General Studies Paper I · Subtopic
Social geography of India and the world
Official syllabus
Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.
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What this covers
Social geography studies where people live and how social processes vary across space. A dense region, a fast-growing region and a region with net migration are different observations.
Key ideas
- population distribution
- migration
- settlement
- identity