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[Yearbook] India
2014: How to start?
Geography
preparation plan,
sample MCQs
1. Prologue
1. Rule#1: DONOT read in linear
sequence
2. Rule#2: Organizations imp. BUT
evolution is NOT
3. Rule#3: Location not important for
Misc. organization
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4. Rule#4: Ignore Bolbachhan
5. Rule#5: Schemes/funds/projects
what to read, what to skip?
6. Rule#6: Policies: Must maintain
separate notes
2. Chapter 1: Land and People
1. Ch1: Mock MCQ Questions
3. Chapter 30: States and UT
1. Ch30: Mock MCQ Questions
Prologue
Last Month, Ministry of information & broadcasting
published the book India 2014 (in English) || Bharat
2014 (in Hindi)
Theyre Commonly known as India Yearbook among
the toppers, senior players and coaching classes for
UPSC.
In this [Yearbook] article series, well see how to utilize
this book effectively for preparation of UPSC civil
service exam.
Rule#1: DONOT read in linear sequence
India Yearbook has total 32 chapters + appendix.
Donot read them in linear fashion (1,2,3,4,5) instead go
topic wise.
ab aapka result desh k... }
[ACIO] Result for ACIO
2013 exam declared,...
ROHAN { i like your spirit
sir.. :) } [PIB] 2014 March
Week 1: What to...
SIGNORINA { i worked in
sbi for 4 years. do i need
to present the experience
certificate in the
prescribed proforma as
provided in the upsc
website.... } [Result]
UPSC Civil Service Mains
2013 Exam...
HKOM { why in hurry with
final result.. if you perform
well both on written and
interview...you are already
selected. i should say
better divert from result... }
KEJRIWAR { congrats sir.
sir were you selected in
the first list itself or they
contacted you later on?
and do you know if there
will be... } [Studyplan]
Assistant Central
Intelligence Officer (ACIO):
Topicwise...
ARN { hello... i am getting
problem in filling
preferences in ssc online
application for si post...
please help me out who
filled part-1. it's showing
"please... } [SSC] 2014's
CLICK TO ENLARGE THIS PHOTO
Area/subject/topic first finish
then read
IYB
chapter
finally,
newspaper/magz+
Geography
EnB
Sci.Tech
NCERT &
NIOS
1, 4, 12,
25, 27, 30
12
th
FYP
Economy NCERT
8, 11, 17,
19, 26
12
th
FYP, budget,
economic survey
1. Polity
2. rights issue,
Laxmikanth:
English /
polity:
2, 3,
20
10,
15,
16, 12
th
FYP
Tier-1 postponed due to
Election...
DEEPIKA { sir please
provide study plan for
lower.pcs 2013 }
[Studyplan] UPPCS
Preliminary Exam Paper 2:
Aptitude,...
RAHUL { bhai ib ne sahi
se kaam kiya hota to desh
me itne attacks nhi
hote.ye log executive k
andr aate ha islie koi sahi
kaam... } [ACIO] Result
for ACIO 2013 exam
declared,...
AN ETERNAL OPTIMIST
{ sir, i was aware about
the link but i was
wondering that wouldn't
suffice. however, i am
thinking to deliver it in
person at the... } [SSC]
2014's Tier-1 postponed
due to Election...
AN ETERNAL OPTIMIST
{ hi, it is clearly mentioned
in the press release of
ssc..kindly go through this
link :
http://ssc.nic.in/whats%20new%20html/latest_news/noticeregardingcgle2013.pdf
} [SSC] 2014's Tier-1
postponed due to Election...
AN ETERNAL OPTIMIST
{ hi, sorry..you are not
eligible to take this
examination } [SSC]
due to Election...
3. development Hindi 21,
23,
24,
28
defense, IR
For
international
relation
basics:
IGNOU
module
MPSE-001
9, 18
Misc.GK nothing
5, 22, 29,
31, 32, 33
Some of the chapters will overlap in multiple topics. For

example:
1. Ch1: Census data during education, welfare etc.
chapters
2. Ch4 Agro: during finance/insurance, food-civil
supply, welfare.
3. Ch9 Defence: some Misc. GK, some IR/bilateral,
some Sci-tech research.
4. Ch11 Energy: Part of it with EnB (renewable) and
part with infrastructure (thermal)
5. Ch23: Planning chapter will overlap in other areas
e.g. EnB: environment forest; Economy-
infrastructure; welfare, education and so on.
6. Ch30: state UT will also overlap- in agro, forest,
water, energy, culture/tourism etc.
Anyways, well see them in detail- where and how they
overlap. But point being, that if you read the book
AN ETERNAL OPTIMIST
{ hi, sorry..you are not
eligible to take this
examination } [SSC]
due to Election...
YOGI { pata nhi kya chal
ra h andar mujhe 2 weeks
bataya kisi ko last week
of march bata rahe h ye
log kam se itna... }
AN ETERNAL OPTIMIST
{ hi, profiency test is
required only for
assistants in css } [SSC]
due to Election...
AN ETERNAL OPTIMIST
{ hi, this exam is most
likely to be held on 22nd
july, 2014 } [SSC] 2014's
Tier-1 postponed due to
Election...
Older
topicwise, youll become less vulnerable to trap MCQs,
you can write more comprehensive answers and
essay/mains.
Moving to the next rule:
Rule#2: Organizations imp. BUT evolution is
NOT
Often the IYB will tell you evolutionary story about a
ministry/department/organization. For example:
__ department was setup in ___ year under ___
ministry. In the ___ year, department was shifted to
_____ ministry. In the year ___, the ministry was
renamed into ____, blah blah blah.
This type of GK/chronology/Evolution was
important under Public Administration optional
subject in preliminary exams (i.e. before 2011).
But in 2011, UPSC introduced CSAT system (no
more optional subjects in prelims). = such details
are useless.
and even for Public Administration optional subject
in Mains exam- such evolution details are no
longer asked/useful.
Therefore, dont bother with such details. Whenever
you read any organization, only focus on three things:
1. Nature: Constitutional/statutory/executive/attached
office/society/PSU/SPV/autonomous body/anything
else?
2. Boss: Who is the boss? Under which ministry does
it fall?
3. Function:
1. Whatre the functions/schemes/policies
associated?
2. in Sci-tech related organizations youll find
fancy terms/inventions associated. you need to
dig their feature/benefit from google- for the
GS3 paper.
While youre reading IYB, try to maintain an excel
spreadsheet, mindmap, or handwritten micronote about
^this. (and continue updating it from newspapers,
Pib.nic.in and yojana/kurukshetra magazine.)
Rule#3: Location not important for Misc.
organization
Do not waste time in memorizing the locations of
relatively unknown organizations. for example
1. Harishchandra research institute, Allahbad
2. Institute of mathematical science , Chennai
3. Institute of physics, Bhuwaneshwar.
Match the following (Chillar) institute vs location= this
type MCQs were asked in late 90s-early 2000s era. But
since last three years, UPSC has stopped harassing
aspirants with such trivial GK.
Besides, even if 1-2 MCQs are asked from this
area, the cost:benefit is terrible (in terms of the
amount of effort required to mugup & recall the list
in the exam).
Youre better off investing that much time in the
Core areas of CSAT- polity, geography, science,
EnB, economy and aptitude.
Rule#4: Ignore Bolbachhan
While describing schemes/policy/functions, the IYB-
writers give a lot of bolbachhan (Filler information.)
Observe:
1. Under ____ scheme, the ministry has initiated new
and improved processes, improved functionality
and efficient cost effective services, network
integration, human resources development
2. The Department of ____ also has a specialized
center to analyze metals, alloys, organic and
organometallic compounds, inorganic compounds,
rocks and minerals.
3. The national institute of ___ provides an integrated
M.Sc.+Ph.D course in biology, chemistry, math and
physics.
4. During the year ___ , Doordarshans DTH platform
was upgraded from 50 to 59 SDTV channels and
65000 set top boxes with an Expenditure of
Rs.____ crore.
Such details are useless for prelim-MCQs. such details
wont even fetch any marks in descriptive question
under Mains /Essay.
In short, dates-numbers-fancy things are almost always
useless. Even if one or two things help
directly/indirectly in the exam- the cost benefit is still
terrible. Therefore, always focus on facts-features
relevant to the exam. Ask youself can this be asked as
MCQs? can I quote this while writing a descriptive
answer? if answer is NO, then dont bother reading
such data.
If youre totally new to this game, DO go through at
least last three years prelims and mains papers of
UPSC. thatll give you a basic idea of what is important
and what is useless from exam point of view.
Rule#5: Schemes/funds/projects what to read,
what to skip?
In the schemes related paragraphs- there is lot of
bolbachchan. Example
1. During the 11
th
Five year plan, Rs._____ crore
were spent. Out of this, ____ number of
beneficiaries were given ____ Cores. Under the
12
th
five year plan, the allotment has been raised
by __%.
2. Then a big table is given, showing the allocations
made to each state/UT etc.
Nearly 70% of scheme related paragraphs are full of
such junk. Ignore it. And extract ONLY following five
things:
1. When did the scheme start?
Absolute year is not important but you need it for
Chronological type MCQ Which came first? or what is
the correct chronological order in following?
Q1. Project Tiger/elephant/crocodile?
Q2. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan / right to education /
mid-day meal?
Because ^this type of MCQs are still asked.
2. Who is the boss? [i.e. which ministry/department
looks after?]
3. Where does the money come?
1. Does Union government provide 100% funding,
or do the states need to contribute something
as well? 10%/20%/25% etc?]
2. In some cases, even Private sector gives
money e.g. India Inclusive Innovation Fund
100 crore by Union and 400 by banks/FI/donors
etc.]
4. What are the salient features
1. Who is eligible beneficiary?
2. What benefit does he/she get?
3. How does he get benefit? (direct cash, in kind
(e.g. tractor, wheelchair), indirect benefit via
subsidy to fertilizer company and so on)
5. + any other term/condition that you find worthy of a
UPSC level MCQ.
Sometimes youll not get all of this data within IYB. In
that case dig pib.nic.in
Hint: in google search box, type site:pib.nic.in *name
of the scheme*
Rule#6: Policies: Must maintain separate notes
Usually 90% of the policy paragraph is just bolbachhan
filler junk.
We only need to dig five things:
1. Year (not absolute year, but you need to be aware
of chronological order, for MCQs)
2. Boss: Which ministry / Department is responsible
for this policy? (e.g. Manufacturing
policy=Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion
(DIPP) under Commerce Ministry.)
3. Features: What are the salient features/targets?
4. Methods: What schemes/projects have been
launched to accomplish this policy?
5. Analysis: (for mains & interview): the
pros/cons/suggestions.
Often, you wont find all these details in IYB (because
the author got so carried away in writing bolbachhan,
he forgot to provide the essential details.) In all such
cases, dig pib.nic.in for topic 1 to 4 and; for #5- dig
Hindu, Indianexpress etc.
hint: to find a policy on pib.nic.in quickly, open google
search box, and type
site:pib.nic.in *name of the policy*
Dont do Ph.D while gathering content. Try to make a
revision note that summarizes every policy (and its five
area) in single side A4 page (or even less.)
Im writing this article on Mar-03-2014. Meaning
less than 5 months left before prelims. Its ideal time
to gather these details right now.
After mains, youll be caught up with so many other
topics of GS and Optional subjects, you wont have
sufficient time to cover hte policies.
Then youll try to take shortcut by getting some
coaching note/current affairs book= useless,
because most of them are just bolbachhan copy-
pasted from IYB, newspapers and government
sites. Such details will not stay in long term
memory. You cannot recall the points in examhall =
bogus quality answer.
But if you prepare a self-note in your own words-
revolving around those five things, and keep revising it
regularly, then you can handle pretty much any
descriptive question related to xyz policy, you can recall
the answer points quickly.
Bills/Acts/laws
Approach remains similar to policy topic:
1. year
2. boss
3. features (from prsindia.org)
4. analysis (from prsindia, other newspapers)
anyways, lets start with ch1.
Chapter 1: Land and People
DONOT read entire Chapter 1 in a single sitting.
Instead, approach in following manner
Read this
section from
ch1
then directly shift towards
1. Indian
Geography
Ch. 30 States and UT
2. Flora
Fauna
Ch. 12 environment (and then to 12
th
FYP)
3. Census
Donor read census right now. Instead, come
back to refer census, when youre reading
education, health, welfare related chapters.
The first four pages the first chapter of IYB are
dedicated to this topic Indian (physical) Geography.
#1 Pre-requisite: NCERT Indian Geography
If you directly read the land-people chapter. Itll be a big
hathodaa (hammer) on your head. So, first make sure
youve thoroughly finished with NCERTs (for Indian
Geography)
TOPIC CLASS CHAPTERS
6 7
India Basic 9 1, 2, 4
11* 1 and 2
Rivers
9 3
10 3
11* 3
12* 6
Economic Geography
10 1,5, 6, 7
12* 7 to 12
Human Geography
9 6
12* 1to 4
*For Class 11 and 12, NCERT has three books of
Geography, but In above table
Class 11 Geography means India-Physical-
Environment-Geography
Class 12 Geography means India People and
Economy
PS: all NCERT, NIOS PDFs are available at
Mrunal.org/download
#2: DO keep a school atlas
While reading these (NCERT) chapter and IYB topics,
if you keep reading only text like western Himalayan
region extends from Kashmir to Kumaon. without
referring to atlas, itll never go in your long term
memory. Then, despite having read the text, you wont
be able to solve the MCQs.
Assuming that youre done with #1 and #2. Welcome
back. Now open the chapter 1, page 1 of IYB14.
1. First para. Quote of Mark Twain = important as
Essay title.
2. Second para. well youd know this by reading
NCERTs
3. From (Page1 Para3) to (Page4 Para2): finish while
simultaneously referring to Atlas. This is mostly
location /mapping type GK in a compressed form.
4. Then climate-flora-fauna thing starts. ignore it at the
moment (because we do it in Environment-
biodiversity section)
Lets check a few demo MCQs
Ch1: Mock MCQ Questions
Q1. Consider following river basins
1. Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna
2. Brahmani-Baitarani
3. Luni
4. Subarnarekha
Which of them are examples of composite river basins?
1. only 1 and 2
2. only 3 and 4
3. only 1
4. only 3
Q2. Find correct statements about drainage system in
Western India
1. West coast streams are short in length, have limited
catchment area.
2. Streams of Western Rajasthan are ephemeral.
3. Both A and B
4. Neither A nor B
Q3. Which of the following rivers dont drain into sea?
(1) Luni (2) Macchu (3) Saraswati (4) Ghaggar
Answer choices:
1. only 1 and 3
2. only 1, 2 and 3
3. only 1 and 4
4. 1234
Correct answers
answer/hint
IYB
Page#
Trap MCQ. Composite doesnt mean composite
word as in English grammar. Composite river basin =
having area between 2k to 20k sq.kms => correct
are Luni and Subernarekha
4
Both are correct 3
None of them drains into sea 3
So far you finished Indias physical geography:
mountains and rivers from Chapter 1.Now directly shift
to Chapter 30.
Chapter 30: States and UT
Youll have to refer this chapter back and forth many
times (for culture, polity, mining, infrastructure etc.)
APPROACH #1 APPROACH #2
You finish everything at
once e.g. picked Andhra,
Only move topic wise PER
state. example
History, tourism, festivals:
Andra, Assam, Bihar
then read everything about
Andhra: history, geography,
agro, irrigation, power,
industries, transport,
tourismeverything.
Agriculture: Andra, Assam,
Bihar
Forest wildlife: Andra,
Assam, Bihar
and so on
use this approach for:
1. first sitting.
2. state service exam
(only your state)
3. UPSC interview (all the
states where youve
been in terms of birth,
school, college and
job).
use this approach for
Subsequent revisions in
second, third, fourth sittings.
UPSC prelims (because
often they ask comparative
type MCQs, match the
following: state vs tribe,
state vs festival, state vs.
wildlife sanctuary etc. so you
need to prepare in parallel
manner.)
Note: in the market, many GK books deal with such
data: state vs festival, tourism, river etc. those things
will work fine for SSC, Bank type exam. But they often
ignore non-popular, non-clichd data such as
1. Sualkuchi, Assam = silk;
2. Hajo, Assam= Meeting point of Buddhism ,Hinduism
and Islam
But youll find these things in IYB. So, do prepare Ch30
religiously.
Important: IYB 2014 doesnt contain information on the
newly formed State of Telengana. But do dig the similar
details via google. (Power plants, tourist attraction,
sanctuaries, rivers etc.)
Ch30: Mock MCQ Questions
these are only meant to test your recalling power.
otherwise, UPSC MCQs will be way tougher than this
chillar stuff.
Q1. Which of the following dynasties have ruled over
Andhra/Telugu region?
1. Satvahan
2. Ahom
3. Sakas
4. Ikshvakus
Answer choice
1. 123
2. 13
3. 134
4. 1234
Q2. Consider following caves: Ajanta, Elllora,
Elephanta, Kanheri, Karla.
Which of them are located in Maharahstra?
1. all except Kanheri, Karla
2. all except Karla
3. all except Elephanta
4. All of them
Q3. Consider following data
State name in the ancient texts
1. Odisha
Utkal
2. W.Bengal Gangaridai
3. Assam
Kamrupa
Which of them are correctly matched?
1. only 1 and 3
2. only 2 and 3
3. only 1 and 3
4. all of them
Q4. Match the following
1. Meghalaya
2. Mizoram
3. Nagaland
4. Assam
1. Nongkrem Dance
2. Cheraw Dance
3. Hornbill festival
4. Bhaona
Correct match
code I II III IV
a 4 3 2 1
b 2 1 4 3
c 3 2 1 4
d 1 2 3 4
Q5. which of the following is correct about Vijayanagar
Kings?
1. They had helped Goas king to fight against Alfonso
de Albuquerque.
2. Their empire crumbled after the humiliating defeat
in the battle of Talikota.
3. Both A and B
4. Neither A nor B
Q6. Consider following rivers: Rabi, Chenab, Beas,
Sutluj, Yamuna. Which of them pass through Himachal
pradesh?
1. All except Beas
2. All except Yamuna
3. All except Chenab
4. All of them
Q7. Consider following fruits: Apples, pear, peach,
guava, and litchi. Which of them are temperate fruits?
1. all except guava and litchi
2. all except pear and peach
3. all except pear and litchi
4. all of them
Q8. Consider following statements about Lakshadweep
1. its capital is Minicoy
2. its coconuts have highest oil content in the world
3. its per capita fish availability is highest in India
4. its administrator is called Lt.governor
Incorrect statements are
1. only 2 and 4
2. only 3 and 4
3. only 1
4. only 1 and 4
Q9. Consider following
1. Harvalem falls
Goa
2. Elephant falls Meghalaya
3. Vantawng Falls
Mizoram
1. only 1 and 3
2. only 2 and 3
3. only 1 and 3
4. all of them
Q10. Match the following
1. Sikkim
2. Tripura
3. Himachal
4. Uttarakhand
1. Garhwali
2. Pahari
3. Kokborak
4. Lepcha
Correct match
code I II III IV
a 3 4 1 2
b 4 3 1 2
c 3 4 2 1
d 4 3 2 1
Q11. Consider following
1. Wollastonite
Rajasthan
2. pyrophyllite
UP
3. chyrsolite asbestos
Andra
1. only 1 and 3
2. only 2 and 3
3. only 1 and 3
4. all of them
Q12. Consider following statements about the tribes of
Andaman Nicobar?
1. Negrito tribes live in Andaman group of islands
2. Mongoloid tribes live in Nicobar group of islands
3. The Shompen are an example of Negrito tribes.
Which of them are correct?
1. only 1 and 3
2. only 2 and 3
3. only 1 and 2
4. only 1 and 3
Q13. Which of the following statements are correct
about Onge, Jarawa and Sentinalese tribes?
1. all of them live in Andaman group of Islands
2. all of them are Negrito tribes
3. Both A and B
4. Neither A nor B
Q14. Correct statements about Diu-Daman vs Dadra-
Nagar Haveli?
1. Majority population of population in Diu-Daman is
tribal
2. Majority of area in Dadra and Nagar Haveli is under
forest cover.
3. Both UT are administrated by the same chief
commissioner.
Answer choice
1. only 1 and 2
2. only 1
3. only 2
4. all of them
Chapter 30: Correct Answers
1. C. Ahom = Assam. remaining are correct
2. D. all of them.
3. D. all of them
4. D. 1234 all given in correct sequence in the table
itself.
5. B.only second statement correct
6. D. all of them pass through HP
7. A. Guava, litchi = subtropical fruits (hint: read
Kashmir section of Ch30)
8. D. incorrect statement=only 1 and 4. Capital
Kavaratti and Administrator is called administrator.
9. D. all falls are correctly matched
10. D. 4321
11. D all match
12. C. because Shompen are Mongoloid.
13. C. both right
14. B. only first statement right Diu Daman majority
tribal
So far youre done with

1. chapter 1 (minus flora, fauna and census)
2. chapter 30
Next article, we see how to handle Ch.7 Environment

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