Factors for location of primary / secondary / tertiary sector industries

What are non-farm primary activities? How are these activities related to physiographic features in India? Discuss with suitable examples.

How can Artificial Intelligence (AI) and drones be effectively used along with GIS and RS techniques in locational and areal planning?

From being net food importer in 1960s, India has emerged as a net food exporter to the world. Provide reasons.

Mention the significance of straits and isthmus in international trade.

Despite India being one of the countries of the Gondwanaland, its mining industry contributes much less to its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in percentage. Discuss.

Account for the present location of iron and steel industries away from the source of raw material, by giving examples.

Can the strategy of regional resource-based manufacturing help in promoting employment in India ?

Can the strategy of regional-resource-based manufacturing help in promoting employment in India?

What is the significance of Industrial Corridors in India? Identifying industrial corridors, explain their main characteristics.

Why is Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS) needed? How does it help in navigation?

Petroleum refineries are not necessarily located nearer to crude oil-producing areas, particularly in many developing countries. Explain its implications.

Enumerate the problems and prospects of inland water transport in India.

Account for the change in the spatial pattern of the iron and steel industry in the world.

Whereas the British planters had developed tea gardens all along the Shivaliks and Lesser Himalayas from Assam to Himachal Pradesh, in effect they did not succeed beyond the Darjeeling area. Explain.

Why did the Green Revolution in India virtually by-pass the eastern region despite fertile soil and good availability of water?

(a) Do you agree that there is a growing trend of opening new sugar mills in southern States of India? Discuss with justification. (100 words) (b) Analyze the factors for the highly decentralized cotton textile industry in India. (100 words)