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| COURSE FEATURES | OFFLINE | ONLINE | RECORDED |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | 4-5 Months | 4-5 Months | 4-5 Months |
| Coverage Of Syllabus | Comprehensive | Comprehensive | Comprehensive |
| Number of Lectures | 120-150 (300+hours) | 120-150 (300+hours) | 120-150 (300+hours) |
| Duration of class time | 2 hours 30 minutes | 2 hours 30 minutes | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Mentorship By Faculty | Inclusive | Inclusive | Inclusive |
| Doubt Sessionns | Inclusive | Inclusive | Inclusive |
| Answer Writing Practice | Inclusive | Inclusive | Inclusive |
| Mode of Study Material | Hard Copy | Hard Copy | Soft Copy |
| Class Tests | Inclusive | Inclusive | Inclusive |
| Batch Size | 50 | Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
| Online Accessibility Duration | 1 Year | 1 Year | 1 Year |
| Evaluation of Answer writing | Inclusive | Inclusive | Inclusive |
| FEES | Rs.45000/- | Rs.30000/- | Rs.20000/- |
“The study of geography is about more than just memorizing places on a map. It's about understanding the complexity of our world, appreciating the diversity of cultures that exists across continents. And in the end, it's about using all that knowledge to help bridge divides and bring people together.” Barack Obama
A UPSC aspirant is often faced with the dilemma of choosing the right Optional when he/she decides to prepare for it or sometimes in the middle of his/her preparation.
Geography is the study of the land and its physical features like relief structure, composition, inhabitants, phenomena of the Earth and planets along with the relationship between people and their relationship with the surrounding environment.
Geography optional is yielding 300+ marks every year to the UPSC-Civil Services Examination toppers. Here are some facts to prove this argument
| Name of the candidate | Year of passing | Rank secured | Total marks (500) in Geography |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRA SINGHAL | CSE- 2014 | 1 | 305 |
| SAUMYA PANDEY | CSE-2016 | 4 | 314 |
| PRATHAM KAUSHIK | CSE-2017 | 5 | 327 |
| JUNAID AHMED | CSE-2018 | 3 | 321 |
| RAVI KUMAR | CSE-2020 | 84 | 279 |
Optional subject marks play an important role in improving your UPSC-CSE all India ranking. Also, if you have not scored well in GS papers, and if you can score well in optional papers, you can still find your name in UPSC-CSE final list.
| Test No. | Test Name | Syllabus (Chapters) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GEOGRAPHY TEST-01 (SECTIONAL) |
1. Geomorphology 2. Climatology 3. Oceanography |
| 2 | GEOGRAPHY TEST-02 (SECTIONAL) |
4. Biogeography 5. Environmental Geography (Human Geography) 1. Perspectives in Human Geography |
| 3 | GEOGRAPHY TEST-03 (SECTIONAL) |
2. Economic Geography 3. Population and Settlement Geography 4. Regional Planning 5. Models, Theories and Laws in Human Geography |
| 4 | GEOGRAPHY TEST-04 (SECTIONAL) |
1. Physical Setting 2. Resources 3. Agriculture 4. Industry |
| 5 | GEOGRAPHY TEST-05 (SECTIONAL) |
5. Transport, Communication and Trade 6. Cultural Setting 7. Settlements |
| 6 | GEOGRAPHY TEST-06 (SECTIONAL) |
8. Regional Development and Planning 9. Political Aspects 10. Contemporary Issues |
| 7 | GEOGRAPHY TEST-07 (FLT) | GEOGRAPHY PAPER-01-FULL LENGTH TEST |
| 8 | GEOGRAPHY TEST-08 (FLT) | GEOGRAPHY PAPER-02- FULL LENGTH TEST |
| 9 | GEOGRAPHY TEST-09 (FLT) | GEOGRAPHY PAPER-01 -FULL LENGTH TEST |
| 10 | GEOGRAPHY TEST-10 (FLT) | GEOGRAPHY PAPER-02- FULL LENGTH TEST |
| TEST MODE: ONLINE / OFFLINE FEE (Inclusive of all taxes): Rs.10000/*- only Note: Date of Mock Test can be rescheduled on the demand of the aspirants. (POSTPONE, BUT NOT PREPONE) |
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Choosing the right optional subject plays a very important role in your final selection in the merit list as it brings a certain level of stability to one's preparation because GS papers are vast and dynamic. Since the Optional subject constitutes 500 marks out of 1750 in the Civil Services main examination, it proves to be a significant factor in deciding your selection. In recent years, Geography optional has helped many candidates in securing Top ranks in UPSC-CSE.
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Super Affordable fees:
Usually, the cost of the Geography optional coaching fee is approx. Rs.50,000/- to Rs.75,000/- whereas online coaching costs very little.
Your time, Your Place:
While offline IAS coaching has a fixed time schedule, online coaching is flexible. Aspirants can save time from travelling between home, college and other places.
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One of the biggest advantages of online Geography coaching is that no lecture or topic will be missed as you can watch it anytime anywhere on your laptop or mobile.
This course has been specially designed for those who are -
1. Geomorphology: Factors controlling landform development; endogenic and exogenic forces; Origin and evolution of the earth's crust; Fundamentals of geomagnetism; Physical conditions of the earth's interior; Geosynclines; Continental drift; Isostasy; Plate tectonics; Recent views on mountain building; Vulcanicity; Earthquakes and Tsunamis; Concepts of geomorphic cycles and Landscape development ; Denudation chronology; Channel morphology; Erosion surfaces; Slope development ; Applied Geomorphology : Geohydrology, economic geology and environment.
2. Climatology: Temperature and pressure belts of the world; Heat budget of the earth; Atmospheric circulation; atmospheric stability and instability. Planetary and local winds; Monsoons and jet streams; Air masses and front genesis, Temperate and tropical cyclones; Types and distribution of precipitation; Weather and Climate; Koppen's, Thornthwaite's and Trewartha's classification of world climates; Hydrological cycle; Global climatic change and role and response of man in climatic changes, Applied climatology and Urban climate.
3. Oceanography: Bottom topography of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans; Temperature and salinity of the oceans; Heat and salt budgets, Ocean deposits; Waves, currents and tides; Marine resources: biotic, mineral and energy resources; Coral reefs, coral bleaching; sea level changes; law of the sea and marine pollution.
4. Biogeography: Genesis of soils; Classification and distribution of soils; Soil profile; Soil erosion, Degradation and conservation; Factors influencing world distribution of plants and animals; Problems of deforestation and conservation measures; Social forestry; argo-forestry; Wild-life; Major gene pool centres.
5. Environmental Geography: Principle of ecology; Human ecological adaptations; Influence of man on ecology and environment; Global and regional ecological changes and imbalances; Ecosystem their management and conservation; Environmental degradation, management and conservation; Biodiversity and sustainable development; Environmental policy; Environmental hazards and remedial measures; Environmental education and legislation.
1. Perspectives in Human Geography: Areal differentiation; regional synthesis; Dichotomy and dualism; Environmentalism; Quantitative revolution and locational analysis; radical, behavioural, human and welfare approaches; Languages, religions and secularization; Cultural regions of the world; Human development index.
2. Economic Geography: World economic development: measurement and problems; World resources and their distribution; Energy crisis; the limits to growth; World agriculture: Typology of agricultural regions; agricultural inputs and productivity; Food and nutrition problems; Food security; famine: causes, effects and remedies; World industries: locational patterns and problems; patterns of world trade.
3. Population and Settlement Geography: Growth and distribution of world population; demographic attributes; Causes and consequences of migration; concepts of the over-under-and optimum population; Population theories, world population problems and policies, Social well-being and quality of life; Population as social capital. Types and patterns of rural settlements; Environmental issues in rural settlements; Hierarchy of urban settlements; Urban morphology: Concepts of primate city and rank-size rule; Functional classification of towns; Sphere of urban influence; Rural-urban fringe; Satellite towns; Problems and remedies of urbanization; Sustainable development of cities.
4. Regional Planning: Concept of a region; Types of regions and methods of regionalisation; Growth centres and growth poles; Regional imbalances; regional development strategies; environmental issues in regional planning; Planning for sustainable development.
5. Models, Theories and Laws in Human Geography: Systems analysis in Human geography; Malthusian, Marxian and demographic transition models; Central Place theories of Christaller and Losch; Perroux and Boudeville; Von Thunen's model of agricultural location; Weber's model of industrial location; Ostov's model of stages of growth.
1. Physical Setting: Space relationship of India with neighbouring countries; Structure and relief; Drainage system and watersheds; Physiographic regions; Mechanism of Indian monsoons and rainfall patterns, Tropical cyclones and western disturbances; Floods and droughts; Climatic regions; Natural vegetation; Soil types and their distributions.
2. Resources: Land, surface and groundwater, energy, minerals, biotic and marine resources; Forest and wildlife resources and their conservation; Energy crisis.
3. Agriculture: Infrastructure: irrigation, seeds, fertilizers, power; Institutional factors: landholdings, land tenure and land reforms; Cropping pattern, agricultural productivity, agricultural intensity, crop combination, land capability; Agro and social-forestry; Green revolution and its socio-economic and ecological implications; Significance of dry farming; Livestock resources and white revolution; aquaculture; sericulture, apiculture and poultry; agricultural regionalisation; agro-climatic zones; agroecological regions.
4. Industry: Evolution of industries: Locational factors of cotton, jute, textile, iron and steel, aluminium, fertilizer, paper, chemical and pharmaceutical, automobile, cottage and agro-based industries; Industrial houses and complexes including public sector undertakings; Industrial regionalisation; New industrial policies; Multinationals and liberalization; Special Economic Zones; Tourism including eco-tourism.
5. Transport, Communication and Trade: Road, railway, waterway, airway and pipeline networks and their complementary roles in regional development; Growing importance of ports on national and foreign trade; Trade balance; Trade Policy; Export processing zones; Developments in communication and information technology and their impacts on economy and society; Indian space programme.
6. Cultural Setting: Historical Perspective of Indian Society: Racial, linguistic and ethnic diversities; religious minorities; major tribes, tribal areas and their problems; cultural regions; Growth, distribution and density of population; Demographic attributes: sex-ratio, age structure, literacy rate, work-force, dependency ratio, longevity; migration (inter-regional, intra- regional and international) and associated problems; Population problems and policies; Health indicators.
7. Settlements: Types, patterns and morphology of rural settlements; Urban developments; Morphology of Indian cities; Functional classification of Indian cities; Conurbations and metropolitan regions; urban sprawl; Slums and associated problems; town planning; Problems of urbanization and remedies.
8. Regional Development and Planning: Experience of regional planning in India; Five Year Plans; Integrated rural development programmes; Panchayati Raj and decentralised planning; Command area development; Watershed management; Planning for the backward area, desert, drought prone, hill, tribal area development; multi-level planning; Regional planning and development of island territories.
9. Political Aspects: Geographical basis of Indian federalism; State reorganisation; Emergence of new states; Regional consciousness and interstate issues; international boundary of India and related issues; Cross border terrorism; India's role in world affairs; Geopolitics of South Asia and Indian Ocean realm.
10. Contemporary Issues: Ecological issues: Environmental hazards: landslides, earthquakes, Tsunamis, floods and droughts, epidemics; Issues relating to environmental pollution; Changes in patterns of land use; Principles of environmental impact assessment and environmental management; Population explosion and food security; Environmental degradation; Deforestation, desertification and soil erosion; Problems of agrarian and industrial unrest; Regional disparities in economic development; Concept of sustainable growth and development; Environmental awareness; Linkage of rivers; Globalisation and Indian economy.
NOTE: Candidates will be required to answer one compulsory map question pertinent to subjects covered by this paper.
PAPER-I
PAPER-II
1. Is Geography Good Optional For UPSC Exam?
Geography optional is yielding 300+ marks every year to the UPSC-Civil Services Examination toppers. It has an important role to play in preliminary exam as around 15 to 20 questions from Geography are asked every year in prelims.