pyq/2017/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 : (20 marks, 30 words for each entry)

(i) Thumba

(ii) Nayachar Island

(iii) Doddabetta

(iv) Devasthal

(v) Pangong Lake

(vi) Hampi

(vii) Havelock Island

(viii) Luni River

(ix) Daringbadi

(x) Dudhsagar Waterfalls

(b) Give a reasoned account of unusual pattern of distribution of monsoonal rainfall in India in 2017. (10 marks)

(c) Explain the inter-State issues involved in implementation of the Satluj-Yamuna Link Canal project. (10 marks)

(d) Small towns in India have problems and prospects of their own. Elaborate. (10 marks)