Detailed Index - India and World Geography Section UPSC Notes | EduRev

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This Section contains 9 documents and 2 online test

Indian Geography

1 - Landforms – Peninsular Block, Himalayas & other Peninsular Mountains, Ganga-Brahmaputra Plains

• Geological divisions
• Northern and North-Eastern Mountains
  • Kashmir Himalayas
  • Himachal and Uttarakhand Himalayas
  • Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas
  • Arunachal Himalayas
  • Eastern Hills and Mountains
• The Northern Plains
• Peninsular Plateau
• Indian Desert
• Coastal Plains
• The Islands
  • Andaman and Nicobar
  • Lakshadweep and Minicoy

2 - Drainage system of India – Indus and Ganga Drainage System, Civil Services Examination

• The Himalayan Drainage System

3 - Energy Resources of India; Mineral Resources - Metallic and Non-Metallic Minerals

• Energy Resource of India
• Mineral Resources of India

4 - Multipurpose Projects, Hydro-Electric Projects, and Thermal Power Projects in India

• Multipurpose Projects & Hydro-Electric Projects in India
• Thermal Power Projects in India

World Geography

5. World Geography Part 1

• Geomorphology
• Earth's Layers - Earth's Composition
• Earth Movemants - Endogenetic Movements
• Epeirogenic or continent forming movements
• Orgenic or the mountain-forming movements
• Sudden Movements
• Continental Drift Theory - Tectonics
• Sea Floor Spreading - Paleomegnetism
• Top 20 Countries by Area
• Minerals & Their Largest Producers
• Agricultural Commodities & Their Largest Producer
• Highest Peaks In Various Regions/ Mountain Chain
• Important Places/Regions & Their Locations

6. World Geography Part 2

• Tribes of the World
• Largest Producers of Fish in the WorldLarges
• Worst deforestation rate of primary forests, 2000-2005
• Total Forest Cover in hectares - 2005
• Highest total forest cover as a percentage of total land cover, 2005
• Minerals & Their Ores
• Important Mining Centers Of The World
• Important Isopleths
• Major Natural Regions
• Major Deserts
• Hypothesis of the origin of Earth
• Major Trenches in the Ocean
• Basins of the Oceans
• Major Ridges & Rises in various Oceans
• Thornthwaite Scheme 1931
• Thornthwaite 1948 Classification

7. World Geography Part 3

• Composition of the Earth
• Mountains & Geological Periods
• Mountain Types
• Highest Waterfalls of the World
• Worlds Largest Lakes
• OtherImportant Lakes
• Principal Gases in the Atmosphere
• Heterosphere
• Soil Classification
• Changed Geographical Names
• Cities Located on Rivers

8. World Geography Part 4

• The Northern Plains
• Peninsular Plateau
• Indian Desert
• Coastal Plains

9. World Geography Part 5

online Tests:

World Geography Practice Test 1

World Geography - MCQ Test 1 (One Time Attempt with detailed solution and  analysis)