GS1 · Indian Heritage & Culture, History, Geography & Society
Salient features of world's physical geography.
Syllabus line GS1-L10. These 10 themes have PYQs under it; several also draw on other papers.
- T26Earth's interior, plate tectonics, mountains, islands & landforms
- T27Landslides in the Himalayas & Western Ghats
- T29Atmosphere, air masses, winds, inversion, deserts & auroras
- T30Monsoon, El Niño & drought
- T31Tropical cyclones, twisters & cyclone warnings
- T32Cloudbursts & extreme rainfall
- T33Oceans & marine environment: currents, salinity, dead zones, oil pollution, marine resources
- T40Desertification, land degradation & land-use change
- T116Indo-Pacific, Quad, AUKUS & sea lanes: straits, South China Sea, trade shift
- T155Air pollution: smog, WHO guidelines, NCAP