Interview Question Bank - Humanities : Geography

Top Geography Questions

• What is the impact of discovery and exploration on the development of geographic knowledge?
• What do you think is the contribution of American geographers in the development of geography?
• Can you throw some light on the debate between Determinism and Possibilism in Geography?
• What do you mean by systems approach in Geography?

• What you mean by ‘Radicalism’ in Geography?
• What is Marxism?
• What is Agricultural Geography and its scope?
• What do you mean by Land Use? What is the classification of agricultural land use in India?
• What is technology’s role in the development of agriculture?
• What do you think is the role of physical factors in India’s agricultural system?
• What are agro-climatic regions of India?
• What are the Whittlesey's agricultural regions of the world?
• What is the Von Thunen' s theory of agricultural location?
• What is the Land Tenure System in India?
• What is adaption?
• What is the concept of climax vegetation?
• Why do mountain flora-fauna have altitudinal zonation?
• What is biodiversity and what is its significance?
• What is the significance of study of Geopolitics in Political Geography?
• What is the difference between the concept of Nation and Nation State?
• Can you evaluate the issues concerning Indus Water disputes?
• What is the impact created by Special Economic Zones on their surroundings?
• What according to you is the Scope of Political Geography?
• What is Social Geography?

• What do you know about the spatial distribution of Caste in India?
• How is the concept of Welfare different from the concept of Wellbeing?
• Slums and Gated communities are two extremes of Exclusion in India. Your opinion on this statement.
• What is the Concept of Social Space?

• Tell me about the contributions of Arab scholars to geography during medieval period.
• Would you consider Humboldt and Ritter as founders of modern geography? Justify.
• Can you discuss the humanistic approaches in geography?
• What do you mean by ecological paradigm?
• What do you know about quantitative revolution in geography?

• What is human ecology?
• What is desert ecosystem?
• What is the man environment relationship in equatorial ecosystem?
• Throw some light on energy related environmental problems and politics in developed and developing countries.
• What do you mean by the spatial pattern of flood hazards and its related mitigation strategies?
• What is Environmental Impact Assessment?
• What are the problems of development in South Asia with respect to population and environment?
• What is the spatio-temporal pattern of Industrialization in India?
• Would you consider regional economic cooperation in South Asia as unsuccessful?
• What are your views on development of road transport in India?
• What according to you is the difference between tourism and recreation?
• Could you outline the major geographical parameters of tourism?
• What according to you are the problems of development of tourism in India?
• What is eco tourism?
• What according to you are the main problems and prospects of wildlife tourism?
• Can you explain the basic elements of diffusion of innovation?
• How according to you do the socio-institutional factors influence Indian agriculture?
• Can you examine Christaller’s Central Place Theory and its applicability on Indian cities?
• Elaborate on the pattern of urbanization in post independence India.
• Critically examine census classification of Indian urban places.
• What is the rank size rule?
• What is the primate city concept?
• What essentially is the difference between economic growth and economic development?
• How would you differentiate between a developed and a developing economy?
• Tell me about some problems faced by an underdeveloped economy.
• Discuss the interstate income differentials in India.
• How would you identify the backward areas?
• What is the concept of micro level planning?
• What are the problems in tribal area development planning?
• What do you mean by delimitation of rural urban fringe?
• Give an account of the water problems in the world.
• Discuss the problems of energy resources with reference to India.
• Examine the relationship between main land ratio and optimum population.
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• Analyze the historical development of political geography.
• Discuss the concept of heartland.
• What is the multiple nuclei model?
• What do you know about the concentric zone model?
• Can you discuss the Koppen’s scheme of climatic classification?
• Can you discuss the global environmental initiatives since 1972?
• What is your understanding of environmental geography?
• What are the problems of polar ecosystems?
• What is the significance of international trade?
• What is the importance of the service sector?
• Can you tell me about some of the major cultural changes and their impact on environment?
• Can you highlight the main processes of environmental change during different phases of human adaptation?
• Can you discuss the functional classification of Indian towns provided by Asoka Mitra?
• What do you mean by quantitative methods of functional classification of towns?
• Can you elucidate the housing problems faced by Indian cities? Point out the policies adopted to solve the housing problems.
• Can you provide an account of problems and policies of slums in Delhi?
• Explain the concept of demography.
• Can you discuss the trends and causes of refugee-migration after world wars in developing world?
• What do you think is the success rate of population policies in addressing the population problems of India? Give suitable examples.
• Discuss the evidences of climate change.
• What is the Malthusian theory of population growth?
• What according to you is the scope of settlement geography?
• What do you know about Rural Urban fringe?
• Can you explain to me the different patterns of rural settlement with the help of sketches?
• What is rank size rule?
• Can you discuss the factors affecting site situation and layout of your city?
• Can you discuss the problems related to infrastructure and services of your city?
• What do you know about urban land use?
• Can you talk about planning your city?