Previous Year Question Paper (2025)
2025
GEOGRAPHY — HONOURS
Paper : DSCC-1
(Physical Geography)
Full Marks : 75
Category - A
Answer any ten questions (each within 50 words).
2 × 10
1. What is perspective projection?
2. Mention any two disadvantages of statement scale.
3. What is seismic shadow zone?
4. What is NiFe?
5. Distinguish between weathering and erosion.
6. Define entrenched meander.
7. Define unpaired terrace.
8. Define chelation.
9. What is index cycle?
10. Define geostrophic wind.
11. Where is stratopause located?
12. What is truncated soil profile?
13. What is xerophyte?
14. What is quasi-natural hazard?
Category - B
Answer any five questions (each within 125 words).
5 × 5
15. Explain the components of a map.
16. Distinguish between oceanic crust and continental crust.
17. What favourable conditions are required for the formation of ox-bow lakes?
18. Explain the evolution of an ideal soil profile.
19. Explain the importance of parent material as a soil forming factor.
20. What are the different types of hydrophytes?
21. How do natural hazards differ from disasters?
Category - C
Answer any two questions (each within 500 words).
15 × 2
22. Discuss the concept, classification, and applications of map projections.
23. Classify mechanical weathering and state their effects on landforms.
24. Give an account of the erosional landforms developed by fluvial processes with suitable sketches.
25. Discuss atmospheric layering with special reference to the troposphere.