Optionals IAS Mains Geography: Questions 1198 - 1214 of 1537

Tribes Distribution and Culture Across India

• Tribe belongs to a certain community of social and cultural people with homogeneous traditional method of living, similar conventional way of life with equal thought and a head of the group. Because of belonging from the same ancestor, not only similarity in physical sculpture but also their living style,…

GPS

• “GPS” stands for “Global Positioning System” basically use to acquire the positions in terms of space (latitude and longitude) in anywhere in the globe.
• US Department of Defense first proposed the development of GPS (NAVSTAR) and then launches begin in 1978 mainly for military use and later on for civilian use.

GPS Property

• A GPS can give accuracy …

Stratospheric Ozone and Ozone in Lower Atmosphere

• Ozone is a very important gas of atmosphere composition. Ozone layer is extended from 15 to 35 km above the earth surface, about 90 % portion lies in stratosphere and 10 % in troposphere. It provide a life protecting cover to earth at certain altitude because it absorbs harmful UV radiation (UV-B) co…

New York as a World City

• New York is one of the popular and 10^th largest megacity in the world is considered World՚s No 1 “World City” or “Global City” .
• Megacities are the operator of the economic growth of a country. New York՚s Global Citation Index (2010) ranks 6.22 holding the first position in the world.
• The population concentration of the city i…

Megacity

• An urban area that inhabits more than 10 million populations is defined as a ‘megacity’ .
• The population holding size of an urban area always varies. In the hierarchy the megacity lies on the top of the cities.

Characteristics of a Megacity

• Characteristics of a Megacity Physical Social Cultural Economic.
• The infra…