Download Syllabus of Geography / Geology CUET 2022-23
Fundamentals of Human Geography
Unit I: 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 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 cyber space;
• International trade – Basis and changing patterns; ports as gateways of international trade, 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.
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