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15 previous year questions for Geography from 3 years. Practice with year-wise breakdown.
15
Questions
3
Years
2
Papers
Answer the following in about 150 words each:
(a) Explain the causes of glacial lake outburst flood. [10M]
(b) What is solifluction? What are its impacts? [10M]
(c) What geological and tectonic processes lead to the formation of nappes in orogenic belts? [10M]
(d) Explain the relationship between air masses and local winds. [10M]
(e) What are the fundamental differences among ocean wave, ocean current and tide? [10M]
Answer the following in about 150 words each:
(a) Why did the Welfare Approach in Human Geography emerge as a significant perspective in 1970s? [10M]
(b) What are the key environmental and economic challenges linked to the extraction and processing of critical minerals? [10M]
(c) “Pull factors in internal migration are often based on perceptions rather than reality.” Explain. [10M]
(d) “Regional imbalances are the product of in situ and ex situ factors.” Elucidate it with examples. [10M]
(e) Why is systems analysis important in urban planning and what are its limitations? [10M]
Answer the following in about 150 words each:
(a) What are ‘truncated spurs’? Where and how are they formed? [10M]
(b) Formation of temperate cyclone depends on the condition of axis of dilation. Elucidate. [10M]
(c) With suitable examples explain the factors causing sea level changes. [10M]
(d) Examine the impacts of social forestry in socio-economic transformation of rural areas. [10M]
(e) Mountain regions are more fragile to ecological changes. Elucidate. [10M]
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 : (i) Lunkaransar (ii) Gua (iii) Raidak River (iv) Ekta Nagar (v) Chandanwari (vi) Babina (vii) Tatipaka (viii) Along Airport (ix) Karaikal (x) Panna
Institutional factors are playing a dominant role in controlling the agricultural prosperity in India. Justify with evidences.
India has wide-ranging regional disparities in economic development. Explain the patterns, implications and challenges.
Migration is the reflection of regional disparities. What socio-economic and demographic consequences are experienced at the place of origin and destination?
Answer the following in about 150 words each:
(a) Critically examine the significance of Behavioural Approach in the development of human geography. [10M]
(b) “While scarcity of water resources are felt locally, but its causes are increasingly global.” Comment. [10M]
(c) Central Business Districts (CBDs) are in decline as the economic core of metropolitan cities. Critically examine. [10M]
(d) There is a need for gender-sensitive regional development. Elaborate. [10M]
(e) Explain the theoretical framework and stages of economic growth proposed by Rostow’s model. [10M]
How are geographic factors influencing the distribution of high annual rainfall in certain parts of India?
Industrial waste is diversified. Discuss the potentials and challenges associated with it.
India is playing a very significant role in world affairs. Examine the stands taken by India in important global and regional summits.
How can morphology of Indian towns be described historically? Discuss the major features of the first planned city in India after independence.
Answer the following in about 150 words each:
(a) What is “Geostrophic Wind”? Explain the relationship between barometric slope and air circulation. [10M]
(b) What is ocean ranching? How are aqua-cowboys related to such activities? [10M]
(c) Explain the natural processes of soil enrichment and its impact on food production. [10M]
(d) How is “Deep Ecology” as a concept different from “Shallow Ecology”? Explain. [10M]
(e) What are the environmental implications of economic geology? Discuss. [10M]
Answer the following in about 150 words each:
(a) Explain the sequential development of areal differentiation as a fundamental concept in Human Geography. [10M]
(b) Discuss critically food and nutrition problems associated with the developing world. [10M]
(c) Human migration is a reflection of the balance between push and pull factors. Elaborate with reference to the most recent diaspora. [10M]
(d) Has Malthusian Theory been discredited in contemporary times? Justify your answer. [10M]
(e) Discuss the different types of polarisation induced spatial inequalities and imbalances associated with growth poles. [10M]
Answer the following questions in about 150 words each :
(a) Identify the jute-producing areas and discuss the major causes of decline of jute mill industry in India. [10M]
(b) Urban built environment in big cities of India creates key changes in biophysical character of the landscape. Discuss. [10M]
(c) Explain the geological characteristics and ecological significance of the Eastern Ghats. [10M]
(d) Explain the cultural regions of India based on their cultural attributes. [10M]
(e) Why are critical minerals essential for the economic development and national security in India? [10M]
We have 15 UPSC Mains Geography optional subject questions spanning 3 years (2023–2025).
Geography has 2 papers in UPSC Mains: Geography-I, Geography-II. Each paper carries 250 marks.