Mountains, plateaus and plains of the world
Whole chapter · 24–36 focused hours
Geomorphology and the Earth
A first-attempt learner with school-level reading, basic arithmetic and little retained geography; later chapters assume the earlier physical-process chapters have been studied. Basic literacy remediation and Geography optional are outside this estimate.
Includes
- Selected primary readings and their diagrams/maps
- Brief comparison notes and process/map sketches
- Available mapped practice, mistake review and one initial recall review
Separate time needed
- Later spaced revisions and full-paper mocks
- Reading every optional exercise or every source book in full
- Excludes repeated climate/vegetation study, regional place memorisation assigned to map chapters, and detailed disaster response planning.
Editorial planning estimate; not learner timing data
- Fold mountains: young (Alps, Himalaya, Andes, Rockies) and old (Appalachians, Urals, Aravalli)
- Block mountains and rift valleys: Vosges, Black Forest, Sierra Nevada, East African Rift
- Volcanic and residual mountains
- Plateau types: intermontane, piedmont, continental, volcanic, dissected
- Plains: structural, erosional and depositional
Where to study this topic
- Exploring Society: India and Beyond, Class VI, chapter 3: Landforms and Life (2024) ↗
ch. 3, Landforms and Life, p. 1-18 (book pages 41-58)
- Certificate Physical and Human Geography (Goh Cheng Leong), publisher page with contents ↗
ch. 2, The Earth's Crust
- UPSC Detailed (Micro Topic) Syllabus: Geography (Prelims) ↗
Landforms across the world
- Geography Micro topics ↗
Mountain and Peaks; Plateaus
Whole chapter reading
- Exploring Society: India and Beyond, Class VI, chapter 1: Locating Places on the Earth (2024) ↗
Latitude, longitude, coordinates and time; map-reading sections
- Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Class XI, chapter 2: The Origin and Evolution of the Earth (Reprint 2026-27) ↗
Explanatory text, diagrams and selected chapter exercises
- Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Class XI, chapter 3: Interior of the Earth (Reprint 2026-27) ↗
Explanatory text, diagrams and selected chapter exercises
- Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Class XI, chapter 4: Distribution of Oceans and Continents (Reprint 2026-27) ↗
Explanatory text, diagrams and selected chapter exercises
- Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Class XI, chapter 5: Geomorphic Processes (Reprint 2026-27) ↗
Explanatory text, diagrams and selected chapter exercises
- Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Class XI, chapter 6: Landforms and their Evolution (Reprint 2026-27) ↗
Explanatory text, diagrams and selected chapter exercises
- Our Environment, Class VII, chapter 2: Inside Our Earth (Reprint 2024-25) ↗
Inside Our Earth: rock types and rock cycle
- Certificate Physical and Human Geography (Goh Cheng Leong), publisher page with contents ↗
Chapters 1–2: Earth motions and rocks; chapters 8–11: chalk, lakes, coasts, islands and reefs. Use only topics not already explained in the assigned NCERT passages.
Book required - Certificate Physical and Human Geography (Goh Cheng Leong), publisher page with contents ↗
Chapters 1–11: select only the specific mechanisms/landforms absent from the NCERT assignments; chapter names follow the verified second-edition contents. Do not reread overlapping explanations.
Book required