Vajiram and Ravi Concepts of Geography General Studies Yellow Book 2027 Printed Notes English
Total Pages:304
One Booklet
1. EARTH IN THE UNIVERSE
. THEORIES OF ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE
. BIG BANG THEORY
. GALAXIES
. STARS
. THE SUN
. PLANETS
. THE SOLAR SYSTEM
2. ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH
. THE SHAPE OF THE EARTH
. MOVEMENTS OF THE EARTH
.. LOCATION OF PLACES
· STANDARD TIME
3. INTERIOR OF THE EARTH
. SOURCES OF THE INTERIOR
. EARTHQAUKES
. STRUCTURE OF EARTH
4. EVOLUTION OF CONTINENTS
· THEORIES FOR THE FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTINENTS AND OCEANS
. POST-DRIFT STUDIES
. PLATE TECTONICS THEORY
. REVERSAL OF EARTH’S MAGNETIC FIELD
5. GEOMORPHIC PROCESSES
· ENDOGENETIC PROCESSES
· SUDDEN FORCES AND MOVEMENTS-
. DIASTROPHIC FORCES AND MOVEMENTS
· EXOGENETIC PROCESSES
. WEATHERING
. MASS WASTING / MOVEMENT
. EROSION
. DEPOSITION
6. ROCKS
. ROCKS ON THE EARTH
. IGNEOUS ROCKS
. METAMORPHIC ROCKS
. SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
. ROCK CYCLE
7 VOLCANOES AND VOLCANIC LANDFORMS
. VOLCANO
. VOLCANISM
. WORLD DISTRIBUTION OF VOLCANOES
.VOLCANIC LANDFORMS
8 EARTHQUAKES
. TYPES OF EARTHQUAKES
. DISTRIBUTION OF EARTHQUAKES
. MEASURING THE EARTHQUAKES
9 MAJOR LANDFORMS
. MOUNTAINS
· PLATEAUS
. PLAINS
10 EROSIONAL AND DEPOSITIONAL LANDFORMS
. FLUVIAL LANDFORMS
. KARST LANDFORMS
. ARID LANDFORMS
. GLACIAL LANDFORMS
. COASTAL LANDFORMS
11 ATMOSPHERE, WEATHER AND CLIMATE
.ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE
. COMPOSITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE
. STRUCTURE OF EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE
. WEATHER AND CLIMATE
. IMPORTANCE OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE
. ELEMENTS OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE
12 SOLAR RADIATION, HEAT BALANCE AND TEMPERATURE
. INSOLATION
. HEATING OF THE ATMOSPHERE
. HEAT BUDGET
. LATITUDIONAL HEAT BALANCE
. TEMPERATURE
. TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION
13 ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION
· ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
. VARIATIONS OF PRESSURE
. PRESSURE BELTS AND WINDS
. MODELS OF ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION
. CONCEPTS RELATED TO WIND MOVEMENTS
· LAND BREEZE AND SEA BREEZE
. MOUNTAIN WINDS AND VALLEY WINDS
. UPPER ATMOSPHERIC WINDS
14. HUMIDITY AND PRECIPITATION
. HYDROSPHERE
. THE WATER CYCLE
. DIFFERENT FORMS OF WATER IN ATMOSPHERE
. CLOUDS
. PRECIPITATION
. RAINFALL AND TYPES
. GLOBAL AND SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION OF RAINFALL
15. AIRMASS, FRONTS AND CYCLONES
. AIR MASSES
. FRONTS
. CYCLONES
. THUNDERSTORM
16. CLIMATIC CLASSIFICATION
. HEAT ZONES CLASSIFICATION
. KOPPEN’S SCHEME OF CLASSIFICATION OF CLIMATE
. GLOBAL CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION
. CLIMATIC TYPES
17. OCEANOGRAPHY
. ORIGIN OF OCEANS
LANDFORMS BENEATH OCEANS
CORAL REEF
. OCEAN DEPOSITS
MAJOR OCEANS
. SALINITY OF OCEAN WATER
. THE TEMPERATURE OF OCEAN WATER
OCEAN MOVEMENT: WAVES, TIDES, CURRENT
CONCEPT OF WATER MASS
.
THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION
18. MINERAL RESOURCES
. MINERALS
. IMPORTANT METALLIC MINERALS, THEIR USES AND DISTRIBUTION
. IMPORTANT NON-METALLIC MINERALS, THEIR USES AND DISTRIBUTION
. RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REE)
19. ENERGY RESOURCES
. CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES
. COAL
. PETROLEUM OR MINERAL OIL
. NATURAL GAS
. SHALE GAS
. COAL BED METHANE
. NUCLEAR ENERGY
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
. HYDROPOWER
. SOLAR ENERGY
. WIND ENERGY
. GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
. WAVE ENERGY
. TIDAL ENERGY
. OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION (OTEC)
20. PRIMARY ACTIVITIES
. HUNTING AND GATHERING
. PASTORALISM
. AGRICULTURE
21. SECONDARY ACTIVITIES
. MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
. CLASSIFICATION OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
. FACTORS AFFECTING LOCATION OF INDUSTRIES
. INDUSTRIAL REGIONS
22. TRADE, TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATION
· TRADE
. TRANSPORT
. COMMUNICATION
