Paper – IV (A)

Economic and Resource Geography

75 Marks

The course has been divided into five units. There shall be ten questions of whichtwoquestions shall be set from each unit. The examinees shall be required toanswer five questions, selecting one from each unitunder Section A and Section B.The examination shall be of three hours duration and shall carry 75 marks.

SECTION A
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

UNIT-l :-
Agriculture: Subsistence, Commercial Grain, Plantation,Dairy and Mediterranean farming;Major agricultural region of the world; Von Thunen’s Agricultural Location Theory.

UNIT-2 :-
Industry:Locational factors of Industries, Weber’s industrial and, Iron and steel, Cotton textileSugar;Major Industrial regions of the world.

UNIT-3:-
International trade inWheat, Cotton, Iron ore and petroleum; Trade routes of North Atlantic, Suez and Panama canals.

SECTION B
RESOURCE GEOGRAPHY

UNIT-4:-
Concept of Resources, Soil, Water and forest resources, their distribution,utilization and conservation. Fisheries of the world; Ecology andecosystems Renewable non-renewable energy resources.

UNIT- 5:-
Mineral and Power resources: Coal, petroleum,iron ore, bauxite, manganese and copper; their distribution utilization and conservation; Non-conventional sources of energy.

Book recommended:-

James and Darkenwald - Economic Geography.
Zimmerman - World resources and Industries.
Alexander - Economic Geograpy.
Kashi Nath Singh - ArthikBhugol (Hindi)
Guha and Chattoraj - Economic Geography: A study of resources.
Negi - Resource Geography(English).
Kaushik& Sharma - SansadhanBhugol (Hindi)
Mamoria - ArthikBhugol (Hindi).
Haggett - Geography: A modern Synthesis.