Geomorphology | Soil formation; Transportation and deposition by wind, Weathering and erosion; ice, river, sea and resulting landforms. |
Planet Earth | Geosphere and the composition of the Earth; Origin of the Solar System and the Earth; Shape and size of the Earth; Earth-Moon system; Dating rocks and age of the Earth; Volcanism |
Paleontology | Major steps in the evolution of life forms; Fossils, their mode of preservation and utility in age determination and paleoenvironmental interpretations; Morphology, major evolutionary trends and ages of important groups of animals – Brachiopoda, Mollusca, etc. |
Structural Geology | Orientation of planes and lines in space – the concept of dip, strike, rake and plunge. Contour lines; Rule of ‘V’s and outcrop patterns; Interpretation of geological maps and cross-section construction; Classification and origin of folds, etc. |
Petrology | Definition and classification of rocks; Igneous rocks – forms of igneous bodies; Processes of evolution and diversification of magma; Classification, association, and genesis of common igneous rocks. Sedimentary rocks – classification, texture, and structure; Petrology of sandstone and limestone, etc. |
Stratigraphy | Principles of stratigraphy; Litho-, Chrono- and biostratigraphic classification; Stratigraphic correlation techniques; Archaean cratons of Peninsular India (Dharwar, Singhbhum and Aravalli); Proterozoic mobile belts; Stratigraphy of Cuddapah and Vindhyan basins, etc. |
Mineralogy | Symmetry and forms in common crystal classes; Physical properties of minerals; Isomorphism, polymorphism, solid solution and exsolution; Classification of minerals; Structure of silicates; Mineralogy of common rock-forming minerals; Elements of Optical Mineralogy, Optical properties of common rock-forming minerals. |
Applied Geology | Principles of engineering geology; Groundwater and hydrological cycle, Types of aquifers, porosity and permeability; Geological considerations in construction of dams and tunnels. |
Economic Geology | General processes of formation of mineral deposits; Mode of occurrence and distribution of metallic and non-metallic mineral deposits in India; Physical properties of common economic minerals; Fundamentals of reserve calculation, etc. |
