APPSC – Geography Optional PYQ – 2017-18 – Paper 2

COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION (MAIN)
2017-18
GEOGRAPHY Optional
Paper-II
Time: 3 Hours Full Marks: 200

Note: (1) The figures in the right-hand margin indicate full marks for the questions.
(2) Attempt five questions in all.
(3) Question No. 1 is compulsory.

• 1. Answer any ten questions from the following : 4×10-40
  (a) Divide India into physiographic regions.
  (b) Why has Indian monsoon been so erratic?
  (c) Write a short note on the North-Eastern Plateau Region.
  (d) What may b e the positive and negative impacts of dividing India into different time zones?
  (e) Why North-Eastern Corner of Arunachal Pradesh i s strategically important?
  (f) Why are North-Indian rivers flood prone?
  (g) What are the negative impacts of Jhum cultivation?
  (h) Classify transport networks of India.
  (i) Why is jute industry in India under threat?
  (i) What are the activities planned for block level planning in India?
  (k) Write a short note on major crops o f Arunachal Pradesh.
  (1) What are the environmental impacts o f rubber plantation in Tripura?
  (m) What is Blue Revolution?
  
  
  
  2. Answer any eight questions from the following: 5×8=40
  (a) Why i s Narmada river geographically important?
  (b) Why is North-East India earthquake prone? •
  (c) Write the objectives of Indian National Forest Policy, 1952.
  (d) Give an account o f the spatial distribution o f Negrito racial stock in India.
  (e) Define monsoon trough and write its significance o n Indian climate.
  (f What is the significance o f practicing dry zone agriculture?
  (g) Divide India into macro-economic regions.
  (h) What are the causes of regional imbalances in India?
  (i) Justify the relevance o f national water grid in India.
  (i) Write a short note o n the hydro-power potential o f Brahmaputra river basin.
  (k) Write the importance of multi-level planning in India.
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  3. Answer any five questions from the following : 8×5=40
  (a) Discuss the potential o f cultivating medicinal plant o n commercial basis in NE India.
  (b) Assess the proposal of the linking of Indian rivers.
  (c) Classify soils of extra-Penisular India and discuss their importance.
• (d) What are the causes of low productivity in Indian agriculture?
  (e) Elaborate the problems of the road transport in India.
  (f Briefly discuss the indicators of regional inequalities i n India.
  (g) Describe the structure of Panchayat Samitis and Zilla Parishads in Assam.
  
• 4. Answer any four questions from the following : 10×4=40
  (a) Discuss the structure and tectonics o f Indo-Gangetic basin.
  (b) What are the vagaries of monsoon? Discuss the impacts of such vagaries o n Indian
  agriculture.
  (c) Write an essay o n the marine resources of India.
  (d) Discuss the causes o f shifting the location of footloose industries in India.
  (e) Give a n account of the distribution o f population in North-East India.
  
  5 . Answer any two questions from the following 20×2=40
  (a) Give a n account of the distribution of vegetation in India with the help of a map.
  (b) Discuss the causes and consequences of uneven population distribution i n India and its changing pattern over time.
  (c) State the nature and distribution o f small scale industries i n Arunachal Pradesh. Discuss the problems and propects of small scale industry in the State.

6. Answer any four questions from the following 10×4=40
(a) Discuss the geological and geomorphological significance of Peninsular India.
(b) Highlight the key features o f 74th Amendment o f the Indian Constitution on Nagarpalika Act.
(c) Define social forestry. Discuss the success and failures of social forestry with reference to NE India.
(d) Give an account o f tourism potential in NE India. What measures should be taken to improve rural tourism in this part of India?
(e) What are the key features o f the Tribal Upliftment Scheme of 1954 of the Govt. of India? Critically assess the Tribal Development Blocks project.
7 . Classify Indian rivers o n the basis o f their sources. Discuss the major river systems of India. Why are most of the rivers in India in dying condition? 5+25+10=40

8. Discuss the role of language, religion and culture i n the formation o f regions in India. Bring out the consequences of such regionalizations. 10+10+10

9. Give a n account o f the evolution and development o f Golden Quadrilateral Highway Network Project in India. What are the expected socio-economic benefits o f such project? Elaborate the future plans for the Golden Quadrilateral and the NHDP. 20+10+10=40

10. State the pattern o f industrialization in Colonial and Post-Independence India. Discuss the indicators of agglomerated and dispersed patterns o f industrialization. Discuss the problems faced by the industries of Indian origin 10+10+10+10=40

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