Unlock Elite Access: Level Up Your Preparation with Exclusive Content

Geography Optional 300+ Score Pack · Model answer

“Global manufacturing is witnessing a process of nearshoring and friendshoring.” Comment.

  • Economic Geography

Unlock the full answer · ₹1,770 ↓

Since the late 2010s — and sharply after the COVID-19 disruptions, the US–China trade war and the Russia–Ukraine war — global manufacturing geography has been re-drawn by two forces: nearshoring (moving production closer to consumption markets) and friendshoring (moving it to politically aligned nations). The statement is substantially correct but needs qualification: the shift is…

You are reading the opening of the model answer. The full answer is part of the Geography Optional 300+ Score Pack.

What the full answer covers

  • Introduction: Geopolitics Re-Enters Industrial Geography
  • 1. The Concepts
  • 2. Drivers
  • 3. Spatial Evidence: How the Map Is Changing
  • 4. Sectoral Case Studies
  • 5. A Balanced Assessment
  • …and 1 more sections, with a conclusion
Geography Optional 300+ Score Pack

Geography Optional 300+ Score Pack

Unlock this answer and 800+ more

  • 820 solved PYQ model answers (2013–2026), Paper I and Paper II
  • Topic-wise across all 20 syllabus units
  • 20 PYQ Pattern Analysis & Strategy reports, one per unit
  • Diagrams and maps drawn inside the answers, where you would draw them
  • 500 days of access from the day you enrol, on phone, laptop or tablet

₹1,770₹2,50029% off

Get Geography Optional 300+ Score Pack @ ₹1,770 →

One-time payment · No subscription · Instant access · UPI, cards, RuPay

See every Economic Geography question (94 solved) →Already enrolled? Log in