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Indian and World Geography
Population and settlement (India and world)
Rural settlements

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Indian and World Geography

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Indian and World Geography

Geomorphology and the Earth
Climatology
Oceanography
Biogeography and soils (physical side)
India: location, structure and physiography
India: drainage and water resources
India: climate and the monsoon
India: natural vegetation and soils
India: resources, agriculture, industry and transport
Population and settlement (India and world)
World physical geography by continent and ocean
World economic geography
Map and location knowledge: India by region
Map and location knowledge: world by region

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Distinguishing clustered, hamleted and dispersed rural settlements
Inferring settlement form from site and route geometry
Site factors: water, relief, defence, building material, planned settlements

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