)  City-regions as territorial unit for regional planning and development.  10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b)  Snags in the Food Security Policy of India. 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c)  Demographic dividend and its implications on Indian socio-economic environment. 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(d)  Planning and development of ‘Tribal Regions\u2019 in India. 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(e) On the outline map of India provided to you, mark the location of all of the following. Write in your QCA Booklet the significance of these locations, whether physical\/ commercial\/ economic \/ ecological\/ environmental\/ cultural, in not more than 30 words for each entry : 2 x 5= 1 0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(i) Rajgir<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(ii) Sindri<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(iii)National Highway no. 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(iv)Churk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(v) Indira Gandhi Canal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.<\/strong>(a) Write a note on geopolitics of the Indian Ocean realm. (250 words)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b) Comment on the basis of creation of new States in India in 2000. (150 words)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) Enumerate the basic indicators of development and explain their application in identification of the spatial diversity in development in India. (150 words) 20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7.<\/strong> (a) Write a note on the emergence of National Settlement System in colonial India and discuss the factors contributing to urbanization in post-independence period. (250 words)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b)Define slums and explain their problems. (150 words)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c)Discuss the objectives of ‘Vision 2020’ in creation of viable village complex in India for ‘Inclusive Rural Development’ programme. (150 words)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. <\/strong>(a)Identify the earthquake-prone zones and suggest strategy for their management.(250 words)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b)Describe the impact of linguistic diversity on the development of various regions of India. (150 words)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) Describe how urbanization creates air and water pollution in India. (150 words) 15<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Section A 1. (a) On the outline map of India provided to you, mark the location of all of the following. Write in your QCA Booklet the significance of these locations, whether physical\/ commercial\/ economic \/ ecological\/ environmental\/ cultural, in not more than 30 words for each entry: 2 x 5= 10                                                                                            (i) Mishmi Hills (ii)… Continue reading UPSC Mains Optional Geography Paper 2 (2013)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49980","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}