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
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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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