pyq/2018/geography-optional-i/5

Answer the following questions in about 150 words each (10x5=50)

(a) "Geography is a contested and multiparadigmic discipline with a strong eurocentricity that has only recently been challenged." Comment. (10)

(b) Discuss the degree of importance of transportation costs as a factor of industrial location with respect to "footloose industries". (10)

(c) Explain the concepts of "megalopolis" and "exopolis" with regard to the growth of cities indicating whether the two can and do overlap. (10)

(d) Write a note on "forward and backward linkages" in Perroux's thesis of economic growth and regional development. (10)

(e) Outline briefly the "age of mass consumption" as described by Rostow in his 'multi-stage theory of growth'. (10)