Some Tips and Strategy for IAS (Geography) MAINS UPSC & MPSC)

Some Tips and Strategy for IAS (Geography) MAINS UPSC & MPSC)

Here are some tips and strategies to handle your Geography paper in the mains exams for the Exams. First herez how you should write your answers. You should first understand the question and only then attempt to answer it. The question could be discussion-based or analytical or you need to elaborate or elucidate. As a result you are needed to answer according what the question wants. Whatever the query is, you are required to give an orderly and logical presentation of information. There should not be any contradiction within or between the answers. What the examiner is looking for in your answers is concept and how organized your thinking is.

• Thinking pattern is best reflected in the structure of an answer.
• Wherever possible, put appropriate diagrams, draw maps, pictures (house typeset), flow-charts, comparative charts.
• If u wish to quote. Do quote from Hindu surveys, or from articles in The Hindu.
• Answers should be well balanced. Every component of the question should be given equal weight age. But understand the meanings of question. Remember Evaluate, Critically Examine, Elucidate, Describe, Comment...etc all have different meanings and hence no ready made notes will help u ina nsering...wat they can offer is just facts/info….u need to eb raedy to answers as they are asked.
• The idea is that you might know about all topics but you should develop your own language to write them.
• U can freely use different color pencils, I had used them n scored much better…else to be safe..U can use 2HB.HB, Dark or even Eye-brow pencils…it definitely improves presentation. But be aware, these are complementary tools, basic wile b the content of the answer.

Focus should be on memorizing facts and then back up with your language. Your expression does not require you to write difficult English words. It should be as simple as possible.

Please follow the trend and exclude a topic if it has been majorily covered in the previous year and choose another in the same category. This does not by any way mean short question may not come.

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REFERENCE BOOKS FOR MAINS EXAMINATION :

Geography Books Paper - I

• Physical geography - Savinder Singh
• The Earth's dynamic surface - K. Sidhartha
• Physical geography - Strahler & Strahler
• Climatology - D.S. Lal
• Physical geography made simple - Rupa
• Oceanography - Sharma & Vital
• Biogeography - Savinder Singh
• Evolution of geographical thoughts - Majid Hussain and Adhikari
• Economic geography - K. Sidhartha
• Economic and social geography made simple - Rupa
• Urban geography - K. Sidhartha
• Human geography - Majid Hussain
• Geography of population - R.C. Chandra
• Regional Planning in India - Chand & Puri
• Political geography - Dixit

Geography Books Paper - II

• Physical environment - NCERT
• NCERT Class XII
• India: Physical aspects - K Sidhartha
• Geography of India – Mamoria,Gopal Singh
• Agricultural geography - Majid Hussain
• Agricultural problems in India - Sadhu and Singh
• Economic & Commercial geography of India - Mamoria
• India's urbanisation and urban systems - R. Ramachandran
• Regional planning in India - Chand and Puri
• Political geography - Dixit
• India: political aspects - K. Sidhartha

Other REFERENCE BOOKS :

• NCERT Vol -1
• Certificate physical and human geography - Goh, Cheng Leong
• Physical Geography made simple-Rupa
• Human and Economic Geography – NCERT
• Economic Geography, Economic and Social Geography made simple
• General geography – NCERT
• Mineral of India - NBT (Wadia)
• Resources and regional development – NCERT
• Hindu Surveys on Agriculture,Industry & Environment.
• Atlas- Oxford

श्री स्वामी समर्थ, स्वामी हो, स्वामी समर्थ भक्त परिवार आयोजित ब्रह्मांडनायक श्री स्वामी समर्थ हे महानाट्य २६-२९ जानेवारी दरम्यान मुंबईत कामगार मैदानावर पार पडले, स्वामी कृपेने ,प पु श्री नाना परांजपे व प पु श्री काका महाराज जोशी, यांच्या आशीर्वादाने व सर्व स्वामी भक्तांच्या साक्षीने न नयनरम्य सोहळा पार पडला,जवळ जवळ १६ हजार भक्तांनी या महानाट्याचा लाभ घेतला. २६ जानेवारी ला दत्त दिगंबर , श्री स्वामी समर्थ, श्री गजानन महाराज, व श्री साई बाबा यांच्या प्रतिमे पूजन व आरतीने श्री किसनगिरी महाराज मठ (सरूड, कोल्हापूर)चे अधिपती प पु श्री पार्ले गिरी महाराज ,अक्कलकोट वटवृक्ष देवस्थान समितीचे विश्वस्त, दादर चे श्री स्वामी समर्थ मठाचे विश्वस्त ,गिरगाव मठाचे भाऊ रुपजी, विले पार्ले मठाचे सदस्य ,यांच्या हस्ते उद्घाटन झाले.याच वेळी स्वामी समर्थ भक्त परिवारचे पहिले प्रकाशन " गुरुमंत्र" व "स्वास्थ्यासाठी केवळ अर्धा तास" ह्या पुस्तकांचे विमोचन करण्यात आले.या महानाट्याच्या दरम्यान प्रसिद्ध चित्रकार श्री शेखर संत यांचे स्वामी व त्यांच्या विविध मुद्रांचे चित्रांचे प्रदर्शन भार्वेण्यात आले होते.तसेच श्री स्वामी समर्थ ज्ञानपीठ ,बडोदा यांचे तर्फे विविध स्वामीं वर आधारित साहित्य देखील उपलब्ध करून देण्यात आले होते.सुंदर रांगोळ्या ,अनेक मान्यवर, संस्था , मठाधिपती व मुंबई व्यतरिक्त गोवा ,बडोदा, सातारा,सांगली,रत्नागिरी,पुणे,नाशिक येतून भक्त, सुरेल संगीत, नृत्य संवाद यांच्या मंगलमय वातावरणात ४ दिवस अनुपम सोहळा म्हणून पार पडले. स्वामी भक्त हो, अनेक लीला दाखवणाऱ्या स्वामी समर्थांची लीला विस्मयकारी आहे, हा अनुभव आम्ही या महानाट्याच्या निमित्तेने आम्ही घेतला,अनेक अडी-अडचणींना सामोरे जात आम्ही धन्य झालो ते केवळ स्वामी कृपा, सद्गुरू कृपा व आपल्या मुळे,आम्ही आपले आभारी आहोत. आमच्या परिवारात आपण अद्यापि सामील झाले नसल्यास आपण यावे व्हावे हे विनंती, अनेक नवीन शिखर गाठायचे आहेत, स्वामी कृपा असेल तर काय कमी आहे? या महानाट्याच्या जमा पैशाचा हिशोब आम्ही लवकरच आमच्या वेब साईत वर टाकण्याचा प्रयत्ने करू. स्वामी समर्थ, संतोष रोकडे  मुंबई, ९९३००७५२९५ 

Voice of Women and Families in India (VOW India): Doctor arrested for `molesting' 14yr old girl in Bandra, Mumbai, India

Voice of Women and Families in India (VOW India): Doctor arrested for `molesting' 14yr old girl in Bandra, Mumbai, India

MIND UR CIVIC SENSE, it’s my college!!

It’s a common complaint nowadays heard from almost all ‘educated “class that Indian’s do not have a civic sense. It is at the same time expected that the youth of this country must contribute a lot in this matter.
I encountered a rather precarious situation while I was on my national duty and participating in a training programme in the Veterinary college of Goregaon. While the college had no doubt a sprawling and large campus, it could not be denied that the campus bored a dim look. Almost no plant planted was looked after, not even watered, no sign on cleanliness, almost all tiles having broken, water taps leaking, fans not situated where they could have been, and with one of the dirtiest canteen’s that I had seen, I could hardly expect sense of civic duty amongst its students.
Surprise came when of the participants spit on ground and a harsh voice came from behind, “hey plz keep our campus clean, don’t spit here, ap isko dirty kar rahe ho”. We turned back to find a group of 4 students hurrying towards us to argue. This at once made the situation there somewhat tense. The participant nearing them, said. ‘AM SORRY YAAR, I JUST HAD A COUGH COMING OUT, SO HAD TO SPIT”. Some heated words were exchanged and we tried to pacify the situation while a sturdy built student was trying to almost attack the colleague while his friends tried to pacify him. A girl student said ‘ CHODDO NA YAAR, THEY ARE NOT AT ALL WORTHY”
I WAS SHOCKED. WHILE India was going to vote, it is almost expected that the youth of today take a view better understood and that binds the nation. My campus- u r an outsider – don’t dare make it dirty! Got something in mind?
This is Mumbai, u r an outsider! This very fact for a while horrified me. Civic sense ki chinta se badkar kuch alag ho raha tha. The students were not unhappy rules of civic sense were being broken, but that there campus was being “intruded” by us, the outsiders, who had nothing to do with the campus as such. What’s on? COMMENT PLZ