IIT JAM Geology Syllabus 2026: Download PDF Here!

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.

Petrology

25

Mineralogy

20

The Planet Earth

19

Structural Geology

18

Paleontology

9

Physical Geology

Don Leet, & Sheldon Judson

Evolution of India

K S Valdiya

Physical Geology

Mukherjee Geo-dynamic

Principles of Physical Geology

Arthur Holmes

Planet Earth, Cosmology, Geology and the Evolution of Life and Environment

Emiliani

Structural Geology

Prof. Haakon Fossen

An Introduction to Physical Geology

Miller

Structural Geology

S.K. Ghosh/Billings/Davis

Basic Concepts of Physical Geology

E.W. Spencer