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(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 : (20 marks, 30 words for each entry)

(i) Pir Panjal Range

(ii) River Indravati

(iii) Nathu La Pass

(iv) Jog Falls

(v) Pulicat Lake

(vi) Kudankulam

(vii) Nalanda

(viii) Kudremukh

(ix) Headquarters of N-E Railways

(x) Farakka Barrage

(b) Explain the shifting of river courses and river capturing in the Himalayas. (In about 150 words) (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) Mention the space relationship of India with neighbouring countries. (In about 150 words) (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) Define agricultural intensity and bring out its regional distribution in India. (In about 150 words) (10 marks, 150 words)