GEOGRAPHY MAINS

PAPER - I

PRINCIPLE OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

1. Geomorphology: Factors controlling landform development; endogenetic and exogenetic 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.

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Physical Geography – Strahler & Strahler

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 fronto 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.

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NCERT XI Std Physical Geography – Savindra Singh

Physical Geography - Strabler & Strabler

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.

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Oceanography - Sharma & Vatal

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; agro-forestry; Wild life; Major gene pool centres.

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NCERT XI Std BioGeography – Savindra Singh

Rupa Made Simple - Part I

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.

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HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

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 secularisation; Cultural regions of the world; Human development index.

Geographical Thought – Majid Hussain

Human Geography - Bly

HDI Report

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.

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Economic Geography - Leon & Morgan

Economic Geography - Hartshorne

Rupa Made Simple Part II

3. Population and Settlement Geography: Growth and distribution of world population; demographic attributes; Causes and consequences of migration; concepts of 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.

NCERT XI Std

Human Geography - Majid Hussain

Population Geography - R C Chandra

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.

Regional Planning Approaches - Mishra & Puri

Yojana Magazine (Publication Division)

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. Heartland and Rimland theories; Laws of international boundaries and frontiers.

Rupa Made Simple Part II

Human Geography - Majid Hussain

PAPER II

GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA

1. Physical Setting: Space relationship of India with neighboring 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.

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Geography of India - R C Tiwari

2. Resources: Land, surface and ground water, energy, minerals, biotic and marine resources; Forest and wild life resources and their conservation; Energy crisis.

Geography of India - R C Tiwari

3. Agriculture: Infrastructure: irrigation, seeds, fertilizers, power; Institutional factors: land holdings, 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; aqua - culture; sericulture, apiculture and poultry; agricultural regionalisation; agro-climatic zones; agro- ecological regions.

India Year Book

Economic Survey

NCERT XII Std - R C Tiwari

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.

India Year Book

Economic Survey

NCERT XII Std - R C Tiwari

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.

India Year Book

Economic Survey

NCERT XII Std - R C Tiwari

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.

Census Report 2011

Yojana Magazine (Publication Division)

6. 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.

Urbanization and Urban Systems in India - R Ramachandran

7. 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 backward area, desert, drought prone, hill, tribal area development; multi-level planning; Regional planning and development of island territories.

Planning Commission Reports

Yojana & Kurukshetra Magazine (Publication Division)

8. Political Aspects: Geographical basis of Indian federalism; State reorganisation; Emergence of new states; Regional consciousness and inter state 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.

Economic & Political Weekly

9. 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.

All the mentioned magazines

Maths Book List

Paper I

1. Linear Algebra:
   Linear Algebra by Vasishtha and Sharma (Krishna Series)
   Matrices by Vasishtha and Vasishtha (Krishna Series)
   
2. Calculus:
   Differential Calculus by Shanti Narayan (S. Chand)
   Integral Calculus by Shanti Narayan (S. Chand)
   A Course of Mathematical Analysis by Shanti Narayan (S. Chand)
3. Analytic Geometry:
   Analytical Solid Geometry by Shanti Narayan (S. Chand)
4. Ordinary Differential Equations:
   Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations by M.D. Raisinghania (S. Chand)
   Laplace Transforms:
   Brilliant Tutorials
   Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Erwin Kreyszig
5. Statics:
   Statics (Krishna Series)
   Dynamics:
   Dynamics (Krishna Series)
6. Vector Analysis:
   Vector Calculus (Krishna Series)
   Curves in Space:
   Calculus by Thomas & Finney
   

Paper II

1. Algebra:
   Abstract Algebra by Khanna and Bhambri
   Topics in Algebra by I. N. Herstein
2. Real Analysis:
   Elements of Real Analysis by MD Raisinghania (S. Chand)
3. Complex Analysis:
   Functions of a Complex Variable (Krishna Series)
4. Linear Programming:
   Linear Programming (Krishna Series)
5. Partial Differential Equations:
   Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations by M.D. Raisinghania (S. Chand)
   Boundary Value Problems:
   Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Erwin Kreyszig
6. Numerical Analysis and Computer Programming:
   Numerical Methods by Jain, Jain and Iynger
7. Mechanics:
   Rigid Dynamics Volume I (Dynamics of Rigid Bodies) Rigid Dynamics Volume II(Analytical Dynamics)
8. Fluid Dynamics:
   M.D. Raisinghania (S. Chand)

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History Of Modern India

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Challenging and revising colonial and nationalist interpretations of history, this book moves away from a largely political narrative to a social, economic and religious history of modern India. It explains how conditions in India during the eighteenth century helped the British East India Company establish its rule in India. It also gives us important insights into the primary aim of colonial rule which was the economic exploitation of India through trade and investment. The topics are arranged thematically in order to showcase the various forces that went into the making of independent India. However, in the entire arrangement of themes, the chronology of the period is enmeshed innovatively with the various forces that evolved both as a cause and effect of British imperialist rule of the subcontinent. The book also provides a detailed account of the nationalist movement and introduces us to the contributions of different individuals who were behind the nationalist movement.

A comprehensive textbook for students of history and interested readers, History of Modern India is essential reading for a broad based understanding of the making of modern India.

About the Author
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Table of Contents

Part I
• Constitutional Framework
• 1. Historical Background
• 2. Making of the Constitution
• 3. Salient Features of the Constitution
• 4. Preamble of the Constitution
• 5. Union and Its Territory
• 6. Citizenship
• 7. Fundamental Rights
• 8. Directive Principles of State Policy
• 9. Fundamental Duties
• 10. Amendment of the Constitution
Part II - System of Government
• 11. Parliamentary System
• 12. Federal System
• 13. Centre- State Relations
• 14. Inter-State Relations
• 15. Emergency Provisions
• 16. Special Status of Jammu & Kashmir
• 17. Special Provision for Some States
Part III Central Government
• 18. President
• 19. Vice-President
• 20. Prime Minister
• 21. Central Council of Ministers
• 22. Parliament
• 23. Supreme Court
Part IV State Government
• 24. Governor
• 25. Chief Minister
• 26. State Council of Ministers
• 27. State Legislature
• 28. High Court
• 29. Subordinate Courts
Part V Local Government
• 30. Panchyati Raj
• 31. Urban Local Governments
Part VI Union Territories and Special Areas
• 32. Union Territories
• 33. Scheduled and Tribal Areas
Part VII Constitutional Bodies
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• 36. State Public Service Commission
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Salient Features:

• While the Author's Commentary on the Constitution of India and the Shorter Constitution annotate the Constitution Article by Article, primarily from the legal standpoint, the present work offers systematic exposition of the constitutional document in the form of a narrative, properly arranged under logical chapters and topical headings.
• It will supply the long felt need for an introductory study on the Constitution for the general readers, politicians as well as students and candidates for the Public Service Commission and other competitive examinations.
• It traces the constitutional history of India since the Government of India Act, 1935; analyses the provisions of the present Constitution and explains the inter-relation between its diverse contents.
• It gives an account of the working of each of the provisions of the Constitution during its first decade with reference to statutes and decisions wherever necessary, together with a critical estimate of its trends, in a concluding chapter.
• The analytical Table of Contents, marginal notes, index and the graphic Tables at the end of the book will serve as admirable aids.
• The three Legislative lists have been printed side by side for the convenience of reference.
• The change made by the different Constitution Amendment Acts upto the 83rd Amendment and the reorganisation of the States made by various statutes may be seen at a glance.
• Without going into excessive detail the footnotes and references have been printed at the end of each Chapter so that the advanced student and the researcher may profit by pursuing those references, after his study of the contents of each chapter.
• The status of Jammu and Kashmir and the provisions of its State Constitution have been fully dealt with.

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With the expansion of the discipline of public administration, the need for literature on administrative theory is being increasingly felt. This book is an attempt to fill this gap; albeit in part. The book provides an account of the ideas and contributions of twenty-one thinkers to the discipline. Each chapter covers an outline of the thinker`s life, writings, principal contribution to the theory and a critical evaluation. This volume is weaved together with the contributions of twenty-one teachers who have had vast experince in the study and teaching of public administration, political science, sociology and management. It offers a single source of reference on the theory of public administration; particularly the contribution of select thinkers. In this second and revised edition one chapter on administrative theory and two thinkers have been added. All chapters have been revised. Over the years the book gained recognition and has become a compulsory reading to the students and scholars of public adminitration. It is also an important source book for those appearing for the competitive civil service examinations at national and state levels in public administration and management.