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Physical Geography
- Challenges of National Integration
- Climatic changes
- Global warming
- Greenhouse effect
- Classification of climates, (Koppen and Thornthwaite)
- Tropical and temperate cyclones
- Air masses and fronts
- Horizontal and vertical distribution of temperature, inversion of temperature
- Insolation,heat budget of the earth
- Composition, Structure and Stratification of the atmosphere
- Geomorphic processes; Weathering, mass wasting, erosion and deposition,soil formation,Landscape cycles, ideas of Davis and Penck
- Evolution and characteristics of landforms in the Fluvial, Glacial, Arid and Karst regions
- Major types of rocks and their characteristics
- Tsunamis
- Earthquakes
- Plate tectonics
- Wegner’s Continental Drift Theory
- Interior of earth,
- Origin and evolution of earth
- Various National Missions and Programmes:-
- Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
- Indian Agriculture- Current Status, Issues & initiatives.
- INDIAN AGRICULTURE—CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS
- DRY FARMING IN INDIA
- POULTRY FARMING and SILVER REVOLUTION IN INDIA
- SERICULTURE IN INDIA
- SECOND GREEN REVOLUTION
- AQUA CULTURE
- WHITE REVOLUTION IN INDIA
- Green Revolution in India
- CHARACTERISTICS AND PROBLEMS OF INDIAN AGRICULTURE
- Institutional Factors of Agriculture (1) Land Tenure and Land Tenancy (ii) Land Holding
- Physical factors: Terrain, topography, climate, and soil. which determine agriculture
- agriculture
- Infrastructure-energy,ports,roads,airports,railwaysetc
Indian Geography
- Agricultural Crops of India
- Landforms
- Multipurpose Projects & Hydro-Electric Projects in India
- Mineral Resources of India
- Drainage System of India
- Environment and Ecological Issues
- Development of Industries : Types of Industries;factors of industrial location, distribution and changing pattern of selected industries [iron and steel, cotton textile, sugar and petro- chemicals); Weber’s theory of industrial location-lts relevance in the modern world.
- Non- metallic and conventional minerals [coal,petroleum and natural gas), (c) hydro electricity and non conventional sources of energy (Solar, Wind, bio-gas),(d) energy sources Their distribution and conservation.
- Minerals and Energy Resources : Distribution and utility of [a] metallic minerals (ion ore, copper, bauxite, manganese)
- Scarcity of water, methods of conservation-rain water harvesting and watershed management, ground water management
- Utilization for industrial and other purposes, irrigation
- Water Resources : Availability
- Geographical condition and distribution of major crops, like,Rice, Wheat,Cotton, Jute, Sugarcane, Rubber, Tea and Coffee
- Development and Utilization Land Resources ie General land use, agricultural land use
- Natural Resources of India
- functional classification of urban settlements Problems of human settlement in India
- Urban morphology
- Types of Settlements : rural and urban
- Population, environment and development
- Age: Sex, ratio, rural-urban composition
- Population growth, distribution and density
- Natural Hazards : Floods, Droughts, Cyclones, Landslides
- Major types of Soils.(ICAR classification) and their distribution. Soil degradation and conservation
- Natural Vegetation-Forest types and distribution, wild life, conservation, biosphere reserves
- Food scarcity
- Green Revolution and its impact on major crops of India
- Indian monsoon, mechanism, onset and retreat
- Drainage Systems Himalayan and the Peninsular
- Structure, relief and physiographic divisions of India
- Multipurpose Projects & Hydro-Electric Projects in India
- Mineral Resources of India:Non Metalic
- Mineral Resources of India:-Metallic Minerals
- Drainage System of India
- Geological and Physiographic divisions of India
- Various National Missions and Programmes:-
- Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
- Indian Agriculture- Current Status, Issues & initiatives.
- INDIAN AGRICULTURE—CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS
- DRY FARMING IN INDIA
- POULTRY FARMING and SILVER REVOLUTION IN INDIA