pyq/2015/geography-optional-ii/1

Answer all the following. The word limit for (b), (c), (d), (e) has been indicated in the parenthesis:

(a) On the outline map of India provided to you, mark the locations of all 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 : (10 marks, not more than 30 words for each entry)

(i) Tharangambadi

(ii) Namcha Barwa

(iii) Narcondam

(iv) Khajjiar

(v) Chunchanakatte

(b) Why does the pharmaceutical industry concentrate largely in the western region of the country? (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) Discuss the relationship of watershed approach to village level planning. (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) How does natural vegetation affect the formation of in situ soils? (10 marks, 150 words)