TLP 2016 OPTIONAL – Geography [Day 24]

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Think Learn & Perform (TLP) : Geography [Day 24]

1. On the outline map of India provided to you, mark the location of all of the following. Write in your QCA Booklet the significance of the locations, whether physical/commercial/economic/ecological/environmental/cultural in not more than 30 words for each entry: (2 x 5 =10 marks)

1. Somnath
2. Gir
3. Potwar plateau
4. Rann of kutch
5. Eastern Ghat

2. Briefly explain the following terms in not more than 50 words each: (5 x 5 =25 marks)

1. Fringing reef
2. Atolls
3. UNCLOS
4. Offshore gas exploration
5. EEZ

3. What is sea level change? Discuss its long term and short term causes. What impacts will sea level change have on humanity? (20 marks)

4. Write a short note on the Glacial Control Theory of the origin of coral reefs . (15 marks)

5. Marine pollution is a severe threat to the marine ecosystem. Do you agree? Substantiate y taking suitable examples. (15 marks)

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