Exam Scheme

Note :-

1. Negative marking: For every wrong answer, 1/3 of the marks prescribed for that particular question shall be deducted.
2. Paper includes questions from: Senior Secondary Level, Graduation Level, Post Graduation Level, Educational Psychology, Pedagogy, Teaching Learning Material, and Use of Computers and Information Technology in Teaching Learning.

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Syllabus : Geography -II

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Part - I Senior Secondary Level

1. Interior of the Earth
   1. Rocks
   2. Earthquakes and Volcanoes
   3. Plate tectonics
   4. Work of wind
   5. Running water
   6. Glaciers
2. Atmosphere
   1. Structure and Composition of Atmosphere
   2. Insolation and Heat budget
   3. Humidity
   4. Precipitation
3. Oceans
   1. Relief features of the Oceans
   2. Salinity
   3. Tides
   4. Ocean currents
4. India
   1. Location
   2. Physiographic divisions
   3. Climate
   4. Vegetation
   5. Soils
   6. Population: distribution and density and growth
   7. Disaster Management
      1. Flood
      2. Draught
      3. Landslides
   8. Major crops
   9. Minerals
   10. Iron and Steel Industry
   11. Cotton and Textile Industry
   12. Environment Pollution
   13. Sustainable Development
5. Human Geography
   1. Definition, scope and principles
   2. Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and Quaternary activities
   3. Transportation communication and Trade
   4. Distribution, density and growth of World Population
   5. Human development concept
6. Scales, Maps and Projections, Spatial information technology, Mean, Median, Mode, Standard Deviation, Correlation, Plane table survey.

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Part - II Graduation Level

1. Physical Geography
   1. Isostasy
   2. Earth movements
   3. Inversion of Temperature
   4. Pressure belts and Wind circulation
   5. Classification of climates of the world
      1. Koppen's
      2. Thornwait
   6. Ocean deposits
   7. Formation of Coral Reefs and Atolls
2. Human Geography
   1. Modern school of thought in Human Geography
      1. Possibilism
      2. Determinism
      3. Neo-determinism
   2. Migration its causes and types
   3. Classification and distribution of races of the world
3. Economic Geography
   1. Natural resources and their distribution
   2. Agricultural regions of the world
   3. Industrial regions of the world

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Part - III Post Graduation Level

1. Geography of Thought
   1. Definition, scope, nature and purpose of Geography
   2. Contribution of Greek Geographers
   3. Roman Geographers
   4. Works of Humboldt, Ritter, Ratzel, Hartshorne, Huntington, Blache and Carl Saur
2. Rajasthan
   1. Physiography
   2. Drainage
   3. Climate
   4. Vegetation
   5. Soils
   6. Irrigation
   7. Major crops
   8. Chief minerals
   9. Major industries
   10. Population distribution and density
   11. Desertification
   12. Agro-climate regions
3. Geography of Thought
   1. Behavioural geography
   2. Recent trends in geography
   3. Development of geography in India
4. Geomorphology
   1. Fundamental concepts
   2. Slope evolution
   3. Application of Geomorphic mapping
   4. Environmental geomorphology
5. Economic Geography
   1. Theories of Plant Location
      1. Weber's Least Cost theory
   2. Economic regions of India
6. Urban Geography
   1. Origin and growth of Towns in Ancient, Medieval and Modern period
   2. Umland
   3. Principles of Town Planning
7. Agricultural Geography
   1. Von Thunen's Agricultural Location theory
   2. Green Revolution in India
   3. Agro-forestry importance and its scope in India
8. Population Geography
   1. Theories of Population
      1. Malthusian
      2. Optimum
   2. The Population Policy of Government of India
9. Political Geography
   1. Development of Political Geography
   2. Concepts of Mackinder
   3. The Unified Field theory of Political Geography by S.B. Jones
   4. Frontiers Boundaries and Buffer zones

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Part – IV (Educational Psychology, Pedagogy, Teaching Learning Material, Use of Computers and Information Technology in Teaching Learning)

1. Educational Psychology
   1. Concept, scope and functions of educational psychology
   2. Physical, cognitive, social, emotional and moral developmental characteristics of adolescent learner and its implication for teaching-learning
   3. Behavioural, cognitive and constructivist principles of learning and its implication for senior secondary students
   4. Concept of mental health & adjustment and adjustment mechanism
   5. Emotional intelligence and its implication in teaching learning
2. Pedagogy and Teaching Learning Material (Instructional Strategies for Adolescent Learner)
   1. Communication skills and its use
   2. Teaching models
      1. Advance organizer
      2. Concept attainment
      3. Information processing
      4. Inquiry training
   3. Preparation and use of teaching-learning material during teaching
   4. Cooperative learning
3. Use of Computers and Information Technology in Teaching Learning
   1. Concept of ICT, hardware and software
   2. System approach
   3. Computer assisted learning, computer aided instruction