University of Calcutta
SEM - II (CCF) 2024
GEOGRAPHY MAJOR
Paper: DSCC-2 (HUMAN GEOGRAPHY)
Full Marks: 75
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Time: 3 Hours
Category - A
Answer any ten questions (each within 50 words).
2 × 10
01. Name two different measures of density of population.
02. What is meant by dry-point rural settlement?
03. Where does a linear settlement grow?
04. State the spatial distribution of hunting and food gathering societies of tropical world.
05. What is meant by cultural landscape?
06. Which factors lead to the dispersal of rural settlements?
07. Differentiate between a Census town and a Statutory town.
08. What is Anthropogeography?
09. Mention two recent trends in human-environment relationship.
10. What is migratory subsistence agriculture?
11. How does post-industrial society differ from an industrial society?
12. State the importance of ‘site’ in the establishment of a rural settlement.
13. When is a settlement known as urban in India?
14. Define megacity according to the Census of India.
Category - B
Answer any five questions (each within 125 words).
5 × 5
15. How does demographic dividend influence dependency ratio?
16. State the cultural ties of Todas with their livestocks.
17. Discuss the recent trends in Human Geography.
18. Discuss the merits and demerits of the Demographic Transition model.
19. Highlight the role played by migration in the population change of a region.
20. What are the effects of globalisation on post-industrial urban society?
21. Why is the social and economic system of pastoral nomadism undergoing changes in recent times?
Category - C
Answer any two questions (each within 500 words).
15 × 2
22. Give a reasoned account of the traditional livelihood pattern and challenges of the Chenchus in India.
23. Discuss the resource approach in Human Geography.
24. Account for the uneven distribution of population in India.
25. Discuss the characteristics of urban settlements with examples from the developed and the developing world.