{"id":4890,"date":"2017-07-24T12:22:27","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T06:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=4890"},"modified":"2017-07-30T17:22:42","modified_gmt":"2017-07-30T11:52:42","slug":"geography-optional-test-1-upsc-mains-2017-mains-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/geography-optional-test-1-upsc-mains-2017-mains-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Geography Optional Test 1 for UPSC Mains 2017 : Mains Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/mains-marathon-optional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archives<\/a> <\/strong> <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p> We are starting with Geography Optional Mains Marathon Initiative. Below is the 1st Geography Optional Test. <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p> Note: We will come up with a Geography Optional Mains Marathon Plan soon. <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p> <strong>Perspectives in Human geography<\/strong> 1. \u2018Humanistic geography is a thought system which has emerged as a reaction to the dominance of positivism in human geography\u2019- Comment. 2. \u2018Geography is the study of man-environment relationship\u2019-Critically evaluate. 3. Explain the significance of Quantitative Revolution in the development of geography. <strong>Population and settlement geography<\/strong> 4. Discuss the concept of hyper-urbanisation with special reference to India. 5. Critically examine the applicability of Demographic Transition Model with reference to population growth in India. <strong>Geomorphology<\/strong> 6. \u2018Complexity of geomorphic evolution is more common than simplicity\u2019- Discuss. 7. Compare and contrast weathering, erosion and mass-wasting. <strong>Climatology<\/strong> 8. Define the term temperature inversion and give an account of different types of temperature inversions. 9. Explain the process and formation of hurricanes in a weather system. <strong>Oceanography<\/strong> 10. Discuss the different sources of oceanic sediments and differentiate between pelagic and terrigenous sediments. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archives We are starting with Geography Optional Mains Marathon Initiative. Below is the 1st Geography Optional Test. Note: We will come up with a Geography Optional Mains Marathon Plan soon. Perspectives in Human geography 1. \u2018Humanistic geography is a thought system which has emerged as a reaction to the dominance of positivism in human geography\u2019-&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/geography-optional-test-1-upsc-mains-2017-mains-marathon\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Geography Optional Test 1 for UPSC Mains 2017 : Mains Marathon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":4480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[103,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-geography","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/answer-writing-optional.jpg?fit=1000%2C500&ssl=1","views":{"total":355,"cached_at":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=4890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}