Important study areas for prelims 2013

              Phani Siddha

@ Super Sixty IAS Academy

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Important study areas for prelims 2013

GENERAL GEOGRAPHY + INDIAN GEO

Physiography

Plate Tectonics, Continental Drift,

Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Eqs  in Sumatra, A&N islands, NE India, Sikkim, J&K, (Continues series of earth quakes from Sumatra to north east Sikkim J&K & further westward)

Volcanism in Barren Island.

Subduction zone tsunami & non occurrence of tsunami

Climate

Monsoons, El Nino, La Nina and Effects in 2012 on Indian Climate

Cyclones and its effects

Vegetation especially deciduous, smuggling in South India of Red Sander logs

Soils, soil erosion, conservation measures, desert / sandy soils, desertification, control measures being adopted across the world, UN and Desertification

Drainage: All major river water controversies

National waterways and report by sitaram yechuri 

1.       Indus river system, dam controversies, Nimoo Bazgo/Wular tulbul navigation project/Baglighar/Kishenganga projects

2.       Brahmaputra, floods in assam, Zhangmu and 3 other dams b eing built in china, Teesta controversy and Bangla corridor

3.       Ganga The National river, Clean Ganga project/GAP, pollution in Ganga, NGRBA, resignation of members of ngrba, Ganga Dolphins : national aquatic animal, dolphin project; crocodile project and death of dolphins, crorodiles in the Yamuna and ganga, pollution of Yamuna after Delhi

4.       Godavari: POlavaram; Pranahita Chevella; Bhabhli projects

5.       Krishna River Tribunal Award allocation

6.       Kaveri water disputes tribunal Award, CRA, disputes on water sharing between Karnataka and TN

7.       Mullaperiyar dam

8.       Mandovi, kalusa, bandura river disputes between Goa Karnataka

9.       Netravati controversy

10.   Omkareshwar Dam, Indira sagar dam on Narmada, Jalsatyagraha ;

Jalsatyagraha against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project

11.   Water ways in India

12.   sethusamudram shipping canal project

Agriculture:  Production details of all Major food crops like Rice, wheat, maize, cotton,

 sugarcane etc.. effect of climate on production, Public Private partnership in Storage facilities

Cotton & Bt cotton, import & export issues

Fertilizers subsidy removal / nutrient based fertilizer subsidy

Second Green Revolution in India and states involved

Industry

Posco; Singur; Vedanta Bauxite Mining; Arcelor Mittal’s bokaro plant; MMRDA 2011 Provisions;

Power supply position in India; Contribution of various Energy Sources in percentages; Non renewable sources

Demography: Census 2011, Population theories, growth rates, highest, lowest growth states; caste details in census; biometric details, AADHAR, National Population Register, connection to PDS i.e. public distribution system; Urban Rural growth rates, density of the nation, states/UTs having high and low densities of population; Gender Differences states/UTs having high and low gender rates; 

Tribes of Andaman and Nicobar islands and their exploitation

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

Senkaku islands; kurile islands; scarborough shoals, paracel islands, spratley islands

Myanmar, myitsone dam, kachin rebels, rohiyngya vs rakhines,

karakoram pass, road/rail network, gwadar port, string of pearls vs arc of freedom,

Diego Garcia islands, chagos, chagosians,

Strait of Hormuz conflict;

Russian Vladivostok port Upgradation; American focus on Asia Pacific

Falkland islands Issue;

Hamza river, karst topography,

Nicaragua canal proposal, 

El Nino effect on USA’s food basket; Mississippi river as transport system,

Greenland’s melting and AGW

Mauritius head as chief guest for pravasi bharatiya divas 2013

Liberia’s lady PM/Prez – Nobel Peace Prize winner

Sudan’s bifurcation and the oil crisis

Mali conflict and Tuareg tribes; Tribes of Africa if any in news

Arab Spring and countries, names of revolutions done in different countries

 Somalian Piracy issues; Chinese ports in Seychelles

Kaveri Basin in Sri Lanka and Oil Exploration

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Anthropogenic global warming, Larsen, Greenland melting, sea level rise

Ozone depletion, CFCs and Montreal protocol

BPs Oil spill in gulf of mexico, Oil spill in the west coast of India near Goa, Mumbai

Project Cheetah, Project Lion fm Gujrat to MP, Project Elephant, Project Crocodile, Project Vulture, Project Ganga Dolphin,project Rhino, Project Tiger

Tiger Conservation and Reserves, SC judgement on Tiger Reserves

Western Ghats, UNESCO world heritage site status, new frog & fish species found its controversy due to trade

Silent Valley, Chipko movement in Uttaranchal, Chattisgarh (aapiko in Karnataka)

Taj heritage corridor, Yamuna and Ganga river pollution, Ganga action plan and national ganga river basin authority

Air pollution in india and rankings in the world

Niyamgiri hills and Vedanta issue; posco issue;

India china effort on Himalayan zone conservation.

Biodiversity hot spots and reserves in India

IUCN list, Red data book,

Mangroves and Vedaranyam project

Coastal zone regulation, final frontier report by MS Swaminathan

Sethu samudram canal project and effects on gulf of mannar marine biosphere project

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