GEOGRAPHY – PAPER I
Odisha Civil Services Mains 2024
|Full Marks: 250
GROUP A
10 × 15 MARKS
- Describe the shore processes and development of depositional landforms along the coast.
- Give brief account of the important marine resources of the world.
- Discuss the energy flow in bio-geochemical cycle with specific reference to nitrogen cycle.
- What is insolation? Discuss the Heat Budget of the earth and how it acts on the heating of the earth and atmosphere.
- Recently there was a massive water spout appeared in Chilika Lake. What is it called locally? What are the causes and consequences? Classify the water spouts.
- Give an account of the factors influencing the world distribution of plants and animals.
- What are the tides? Discuss types of tides and how they are formed.
- Write an account of ideal conditions for coral growth and its types.
- Explain the origin and movement of planetary wind systems of the Earth.
- Explain the significance of carbon cycle for the man and environment.
- What are the different causes of biodiversity loss? Explain in detail how each of the factor can affect the biodiversity.
- Define air mass and describe the characteristics of different types of air masses.
GROUP B
05 × 20 MARKS
- Give an account of Walter Christaller’s Central Place Theory and its applicability in the recent times.
- Explain the Growth Pole Theory as proposed by Francois Perroux and discuss how it may diffuse the state of development.
- Discuss the significance of ‘Welfare Approach’ in geographical studies.
- Discuss the Alfred Weber’s theory of industrial location with examples and how it helps in regional development.
- What is rural-urban fringe? Discuss the “problems of rural-urban fringe” and its remedial measures.
- What is quantitative revolution in geography? How did this change the nature and scope of the subject Geography?
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