Previous Year Question Paper (2025)
2025
GEOGRAPHY — HONOURS
Paper : DSCC-2
(Human Geography)
Full Marks : 75
Category - A
Answer any ten questions (each within 50 words).
2 × 10
1. What is transhumance and where is it practised?
2. Mention any two features of pastoral nomadism.
3. What is meant by ‘zero population growth’?
4. What is ‘demographic dividend’?
5. What do you mean by ‘optimum population’?
6. What is a ‘landscape’?
7. What is immigration?
8. Who are pastoral nomads? Give examples.
9. What is a ‘Metropolis’?
10. Indicate the spatial distribution of Chenchu tribe in India.
11. Define ‘mortality rate’.
12. What is a wet-point settlement?
13. Mention two sparsely populated zones in India.
14. What is a ‘satellite town’?
Category - B
Answer any five questions (each within 125 words).
5 × 5
15. What is the impact of increase in ageing population on the economy of a country?
16. What are the major changes in subsistence farming in the present day?
17. Write a brief note on nucleated settlement.
18. Explain the role of ‘situation’ in the growth of settlements.
19. Mention the major characteristics of ‘Industrial Society’.
20. Discuss the characteristics of the ‘Locational Approach’ in Human Geography.
21. Differentiate between Statutory and Census Towns as per the Census of India.
Category - C
Answer any two questions (each within 500 words).
15 × 2
22. Critically assess the Demographic Transition Model. How far is this model applicable for the developing countries of the world?
23. Discuss the nature, scope and recent trends in Human Geography.
24. Discuss the traditional livelihood pattern and cultural diversity of the Gonds in India.
25. How do post-industrial urban societies evolve? What are their major characteristics?