Geography detailed syllabus for IAS- Civil service optional subjects
GEOGRAPHY FOR IAS -DETAILED SYLLABUS. Geography is one of the most popular optional subjects in the UPSC civil services exam. There have been toppers with this optional in the previous years. The most famous topper is Ira Singhal who secured RANK 1 in the civil services exam -2015. Also, in the 2016 UPSC exam, rank 4 -Saumya Pandey had taken Geography as her optional subject. Like other optional subjects, sociology has two papers. GEOGRAPHY PAPER 1 detailed syllabus. Principles of Geography Physical Geography 1. Geo-morphology: 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 ;…

