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1. Theories of origin of solar system and Earth 2. Geological history of earth 3. Interior of earth 4. Crustal formation and deformation - process, forces, terrains, folds and faults, synclines and anticlines, rift valleys 5. rocks - formation, types, classification, distribution. 6. Earthquakes - causes, measurement, classification, distribution and forecasting. 7. Volcanoes - Causes, types of volvano, types of eruptions, volcanic materials, craters, distribution, geysers and hotsprings 8. Mountains, Plateaus and Plains - formation, types and global distribution 9. Lakes - formation and classification
PALEOGEOGRAPHY
1. Theories of Isostasy 2. Continental drift and Plate tectonics - Supercontinent, theories and evidences of drift, sea floor spreading, paleomagnetism, plate tectonics, major and minor plate boundaries, cause of plate movements, siesmic zones, mantle pulmes.
GEOMORPHOLOGY
1. Geomorphic process - agents and types 2. Erosional and depositional landforms - Rivers, Glacial, Aeolian, Groundwater, Sea water and coastal
OCEANOGRAPHY
1. Structure of oceans - continental shelves, slopes, rise, abyssal plains, trenches, ridges and island arcs, sea mounts, guyots, submarine canyons, hydrothermal vents 2. Features in Indian, Pacific, Atlantic, Antarctic and Arctic ocean 3. composition of ocean water 4. Temperature distribution in oceans - factors affecting 5. thermocline, halocline and pycnocline 6. heat budget and salt budget in oceans 7. sailinity and distribution 8. Inland seas 9. Thermohaline circulation 10. T - S diagram 11. Ocean sediments 12. Ocean currents - cause, type, distribution and major currents 13. factors affecting currents and tides 14. Tides - Theory, cause, factors affecting, neap and spring tide 15. Waves 16. Ocean pollution
BIOGEOGRAPHY
1. Ecosystem - components , functions and types 2. energy flow in ecosystem 3. Biomes - Classification, types and distribution 4. Deforestation and its issues 5. Influence of urbanization 6. factors influencing distribution of animals and plants 7. pollution 8. environmental hazards 9. conservation, education and legislation
PEDOLOGY
1. formation of soil - natural and artificial 2. soil parent material 3. soil components, texture and color 4. Soil acidity 5. Soil air, moisture content, consistence, porosity 6. Soil horizon and structure 7. soil fertility 8. major types of soil 9. classification of soil 10. soil pollution
HYDROLOGY
1. Water resources and distribution 2. Water table 3. Water Balance 4. Water Quality and Pollution
CLIMATOLOGY
1. difference between climate and weather 2. Earth's rotation and revolution 3. Geographic grid 4. Map projections 5. Global time variation 6. Atmosphere - Composition, heterosphere, homosphere, ozone, its effects and issues, structure of atmosphere, ionosphere. 7. Sensible and latent heat. 8. Heating of atmosphere (convection, conduction, radiation) 9. insolation and its variation 10. albedo 11. heat budget 12. Horizontal and Vertical distribution of temperature. 13. Global temperature variation - Annual and Diurnal. 14. Temperature Inversion 15. Heat Islands 16. Global warming and Greenhouse effect 17. Diurnal ranges across the globe 18. Hydrological cycle 19. Humidity - Relative, specific 20. Adiabatic process - Dry, Moist and Environmental adiabatic lapse rate 21. Evaporation, condensation and sublimation - Factors affecting and distribution 22. Clouds - Type and global distribution 23. Theories of precipitation 24. Types of precipitation 25. rainfall - types and distribution 26. Types of fog 27. Atmospheric stability and instability 28. Coriolis law and effect 29. Geostrophic winds 30. Atmospheric circulation, pressure belts and wind systems. 31. Buys ballot law 32. Circulation cells 33. rossby waves 34. pressure belts and seasonal variation 35. Jet streams and its relation with surface weather 36. El nino, la nina, el nino modoki 37. Monsoon - origin, history, indian monsoon, jet streams, el nino impact, distribution 38. Monex 39. Local winds Types, global distribution and associated weather phenomena 40. Air masses - types and classification 41. Atmospheric lifting mechanisms - types and polar fron theory 42. Cyclogenesis - mechanism, Thunderstorms, lightning, Tornadoes and watersprouts 43. Cyclones and Anticyclones -classification, Types, distribution 44. Climatic types - historic pov 45. Climate classification approach - empirical, genetic and applied 46. Climate Classification - Koppen, Thornwaite, Trewartha, Thermal, Moisture, Latitude and Altitude 47. Urban climate - Air Pollution
1. Different types of draught & their defination 2. Medival administrative terms like zakat,sardeshmukhi etc. 3. Ghg gases covered in Kyoto & not covered in Kyoto, ozone depleting gas covered in Montreal & not covered in Montreal....Aqi gases,pop chemicals
1.Pardoning powers of governor Aricle 161 Almost same as that of president with 3 differences: 1.Cannot pardon a death sentence 2.deals with offences under state law 3. no pardoning power w.r.t. miliatary courts.
2.Lucknow pact signed between the congress and the muslim league session presided by A.C. Majumdar
3.River Shipra It is a tributary of river .........
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GEOLOGY
1. Theories of origin of solar system and Earth
2. Geological history of earth
3. Interior of earth
4. Crustal formation and deformation - process, forces, terrains, folds and faults, synclines and anticlines, rift valleys
5. rocks - formation, types, classification, distribution.
6. Earthquakes - causes, measurement, classification, distribution and forecasting.
7. Volcanoes - Causes, types of volvano, types of eruptions, volcanic materials, craters, distribution, geysers and hotsprings
8. Mountains, Plateaus and Plains - formation, types and global distribution
9. Lakes - formation and classification
PALEOGEOGRAPHY
1. Theories of Isostasy
2. Continental drift and Plate tectonics - Supercontinent, theories and evidences of drift, sea floor spreading, paleomagnetism, plate tectonics, major and minor plate boundaries, cause of plate movements, siesmic zones, mantle pulmes.
GEOMORPHOLOGY
1. Geomorphic process - agents and types
2. Erosional and depositional landforms - Rivers, Glacial, Aeolian, Groundwater, Sea water and coastal
OCEANOGRAPHY
1. Structure of oceans - continental shelves, slopes, rise, abyssal plains, trenches, ridges and island arcs, sea mounts, guyots, submarine canyons, hydrothermal vents
2. Features in Indian, Pacific, Atlantic, Antarctic and Arctic ocean
3. composition of ocean water
4. Temperature distribution in oceans - factors affecting
5. thermocline, halocline and pycnocline
6. heat budget and salt budget in oceans
7. sailinity and distribution
8. Inland seas
9. Thermohaline circulation
10. T - S diagram
11. Ocean sediments
12. Ocean currents - cause, type, distribution and major currents
13. factors affecting currents and tides
14. Tides - Theory, cause, factors affecting, neap and spring tide
15. Waves
16. Ocean pollution
BIOGEOGRAPHY
1. Ecosystem - components , functions and types
2. energy flow in ecosystem
3. Biomes - Classification, types and distribution
4. Deforestation and its issues
5. Influence of urbanization
6. factors influencing distribution of animals and plants
7. pollution
8. environmental hazards
9. conservation, education and legislation
PEDOLOGY
1. formation of soil - natural and artificial
2. soil parent material
3. soil components, texture and color
4. Soil acidity
5. Soil air, moisture content, consistence, porosity
6. Soil horizon and structure
7. soil fertility
8. major types of soil
9. classification of soil
10. soil pollution
HYDROLOGY
1. Water resources and distribution
2. Water table
3. Water Balance
4. Water Quality and Pollution
CLIMATOLOGY
1. difference between climate and weather
2. Earth's rotation and revolution
3. Geographic grid
4. Map projections
5. Global time variation
6. Atmosphere - Composition, heterosphere, homosphere, ozone, its effects and issues, structure of atmosphere, ionosphere.
7. Sensible and latent heat.
8. Heating of atmosphere (convection, conduction, radiation)
9. insolation and its variation
10. albedo
11. heat budget
12. Horizontal and Vertical distribution of temperature.
13. Global temperature variation - Annual and Diurnal.
14. Temperature Inversion
15. Heat Islands
16. Global warming and Greenhouse effect
17. Diurnal ranges across the globe
18. Hydrological cycle
19. Humidity - Relative, specific
20. Adiabatic process - Dry, Moist and Environmental adiabatic lapse rate
21. Evaporation, condensation and sublimation - Factors affecting and distribution
22. Clouds - Type and global distribution
23. Theories of precipitation
24. Types of precipitation
25. rainfall - types and distribution
26. Types of fog
27. Atmospheric stability and instability
28. Coriolis law and effect
29. Geostrophic winds
30. Atmospheric circulation, pressure belts and wind systems.
31. Buys ballot law
32. Circulation cells
33. rossby waves
34. pressure belts and seasonal variation
35. Jet streams and its relation with surface weather
36. El nino, la nina, el nino modoki
37. Monsoon - origin, history, indian monsoon, jet streams, el nino impact, distribution
38. Monex
39. Local winds Types, global distribution and associated weather phenomena
40. Air masses - types and classification
41. Atmospheric lifting mechanisms - types and polar fron theory
42. Cyclogenesis - mechanism, Thunderstorms, lightning, Tornadoes and watersprouts
43. Cyclones and Anticyclones -classification, Types, distribution
44. Climatic types - historic pov
45. Climate classification approach - empirical, genetic and applied
46. Climate Classification - Koppen, Thornwaite, Trewartha, Thermal, Moisture, Latitude and Altitude
47. Urban climate - Air Pollution
GEOMATICS
1. GPS
2. GIS
3. LIS
Kindly correct/add topics that are missing.
2. Medival administrative terms like zakat,sardeshmukhi etc.
3. Ghg gases covered in Kyoto & not covered in Kyoto, ozone depleting gas covered in Montreal & not covered in Montreal....Aqi gases,pop chemicals
Water distribution on earth decreasing order oceans, ice caps etc...
Cold currents, warm currents..
With Increase in latitude daylight during summer increases or decreases
Rivers passing through tropic of cancer
Arrange north to south mountain ranges - adavalli, saturat, vindhya, ajanta etc
Extra cyclones and cyclones differences
Ferrel cell hadley cell, polar cell which latitudes?
Duar formation in which Himalayas?
Australian plate was a part of indian plate million years ago
Mushroom rocks are features of which region? Desert, peninsular or coastal
Aricle 161
Almost same as that of president with 3 differences:
1.Cannot pardon a death sentence
2.deals with offences under state law
3. no pardoning power w.r.t. miliatary courts.
2.Lucknow pact
signed between the congress and the muslim league
session presided by A.C. Majumdar
3.River Shipra
It is a tributary of river .........
(CHAD) MET (DDT) .CHAD and DDT are presidents of HCB(himachal cricket board) and PCB(punjab cricket board) they invested in a FD(fixed deposit)
eight organo chlorine pesticides:CHAD MET DDT; choldane,heptachor,aldrin,dieldrin..mirex,endrin,toxaphene..DDT
two industrial chemicals: HCB hexachlorobenzene PCB polychlorinated biphenyl
two industrial by products ; FD( furans and dioxins)