CUET Geography Syllabus 2026, Download Detailed Syllabus Here, Important Topics

Unit

Topic

Sub-Topic

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

Topic

Sub-Topic

Unit I

People

• Population: distribution, density and growth; composition of population – linguistic, religious; sex, rural-urban and occupational – regional variations in 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 utilisation – irrigation, domestic, industrial and other uses; scarcity of water and conservation methods – rain water harvesting and watershed management (one case study related with 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; 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; sea ports 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

Total Questions

Questions need to be Attempted

Duration

Marking Scheme

50

All questions are compulsory to attempt

60 mins

For every correct answer, 5 marks will be awarded.