Syllabus - Prelims, GS-1

Syllabus - Prelims, GS-1

  • Current events of national and international importance.
  • History of India and Indian National Movement.
  • Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.
  • Indian Polity and Governance-Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.
  • Economic and Social Development-Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc.
  • General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialization.
  • General Science.

Cracking The Prelims Syllabus

ART AND CULTURE

  • BUDDHISM AND JAINISM
  • ARCHITECTURE
  • SCULPTURE AND POTTERY
  • PAINTINGS
  • MUSIC – HINDUSTANI V/S CARNATIC
  • DANCE - CLASSICAL DANCE V/S FOLK DANCE
  • SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHIES - ORTHODOX AND HETERODOX
  • LITERATURE
  • FESTIVALS
  • TERMS
  • BHAKTI AND SUFI
  • CRAFTS AND THEATRES - STATES
  • LANGUAGE
  • UNESCO INTANGIBLE LIST
  • PUPPETRY - TYPE AND STATE
  • CALENDARS – BASIC CALENDERS
  • MARTIAL ARTS- STATES
    • BOOKS FOR REFERENCE
    • NIOS
    • NCERT 11TH THEMES IN INDIAN HISTORY
    • NITIN SINGHANIA
    • THE WONDER THAT WAS INDIA- AL BASHAM
    • EVOLUTION OF BUDDHISM AND JAINISM- POONAM DALAL DAHIA
    • ASTUTE NOTES

ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY

  • STONE AGES
  • IVC
  • VEDIC PERIOD
  • JANAPADHAS
  • MAURYAN EMPIRE
  • POST MAURYAN DYNASTIES
  • GUPTAS
  • POST GUPTA INVASIONS
  • HARSHAVARDHANA
  • SATAVAHANAS
  • SOUTHERN KINGDOMS – CHOLA, CHERA, PANDYA
  • IMPORTANT TERMS IN ANCIENT HISTORY
  • CHRONOLOGY
  • PLACES
  • FEATURES
  • ADMINISTRATION
    • BOOKS FOR REFERENCE
    • NCERT- 6TH STD
    • RS SHARMA- OLD NCERT
    • TAMILNADU NCERT
    • POONAM DALAL DAHIA
    • ASTUTE NOTES

MEDIEVAL INDIAN HISTORY

  • EARLY MEDIEVAL ERA
  • DELHI SULTANATE
  • MUGHALS
  • VIJAYANAGARA
  • BAHMANI
  • PALLAVAS
  • CHALLUKYAS
  • CHOLAS
  • IMPORTANT TERMS IN MEDIEVAL INDIA
  • CHRONOLOGY
  • PLACES
  • FEATURES
  • ADMINISTRATION
    • BOOKS FOR REFERENCE
    • 7 th NCERT
    • TAMILNADU SCERT
    • POONAM DALAL DAHIYA

MODERN INDIAN HISTORY

  • ADVENT OF EUROPEANS IN INDIA
  • DELHI SULTANATE
  • IMPORTANT WARS UNDER BRITISH RULE – MYSORE WARS, CARNATIC WARS,
  • BATTLE OF PLASSEY, BATTLE OF BUXAR etc.
  • REVOLT OF 1857
  • BEGINNING OF MODERN NATIONALISM
  • FORMATION OF INC
  • GANDHIAN PHASE
  • IMPORTANT TERMS IN MEDIEVAL INDIA
  • CHRONOLOGY
  • SWADESHI MOVEMENT
  • NON CO.OPERATION MOVEMENT.
  • QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT.
  • TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE.
  • PEASANT AND TRIBAL MOVEMENTS.
  • SOCIO-RELIGIOUS REFORM MOVEMENTS.
  • BRITISH POLICIES AND IMPACTS.
  • DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN PRESS
  • DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION
  • THE MOVEMENT OF WORKING CLASS
  • ORGANIZATION AND PERSONALITIES
  • LITERATURE
    • BOOKS FOR REFERENCE
    • NCERT- OUR PAST- CLASS 8 TH
    • SPECTRUM
    • INDIA STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE

ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT

  • ECOLOGY AND ECOSYSTEM
    • BIO DIVERSITY
    • SPECIES
    • PROTECTION MEASURES
    • ACTS
    • CONVENTION
    • NATIONAL PARKS AND WILD LIFE SANCTUARIES.
    • IMPORTANT TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH ECOLOGY.
    • ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
    • ACTS AND LAWS TO PREVENT ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION.
    • AIR POLLUTION
    • WATER POLLUTION
    • GOVT MEASURES
    • INSTITUTIONS
    • MARINE POLLUTIONS
    • TERMS
    • SOLUTIONS
    • CLIMATE CHANGE
    • ORGANIZATION TO PREVENT CLIMATE CHANGE.
    • FOREST COVER: BENEFITS, ISSUES AND REMEDIES.
    • CURRENT AFFAIRS
    • GOVERNMENT MEASURES
    • POLICIES
    • SPECIES IN NEWS
    • REPORTS
    BOOKS FOR REFERENCE
    • NCERTTH
    • PFM IAS
    • SHANKAR IAS
    • NIOS
    • ASTUTE IAS NOTES

GEOGRAPHY

    • ECOLOGY AND ECOSYSTEM
    • ORIGIN & EVOLUTION OF EARTH O INTERIOR OF THE EARTH.
    • DISTRIBUTION OF CONTINENTS & OCEANS O PLATE TECTONIC THEORY.
    • DISTRIBUTION OF EARTHQUAKES & VOLCANOES.
    • ROCKS & ROCK CYCLE.
    • GEOMORPHIC PROCESSES – ENDOGENIC & EXOGENIC FORCES.
    • LANDFORMS & THEIR EVOLUTION.
    • GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALE
    • OCEANOGRAPHY
    • HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE.
    • SEAFLOOR SPREADING.ON
    • OCEAN FLOOR CONFIGURATION.
    • TEMPERATURE & SALINITY OF OCEANS
    • MOVEMENT OF OCEANS.
      • MARINE POLLUTIONS
      • TERMS
      • SOLUTIONS
    • CLIMATOLOGY
    • PLANETARY WINDS
    • CLOUDS
    • CLIMATIC DIVISIONS OF INDIA
    • MONSOON AND ASSOCIATED PHENOMENONS
    • CYCLONES, ANTICYCLONES ETC
    • WORLD CLIMATIC ZONES
  • RESOURCE GEOGRAPHY – MAJOR AND MINOR MINERALS
  • INDIAN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
    • MAP STUDY.
    • WORLD MAP- PHYSICAL
    • WORLD MAP POLITICAL.
    • INDIA- POLITICAL.
    • INDIA- PHYSICAL- IMPORTANT RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES- IMPORTANT PLACES, DAMS IN NEWS PLACES SEEN IN NEWS- PHYSICAL FEATURES- GALWAN VALLEY, KALAPANI, ETC IDENTIFY IMPORTANT PLAINS, MOUNTAIN RANGES
    • FOLLOW NEWS PAPER- WORLD PAGE, MAJOR PHYSICAL FEATURES SEEN IN NEWS LIST DOWN THE SURROUNDING COUNTRIES ESPECIALLY MIDDLE EAST,CENTRAL ASIA, SOUTH CHINA SEA, KOREAN PENINSULA
    • LOOK FOR IMPORTANT RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS WHICH IS ALSO SEEN IN NEWS.
    BOOKS FOR REFERENCE
    • NCERTs.
    • CERTIFICATE FOR PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY BY GC LEONG.
    • Geography - PFM IAS.
    • ASTUTE IAS NOTES

INDIAN ECONOMY

    • BASIC KEY CONCEPTS
    • TYPES OF ECONOMY
    • MACROECONOMICS
    • MICROECONOMICS
    • NATIONAL INCOME
    • BASIC CONCEPTS OF NATIONAL INCOME
    • METHODS AND MEASURES OF COMPUTING NATIONAL INCOME.
    • KEY TERMS (GDP, NDP, GNP, NNP).
    • REAL GDP AND NOMINAL GDP.
    • CLIMATOLOGY
    • PLANETARY WINDS
    • CLOUDS
    • CLIMATIC DIVISIONS OF INDIA
    • MONSOON AND ASSOCIATED PHENOMENONS
    • CYCLONES, ANTICYCLONES ETC
    • WORLD CLIMATIC ZONES
    • ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
    • DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
    • SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
    • HUMAN DEVELOPMENT..
    • MAJOR INDICES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
      • HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX.
      • WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT.
      • GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX.
      • SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT etc.
    • POVERTY AND EMPLOYMENT
    • TYPES OF UNEMPLOYMENT
    • CAUSES OF POVERTY.
    • INEQUALITY
    • OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE IN INDIA.
    • INFLATION
    • TYPES OF INFLATION.
    • FACTORS.
    • EFFECTS
    • TERMS.
      • DISINFLATION.
      • STAGFLATION etc..
    • CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.
    • WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX.
    • PRODUCER PRICE INDEX.
    • PUBLIC FINANCE.
    • FISCAL POLICY
    • BUDGET.
    • CAPITAL ACCOUNT
    • TAXATION – DIRECT AND INDIRECT TAXES.
    • GST
    • PUBLIC EXPENDITURE.
    • DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEFICITS.
    • FISCAL CONSOLIDATION.
    • FINANCE COMMISSION.
    • MONEY AND BANKING
    • RESERVE BANK OF INDIA.
    • MONETARY POLICY.
    • INSTRUMENTS OF CREDIT CONTROLE.
    • MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEE.
    • STRUCTURE OF BANKING SYSTEM IN INDIA
      • COMMERCIAL BANKS
      • COOPERATIVE BANKS
      • NICHE BANKS
      • PAYMENT BANKS, SFBS
    • NON-PERFORMING ASSETS.
    • BASEL NORMS.
    • MONEY MARKET
    • TERMS RELATED TO MONEY MARKET.
    • COMMON MONEY MARKET INSTRUMENTS.
    • CAPITAL MARKET
    • PRIMARY MARKET V/S SECONDORY MARKET.
    • FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS IN CAPITAL MARKET.
      • SHARES.
      • DEBENTURES.
      • BONDS.
      • GOVT. SECURITIES.
      • MUTUAL FUNDS etc.
    • REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST.
    • SEBI.
    • STOCK EXCHANGE.
    • INDIAN ENERGY EXCHANGE.
    • CONVERTIBILITY
    • EXTERNAL SECTOR
    • BALANCE OF PAYMENT.
    • BALANCE OF TRADE.
    • CURRENT ACCOUNT AND CAPITAL ACCOUNT.
    • BoP CRISIS.
    • INDIA’S EXTERNAL DEBT.
    • POVERTY AND EMPLOYMENT
    • TERMS IN NEWS
    BOOKS FOR REFERENCE
    • SHANKAR GANESH KARUPPIAH
    • INDIAN ECONOMY BY AMANSONI
    • THE HINDU NEWS PAPER
    • INDIAN EXPRESS
    • ASTUTE IAS NOTES

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

  • BIOLOGY
  • BIOTECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH
  • DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY
  • SPACE TECHNOLOGY
  • COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
  • NANOTECHNOLOGY
    • BOOKS FOR REFERENCE
    • NCERT
    • THE HINDU
    • INDIAN EXPRESS
    • ASTUTE IAS NOTES.

INDIAN POLITY

    • INDIAN CONSTITUTION
    • HISTORICAL BACKGROUND.
    • MAKING OF THE CONSTITUTION
    • SALIENT FEATURES OF CONSTITUTION
    • PREAMBLE
    • FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
    • FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES
    • DPSP
    • CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT
    • SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT.
    • PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM.
    • FEDERAL SYSTEM.
    • CENTRE-STATE RELATIONS.
    • INTER-STATE RELATIONS.
    • EMERGENCY PROVISIONS.
    • CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.
    • PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT.
    • PRIME MINISTER AND COUNCIL OF MINISTERS.
    • CABINET COMMITTEES.
    • PARLIAMENT.
    • PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES.
    • STATE GOVERNMENT.
    • GOVERNOR.
    • CHIEF MINISTER AND COUNCIL OF MINISTERS.
    • STATE LEGISLATURE.
    • LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT.
    • PANCHAYATI RAJ.
    • MUNICIPALITIES.
    • JUDICIARY.
    • SUPREME COURT.
    • HIGH COURTS.
    • TRIBUNALS.
    • TERMS.
    • SUBORDINATE COURTS.
    • JUDICIAL REVIEW.
    • JUDICIAL ACTIVISM.
    • PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION.
    • CONSTITUTIONAL BODIES.
    • ELECTION COMMISSION.
    • UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.
    • FINANCE COMMISSION etc.
    • NON-CONSTITUTIONAL BODIES.
    • NITI AAYOG.
    • NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.
    • CENTRAL VIGILANCE COMMISSION .
    BOOKS FOR REFERENCE
    • M LAXMIKANT
    • D.D BASU
    • THE HINDU
    • INDIAN EXPRESS
    • ASTUTE NOTES