Day |
Date |
Syllabus from Paper I |
Syllabus from Paper II |
Day 1 |
29th August |
Growth and distribution of world population, Demographic attributes |
Growth, distribution and density of population,
Demographic attributes: sex-ratio, age structure, literacy rate, work-force, dependency ratio, longevity |
Day 2 |
30th August |
Causes and consequences of migration, Concepts of over-under-and optimum population |
Migration (inter-regional, intra- regional and international) and associated problems |
Day 3 |
31st August |
Population theories, World population problems and policies |
Health indicators, Population explosion and food security, Demographic Dividend |
Day 4 |
1st September |
Social well-being and quality of life, Population as social capital |
Census 2011, Socio Economic and Caste Census, National Population Register, Census of Religion etc |
Day 5 |
2nd September |
Concept of a region, Types of regions and methods of regionalisation, Growth centres and growth poles
|
NA |
Day 6 |
3rd September |
Regional imbalances, Regional development strategies, Environmental issues in regional planning, Planning for sustainable development. |
NA |
Day 7 |
5th September |
NA |
Experience of regional planning in India, Five Year Plans, Integrated rural development programmes, Panchayati Raj and decentralized planning, Command area development |
Day 8 |
6th September |
NA |
Watershed management, Planning for backward area, desert, drought prone, hill, tribal area development; Multi-level planning, Regional planning and development of island territories |
Day 9 |
7th September |
NA |
Regional disparities in economic development, Concept of sustainable growth and development, Linkage of rivers, Special Category States, NITI Aayog |
Day 10 |
8th September |
Temperature and pressure belts of the world, Heat budget of the earth, Atmospheric circulation, Atmospheric stability and instability
|
NA |
Day 11 |
9th September |
Planetary and local winds, Monsoons and jet streams
|
Mechanism of Indian monsoons and rainfall patterns, Cloud burst, Uttarakhnad and J&K disasters
|
Day 12 |
10th September |
Air masses and frontogenesis, Temperate and tropical cyclones, Types and distribution of precipitation
|
Tropical cyclones and western disturbances, Recent tropical cyclones e.g. Hudhud, Neelam etc,
|
Day 13 |
12th September |
Weather and Climate; Koppen’s, Thornthwaite’s and Trewartha’s classification of world climates;
|
Monsoon prediction techniques, El Nino, its consequences and prediction, Cloud burst, Uttarakhnad and J&K disasters
|
Day 14 |
13th September |
Hydrological cycle, Global climatic change and role and response of man in climatic changes |
NAPCC, Climate change negotiations at UNFCCC etc
|
Day 15 |
14th September |
Applied climatology and Urban climate |
Floods and droughts, Climatic regions |
Day 16 |
15th September |
Mini test on Population Geography, RP and Climatology |
Mini test on Population Geography, RP and Climatology |
Day 17 |
16th September |
Genesis of soils, Classification and distribution of soils, Soil profile
|
Soil types and their distribution |
Day 18 |
17th September |
Soil erosion, degradation and conservation, Factors influencing world distribution of plants and animals |
Soil erosion, Natural vegetation |
Day 19 |
19th September |
Problems of deforestation and conservation measures, Social forestry, Agroforestry |
Deforestation, Desertification, Agro and social forestry
|
Day 20 |
20th September |
Wild life, Major gene pool centres
|
Biotic, forest and wildlife resources and their conservation, Land capability |
Day 21 |
21st September |
Bottom topography of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, Temperature and salinity of the oceans, Heat and salt budgets |
NA |
Day 22 |
22nd September |
Ocean deposits; Waves, currents and tides |
NA |
Day 23 |
23rd September |
Marine resources: biotic, mineral and energy resources |
Marine resources
|
Day 24 |
24th September |
Coral reefs, coral bleaching, Sea-level changes, Law of the sea and marine pollution
|
Maritime border disputes of India |
Day 25 |
26th September |
Principle of ecology, Human ecological adaptations |
NA
|
Day 26 |
27th September |
Influence of man on ecology and environment, Global and regional ecological changes and imbalances |
NA |
Day 27 |
28th September |
Ecosystem their management and conservation, Environmental degradation, management and conservation |
Environmental degradation
|
Day 28 |
29th September |
Biodiversity and sustainable development, Environmental policy, Environmental education and legislation.
|
Issues relating to environmental pollution, Landslides, Epidemics |
Day 29 |
30th September |
Environmental hazards and remedial measures
|
Principles of environmental impact assessment and environmental management, Environmental awareness
|
Day 30 |
1st October |
Mini test on Biogeography, Oceanography and Environmental Geography |
Mini test on Biogeography, Oceanography and Environmental Geography |
Day 31 |
3rd October |
Types and patterns of rural settlements, Environmental issues in rural settlements |
Types, patterns and morphology of rural settlements |
Day 32 |
4th October |
Hierarchy of urban settlements, Central Place theories of Christaller and Losch |
Urban developments |
Day 33 |
5th October |
Urban morphology: Concepts of primate city and rank-size rule, |
Morphology of Indian cities |
Day 34 |
6th October
|
Functional classification of towns, Sphere of urban influence, Rural – urban fringe, Satellite towns |
Functional classification of Indian cities |
Day 35 |
7th October |
Problems and remedies of urbanization |
Conurbations and metropolitan regions; urban sprawl, Problems of urbanization and remedies |
Day 36 |
8th October |
Sustainable development of cities |
Slums and associated problems; town planning, Smart Cities, HRIDAY Scheme
|
Day 37 |
10th October |
Heartland and Rimland theories |
Geographical basis of Indian federalism, State reorganisation, Emergence of new states |
Day 38 |
11th October |
Laws of international boundaries and frontiers
|
Regional consciousness and inter state issues, International boundary of India and related issues |
Day 39 |
12th October |
Systems analysis in Human geography |
Cross border terrorism, India’s role in world affairs |
Day 40 |
13th October |
Von Thunen’s model of agricultural location, Weber’s model of industrial location |
Geopolitics of South Asia and Indian Ocean realm |
Day 41 |
14th October |
World economic development: measurement and problems, Rostov’s model of stages of growth |
Land, surface and groundwater resources |
Day 42 |
15th October |
World resources and their distribution |
Mineral resources |
Day 43 |
17th October |
Energy crisis, The limits to growth |
Energy resources, Energy crisis
|
Day 44 |
18th October |
World agriculture: Typology of agricultural regions, Agricultural inputs and productivity |
NA |
Day 45 |
19th October |
Food and nutrition problems, Food security; Famine: causes, effects and remedies |
NA
|
Day 46 |
20th October |
World industries: Locational patterns and problems; Patterns of world trade |
NA |
Day 47 |
21st October |
Mini Test on Settlement Geography, Economic Geography, Political Aspects, Models and Theories (covered till date) |
Mini Test on Settlement Geography, Economic Geography, Political Aspects, Models and Theories (covered till date) |
Day 48 |
22nd October |
NA |
Infrastructure: irrigation, seeds, fertilizers, power; Institutional factors: land holdings, land tenure and land reforms |
Day 49 |
24th October |
NA
|
Cropping pattern, Agricultural productivity, Agricultural intensity, Crop combination, Green revolution and its socio- economic and ecological implications |
Day 50 |
25th October |
NA |
Significance of dry farming, Livestock resources and white revolution, Aqua – culture, Sericulture, Apiculture and Poultry |
Day 51 |
26th October |
NA |
Agricultural regionalisation, Agro-climatic zones, Agroecological regions
|
Day 52 |
27th October
|
NA |
Evolution of industries, Locational factors of cotton, jute, textile, iron and steel and aluminium industries |
Day 53 |
28th October |
NA |
Locational factors of fertilizer, paper, chemical and pharmaceutical, automobile, cottage and agro-based industries |
Day 54 |
29th October |
NA |
Industrial houses and complexes including public sector undertakings, Industrial regionalisation, New industrial policies |
Day 55 |
31st October |
NA |
Multinationals and liberalization, Special Economic Zones, Tourism including eco – tourism.
|
Day 56 |
1st November |
NA |
Road, railway, waterway, airway and pipeline networks and their complementary roles in regional development |
Day 57 |
2nd November |
NA |
Growing importance of ports on national and foreign trade, Trade balance, Trade Policy, Export processing zones |
Day 58 |
3rd November |
NA |
Developments in communication and information technology and their impacts on economy and society, Indian space programme.
|
Day 59 |
4th November |
NA |
Historical perspective of Indian society; Racial, linguistic and ethnic diversities; Religious minorities; major tribes, tribal areas and their problems |
Day 60 |
5th November |
Mini Test on Agriculture; Industries; Transport, Communication and Trade and Cultural Settings |
Mini Test on Agriculture; Industries; Transport, Communication and Trade and Cultural Settings |
Day 61 |
7th November |
Factors controlling landform development, Endogenetic and exogenetic forces |
NA |
Day 62 |
8th November |
Origin and evolution of the earth’s crust, Fundamentals of geomagnetism |
NA |
Day 63 |
9th November |
Physical conditions of the earth’s interior, Geosynclines |
NA |
Day 64 |
10th November |
Continental drift, Isostasy, Plate tectonics |
NA |
Day 65 |
11th November |
Recent views on mountain building, Vulcanicity |
NA
|
Day 66 |
12th November |
Earthquakes and Tsunamis |
NA |
Day 67 |
14th November |
Concepts of geomorphic cycles and Landscape development |
NA |
Day 68 |
15th November |
Denudation chronology; Channel morphology |
NA |
Day 69 |
16th November |
Erosion surfaces, Slope development |
NA |
Day 70 |
17th November |
Applied Geomorphology : Geohydrology, economic geology and environment |
NA |
Day 71 |
18th November |
Areal differentiation |
Space relationship of India with neighboring countries
|
Day 72 |
19th November |
Regional synthesis |
Structure and relief |
Day 73 |
21st November |
Dichotomy and dualism |
Drainage system and watersheds |
Day 74 |
22nd November |
Environmentalism, Quantitative revolution and locational analysis, Cultural regions of the world |
Physiographic regions |
Day 75 |
23rd November |
Mini Test on Geomorphology, Perspectives and India: Physical Settings |
Mini Test on Geomorphology, Perspectives and India: Physical Settings |
Mock 1 |
27th November |
Full Syllabus |
Full Syllabus |
Mock 2 |
30th November |
Full Syllabus |
Full Syllabus |