Mains Self Study 2017: Test – 7
October 18, 2016
Answer ALL the following questions in about 200 Words.
1. What do you understand by region? Differentiate between regional planning and regional development.
Source: Class XI NCERT Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter – 1
2. Discuss the evolution of atmosphere and hydrosphere. Examine differences between Earth’s and Mars atmospheres and comment if Man’s desire to colonise Mars is practical or not.
Source: Class XI NCERT Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter – 2
3. How does earthquake help study the interior of the Earth? Also examine why it’s necessary to study earth’s interior.
Source: Class XI NCERT Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter – 3
4. Bring about the basic difference between the drift theory and Plate tectonics.
Source: Class XI NCERT Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter – 4
5. What are the evidences in support of the continental drift theory?
Source: Class XI NCERT Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter – 5
6. What are metamorphic rocks? Describe the types of metamorphic rock and how are they formed?
Source: Class XI NCERT Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter – 6
7. Mass movements can be grouped under three major classes: (i) slow movements; (ii) rapid movements; (iii) landslides. Differentiate between these three. Also examine causes of landslides in the Western Himalayan region.
Source: Class XI NCERT Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter – 6
8. Limestones behave differently in humid and arid climates. Why? What is the dominant and almost exclusive geomorphic process in limestone areas and what are its results?
Source: Class XI NCERT Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter – 7
9. Why is troposphere the most important of all the layers of the atmosphere? How does climate change affect atmospheric composition and its dynamics?
Source: Class XI NCERT Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter – 8
10. How do the latitude and the tilt in the axis of rotation of the earth affect the amount of radiation received at the earth’s surface?
Source: Class XI NCERT Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter – 9
