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Geography Short Tricks English Medium

Short tricks for Indian and world geography — the long lists of every chapter (states, rivers, mountains, crops, minerals, countries) in one memorable sentence each, colour-coded.

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Chapter 101 Pass English Medium Geography Short Tricks General Geography — Universe and Solar System - Short Trick Short tricks for the universe and the Solar System — the planets by distance and by size, each planet’s identity, the Galilean moons, the largest moons, the Sun’s layers, perihelion and aphelion, eclipses, the Big Bang and Copernicus, types of galaxies, a star’s life and the Date Line, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 102 Pass English Medium Geography Short Tricks Interior of the Earth and Rocks - Short Trick Short tricks for the Earth’s interior and rocks — P, S and L waves, sial-sima-nife, the discontinuities from Conrad to Lehmann, Wegener to plate tectonics, the parts of Pangaea, evidence for drift, the seven major plates, igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, the eight elements of the crust and soil, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 103 Pass English Medium Geography Short Tricks Earth Movements — Endogenic and Exogenic Forces - Short Trick Short tricks for earth movements — tension and compression, anticline and syncline, the epicentre and earthquake lines, Richter and Mercalli, earthquake types, active, dormant and extinct volcanoes, delta types, karst hollows, zeugen and yardang, spit and tombolo, cirque and drumlin and the snow line, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 104 Pass English Medium Geography Short Tricks Landform Diversity — Mountains, Plateaus, Plains - Short Trick Short tricks for landforms — the ages of mountain building and their mountains, block, dome, volcanic and residual mountains, plateau types and countries, monadnock, inselberg and hum, rift lakes, the ten largest lakes, islands and their countries and the world’s deserts, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 105 Pass English Medium Geography Short Tricks Climatology - Short Trick Short tricks for climatology — the layers of the atmosphere in order, what each layer is known for, the ionosphere, the main gases, scattering and diffusion, convection and advection, the doldrums and horse latitudes, the Hadley, Ferrel and polar cells, jet streams, local winds and their regions, mist and fog, fronts and hurricane, typhoon and willy-willy, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 106 Pass English Medium Geography Short Tricks Hydrosphere — Oceans, Tides and Currents - Short Trick Short tricks for the hydrosphere — the four oceans by size, the deepest trenches from Mariana to Kermadec, marginal seas of the Pacific and Indian Ocean, high- and low-salinity seas, spring and neap tides, tidal power stations, cold currents of the Pacific and Atlantic, El Niño and La Niña, straits such as Malacca, Hormuz and Gibraltar, and the maritime zones, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 107 Pass English Medium Geography Short Tricks Natural Regions - Short Trick Short tricks for the natural regions of the world — where the steppe, prairie, pampas, veld, downs and Canterbury lie, the llanos and campos, hurricane, typhoon and willy-willy, local winds like the sirocco, mistral and bora, equatorial and taiga trees, chaparral, maquis and caatinga, the west–east pattern of regions and their soils, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 108 Pass English Medium Geography Short Tricks Continents of the World - Short Trick Short tricks for the continents of the world — the seven continents by area and population, each continent’s highest peak, longest river, largest lake and largest and smallest country, the Rift Valley lakes, the Great Lakes, Africa’s rivers, South America’s resources, Australia’s deserts and India’s Antarctic stations, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 109 English Medium Geography Short Tricks World Economic Geography - Short Trick Short tricks for world economic geography — red, blue, pink, white and gold collars, shifting cultivation names like ladang, milpa, conuco and chena, viti-, pisci-, seri- and apiculture, top producers of wheat, cotton, tea, sugarcane and rubber, kinds of iron ore and coal, top producers of iron ore, bauxite and uranium, the Trans-Siberian railway and the Suez and Panama canals, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 110 Pass English Medium Geography Short Tricks Human Geography — Origin, Population and Settlements - Short Trick Short tricks for human geography — the sequence from Australopithecus to Homo sapiens, where Java, Peking, Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon fossils were found, where the Inuit, Sami, Maasai, Pygmies, Bedouin, Maori and Gauchos live, the most spoken languages, the most populous countries, the largest megacities and the three dimensions of the HDI, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 211 Pass English Medium Geography Short Tricks India — A General Introduction - Short Trick Short tricks for India’s general introduction — countries larger than India, the four extreme points, states on the standard meridian and the Tropic of Cancer, neighbours by border length, the Durand, McMahon and Radcliffe lines, the 8°, 9° and 10° channels, coastal states and islands, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 212 Pass English Medium Geography Short Tricks Physical Structure of India - Short Trick Short tricks for the physical structure of India — rock systems from oldest to youngest, the Himalayan ranges and four great faults, the Purvanchal hills, the eight-thousanders, the longest glaciers, the highest peak of every state, passes state by state, the Vindhya, Satpura and Eastern Ghats hills, Bhabar to Khadar, the Punjab doabs, the names of the coasts and the lake superlatives, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 213 Pass English Medium Geography Short Tricks Drainage System of India - Short Trick Short tricks for India’s drainage system — antecedent and inland rivers, the five rivers of Punjab and their Vedic names, the Indus Waters Treaty, the five prayags, the left-bank tributaries of the Ganga and the tributaries of the Yamuna, the names of the Brahmaputra, Peninsular rivers by length, sources, waterfalls, dams, canals and the river-linking plan, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 214 Pass English Medium Geography Short Tricks Climate of India - Short Trick Short tricks for the climate of India — the five controls of climate, the IMD’s four seasons, local winds like the loo, norwester, Kalbaisakhi and mango showers, Mawath and Chillai Kalan, the monsoon’s arrival and withdrawal dates, the theories of Halley, Flohn and Spate, El Niño, La Niña and the IOD, the seasonal share of rain and the wettest and driest places, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 215 Pass English Medium Geography Short Tricks Economic Geography of India - Short Trick Short tricks for India’s economic geography — Rabi and Kharif crops, leading states for rice, wheat, pulses, oilseeds, sugarcane, cotton, jute, tea and spices (2024-25), the coloured revolutions, top milk and egg states, Odisha and Rajasthan minerals, famous mines, steel and aluminium plants, first factories, industrial regions and core industries, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 216 Pass English Medium Geography Short Tricks Soils and Vegetation - Short Trick Short tricks for India’s soils and vegetation — soils by area, states with black, laterite and arid soil, khadar and bangar, reclaiming usar, erosion zones, the rainfall and trees of evergreen, deciduous and thorn forests, sholas, mangroves, ISFR 2023 records and forestry institutes, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 217 Pass English Medium Geography Short Tricks Energy Resources of India - Short Trick Short tricks for India’s energy resources — black gold to white gold, the four coal grades, Gondwana valleys, coal reserves and fields, oil regions, Assam’s refineries, nuclear power stations and uranium mines, Tehri, Nathpa Jhakri and Subansiri, leading solar and wind states, solar parks and the 175 GW target, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 218 Pass English Medium Geography Short Tricks Transport and Communication - Short Trick Short tricks for India’s transport and communication — where NH-44, 27, 48, 19, 16, 66 and 53 run, railway zones and headquarters, the first trains and metros, the UNESCO hill railways, airport names, national waterways 1 to 5, the twelve major ports in coastal order, pipelines and radio-TV milestones, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, railway, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 219 Pass English Medium Geography Short Tricks India: Census 2011 - Short Trick Short tricks for Census 2011 — the most and least populous states, district records, the four phases of growth, the densest and sparsest states, the extremes of sex ratio and child sex ratio, the most and least literate states, the top Scheduled Caste and Tribe states and the National Population Policy 2000, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 220 English Medium Geography Short Tricks Indian States and Union Territories - Short Trick Short tricks for India’s states and union territories — the order of formation from the 16th to the 29th state, the capitals of all 28 states, each state’s nickname and identity, the highest peaks, the states touching Bangladesh and Myanmar, Chhattisgarh’s seven neighbours, the largest states by area and all eight union territories, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 321 English Medium Geography Short Tricks Ecology and Ecosystem - Short Trick Short tricks for ecology and ecosystems — what Haeckel, Tansley, Elton, Lindeman, Grinnell and Clements gave, the order of primary productivity, inverted pyramids, gaseous and sedimentary cycles, the steps of the nitrogen cycle, the stages of succession and grasslands such as the prairie, steppe and pampas, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 322 Pass English Medium Geography Short Tricks Biodiversity - Short Trick Short tricks for biodiversity — levels of diversity, India’s four hotspots, the nine IUCN Red List categories, Ramsar sites and the Montreux Record, treaties from Ramsar to Kunming-Montreal, Project Tiger’s first nine reserves, which state the national parks and tiger reserves are in, biosphere reserves, natural World Heritage sites and species projects, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 323 Pass English Medium Geography Short Tricks Environmental Pollution and Management - Short Trick Short tricks for environmental pollution and management — the 8 AQI pollutants, what photochemical smog and acid rain are made of, Minamata, Itai-itai, blue baby and other diseases with their elements, the order from Stockholm to the Environment Act 1986, the Ecomark, the Chipko, Appiko and Narmada Bachao movements, the Gadgil and Kasturirangan committees and the awards, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map Chapter 324 Pass English Medium Geography Short Tricks Climate Change - Short Trick Short tricks for climate change — the numbers for CO₂, methane and nitrous oxide, the Vienna, Montreal and Kigali agreements, the order from the IPCC to the Paris Agreement, Kyoto’s three mechanisms, where each COP from Copenhagen to Belém was held and what it decided, the Green Climate Fund and the eight NAPCC missions, each list in one memorable English sentence. For UPSC, SSC, state PSC and all competitive exams. Open map