भूगोल (Geography)

प्रस्तुत पुस्तक की रचना रचना महाराजा गंगा सिंह विश्वविद्यालय, बीकानेर के बी.ए. (भूगोल) सेमेस्टर I हेतु राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा निति 2020 के अन्तर्गत निर्धारित नवीन पाठ्यक्रम (शैक्षणिक सत्र 2023-24 से प्रभावी) को पूर्णतया दृष्टि में रखते हुए की गई है |

भूगोल (Geography) Syllabus For B.A. Ist Semester of Maharaja Ganga Singh University, Bikaner

PAPER-I : PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
(With Special Reference to Geomorphology)

• Unit I (a) The place of Geomorphology in Physical Geography, (b) Solar system, Origin of the Earth: Nebular hypothesis, tidal hypothesis, Big Bang theory, (c) Physical and chemical state of the interior of the earth: Structure and zone. (d) Alfred Wegner’s theory of continental drift. (e) Plate tectonics.
• Unit II (a) Isostasy, (b) Theories of mountain building: Joly, Kober and Arthur Holmes, (c) Rocks : their types and characteristics.
• Unit III (a) Weathering and soil formation, (b) Earth movements: diastrophism-faults and folds. (c) Earthquakes, (d) Volcanoes: causes and landforms.
• Unit IV (a) Cycle of erosion-W.M. Davis and Walther Penck, (b) Fluvial landforms, (c) Karst landforms.
• Unit V (a) Glacial landforms, (b) Aeolian landform, (c) Coastal landforms.

PAPER-II : GEOGRAPHY OF RESOURCES

• Unit I Geography of Resources : Introductory, Meaning, nature and components of resources. Resources and environment interface.
• Unit-II Classification of Resources : Renewable and non-renewable, biotic (forests, wild-life, livestock, fisheries and agricultural crops) and abiotic (water, land and minerals).
• Unit-III Distribution and utilization of minerals and energy resources ; Their economic and environmental significance. Major soil types and their distribution; Problems of soil erosion and soil conservation.
• Unit-IV Types and distribution of forests, flora, fauna and fisheries ; their economic and environmental significance. Conservation of forest resources.
• Unit-V Distribution and utilization of water ; water harvesting—needs; forms of water; ground water— utility; storing rain water for direct use; economic and environmental significance.

PRACTICAL

Contents :
(1) Scale—Plain, Comparative and Diagonal.
(2) Enlargement, Reduction and Combination of Maps.
(3) Chain—Tape Survey.
(4) Mean, Median, Mode and Standard Deviation.