Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2017 (English and Hindi). Source

Syllabus

Geography · Geophysical Phenomena

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.

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