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- Duration of Paper: 3 Hours
- All Questions carry equal marks.
- Medium of Competitive Exam: Bilingual in English & Hindi
- There will be Negative Marking.
- Objective type paper .
Syllabus : Geography-II
PART I: ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
Unit 1: Economic Geography
- Spatial organization and classification of economies
- Factors affecting spatial organization of economic activities
- Primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary activities
- Classification of resources
- Forest resources
- Power resources
- Mineral resources
- Conservation of resources
- World energy crisis
- Globalization and its impact on world economy
- Major regional trade blocks and their economic integration
Unit 2: Agricultural Geography
- Nature, scope and development of agriculture geography
- Agriculture typology
- Agricultural systems of the world
- Selected agricultural concepts and their measurements
- Agricultural productivity and efficiency
- Cropping pattern
- Crop concentration
- Crop diversification
- Cropping intensity
- Degree of commercialization
- Concept and techniques of delimitation of agricultural regions
- Von Thunen's model of land use planning
- Green Revolution
Unit 3: Industrial and Transport Geography
- Nature, scope and development in industrial geography
- Factors of localization of manufacturing industries
- Classification of industries
- Resource-based industries
- Footloose industries
- Theories of industrial location:
- A. Weber
- August Losch
- D.M. Smith
- Tord Palander
- E.M. Hoover
- Industrial regions of the world
- Major industrial hazards
- Models of transport development
- Structural analysis of transport network
- Measure of accessibility and connectivity
- Transport cost and spatial patterns of flow
Unit 4: Regional Planning
- Typology of Regions
- Regional concept in geography and its application to planning
- Concept of planning region
- Conceptual and theoretical framework of regional planning
- Regional hierarchy
- Methods of regional delineation
- Theories of Regional Development
- Concept of development
- Indicators of development
- Regional imbalances
PART II: POPULATION AND SETTLEMENT GEOGRAPHY
Unit 5: Population Geography
- Nature, scope and development of population geography
- Population components and characteristics
- Patterns of world population distribution
- Population growth and density
- Policy issues related to population
- Migration: types, causes and consequences
- Patterns and processes of migration
- Population theories:
- Malthus
- Marx
- Sadler
- Ricardo
- Demographic transition model
- Population-resource regions
- Gender discrimination and empowerment of women
Unit 6: Settlement Geography
- Site, situation, types, size, spacing and internal morphology of rural and urban settlements
- Ecological processes of urban growth
- Spatial pattern and distribution of urban centers
- Rural-urban fringe
- City-region
- Settlement systems
- Primate city
- Rank-size rule
- Settlement hierarchy
- Christaller's central place theory
- August Losch's theory of market centers
- Concepts of smart city
PART III: SOCIO-CULTURAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
Unit 7: Socio-Cultural Geography
- Nature and scope of social geography
- Social structure and social processes
- Elements of social geography:
- Ethnicity
- Tribe
- Dialect
- Language
- Caste
- Religion
- Concept of social well-being
- Nature and scope of cultural geography
- Concept of culture-areas and cultural regions
- Cultural regions of the world
- Theories of tribal groups
- Environmental impact on dwelling places as cultural expressions
- Problems arising due to cultural diffusion
- Racism
- Terrorism
Unit 8: Political Geography
- Definition and scope of political geography
- Geopolitics
- Global strategic views
- Concept of nation, state and nation-state
- Boundaries and frontiers
- Capital cities and core areas
- Politics of world resources
- Geography of federalism
- Geo-political significance of Indian Ocean
- Development of Electoral geography
PART IV: REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
Unit 9: Geography of India
- Physiographic divisions
- Climate
- Vegetation
- Drainage
- Major soil types
- Water resources
- Irrigation
- Agriculture: major food and commercial crops
- Green revolution and food security
- Agro-climatic regions
- Mineral and power resources
- Major industries and industrial regions
- Population distribution and growth
- Population problems and policies
- Tribes
- Tribal areas and their problems
- Regional disparities in social and economic development
- Regional planning in India and planning regions
- Development of road, rail and inland waterways
- Natural disasters in India: earthquakes, floods, droughts, cyclones and tsunami
Unit 10: Geography of Rajasthan
- Physiographic divisions
- Climate
- Rivers and lakes
- Soils and vegetation
- Minerals and power resources
- Agriculture and irrigation
- Agro-climatic regions
- Livestock
- Major industries and industrial regions
- Sites of geo-tourism
- Population: distribution, density, growth, sex-ratio, literacy, SC and ST population
- Environmental problems: desertification, deforestation and soil erosion
- Bio-diversity and its conservation
- Development programmes