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Origin of the Earth, Internal structure of the earth, Concept of Isostasy, Plate Tectonics
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Air Masses Origin, classification and Fronts Cyclones tropical and temperate thunderstorms
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Classification of world climate Koeppen and Thornth waite, EL-nino and Lanino global warming,
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Savindra Singh Climatology
Triwartha , GT & Horn L.A. Introduction to climate
Lal DS climatology
Grifith Tailor Introduction to climatology
Berry and Chorloy : Atmosphere , weather & climate.
Dasgupta and Kapoor ; Principles of Physical Geography
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OCEANOGRAPHY
Unit I
The permanency of ocean basins; Theories of permanency, Location, Extent of Indian, Pacific and Atlantic
oceans.
Unit II Submarine canyons : Origin and distribution. Configuration of ocean floor continental shelf, slope, plain
and deeps of Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
Unit III Physical and chemical properties of ocean water, temperature distribution, salinity origin distribution and
factors affecting salinity.
Unit IV Ocean deposits Terragenious and paleagic, ocean currents origin, types and distribution - Tides
theories , types . coral reefs origin types and theories . Impact of Humans on marine environment.
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PAPER I (D)
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY
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Unit II: Environmental quality , Environmental degradation, Environmental pollution air, water land and noise
pollution and their effects.
Unit III: Environmental Hazards and Risks ; Types and distribution, consequences and human adjustments to Natural
hazards Floods, droughts , Earth quakes and volcanoes.
Unit IV: Environmental Management : Concept, strategies and need for Environmental planning and Management
sustainable development , Management of Environmental quality. Environmental impact assessment(EIA)
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Paper II
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Unit II: Resources : Concepts, classification Soil resource - Formation, classification, conservation. Water resources
: Underground and surface water, Water Pollution, water conservation Mineral Types of mineral resources,
distribution of metallic minerals, Iron Ore , Gold, Manganese and their conservation.
Power resources Types, distribution, conservation of coal, petroleum, Hydroelectricity
Unit III: Agriculture : Determinants of agriculture, systems of agriculture, Methods of regionalization. Vonthunian
Model and diffusion models.
Unit IV: Industries : Locational factors, theories of Industrial location Weber Losch Industrial hazards Air,water
and land their impact on health. Industrial regions of the world.
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Unit I:
Concept of culture, themes in cultural geography, (5 themes), cultural elements and components of culture.
Unit II: Cultural diversity, basis of cultural diversity . Races, Religion, Language and diffusion.
Unit III: Cultural realms of the world, concept of cultural realms, classification and problems in classification.
Unit IV: Major Ethnic Groups Bushman , Eskimos , Pigmies and Khirgies, settlements , Rural & urban Types of
rural settlements, Rural VS urban , Rural depopulation, Urban land use theories Harries, Ulman Hoyet.
Functional classification of town.
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Robestein JH & Robert S Barren Cultural Landscape : An Introduction to Human Geography, Prentice Hall,
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Singh R.Y Geography of Settlements Rawath, publication, Jaipur
Hussain M Human Geography Rawath, publication ,Jaipur
Dicken & Pill Introduction to Cultural Geography
Karlen Man & Land
PAPER II
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Unit II: Development of Geography : Ancient, Medieval , Modern, School of thoughts German, French, British ,
American and Russian School of thought.
Unit III: Dualism Geography : Need , Systematic VS Regional, Determinism VS Possibilism, Ideographic VS
Nomothetic, Quantitative revolution.
Unit IV: Scientific Approach , Hypothesis , Models , Theories and Law, Nature and characteristics of Spatial Data.
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PAPER II
d) GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO kARNATAkA
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