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Igneous Rocks UPSC
Imagine you are standing near a volcano, watching molten lava flow out of the Earth. This fiery liquid is magma when it is beneath the surface and lava when it reaches the…
Miscellaneous topics in Volcanism
🛁 Geysers – Nature’s Water Cannon Imagine a giant underground pressure cooker. Deep below the Earth’s surface, magma heats underground water, but instead of escaping immediately, the water gets trapped within a…
Hotspot Volcanism
When we think of volcanoes, we often imagine fiery eruptions along plate boundaries — where plates collide or drift apart. But what if a volcano appears right in the middle of a…
Convergent Boundary
🌋 Ocean–Ocean Convergence (O–O Convergence) aka Island Arc Convergence We have already studied in earlier sections that at an O–O convergent boundary, two oceanic plates collide. Since both are made of oceanic…
Divergent Boundary
As already discussed earlier: At divergent boundaries, two lithospheric plates move away from each other.This movement leads to the formation of new crust — making it a constructive boundary. 🧠 Just as…
Formation of Rift Valleys- Hypotheses and Theories
Imagine the Earth as a giant loaf of bread, fresh out of the oven. Now, if you gently pull it apart from both sides, a deep gap forms in the middle. This…
Mass Movements (Direct Gravity Erosion)
Mass movements involve the downhill movement of rock, soil, and debris due to gravity. Unlike erosion (which involves transportation by wind, water, or ice), mass movement happens without the help of an…
Weathering
Weathering is the process of gradual disintegration of rocks at or near the earth’s surface through physical, chemical and biological processes caused by wind, water, climate change etc. Unlike erosion (which moves…
Exogenic Forces
Unlike endogenic forces (which come from deep inside the Earth), exogenic forces work from the outside. Think of them as Earth’s sculptors—slowly but persistently shaping mountains, valleys, and plains through the forces…
Tensional Forces
Imagine you are pulling apart a chocolate bar slowly with both hands. At first, tiny cracks appear, and then—snap!—it breaks along a jagged line. Now, replace the chocolate with the Earth’s crust,…
Compressional Forces
Imagine you are holding a soft, fluffy rug between your hands. If you push both ends towards each other, what happens? The rug crumples, forming waves, crests, and troughs. Now, replace the…
Diastrophic Forces
Imagine you are watching a time-lapse video of Earth spanning millions of years. What do you see? Land rising, mountains forming, valleys deepening—a slow but grand transformation. Unlike earthquakes and volcanoes that…
Geological Time Scale UPSC
Introduction The Geological Time Scale (GTS) is like a diary of the Earth, not written in words, but in rocks, fossils, tectonic shifts, and climatic events. It chronicles the transformation of our…
Important Concepts of Solar System UPSC/IAS
🌠 What’s the Closest Star to the Sun? Let’s go beyond our Sun now and meet its closest neighbours in the galaxy. 🔸 Proxima Centauri 📝 Fun Fact: It has been the…
Other Solar System Objects: Solar System UPSC
🪨 Asteroids and the Asteroid Belt – The Debris Zone Between Mars and Jupiter 🔹 Ceres — The Special One: ❄️ Kuiper Belt, Pluto & Charon — The Cold Storage Beyond Neptune…
Planets of our Solar System
At its simplest: “A planet is a celestial body that moves in an elliptical orbit around a star.” In our solar system, the Sun is that central star, and the eight planets…
The Sun Structure and Atmosphere
The Sun is the heart of our solar system — providing light, heat, and gravitational stability. Key Facts: While the Sun holds ~99.8% of the solar system’s mass, it has only ~2%…
Components of the Solar System UPSC
When we speak of the solar system, the first thing that comes to mind is the Sun and the eight planets. But it’s not limited to just that. Our solar system is…
Formation of the Solar System
The sky that dazzles us with planets, stars, and galaxies did not always exist in its current form. Over centuries, scientists and philosophers have tried to answer how this solar system came…
Constellations and the Pole Star
So far, we’ve studied the big picture — galaxies, stars, supernovae, black holes — the macrocosm of the universe. Now, let’s end this cosmic journey by zooming into the night sky as…
Formation of Stars UPSC
Let’s begin by imagining this:Just as humans are born, grow, age, and eventually die — stars too go through a life cycle, starting from birth in massive clouds of gas to dying…
Understanding Galaxies and Dark Matter
So far, we’ve understood how the universe began, how it’s expanding, and what evidence supports this theory. Now let’s zoom in and study the building blocks of the universe — Galaxies. What…
Big Bang Theory
Understanding the Basic Terminology First Before jumping into how the universe came into being, let’s become familiar with the key terms — otherwise, the concepts may feel too abstract. Now, a quick…
Scientific Exploration and Geopolitical Presence in Antarctica UPSC
Research Stations in Antarctica Antarctica may be uninhabited by permanent human populations, but it is home to one of the world’s most international scientific communities. 🧊 Key Facts: 📌 Major International Research…
Important Geographical Features of Antarctica
In this section, we move beyond basic facts and dive deep into the major landforms, seas, ice shelves, and oceanic boundaries that define the geography of Antarctica. These features are frequently asked…