Our Environment is the Class 7 Geography NCERT textbook covering the foundations of physical and human geography — from the Earth's interior and surface processes to natural systems and how people adapt to varied environments. As Class 7 Geography NCERT notes for UPSC, it builds the core vocabulary of landforms, atmosphere and human-environment interaction that underpins the wider Geography syllabus.

What the book covers, by theme:

  • Physical setting: the concept of environment; the Earth's interior structure; and the changing Earth through internal and external forces shaping landforms.
  • Atmosphere and biosphere: the composition and behaviour of air; and natural vegetation and wildlife across different zones.
  • Human geography: the human environment — settlement, transport and communication.
  • Regional case studies: human-environment interactions in the tropical and subtropical regions, and life in the deserts.

This book serves Prelims fact recall and the foundational base for GS Paper 1 (geography), making it essential groundwork for both physical and human geography preparation.