VTS - GEOGRAPHY OPTIONAL DAILY ANSWER WRITING PRACTICE WITH MAINS TEST SERIES PROGRAM 2023 – DELHI & CHENNAI
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Daily Answer Writing Practice |
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Date of commencement |
Daily answer writing practice- 12th June, 2023
Mains test series -21st of June, 2023 |
Fee structure (inclusive of GST) |
Rs. 10,000 |
MAINS EXAM OPTIONAL TEST SERIES SCHEDULE - 2023
Test No. |
Date |
Syllabus/ Topic |
Discussion date |
01 |
21-06-23
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Paper - I 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 Models, Theories and Laws in Human Geography: Systems analysis in Human geography Economic Geography: World agriculture: typology of agricultural regions; agricultural inputs and productivity; Food and nutrition problems; Food security; famine: causes, effects and remedies; Models, Theories and Laws in Human Geography: Von Thunen’s model of agricultural location; Resources: Land, surface and ground water, Paper – II 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 Contemporary Issues: Changes in patterns of land use; Population explosion and food security; Problems of agrarian unrest; Linkage of rivers; |
28-06-23
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02 |
05-07-23
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Paper - I Economic Geography: World economic development: measurement and problems; World resources and their distribution; Energy crisis; the limits to growth; World industries: locational patterns and problems; patterns of world trade.
Paper – II Resources: energy, minerals, biotic and marine resources; Energy crisis.
Contemporary Issues: Problems of industrial unrest; Globalisation and Indian economy |
12-07-23 |
03 |
19-07-23
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Paper - I 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 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.
Paper – II 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: sexratio, 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. 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. 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 Contemporary Issues: Population explosion and food security; Regional disparities in economic development; Concept of sustainable growth and development; |
26-07-23
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04 |
02-08-23 |
Paper - I 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. 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; Coral reefs, coral bleaching; sea-level changes and marine pollution, Marine resources: biotic, mineral and energy resources; law of the sea Biogeography: Factors influencing world distribution of plants and animals; Problems of deforestation and conservation measures; Social forestry; agroforestry; Wild life; Major gene pool centres. 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 Paper – II Resources: biotic and marine resources; Forest and wild life resources and their conservation; Contemporary Issues: Ecological issues; Issues relating to environmental pollution; Principles of environmental impact assessment and environmental management; Environmental degradation; Deforestation, desertification and soil erosion; Environmental awareness; |
09-08-23 |
05 |
16-08-23
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Paper - I 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 Biogeography: Genesis of soils; Classification and distribution of soils; Soil profile; Soil erosion, Degradation and conservation; Models, Theories and Laws in Human Geography: Heartland and Rimland theories; Laws of international boundaries and frontiers. Paper – II 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. 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. Contemporary Issues: Environmental hazards: landslides, earthquakes, Tsunamis, floods and droughts, epidemics; |
23-08-23
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06 |
30-08-23 Forenoon |
Paper – I Full length test |
Recorded video |
07 |
30-08-23 Afternoon |
Paper – II Full length test |
Recorded video |
08 |
6-9-2023 Forenoon |
Paper – I Full length test (Online test discussion. Answer papers are not evaluated)
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Recorded video |
09 |
6-9-2023 Afternoon |
Paper – II Full length test (Online test discussion. Answer papers are not evaluated) |
Recorded video |
VTS - DAILY ANSWER WRITING SCHEDULE
Date |
Syllabus / Topic for Daily Answer Writing |
12-06-23 |
Areal differentiation; regional synthesis; Quantitative revolution and locational analysis; Systems analysis in Human geography |
13-06-23 |
radical, behavioural, human and welfare approaches; |
14-06-23 |
Dichotomy and dualism; Environmentalism; (and other syllabus related topics) |
15-06-23 |
Languages, religions and secularisation; Cultural regions of the world; Human development index |
16-06-23 |
World agriculture: typology of agricultural regions; Von Thunen’s model of agricultural location; |
17-06-23 |
agricultural inputs and productivity; Food and nutrition problems; Food security; famine: causes, effects and remedies; |
18-06-23 |
Infrastructure: irrigation, seeds, fertilizers, power; Institutional factors: land holdings, land tenure and land reforms; Cropping pattern, agricultural productivity, agricultural intensity, crop combination, land capability; |
19-06-23 |
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 |
20-06-23 |
Land, surface and ground water, Changes in patterns of land use; Population explosion and food security; Problems of agrarian unrest; Linkage of rivers; |
21-06-23 |
Mains test - 01 |
22-06-23 |
Weber’s model of industrial location; Rostov’s model of stages of growth. limits to growth; |
23-06-23 |
World economic development: measurement and problems; World resources and their distribution; World industries: locational patterns and problems; |
24-06-23 |
Energy, minerals, biotic and marine resources; Energy crisis. |
25-06-23 |
Evolution of industries; Locational factors of cotton, jute, textile, cottage and agro - based industries; |
26-06-23 |
Evolution of industries; Locational factors of Iron and steel, aluminium, fertilizer, paper, chemical and pharmaceutical, automobile, etc |
27-06-23 |
Industrial houses and complexes including public sector undertakings; Industrial regionalisation; New industrial policies; |
28-06-23 |
Multinationals and liberalization; Special Economic Zones; Tourism including eco -tourism. |
29-06-23 |
Road, railway, waterway, airway and pipeline networks and their complementary roles in regional development; |
30-06-23 |
patterns of world trade, Trade balance; Trade Policy; |
1-07-23 |
Growing importance of ports on national and foreign trade; Export processing zones; |
2-07-23 |
Developments in communication and information technology and their impacts on economy and society; |
3-07-23 |
Developments in Indian space programme and their impacts. |
4-07-23 |
Problems of industrial unrest; Globalisation and Indian economy |
5-07-23 |
Mains test - 02 |
6-07-23 |
Population theories, Malthusian, Marxian and demographic transition models; world population problems and policies, concepts of over-under and optimum population; Population problems and policies; Health indicators. |
7-07-23 |
Growth and distribution of world population; demographic attributes; Growth, distribution and density of population; Demographic attributes: sex ratio, age structure, literacy rate, work-force, dependency ratio, longevity; |
8-07-23 |
Social well-being and quality of life; Population as social capital. Racial, linguistic and ethnic diversities; religious minorities; major tribes, tribal areas and their problems; cultural regions; |
9-07-23 |
Causes and consequences of migration; migration (inter- regional, intra- regional and international) and associated problems; |
10-07-23 |
Types and patterns of rural settlements: Environmental issues in rural settlements; Types, patterns and morphology of rural settlements; |
11-07-23 |
Hierarchy of urban settlements; Functional classification of towns; Sphere of urban influence; Rural - urban fringe; Satellite towns; Urban developments; Morphology of Indian cities; Functional classification of Indian cities; Conurbations and metropolitan regions; |
12-07-23 |
Problems and remedies of urbanization; Sustainable development of cities urban sprawl; Slums and associated problems; town planning; Problems of urbanization and remedies. |
13-07-23 |
Central Place theories of Christaller and Losch. Urban morphology: Concepts of primate city and rank size rule; |
14-07-23 |
Concept of a region; Types of regions and methods of regionalisation; |
15-07-23 |
Growth centres and growth poles; Theories of Perroux and Boudeville; |
16-07-23 |
Regional imbalances; regional development strategies; Experience of regional planning in India; Five Year Plans; Integrated rural development programmes; Panchayati Raj and decentralised planning; |
17-07-23 |
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 |
18-07-23 |
environmental issues in regional planning; Planning for sustainable development. Regional disparities in economic development; Concept of sustainable growth and development; |
19-07-23 |
Mains test -03 |
20-07-23 |
Temperature and pressure belts of the world; Heat budget of the earth; Atmospheric circulation; Air masses and fronto genesis, |
21-07-23 |
Monsoons and jet streams; Types and distribution of precipitation; Mechanism of Indian monsoons and rainfall patterns, |
22-07-23 |
Temperate and tropical cyclones; Planetary and local winds; atmospheric stability and instability. Tropical cyclones and western disturbances; |
23-07-23 |
Weather and Climate; Koppen’s, Thornthwaite’s and Trewartha’s classification of world climates; Hydrological cycle, Climatic regions; |
24-07-23 |
Global climatic change and role and response of man in climatic changes, Applied climatology and Urban climate. |
25-07-23 |
Bottom topography of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans; Temperature and salinity of the oceans; Heat and salt budgets, |
26-07-23 |
Ocean deposits; Waves, currents and tides; Coral reefs, coral bleaching; |
27-07-23 |
sea-level changes and marine pollution, Marine resources: biotic, mineral and energy resources; law of the sea. biotic and marine resources; |
28-07-23 |
Factors influencing world distribution of plants and animals; Problems of deforestation and conservation measures; Deforestation, desertification and soil erosion |
29-07-23 |
Social forestry; agroforestry; Wild life; Major gene pool centres. Forest and wild life resources and their conservation; |
30-07-23 |
Principle of ecology; Human ecological adaptations; Influence of man on ecology and environment; Global and regional ecological changes and imbalances; |
31-07-23 |
Ecosystem their management and conservation; Environmental degradation, management and conservation; Ecological issues; Issues relating to environmental pollution; Principles of environmental impact assessment and environmental management; Environmental degradation; Environmental awareness; |
1-08-23 |
Environmental policy; Environmental education and legislation, Biodiversity and sustainable development; Environmental hazards and remedial measures; |
2-08-23 |
Mains test - 04 |
3-08-23 |
Origin and evolution of the earth’s crust; Fundamentals of geomagnetism; Physical conditions of the earth’s interior; |
4-08-23 |
Geosynclines; Continental drift; Isostasy; Plate tectonics; Recent views on mountain building; |
5-08-23 |
Vulcanicity; Earthquakes and Tsunamis; |
6-08-23 |
Concepts of geomorphic cycles and Landscape development |
7-08-23 |
Denudation chronology; Channel morphology; Erosion surfaces; Slope development ; |
8-08-23 |
Applied Geomorphology : Geohydrology, economic geology and environment, Factors controlling landform development; endogenetic and exogenetic forces; |
9-08-23 |
Biogeography: Genesis of soils; Classification and distribution of soils; Soil profile; Soil erosion, Degradation and conservation; |
10-08-23 |
Space relationship of India with neighboring countries; Structure and relief; Drainage system and watersheds; |
11-08-23 |
Physiographic regions; Floods and droughts; Natural vegetation; Soil types and their distributions. |
12-08-23 |
Environmental hazards: landslides, earthquakes, Tsunamis, floods and droughts, epidemics; |
13-08-23 |
Heartland and Rimland theories; Laws of international boundaries and frontiers. |
14-08-23 |
Geographical basis of Indian federalism; State reorganisation; Emergence of new states; Regional consciousness and inter state issues; |
15-08-23 |
International boundary of India and related issues; Cross border terrorism; India’s role in world affairs; Geopolitics of South Asia and Indian Ocean realm. |
16-08-23 |
Mains test - 05 |