The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Examination is one of the toughest competitive exams in the country. In the second stage of the examination (Mains), The candidates are asked to choose an optional subject for two papers. In that case, the option of a good optional subject enhances the preparation level of the aspirants. Geography optional is one of the most chosen optional subjects for the aspirants.

 

RAM IAS ACADEMY is one of the best Coaching for Geography optional. The experienced faculty of RAM IAS ACADEMY has a lot of experience in guiding students in their preparation. The batch size is 50 Students. The small batch size helps in better student-teacher interaction. The Coaching also provides regular mentorship in the Mains answer writing program. The Coaching provides a dedicated mock test series for the exam. The students are given regular feedback about the answer writing structure. The mentors help with relevant Current affairs according to the demand of the question paper.

 

FACULTY FOR GEOGRAPHY OPTIONAL COACHING INRAM IAS ACADEMY DELHI

RAM IAS ACADEMY features the best teacher for Geography Optional Coaching in Delhi like Rakesh Sir. Sir, has a rich background of competitive examination experience. Rakesh Sir has a teaching journey spanning more than 20 years. He is renowned for expertise in Geography Optional Subject and General Studies Geography as well. A lot of diverse exposure has developed hisunderstanding of intricate geographical concepts along with his examination appearances testify to his commitment to continuous growth and learning.

 

ONLINE AND HYBRID MODE OF COACHING IN RAM IAS ACADEMY

RAM IAS ACADEMY has an excellent online infrastructure to facilitate test-taking ability and note distribution through its App. Additionally, regular online updates are given to the aspirants.Moreover, the RAM IAS ACADEMY allows unlimited access to their Geography Optional online classes till their batch ends.

Furthermore, RAM IAS ACADEMY also ensures a Hybrid mode of learning with all the required infrastructure. It facilitates the remote students as well as the working aspirants to attend classes online as well as physically offline. The faculty is also committed to ensuring that the doubt resolution in hybrid mode is timely.

 

RAM IAS ACADEMY IS THE BEST GEOGRAPHY OPTIONAL COACHING

Factors	Qualities of the Coaching
Faculty	Rakesh Sir
Batch Size	50 Students
Teaching style	Interactive, Notes Giving.
Online Infrastructure	It allows unlimited access to its classes to the end of the batch.
Students Performance	Most of the students cracked the UPSC exam.
Past Feedback	Past students said that RAM IAS ACADEMYprovides the best teaching as well as best study material from their best faculty members.
Offline Fees	Rs. 50,000 (Incl. GST)
Online Fees	Rs. 45,000 (Incl. GST)
Hybrid Fees	Rs. 50,000 (Incl. GST)
Website	www.ramias.in
Address	B-10, 2nd Floor, Opposite Meerut Sweets, Near Pink Police Booth, Main Road Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi-09
Phone Number	8368853795, 8586905319
Mode	Online, Offline, & Hybrid

 

FAQS of Geograpgy optional Paper

Q. Why should you choose Geography as an optional subject?

Geography, apart from having a huge importance not just in the Prelims exam but also in the Mains exam. Every year, around 15-20 questions are asked from Geography in the GS1 prelims paper. 

Apart from this, Geography is a scoring subject provided you prepare for the exam well. It is also very interesting with ever-changing geographical landscapes and challenges.

Q.What should be your plan of preparation regarding Geography?

Geography is an interdisciplinary subject.  To prepare for this paper, one must always start with NCERT books and then read other fundamental books for Geography optional for UPSC. The candidate must not forget to practice from the Test Series and PYQs. 

Getting answers evaluated by top UPSC geography faculty members will help you get precision on how to handle every question in the exam. 

 

Q. How will our Geography optional course by Rakesh Sir help you?

RAM IAS ACADEMY provides top-class assistance to all its candidates preparing for the UPSC CSE exam. Rakesh Sir is a highly qualified and experienced UPSC teacher who specializes in Geography optional subject. Being a UPSC personality round candidate, he understands the requirements to crack the mains exam. With small batch sizes, RAM IAS ACADEMY provides personalized attention to all its students, ensuring significant improvement for those choosing geography as an optional subject in their UPSC exam.

Q.What are the features of Geography optional Paper

RAM IAS ACADEMY provides the best optional course for UPSC CSE exam preparation. Apart from giving comprehensive personal guidance from the best faculty for UPSC geography, the institute also provides the following.

1. Classroom/Offline/Hybrid classes
2. Comprehensive Study Materials
3. Weekly and monthly Current Affairs
4. Personal Mentorship
5. Test Series
6. Answer Writing Guidance

 

Geography Optional Preparation

Geography is a fundamental and crucial subject in UPSC CSE preparation. It is asked in all three phases of CSE - Prelims, Mains and Interview. Studying the Geography syllabus for UPSC holistically is critical due to the overlapping of many topics in Prelims and Mains. Before preparing for the subject, one should have a clear understanding of the syllabus. After analysing the UPSC geography syllabus, analyse the previous year's questions, like how UPSC asks questions.

• Reading: Start by reading geography NCERTs as it is easy and simple to understand and clarify the concepts. It will make a strong foundation. Next, one can go for standard books such as Savindra Singh and Majid Hussain. It is essential to focus on the fundamentals of geography, such as physical and human geography.
• Previous year's papers: One should go through the previous year’s questions. Solving previous year's questions assists in identifying and analysing the important topics that need to be thoroughly revised.
• Answer writing: Start answer writing after finishing one or two units. Clarify the core concepts. Analyse PYQs with related topics. One can refer to Topper’s answers for structure and presentation. Try to incorporate more dimensions in the answer, such as physical and human dimensions. Make sure that written answers are along the lines of the syllabus. Interlinking of paper 1 and paper 2 is essential for answer enrichment. Regular answer writing is the key to grabbing more marks. One can also use case studies and data wherever possible.
• Mapping and diagrams: The preparation of the geography syllabus for UPSC is incomplete without mapping. Mapping and relevant diagrams help in getting more marks than an average answer. One should try to add one map or diagram in the answers. This requires practice; without practice, it is not easy to add maps and diagrams. Prepare region-wise and theme-wise maps.
• Current affairs: Current affairs related to Geography is a crucial aspect while preparing for the static part. Nowadays, it has become a trend to interlink static portions with current affairs. For example, a question related to the Kalapani dispute was asked in UPSC Mains 2022, which had been in the news. It is advisable to read geography-related news from newspapers such as The Hindu, Indian Express, Down to Earth and monthly magazines such as Yojana and Kurukshetra.

 

Syllabus of Geography Optional Paper

Paper - I (PRINCIPLES OF GEOGRAPHY)

Physical Geography

1. Geomorphology: Factors controlling landform development; endogenetic and exogenetic forces; Origin and evolution of the earth’s crusts; Fundamentals of geomagnetism; Physical conditions of the earth’s interior; Geosynclines; Continental drift; Isostasy; Plate tectonics; Recent views on mountain building; Volcanicity; Earthquakes and Tsunamis; Concepts of geomorphic cycles and Landscape development; Denudation chronology; Channel morphology; Erosion surfaces; Slope development; Applied Geomorphology; Geomorphology, economic geology, and environment.
2. Climatology: Temperature and pressure belts of the world; Heat budget of the earth; Atmospheric circulation; Atmospheric stability and instability. Planetary and local winds; Monsoons and jet streams; Air masses and fronts; Temperate and tropical cyclones; Types and distribution of precipitation; Weather and Climate; Koppen’s Thornthwaite’s and Trewartha’s classification of world climate; Hydrological cycle; Global climatic change, and role and response of man in climatic changes Applied climatology and Urban climate.
3. Oceanography: Bottom topography of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans; Temperature and salinity of the oceans; Heat and salt budgets, Ocean deposits; Waves, currents, and tides; Marine resources; biotic, mineral, and energy resources; Coral reefs coral bleaching; Sea-level changes; Law of the sea and marine pollution.
4. Biogeography: Genesis of soils; Classification and distribution of soils; Soil profile; Soil erosion, Degradation, and conservation; Factors influencing world distribution of plants and animals; Problems of deforestation and conservation measures; Social forestry, agro-forestry; Wildlife; Major gene pool centers.
5. Environmental Geography: Principle of ecology; Human ecological adaptations; Influence of man on ecology and environment; Global and regional ecological changes and imbalances; Ecosystem their management and conservation; Environmental degradation, management, and conservation; Biodiversity and sustainable development; Environmental policy; Environmental hazards and remedial measures; Environmental education and legislation.

Human Geography

1. Perspectives in Human Geography: Areal differentiation; regional synthesis; Dichotomy and dualism; Environmentalism; Quantitative revolution and locational analysis; Radical, behavioral, human, and welfare approaches; Languages, religions, and secularisation; Cultural regions of the world; Human development index.
2. Economic Geography: World economic development: measurement and problems; World resources and their distribution; Energy crisis; the limits to growth; World agriculture: a typology of agricultural regions; Agricultural inputs and productivity; Food and nutrition problems; Food security; famine: causes, effects, and remedies; World industries: location patterns and problems; Patterns of world trade.
3. Population and Settlement Geography: Growth and distribution of world population; Demographic attributes; Causes and consequences of migration; Concepts of the over-under-and optimum population; Population theories, world population problems and policies, Social well-being and quality of life; Population as social capital. Types and patterns of rural settlements; Environmental issues in rural settlements; Hierarchy of urban settlements; Urban morphology; Concept of primate city and rank-size rule; Functional classification of towns; Sphere of urban influence; Rural-urban fringe; Satellite towns; Problems and remedies of urbanization; Sustainable development of cities.
4. Regional Planning: Concept of a region; Types of regions and methods of regionalization; Growth centers and growth poles; Regional imbalances; regional development strategies; environmental issues in regional planning; Planning for sustainable development. 
5. Models, Theories and Laws in Human Geography: System analysis in Human geography; Malthusian, Marxian and demographic transition models; Central Place theories of Christaller and Losch; Perroux and Boudeville; Von Thunen’s model of agricultural location; Weber’s model of industrial location; Ostov’s model of stages of growth. Heartland and Rimland theories; Laws of international boundaries and frontiers.

 

Paper - II (GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA)

1. Physical Setting: Space relationship of India with neighboring countries; Structure and relief; Drainage system and watersheds; Physiographic regions; Mechanism of Indian monsoons and rainfall patterns; Tropical cyclones and western disturbances; Floods and droughts; Climatic regions; Natural vegetation, Soil types and their distributions.
2. Resources: Land, surface and ground water, energy, minerals, biotic and marine resources, Forest and wildlife resources and their conservation; Energy crisis.
3. Agriculture: Infrastructure: irrigation, seeds, fertilizers, power; Institutional factors; land holdings, land tenure and land reforms; Cropping pattern, agricultural productivity, agricultural intensity, crop combination, land capability; Agro and social-forestry; Green revolution and its socio-economic and ecological implications; Significance of dry farming; Livestock resources and white revolution; Aquaculture; Sericulture, Agriculture and poultry; Agricultural regionalisation; Agro-climatic zones; Agroecological regions.
4. Industry: Evolution of industries; Locational factors of cotton, jute, textile, iron and steel, aluminum, fertiliser, paper, chemical and pharmaceutical, automobile, cottage, and ago-based industries; Industrial houses and complexes including public sector undertakings; Industrial regionalisation; New industrial policy; Multinationals and liberalisation; Special Economic Zones; Tourism including ecotourism.
5. Transport, Communication, and Trade: Road, railway, waterway, airway, and pipeline networks and their complementary roles in regional development; Growing importance of ports on national and foreign trade; Trade balance; Trade Policy; Export processing zones; Developments in communication and information technology and their impacts on economy and society; Indian space programme.
6. Cultural Setting: Historical Perspective of Indian Society; Racial linguistic and ethnic diversities; religious minorities; Major tribes, tribal areas, and their problems; Cultural regions; Growth, distribution, and density of population; Demographic attributes: sex-ratio, age structure, literacy rate, work-force, dependency ratio, longevity; migration (inter-regional, intraregional and international) and associated problems; Population problems and policies; Health indicators.
7. Settlements: Types, patterns, and morphology of rural settlements; Urban developments; Morphology of Indian cities; Functional classification of Indian cities; Conurbations and metropolitan regions; Urban sprawl; Slums and associated problems; Town planning; Problems of urbanisation and remedies.
8. Regional Development and Planning: Experience of regional planning in India; Five Year Plans; Integrated rural development programmes; Panchayati Raj and decentralised planning; Command area development; Watershed management; Planning for backward area, desert, drought-prone, hill tribal area development; Multi-level planning; Regional planning and development of island territories.
9. Political Aspects: Geogaphical basis of Indian federalism; State reorganization; Emergence of new states; Regional consciousness and inter-state issues; International boundary of India and related issues; Cross-border terrorism; India’s role in world affairs; Geopolitics of South Asia and Indian Ocean realm.
10. Contemporary Issues: Ecological issues: Environmental hazards: landslides, earthquakes, Tsunamis, floods and droughts, epidemics; Issues related to environmental pollution; Changes in patterns of land use; Principles of environmental impact assessment and environmental management; Population explosion and food security; Environmental degradation; Deforestation, desertification, and soil erosion; Problems of agrarian and industrial unrest; Regional disparities in economic development; Concept of sustainable growth and development; Environmental awareness; Linkage of rivers; Globalisation and Indian economy.

Books to Study UPSC Geography Syllabus

·        NCERT Class 11th and 12th

• Certificate Physical and Human Geography by GC Leong
• Physical Geography By Savindra Singh
• Indian Geography by D R Khullar
• Human Geography by Majid Hussain
• Models and Theories by Majid Hussain
• Geographical Thought by RD Dikshit
• Geography of India by Majid Hussain