| Indian Geography |
| 1. Physiography of India |
- Geological Region
- Location
- Physiographic Sub-Units
- Mountain System
- The Peninsular – Peninsular Plateaus
- Plains – Northern Plains of India
- Lakes
- Deserts
- Indian Coasts and Islands
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| 2. Drainage System |
- Classification of Drainage
- Himalayan Drainage
- Indus river system
- Indus drainage system
- Ganga River System
- Brahmaputra river system
- Peninsular River System
- East flowing Rivers
- West flowing Rivers
- Mains Rivers and their tributaries
- Famous cities and river banks
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| 3. Climate |
- Factors influencing the climate of India
- Monsoon
- Mechanism of the Monsoon
- EL NINO and LA NINA
- Seasonal rhythm
- Koppen’s Climatic classification
- Indian Droughts and Floods
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| 4. Soils in India |
- Soil Acidity
- Soil textures
- Minerals of Soil
- Soil Erosion
- Soil Conservation
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| 5. Natural Vegetation |
- Vegetation
- Mangroves
- Distribution of Forest Area
- Forest Problems in India
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| 6. Population |
- Size, growth rate and distribution of population
- India in World Population
- Demographic transition
- Census in India
- Ranking of States and Union
- Territories by population: 2001 & 2011
- Population Growth Rates
- Population: States and UT
- Decadal growth rate
- National Population Policy
- Density of population
- Literacy
- Literacy in major states
- Literacy rate in India: 1951-2011
- Ranking of States and UTs by literacy rate: 2011
- Gender composition of the Population
- Trends in Sex Ratio in India
- Child sex ratio in age group 0-6 yrs
- Sex ratio of age 7 years and above population
- Old Age People
- Health Indicators
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| 7. Settlements and Urbanization |
- Rural Settlements
- Factors affecting settlement patterns
- Settlement types
- Urbanization
- Urban Agglomeration / Cities
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| 8. Land Resource |
- Land-use
- Land capability classification
- Causes of Land Degradation
- Impact of Land Degradation
- Steps taken by GOI
- Sustainable Land Management
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| 9. Mineral Resource |
- Types of minerals: Metallic minerals
- Non-metallic mineral
- Distribution of minerals and mining regions
- Distribution, production and international
- trade of Metallic minerals: Ferrous metals:
- Iron ore
- Ferro-alloys and non-ferrous
- Manganese
- Chromium
- Nickel
- Tungsten
- Antimony
- Copper
- Bauxite and Aluminium
- Zinc; Lead
- Tin
- Gold
- Silver
- Platinum
- Mineral chemicals
- Mica
- Potash
- Phosphate
- Nitrates
- Sulphur
- Conservation of mineral resources
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| 10. Energy resources |
- Classification of energy
- Production of conventional energy
- General trends of energy production and consumption
- Reserves and sources of energy
- Coal
- Nature and origin of coal
- Constituents and kinds of coal
- Coal fi elds and coal production
- Byproducts of coal
- Conservation of Coal
- Petroleum
- Nature and properties of petroleum
- Origin and recovery
- Exploration
- Petroleum refi ning
- Petroleum reserves
- Producing areas
- Consumption of petroleum
- International trade
- OPEC and its role in oil trade
- Natural gas: Reserves and Production
- Hydro-electricity
- Advantages of hydro-electricity
- Ideal conditions for generation of
- hydro-electricity
- Distribution of potential hydro-power
- Hydro-electric power generation in India
- Atomic (nuclear) energy
- Atomic: source minerals: Uranium
- World distribution of Uranium
- Production of Uranium
- Thorium
- Production of Atomic (Nuclear) Energy
- Nuclear Energy
- Alternative (non-conventional)
- sources of energy
- Solar energy
- Wind energy
- Geothermal power
- Tidal energy
- Wave energy
- Biomass energy
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| 11. Agriculture Basic Terminologies |
- Performance of the agriculture sector
- Types of farming in India
- Dry zone farming
- Organic farming
- Cropping seasons in India
- Cropping Pattern in India
- Agriculture regionalization
- Infrastructure factors: Seeds; Fertilizers; Irrigation
- Land use pattern in India
- Institutional Factors as land reform
- Horticulture sector in India
- Agricultural revolutions
- Agricultural labours
- Price Policy for Agriculture
- Agricultural marketing
- Agricultural Insurance
- Agricultural Census
- Major schemes in agricultural sector
- National Policy for farmers
- Impact of climate change on agriculture
- What is sustainable agriculture?
- Use of IT in agriculture
- Agriculture Issues and Challenges
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| 12. Recent developments in agriculture field |
- NITI Aayog proposed the idea of taxation of agricultural income
- Removing agricultural commodities from the essential commodities Act: NITI Aayog
- Feminization of Agriculture
- e-auction portal : e-Rakam for selling agricultural produce
- “AGRI-UDAAN” – Food and agri-business acceleration 2.0 to bring startup revolution
- APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Food
- Products Export Development Authority Act)
- SMAM (Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization)
- Jute-ICARE Project
- Project CHAMAN
- Doubling the farmers income: Ashok Dalwai Committee
- RKVY-RAFTAAR
- Agro Irradiation Centers
- Agricultural Marketing and Farm
- Friendly Reforms Index
- National Food Security Act
- Digitization and Agriculture
- Direct Benefit Transfer in Fertilizer Sector
- Draft Regulation on Fortification of Foods
- Law Commission Recommendation on Food Laws
- Concept of Modern Terminal Markets
- Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries
- e-Pashuhaat Portal
- Schemes of Bio-Tech Kisan and
- Cattle Genomics
- RashtriyaGokul Mission
- Mission Fingerling
- Ornamental Fishing
- Agricultural Science Congress
- RubSiS
- Ethanol Blending
- National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources
- Amendments to the NABARD Act, 1981
- Revenue Insurance Scheme
- for Plantation Crops
- Neem Coating of Urea
- National Agriculture Market
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| 13. Productivity of Crops and conditions for growth |
- Wheat
- Conditions of growth
- Varieties
- Types of cultivation
- Production pattern
- International trade
- Rice
- Conditions of growth
- Varieties
- Methods of cultivation
- Production pattern
- International trade
- Maize (Corn)
- Conditions of growth
- Production pattern
- International trade
- Barley
- Oats
- Rye
- Beverages
- Tea
- Coffee
- Cocoa
- Tobacco
- Fibre Crops
- Cotton
- Jute
- Raw Silk
- Natural Rubber
- Sugarcane
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| 14. Industry |
- Industrial development
- Iron and Steel Industry
- Location of iron and steel industry
- Development of iron manufacture
- Distribution of iron and steel industry
- Global steel production
- International trade in Steel
- Textile Industry
- Cotton Textile Industry: Location of the industry
- Recent trends in localization
- Distribution and production of cotton textiles
- Woollen textile industry: Location of the industry
- Silk textile industry: Raw silk manufacture
- Silk textile manufacturing Synthetic (artificial) silk industry
- Distribution of man-made fibre and fabrics
- Engineering Industries
- Machine tools and machines: Areas of production
- Industrial machinery: Textile machinery
- Agricultural machinery
- Manufacturing of transport equipment
- Automobile industry
- Shipbuilding
- Aircrafts Industry
- Fertilizer industry: Nitrogen fertilizers
- Phosphate fertilizers
- Potash fertilizers
- Agro-industries
- Synthetic rubber industry
- Pulp and paper industry: Essential conditions for pulp production
- Production of paper and paper board
- Newsprint
- Cement industry
- Distribution of cement industry
- Recent trends: Main global competitors
- Petroleum refining industry: Localization
- Site selection of petroleum refineries
- History of oil refineries
- World pattern of oil refining
- Petroleum products
- Industrial Regions
- Characteristics of industrial regions
- Delimitation of an industrial region
- Principal industrial regions of the world
- Industrial regions of Anglo America—USA, Canada, Western Europe and Central Britain, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Italy, Eastern Europe, Poland, Former USSR
- Eastern Asia—Japan, China, the ‘Dragons’, India, High tech patterns.
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| 15. Transport |
- Importance and development of transport
- Means of transport
- Transport costs and economic distance
- Operating costs in transport
- Relative importance of means
- of transport: Railways, Roads, Pipeline, Oceans, Air transport
- Profits and freight rates
- Government’s transport policy
- Ocean transport routes
- Inland waterways
- Main regions of inland waterways
- Railways: Factors affecting the railroads
- Distribution of railroads in the world
- Air transport: Factors influencing air transport
- Air transport in various continents
- Pipeline transport
- Petroleum (oil) pipelines
- Gas pipelines
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| 16. Recent Development in Transport Sector |
- Rural electrification corporation:
- First green bond
- Time and costs over runs of infrastructure projects
- India’s First Mega Coastal Economic Zone (CEZ) to come up in Maharashtra
- Logistic sector gets infrastructure status
- AIIB approves $150 million for India infrastructure fund
- Ro-Ro Ferry service
- Bharatmala project for construction of 24,000 km of highway connecting
- Western and Eastern part
- Union Ministry of shipping is planning to expand Logistics Data Bank (LDB)
- Railways India Development Fund
- National Infrastructure Investment Fund
- Defence Innovation Fund
- Flexi Fare Method in Railway
- Rail Cadre Management
- TRI-NETRA in Railways
- National Rail Plan 2030
- India’s First Caterpillar Train
- Green corridor concept
- Made in India ‘Medha’ train
- Antyodaya Express
- Smart Railway Station
- Yatri Mitra Seva
- National Highways Interconnectivity
- Vehicle Fleet Modernization Programme
- Transit Oriented Development Policy
- Logistic Efficiency Enhancement Programme
- Indian Bridge Management System
- National Road Safety Policy
- TARANG
- E-trans
- DEEP (Discovery of Efficient
- Electricity Price
- GARV II APP
- Trading of Energy Saving Certificates
- Powers for all 24×7
- Draft National Electricity Plan
- Habitat Commitment Index
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| 17. Recent developments in Industrial Sector |
- Disinvestment of PSUs
- Report titled “India’s Labour Market: A New Emphasis on Gainful Employment
- Wage code Bill in line of recommendations of 2nd National Commission on Labour
- CAR for the operation of Drones in India
- Draft Evaluation template for the star rating of Minor Minerals
- Online database containing GIS-Enabled portal Maps land related information
- Chennai-Bangalore Industrial Corridor
- Apex Corridor Developmental Authority
- Tamra Portal
- Mining Surveillance System
- Coal Mitra
- M-SIPS for Electronic Sector
- Indian Enterprise Development Service
- Trade Receivables Discounting System
- SME Business Environment Index
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