CSE · GS-1Official PYQ · CSE 2013 · Q22(a)Geography · Physical Geography · 5 marks · 100 words
English
Bring out the causes for more frequent occurrence of landslides in the Himalayas than in the Western Ghats.
हिन्दी
पश्चिमी घाट की तुलना में हिमालय में भूस्खलन की घटनाओं के प्रायः होते रहने के कारण बताइए।
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2013 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Geography · Physical Geography
Salient features of world's physical geography.
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