CUET Geography Syllabus 2023: Check Important Topics, Latest Exam Pattern, Books, and Preparation Strategy Here

Part 1: Fundamentals of Human Geography

Unit-1: Human Geography: Nature and Scope

Unit II: People

• Population of the world – distribution, density and growth
• Population change-spatial patterns and structure; determinants of population change
• Age-sex ratio; rural-urban composition
• Human development – concept; selected indicators, international comparisons

Unit III: Human Activities

• Primary activities – concept and changing trends; gathering, pastoral, mining, subsistence agriculture, modern agriculture; people engaged in agriculture and allied activities – some examples from selected countries
• Secondary activities – concept; manufacturing: agro-processing, household, small scale, large scale; people engaged in secondary activities – some examples from selected countries
• Tertiary activities – concept; trade, transport and communication; services; people engaged in tertiary activities – some examples from selected countries
• Quaternary activities – concept; knowledge-based industries; people engaged in quaternary activities – some examples from selected countries

Unit IV: Transport, Communication and International Trade

• Land transport – roads, railways – rail network; trans-continental railways
• Water transport- inland waterways; major ocean routes
• Air transport – Intercontinental air routes
• Oil and gas pipelines
• Satellite communication and cyberspace; International trade – Basis and changing patterns; ports as gateways of international trade, the role of WTO in International trade.

Unit V: Human Settlements

• Settlement types – rural and urban; morphology of cities (case study); distribution of megacities; problems of human settlements in developing countries

Part 2: India: People and Economy

Unit-1: People

• Population – Population: distribution, density and growth; composition of the population – linguistic, religious; sex, rural-urban and occupational – regional variations in the growth of population
• Migration – international, national – causes and consequences
• Human development – selected indicators and regional patterns
• Population, environment and development

Unit II: Human Settlements

• Rural settlements – types and distribution
• Urban settlements – types, distribution and functional classification

Unit III: Resources and Development

• Land resources – general land use; agricultural land use – major crops; agricultural development and problems, common property resources
• Water resources – availability and utilization – irrigation, domestic, industrial and other uses; scarcity of water and conservation methods – rainwater harvesting and watershed management (one case study related to participatory watershed management to be introduced)
• Mineral and energy resources – metallic and non-metallic minerals and their distribution; conventional and non-conventional energy sources
• Industries – types and distribution; industrial location and clustering; changing pattern of selected industries – iron and steel, cotton textiles, sugar, petrochemicals, and knowledge-based industries; the impact of liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation on industrial location
• Planning in India – target area planning (case study); the idea of sustainable development (case study)

Unit IV: Transport, Communication and International Trade

• Transport and communication — roads, railways, waterways and airways; oil and gas pipelines; national electric grids; communication networking – radio, television, satellite and internet
• International trade — changing pattern of India’s foreign trade; seaports and their hinterland and airports

Unit V: Geographical Perspective on Selected Issues and Problems

• Environmental pollution; urban-waste disposal
• Urbanisation-rural-urban migration; the problem of slums
• Land Degradation

Sections

Medium of the Question Paper

Total Number of Questions

Number of Questions to be Attempted

Section 2 – Domain Specific Paper

English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu

50

40

Book Name

Author Name

Objective Geography

Abhishek Dubey/Oswal

Class XI and XII Geography Textbook

NCERT