TLP 2016 OPTIONAL – Geography [Day 63]

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Think Learn & Perform (TLP) : Geography [Day 63]

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. Bundelkhand
2. Blackbuck National Park
3. Hazaribagh
4. Son river
5. NH 7

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

1. Seismography
2. Structure of Earth’s interior
3. Asthenosphere
4. Geosynclines
5. Mantle plumes

3. The myriad number of landforms that we see around us have resulted due to various physical and chemical processes taking place in the interior of the Earth. Do you agree? Substantiate. (20 marks)

4. Elaborate upon the ways and techniques to study the interior of Earth. Also discuss the principles involved in these techniques. (15 marks)

5. Explain the concept of geosynclines and discuss it’s interrelationship with isostasy and orogeny. (15 marks)