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Geography Syllabus for SSC CGL - Solution

SSC CGL Tier 1 Syllabus for General Awareness

Geography

  1. Port and Its Types (Famous Sea Port of the World)
  2. Famous Sea Port of India 
  3. Important Institutions (Major Regional Trade groups of the world)
  4. India and Neighbouring Countries
  5. Rivers
  6. Solar System

 

Geography Syllabus for SSC CGL

General Geography & Physical Features

  • Basic Concepts in Geography
  • The Universe
  • The Solar System
  • Latitudes, Longitudes, and Standard Time
  • Inside our Earth
  • Our Changing Earth
  • Composition of Air
  • Water
  • Our Changing View of the Universe
  • Location and its Neighbour
  • Frontiers of India
  • Administrative divisions of India: States and Union Territories
  • Physical Division
  • Geological Structure of India
  • Classification of the Indian Rocks
  • Trans-Himalayas Mountain Region or Tibet Himalayan Region
  • The Eastern or Purvanchal Hills
  • The Aravali Mountain Range
  • The Peninsular Plateau
  • The Great Plains of India
  • The structural division of Plains
  • Indian Desert
  • The Western Ghats Mountain Range
  • The Eastern Ghats Mountain Range
  • The Western Ghats Coastal Plain
  • The Eastern Coastal Plains
  • The Island Groups
  • Important Passes in India

Climate, Soil & Vegetation

  • Seasons in India
  • Factors affecting India’s Climate
  • The Indian Monsoon
  • The Onset of the Monsoon and Withdrawal
  • The Thermal Theory of Monsoon
  • The Equatorial Westerly Theory
  • The Jet Stream Theory
  • The El Nino Theory
  • Koeppen’s classification of Climate
  • Distribution of Rainfall
  • Land resources: Availability and Degradation
  • The soil profile of India
  • Natural Vegetation
  • Forest Resources
  • The Forest Research Institute in India
  • Social Forestry Programme
  • Environmental movements and acts of the Government
  • Biosphere Reserves in India
  • Wild Life and National Parks
  • Important facts about Wildlife
  • Report of Red Data Book

Drainage System

  • Drainage pattern
  • Drainage System
  • The Indus System
  • The Ganga River System
  • The Brahmaputra River System
  • The Peninsular River System
  • Peninsular River Flowing towards the East
  • Peninsular River Flowing Towards the West
  • Lakes in India
  • Usability of River Water
  • Water Management
  • Valley Projects link with the Indus River
  • River Valley Projects of River Ganga
  • River Valley Projects of North–East India (Brahmaputra)
  • River Valley Projects of Peninsular India
  • River Project Towards East (Bay of Bengal)
  • List of Towns situated on the Banks of River

Economic Geography

  • Coal Resources of India
  • Petroleum and Natural Gas
  • Atomic Minerals Industrial Regions in India
  • Means of Electrical Energy Production in India
  • Shipping Industry Mineral belts in India
  • Power Resources of India
  • Aluminum Industries in India
  • Cement Industry
  • Water Transport Engineering Industry
  • Pharmaceutical Industries in India
  • Agro-Based Industries in India Transport and Communication
  • Road Transport
  • Air Transportation
  • Forest-based Industry Atomic Energy
  • Non-Conventional Sources of Energy Oil and Gas Pipelines
  • Personal Communication System
  • Mass Communication System
  • Rail Transport
  • Industries in India
  • Industrial Development in India
  • Iron and Steel Industry
  • Chemical fertilizer Industry in India
  • Petro-Chemical Industry in India

Human Geography

  • Urbanisation in India
  • Functional Classification of Towns
  • The dichotomy of Human Geography
  • Human Development Index in India
  • Racial Groups of Indian Population Policies of India
  • Indicators of Development
  • Composition of the Indian population
  • Human Resources
  • Human Development
  • Human Settlement
  • Rural Settlement
  • Scheduled Tribes in India
  • Scheduled Castes in India
  • Urban Settlements in India
  • Human Migration

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