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UPSC Geologists

The exam notification of Combined Geo-Scientist and Geologist examination 2017 is going to be released on 8th February, 2017 and exam will be organized on 12th May, 2017. This exam is managed by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in order to recruit candidates for Group A post of Geophysicist, Geologist and Chemist for the Geological Survey of the country and Junior Hydrologist in the central group Water Board.

UPSC Geologists 2021 Geophysicist Syllabus

UPSC Geophysicist Syllabus for Geo Physics

Paper I

Part A

  1. Solid Earth Geophysics.
  2. Earthquake and Engineering Seismology.
  3. Mathematical methods in Geophysics.
  4. Geophysical Inversion.

Part B

  1. Mathematical Methods of Physics.
  2. Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics.
  3. Electrodynamics.
  4. Introductory Atmospheric and Space Physics.

Paper II 

Part A

  1. Geophysical Potential Fields.
  2. Electrical and Electromagnetic methods.
  3. Seismic Prospecting.
  4. Borehole Geophysics.

Part B

  1. Atomic and Molecular Physics and Properties and Characterization of materials.
  2. Nuclear and Particle Physics.
  3. Electromagnetic Theory.
  4. Classical Mechanics.

Paper III

Part A

  1. Radiometric Exploration / Airborne Geophysical surveys for Geological Mapping.
  2. Marine Geophysics.
  3. Geophysical Signal Processing.
  4. Remote Sensing and GIS applications.

Part B

  1. Solid State Physics.
  2. Laser systems.
  3. Laser cavity modes.
  4. Electronics and devices.
  5. Digital electronics, Radar systems, Satellite communications.
  6. Quantum Mechanics.

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