UPPSC GEOGRAPHY OPTIONAL SYLLABUS
Aspirants who qualify prelims and choose Geography optional for mains often find difficulty in getting the latest Syllabus with previous year’s questions. Here we have analyzed and studied the official UPPSC Notification wherein the syllabus for the exam is given by the commission.
Aspirants can trust the syllabus given below as it is official released by UPPSC commission in its notification . In order to get proper idea about exam pattern , previous years questions have been also given below for latest mains exam conducted .
Geography optional is one of the most popular optional chosen by aspirants for its scoring nature . Although the syllabus is vast and requires lot of effort to complete it , 4 months is sufficient time to fully complete the syllabus .
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| PAPER – II (GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA) SECTION (A) PHYSICAL & HUMAN GEOGRAPHY |
| 1. Physical Features: Geological systems and structure: Relief and drainage, soils and natural vegetation; soil degradation and deforestation, origin and mechanism of Indian Monsoon, climatic region, physiographic region. 2. Wild Life, National Park, Sanctuaries, biospheric reserves, biodiversity hot-spots. 3. Wetland, tourism- resource and economy, natural hazards, disasters and management, environmental issues. 4. Population and Settlements- Distribution and growth, structural characteristics of population, Rural Settlements- types, patterns and morphology, urban settlement- criteria and classification of urban Settlement, hierarchy and umland, Urbanisastion, Urban Policy, Urban Planning, role of Small Towns, Smart City and Smart Village. 5. Political organization: historical perspective on unity and diversity, states reorganization; regional consciousness and national integration, geographical basis of Centre-State relations, International Boundaries of India and related geo-political issues, India and the geopolitics of Indian ocean, India and the SAARC. |
| SECTION (B) ECONOMIC & REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY |
| 6. Agriculture: Salient Features of Indian Agriculture, problem of wastelands and their reclamation, cropping patterns and intensity, agricultural efficiency and productivity, impact of green revolution, agricultural regions, agro-ecological regions, land holding patterns, land reforms, crop combination regions, modernization of agriculture and agricultural planning. 7. Resources: Distributional patterns, reserves and production trends, complementarity of minerals, energy resources- coal, petroleum, hydro-power, mulitipurpose river valley projects, energy crisis and search for alternatives, marine resources and biotic resources. 8. Industries: Industrial development, major Industries- Iron & Steel, Textiles, Paper, Cement, Fertilizers, Sugar and Petro-Chemicals, Industrial Complexes and regions, industrial policy. 9. Transport and Trade: Railways and Roads networks, problems and prospects of Civil Aviation and Water Transport; Inter-Regional Trade International trade, Major Ports and Trade Centres. 10. Regional Development and Planning: Problems of regional development and planning strategies, multi- level planning, planning regions, planning for Metropolitan, Tribal, Hilly, Drought-prone Regions, Watershed Management, Regional disparities in development, Five Year Plans and planning for sustainable development. |
