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MrunalFreeIASCoachingGeographyLecture1:Longitude,Latitudes

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[GeographyLecture1]Longitude,Latitude,Timezones,Earth
Interior,Rocktypes,ContinentalDrift
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Prologue
G1/P1:longitudes,latitudes,TimezonesandDateline
G1/P2:EarthsInterior,S&Pwaves,RockCycle,GeologicalTimeeras
G1/P3:ContinentalDriftTheory
G1/P4:SeaFloorSpreadingTheory

Prologue
ThesegeographylecturesareconductedbyMs.RajtanilatSardarPatelinstitute
ofPublicAdministration(SPIPA),Ahmedabad.
Firstsessionbeganon2stFebruary2015,anduploadedonyoutube.Total~2:30
hoursbutIvesplititintofourparts.
PowerPointofthelecture,availableatMrunal.org/Download
MediumofinstructionHindi.
Englishversionnotpossibleforthemoment,becausefacultiesarerequiredto
teachatthisbatch,inHindi/Gujarationly.Besides,samecontentisavailablein
Englishinthepowerpoints.

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G1/P1:longitudes,latitudes,TimezonesandDateline
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LongitudesandLatitudes:definitionsandconcepts.
Whyisthereheatdeficitandheatsurplusregionsonearth?
Reasonforseasononearth,Dayandnighttimevariation,fromseasontoseason
WhatareSolsticeandequinox?UPSCCSAT2013questionondaynighttime
variation
Daylightsavingintemperateregions
Longitudeprimemeridian,Internationaldateline(IDL)
HowmovingtowesttoIDLonedayislostandhowmovingtoeastofIDLoneday
isgained?ExampleofRussiaandAlaska
Standardtime:Indianstandardtime,Chaibaagantimezoneissue
Exercisescalculationregardingstandardtimeofaplace
SolvedUPSCCSATPrelimQuestion1999,2006,2008
MapexplanationsforMalaccastrait,StraitofFlorida,StraitofGibraltar

YoutubeLink:http://youtu.be/SMPO60DOTKQ

G1/P2:EarthsInterior,S&Pwaves,RockCycle,GeologicalTimeeras
1. Originoftheearth,NebulartheoryofLaplace
2. Speculationaboutearthsinterior:Heaviestelementsareplacedatthecoreand
lighterelementsareatthesurface.
3. Interioroftheearth:Densitystudy,Temperaturestudy,Directandindirect
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evidences
SIALandSIMAconceptsEdwardSuess
Seismicwavestudies:PropagationofSWavesandPWaves
Layersofearthsinterior:Lithosphere,asthenosphere,mantle,outercore,inner
core.
Compositionofinterioroftheearthandthecrust.
Rocksofthecontinentalcrust
Rockcycle(Igneousrock,sedimentary,metamorphous)
PropertiesofIgneousrocks
Propertiesofsedimentaryrocks
Propertiesofmetamorphousrocks
Prev.yearsquestiononrocks
Geologicalhistoryoftheearth:SupercontinentRodinia,BreakingupofRodinia
FormationandbreakingofPangaea
WhatarePanthalasa
Laurasia,GondwanaandTethyssea
BreakingupofGondwana
MovementofIndianplate

YoutubeLink:http://youtu.be/DzAH67tsmh8

G1/P3:ContinentalDriftTheory
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AlfredWegenerandhistheory.
EvidencesandLimitationsofContinentaldrifttheory
UPSC2013Mainsquestiononthistopic
DrawingmapsforIndiaandworldinminutes.
ArthurHolmes:convectioncurrenttheory
Drivingforcebehindthecontinentaldrift

YoutubeLink:http://youtu.be/IxpPoVc7y3U

G1/P4:SeaFloorSpreadingTheory
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BeginningofSeafloorspreadingtheory
MappingofSeafloorin1950s
3questionsraisedafterseafloormapping
HenryHassandDietztheory
MidoceanicridgeMechanismanddistributionintheworldoceans,
Trenchesdistributionintheworldoceans,Mechanismoftrenches,theMariana
trenchdeepesttrenchoftheworld
7. UPSCPrelim2006q.ontrench
8. ConceptofPalaeomagnetism,geomagnetism,VineandMattheus
YoutubeLink:http://youtu.be/BlBg5GVhZ5k

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