IASbabas THINK, LEARN & PERFORM (TLP) - GEOGRAPHY OPTIONAL

Day

Date

Day 1

31st August

Day 2

1st September

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Day 9

Day 10

Syllabus from Paper I

Syllabus from Paper II

Growth, distribution and density of population,
Growth and distribution of
Demographic attributes: sex-ratio, age
world population, Demographic
structure, literacy rate, work-force, dependency
attributes
ratio, longevity

Causes and consequences of

migration, Concepts of overunder-and optimum population
Population theories, World
2nd September population problems and
policies
3rd September

4th September

5th September

7th September

8t September

9th September

World population problems and

policies, Social well-being and
quality of life, Population as
social capital

Migration (inter-regional, intra- regional and

international) and associated problems
Health indicators, Population explosion and
food security, Demographic Dividend
Census 2011, Socio Economic and Caste
Census,
National Population Register, Census of
Religion etc

Concept of a region, Types of

regions and methods of
regionalisation, Growth centres NA
and growth poles
Regional imbalances, Regional
development strategies,
Environmental issues in regional NA
planning, Planning for
sustainable development.

NA

Experience of regional planning in India, Five

Year Plans, Integrated rural development
programmes, Panchayati Raj and decentralized
planning, Command area development

NA

Watershed management, Planning for backward

area, desert, drought prone, hill, tribal area
development; Multi-level planning, Regional
planning and development of island territories

NA

Regional disparities in economic development,

Concept of sustainable growth and
development, Linkage of rivers, Special
Category States, NITI Aayog

Temperature and pressure belts

of the world, Heat budget of the
earth, Atmospheric circulation,
10th September
NA
Atmospheric stability and
instability

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Day 12

Day 13

Planetary and local winds,

11th September Monsoons and jet streams

Mechanism of Indian monsoons and rainfall

patterns, Cloud burst, Uttarakhnad and J&K
disasters

Air masses and frontogenesis,

Tropical cyclones and western disturbances,
Temperate and tropical cyclones,
Recent tropical cyclones e.g. Hudhud, Neelam
12th September Types and distribution of
etc,
precipitation
Weather and Climate; Koppens, Monsoon prediction techniques, El Nino, its
Thornthwaites and Trewarthas consequences and prediction, Cloud burst,
14th September
classification of world climates; Uttarakhnad and J&K disasters

Day 14

Hydrological cycle, Global

climatic change and role and
15th September
response of man in climatic
changes

Day 15

16th September

Applied climatology and Urban

Floods and droughts, Climatic regions
climate

Day 16

17th September

Mini test on Population

Mini test on Population Geography, RP and
Geography, RP and Climatology Climatology

Day 17

Genesis of soils, Classification

and distribution of soils, Soil
18th September
profile

NAPCC, Climate change negotiations at

UNFCCC etc

Soil types and their distribution

Day 18

Soil erosion, degradation and

conservation, Factors
19th September
Soil erosion, Natural vegetation
influencing world distribution of
plants and animals

Day 19

Problems of deforestation and

21st September conservation measures, Social
forestry, Agroforestry

Day 20

Wild life, Major gene pool

22nd September centres

Deforestation, Desertification, Agro and social

forestry

Biotic, forest and wildlife resources and their

conservation, Land capability