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\ PAPER - I (,{) - (Full Marks -- 75)
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
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Unit - 1 Origin of solar system (Theories of Kant and Laplace, Jeans & Jeffrey's & Big Bang
Theory).
lnternal structure of the earth
lsostasy : Pratt's and Airy's views
Earthquake and Vulcanism
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of Geomorphology
1. William, D. Thornbury - Principles
2. Savindra Singh - GeomorPhologY (
3. EnaYat Ahmed - GeomorPhologY
4. F DaYal- GeomorPhologY (
5.WooldrigeandMorgan-AnoutlineofGeomorphology
6" R' N. Tikka - PhYsical GeograPhY (
and Oceanography
1. D. S. Lal - Physital Geography' Climatology
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PAPER - II (A) i
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Full Marks - 75 (
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Unit-1 : Asia : Phvsical asoects
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. PhysiograPhY
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" Drainage
. Climate (
. NaturalVegetation
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Resources
Unit -2: Asia : Econo.tTv and Human
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Characteristics of Agriculture
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Mineral resources - lron ore, Manganese, Tin and (
Power resources - Coal, Petroleum and Hydel Power
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Population and its Problems Uh.to"'
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SECTION -B
Unlt-3: China
. PhysiograPhY
\ . Climate and Agricultural regions
. lndustrial Development
\ . lndustries - lron and Steel, Cotton Textile
\ . Population
Unit-4 : Japan
. Physiography
\ . Fisheries
\o . lndustries - lron & Steel and Automobile
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lndustrial Regions
Population
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Unit-5 : Neighbourinq Countrigs
\ ' A balanced Geographical account of Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan
\ Books Recommended:
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L. D. Stamp
Cressey
- Asia (Hindi & Engtish)
- Asia's Lands and People (Hindi & English)
Ginsberg - Pattern of Asia
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Robinson - Monsoon Lands
Dobby - Monsoon Asia
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7. Mamoria and Agrawal - Asia Ka pradeshik Bhugol (Hindi)
8" Tirtha - Geography of Asia
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PAPER-r(B) &II(B)
PRACTICAL - 50 MARKS
Unit -2 10 Marks
lnterpretation of Topographical maps
Cartograms . Bar diagram - Simple and Compound, Pie Diagram
't5 Marks
Unit -3 Map P.roiections
. Cylindrical Equi-distant
. Cylindrical Equal area
. Zenithal Equi-distant
. Zenithal EqualArea
. Simple Conicalwith one standard parallel
. Conical with two standard parallels
Books Recommended:
1. Singh and Dutta - Elements of Practical Geography
2. Singh and Kanaujia - Practical Geography
? Jagdish Singh and others - Prayogik Bhugol (Hindi)
4. L. R. Singh - Fundamentals of Fractical Geography
5. Ashish Sarkar - Practical Geography - A Systematic approach
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GEOGRAPHY
Ten questions will be set in all selecting two questions from each lInit. Examinees will be requirecl to
answer five questions selecting one question from each Unit
Unit-2 : Aqriculture
" Soil- types, erosion & conservation
. Characteristics of Agriculture
. Major Crops - Rice, wheat, sugarcane, cotton
. lmportance and means of irrigation
Unit-3 :
. Mineral Resources - lron ore, Manganese, Mica
. Power Resources - Coal, petroleum and Hydel power
' selected industries - rron and steer, cotton textire and Sugar
Unit-4 : Population
. Growth and Distribution
' Population problems and policies
' Types and patterns of rural setflements
' Rural- Urban Migration
GEOGRAPHY
Unit-1 : Aqriculture
. Subsistence farming
. Commercial grain Farming
. Plantation agriculture
. Dairy Farming
. Mediterranean Agriculture
Unit-2 : lndustries
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lndusti'ial Location Theory of Weber
Agricultural Locatton Theory of Von Thunen H,",'W
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Ir-3:
lnternational trade with reference
to WTO
Globalization and its rmpact on
economy
frade routes - Suez and panama
canals
SECI'ION - B
ItESQURqti G Ee G_!l4\pHy
Unit-5 ;
Books Recommended:
1. Jones and Darkenwald _ Economie
Geography
2. Zimmerman - World resources
and industries
3. Alexander - Economic Geography
4. Alexander - Geography of Manufacturing
5. Buchanan and Estall- Economic
Oeogrlphy
6, ittel- Geography of Manufacturing
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7. Kashi Nath Singh _ Arthik
Bhugot lriinAil
B. a1O Chattoraj _ EconomL
fun.a Geography
9. Negi- Resources Geography (English
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Kaushik and Sharma
11. Mamoria -Arthik Bhugot
- Sansadhan ehugot (l_lindi
(Hindi)
12.
I_|gn:u. -_oeosraphy, A Modern Synthesis
13, Hntnwish Roy Economic
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- Ceograpny _ A Study f Resources
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Goh cheg Leong &
Giriam c. ltiorgrn Hrr.n and
- Economic Geography
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PRACTICAL - 50 MARKS
15 Marks
gartoqrams
Unit -'l :
. ProPortionate Circles
. ClimograPh
. HythergraPh
. lsoPleth and ChoroPteth
. Age and Sex PYramid
15 Marks
Unit-2: Proigctions
' Bonne's Proiection - ' "1'o'^iontiorl
and Mercator's Proiection
' Polyconic' Jinu'oiOtr Orthographic
Stereographic and
. Pola' t"t"' o'Gnomonic'
10 Marks
Unit-3 :
: t1*:andstandardDeviation
10 Marks
work and viva - voce
Record of Practical
Unit -4:
Practical Geography
2. Singh anO t<anauiia - (Hindi)
and others - Prayogic Bhugot
3. Jagdish Singh and Diagrams
and Wilkinson - Maps
4. Monkhouse
of PracticatGeography
5. *''t"nn - Fundamental A Systematic approach
'Ashish Sarkar - p"ttit'f"Olography - /' 8,b"
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SECTION. B
HUI/rAN GEOGRAPHY
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Meaning, Definition and Scope of Human Geography
Evolution of man
Cultural realms of the world
Human activities in Mountain environment, Monsoon lands, Equatorial regions,
Temperate Grasslands
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Urbanization and related problems
Growth pole theory
\a) Christaller's Central place
Theory
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Frts Recommended:
,,t 1 Hartshorne - Nature of Geography
i 2. R. Minshull- Changing Nature of Geography
3 Freeman - A hundred years of Geography
4. Hussain M. - GeograPhical Thought
5. Kaushik - Bhaugolik Chintan
o. Adhikari S. *'Human GeograPhY
7. Robinson - Human GeograPhY
8. Ernery Jones - Human GeograPhY
L S. D. Kaushik - Manav Bhugol Ke Siddhanta (Hindi)
10. chandna and Sidhu - Geography of Population (Hindi and English)
11. Bansal - Nagriya Bhugol (Hindi)
SECTION.A,
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPIIY
uni'f -r : Geosraphv
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' EcologY and Eco sYstem
' Major EcosYstems of the world
Ecological balance and imbalance
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Unit-3: Environmental degradation and Managernent
. Natural Disasters : Drought, Flood and Earlhquakes - Causes, effects and Mitigation
. harvesting
Rain water harvesting r
. Watershed Management
. Sustainable Development
SEC'IION - B
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Part - VII (FuIl Marks - 1OO)
OPTIONAL PAPERS
Students are required to opt any one group out of Groups A, B, C and D.
GROUP. A
POPULATION GEOGRAPIIY
Ten questions will be set in all selecting two questions from each Unit. Examinees will be requirec
answer tive questions selecting one question from each Unit.
a Occupational structure
Literacy
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Age and Sex
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Major religions
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Languages
OPTIONAL PAPER
GROUP. B
GEqLOGY OF rNprA
T'en questions will be set in all selecting two questions from each Unit. Examinees
will be required to
answer five questions selecting one question
from eaeh Llnit
Unit -1 a
Nature and Scope of Geology
Standard Stratigraphical Scale
lndian Stratigraphical Scale
Principles of co-reration of standard and rndian stratigraphicar
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-5 Geologieal Evolution of
Himalayas
Chotanagpur plateau
Rajmahal highlands
Deccan Trap
Aravalli
Books Recommended:
1. Wadia _ Geology of lndia
2. Krishnan _ Geology of lndia
3. p. K. Mukherjee _
A Textbook of Geology
4. Brown and Dey _ Mineral Wealth
of lndia
5. Tyrrol_ petrology
6. M. Wadia _ Minerals of lndia
7, Bateman _ Economic Meneral
Deposits
OPTIONAL PAPER
GROUP. C
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Acquaintance with Theodolite,
Principle of Sextant
Shape and Size of the earth
Scales and their types
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Scale of spheres and circles
Vernier scale
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Urban Population growth in lndia
Morphological characteristics of lndian towns
urban growth concept : Theories of Burgess,
Hoyt, Harris and uilman
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PAPER VIII
PRACTICAL (F,'ull Manks _ 100 Marks)
SECTION_A (50Marks)
Unit-l : Survevino
15 Marks
. plane Table Survey
. Resection with plane Table
. Open and Closed Traverse with prismatic
Cornpass
. Levelling
Unit-2 :
SECTION-B (50Marks)
Unit-4 :
30 Marks
' Project Report : A short anarysis
with map based on fierd study and
co,ection of data on any topic approved
by the Head of the Department
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B.A. - I cEocRAPHY (suBsIDIARYl
PAPER _ I (A) (Fuil Marks _ 75)
SECTION - A
SECTION - B
Unit-4 : Agriculture
- subsistence, commerciar grain farming, prantation ,
Unit-S : selected industries- lron and steel in USA and Japan., cotton textile of U.s.A. and china
Major trade routes Suez Canal, panama
- Canal
Books Recommended:
P. Dayal- Bhautik Bhugot (Hindi)
Savindra Singh
- Bhu Akriti Vigyan (Hindi)
C. B. Mamoria - Bhautik Bhugot (Hindi)
Balbir Singh Negi Climatology
- and Oceanography (Hindi)
P, Dayal - A Text Book of Geomorphology
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R. N. Tikka - Physical geography T,i.'ro'" ,
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Jones and Darkenwald
- Economic Geography
Zimmerman - World Resource
q Alexander -. Economic Geography
Unit-1 :
Full Mar
PAPER - rr (A)
GEOGRAPHY OF INDI,.\
Unit-2; Crops -
Rice, Wheat, Tea
lndustries - lron and Steel, Cotton
textile, Sugar
Unit-4 : Fopulation
- Growth, Distribution & problems,
Types of Rurai setflement, Trends
of Urban growth
Books Recommended:
1. Spate and Learmonth lndia and pakistan
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^ Wadia - Geology of lndia
3. Singh, R. L. - lndia: A Regional Geography
4. Gopal Singh - Geography in lndia
5. sharma and coutinho Economic and commerciar
Geography of rndia
6 Manoria - Bharat Ka Bhugol (Hindi)
7" Khullar -
lndia : A Comprehensive Geography
8. R. C. Tiwari- Geography of lndia
9. M' Attaullah & Md. Musrimuddin Bihar Ka
- Adhunik Bhugor (Hrndi)
10 Singh and Kumar A Monograph of Bihar
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PAPER - II (Bl (subsidiary)
PI-UC'LIEAT,
D Full Marks - 25
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