Note :-

1. Duration of Paper: 3 Hours
2. All Questions carry equal marks.
3. Medium of Competitive Exam: Bilingual in English & Hindi
4. There will be Negative Marking.
5. Objective type paper .

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Syllabus : Geography-II

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PART I: ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

Unit 1: Economic Geography

1. Spatial organization and classification of economies
2. Factors affecting spatial organization of economic activities
3. Primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary activities
4. Classification of resources
5. Forest resources
6. Power resources
7. Mineral resources
8. Conservation of resources
9. World energy crisis
10. Globalization and its impact on world economy
11. Major regional trade blocks and their economic integration

Unit 2: Agricultural Geography

1. Nature, scope and development of agriculture geography
2. Agriculture typology
3. Agricultural systems of the world
4. Selected agricultural concepts and their measurements
5. Agricultural productivity and efficiency
6. Cropping pattern
7. Crop concentration
8. Crop diversification
9. Cropping intensity
10. Degree of commercialization
11. Concept and techniques of delimitation of agricultural regions
12. Von Thunen's model of land use planning
13. Green Revolution

Unit 3: Industrial and Transport Geography

1. Nature, scope and development in industrial geography
2. Factors of localization of manufacturing industries
3. Classification of industries
4. Resource-based industries
5. Footloose industries
6. Theories of industrial location:
   1. A. Weber
   2. August Losch
   3. D.M. Smith
   4. Tord Palander
   5. E.M. Hoover
7. Industrial regions of the world
8. Major industrial hazards
9. Models of transport development
10. Structural analysis of transport network
11. Measure of accessibility and connectivity
12. Transport cost and spatial patterns of flow

Unit 4: Regional Planning

1. Typology of Regions
2. Regional concept in geography and its application to planning
3. Concept of planning region
4. Conceptual and theoretical framework of regional planning
5. Regional hierarchy
6. Methods of regional delineation
7. Theories of Regional Development
8. Concept of development
9. Indicators of development
10. Regional imbalances

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PART II: POPULATION AND SETTLEMENT GEOGRAPHY

Unit 5: Population Geography

1. Nature, scope and development of population geography
2. Population components and characteristics
3. Patterns of world population distribution
4. Population growth and density
5. Policy issues related to population
6. Migration: types, causes and consequences
7. Patterns and processes of migration
8. Population theories:
   1. Malthus
   2. Marx
   3. Sadler
   4. Ricardo
9. Demographic transition model
10. Population-resource regions
11. Gender discrimination and empowerment of women

Unit 6: Settlement Geography

1. Site, situation, types, size, spacing and internal morphology of rural and urban settlements
2. Ecological processes of urban growth
3. Spatial pattern and distribution of urban centers
4. Rural-urban fringe
5. City-region
6. Settlement systems
7. Primate city
8. Rank-size rule
9. Settlement hierarchy
10. Christaller's central place theory
11. August Losch's theory of market centers
12. Concepts of smart city

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PART III: SOCIO-CULTURAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY

Unit 7: Socio-Cultural Geography

1. Nature and scope of social geography
2. Social structure and social processes
3. Elements of social geography:
   1. Ethnicity
   2. Tribe
   3. Dialect
   4. Language
   5. Caste
   6. Religion
4. Concept of social well-being
5. Nature and scope of cultural geography
6. Concept of culture-areas and cultural regions
7. Cultural regions of the world
8. Theories of tribal groups
9. Environmental impact on dwelling places as cultural expressions
10. Problems arising due to cultural diffusion
11. Racism
12. Terrorism

Unit 8: Political Geography

1. Definition and scope of political geography
2. Geopolitics
3. Global strategic views
4. Concept of nation, state and nation-state
5. Boundaries and frontiers
6. Capital cities and core areas
7. Politics of world resources
8. Geography of federalism
9. Geo-political significance of Indian Ocean
10. Development of Electoral geography

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PART IV: REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY

Unit 9: Geography of India

1. Physiographic divisions
2. Climate
3. Vegetation
4. Drainage
5. Major soil types
6. Water resources
7. Irrigation
8. Agriculture: major food and commercial crops
9. Green revolution and food security
10. Agro-climatic regions
11. Mineral and power resources
12. Major industries and industrial regions
13. Population distribution and growth
14. Population problems and policies
15. Tribes
16. Tribal areas and their problems
17. Regional disparities in social and economic development
18. Regional planning in India and planning regions
19. Development of road, rail and inland waterways
20. Natural disasters in India: earthquakes, floods, droughts, cyclones and tsunami

Unit 10: Geography of Rajasthan

1. Physiographic divisions
2. Climate
3. Rivers and lakes
4. Soils and vegetation
5. Minerals and power resources
6. Agriculture and irrigation
7. Agro-climatic regions
8. Livestock
9. Major industries and industrial regions
10. Sites of geo-tourism
11. Population: distribution, density, growth, sex-ratio, literacy, SC and ST population
12. Environmental problems: desertification, deforestation and soil erosion
13. Bio-diversity and its conservation
14. Development programmes