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20L4
( Sth Semester )

GEOGRAPHY

SIXTH PAPER

( Ecoaomic Geography I

Full Marks : 55
Time:2}rotrs

( Panr : B-DESCRrprrvE )

( Marks : 35 )

The figures in the margin indicate full marks

for the questions
Answer five questions, selecting oue
from each Unit

UNn-I
1. Describe the nature and scope of economic
geography.

2. What are the indicators to measures for the

classificadon of economy? Describe the main
features of a developed economy. 3+4=7
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3, Deline minerals. Describe the worid
distribution and production of copper or
bauxite. 2+S=T
4. What is petroleum? Describe the world
distribution of petroleum. 2+S=Z

UNIT-III
5. Give an account of the cotton textile industry
of the world.
6. Give a brief account of the main industriai
regions of the world.

UNIT-IV
7. Describe the main feature of the least-cost of
industrial location theory of Alfred Weber. T
8. Give an account of the world,s distribution
and production of iron and steel industry.
4+3=7

UNIT_V
9. What is International Trade? Bring out the
main composition and direction of worid
trade. 2+2y2+2y2=T
1O. Write what you know about Globa-lization and
a-lso mention its effects on the developing
countries of the world. 4+3=7
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20 r4
( 5th Semester )

GEOGRAPHY
SIXTH PAPER

( Econornic Geography )

( Pnnr ; A-oBJECTTVE )
( Marks: 20 |

The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions

SECTIoN-A
( Marks: 5 )
Tick (/) the correct answer in the brackets provided :
1x5=5

1. Which one of the following activities comes under the

primary sector of economy?

(a/ Teaching ( )

(b/ Hunting ( )

(c) ManufacturinC ( )

/d/ Retail clerks ( )

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2, Bauxite ore is converted into alumina through the

/a,) smeltingprocess ( )
fbi Bessemer process ( )
(c) Hall-Heroult process ( )
/d/ manufacturing process ( )

3. Which one of the following falls under the ubiquitous

raw material?
(a) Gotd ( )
/b/ Petroleum ( )
(c) Cotton ( )

/d/ Sunshine ( )

4. When all operations are performed by a single cotton

mill, it is called
/a/ composite mill ( )
(b) cotlon combine ( )
(c) cotton mill ( )
(d) cotton and textile mill ( )

5. Coke, most widely used in iron and steel industry

belongs to which one of the following sub-types of
coal?

(a) Lignite ( )
(b/ Anthracite ( )
(c) Peat ( )
/dJ Bituminous ( )

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SEcTIoN-B
(Marks: 15 )

Write notes on the following in not more than 10 sentences

each : 3x 5= 15

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1. Conservation of resources

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2. Water as a source of Power

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3. Main features of developing economy

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4. Secondary sector of economy

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5. Objectives of World Trade Organization

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