iPTS18

Strategy Session

Geography
 Focus On

• World Geography
• Indian Geography
• Map Study
 Geography

Physical Geography Human Geography Biogeography

Geomorphology – Landforms and
Population & Settlements Distribution of Plants and Animals
Evolution
Economic Geography – Agriculture,
Climatology – Atmosphere, Climate Environmental Issues
Trade etc.
Oceanography Political Geography
Soils
 Physical Geography

• Geomorphology
• Earth Sun Relationship
• Earth’s Interior – Structure, Earthquakes, Volcanism
• Evolution – CDT, Sea Floor Spreading, Plate Tectonics
• Landforms – River, Groundwater, Glaciers, Waves, Wind – Their processes and
features
 Physical Geography

• Climatology
• Atmosphere – Structure of atmosphere
• Heat Budget – Processes, Distribution of temperature, Temperature Inversion
• Winds and Effect of Coriolis Force
• Climatic Regions
• Tropical Cyclones & Extra Tropical Cyclone
• Climate Change – El Nino, Initiatives, Impacts
80-90° Frost
70-80° Tundra
60-70° Taiga
45-60° West European Steppe Laurentian
30-45° Mediterranean Desert China Type
10 - 30° Desert Savannah Monsoon
0 - 10° Hot Wet Equatorial Climate – Equatorial Rain Forests
 Climatology

• Remember Basic Principles

• Wind direction is from High Pressure to Low Pressure
• Warm Air rises
• Cold Air sinks
• Direction of Coriolis Deflection and its variations
 Oceanography

• Ocean Relief – Their distribution and formation

• Salinity and Temperature variations
• Ocean Currents – Their economic significance
• Maritime Boundaries – UNCLOS demarcations and disputes
 Biogeography
• Focus on the CR species

• Use pictures to retain information regarding habitat, physical features

etc.
• Conservation - National Parks
 Tribes Location Setting
Kanikaran States: TN, KL
Physical Feature: Western Ghats

Agasthyamalai Biosphere
Reserve

Species
Other Details Flora: Montane Rain Forests,
Drainage, NH, MAB Site Shola
(YES/NO), Tiger Reserve ? Fauna: Tiger, Nilgiri Tahr
 Population and Settlements
• Basic Terms regarding Population – CSR, MMR, IMR, TFR – their
definitions
• Migration – Push and Pull Factors
• Demographic Dividend - DTT – Position of India, neighbours and
BRICS
• Population Pyramid – Inferences
• Human Development Index – Parameters, New indices
• Census 2011, SECC
• Tribes - PVTGs
 Economic Geography

• Agriculture – Types, Cropping Seasons, New methods – Precision

Farming etc.
• Resources and Industry – How their locations are inter related?
• Transport Lines – SLOC, International Choke Points, Ports etc.
 Coal: Jharia, JH

TISCO, Jamshedpur
R. Subarnarekha

Manganese: Iron Ore:

Naomundi, JH Singhbhum
Previous Year Questions
Westerlies in southern hemisphere are stronger and persistent than
in northern hemisphere. Why?

1. Southern hemisphere has less land mass compared to northern

hemisphere.
2. Coriolis force is higher in southern hemisphere as compared to
northern hemisphere.

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
What could be the main reason(s) for the formation of African and
Eurasian desert belt ?

1. It is located in the sub tropical high pressure cells.

2. It is under the influence of warm ocean currents.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
When you travel in Himalayas, you will see the following :
1. Deep Gorges
2. U turn river courses
3. Parallel mountain ranges
4. Steep gradients causing land sliding
Which of the above can be said to evidences for Himalayas being young fold
mountains?

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 1, 2 and 4 only
(c) 3 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Consider the following statements:
1. The duration of the monsoon decreases from southern India to
northern India.
2. The amount of annual rainfall in the northern plains of India
decreases from east to west.

Which of the statements given is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Consider the following factors

1. Rotation of the Earth

2. Air pressure and wind
3. Density of ocean water
4. Revolution of the Earth

Which of the above factors influence the ocean currents ?

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 1, 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 4 only
(d) 2, 3 and 4 only
A sandy and saline area is the natural habitat of an Indian animal
species. The animal has no predators in that area but its existence is
threatened due to the destruction of its habitat. Which one of the
following could be that animal?

(a) Indian wild buffalo

(b) Indian wild ass
(c) Indian wild boar
(d) Indian gazelle
The most important fishing grounds of the world are found in the regions
where :

(a) Warm and cold atmospheric currents meet

(b) Rivers drain out large amounts of freshwater into the sea
(c) Warm and cold oceanic currents meet
(d) Continental shelf is undulating
The seasonal reversal of winds is the typical characteristic of

(a) Equatorial Climate

(b) Mediterranean Climate
(c) Monsoon Climate
(d) All of the above climates
Other Areas
• Indian Ocean Dipole – Impact on Indian Monsoon
• Ozone Hole
• Tribes
• Map Based Questions
• Geographical features through which major latitudes and longitudes pass
though
• Bordering States of India
• Resource rich, Politically sensitive regions
• Drainage – Tributaries, Confluence points etc.
Thank You