ARUNACHAL PRADESH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
GEOGRAPHY: PAPER -II

Time: 3 (Three) hours Full marks 100
(Group is compulsory. Attempt any FOUR Questionsfrom Group -BJ.
GROUP-A
(This Group is COMPULSORY)
Ql. Answer any 10 10x2=20
What is the difference between language and dialect What is the meaning of transhumance What is age specific Sex Ratio. Give an example of it. What is a programme region? Give an example of it. What is the key issue related to the thought of the club of Rome What is 'enhancement' in Digital image processing? What is cash crop? Mention two example from the NE India. Give two specific examples of rural to urban migration from within NE India. What do you understand by histogenesis with reference to evolution of settlement. Name one economic and one cultural factor which influence agricultural practices. What do you understand by dimensions of Rural Sociology? What do you understand by the word 'Nation-building'
GROUP-B
(Answer any Four.)
Q2. Answer any 8 (Eight) 8 x 2.5 =20
Mention three issues related to the subject of political geography from within the NE
region.
Mention about the usefulness of radio-carbon dating as a technique.



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What do you understand Dimensions ofRural economy'? Mention three cases of technological development in the context of modernization of agriculture. Highlight the factors that influence spurious urbanization in the third world countries.
Mention about the forest types of Arunachal Pradesh.
Write a brief note on aerial photographs.

What do you understand by 'Growth Pole'
Explain the concept of urban to rural migration with a specific example from India.
Mention about the cultural geography ofthe state of Goa.

Q 3. Write notes (within 50 words) on any 5 (Five) 5x4=20
Differentiate between Population geography and demography.
Urban industrial growth strategy.
Ethnic movement in NE India.

Central Place theory
Frontiers and Boundaries

Rural Housing in India
Applied geomorphology and Civil Engineering

Q 4. Answer any 4 (Four) 4x5=20
Write about the significance of Geopolitics and Indian Ocean.
Tribal Development Planning through the Five year plans.
Develop a functional classification ofthe urban settlements of India.

Differentiate between growth and development with reference to region.
What do you understand by 'Infant Mortality Mention some causes ofit.
Q 5. Answer any 2 2 x10 =20
Divide North-East India in to Physiographic division and discuss anyone ofthem in detail. Highlight on the major agricultural regions of India.
Write on the recent developments in political geography.

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Q 6.· What is Migration? Mention its types. Discuss the causes and consequences of Migration. 2+5+13=20
Q.7. Discuss the Nature and Scope of agricultural geography. Mention briefly the approaches in agricultural geography. 12 20
Q 8. Discuss the factors causing uneven distribution of population in North-East India. 20

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