pyq/2024/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) Lunkaransar

(ii) Gua

(iii) Raidak River

(iv) Ekta Nagar

(v) Chandanwari

(vi) Babina

(vii) Tatipaka

(viii) Along Airport

(ix) Karaikal

(x) Panna

(b) Discuss the basis of various explanations for the formation of Shiwalik. (10 marks)

(c) Conservation and breeding centres are important components of the Action Plan for Vulture Conservation, 2020-2025. Why? (10 marks)

(d) North-Eastern States of India are geopolitically sensitive and strategically significant. Explain. (10 marks)