span of time required to complete sylbs?
what the books i should study?
without any solid background, can i go for it?
plz comments are required?

For 2010 it took me around 1.5 months. I did not have a solid background in Geography apart from the fact that i had always been a Science Student.
There are numerous books you can go through. Please go through the recommended ones.

It can be a difficult subject if you are not prepared enough. In general one should go for it. And one more thing, this paper requires a mixture of both Rattafication and Developing an Understanding...so some topics are pure ratta while others require your deep thoughts etc

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Dear Umer,

Will you please like to tell me the names of some standard books that you consulted??

aoa i would suggest you;

1- well it depends upon one's personal percieving capabilities.for quick learners two weeks to 20 days would do...
2- the books are;
Geography 1. Cheng leong and iftihar's physical geography
Geogrsaphy 2. business news, D.Blij and Fazal karim's human geography
3- no background is required.its a scroring subject and can be easily prepare without any prior study background
Good luck

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i consulted philip lake physcial geography and jahangir series exam cram..sarfaraz bajwa is cool as well...for paper 2 i consulted mostly the internet ...

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1.the time span geography will take depends upon your ability to understand concepts.it is easy for a science student to understand some concepts.on average it will take about 1-2 months.

2. the books that i consulted are

Geography 1 : physical geography by deblij, understanding earth by press,seiver , physical geography by sarfaraz bajwa,World Atlas

Geography 2 : human geography by deblij,economic geography by fazle karim khan,pakistan geography by fazle karim khan and jahangir exam cram.



3. surely,u can opt for geography without any background in geography.conditionally,if u have a solid background i would be easy for you to understand concepts.otherwise it can also drive u to think that you should have preferred for some other subject.i am telling you that because it happened with me.Although i am a science student with engineering background,yet because of weak cramming i thought once after january that i must have chosen other subject.But others have also opted it and they have prepared it easily.undoubtedly, it is a high scoring subject.But dont leave any topic on choice.2010 exam proved to be a nightmare for those who left some topics on choice.


Finally,best of luck

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I myself used Sarfaraz Bajwa for Paper-I and Economic Geograpgy by Fazal Karim Khan alongwith Exam Cram series for Paper-II,its a bit technical subject and as Umar righly pointed out needs a mixture or cramming and developing concepts.....PS we had a hard time in Geographgy this time around...

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one and half month should be wholly and solely dedicated for geography?

plz explain ur answer, how many hours u studied per day for geography in that one and half month? regards

If you have a science background then it should not take more than 15-20 days, provided you only prepare geography in these days.Paper A is entirely science and deals with the conceptual knowledge of geographical processes.

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how many hours a day one needs to study in order to cover it in 20 days?

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