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Q. The process of desertification does not have climatic boundaries. Justify with examples.
Desertification is the gradual degeneration of land productivity and quality caused due to climate change or anthropogenic activities. It is not the extension of deserts but a reduction in capacity of land to provide services.
▪️Desertification is caused by multiple factors like Overgrazing, groundwater exploitation, Unsustainable farming etc. Why desertification doesn't have climatic boundaries:
✅ Primarily associated with Arid regions, but increased climatic pressure has extended it to semi-arid and sub-humid regions.
✅ The northward movement of arid lands is its prominent indicator. E.g.: Southern Punjab showing conditions similar to the dry Rajasthan.
✅ Climate change has impacted rainfall duration and volume, further extending the dry regions.
✅ Land degradation is a global concern- from Canada to the Kalaharis of Africa.
✅ Climate activities like ocean currents, trade winds influence precipitation, leading to erosion either via excess (water erosion) or deficiency (wind erosion).
Desertification would lead not only to erosion of soil and productivity loss, but also economic crisis and food
security challenges. It is thus necessary for a global action to fight the menace that knows no national or climatic boundaries.
Desertification is the gradual degeneration of land productivity and quality caused due to climate change or anthropogenic activities. It is not the extension of deserts but a reduction in capacity of land to provide services.
▪️Desertification is caused by multiple factors like Overgrazing, groundwater exploitation, Unsustainable farming etc. Why desertification doesn't have climatic boundaries:
✅ Primarily associated with Arid regions, but increased climatic pressure has extended it to semi-arid and sub-humid regions.
✅ The northward movement of arid lands is its prominent indicator. E.g.: Southern Punjab showing conditions similar to the dry Rajasthan.
✅ Climate change has impacted rainfall duration and volume, further extending the dry regions.
✅ Land degradation is a global concern- from Canada to the Kalaharis of Africa.
✅ Climate activities like ocean currents, trade winds influence precipitation, leading to erosion either via excess (water erosion) or deficiency (wind erosion).
Desertification would lead not only to erosion of soil and productivity loss, but also economic crisis and food
security challenges. It is thus necessary for a global action to fight the menace that knows no national or climatic boundaries.
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Q. वर्तमान में लौह एवं इस्पात उद्योगों की कच्चे माल के स्रोत से दूर स्थिति का उदाहरणों सहित कारण बताइए । ( 150 शब्दों में उत्तर दीजिए)
Q. Account for the present location of iron and steel industries away from the source of raw material, by giving examples. (Answer in 150 words)
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Q. Account for the present location of iron and steel industries away from the source of raw material, by giving examples. (Answer in 150 words)
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Q. Account for the present location of Iron and steel industries away from the source of raw material, by giving examples.
Iron and Steel Industry (ISI) forms the backbone of the industrial sector as it serves as a key input material to many industries. Today, India stands as the second largest producer of steel in the world. Initially they were located close to the source of raw materials, namely coal, water, and limestone. However, there has been a shift away from the raw material source.
▪️Reasons behind the shift:
✅ Poor quality of coal and iron ore necessitates import of better-quality raw materials. Hence located near ports. E.g.: Vizag steel plant
✅ Well-developed road and rail network enable easy transport of raw material and finished goods
✅ Location near ports for export. E.g.: Ratnagiri steel imported from goa
✅ Located closer to major domestic markets to lower transport costs and promote manufacturing
✅ Improvement in technology like electric arc furnace has removed the need to be located near raw materials
ISI is a keystone industry with tremendous economic implications in backward and forward linkages. The Government of India came up with National steel policy 2017 to create a globally competitive steel industry in India.
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Iron and Steel Industry (ISI) forms the backbone of the industrial sector as it serves as a key input material to many industries. Today, India stands as the second largest producer of steel in the world. Initially they were located close to the source of raw materials, namely coal, water, and limestone. However, there has been a shift away from the raw material source.
▪️Reasons behind the shift:
✅ Poor quality of coal and iron ore necessitates import of better-quality raw materials. Hence located near ports. E.g.: Vizag steel plant
✅ Well-developed road and rail network enable easy transport of raw material and finished goods
✅ Location near ports for export. E.g.: Ratnagiri steel imported from goa
✅ Located closer to major domestic markets to lower transport costs and promote manufacturing
✅ Improvement in technology like electric arc furnace has removed the need to be located near raw materials
ISI is a keystone industry with tremendous economic implications in backward and forward linkages. The Government of India came up with National steel policy 2017 to create a globally competitive steel industry in India.
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#geography
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Q. कोविड- 19 महामारी ने भारत में वर्ग असमानताओं एवं ग़रीबी को गति दे दी है। टिप्पणी कीजिए । (150 शब्दों में उत्तर दीजिए)
Q. COVID-19 pandemic accelerated class inequalities and poverty in India. Comment. (Answer in 150 words)
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Q. COVID-19 pandemic accelerated class inequalities and poverty in India. Comment. (Answer in 150 words)
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Q. COVID-19 pandemic accelerated class inequalities and poverty in India. Comment. (10 Marks)
▪️Accelerated Class Inequalities and Poverty in India:
✅ The State of working India report 2021 by Azim Premji shows people are moving from formal to informal work.
✅ Poverty rates in rural areas have increased by 15% points and in urban areas by 20% points.
✅ The conditions are worse when we look into the poverty data by caste, religion.
✅ According to the Oxfam Report, India's richest 1% of the population hold 42.5% of national wealth while the bottom 50%, the majority of the population, owns a mere 2.8%.
✅ The World Bank assesses that this pandemic will push an extra 88 million to 115 million individuals into outrageous destitution with the complete ascending to around 150 million by 2021 where the new poor would be in nations previously having high neediness rates.
The government has launched PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana and Atma-Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan to check rising Inequalities and Poverty. However, undoing the impacts of Covid-19 will certainly not be a short-term process.
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▪️Accelerated Class Inequalities and Poverty in India:
✅ The State of working India report 2021 by Azim Premji shows people are moving from formal to informal work.
✅ Poverty rates in rural areas have increased by 15% points and in urban areas by 20% points.
✅ The conditions are worse when we look into the poverty data by caste, religion.
✅ According to the Oxfam Report, India's richest 1% of the population hold 42.5% of national wealth while the bottom 50%, the majority of the population, owns a mere 2.8%.
✅ The World Bank assesses that this pandemic will push an extra 88 million to 115 million individuals into outrageous destitution with the complete ascending to around 150 million by 2021 where the new poor would be in nations previously having high neediness rates.
The government has launched PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana and Atma-Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan to check rising Inequalities and Poverty. However, undoing the impacts of Covid-19 will certainly not be a short-term process.
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Q. क्या आप सहमत हैं कि भारत में क्षेत्रीयता बढ़ती हुई सांस्कृतिक मुखरता का परिणाम प्रतीत होती ? तर्क कीजिए । (150 शब्दों में उत्तर दीजिए)
Q. Do you agree that regionalism in India appears to be a consequence of rising cultural assertiveness ? Argue. ( Answer in 150 words)
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Q. Do you agree that regionalism in India appears to be a consequence of rising cultural assertiveness ? Argue. ( Answer in 150 words)
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Q. Do you agree that regionalism in India appears to be a consequence of rising cultural assertiveness? Argue.
Regionalism is a sense of expression and identity towards a geographical region. Regionalism is a permanent feature of Indian society as our national identity is only a century old while our regional identity is way older.
▪️Rising assertion of cultural identity has been a major cause of regionalism in India:
✅ Supremacy of one identity over other: Attacks on people from north east in Delhi, Bangalore etc
✅ Economic factors: Sons of soil movement against migrants in Maharashtra
✅ Separate state demand to protect interest: Bodoland, Gorkhaland
✅ Militant regionalism: Tripura, Nagaland etc
✅ Regionalism coloured with religious doctrines: Khalistan in 1980s
✅ Expression of regional culture: Karnataka state flag controversy
✅ Role of regional parties and elections fought on insider vs outsider.
Regionalism isn't always detrimental. It helps in power decentralisation, voicing aspirations etc. However, at its extreme, it is a threat to national integration and security. Government, with cultural exchanges, national education and schemes like Ek bharat-Shresth Bharat should push for achieving a pan national integration of minds and hearts as envisioned in preamble.
Regionalism is a sense of expression and identity towards a geographical region. Regionalism is a permanent feature of Indian society as our national identity is only a century old while our regional identity is way older.
▪️Rising assertion of cultural identity has been a major cause of regionalism in India:
✅ Supremacy of one identity over other: Attacks on people from north east in Delhi, Bangalore etc
✅ Economic factors: Sons of soil movement against migrants in Maharashtra
✅ Separate state demand to protect interest: Bodoland, Gorkhaland
✅ Militant regionalism: Tripura, Nagaland etc
✅ Regionalism coloured with religious doctrines: Khalistan in 1980s
✅ Expression of regional culture: Karnataka state flag controversy
✅ Role of regional parties and elections fought on insider vs outsider.
Regionalism isn't always detrimental. It helps in power decentralisation, voicing aspirations etc. However, at its extreme, it is a threat to national integration and security. Government, with cultural exchanges, national education and schemes like Ek bharat-Shresth Bharat should push for achieving a pan national integration of minds and hearts as envisioned in preamble.
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Q. भारतीय दर्शन एवं परम्परा ने भारतीय स्मारकों की कल्पना और आकार देने एवं उनकी कला में महत्त्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाई है। विवेचना कीजिए । ( 250 शब्दों में उत्तर दीजिए)
Q. Indian philosophy and tradition played a significant role in conceiving and shaping the monuments and their art in India. Discuss. (Answer in 250 words )
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Q. Indian philosophy and tradition played a significant role in conceiving and shaping the monuments and their art in India. Discuss. (Answer in 250 words )
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Q. Indian philosophy and tradition played a significant role in conceiving and shaping the monuments and art in India. Discuss (15 marks)
India has a rich history of monuments and art forms. From different invasions to the British period, they played a role in our way of life. However, it is the Indian philosophy and tradition that played a significant role in conceiving and shaping the monuments and art in India as well.
▪️Some of the aspects are as follows:
✅ Varna System: It had a great influence on Indian philosophy and tradition that is also evident in how things got conceived and contributed to the structural growth of cities.
✅ Literature: Scriptures like The Bhagavad Gita is one the most influential philosophies that shaped our heritage. It presents these ideas alongside the idea of svadharma.
✅ Dance: Indian classical dance celebrates multiple truths embracing diversity and its universal acceptance. E.g.:
Tandava Dance of the Nataraja.
✅ Music: Carnatic music is considered spiritual and one that can elevate the individual, both intellectually and emotionally.
✅ Temple Architecture: The Indian temples are heavily inspired by the customs, traditions and ancient philosophies. Example: Temples of Khajuraho symbolically highlight the four goals and necessary pursuits and goals of human life as per Hinduism.
✅ Yoga-Way of life: Yoga admits the existence of God as a teacher and guide. It has become a tradition in India and practised all over the world.
✅ Nyaya Philosophy: Nyaya Philosophy states that nothing is acceptable unless it is in accordance with reason and experience (scientific approach).
✅ Buddhist philosophy: Buddhism is a non-theistic philosophy whose tenets are not especially concerned with the existence or nonexistence of God.
Philosophy in India is not only teaching but a way of life that passes across generations and influences the world. The establishment of the Nataraja statue in CERN is an expression of Indian philosophy, science and a balance of life.
India has a rich history of monuments and art forms. From different invasions to the British period, they played a role in our way of life. However, it is the Indian philosophy and tradition that played a significant role in conceiving and shaping the monuments and art in India as well.
▪️Some of the aspects are as follows:
✅ Varna System: It had a great influence on Indian philosophy and tradition that is also evident in how things got conceived and contributed to the structural growth of cities.
✅ Literature: Scriptures like The Bhagavad Gita is one the most influential philosophies that shaped our heritage. It presents these ideas alongside the idea of svadharma.
✅ Dance: Indian classical dance celebrates multiple truths embracing diversity and its universal acceptance. E.g.:
Tandava Dance of the Nataraja.
✅ Music: Carnatic music is considered spiritual and one that can elevate the individual, both intellectually and emotionally.
✅ Temple Architecture: The Indian temples are heavily inspired by the customs, traditions and ancient philosophies. Example: Temples of Khajuraho symbolically highlight the four goals and necessary pursuits and goals of human life as per Hinduism.
✅ Yoga-Way of life: Yoga admits the existence of God as a teacher and guide. It has become a tradition in India and practised all over the world.
✅ Nyaya Philosophy: Nyaya Philosophy states that nothing is acceptable unless it is in accordance with reason and experience (scientific approach).
✅ Buddhist philosophy: Buddhism is a non-theistic philosophy whose tenets are not especially concerned with the existence or nonexistence of God.
Philosophy in India is not only teaching but a way of life that passes across generations and influences the world. The establishment of the Nataraja statue in CERN is an expression of Indian philosophy, science and a balance of life.
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