MGG-4 2025-26 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

Description

M.Sc. Programme in Geography (MSCGG) (1st Semester)

ASSIGNMENT
Population and Settlement Geography
Course Code: MGG- 004
Assignment Code: MGG – 004/TMA/2025-26

Valid from 1 st July, 2025 to 30 th June, 2026

Part-A

All Questions are compulsory and carries 10 marks each

1. Discuss in detail main sources of population data in India.
2. Describe the concept, determinants and spatial patterns of literacy and levels of educational attainment with special reference to India.
3. Critically evaluate Demographic Transition Theory with suitable examples.
4. Highlight the salient features of National Population Policy 2000. How this policy is different from the other population policies.

Part-B

5. Explain the classification of settlements on the basis of size and shape with the help of appropriate diagrams.
6. Discuss qualitative and quantitative methods on functional classification of cities with examples.
7. Critically evaluate the concept of sustainable cities.

Part-C

8. Write Short notes on the following. Each question carries 5 marks.
9. a) Development of Population Geography in India
10. b) Determinants of Work Participation
11. c) Trends and Patterns of Migration in the World
12. d) The Primate City Model
13. e) Social Morphology of Rural Settlements in India
14. f) Multiple Nuclei Model