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UPSC GS Mains Geography topic wise Questions – UPSC Mains 2013-19

Physical Geography

2019

  1. How can the mountain ecosystem be restored from the negative impact of development initiatives and tourism?

2016

  1. “The Himalayas are highly prone to landslides.” Discuss the causes and suggest suitable measures of mitigation.

2014

  1. Explain the formation of thousands of islands in Indonesian and Philippines archipelagos.
  2. Why are the world’s fold mountain systems located along the margins of continents? Bring out the association between the global distribution of Fold Mountains and the earthquakes and volcanoes.

2013

  1. What do you understand by the theory of continental drift? Discuss the prominent evidence in its support.
  2. There is no formation of deltas by rivers of the Western Ghats. Why?
  3. Major hot deserts in the northern hemisphere are located between 20-30 degree north and on the western side of the continents. Why?
  4. Bring out the causes for more frequent landslides in the Himalayas than in Western Ghats.

Climate

2019

  1. Assess the impact of global warming on the coral life system with examples.

2017

  1. How does the cryosphere affect global climate?
  2. What characteristics can be assigned to the monsoon climate that succeeds in feeding more than 50 percent of the world population residing in Monsoon Asia?

2016

  1. Discuss the concept of air mass and explain its role in macro-climatic changes.

2015

  1. Explain the factors responsible for the origin of ocean currents. How do they influence regional climates, fishing and navigation?
  2. How far do you agree that the behaviour of the Indian monsoon has been changing due to humanizing landscapes? Discuss.

2014

  1. Tropical cyclones are largely confined to South China Sea, Bay of Bengal and Gulf of Mexico. Why?
  2. Most of the unusual climatic happenings are explained as an outcome of the El-Nino effect. Do you agree?
  3. Bring out the relationship between the shrinking Himalayan glaciers and the symptoms of climate change in the Indian subcontinent.

2013

  1. The recent cyclone on the east coast of India was called “Phailin”. How are the tropical cyclones named across the world?
  2. Bring out the causes for the formation of heat islands in the urban habitat of the world.
  3. What do you understand by the phenomenon of temperature inversion in meteorology? How does it affect the weather and the habitants of the place?

Resources

2019

  1. Discuss the causes of depletion of mangroves and explain their importance in maintaining coastal ecology.
  2. What is water stress? How and why does it differ regionally in India?
  3. How do ocean currents and water masses differ in their impacts on marine life and the coastal environment? Give suitable examples.

2018

  1. Why is India taking keen in resources of Arctic region?
  2. What are the consequences of spreading of “Dead Zones on Marine Ecosystem?
  3. Defining blue resources, explain the problems and strategies for pisciculture development in India.

2017

  1. Account for variations in oceanic salinity and discuss its multi-dimensional effects.
  2. In what way can floods be converted into a sustainable source of irrigation and all-weather inland navigation in India?
  3. “In spite of adverse environmental impact, coal mining is still inevitable for development”. Discuss. (150 words)

2016

  1. The effective management of land and water resources will drastically reduce the human miseries. Explain.
  2. South China Sea has assumed great geopolitical significance in the present context. Comment.
  3. Present an account of the Indus Water Treaty and examine its ecological, economic and political implications in the context of changing bilateral relations.
  4. Enumerate the problems and prospects of inland water transport in India.
  5. In what way micro-watershed Development projects help in water conservation in drought prone and semi-arid regions of India.

2015

  1. What are the economic significances of discovery of oil in Arctic Sea and its possible environmental consequences?
  2. India is well endowed with fresh water resources. Critically examine why it still suffers from water scarcity.
  3. The states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand arc reaching the limits of their ecological carrying capacity due to tourism. Critically evaluate.

2014

  1. Critically evaluate the various resources of the oceans which can be harnessed to meet the resource crisis in the world.
  2. How does India see its place in the economic space of rising natural resource rich Africa?

2013

  1. With growing scarcity of fossil fuels, the atomic energy is gaining more and more significance in India. Discuss the availability of raw material required for the generation of atomic energy in India and in the world.
  2. It is said the India has substantial reserves of shale oil and gas, which can feed the needs of country for quarter century. However, tapping of the resources doesn’t appear to be high on the agenda. Discuss critically the availability and issues involved.

Urbanization

2019

  1. How is efficient and affordable urban mess transport key to the rapid economic development of India?

2016

  1. With a brief background of quality of urban life in India, introduce the objectives and strategy of the ‘Smart City Programme’.
  2. Major cities of India are becoming more vulnerable to flood conditions. Discuss.

2015

  1. Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata are the three mega cities of the country but the air pollution is much more serious problem in Delhi as compared to the other two. Why is this so?
  2. Smart cities in India cannot sustain without smart villages. Discuss this statement in the backdrop of rural urban integration.

2013

  1. Discussion the various social problems which originated out of the speedy process of urbanization in India.

Industrial Location

2019

  1. Can the strategy of regional resource-based manufacturing help in promoting employment in India?
  2. Discuss the factors for the localisation of agro-based food processing industries of North-West India.

2018

What is the significance of Industrial Corridors in India?Identifying the industrial corridors, explain their main characteristics.

2017

Petroleum refineries are not necessarily located nearer to crude oil producing areas, particularly in many of the developing countries. Explain its implications.

2014

  1. Whereas the British planters had developed tea gardens all along the Shivaliks and Lesser Himalayas from Assam to Himachal Pradesh, in effect they did not succeed beyond the Darjeeling area. Explain.
  2. Account for the change in the spatial pattern of the Iron and Steel industry in the world.
  3. Why did the Green Revolution in India virtually by-pass the eastern region despite fertile soil and good availability of water?

2013

  1. Do you agree that there is a growing trend of opening new sugar mills in the Southern states of India? Discuss with justification.
  2. Analyze the factors for highly decentralized cotton textile industry in India.
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Strategy for UPSC Rank improvement and to overcome failures

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After results of UPSC CSE 2019, those who have not cleared must now gear up. It must have been many marks, might be 80-20 ,but then it surely makes a difference ,isnt it.

Now when you are gearing up for new attempt, its clear that we cant fight new plan with old strategies. New plans requre new strategy.

Selected Candidates who aim for Rank Improvement , if you are planning to focus on topics, my advice is not to look for important topics. But against the search for topics, it is themes that must be searched and studied. Themes are actually those topics/subtopics of UPSC CSE syllabus that should be studied in deep, as if you are Secretary level officer of that department.

Like a topic on Agriculture must be studied with all burning issues, where-what-when-why-whose-who-how- etc.

Not only this one must know every topic has its language, and that language must be used in answers. These are keywords that must come in the answers. Effective answer writing is key to success, is the mantra to clearing UPSC CSE

Now thats a tightrope – you must be thinking on one side, we are struggling to complete the syllabus and other side I am asking for enrichment.

One must also make wise use of internet and know how to use internet for upsc preparation.

Look, who is guiding you.

So I have come up with 32 themes to be studied from horses mouth-ie the Burecrats themselves, along with the qualified academicians. We did this experiment between 2010 an 2015 and this was a hit.

Students cleared exams with minimum efforts and Maximum output strategy, under our mentorship.

It is during themes, that one get what UPSC actually want you to do- know all views and make your own view. Based on current affairs and issues of national importance, we have studied previous year question papers and marking pattern and come up with 32 themes. IN continuation of this, we have come up with a personal mentoring program with following themes.

  1. QEP BASIC (32 THEMES) is Designed such that it Comprehensively covers 32THEMES which once learnt, can be easily replicated to ALL PAPERS (GS I, II, III, IV, Essay, Optional) to enhance your score by at least 150+ Marks. It is for;
    1. Those taking their first Mains, and aim to get selected in their very first attempt and have done some foundation course before.
    1. Those who are aiming for CSE 2022 and have completed their Foundation Course.
  2. What do you get:
    a) Online Lecture sessions according to themes, such that by the end of the course you would have made self-made notes, which you can just revise before Mains and Prelims.

b) 4-5 answer writing per theme with feedbacks for improvements.

c) Quality enrichment tips and notes, theme wise on e-mail.

d) High Impact Answers: Practice using Diagrams, relevant Fact & Figures, important Keywords & Quick recall Acronyms (to remember important dimensions and way forward).

Importantly full test series with above themes will give a boost of 100-150 marks for sure. Many have cleared in first attempt also.

https://www.sankalpiasforum.org/post/story-of-a-working-guy-who-cleared-in-first-attempt-ajay-kumar-ias

https://www.sankalpiasforum.org/upsc-sucess-story-navnath-gavhane

The 32 themes for UPSC 2021 till 2023 are as follows.

India and post Covid New World Order, Geo-Politics.International Organisations and need for restructuring.
  New Political System and their interrelation with Judiciary and other constitutional bodies. Contributions of Moral Thinkers and Philosophers from India and World, and relevance in present world.
Themes in Nationalism in Indian Freedom Struggle  Major Constitutional provisions, their philosophy, amendments
  Major Landmark judgments and legislations and Impacts  Federalism, Communalism, Regionalism & Secularism- Ideologies and issues.
  Panchayat Raj and rural development, unrest and issues. Health and post-Covid challenges,
 Indian Society and related aspects  Social Empowerment
Inclusive Growth, Human Resources. Digital India, Cyber Security.
  Internal Security Governance and issues.
Education, Skill Development and employment. Indian Economy and issues
Taxation, Public Policy and issues.Climate Change, Conservation, and related issues
Development of Defence and Technology in India Gender Issues.
 Urbanization and challenges issues  Poverty and Developmental issues,
 Effects of Globalization on Indian society. Infrastructure- Industry, Ports, Railways, Real Estate, Roads
 Agriculture and related Industry Disaster and Disaster Management.
Linkages between Development and Spread of Extremism  Public/Civil Service Values and Ethics in Public Administration
Tribal and related issues.Race and Ethnicity issues

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Personal mentoring for UPSC CSE

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One day a young IT professional came to me in late evening, as i was about to wrap up my days work, May i know where i can meet Santosh Sir, he asked Polietly. He was IIM-Koziokode graduate, from Himachal Pradesh and placed with a handsome salary in CARE Ratings,Mumbai. He wanted to appear, as he said, NOT JUST TRY for IAS. “Am going to do it, can u help me? ” he asked confidently. I coulndt say no. Days went by, and he became IPS in first attempt and IAS in his second attempt. He left job only 3 days ahead of his joining for Foundation Training in Mussorie.I can say, he is a model for those who want to give UPSC while working.

Here you see 2 IAS offiecers conducting awareness seminar-

But as we all know, rarely must be a aspirant who has not read M Lakshmikant or NCERT, still then why hardly a few get good marks?

Lets start with basic talks,

What UPSC Needs?

– UPSC exams is the total story of how well you present yourself-your personality test-through answer writing and Interviews. So the crux is knowing your personality and writing answers . This should be evaluated by officers who have approached that path. Personalised feedback and inputs should be given and in such a way, incremental progress over a period of time must take place.

What students do?

-Joining a class OR self study- more focus on reading – some may be doing answer writing and may or not may not be getting them evaluated from some senior. Where do you get a personalized touch to this type of studies.

What classes do?

They will give you live videos, contents, notes and tests. Who evaluates the paper, how do they do scaling, is there any personal touch? NO, and given the commercial narrative that they follow, even the best of best faculty, class cant give that personal guidance.

How does this work?

  1.    Mentor will be giving the student a day by day study plan and thus, planning his/her study calendar.

2)Daily Questions will be given which covers both statistic & current affairs Paper G.S 1, 2, 3, 4 + Essay on private telegram channel by Sankalp IAS Forum.

3)      you will have to write answer of the question and send us on to t.me/santyrockspune for  Telegram Channel t.me/upscaim

4)  The mentor will check answers and give you feedback on weekly basis via talk on phones or video calls, and you must be in touch on telegram and gmail.

5)   Answer format (Synopsis) of Mock Test paper on telegram channel

6)  Apart from that, he/she will call the student twice in a week to evaluate the progress made and to resolve the doubts of the student.

Will Guruji  provide any physical study material?

Generally, mentor will not provide any physical study material. But we may give an exception to this and provide some consolidated material if other sources are too scattered or not complete or not upto the mark. We believe every student should prepare his own notes. These notes are evaluated and checked by our mentors. Apart from that we do provide online tests for the students for regular evaluation.

In which medium can I write answers?

Answers may be written in Hindi/English/Marathi languages.

How will we be in touch?

–      Answer synopsis on gmail or telegram. Also, twice talk on phones or video calls, and be in touch on whatsapp, telegram and gmail. Hangouts is the most preferred option than whatsapp, telegram, and you may add me on google hangouts onshreesankalpfoundation@gmail.com

       Why is the FOCUS ON DAILY ANSWER WRITING?

   Answer writing skill development, Structure & presentation of answer, How to present facts, information & knowledge in the answer, Understanding actual requirement (key words, Context & Content) of the UPSC in the different types of questions and how the questions should be attempted for good score (strategy & approach), Understanding your current preparedness & required action plans and framing your mind towards actual pattern, toughness and timing of the actual UPSC Examination.

So call 9930075267 to know details, Join telegram channel @upscaim