MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORY

What comprises the Geography PT Syllabus

World Geography – Locations, Physical, Social, Economic Geography of the World.

Marks Covered

Up to 10-12 marks in prelims

Target group

Students who are fresh or have either done their coaching classes but have problems in World Geography section. This course is for such students who are short in confidence on studying Geography or having a low interest in Geography.

Aim

1. To help students develop a huge imaginative advantage by enhancing their concept, knowledge observation and application capabilities along with imagination and simplifying their learning immensely.
2. To help answer any question that may be asked from anywhere from the world in any manner.
3. To help memorise their facts easily and to improve their retentivity.
4. To help build a base for studying Current Affairs and International Relations which will be virtually impossible without having a command over World Map location (from the perspective of Geography Optional and GS mains also this section is very important).

Key feature of the course

1. Have a complete study material beyond which nothing is required.
2. Develop command over mapping section of World Geography.
3. Developing proper understanding of the locations.
4. Relevant interrelationship of Strategic issues associated with maps.

Components

1. Very high class video lessons based on graphics, animations, reality based documentaries, as well as recorded class lectures that aids imagination development.
2. Easing memorization and aiding retentivity.
3. Model Test Papers attached with every section.

People behind

The programme is under the guidance of Sri K. Siddhartha, who will set the attitude, interest level and pedagogy as per the requirement of UPSC.

1. Academic Head- Dr S. Mukherjee, MD ENSEMBLE
2. Chief Course Coordinator- Ms Namanpreet Kaur
3. Chief of Technology – Gourav Kakkar

Modus Operandi

1. Students can log on to https://online.ensemble.net.in/ to get themselves registered.
2. The candidate will be issued access ID and password.
3. Once they log in, they will start getting advisories, and materials.
4. Through these sessions the candidates will be guided through various concepts and ideas that form the programme.
5. For online students, the candidates can upload and ask any question and form a set of question, which will be discussed in online Face to Face Session (students are requested to download https://zoom.us/ application).

Open schedule

The students will have the entire course along with completion advisory for them, which they will be required to follow.

Confined and limited source

Whatever the candidates may have studied in the past, the course will minimise their efforts either by pruning what they have studied or by suggesting them what can study now. 

What will be the impact of the course

By doing this course you will finish the section of map section of Geography in comprehensive and holistic manner (all the relevance and contemporary issues are explained) and have 20 Practice Test each test containing a set of 50 questions.

Assumptions

1. The students must come online, prepared with the topic.
2. The students must keep pace with the class as every subsequent topic is based on the previous topic.

What the students will get?

1. Documentary type International level videos with a story line explanation.
2. Examination oriented Video recorded Lectures interlaced with graphics, illustrations, videos and flow charts.
3. 100 question Mock test.
4. An Interactive online Face to Face Session (students are requested to download https://zoom.us/ application) for any query/problem of the students.

Additional material that the students can go for

Any standard Atlas.

Learning Sequencing and chapter structure

The course sequencing is not per the syllabus as there is no syllabus but questions have been asked and will be definitely asked from this portion. World Map course is very important where mapping has to be done to obtain concept of the candidates.  

How best to utilise it

1. First read the topic.
2. Listen to the explanation and take a journey through the whole of the world.
3. Now use the synopsis to revise it.
4. Practice answering Objective type questions from the MCQ tab.
5. ENSEMBLE will keep you updating on current affairs regularly on this topic, as and when required.
6. Keep an eye on updates.

Online learning sequence, for Geography Through Maps (World)

Post Script- General Directions after Course

1. After having gone through the entire section, the candidates are advised to revise the section once again.
2. Also start observing the diagrams and illustrations/maps.
3. The emphasis has to be more on co-relationship rather than on memorization of some facts.
4. Questions have to be attempted only after having imagined the topics and having acquired the ability to answer the questions.
5. Go through the entire MCQ and answer the questions.
6. Look for the updates notification from ENSEMBLE.
7. Practice as many questions, identify your problems.
8. Connect yourself with our portal Face-to-Face Session for any problem/query on any topic.