1. What is the recurring feature of India’s cultural and political history? Discuss major
periods in the history of the Indian subcontinent?
2. Describe the characteristics of the major geographical regions of the Indian subcontinent.?
3. Discuss the distinguishing features of the monsoon climate? Explain the monsoon
phenomenon.
4. Describe the dominant features of the Hindu religion? Compare Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam in terms of the following: (1) founder, (2) major articles of faith,
and (3) origin.
5. Compare the features and timing of the demographic transition in India with that in China. What are the similarities and differences between the demographic transition in India, China and Japan?
6. Compare the population policies of India and China?
7. What are the major limitations to the expansion of areas under cultivation in the Indian subcontinent? What are the achievements of Indian agriculture in recent years? Discuss the future food production trends in various countries of the subcontinent.
8. Where are the major areas of industrial concentration in India? Where are the major areas of high technology industry? What are the reasons for the location of high technology software industry in India?
9. Compare the differences between India and China in their political and economic systems. Discuss differences between the two countries in their economic reform policies.
10.What are the ethnic and linguistic differences in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan? Discuss the ethnic based separatist movements in Pakistan.
11.What are the major regional separatist movements in India? Discuss the geographic, political, and economic factors which lie behind these movements?
12.Describe the various elements in the internal structure of the Indian city. What are the two major types of cities in the Indian subcontinent?
13.Where is the "Golden Crescent" of Asia? Describe the reasons for the development of the unique activity in this region.
14.Briefly describe the geography of Bangladesh? Discuss the major development challenges which this faces?
15.The Himalayan Kingdoms of Nepal and Bhutan are among the least developed countries of the world. What features characterize the United Nations designation of a least developed country?
16.Discuss how the development of tourism is responsible for environmental degradation in Nepal, particularly in the area around Mount Everest?
17.Sri Lanka has a plural society. Discuss the geographical and cultural factors behind the regional separatist movement by the Tamils in Sri Lanka?
18.Discuss how the regional cuisine of the Indian subcontinent reflects the cultural economic diversity of the subcontinent?
19.Explain the basis of Hindu-Muslim hostility in the Indian subcontinent?
Key Terms
Aryan
Dravidian
Ganges
Caste system
Brahmaputra
Green Revolution
Sinhalese
Kashmir
Economic Reforms
Tamil
Sikh
Golden Crescent
Link Language
Alluvial Plain
Least Developed Country
Landlocked
Islamic Republic
Hill Station
Environmental Degradation