GSI Syllabus
GSI Syllabus
UPSC conducts the Geologist Examinations 2010. This examination is used by the commission to recruit officers in Geological Survey of India and Central Ground Water Board. Geologists’ Examination (UPSC Examination for Recruitment in Geological Survey of India (GSI) and Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) standard and syllabus
Contains following subjects:-
1. General English
2. Geology – Paper I
Section A: Geomorphology and Remote Sensing.
Section B: Structural Geology
Section C: Geotectonics
Section D: Stratigraphy
Section E: Palaeontology
3. Geology – Paper II
Section A: Mineralogy
Section B: Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Section C: Sedimentology
Section D: Geochemistry
Section E: Environmental Geology.
4. Geology Paper III
Section A: Indian Mineral Deposits and Mineral Economics
Section B: Ore Genesis
Section C: Mineral Exploration
Section D: Geology of Fuels
Section E: Engineering Geology
5. Hydrogeology
Section A: Origin, Occurrence and Distribution of Water
Section B: Well Hydraulics and Well Designing
Section C: Groundwater Chemistry
Section D: Groundwater Exploration
Section E: Groundwater Problems and Management