Indian Civil Services Examination Handbook/Geographical features

Geographical features and their location Books Previous years questions Why are the world’s fold mountain systems located along the margins of continents? Bring out the association between the global distribution of fold mountains and the earthquakes and volcanoes. (150 words) [2014] Changes in critical geographical features Books Previous years questions Bring out the causes for the formation of heat islands in the urban habitat of the world. (100 words) [2013] Most of the unusual climatic happenings are explained as an outcome of the El Niño effect. Do you agree? (150 words) [2014] Bring out the relationship between the shrinking Himalayan glaciers and the symptoms of climate change in the Indian sub-continent. (150 words) [2014]