IAS Mains Geog Paper 1 2015 Section B
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IAS Mains Geography Optional 2015 Solutions: Paper 1 Section B
IAS Geography 2015 Paper Paper1 – Section B
5 (a) “The welfare face of geography makes it an inter-disciplinary subject.” Elaborate.
Welfare Approach: Achieving Pareto Optimality - Prespectives in Human Geography
5 (b) “Energy mix is a step towards sustainability.” Discuss.
- Non-renewable Resources + Renewable Resources
5 (c) Discuss Nelson՚s method of functional classification of towns.
- Quantitative Analysis
- Focused only on 9 activity groups – Mainly Industrial
- Specialization of city – by Standard Deviation
- City not under 1 SD is diversified D
- 9 Groups: Manufacturing, retail trade, professional service, transportation and communication, personal service, public administration, wholesale trade, financial insurance and real estate, mining
5 (d) “Marx՚s view on population is more humanistic.” Comment.
Population Theories, Population Pyramids & Overpopulation: Fundamentals of Geography
5 (e) “Development planning has a component of environmental cost.” Discuss.
- Conduct Cost Benefit Analysis
- Creation of Dam – Seismic Hazards,
- Canal Construction – Indira Gandhi Canal (Salinization, Water Logging)
- Mining Activities
- Carbon trading
6 (a) “Regional synthesis is the crux of geographical studies.” Elaborate.
- Spatial arrangements and distributions, to spatial integration, to spatial interactions and organization and to spatial processes
- Ideas given by Berry – Matrix arrangements
6 (b) “Man-induced famines are becoming more common than nature-induced ones.” Comment.
- Ideas by Amartya Sen – Welfare Approach
- Deforestation
- Imbalance of population and food supply
- Distribution of food resources
- Poverty
- Great Famine in Ireland (1845) : Food was shipped from Ireland to England as only English could pay higher prices.
- Ukrainian famine or Holodomor (1930s) : Food was shipped by Stalin to Belgium, France and Germany while starving the population of Ukraine.
- Somalia: Due to civil disorder as food distribution systems break down.
6 (c) critically examines the theories on population migration.
10 Theories of Migration - Fundamentals of Geography
7 (a) Discuss the relevance of Von Thunen՚s model on agricultural location in the contemporary context.
Von Thunen Model of Agricultural Location: Fundamentals of Geography
7 (b) “Cultural regions are the most suited units to study the diversity of an area.” Comment.
- India is a land of Diversity and Museum of Languages
Culture, Types and Diffusion: Fundamentals of Geography
- Focus on other regions like agricultural regions (don՚t capture diversity)
7 (c) Discuss the approaches to the study of behavioural geography.
Behavioral Approach: Origin, 4 Development and Critic - Perspectives in Human Geography
8 (a) “There is a rejuvenation of environmentalism as a paradigm in geographical studies.” Comment.
Environmentalism - 5 Concepts & 4 Categories - Perspectives of Human Geography
8 (b) “Geographical traits lead to regional imbalances.” Examine.
- Arid areas
- Areas prone to Earthquakes
- Areas prone to Landslides
- Flood prone areas
- Dense forests
- Ideal theories – Isotropic Surface
8 (c) “Vital statistics are necessary ingredients for development planning.” Elaborate.
- Vital statistics are statistics on live births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages and divorces
- Attain full employment, price stability, and economic growth, equilibrium in the balance of payment, equitable distribution of income, educational development, social security, political stability
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