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SYLLABUS FOR BCS (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION
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GEOGRAPHY
(POST RELATED)
Subject Code: 311
Total Marks-200
Part-I
Marks –100
A. Physical Geography
Definition, history and development
Nature and scope of Geomorphology
Recent trends in physical Geography
B. The Earth as a Planet
Origin of the earth
Shape and Size
Rotation and Revolution
Perihelion and Aphelion
Earth‘s orbit: Solstice and Equinox
Internal Structure of the Earth
World time zones
Geological Time Scale
C. The Lithosphere
Composition of the earth crust: Minerals and rocks
Diastrophism and Volcanism
Denudation and Weathering
Agents of earth sculpture: Landforms produced by the work of rivers, glaciers, wind, oceanic
waves and ground water
Pre-Davision geomorphology
Davisian cycle of Erosion
D. Theories on the Various Tectonic Aspects of the Earth’s Surface Processes
- Plate Tectonic Theory
- Wegner‘s Continental Drift Theory
- Theories of Isostasy and Gravity Tectonics
E. The Atmosphere
- Composition of the atmosphere
- Elements of climate:
- Insulation and temperature, horizontal and vertical distribution of temperature;
- Air pressure and pressure belts;
- Winds and planetary wind system;
- Humidity, types of rainfall;
- Airmass; cyclones and anticyclones; Thunderstorms;
- Major climatic types.
F. The Hydrosphere
- Hydrological cycle
- Oceans and their locations
- Profile of the ocean floor
- Major ocean currents
- Marine resources and deposition
G. The Biosphere