pyq/2014/geography-optional-ii/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:

(i) Guru Shikhar

(ii) Bhor Ghat

(iii) Shravanabelagola

(iv) Kalibangan

(v) Ganga Sagar (10 marks, 30 words for each entry)

(b) Explain how eco-tourism activities could be important livelihood options in the Himalayan and North-Eastern regions of the country. (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) How is drainage pattern determined by the water divide? (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) Location of thermal power plants and coal fields in India are not mutually conducive. Analyse. (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) Why has agro and social forestry failed to achieve its objectives? (10 marks, 150 words)