Population and Settlement Geography SYLLABUS, STUDY MATERIAL, PYQS & MCQS FOR UGC NET & SETS EXAMS
(A) Syllabus
(B) Study Materials
(C) PYQS
(D) MCQS
(E) Mock Test
(A) Syllabus
Population and Settlement Geography
Population Geography
Sources of population data (census, sample surveys and vital statistics, data reliability and errors). World Population Distribution (measures, patterns and determinants), World Population Growth (prehistoric to modern period). Demographic Transition, Theories of Population Growth (Malthus, Sadler, and Ricardo). Fertility and Mortality Analysis (indices, determinants and world patterns). Migration (types, causes and consequences and models), Population Composition and Characteristics (age, sex, rural-urban, occupational structure and educational levels), Population Policies in Developed and Developing Countries.
Settlement Geography
Rural Settlements (types, patterns and distribution), Contemporary Problems of Rural Settlements ( rural-urban migration; land use changes; land acquisition and transactions), Theories of Origin of Towns (Gordon Childe, Henri Pirenne, Lewis Mumford), Characteristics and Processes of Urbanization in Developed and Developing Countries (factors of urban growth, trends of urbanisation, size, structure and functions of urban areas). Urban Systems ( the law of the primate city and rank size rule) Central Place Theories (Christaller and Losch), Internal Structure of the City, Models of Urban Land Use (Burgess, Harris and Ullman , and Hoyt), Concepts of Megacities, Global Cities and Edge Cities, Changing Urban Forms (peri-urban areas, rural-urban fringe, suburban , ring and satellite towns), Social Segregation in the City, Urban Social Area Analysis, Manifestation of Poverty in the City (slums, informal sector growth, crime and social exclusion).
(B) Study Materials
(C) PYQS
(D) MCQS
Population and Settlement Geography MCQS
POPULATION GEOGRAPHY 50 MCQS
SETTLEMENT GEOGRAPHY 50 MCQS
(E) Mock Test
Population Geography 50 MCQ Mock Test
Settlement Geography 50 MCQ Mock Test