CUET Geography Important Topics & Chapter Wise Weightage

Number of questions

50

Number of questions to be attempted

40

Type of questions

Multiple Choice Question (MCQ)

CUET Physics exam duration

60 minutes

CUET marking scheme

+5 for each correct answer

-1 for each incorrect answer

Unit 1

Human Geography Nature and Scope

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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 cyberspace

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.

Unit I

People

Population: distribution, density and growth; composition of the population – linguistic, religious; sex, rural-urban and occupational – regional variations in the growth of population

Migration: international, national – causes and consequences

Human development – selected indicators and regional patterns

Population, environment and development

Unit II

Human Settlements

Rural settlements – types and distribution;

Urban settlements – types, distribution and functional classification.

Unit III

Resources and Development

Land resources – general land use; agricultural land use – major crops; agricultural development and problems, common property resources;

Water resources – availability and utilization – irrigation, domestic, industrial and other uses; scarcity of water and conservation methods – rainwater harvesting and watershed management (one case study related to participatory watershed management to be introduced)

Mineral and energy resources – metallic and non-metallic minerals and their distribution; conventional and non-conventional energy sources

Industries – types and distribution; industrial location and clustering; changing pattern of selected industries – iron and steel, cotton textiles, sugar, petrochemicals, and knowledge-based industries; the impact of liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation on industrial location

Planning in India – target area planning (case study); idea of sustainable development (case study)

Unit IV

Transport, Communication and International Trade

Transport and communication — roads, railways, waterways and airways; oil and gas pipelines; national electric grids; communication networkings – radio, television, satellite and internet

International trade — changing pattern of India’s foreign trade; seaports and their hinterland and airports

Unit V

Geographical Perspective on Selected Issues and Problems

Environmental pollution; urban waste disposal

Urbanisation-rural-urban migration; problem of slums

Land Degradation

CUET Geography Syllabus PDF in English

CUET Geography Syllabus PDF in Hindi

People: One case study

7-8

Human Activities

7-8

Transport, Communication & Trade

4-5

Human settlements

2-3

Resources and Development

2-3

Transport, Communication and International Trade

2-3

Geographical Perspective on selected issues & problems

3-4

Map work

5