IASBABA: DETAILED SCHEDULE OF TLP GEOGRAPHY ONLINE

Date Week/Day Syllabus from Paper I Syllabus from Paper II

Contemporary Issues: Ecological issues:

Perspectives in Human Geography: Areal
differentiation; regional synthesis; Dichotomy and
dualism; Environmentalism; Quantitative revolution
Week 1 and locational analysis; radical, behavioural, human
and welfare approaches; Languages, religions and
secularisation; Cultural regions of the world; Human
development index.
Environmental hazards: landslides, earthquakes,
Tsunamis, floods and droughts, epidemics; Issues
relating to environmental pollution; Changes in
patterns of land use; Principles of environmental
impact assessment and environmental management;
Population explosion and food security;
Environmental degradation; Deforestation,
desertification and soil erosion; Problems of agrarian
and industrial unrest; Regional disparities in
economic development; Concept of sustainable
growth and development; Environmental awareness;
Linkage of rivers; Globalisation and Indian economy.

Ecological issues: Environmental hazards: landslides,

Areal differentiation; regional synthesis; Dichotomy
7/10/17 Day 1 earthquakes, Tsunamis, floods and droughts,
and dualism; Environmentalism
epidemics; Issues relating to environmental pollution

Changes in patterns of land use; Principles of

Quantitative revolution and locational analysis;
7/11/17 Day 2 environmental impact assessment and environmental
radical, behavioural, human and welfare approaches
management

Population explosion and food security;

7/12/17 Day 3 Languages, religions and secularisation Environmental degradation; Deforestation,
desertification and soil erosion

Problems of agrarian and industrial unrest; Regional

7/13/17 Day 4 Cultural regions of the world disparities in economic development; Concept of
sustainable growth and development

Environmental awareness; Linkage of rivers;

7/14/17 Day 5 Human development index.
Globalisation and Indian economy

Economic Geography: World economic

development: measurement and problems; World
Geographical basis of Indian federalism; State
resources and their distribution; Energy crisis; the
reorganisation; Emergence of new states; Regional
limits to growth; World agriculture: typology of
consciousness and inter state issues; international
Week 2 agricultural regions; agricultural inputs and
boundary of India and related issues; Cross border
productivity; Food and nutrition problems; Food
terrorism; India's role in world affairs; Geopolitics of
security; famine: causes, effects and remedies; World
South Asia and Indian Ocean realm.
industries: locational patterns and problems;
patterns of world trade.

World economic development: measurement and Geographical basis of Indian federalism; State
7/17/17 Day 6 problems reorganisation

World resources and their distribution; Energy crisis; Emergence of new states; Regional consciousness
7/18/17 Day 7 the limits to growth and inter state issues

World agriculture: typology of agricultural regions;

7/19/17 Day 8 agricultural inputs and productivity
International boundary of India and related issues

Food and nutrition problems; Food security; famine:

7/20/17 Day 9 causes, effects and remedies
Cross border terrorism; India's role in world affairs

World industries: locational patterns and problems;

7/21/17 Day 10 patterns of world trade
Geopolitics of South Asia and Indian Ocean realm.

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Date Week/Day Syllabus from Paper I Syllabus from Paper II

Population and Settlement Geography: Growth and

distribution of world population; demographic
attributes; Causes and consequences of migration;
concepts of over-under-and optimum population;
Population theories, world population problems and Settlements: Types, patterns and morphology of rural
policies, Social well-being and quality of life; settlements; Urban developments; Morphology of
Population as social capital. Types and patterns of Indian cities; Functional classification of Indian cities;
Week 3 rural settlements; Environmental issues in rural Conurbations and metropolitan regions; urban
settlements; Hierarchy of urban settlements; Urban sprawl; Slums and associated problems; town
morphology: Concepts of primate city and rank-size planning; Problems of urbanization and remedies.
rule; Functional classification of towns; Sphere of
urban influence; Rural - urban fringe; Satellite towns;
Problems and remedies of urbanization; Sustainable
development of cities.

Growth and distribution of world population; Types, patterns and morphology of rural settlements;
7/24/17 Day 11 demographic attributes Urban developments

Causes and consequences of migration; concepts of Morphology of Indian cities; Functional classification
7/25/17 Day 12 over-under-and optimum population of Indian cities

Population theories, world population problems and

policies, Social well-being and quality of life; Conurbations and metropolitan regions; urban
7/26/17 Day 13 Population as social capital. Types and patterns of sprawl; Slums and associated problems
rural settlements

Environmental issues in rural settlements; Hierarchy

7/27/17 Day 14 of urban settlements; Urban morphology: Concepts Town planning
of primate city and rank-size rule

Functional classification of towns; Sphere of urban

influence; Rural - urban fringe; Satellite towns;
7/28/17 Day 15 Problems and remedies of urbanization; Sustainable
Problems of urbanization and remedies

development of cities.

Regional Development and Planning: Experience of

regional planning in India; Five Year Plans;
Concept of a region; Types of regions and methods Integrated rural development programmes;
of regionalisation; Growth centres and growth poles; Panchayati Raj and decentralised planning;
Week 4 Regional imbalances; regional development Command area development; Watershed
strategies; environmental issues in regional planning; management; Planning for backward area, desert,
Planning for sustainable development. drought prone, hill, tribal area development; multi-
level planning; Regional planning and development
of island territories.

Concept of a region; Types of regions and methods Experience of regional planning in India; Five Year
7/31/17 Day 16 of regionalisation Plans

Integrated rural development programmes;

8/1/17 Day 17 Growth centres and growth poles
Panchayati Raj and decentralised planning

Regional imbalances; regional development Command area development; Watershed

8/2/17 Day 18 strategies management

Planning for backward area, desert, drought prone,

8/3/17 Day 19 Environmental issues in regional planning
hill, tribal area development; multi-level planning

Regional planning and development of island

8/4/17 Day 20 Planning for sustainable development
territories

Cultural Setting: Historical Perspective of Indian

Models, Theories and Laws in Human Geography:
Society; Racial, linguistic and ethnic diversities;
Systems analysis in Human geography; Malthusian,
religious minorities; major tribes, tribal areas and
Marxian and demographic transition models; Central
their problems; cultural regions; Growth, distribution
Place theories of Christaller and Losch;Perroux and
and density of population; Demographic attributes:
Week 5 Boudeville; Von Thunen's model of agricultural
sex-ratio, age structure, literacy rate, work-force,
location; Weber's model of industrial location;
dependency ratio, longevity; migration (inter-
Rostov's model of stages of growth. Heartland and
regional, intra- regional and international) and
Rimland theories; Laws of international boundaries
associated problems; Population problems and
and frontiers.
policies; Health indicators.

Systems analysis in Human geography; Malthusian, Historical Perspective of Indian Society; Racial,
8/7/17 Day 21 Marxian and demographic transition models linguistic and ethnic diversities

Central Place theories of Christaller and Religious minorities; major tribes, tribal areas and
8/8/17 Day 22 Losch;Perroux and Boudeville their problems; cultural regions

Growth, distribution and density of population;

Von Thunen's model of agricultural location; Weber's
8/9/17 Day 23 Demographic attributes: sex-ratio, age structure,
model of industrial location
literacy rate, work-force, dependency ratio, longevity

Weber's model of industrial location; Rostov's model Migration (inter-regional, intra- regional and
8/10/17 Day 24 of stages of growth international) and associated problems

Heartland and Rimland theories; Laws of

8/11/17 Day 25 international boundaries and frontiers
Population problems and policies; Health indicators

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Geomorphology: Factors controlling landform

development; endogenetic and exogenetic forces;
Origin and evolution of the earth's crust;
Physical Setting: Space relationship of India with
Fundamentals of geomagnetism; Physical conditions
neighboring countries; Structure and relief; Drainage
of the earth's interior; Geosynclines; Continental
system and watersheds; Physiographic regions;
drift; Isostasy; Plate tectonics; Recent views on
Week 6 mountain building; Vulcanicity; Earthquakes and
Mechanism of Indian monsoons and rainfall patterns,
Tropical cyclones and western disturbances; Floods
Tsunamis; Concepts of geomorphic cycles and
and droughts; Climatic regions; Natural vegetation;
Landscape development ; Denudation chronology;
Soil types and their distributions.
Channel morphology; Erosion surfaces; Slope
development ; Applied Geomorphology :
Geohydrology, economic geology and environment.

Space relationship of India with neighboring

Factors controlling landform development;
8/14/17 Day 26 countries; Structure and relief; Drainage system and
endogenetic and exogenetic forces
watersheds

Origin and evolution of the earth's crust; Physiographic regions; Mechanism of Indian
8/15/17 Day 27 Fundamentals of geomagnetism monsoons and rainfall patterns

Physical conditions of the earth's interior; Tropical cyclones and western disturbances; Floods
8/16/17 Day 28 Geosynclines; Continental drift; Isostasy and droughts; Climatic regions

Plate tectonics; Recent views on mountain building;

8/17/17 Day 29 Vulcanicity; Earthquakes and Tsunamis
Natural vegetation; Soil types and their distributions

Concepts of geomorphic cycles and Landscape

development ; Denudation chronology; Channel
8/18/17 Day 30 morphology; Erosion surfaces; Slope development ;
Applied Geomorphology : Geohydrology, economic
geology and environment.

Temperature and pressure belts of the world; Heat

budget of the earth; Atmospheric circulation;
atmospheric stability and instability. Planetary and
local winds; Monsoons and jet streams; Air masses
Resources: Land, surface and ground water, energy,
and fronto genesis, Temperate and tropical cyclones;
minerals, biotic and marine resources; Forest and
Week 7 Types and distribution of precipitation; Weather and
wild life resources and their conservation; Energy
Climate; Koppen's, Thornthwaite's and Trewartha's
crisis.
classification of world climates; Hydrological cycle;
Global climatic change and role and response of man
in climatic changes, Applied climatology and Urban
climate.

Temperature and pressure belts of the world; Heat

8/21/17 Day 31 budget of the earth; Atmospheric circulation; Land, surface and ground water resources
atmospheric stability and instability

Planetary and local winds; Monsoons and jet

8/22/17 Day 32 streams; Air masses and fronto genesis, Temperate Energy and mineral resources
and tropical cyclones

Types and distribution of precipitation; Weather and

8/23/17 Day 33 Climate; Koppen's, Thornthwaite's and Trewartha's Biotic and marine resources
classification of world climates

Hydrological cycle; Global climatic change and role

8/24/17 Day 34 and response of man in climatic changes
Forest and wild life resources and their conservation

8/25/17 Day 35 Applied climatology and Urban climate Energy crisis

Agriculture: Infrastructure: irrigation, seeds,

fertilizers, power; Institutional factors: land holdings,
land tenure and land reforms; Cropping pattern,
Bottom topography of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific
agricultural productivity, agricultural intensity, crop
Oceans; Temperature and salinity of the oceans; Heat
combination, land capability; Agro and social-
and salt budgets, Ocean deposits; Waves, currents
Week 8 and tides; Marine resources: biotic, mineral and
forestry; Green revolution and its socio- economic
and ecological implications; Significance of dry
energy resources; Coral reefs, coral bleaching; sea-
farming; Livestock resources and white revolution;
level changes; law of the sea and marine pollution.
aqua - culture; sericulture, apiculture and poultry;
agricultural regionalisation; agro-climatic zones;
agroecological regions.

Bottom topography of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific

8/28/17 Day 36 Oceans
Infrastructure: irrigation, seeds, fertilizers, power

Temperature and salinity of the oceans; Heat and salt Institutional factors: land holdings, land tenure and
8/29/17 Day 37 budgets, Ocean deposits land reforms

Cropping pattern, agricultural productivity,

8/30/17 Day 38 Waves, currents and tides agricultural intensity, crop combination, land
capability

Agro and social-forestry; Green revolution and its

Marine resources: biotic, mineral and energy
8/31/17 Day 39 socio- economic and ecological implications;
resources
Significance of dry farming

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Livestock resources and white revolution; aqua -

Coral reefs, coral bleaching; sea-level changes; law culture; sericulture, apiculture and poultry;
9/1/17 Day 40 of the sea and marine pollution agricultural regionalisation; agro-climatic zones;
agroecological regions

Industry: Evolution of industries; Locational factors of

Biogeography: Genesis of soils; Classification and cotton, jute, textile, iron and steel, aluminium,
distribution of soils; Soil profile; Soil erosion, fertilizer, paper, chemical and pharmaceutical,
Degradation and conservation; Factors influencing automobile, cottage and agro-based industries;
Week 9 world distribution of plants and animals; Problems of Industrial houses and complexes including public
deforestation and conservation measures; Social sector undertakings; Industrial regionali-sation; New
forestry; agroforestry; Wild life; Major gene pool industrial policies; Multinationals and liberalization;
centres. Special Economic Zones; Tourism including eco -
tourism.

Genesis of soils; Classification and distribution of

9/4/17 Day 41 soils
Evolution of industries; Locational factors of cotton,
Soil profile; Soil erosion, Degradation and jute, textile, iron and steel, aluminium, fertilizer,
9/5/17 Day 42 conservation paper, chemical and pharmaceutical, automobile,
cottage and agro-based industries
Factors influencing world distribution of plants and
9/6/17 Day 43 animals

Industrial houses and complexes including public

Problems of deforestation and conservation
9/7/17 Day 44 sector undertakings; Industrial regionali-sation; New
measures
industrial policies

Social forestry; agroforestry; Wild life; Major gene Multinationals and liberalization; Special Economic
9/8/17 Day 45 pool centres Zones; Tourism including eco - tourism

Principle of ecology; Human ecological adaptations;

Transport, Communication and Trade: Road, railway,
Influence of man on ecology and environment;
waterway, airway and pipeline networks and their
Global and regional ecological changes and
complementary roles in regional development;
imbalances; Ecosystem their management and
Growing importance of ports on national and foreign
Week 10 conservation; Environmental degradation,
trade; Trade balance; Trade Policy; Export processing
management and conservation; Biodiversity and
zones; Developments in communication and
sustainable development; Environmental policy;
information technology and their impacts on
Environmental hazards and remedial measures;
economy and society; Indian space programme.
Environmental education and legislation.

Human ecological adaptations; Influence of man on

9/11/17 Day 46 ecology and environment

Global and regional ecological changes and

Transport, Communication and Trade: Road, railway,
9/12/17 Day 47 imbalances; Ecosystem their management and
waterway, airway and pipeline networks and their
conservation
complementary roles in regional development
Environmental degradation, management and
9/13/17 Day 48 conservation; Biodiversity and sustainable
development

Growing importance of ports on national and foreign

Environmental policy; Environmental hazards and
9/14/17 Day 49 trade; Trade balance; Trade Policy; Export processing
remedial measures
zones

Developments in communication and information

9/15/17 Day 50 Environmental education and legislation technology and their impacts on economy and
society; Indian space programme

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