Civil Services Prep

Major hot deserts in the northern hemisphere are located between 20-30 degrees north and on the western side of the continents. Why?

Model answer

  1. Africa was chopped into states artificially created by the accident of European competition. Analyse. 10 marks
  2. Defying the barriers of age, gender and religion, Indian women became the torchbearers during the struggle for freedom in India. Discuss. 10 marks
  3. What policy instruments were deployed to contain the great economic depression? 10 marks
  4. What do you understand by the phenomenon of temperature inversion in meteorology? How does it affect the weather and the inhabitants of the place? 5 marks
  5. Bring out the causes for the formation of heat islands in the urban habitat of the world 5 marks
  6. What do you understand by the theory of continental drift? Discuss the prominent evidence in its support. 5 marks