COUNTRY IN THE WORLD'S CONTEXT Physical Environment
1. Locational setting – size and area.
2. Structure – Relief and drainage, major physiographic divisions and their characteristics.
3. Climate: - Factors affecting weather and climate – Temperature: factors affecting temperature; atmospheric pressure conditions during the year
4. Natural vegetation: Classification of vegetation types and their geographical distribution; importance of the trees in these forests; status of the tropical forests in comparison to other countries of the tropical world. Potential and exploitation. Our efforts at conservation.
5. Population and Human settlements
(i) Population
(ii) National and State level patterns of population distribution.
(iii) Pattern of population growth in the last three decades
(iv) Migration trends
(v) Demographic attributes at National level
(vi) Rural settlements – Size and number of villages in 2001. Types and patterns in hill
areas, plains and coastal locations.
(vii) Urban settlements – size classification of towns in 2001. Trends over the last 30 years;
6. Resources
(i) Land resources – Land use pattern
(ii) Water resources and types of irrigation.
(iii) Agriculture: Types, development and problems.
(a) Wet and dry farming, crop rotation and crop combination, intensity of cropping, problem of agriculture; use of technology in agriculture. Modern inputs, change over from subsistence to commercial agriculture, scope of Green Revolution.
(b) Comparative study of:
(i) Conditions of growth (soil, temperature, rainfall requirements, crop seasons, secondary crops cultivatedwith them)(ii) Methods of cultivation
(iii) World production
(iv) Major producing states
Food grains
Commercial and industrial crops –
Market Gardening and Orchard
Farming
Fishing
Minerals and power resources.
Infrastructural Resources (Development of Transport and Communication).
(a) Railways – Roadways – Water transport (inland and coastal) – air transport- pipelines -
(b) Communication – Importance of communication
8. Industries
(a) Study of the location and distribution of important industrial centres; a general
comparison of disparities.
(b) Major and minor industrial regions – factors governing their growth. Achievements and
problems of industrial development and disparity in India over the last three Five Year Plans.
(c) Location, production and growth of the following industries:
(i) Agro based industries – Sugar, cotton textile, and ready-made garments.
(ii) Mineral based industries – Iron and steel, aluminium, cement, and transport equipment. Petrochemicals, including refineries and fertilizers.
(d) Tourism industry – Major natural and cultural tourist areas
9. Regional Economic Development
10. Map Work
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