BGGCT-132
ASSIGNMENT BOOKLET
Bachelor of Science (Multidisciplinary)
(BSCM)
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
Valid from 1st January, 2024 to 31st December, 2024
School of Sciences
Indira Gandhi National Open University
MaidanGarhi
New Delhi-110068
(2024)
Dear Student,
Please read the section on assignments in the Programme Guide for Elective Courses that we
sent you after your enrolment. A weightage of 30 per cent, as you are aware, has been
earmarked for continuous evaluation, which would consist of one tutor-marked assignment
for this course. The assignment is in this booklet, and it consists of three parts, Part A, B and C.
The total marks of all the parts are 100, of which 35% are needed to pass it.
Instructions for Formatting Your Assignments
Before attempting the assignment please read the following instructions carefully:
1) On top of the first page of your answer sheet, please write the details exactly in the following
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3) Leave 4 cm margin on the left, top and bottom of your answer sheet.
4) Your answers should be precise.
5) Complete each of Part A, Part B and Part C of this assignment separately, and submit them
together.
6) Theassignment answer sheets are to be submitted to your Study Centre within the due date. Answer
sheets received after the due date shall not be accepted.We strongly suggest that you retain a
copy of your answer sheets.
7) This assignment is valid from 1st January, 2024 to 31st December, 2024. If you have failed in this
assignment or fail to submit it by December, 2024, then you need to get the assignment for the year
2025, and submit it as per the instructions given in the ProgrammeGuide.
8) You cannot fill the exam form for this course till you have submitted this assignment. For any
further queries, please contact: [email protected]/ [email protected]
We wish you good luck.
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ASSIGNMENT
Course Code: BGGCT-132
Assignment Code: BGGCT-132/TMA/2024
Maximum Marks: 100
Part-A
All Questions are compulsory and carry 10 marks each.
1. Discuss evolution of human geography with major developments in three different periods.
2. Explain various approaches to study human geography with reference to Determinism,
Possibilism and Neo-Determinism.
3. Critically discuss Demographic Transition Theory.
4. Give detailed explanation of internal structure of cities with appropriate diagram.
Part-B
All Questions are compulsory and carry 10 marks each.
5. Discuss the religious composition and spatial distribution of major religions in India.
6. Write a detailed note on language family based linguistic regions with the distribution of
language family wise major languages in India.
7. Discuss major problems of urban growth and their associated factors with suitable
examples.
Part-C
All Questions are compulsory and carry 5 marks each.
8. Write Short notes on the following:
a) Nature and perspectives of human geography
b) Human adaptation in hot and cold regions
c) Racial elements of population in India
d) Age-sex composition with progressive and regressive population
e) Economic and social consequences of migration
f) Types of rural settlements
