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Analysis Of Syllabus With The Help Of Cluster Approach

Following are the topics of the syllabus, which may be analysed in the following way along  with thenumber of the respective topics:

Paper- I 

  1. Geomorphology 21
  2. Climatology 19
  3. Oceanography 13
  4. Biogeography 09
  5. Environmental Geog. 12
  6. Perspective in Human Geog. 10
  7. Economic Geography 11
  8. Population and Settlement Geog 20
  9. Regional Planning 07
  10. Models and Theories 12

Total 134

Paper II

  1. India Physical Setting 11
  2. Resources 10
  3. Agriculture 21
  4. Industries 16
  5. Transport Communication and Trade 07
  6. Cultural Setting 08
  7. Settlement 09
  8. Regional Planning and Development 14
  9. Political Aspects 08
  10. Contemporary Issues 19

Total 123

Grand Total Paper I and II 257

 

If the above mentioned 257 chapters’ interrelationship is analysed, then we will find that there are many topics which are related to each other and might show the applied part of the topic. In other words, instead of studying the chapters separately, they must be studied and analysed together. This results not only in holistic approach but also comes to light the common facets of the topics. Thus the knowledge one gets in this approach is correlative and interactive of all the topics. We can better understand this fact by the following examples:

  1. There is a chapter in Geomorphology— Earth Movements, Endogenetic and Exogenetic Forces. Other topics which are related to this topic is —
    1. Factors affecting Landforms.
    2. Sea Floor Spreading and Isostasy

Related topics found in paper II – Under Contemporary Issues are:

  1. Landslide
  2. Earthquake
  1. Similarly we may find the following chapters of Geomorphology are interrelated and how the cluster approach preparation would be helpful.
    1. Continental Drift Theory
    2. Plate Tectonics
    3. Mountain Building
    4. Volcanism
    5. Earthquake
    6. Tsunami

The topics of paper II which are related to these areas:

  1. Evolution of Himalayas
  2. Earthquake in India
  3. Tsunamis in India
  4. Structure and Physical Features of India

Following cluster approach, if one is studying and prparing one topic, then it diesnt pay much, while preparation of all the additional topics can be done with just the double the amount of effort but developing an ability to handle all ten topics, with five times as less effort as required.

By now it must be clear to the aspirants how to follow the mode of cluster approach and benefit from it. The 257 topics, when clustered and analysed accordingly, then we come to a limited number of topics, i.e., only 41, as shown in the following list:

Paper- I 

  1. Geomorphology 3
  2. Climatology 2
  3. Oceanography 1
  4. Biogeography 1
  5. Environmental Geog. 1
  6. Economic Geography 3
  7. Population and Settlement Geog 7
  8. Regional Planning 1

Total 19

Paper II

  1. India Physical Setting 6
  2. Resources 2
  3. Agriculture 3
  4. Industries 1
  5. Transport Communication and Trade 1
  6. Cultural Setting 1
  7. Settlement 3
  8. Regional Planning and Development 1
  9. Political Aspects 1
  10. Contemporary Issues 3

Total 22

Grand Total Paper I and II 41 topics

CLUSTER APPROACH: LIST OF INTERLINKED TOPICS, PAPER-I

SECTION

INTERNAL LINKS

CHAPTER LINK

PAPER-I

CHAPTER LINK

PAPER-II

GEOMORPHOLOGY
  1. Earth Movements & Endogenetic Forces 
  2. Exogentic Forces 
  3. Factors affecting landforms development 
  4. See Level Change (Eustasy)
   Contemporary Issues

Landslides
  1. Continental Drift 
  2. Plate Tectonics 
  3. Mountain Building 
  4. Volcanism 
  5. Earthquakes 
  6. Tsunamis 
  
  1. Contemporary Issues 
  2. India Physical Aspects
  1. Geomorphic Cycles
  2. Slope Development

CLIMATOLOGY
  1. Jet Stream
  2. Temperate Cyclones 
  3. Tropical Cyclones 
  4. Climatic Classification 

India Physical Aspects

  1. Western Disturbance
  2. Tropical Cyclones 
  3. Climatic Classification
  1. Global Climate Change 
  2. Role and Response of Man in Climate Change 

Environmental Geography 

  1. Global Warming
  2. Ozone Hole
  3. Sea Level Change
  4. Coral Bleaching 

OCEANOGRAPHY
  1. Ocean Bottom Relief 
  2. Marine Resources 

India Resources 

India Political Geography 

BIO-

GEOGRAPHY 
  1. Factors Affecting Plant and Animal Distribution 
  2. Biomes 
  3. Deforestation & Conservation Measures 
  4. Wildlife Conservation and Management 
  5. Agro Social Forestry 

Environmental Geography

Environmental Degradation

India Physical Aspect

  1. Vegetation 
  2. Forest Resources 
  3. Wildlife Resources 
  4. Deforestation
  5. Desertification, 
  6. Social Forestry

ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY 
  1. Biodiversity 
  2. Ecosystem Management 
  3. Environmental Management

India Resources

  1. Forest Resources 
  2. Biotic Resources 
  3. Wildlife Resources

Contemporary Issues

  1. Deforestation
  2. Desertification
  3. Environmental Pollution

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

 World Economic Development

Population Geography

  1. Secularisation 
  2. Social Capital 

Models

  1. Rostow’s Model 

Contemporary Issues

Globalisation
World Energy Crises   

India Resources

  1. India’s Energy Problem 
  2. Rural Power
Agricultural Inputs and productivity   

Indian Agriculture 

Agricultural Productivity & Efficiency

POPULATION & SETTLEMENT

GEOGRAPHY

 Demographic Attributes 

India Cultural Setting

Demographic Attributes 
Migration  Internal Migration 
Types & Patterns of Rural Settlement   

Settlement Geography

  1. Types & Patterns of Rural Settlement
  2. Rural Morphology
Functional Classification of Towns  Functional Classification of towns
Sphere of Urban Influence  City Region
Urban Morphology  Morphology of Indian Cities
  1. Problems and Remedies of Urbanisation 
  2. Sustainable Development of Towns 
  
  1. India’s Urban Problem 
  2. Town Planning
  3. Satellite Towns
  4. Sustainable Development

REGIONAL PLANNING
  1. Regional Imbalances 
  2. Regional Development Strategies 

REGIONAL PLANNING

Regional Imbalances

CLUSTER APPROACH: LIST OF INTERLINKED TOPICS, PAPER-II

INDIA PHYSICAL SETTING

 Geology and Structure 

Geomorphology

Evolution of Earth’s Crust 

Plate Tectonics 
Relief and Physiographic Regions 

Base for all the Topics of Indian Geography
Drainage   
  1. Water Resources
  2. Irrigation 
  3. Watershed
Monsoon 

Climatology 
  1. Floods
  2. Drought
Climatic Regions 

Climatology 
Natural Vegetation   
  1. Forest Resources 
  2. Deforestation 
  3. Wildlife 
  4. Biodiversity

INDIA RESOURCES 

 Water Resources   
  1. Linking of Rivers 
  2. Irrigation 
  3. Command Area Development 
  4. Drought Dry Land Farming 
  5. DPAP
  1. Forest 
  2. Biotic 
  3. Wildlife Resources 
 Biodiversity 

Vegetation

INDIAN AGRICULTURE 

 Irrigation 

Base Topic
Green Revolution   
  1. Sustainable Development 
  2. Agricultural Productivity
  3. Dry Land Development
Dry Land Farming   
  1. Sustainable Development
  2. Drought & Drought Prone area Programme, Desertification 
  3. Watershed

INDIAN INDUSTRY 
  1. New Industrial Policy 
  2. Multinationals & Liberalisation 
  
  1. Globalisation 
  2. Trade Policy 
  3. Export Promotion Zones

INDIA TRANSPORT 
  1. Rail, Road, Air,Inland Water & Pipeline Transportation
  2. Competition & Complementarity 

INDIA CULTURAL SETTING 
  1. Racial and Linguistic. Ethnic Diversity 
  2. Major Tribes, 
  3. Tribal Areas and Problems
  

Regional Planning

  1. Tribal Area Development Programme
  2. Industry
  3. Cottage Industry

INDIA  SETTLEMENT 

 Types, Patterns & Morphology of Rural Settlement

Settlement Geography

Types, Patterns & Morphology of Rural Settlement

 Types, Patterns & Morphology of Rural Settlement
  1. Morphology of Indian Cities 
  2. Urban Sprawl 
  3. RUF
 Urban Morphology
  1. Urban Problems
  2. Slums 
  3. Town Planning 
 Sustainable Development of Cities

REGION. PLAN
  1. Multi Level Planning 
  2. Decentralised Planning 
  3. Panchayati Raj 

Indian Industry

Cottage Industry 

Resources

Water Resources

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY 

General Studies

General Studies

General Studies

General Studies

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
  1. Environmental Hazards
  2. Earthquake 
  3. Tsunami
  4. Floods 
  5. Drought 
  6. Landslide  

Geomorphology 

India Physical

Geology
  1. Environmental Degradation 
  2. Environmental Awareness
  3. Desertification 
  4. Pollution  
 Environmental Degradation 
Regional Disparities in Economic Development 

Base Topic

 

CLUSTER APPROACH: LIST OF IMPORTANT INTERLINKED TOPICS, PAPER-I

Section

Internal Links

Chapter Link

Paper-I

Chapter Link

Paper-Ii

GEOMORPHOLOGY
  1. Continental Drift 
  2. Plate Tectonics 
  3. Mountain Building 
  4. Volcanism 
  5. Earthquakes 
  6. Tsunamis 
  

Contemporary Issues 

India Physical Aspects

Evolution of  Himalayas

Evolution of Basalts

Earthquake in India

Tsunami in India

CLIMATOLOGY
  1. Jet Stream
  2. Temperate Cyclones 
  3. Tropical Cyclones 
  4. Climatic Classification 
 Western Disturbance in India

Tropical Cyclones in India

India’s Climatic Classification 

Western Disturbance in India

OCEANOGRAPHY
  1. Ocean Bottom Relief 
  2. Marine Resources 
  3. Marine Pollution
  4. Coral Bleaching

India Resources 

BIOGEOGRAPHY 
  1. Factors Affecting Plant and Animal Distribution 
  2. Biomes 
  3. Deforestation & Conservation Measures 
  4. Wildlife Conservation and Management 
  5. Agro Social Forestry 

Environmental Geography

Environmental Degradation

India Physical Aspect

  1. Vegetation 
  2. Forest Resources 
  3. Wildlife Resources 
  4. Deforestation
  5. Desertification, 
  6. Social Forestry

Environmental Geography 
  1. Biodiversity 
  2. Ecosystem Management 
  3. Environmental Management

India Resources

  1. Forest Resources 
  2. Biotic Resources 
  3. Wildlife Resources

Contemporary Issues

  1. Deforestation
  2. Desertification
  3. Environmental Pollution

Economic Geography 

 World Economic Development

Population Geography

  1. Secularisation 
  2. Social Capital 

Models

  1. Rostow’s Model 

Contemporary Issues

Globalisation
World Energy Crises   

India Resources

  1. India’s Energy Problem 
  2. Rural Power
Agricultural Inputs and productivity   

Indian Agriculture 

Agricultural Productivity & Efficiency

Population Geography

 Demographic Attributes  Demographic Attributes 
Migration  Internal Migration in India

Settlement Geography
  1. Problems and Remedies of Urbanisation 
  2. Sustainable Development of Towns 
  
  1. India’s Urban Problem 
  2. Town Planning
  3. Satellite Towns
  4. Sustainable Development

IMPORTANT LIST OF AGGLOMERATED/CLUSTERED TOPICS PAPER-II

Topics

Chapter Link

Paper-I

Base for all the Topics of Indian Geography

India Physical Aspects
  1. Relief and Physiographic Regions Monsoon 
  2. Floods
  3. Drought

India Resources 

 Water Resources   
  1. Linking of Rivers 
  2. Irrigation 
  3. Command Area Development 
  4. Drought Dry Land Farming 
  5. DPAP
  6. Desertification
  7. Watershed
  8. Grouan and surface water resource
  9. Water Harvesting

Indian Industry 
  1. New Industrial Policy 
  2. Multinationals & Liberalisation 
  
  1. Globalisation 
  2. Trade Policy 
  3. Export Promotion Zones

India Transport 
  1. Rail, Road, Air,Inland Water & Pipeline Transportation
  2. Competition & Complementarity 

India Cultural Setting 
  1. Racial and Linguistic Ethnic Diversity 
  2. Major Tribes, 
  3. Tribal Areas and Problems
  

Regional Planning

  1. Tribal Area Development Programme
  2. Industry
  3. Cottage Industry

India Settlement
  1. Urban Problems
  2. Slums 
  3. Town Planning 
 Sustainable Development of Cities

India Regional Planning 
  1. Multi Level Planning 
  2. Decentralised Planning 
  3. Panchayati Raj 

Indian Industry

  1. Cottage Industry 
  2. Water Resources

Contemporary Issues
  1. Environmental Hazards
  2. Earthquake 
  3. Tsunami
  4. Floods 
  5. Drought 
  6. Landslide  

Geomorphology 

India Physical

Geology
  1. Environmental Degradation 
  2. Environmental Awareness
  3. Desertification 
  4. Pollution  
 Environmental Degradation 
Regional Disparities in Economic Development 

Base Topic

 

Thus a new paradigm in the form of cluster approach is introduced to make Geography preparation more easy and adaptable. If the aspirants follow this approach, no doubt they will be directed towards the right path and success.