Maharashtra HSC Geography (MSBSHSE) case studies
Maharashtra HSC Geography (MSBSHSE) · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Maharashtra HSC Geography examination is a Class 12 board subject under the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE). It is intended for students who have chosen Geography as part of their Higher Secondary Certificate programme, typically those preparing for university courses in geography, environmental science, urban planning, or civil services. The Maharashtra HSC Geography (MSBSHSE) case studies are 5 cases and about 4,495 words.
1Two villages, one budget: reading dependency ratios and seasonal migration in Jalgaon
A field-survey team working in a taluka of Jalgaon district recorded the following for two villages in the same survey month. Antur: population 4,800, of whom 1,440 are aged 0–14, 2,640 are 15–59 and 720 are 60 and above; about 1,150 men leave for five months each year to work as cane-cutters in Kolhapur; female literacy is 54% and male literacy 78%.
847 words, about 4 min2Should Khalchiwadi be notified as a census town? Settlement pattern, criteria and consequence
Khalchiwadi, in Ratnagiri district, has 4,600 residents spread over 8.8 sq km on a laterite plateau and an adjoining creek terrace. Census records show a density of 523 persons per sq km; of 1,340 male main workers, 1,045 are engaged in fish processing, tourism-related trade, transport and construction, while the remaining 295 work in cashew plantations and paddy.
837 words, about 4 min3Reading a basalt watershed's falling discharge and judging a silted check dam
A 210 sq km watershed near Koregaon in Satara district lies on Deccan basalt covered by only 4–6 m of weathered mantle, with a few laterite-capped plateaus. Mean annual rainfall is 1,420 mm, of which 1,180 mm falls on just 34 rainy days between June and September; August 2018 contained a 22-day dry spell.
889 words, about 4 min4Crop choice on 2.4 hectares: matching a fixed water budget to income and risk in Solapur
Ganesh Pawar farms 2.4 ha at the edge of the Bhima basin in Solapur district. His dug well and farm pond together yield a reliable 6,000 cubic metres of water a year; the Ujani canal reaches his land only in years of good storage (three of the last ten).
961 words, about 5 min5Toposheet reasoning: gradient, intervisibility and siting a check dam on a described extract
A practice toposheet extract covers 5 km × 5 km at 1:50,000 (the extract measures 10 cm × 10 cm). A stream rises near spot height 612 in the north-east and flows south-west to a village tank at spot height 498; measured along the stream course, the distance from the 612 spot to the tank is 6.4 km.
961 words, about 5 min