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27th March 2016, 08:57 AM
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MA Geography Syllabus MDU Rohtak
hii sir, I wants to get the syllabus of the MA Geography of the MDU Rohtak will you please provide it ?
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27th March 2016, 08:59 AM
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Re: MA Geography Syllabus MDU Rohtak
As you asking for the syllabus of the MA Geography of the MDU Rohtak the syllabus of the MA Geography of the MDU Rohtak is as follow : Subjects Semester-I Geomorphology Climatology Resource Geography Any one of the following: i) Population Geography ii)Urban Geography iii)Geography of Rural Settlements iv) Cultural Geography Practical :Interpretation of Topographical Sheets and computer Aided Statistical Diagrams Semester-II Geography of India: Contemporary Issues Geography of Transport Statistical Methods in Geography Any one of the following: (i) Agricultural Geography (ii) Political Geography (iii) Social Geography Semester-III Geography of World Economy Oceanography Environmental Geography Any one of the following (i) Geography of Tourism (ii) Hydrology (iii) Biogeography (iv) Soil Geography Practicals: Morphometric Analysis Semester – IV Geographical Thought Research Methodology Remote sensing & GIS Any one of the following: (i) Regional Development & Planning (ii) Water Resource and Management (iii) Geography of Natural Hazards and Disaster Management (iv) Rural Geography Practicals: Interpretation of Aerial Photographs & Satellite Images and Thematic Mapping MA Geography syllabus of the MDU Rohtak Paper-I Geomorphology UNIT-I Geomorphology - Definition, Nature and scope, History and development of geomorphic ideas : Fundamental concepts - uniformitarianism, geological structure, process and stage. The Earth’s interior - structure and constitution, Recent Views. Plate tectonicsmeaning and concept; plates, plate margins and boundaries; plate motion; Tectonic activities along the boundaries and Distribution of plates. UNIT-II Endogenetic processes - Faulting, folding and their geomorphic expressions. earthquake concept, causes, classification, intensity and magnitude, Geographical distribution. Vulcanism - concept, mechanism and causes; Volcanoes- classification, volcanic materials; Topography associated with vulcanicity and geographical distribution. UNIT-III Exogenetic : Weathering and mass wasting - meaning and concept, controlling factors, classification and significance. Dynamics of fluvial, aeolian, glacial and karst processes and resulting landforms. UNIT-IV Applied Geomorphology - meaning; Applications of Geomorphology in Regional planning, engineering projects, mineral exploration and hydrology. Regional Geomorphology of Punjab plain, Aravalli Region and Thar desert of India. Note : The question paper will have five units. Each of the first four units of question paper will contain two questions from each unit of the syllabus. Candidate(s) are required to attempt one question from each unit. The unit five shall be compulsory and shall contain eight short answer type questions covering entire. All questions carry equal marks. Recommended Readings : 1. Bloom, A.L. (1992) Geomorphology, Second Edition, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi. 2. Dayal, P. (1990) A Text Book of Geomorphology, Shukla Book Depot, Patna. 3. Husain Majid (2002), Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Second Edition, Rawat Publications, Jaipur and New Delhi. 4. Singh Savindra (1993), Physical Geography, Prayag Pustak Bhawan, Allahabad. 5. ____________(1998), Geomorphology, Prayag Pustak Bhawan, Allahabad. 6. Strahler, A.N. and Strahler, A.H.(1996), Introducing Physical Geography, John Willey and Sons, New York. 7. Strahler, A .N. (1988), Earth Sciences, Harper and Row Publishers, N.D. 8. Thornbury, W.D. (1991), Principles of Geomorphology, John Wiley, New Delhi (Indian reprint) 9. Wooldridge, S. W and Morgan, R.S. (1991), An Outline of Geomorphology, Orient Longmans,Calcutta. Paper-II Climatology UNIT-I Nature and Scope of Climatology Climatic elements – atmospheric temperature, pressure, moisture , general atmospheric circulations jet stream. UNIT-II Weather system and disturbances - airmass, fronts, Cyclones, Tornades, ; Ocean atmospheric interaction- EI Nino, Monsoon winds. UNIT-III Global climate system - Approaches to climatic classification ;Classification of Koppen, and ThornthwaiteMajor climate of the world-tropical and polar. UNIT-IV Climatic changes - evidences, possible causes, global warming acid rain and problems of acid rain. Note : The question paper will have five units. Each of the first four units of question paper will contain two questions from each unit of the syllabus. Candidate(s) are required to attempt one question from each unit. The unit five shall be compulsory and shall contain eight short answer type questions covering entire syllabus. All questions carry equal marks. Recommended Readings : 1. Aggarwal, S.K. (1972), Fundaments of Ecology,Ashish Publishers, New Delhi. 2. Barry, R.G. and Chorely, R.J., Atmosphere, Weatherand Climate, ELBS, Methuen & Co. Ltd. London. 3. BhutaniSmita, (2000) Our Atmosphere, KalyanaiPublishers, New Delhi. 4. Critchfield, H.J. (1987) Climatology, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi. 5. Griffith, J.F. and Driscell, D.M. (1982) Survey of Climatology, Charles Merril. 6. Lal, D.S. (1993) Climatology, Chaitanya Publishing House, Allahabad. 7. Riehl, H. (1968), Introduction to Atmosphere, McGraw Hill, New York. 8. Robinson,P.J. and Henderson Sellers (1986) Contemporary Climatology, Longman, London. 9. Trewartha, G.T. (Latest edition) Introduction to Climate McGraw Hill, New York. Paper-III: Resource Geography UNIT-I Nature, scope and significance of the Geography of Resource, Definition and concept of Resources, Classification of Resources. UNIT-II Models of Natural Resources Process: Zimmermann’s Primitive and Advance Models of natural resource process, Kirk’s Decision Model, Brookfield System Model. UNIT-III Use and Misuse of Resources: Soil Resource, Water Resource, Forest Resource and Mineral Resources, Future prospects of Natural resources UNIT-IV Conservation and Management of Natural Resources: Meaning and Concept of conservation of Natural Resources, Resources Conservation and Management Methods of Natural resources: Soil Resource, Water Resource, Forest Resource and Mineral Resources, Problems of Natural Resource Management in India. Note: The question paper will have five units. Each of the first four units of question paper will contain two questions from each unit of the syllabus. Candidate(s) are required to attempt one question from each unit. The unit five shall be compulsory and shall contain eight short answer type questions covering entire Syllabus. All questions carry equal marks. Recommended Readings: 1. Borton, I. and R.W. Kates. (1984) Readings in Resource Management and Conservation, University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 2. Bruce,Mitchell (1989) Geography and Resource Analysis, John Wiley and Son, New York. 3. Eliot Hurst, M.E. (1972) A Geography of Economic Behaviour : An Introduction, Duxbury Press, California. 4. Guha, J.L. and P.R.Chattroj (1994) Economic geography- AStudy of Resources, The World Press Pvt. Ltd. Calcutta 5. Martino, R.L. (1969) Resource Management. Mc Graw Hill Book Co., London. 6. Negi, B.S.(2000) Geography of Resources, Kedar Nath and Ram Nath,Meerut 7. Owen, Oliver, S.(1971) Natural Resource Conservation : A Ecological Approach. Mc Million New Delhi. 8. Raja, M. (1989) Renewable Resources, Development, Concept Pub. New Delhi. 9. Ramesh, A.(1984) Resource Geography (Ed.) R.P. Misra, Contribution to Indian geography, Vol Heritage Publishers, New Delhi. 10. Singh, A and Raja, M. (1982) Geography of Resources and conservation (Hindi Edition) Pargati Parkashan, Meerut. 11. Zimmermann, E. W. (1951) World Resources and Industries, Harper and Brothers, New Delhi. Paper-IV (i): Population Geography UNIT-I Population Geography: Definition, nature and scope; relationship with other disciplines – demography and population studies; sources of data with particular reference to India – census, vital or civil registration system, Sample Registration System, Sample surveys with particular reference to NSSO and NFHS; Problems of their reliability and comparability. UNIT-II Population Distribution and Growth: Factors affecting population distribution; Population growth - trends and determinants; spatial dimension of population growth in India; Theories of population growth – pre-Malthusian views, Malthus’ Theory, views of socialist writers, optimum population theory, demographic transition model. UNIT-III Components of population change: trends and patterns in fertility and mortality levels; Theories of fertility; Migration: major international migrations; features of internal migration in India; theories of migration; population composition and characteristics - age and sex composition, literacy, marital status and economic characteristics of population. UNIT-IV Population and development: population growth and economic development; population growth and environmental quality; population control movement: population policies and its types; India’s Population Policy: Post independence development – Reproductive and Child Health Programme. Note : The question paper will have five units. Each of the first four units of question paper will contain two questions from each unit of the syllabus. Candidate(s) are required to attempt one question from each unit. The unit five shall be compulsory and shall contain eight short answer type questions covering entire syllabus. All questions carry equal marks. Recommended Readings: Beaujen- Garnier J (1966) Geography of Population; Longman, London. Bhende Asha A and Kanitkar (2002) Principles of Population Studies, 14th Edition, Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai. Chandana, R.C. (2002) Geography of Population : Concepts, determination and patterns, Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi. Clarke, J.I. (1992) Population Geography, Second Edition, Pergamon Press, Oxford England. Hassan, M.I. (2005) Population Geography, Rawat Publication, Jaipur. Premi, M.K. (1991) India’s Population Heading Towards a Billion, B.R. Publishing Coporation, New Delhi. the detailed Syllabus of the MA Geography you may get from the below attachment that is free to download; |
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16th May 2021, 02:39 PM
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Research methodology k topics k kya kya point lekhe????
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