Q. Which of the following are in Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve?(2019)

• a) Neyyar, Peppara and Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuaries; and KalakadMundanthurai Tiger Reserve
• b) Mudumalai, Sathyamangalam and Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuaries; and Silent Valley National Park
• c) Kaundinya, GundlaBrahme-swaram and Papikonda Wildlife Sanctuaries; and Mukurthi National Park
• d) Kawal and Sri Venkateswara Wildlife Sanctuaries; and Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve

Q. Siachen Glacier is situated to the (2020)

• a) East of Aksai Chin
• b) East of Leh
• c) North of Gilgit
• d) North of Nubra Valley

The aforementioned questions were directly referred to, practiced and taught in Mapping and Environment batch of AspireIAS by Ankit Sir.

Hence, you can be rest assured that all your Mapping questions will be correct in UPSC Prelims Exam 2021 if you follow all the guidelines given by Ankit Sir in the lectures with multiple revisions and LIVE MCQs.

Following is the Schedule of Mapping & Geography Batch

• 14 classes in Total of Mapping. 10 Classes of Geography.
• Hybrid classes (Online, Offline and Recorded lectures available).
• Topicwise completion of course with an average of 3 hours of each class.

What benefits you will get?

• Comprehensive coverage of Indian and World Mapping and Geography concepts.
• This also includes Thematic mapping which is the recent trend in 2019 and 2020 UPSC Prelims Examination.
• World Map and Indian Thematic Maps is taught through Orient Blackswan Atlas and Indian Mapping is taught through Oxford Student Atlas.
• Plusmultiple maps and diagrams is drawn on the Board which is not given anywhere but which is AspireIAS innovations from which the surprising questions can be solved.
• Daily Revisions and Oral Tests in class to ensure the discipline in class.
• Daily tests through Live MCQs according to 2019 and 2020 pattern given by Director Sir himself.
• Daily Home works.
• Special emphasis on current locations in news.
• Doubt Clearing sessions before class to ensure there is no gap in the preparation of an Aspirant.
• Discussion of last 10 years of UPSC prelims papers.

Procedure for Online Classes

• Enrol through www.aspireias.com
• After enrolment students will get a username and password through email and through SMS to access classes live on Zoom platform
• Students can interact with sir during live session.
• In case you miss live class at the scheduled time, recorded video of the class will be available in your account just after the class is over.
• Recorded sessions can be accessed from ‘My Account’ section.
• Classes will be conducted live as per the class schedule.
• PDFs of study materials will be uploaded in ‘My Account’ section.
• Doubt clearing session through Email/Whatsapp.
• You can also book an appointment with the Director Sir and get personal guidance free of Cost.

Note: It is highly recommended by Toppers to join combined Mapping and Geography batch so that a major chunk of UPSC GS Paper I Mains is ready and you can get an edge in the preparation.

Free Demo Lectures

You can also watch demo lectures of Mapping and Geography GS Batch which is given below:

Topics Covered under Mapping

• World Mineral distribution
• World physical maps (includes Mountains, passes, plateaus, tropical grasslands, lakes, seas, etc.)
• World and Indian cropping pattern
• Economic geography of the world
• Tribes of the World.
• Indian physical mapping (Mountains, rivers, passes, plateaus,etc.)
• Comprehensive coverage of all the Indian states
• National parks, wild life sanctuaries and other protected areas
• Thematic maps (Irrigation and Reservoir maps, cropping pattern, vegetation pattern, rainfall pattern, geological time scales, Railway zones ,etc.)

Topics covered under Geography

• Salient features of World’s Physical Geography.
• Distribution of Key Natural Resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian sub-continent); factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India).
• Important Geophysical Phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location-changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes

Environment Module 2021-22

Economics (Basic to Advance) 2021-22

Polity Crash Course

History Crash Course

RAW Live MCQ (Test Series)

1 Hour 2 Newspapers Batch

Sanjeevani GS Crash Course

CSAT Module for 2021-22

Connect to UPSC (NCERT Foundation) Batch