Unlock Elite Access: Level Up Your Preparation with Exclusive Content

Geography Optional 300+ Score Pack · Model answer

Examine the role of road transport in regional development taking suitable examples from an area you have studied in detail.

  • UPSC 2012
  • Transport, Communication and Trade

Regional development is a rise in output, income and service access spread across a territory; road transport enters it not as a benefit in itself but as a reducer of the friction of distance, converting inaccessible land into usable economic space.

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

  • The mechanism — how a road becomes development
  • The area studied in detail — the Golden Quadrilateral corridor and Gujarat
  • Examining the claim — where roads fail to develop
  • Verdict

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 Transport, Communication and Trade question (46 solved) →Already enrolled? Log in