500 + QUESTIONS : GEOGRAPHY (Optional)

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1 DAY-1 DAY-2 DAY-3 Geomorphology Factors controlling landform development, endogenetic and exogenetic forces, origin and evolution fo the earth's crust, fundamentals of geomagnetism, physical conditions of the earth's interior, geosynclines, continental drift, isostasy, plate tectonics, recent views on mountain - building, vulcanicity, earthquakes, tsunamis Oceanography Bottom topography of the atlantic, Indian and pacific oceans; temperature and salinity of the oceans; heat and salt budgets; ocean deposits; waves, currents & tides Perspectives on Human Geography Areal differentiation; regional synthesis; dichotomy and dualism; environmentalism; Quantitative Revolution & Locational Analysis; radical, behavioral, Human and Welfare approaches; Languages, religions and secularisation; cultural regions of the world; Human Development Index (HDI) Population and Settlement Geography Growth and development of world population; demographic attributes, causes and consequences of migration; concepts of over-under-optimum population; population theories; world population problem and policies; social well-being and quality of life; population and social captial Physical Setting Space relationship of India and neighboring countires; structure and relief; drainage system & water sheds; physiographic regions; mechanism of Indian monsoons and rainfall patterns Resources Land, surface & ground water; energy; minerals; biotic and marine resources; forest and wildlife resources and their conservation; energy crisis Cultural Setting Historical perspective of Indian society; racial, linguistic and ethnic diversities; religious minorities; major tribes, tribal areas and their problems; cultural regions; growth, distribution and density of population Regional Devlopment & Planning Experience of regional planning in India; five years plans (5YPs); integrated Rural Development programmes; panchayat raj & decentraized planning Climatology Temperate and pressure belts of the world; heat budget of the earth; atmospheric circulation; atmospheric stability and instability; planetary and local winds; monsoon and jet streams; air masses; and frontogenesis; temperature and tropical cyclones; types and distributions of precipitation Biogeography Genesis of soils; classification and distribution of soils; soil profile; soil erosion, degradation and conservation; factors influencing world distribution of plants and animals; problems of deforestation and conservation measures; social forestry; agro-forestry; wildlife; major gene pool centers (1)

2 DAY-4 DAY-5 Environmental Geography Principle of ecology; human ecological adaptations; influence of man on ecology and environment; global and regional ecological changes and imbalances; environmental degradation management & conservation; biodiversityand sustainable development; environmental policies; environmental hazards and remedial measures; environmental education and legislation Regional Planning Concepts of a region; types of region and methods of regionalization; growth centers and growth centres and growth poles Agriculture Infrasturcture; irrigation; seeds; fertilizers; power; instiutional factors; land holdings; land tenure; land reforms; cropping patterns; agricultural productivity; agricultural intensity; crop combination; land capability Transport, Communications & Trade Road, railway, waterway, airway and pipeline networks & their complementary roles in regional development; growing importance of ports on regional and foreign trade; trade balance; trade policy; export processing zones (EPZs); development in communication & IT and their impacts on economy & society; Indian space programme Settlements Types, patter & morphology of rural settlements; urban developments; morphology of Indian cities; functional classification of Indian cities; conurbations and metropolitan regions; urban sprawl; slums and associated problems; town planning; problems of urbanization and remedies Political Aspects Geographical basis of Indian federalism; State reorganization; emergence of new states; regional consciousness of inter-state issues Contemporary Issues Ecological issues; environmental hazards; land slides; earthquakes; tsunami; floods & droughts; epidemics; issues relating environmental pollution; changes in pattern in land use; principles of environmental impact assessment (EIA) & environmental management Geomorphology Concepts of geomorphic cycles & landscape development; denudation chronology; channel morphology; erosion surfaces; slope development; applied geomorphology; geophydrology; economic geology & environment Oceanography Marine resources; biotic; mineral & energy resources; coral reefs, coral bleaching; sea-level changes; law of the sea; marine pollution Population and Settlement Geography Types and pattern of rural settlements; environmental Issues in rural settlements; hierarchy of urban settlements; urban morphology; concepts of primate city & rank-size rule; functional classification of towns; sphere of urban influence; rural-urban fringe; satellite towns; problems and remedies of urbanization; sustainable development of cities (2)

3 DAY-6 DAY-7 DAY-8 Models Theories and Laws in Human Geography System analysis in human geography; malthusian, marxian & demographic transition models; Central Place Theories of Christaller and Losch, Perroux and Boudeville Physical Setting Tropical cyclones and ewstern disturbances; flood and draughts; climatic regions; natural vegetation; soil types and their distributions Industry Evolution of industries; locational factors of-cotton, jute, textile; iron and steel; aluminum; fertilizer; paper; chemical & pharmaceutical; automobile; cottage and agro-based industries Regional Development & Planning Command area development (CAD); watershed management; planning for backward areas, desert, drought prone, hill, tribal area development; multi-level planning; regional planning; development of Island territories Political Aspects International boundaries of India & related issues; cross border terrorism; Indian's role in world affairs; geopolitics of south asia and Indian ocean realm Climatology Weather and climate; Koppen's, Thornthwaite;s and Trewartha's classification of world climates; hydrological cycle; global climatic change; role and response of man in climate changes; applied climatology; urban climate Economic Geography World economic development-measurement, problems; world resources and their distributions; energy crisis-limits to growth; world agriculture-typology of agricultural regions; agricultural inputs and productivity; food and nutrition problems; food security; famine-causes, effects & remedies; world industries-locational patterns & problems; patterns of world trade Regional Planning Regional imbalances; regional development strategies; environmental issues in regional planning; plannng for sustainable development Models, Theories and Laws in Human Geography Von-Thunen's models of agricultural location; Weber's model of industrial location; Ostor's model of stages of growth; heart land and rim land theories; laws of international boundaries and frontiers Agriculture Agro and social forestry; green revolution-its socio-economic and eclological implications; significance of dry farming; livestock resources and white revolution; aqua-culture; sericulture; apiculture; poultry; agricultural regionalization; agro-climatic zones; agro-ecological regions Industry Industrial houses and complexes; including public sector undertaking (PSUs); indstrial regionalization; new industrial policies; multinationals & liberalization; special economic zones (SEZs); tourism including eco-tourism Cultural Setting Demographic attributes - Sex-ratio; age-structure; literacy rate; work force; dependency ratio; (3)

4 DAY-9 DAY-10 longevity; migration (inter-regional intra-regional & inter-national) & associated problems; populatin problems and policies; health indicators Contemporary Issues Population explosion & food security; environmental degradation; deforestation, desertification and soil erosion; problems of agrarian and industrial unrest; regional disparities in economic developments; concept of sustainable growth and development; environmental awareness; linkage of rivers; globalization and Indian economy. Geomorphology Factors controlling landform development, endogenetic and exogenetic forces, origin and evolution fo the earth's crust, fundamentals of geomagnetism, physical conditions of the earth's interior, geosynclines, continental drift, isostasy, plate tectonics, recent views on mountain - building, vulcanicity, earthquakes, tsunamis Concepts of geomorphic cycles & landscape development; denudation chronology; channel morphology; erosion surfaces; slope development; applied geomorphology; geophydrology; economic geology & environment Biogeography Genesis of soils; classification and distribution of soils; soil profile; soil erosion, degradation and conservation; factors influencing world distribution of plants and animals; problems of deforestation and conservation measures; social forestry; agro-forestry; wildlife; major gene pool centers Environmental Geography Principle of ecology; human ecological adaptations; influence of man on ecology and environment; global and regional ecological changes and imbalances; environmental degradation management & conservation; biodiversityand sustainable development; environmental policies; environmental hazards and remedial measures; environmental education and legislation Physical Setting Space relationship of India and neighboring countires; structure and relief; drainage system & water sheds; physiographic regions; mechanism of Indian monsoons and rainfall patterns Tropical cyclones and ewstern disturbances; flood and draughts; climatic regions; natural vegetation; soil types and their distributions Agriculture Infrasturcture; irrigation; seeds; fertilizers; power; instiutional factors; land holdings; land tenure; land reforms; cropping patterns; agricultural productivity; agricultural intensity; crop combination; land capability; Agro and social forestry; green revolution-its socio-economic and eclological implications; significance of dry farming; livestock resources and white revolution; aqua-culture; sericulture; apiculture; poultry; agricultural regionalization; agroclimatic zones; agro-ecological regions Transport, Communications & Trade Road, railway, waterway, airway and pipeline networks & their complementary roles in regional development; growing importance of ports on regional and foreign trade; trade balance; trade policy; export processing zones (EPZs); development in communication & IT and their impacts (4)

5 DAY-11 DAY-12 DAY-13 on economy & society; Indian space programme Climatology Temperate and pressure belts of the world; heat budget of the earth; atmospheric circulation; atmospheric stability and instability; planetary and local winds; monsoon and jet streams; air masses; and frontogenesis; temperature and tropical cyclones; types and distributions of precipitation; Weather and climate; Koppen's, Thornthwaite;s and Trewartha's classification of world climates; hydrological cycle; global climatic change; role and response of man in climate changes; applied climatology; urban climate Oceanography Bottom topography of the atlantic, Indian and pacific oceans; temperature and salinity of the oceans; heat and salt budgets; ocean deposits; waves, currents & tides; Marine resources; biotic; mineral & energy resources; coral reefs, coral bleaching; sea-level changes; law of the sea; marine pollution Perspectives on Human Geography Areal differentiation; regional synthesis; dichotomy and dualism; environmentalism; Quantitative Revolution & Locational Analysis; radical, behavioral, Human and Welfare approaches; Languages, religions and secularisation; cultural regions of the world; Human Development Index (HDI) Economic Geography World economic development-measurement, problems; world resources and their distributions; energy crisis-limits to growth; world agriculture-typology of agricultural regions; agricultural inputs and productivity; food and nutrition problems; food security; famine-causes, effects & remedies; world industries-locational patterns & problems; patterns of world trade Resources Land, surface & ground water; energy; minerals; biotic and marine resources; forest and wildlife resources and their conservation; energy crisis Industry Evolution of industries; locational factors of-cotton, jute, textile; iron and steel; aluminum; fertilizer; paper; chemical & pharmaceutical; automobile; cottage and agro-based industries Industrial houses and complexes; including public sector undertaking (PSUs); indstrial regionalization; new industrial policies; multinationals & liberalization; special economic zones (SEZs); tourism including eco-tourism Cultural Setting Historical perspective of Indian society; racial, linguistic and ethnic diversities; religious minorities; major tribes, tribal areas and their problems; cultural regions; growth, distribution and density of population; Demographic attributes - Sex-ratio; age-structure; literacy rate; work force; dependency ratio; longevity; migration (inter-regional intra-regional & inter-national) & associated problems; populatin problems and policies; health indicators Geomorphology Factors controlling landform development, endogenetic and exogenetic forces, origin and evolution fo the earth's crust, fundamentals of geomagnetism, physical conditions of the earth's interior, geosynclines, continental drift, isostasy, plate tectonics, recent views on (5)

6 DAY-14 DAY-15 mountain - building, vulcanicity, earthquakes, tsunamis Concepts of geomorphic cycles & landscape development; denudation chronology; channel morphology; erosion surfaces; slope development; applied geomorphology; geophydrology; economic geology & environment Population and Settlement Geography Growth and development of world population; demographic attributes, causes and consequences of migration; concepts of over-under-optimum population; population theories; world population problem and policies; social well-being and quality of life; population and social captial; Types and pattern of rural settlements; environmental Issues in rural settlements; hierarchy of urban settlements; urban morphology; concepts of primate city & rank-size rule; functional classification of towns; sphere of urban influence; rural-urban fringe; satellite towns; problems and remedies of urbanization; sustainable development of cities Settlements Types, patter & morphology of rural settlements; urban developments; morphology of Indian cities; functional classification of Indian cities; conurbations and metropolitan regions; urban sprawl; slums and associated problems; town planning; problems of urbanization and remedies Regional Development & Planning Experience of regional planning in India; five years plans (5YPs); integrated Rural Development programmes; panchayat raj & decentraized planning; Command area development (CAD); watershed management; planning for backward areas, desert, drought prone, hill, tribal area development; multi-level planning; regional planning; development of Island territories Political Aspects Geographical basis of Indian federalism; State reorganization; emergence of new states; regional consciousness of inter-state issues; International boundaries of India & related issues; cross border terrorism; Indian's role in world affairs; geopolitics of south asia and Indian ocean realm Climatology Temperate and pressure belts of the world; heat budget of the earth; atmospheric circulation; atmospheric stability and instability; planetary and local winds; monsoon and jet streams; air masses; and frontogenesis; temperature and tropical cyclones; types and distributions of precipitation; Weather and climate; Koppen's, Thornthwaite;s and Trewartha's classification of world climates; hydrological cycle; global climatic change; role and response of man in climate changes; applied climatology; urban climate Regional Planning Concepts of a region; types of region and methods of regionalization; growth centers and growth centres and growth poles; Regional imbalances; regional development strategies; environmental issues in regional planning; plannng for sustainable development Models Theories and Laws in Human Geography System analysis in human geography; malthusian, marxian & demographic transition models; Central Place Theories of Christaller and Losch, Perroux and Boudeville; Von-Thunen's models of agricultural location; Weber's model of industrial location; Ostor's model of stages of growth; heart land and rim land theories; laws of international boundaries and frontiers (6)

7 DAY-16 DAY-17 DAY-18 Physical Setting Space relationship of India and neighboring countires; structure and relief; drainage system & water sheds; physiographic regions; mechanism of Indian monsoons and rainfall patterns Tropical cyclones and ewstern disturbances; flood and draughts; climatic regions; natural vegetation; soil types and their distributions Industry Evolution of industries; locational factors of-cotton, jute, textile; iron and steel; aluminum; fertilizer; paper; chemical & pharmaceutical; automobile; cottage and agro-based industries Industrial houses and complexes; including public sector undertaking (PSUs); indstrial regionalization; new industrial policies; multinationals & liberalization; special economic zones (SEZs); tourism including eco-tourism Contemporary Issues Ecological issues; environmental hazards; land slides; earthquakes; tsunami; floods & droughts; epidemics; issues relating environmental pollution; changes in pattern in land use; principles of environmental impact assessment (EIA) & environmental management; Population explosion & food security; environmental degradation; deforestation, desertification and soil erosion; problems of agrarian and industrial unrest; regional disparities in economic developments; concept of sustainable growth and development; environmental awareness; linkage of rivers; globalization and Indian economy. Population and Settlement Geography Growth and development of world population; demographic attributes, causes and consequences of migration; concepts of over-under-optimum population; population theories; world population problem and policies; social well-being and quality of life; population and social captial; Types and pattern of rural settlements; environmental Issues in rural settlements; hierarchy of urban settlements; urban morphology; concepts of primate city & rank-size rule; functional classification of towns; sphere of urban influence; rural-urban fringe; satellite towns; problems and remedies of urbanization; sustainable development of cities Models Theories and Laws in Human Geography System analysis in human geography; malthusian, marxian & demographic transition models; Central Place Theories of Christaller and Losch, Perroux and Boudeville; Von-Thunen's models of agricultural location; Weber's model of industrial location; Ostor's model of stages of growth; heart land and rim land theories; laws of international boundaries and frontiers Transport, Communications & Trade Road, railway, waterway, airway and pipeline networks & their complementary roles in regional development; growing importance of ports on regional and foreign trade; trade balance; trade policy; export processing zones (EPZs); development in communication & IT and their impacts on economy & society; Indian space programme Settlements Types, patter & morphology of rural settlements; urban developments; morphology of Indian cities; functional classification of Indian cities; conurbations and metropolitan regions; urban sprawl; slums and associated problems; town planning; problems of urbanization and remedies Contemporary Issues Ecological issues; environmental hazards; land slides; earthquakes; tsunami; floods & (7)

8 DAY-19 DAY-20 droughts; epidemics; issues relating environmental pollution; changes in pattern in land use; principles of environmental impact assessment (EIA) & environmental management; Population explosion & food security; environmental degradation; deforestation, desertification and soil erosion; problems of agrarian and industrial unrest; regional disparities in economic developments; concept of sustainable growth and development; environmental awareness; linkage of rivers; globalization and Indian economy. Full Syllabus Full Syllabus (8)

GEOGRAPHY OPTIONAL CRASH COURSE SCHEDULE:

GEOGRAPHY OPTIONAL CRASH COURSE SCHEDULE: SL.NO DATE 1 Sun 17 th June Introduction 2 Sat 23 rd June Geomorphology: Factors controlling landform development; endogenetic and exogenetic forces; Origin and