CSE · GS-1Official PYQ · CSE 2014 · Q20Geography · Geophysical Phenomena · 10 marks · 150 words
English
Bring out the relationship between the shrinking Himalayan glaciers and the symptoms of climate change in the Indian sub-continent.
हिन्दी
भारतीय उप-महाद्वीप में घटती हुई हिमालयी हिमनदियों (ग्लेसियर्स) और जलवायु परिवर्तन के लक्षणों के बीच सम्बन्ध उजागर कीजिए।
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2014 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Geography · Geophysical Phenomena
Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location—changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.
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