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GEOGRAPHY/GEOLOGY 
 
 
Fundamentals of Human Geography  
                      Unit I: Human Geography: Nature and Scope  
 
Unit II: People  
• Population of the world – distribution, density and growth; 
• Population change-spatial patterns and structure; determinants of population change; 
• Age-sex ratio; rural-urban composition; 
• Human development – concept; selected indicators, international comparisons. 
 
Unit III: Human Activities  
• Primary activities – concept and changing trends; gathering, pastoral, mining, subsistence 
agriculture, modern agriculture; people engaged in agriculture and allied activities – some examples 
from selected countries; 
• Secondary activities – concept; manufacturing: agro-processing, household, small scale, large scale; 
people engaged in secondary activities – some examples from selected countries; 
• Tertiary activities – concept; trade, transport and communication; services; people engaged in tertiary 
activities – some examples from selected countries; 
• Quaternary activities – concept; knowledge based industries; people engaged in quaternary activities 
– some examples from selected countries. 
 
   Unit IV: Transport, Communication and Trade  
• Land transport – roads, railways – rail network; trans-continental railways; 
• Water transport- inland waterways; major ocean routes; 
• Air transport – Intercontinental air routes; 
• Oil and gas pipelines; 
• Satellite communication and cyber space; 
• International trade – Basis and changing patterns; ports as gateways of international trade, role of 
WTO in International trade. 
 
                Unit V: Human Settlements 
 
• Settlement types – rural and urban; morphology of cities (case study); distribution of mega cities; 
problems of human settlements in developing countries. 
 
 
 
 
Note:  
There will be one Question Paper which will have 50 questions out of which 40 questions need to be 
attempted. 
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GEOGRAPHY/GEOLOGY 
 
 
Fundamentals of Human Geography  
                      Unit I: Human Geography: Nature and Scope  
 
Unit II: People  
• Population of the world – distribution, density and growth; 
• Population change-spatial patterns and structure; determinants of population change; 
• Age-sex ratio; rural-urban composition; 
• Human development – concept; selected indicators, international comparisons. 
 
Unit III: Human Activities  
• Primary activities – concept and changing trends; gathering, pastoral, mining, subsistence 
agriculture, modern agriculture; people engaged in agriculture and allied activities – some examples 
from selected countries; 
• Secondary activities – concept; manufacturing: agro-processing, household, small scale, large scale; 
people engaged in secondary activities – some examples from selected countries; 
• Tertiary activities – concept; trade, transport and communication; services; people engaged in tertiary 
activities – some examples from selected countries; 
• Quaternary activities – concept; knowledge based industries; people engaged in quaternary activities 
– some examples from selected countries. 
 
   Unit IV: Transport, Communication and Trade  
• Land transport – roads, railways – rail network; trans-continental railways; 
• Water transport- inland waterways; major ocean routes; 
• Air transport – Intercontinental air routes; 
• Oil and gas pipelines; 
• Satellite communication and cyber space; 
• International trade – Basis and changing patterns; ports as gateways of international trade, role of 
WTO in International trade. 
 
                Unit V: Human Settlements 
 
• Settlement types – rural and urban; morphology of cities (case study); distribution of mega cities; 
problems of human settlements in developing countries. 
 
 
 
 
Note:  
There will be one Question Paper which will have 50 questions out of which 40 questions need to be 
attempted. 
GEOGRAPHY/GEOLOGY-313 
  
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India: People and Economy 
  
Unit I: People 
 
• Population: distribution, density and growth; composition of population - linguistic, religious; sex,  
rural-urban and occupational - regional variations in growth of population ; 
• Migration: international, national – causes and consequences; 
• Human development – selected indicators and regional patterns; 
• Population, environment and development. 
 
Unit II: Human Settlements 
• Rural settlements – types and distribution; 
• Urban settlements – types, distribution and functional classification. 
 
Unit III: Resources and Development (Periods 30) 
• Land resources – general land use; agricultural land use – major crops; agricultural development 
and problems, common property resources; 
• Water resources – availability and utilization – irrigation, domestic, industrial and other uses; 
scarcity of water and conservation methods – rain water harvesting and watershed management 
(one case study related with participatory watershed management to be introduced) ; 
• Mineral and energy resources – metallic and non-metallic minerals and their distribution; 
conventional and non-conventional energy sources; 
• Industries – types and distribution; industrial location and clustering; changing pattern of selected 
industries – iron and steel, cotton textiles, sugar, petrochemicals, and knowledge based industries; 
impact of liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation on industrial location; 
• Planning in India – target area planning (case study); idea of sustainable development (case study). 
 
 
Unit IV: Transport, Communication and International Trade  
• Transport and communication — roads, railways, waterways and airways; oil and gas pipelines; 
national electric grids; communication networkings – radio, television, satellite and internet; 
• International trade — changing pattern of India’s foreign trade; sea ports and their hinterland 
and airports. 
Unit V: Geographical Perspective on Selected Issues and Problems 
• Environmental pollution; urban-waste disposal; 
• Urbanisation-rural-urban migration; problem of slums; 
• Land Degradation.