Month: August 2015

Section-A
Definition, aims and scope of Human Geography, relation of Human Geography with other social sciences. Principles of Human Geography. Essential facts of Human Geography according to Brunhes and Huntington.
Schools of thought in Human Geography : Determinism, Stop and go determinism and Possibilism. Races of mankind : Distribution and characteristics.
Section-B
International human migration : Causes, types and impacts in past and present times.
Principal human occupations and principal agglomerations, their ecological and distributional aspects.
Section-C
Human establishmens and centres of human civilization. Building materials and house types. Types and patterns of rural & urban settlements. Causes of urbanization, principal agglomerations.
Elements of Environment and their impact on the habitat, economy and society of Eskimos, Pygmies, Bushman, Bhils, Gonds, and Nagas.

Section-A Natural ,scope and sginifance of resource geography. Definition and classification of resources , resources evaluation. Natural Resources : Distribution, exploitation , uses and conservation-forest,water,soil,fisheries, mineral: Energy resources-coal, petroleum, non –petroleum energy resources.
Section –B Human Resources: Quantitative and Qualitative aspects, population growth, distribution and density pattern, causes of inequalities. Population and resources relationship-carrying capacity o land under different enviourment. Population explosion: Causes consequences and control. Human resources development: problem and prospects.
Section-C Concept and objective of resources utilization and their conservation. Enviourment and cultural constraints in resources utilization typical example of agriculture, water , forest, mineral and soil. Objective of land survey, land use classes, land capability classes and related land use.