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UPSC 2024/25 SYLLABUS
INDIAN POLITY
✓ Criticism to DPSP
✓ Historical Background ✓ Significance of Directive
✓ Making of the Constitution Principles
✓ Salient Features of the ✓ Interrelation between
Constitution ✓ Fundamental Rights and
✓ Preamble of the Constitution DPSPs
✓ Union and its Territory ✓ Implementation of DPSPs
✓ Citizenship ✓ List of FDs in Article 51 A
✓ Constitution: Why and How? ✓ Features of the FDs
✓ Constitution as a Living ✓ Criticism of FDs
Document ✓ Significance of FDs
✓ The Philosophy of the ✓ Relationship between
Constitution Fundamental Rights and
✓ Rights in the Indian Fundamental Duties
Constitution ✓ Procedure for Amendment
✓ Executive, Legislature, as laid down in Article 368
Judiciary Part XX
✓ Federalism, Local ✓ Types of Amendments
Governments ✓ Ingredients of the ‘Basic
✓ Election and Representation Structure’
✓ Features Of Fundamental ✓ Criticism of the Amendment
Rights Procedure
✓ Article 14-18: Right To ✓ Amendment and the
Equality Fundamental Rights
✓ Article 19-22: Right to ✓ Elements of Basic Structure
Freedom ✓ Significance of the Basic
✓ Article 25 - 28: Right to Structure
Religious Freedom ✓ Critiques
✓ Article 29 and 30: Cultural ✓ What is Parliamentary
and Educational Rights system of government?
✓ Criticism Of Fundamental ✓ Merits and demerits of
Rights Parliamentary System
✓ Significance Of Fundamental ✓ Why India adopted
Rights Parliamentary system rather
✓ Features of the Directive than Presidential?
Principles:
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✓ Features ✓ Motions
✓ Why our Constitution ✓ Parliamentary Processes
framers adopt the federal ✓ Money Bills
system for India? ✓ Budget in Parliament
✓ Federal Features Of The ✓ Kinds of Funds
Constitution ✓ Position of Rajya Sabha
✓ Unitary Features Of The ✓ Parliament Privileges
Indian Constitution ✓ Types of Majority
✓ Critical Evaluation of the ✓ Parliamentary Committees
Federal System ✓ Parliamentary Forums
✓ Co-operative Federalism in ✓ President of India
Indian Perspective ✓ Vice-President
✓ Legislative Relations ✓ Prime Minister of India
✓ Administrative Relations ✓ Central Council of Ministers
✓ Financial relations ✓ Cabinet Committees
✓ Terms of reference of the 15th ✓ Cabinet Secretariat
Finance Commission: Issues ✓ Supreme Court
✓ Tension Areas In Centre- ✓ Governor
State Relations ✓ Chief Minister
✓ Inter-State Water Disputes ✓ Council of Ministers in State
✓ The Inter-State River Water ✓ Government
✓ Disputes (Amendment) Bill ✓ Legislative Procedure in
2017 State Legislature
✓ Inter-State Councils ✓ High Court
✓ Public Acts, Records And ✓ NITI Ayog
Judicial Proceedings ✓ Difference between NITI
✓ Inter-State Trade And Ayog and Planning
Commerce Commission
✓ Zonal Councils ✓ Aspirational Districts
✓ National Emergency Programme
✓ President’s Rule ✓ National Human Rights
✓ Financial Emergency Commission (NHRC)
✓ Implications Of Financial ✓ Critical assessment of NHRC
Emergency ✓ NHRC and Sustainable
✓ Composition of Two House ✓ Development Goal (SDG)
Session of Parliament ✓ State Human Rights
✓ Offices in the Parliament Commission (SHRC)
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✓ Central Information ✓ Special Officer for Linguistic
Commission (CIC) Minorities
✓ State Information ✓ Comptroller and Auditor
Commission (SIC) General of India
✓ Central Vigilance ✓ Attorney General of India
Commission (CVC) ✓ Advocate General
✓ Central Bureau of ✓ Co-operative Societies
Investigation ✓ Official Language
✓ Lokpal and Lokayukt ✓ Tribunals
✓ Difference between political ✓ Elections
party and pressure group ✓ Election process
✓ Features of Indian pressure ✓ Political Parties
group ✓ Role of civil services in
✓ Types of pressure groups democracy
✓ Major pressure groups in
India
✓ Media as pressure group
✓ Role of pressure group in
India
✓ Criticism of Pressure groups
✓ Famous NGO’s
✓ Issues in NGO’s Functioning
✓ Panchayati Raj System
✓ Municipal Corporations
✓ Election Commission
✓ Public Services
✓ UNION PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION
✓ STATE PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION
✓ Finance Commission
✓ National Commission for
Scheduled Castes
Scheduled Tribes
Backward Classes
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GEOGRAPHY
✓ Four Great Earth Realms
✓ Scales in Physical Geography ✓ Volcanic Activities
✓ Systems in Physical ✓ Landforms of Igneous
Geography Intrusions
✓ Direct methods to find • Sill
interior of the earth • Dyke
✓ Indirect methods methods to ✓ Origin of Volcanoes
find interior of the earth • Active – frequent
✓ Seismic Wave Model eruption or eruption
✓ Igneous Rocks within recent time
✓ Sedimentary Rocks • Dormant – can erupt
✓ Metamorphic Rocks in future
✓ Continental Drift • Extinct – have all the
✓ Sea – floor Spreading features of volcano but
✓ Plate Tectonic Theory not erupted in historic
✓ Continental Rift Valleys times.
✓ Convergent Boundaries ✓ Volcanic Cones
✓ Oceanic–continental ✓ Cinder Cone
Convergence ✓ Composite Cones
✓ Continental- continental ✓ Caldera Cone or Volcano
Convergence Cone
✓ Endogenic Forces ✓ Some Volcanic Eruptions
✓ Exogenic Forces • Mt. Vesuvius
✓ Types of Mountains • Mt. Krakatau
✓ Block Mountains • Mt. Pelee
✓ Graben or Rift Valley ✓ The Distribution of
✓ Residual Mountains Volcanoes in the World
✓ Volcanic Mountains ✓ Geysers and Hot Springs
✓ Types of Plateaux ✓ Geysers
• Volcanic Plateau ✓ Hot Spring
• Dissected Plateaux ✓ Fluvial landforms or
✓ Types of Plains landforms made by water
• Structural Plains channel
• Depositional Plains ✓ Erosive landforms
✓ Landforms associated with ✓ Depositional Landforms
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✓ Aeolian Landforms or ✓ Land and water temperature
Landforms made by winds ✓ Atmospheric Circulation
• Erosional Landforms ✓ Oceanic Circulation
• Depositional ✓ The Impact of Pressure and
Landforms Wind
✓ Glacial landforms ✓ Coriolis effect and wind
• Erosional Landforms ✓ Air mass
• Depositional ✓ Fronts
Landforms ✓ Temperate Cyclones
✓ Wave landforms ✓ Tropical Cyclones
• Erosion landforms ✓ Cyclone, Hurricane,
• Depositional Typhoon
Landforms ✓ Meriodinal Circulation
✓ Karst Landforms ✓ Jet Streams
✓ Consequences of ✓ Local Winds
Earthquakes ✓ Temperature Inversion
✓ Some major Earthquakes ✓ Types of clouds
✓ Tsunamis ✓ FOG
✓ Weathering ✓ Dew
✓ Forms of Precipitation
• Physical Weathering
✓ Types of Rainfall
• Chemical Weathering
✓ The Köppen Climate
• Biological Weathering
Classification System
✓ Mass Wasting ✓ Climate
✓ Landslides ✓ Vegetation
✓ Erosion ✓ Life and development in the
✓ Agents of Erosion
equatorial regions
✓ Composition of Atmosphere
✓ Factors Affecting the
✓ Layers of Atmosphere
Development of Equatorial
✓ Insolation
Regions
✓ Concept of twilight (Dawn
✓ Climatic Conditions in
and dusk) Tropical
✓ Mapping Patterns of Air ✓ Monsoon Lands
✓ Temperature ✓ The Seasons of Tropical
✓ Annual Range of Monsoon Climate
Temperature ✓ The Retreating Monsoon
✓ Diurnal Range of ✓ The Tropical Marine Climate
Temperature
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✓ Natural Vegetation ✓ Distribution
✓ Agricultural Development in ✓ Climate
the Monsoon Lands ✓ Natural Vegetation
✓ Climate of the Sudan type ✓ Economy
✓ Natural Vegetation ✓ Distribution
✓ Animal Life ✓ Climate
✓ Human Life in the Savanna ✓ Natural vegetation
✓ Problems, Prospects and ✓ Economy
Development of the Savanna ✓ Distribution
Distribution ✓ Climate
✓ Climate ✓ Natural Vegetation
✓ Climatic Conditions in the ✓ Economy
midlatitude Deserts ✓ Oceans
✓ Desert Vegetation ✓ The Relief of the Ocean
✓ Economy ✓ The Continental Shelf
✓ Distribution ✓ Continental Slope
✓ Climate ✓ The Deep-Sea Plain
✓ Natural vegetation ✓ The Ocean Deeps or
✓ Economic development of Trenches
the Mediterranean regions ✓ The Oceanic Deposits of the
✓ Distribution ✓ Ocean floor
✓ Climate ✓ Minor Relief Features
✓ Natural Vegetation ✓ Salinity of the Ocean
✓ Economy ✓ Factors affecting Salinity of
✓ The Warm Temperate Ocean
Eastern ✓ The Temperature of Ocean
✓ Margin Climate Water
✓ Distribution ✓ Ocean Currents
✓ Climate ✓ Important Ocean Currents
✓ Natural Vegetation ✓ Causes of Ocean Currents
✓ Wildlife ✓ Tides
✓ Human Settlement ✓ Types of Tides
✓ Economy ✓ Physiography of India
✓ Distribution ✓ THE HIMALAYAS
✓ Climate ✓ Northern Fertile Plains
✓ Natural Vegetation ✓ The Peninsular Plateau
✓ Economy ✓ The Indian Desert
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✓ The Coastal Plains of India ✓ (Retreating Monsoon) and
✓ The Islands its Effect
✓ Drainage System ✓ Western Disturbances and
✓ Drainage Pattern winter rainfall in North-
✓ Discordant Drainage Pattern India
✓ Drainage Basin ✓ Seasons in India
✓ Indian Drainage ✓ Cold Weather Season
✓ Drainage Basins in India ✓ Hot weather Season
✓ The Himalayan Drainage ✓ South-West Monsoon
✓ Important River Systems Season
✓ Peninsular Drainage ✓ Retreating Monsoon
✓ River Regimes ✓ Rainfall Distribution in
✓ Watershed Development in India
India ✓ Climatic Unity of India
✓ River Interlinking Program ✓ Types of Crops
of India ✓ Land Utilization
✓ Inland Waterways ✓ Cropping Pattern and
✓ Climate and Weather System
✓ Factors influencing the ✓ SUSTAINABLE
Climate of India AGRICULTURE
✓ Theory of Differential ✓ IRRIGATION
Heating ✓ Agriculture and Allied
✓ Flohn’s Dynamic Concept of Industries
Monsoon ✓ Mineral Resources
✓ Factors influencing Indian ✓ Energy Resources
✓ Monsoon ✓ Coal
✓ Jet Streams ✓ Petroleum and Natural Gas
✓ El – Nino and La – Nina ✓ Oil and Gas Industry
Event ✓ Indian Strategic Petroleum
✓ Role of Tibet Plateau Reserve
✓ Madden-Julian Oscillation ✓ PIPELINES
✓ EQUINOO – Equatorial ✓ Gas Hydrates
Indian ✓ Renewable Energy resources
✓ Ocean Oscillation ✓ Energy and Power Scenario
✓ Facts about Indian Monsoon in India
✓ The Northeast Monsoon ✓ Cement industry
✓ Iron & Steel Industry
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✓ Tourism/Hospitality
Industry
✓ Service Industry
✓ Textiles Industry
✓ Tourism and Hospitality
Industry
✓ Consumer Durables Industry
✓ Manufacturing Industry
✓ Healthcare Industry
✓ Gems and Jewellery
Industry
✓ Telecommunication
Industry
✓ Retail Industry
✓ Education and Training
Industry
✓ Information Technology and
ITenable Services Industry
✓ Pharmaceutical Industry
✓ Famous Seas of the World
✓ Straits of the World
✓ Bays
✓ Rivers
✓ Mountain Systems
✓ Deserts
✓ Places in news
✓ NORTH AMERICA
✓ South America
✓ Europe
✓ Africa
✓ Australia/Oceania
✓ Asia
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ECONOMY
✓ Population and associated
✓ Types Of Economic Systems
issues
✓ Five Year Plan
✓ Five surprising trends in
✓ Types Of Economic Planning
India’s
✓ Performance Of India’s Five
✓ population growth in the
Year Plans
coming decade
✓ Eleventh Plan Achievements
✓ Balance of Payments
On Inclusive Growth
✓ Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
✓ Assessment Of 12Th Five
✓ Statutory Liquidity Ratio
Year Plan
(SLR)
✓ The Green Revolution
✓ Consumer Price Index (CPI)
✓ Industry & Trade
✓ Wholesale Price Index (WPI)
✓ Industrial Policy Resolution
✓ Fiscal Deficit
1956 (Ipr 1956)
✓ Inflation
✓ Trade Policy—Import
✓ Types of Inflation
Substitution
✓ Monetary Policy
✓ Liberalisation
✓ Philips Curve
✓ Privatisation
✓ Laffer Curve
✓ Concept of disinvestment
✓ Engel’s Curve
✓ Disinvestment of Air India
✓ Lorenz Curve and Gini
✓ Globalisation
Coefficient
✓ Overall assessment of Indian
✓ Misery Index
Economy
✓ Trade Barriers
✓ Limitations of LPG policy on
✓ Non-Tariff Trade Barriers
Indian Economy
✓ Deflation
✓ Make in India
✓ Special Drawing Rights
✓ National Steel Policy 2017
✓ NATIONAL INCOME
✓ Consolidated FDI Policy
✓ Calculation of National
2017
Income
✓ New Classification of the
✓ Production Method or Value
MSME
Added Method
✓ A case study for assessing
✓ Income Method
present poverty line
✓ Expenditure method
✓ Key requirements for
✓ Some macroeconomic
sustainable
indices
✓ poverty reduction
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✓ Elasticity, Engel Curve and ✓ Capital Adequacy Ratio
Engel ✓ Basel Accords
✓ Law/Engel’s elasticity ✓ Project Sashakt
✓ Key takeaways from the ✓ Credit Counseling
✓ Economic Survey ✓ Labels of ATM
✓ Tax-To-GDP Ratio ✓ Nidhis
✓ INFLATION ✓ Urjit Patel committee
✓ Major Types of inflation ✓ Nachiket mor committee
✓ Types of inflation ✓ Small and Payment Banks
✓ Inflation – Bad or Good? ✓ Business Correspondent
✓ India and past Inflation ✓ Universal Payment
✓ Measuring Inflation Interface(UPI)
✓ Measures to control ✓ ALM (Asset-Liability
Inflation Management) of Banks
✓ GDP Deflator ✓ Non-Resident Indian
✓ The supply of money Deposits (NRI Deposits)
✓ Indian Money Market ✓ Merchant Banks
✓ Functions of RBI ✓ Venture Capital Fund
✓ Monetary Policy Agreement ✓ Stock Broking Companies
✓ Methods of Credit Control ✓ Electronic Fund Transfer-
✓ Nationalization and EFT
Development of Banking in ✓ KYC Norms
India ✓ Long Term Irrigation Fund
✓ Small Industries ✓ Payment and Settlement
Development Bank of India Systems in India
(SIDBI) ✓ Peer to Peer Lending
✓ Non-Banking Financial ✓ The Kisan Credit Card (KCC)
✓ Companies NBFCs ✓ India Post Payments Bank
✓ Financial Sector Reforms ✓ Domestic Systemically
✓ Banking Sector Reforms Important Banks (D-SIBs)
✓ PSL (Priority Sector ✓ Mobile Money Identifier
Lending) (MMID)
✓ Non-Performing Assets ✓ Wholesale and Long-Term
(NPA) Finance (WLTF) banks
✓ SARFAESI Act, 2002 ✓ Financial Stability and
✓ Willful Defaulter Development Council
✓ Fugitive economic offender
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✓ Letters of Undertaking ✓ Informalization of
(LoU) Employment,
✓ SWIFT ✓ 'Working Poor' and
✓ What is a Government Exclusion
Budget? ✓ Addressing the Problem
✓ Main elements of the budget ✓ The Role of Special
✓ Objectives of a Government Employment
Budget ✓ Programmes
✓ Components of the ✓ Capitalism and inclusive
Government Budget growth
✓ Deficit Financing ✓ Forex Reserves
✓ Types of Budgeting ✓ External Debt
✓ Balanced and Un-balanced ✓ Fixed Currency Regime
Budgets ✓ Floating Currency Regime
✓ Fiscal Policy ✓ Managed Exchange rates
✓ Fiscal Consolidation ✓ Pegging of Currencies
✓ Financial Motivators ✓ Exchange Rate in India
✓ TAX EXPENDITURES ✓ Background
✓ Current Account Deficit ✓ Depreciation
✓ Concept of Economic ✓ Appreciation
Growth ✓ Balance of Payment (BoP)
✓ Concept of Economic ✓ Balance of Trade
✓ Development ✓ Current Account
✓ Concept of Rural ✓ Capital Account
Development ✓ Convertibility
✓ Mobilization of Natural ✓ Convertibility in India
resources ✓ Current Account
✓ Mobilization of Human Convertibility
Resources ✓ Capital Account
✓ Mobilization of Financial Convertibility
✓ Resources ✓ NEER and REER
✓ What is Inclusive Growth? ✓ Hard Currency
✓ Need for Inclusive Growth in ✓ Soft Currency
✓ India ✓ Heated Currency
✓ Employment and Inclusive ✓ Cheap Currency
✓ Growth in India: Emerging ✓ Special Economic Zone
✓ Pattern and Perspectives (SEZ)
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✓ GAAR: General Anti- ✓ Foreign Portfolio Investor
Avoidance (FPI)
✓ Rules ✓ Qualified Foreign Investors
✓ New Steps to Promote (QFIs)
Foreign Trade ✓ Participatory Notes (P-
✓ New Foreign Trade Policy Notes)
✓ Direct Tax ✓ Pradhan Mantri Suraksha
✓ Indirect Tax Bima Yojana (PMSBY)
✓ GST Council ✓ Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti
✓ Tax Expenditure Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)
✓ Methods of Taxation ✓ Rashtriya Swasthya Bima
✓ 14th Finance Commission Yojana (RSBY)
✓ Security Market in India ✓ Atal Pension Yojana (APY)
✓ Primary and Secondary ✓ Varishtha Pension Bima
Markets Yojana 2017 (VPBY 2017)
✓ Stock Exchange ✓ Insurance Regulatory and
✓ Legislation to control Development Authority
Security (IRDA)
✓ Market in India ✓ Significance of Social
✓ Securities Contracts Security and Insurance
(Regulation) ✓ Analysis of Insurance Sector
✓ Act, 1956 in India
✓ Companies Act, 1956 ✓ Hedge Fund
✓ Companies Act, 2013 ✓ Initial Public Offer (IPO)
✓ Securities and Exchange ✓ Angel Investors and Venture
Board of India (SEBI) Capitalists
✓ Depositories Act, 1996 ✓ Unregulated Deposit
✓ Prevention of Money Schemes Bill, 2018
Laundering Act, 2002 ✓ GSTIN
✓ Forward Market ✓ E-way bill
Commission ✓ e-Wallet scheme under GST
✓ Foreign Investment ✓ Standard for Automatic
✓ Foreign Direct Investment Exchange of Financial
(FDI) Account Information in Tax
✓ Foreign Institutional Matters
Investor (FII) ✓ Angel tax
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✓ Benami Transactions ✓ Asia Pacific Economic
(Prohibition) Amended Act, Cooperation
2016 ✓ Asia Pacific Trade
✓ Advance Pricing Agreements Agreement (APTA)
(APA) ✓ BRICS
✓ Budget: Key facts on fiscal ✓ Financial Action Task Force
management (FATF)
✓ Tax buoyancy ✓ Bank for International
✓ Revenue Neutral Rate Settlements (BIS)
(RNR) ✓ European Bank for
✓ India-Usa Reconstruction
✓ India- Russia Development
✓ India- Japan ✓ G-7
✓ India-West Asia ✓ United Nations
✓ India-Israel ✓ Organization for Economic
✓ India-Iran Cooperation an
✓ Shanghai Cooperation Development (OECD)
Organization (SCO) ✓ International Energy Agency
✓ India-Africa (IEA)
✓ India Ocean Region ✓ Australia Group
✓ Asean ✓ Wassenaar Arrangement
✓ Act East Policy ✓ Nuclear Supplier Group
✓ Quad grouping ✓ Missile Technology Control
✓ India-Eu Regime
✓ International Organisations ✓ Organisation for the
✓ International Monetary Prohibition of Chemical
Fund (IMF) Weapons (OPCW)
✓ World Economic Forum ✓ International Campaign to
(WEF) Abolish Nuclear Weapons
✓ World Bank (ICAN)
✓ World Trade Organization ✓ BASIC Countries
(WTO) ✓ International Energy Forum
✓ Asian Development Bank (IEF)
✓ Greater Mekong Subregion ✓ India-UN Development
(GMS) ✓ Partnership Fund
✓ Asian Infrastructure ✓ Information Technology
Investment Bank (AIIB) ✓ Agreement-WTO
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✓ The International North–
South
✓ Transport Corridor (INSTC)
✓ China Pakistan Economic
Corridor (CPEC)
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✓ Reasons of Decline
ANCIENT INDIA ✓ Post Urban phase of
✓ Stone Age Harappan Culture (1900-
✓ Paleolithic Age 1200 BC)
✓ Mesolithic Age: (10,000 – ✓ Early Vedic (1500 – 1000
4000 BC) BC)
✓ Neolithic Age: (7000 – 1000 ✓ Rig Veda
BC) ✓ Occupation of Rig Vedic
✓ Chalcolithic Age (2500 – 700 Society
BC) ✓ Political Organization
✓ Famous Sites ✓ Religion and Faith
✓ Town Planning and ✓ Yajnas
Structures ARYANS AND THE AGE OF
✓ Great Bath THE RIGVEDA
✓ Granaries
✓ Burnt bricks usage ✓ Original home and identity
✓ Drainage system ✓ Aryans in India
✓ Agriculture ✓ Battle of 10 kings
✓ Agriculture tools ✓ Tribal Polity
✓ Irrigation ✓ Officials
✓ Food Grain production ✓ Army
✓ Domestication of Animals ✓ Tribal and Family
✓ Technology ✓ Social Divisions
✓ Crafts ✓ Rig Vedic Gods
✓ Textile ✓ Rig Vedic Goddess
✓ Other Crafts ✓ Expansion in the later Vedic
✓ Trade ✓ Period (1000-500 BC)
✓ Political Organization ✓ Painted Grey Ware culture
✓ Religious Practices (PGW) Sites
✓ The Male Deity in the Indus ✓ Living Pattern
Valley ✓ Mahabharata
✓ The Harappan Script ✓ Iron and Later Vedic Aryans
✓ Weights and Measures ✓ Agriculture
✓ Harappan Pottery ✓ Crafts
✓ Seals ✓ Settlement
✓ Images ✓ Political organization
✓ Terracotta Figurines ✓ Assemblies
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✓ Tribe connected to territory ✓ Importance of Buddhism in
✓ Election of King India
✓ Succession rules ✓ Gandhara Art
✓ Rituals ✓ Buddhist Sangha
✓ Army ✓ Decline of Buddhism
✓ Social organization ✓ Buddhism and Jainism
✓ Society Comparative Study
✓ Family
MAURYAN EMPIRE
✓ Women position
✓ Institution of Gotra ✓ Chandragupta Maurya
✓ Ashramas ✓ (Sandrochotus/Androchotus
✓ Gods, Rituals and Philosophy in Greek records)
✓ Sacrifices ✓ Bindusara (Amitrachotus)
✓ Brahmans and Rituals ✓ Ajivika Sect
✓ Religion and Philosophy ✓ Ashoka
✓ Ashokan Dhamma
JAINISM AND BUDDHISM
✓ Ashokan Edicts or
✓ Causes of Origin Inscriptions
✓ Vardhaman Mahavira and ✓ Arthashastra
Jainism ✓ Mauryan Administration
✓ Doctrines of Jainism ✓ Indica
✓ Philosophy ✓ Economic Regulations
✓ Jainism on Varna System ✓ Agriculture
✓ Spread of Jainism ✓ Connectivity
✓ Spread in southern part ✓ Transportation
✓ Spread in other parts ✓ Taxation System
✓ Contribution of Jainism ✓ Currency
✓ In Prakrit language ✓ Social and Cultural Life
✓ In other languages ✓ Position of Slaves
✓ Gautama Buddha and ✓ Mauryan Art
Buddhism ✓ Royal Art
✓ Sources ✓ Folk Arts
✓ Doctrines of Buddhism ✓ Causes of Decline of
✓ Teachings and Principles Mauryan
✓ Famous Buddhist Councils ✓ Empire
✓ Influence of Buddhism ✓ Brahmanical Reaction
✓ Financial Crisis
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✓ Oppressive Rule SANGAM AGE
✓ Neglect of the North-West
✓ Important Literary Pieces
✓ Frontier and the Great Wall
✓ Two great Epics
of China
✓ Historical Information from
✓ Indo – Greeks (Bactrians)
✓ Sangam Literature
✓ Shakas (Scythians – Central
✓ Sangam Literature
Asia)
✓ Political History
✓ Parthians (Phalvas) – Persia
✓ Sangam Polity
✓ Kushanas (Yuthi Tribe) –
✓ Sangam Society
Central Asia
✓ Religion
✓ Satavahanas/Andhras
✓ Position of Women
✓ Impact of Central Asian
✓ Economy of the Sangam Age
Contacts
✓ Mathura School of Art GUPTA PERIOD
✓ Gandhara School of Art
✓ Chandragupta I (AD 319 -
✓ Amravati School of Art
334)
THE AGE OF THE ✓ Samudragupta (A.D. 335-
SATAVAHANAS 380)
✓ Chandragupta II: (380 – 415
✓ Political History
AD)
✓ Gautmiputra Satakarni (A.D.
✓ Kumaragupta
✓ 106-130)
✓ Skandgupta
✓ Vasishthiputra Pulumayi
✓ Gupta Administration
(AD 130 - 154)
✓ Economy
✓ Social Organization
✓ Social Developments
✓ Administration
✓ Buddhism and Bhagvatism
✓ Religion
✓ Literature
✓ Architecture
✓ Art
✓ Language
✓ Architecture
✓ Crafts, trades and towns in
✓ Paintings During Gupta
the post Mauryan age
Period
✓ Crafts
✓ Decline of Gupta Empire
✓ Trade with Eastern Roman
✓ Empire HARSHA AND HIS TIMES
✓ Foreign Trade
✓ Administration
✓ Money Economy
✓ Huen Tsang
✓ Urban Settlements
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MEDIEVAL INDIA
✓ Vakatakas ✓ Krishna Deva Raya (1509 -
✓ Chalukyas 1529
✓ Rashtrakutas ✓ Bahmani Kingdom
✓ Pallavas ✓ Foreign travellers
✓ Cholas ✓ The Mughal Empire
✓ After death of Harsha ✓ Babur (1526 - 1530)
✓ Rajput Kingdoms ✓ Humayun
✓ Arab Conquest of Sind (712 ✓ Sur Interregnum (1540-1555)
A.D.) ✓ Akbar (1556-1605)
✓ Mahmud of Ghazni and his ✓ Jahangir (1605 - 1627)
Invasions ✓ Shah Jahan (1627-1658)
✓ Muhammad Ghori ✓ India under the Mughals
✓ Delhi Sultanate ✓ Art forms
✓ Slave Dynasty (1206 -1290) ✓ Delhi Sultanate Architecture
✓ The Khalji Dynasty (1290- ✓ Lodhi Architecture
1320) ✓ Vijaynagar Architecture
✓ The Tughlaq Dynasty ✓ Sher Shah Architecture
(1320-1414) ✓ Mughal Architecture
✓ Sayyid Dynasty (1414-1451)
✓ Lodi dynasty (1451-1526)
✓ India under the Delhi
sultanate
✓ Bhakti Movement
✓ Sufism
✓ Bhakti Saints of South India
✓ Bhakti Saints of North India
✓ Bhakti Saints of Bengal
✓ Bhakti saints of Maharashtra
✓ Importance of the Bhakti
Movement
✓ Vijayanagara And Bahmani
✓ Kingdoms
✓ VijayanagarA Kingdom
✓ Sources
✓
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MODERN INDIA
✓ Decline of Mughal Empire ✓ Expansion under Lord
✓ Causes of Decline of Mughal Hastings (1813 - 22)
Empire ✓ The Consolidation of British
✓ Indian stats and society in Power (1818 - 57)
the 18th century ✓ Dalhousie and the Policy of
✓ Polity and Administration of Annexation (1848 - 56)
the States ✓ British Administrative and
✓ South Indian States in 18th Economic Policy
Century ✓ British Administrative Policy
✓ North Indian States in 18th ✓ British Economic Policies
✓ Century ✓ Drain of Wealth
✓ Rise and fall of Maratha ✓ Development of Means of
Empire Transport and
✓ Social and economic Communication
Conditions of the people in ✓ Postal System and Telegraph
18th century ✓ Land Revenue Policy
✓ The beginnings of european ✓ British Administrative
Settlements System
✓ Trade between Europe and ✓ Social and Cultural Policy
India and South-East Asia ✓ Humanitarian Measures
✓ The Portuguese ✓ Pre-1857 Revolts
✓ The Dutch ✓ Post 1857 Revolts
✓ British Entry in Trade ✓ Tribal and Civil Rebellions
✓ The Growth of the EIC trade ✓ Reform Movements
& influence (1600-1714) ✓ Emancipation of women/the
✓ The Anglo-French Struggle fight for the betterment of
in South India Women
✓ British Occupation of Bengal ✓ The Fight Against Caste-
✓ Expansion of british empire Based Exploitation
in India ✓ An Overview of Socio-
✓ Expansion under Lord Cultural Reform Movements
Wellesley (1798 - 1805) and Their Leaders
✓ Subsidiary Alliance and ✓ Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Indian States ✓ Brahmo Samaj
✓
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✓ Maharishi Debendranath ✓ Positive contributions of
Tagore (1817-1905) Reform Movements
✓ Prarthana Samaj ✓ Negative fallouts of the
✓ Derozio and Young Bengal Reform Movement
✓ Pandit Ishwar Chandra ✓ Lord Canning
Vidyasagar ✓ Lord Mayo
✓ Paramhansa Mandalis ✓ Lord Lytton
✓ Satyashodhak Samaj and ✓ Lord Ripon
Jyotiba Phule ✓ Lord Curzon
✓ The Servants of India Society ✓ Nationalist Movement
✓ The Ramakrishna Movement ✓ Predecessors of the Indian
✓ Dayanand Saraswati and National Congress
Arya Samaj ✓ The Indian National
✓ Seva Sadan Congress
✓ Sri Narayana Guru Dharma ✓ The Early Nationalists
✓ Paripalana (SNDP) ✓ The Partition of Bengal
Movement ✓ The Swadeshi and Boycott
✓ Justice Movement ✓ The Surat Split
✓ Self-Respect Movement ✓ Wood's Despatch on
✓ Temple Entry Movement Education (1854)
✓ Indian Social Conference ✓ Bipin Chandra Pal
✓ Wahabi/Walliullah ✓ Famous Associations
Movement ✓ Swadeshi Phase
✓ Titu Mir’s Revolt ✓ All India Muslims League
✓ Faraizi movement ✓ The Surat Split
✓ Ahmadiya Movement ✓ Act of 1909 Morley-Minto
✓ Aligarh Movement and Reforms
Sayyid ✓ Rise of Revolutionary
✓ Ahmad Khan Terrorism Phase 1
✓ The Deoband School ✓ Ghadr Party
✓ Reform Movements Among ✓ Komata Maru Incident
Parsis ✓ The Berlin Committee for
✓ Religious Reform Among Indian Independence
Sikhs ✓ Home Rule Movement
✓ The Theosophical Society ✓ The Lucknow Session of
and Annie Besant Congress – 1916
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✓ Montague’s Statement OF ✓ Cripps Mission
1917/ The August ✓ Quit India Movement 1942
Declaration ✓ C Rajagopalachari Formula –
✓ The Government of India Act 1944
- 1919 ✓ Wavell Plan, 1945
✓ Gandhiji’s stay in South ✓ Cabinet Mission 1946
Africa ✓ Mountbatten Plan – 1947
✓ The Indian Natal Congress ✓ Indian Independence Act
✓ Indian Ambulance Corps 1947
✓ The Tolstoy Farm ✓ Post War National Upsurge
✓ Champaran Satyagraha ✓ 1945 INA Trials –
✓ Ahmedabad Mill Strike Significance
✓ Kheda Satyagraha ✓ 1946 RIN Mutiny –
✓ Rowlatt Satyagraha Significance
✓ Jallianwala Bagh Massacre ✓ Process of Unification
✓ Hunter Commission Report ✓ Language Issue
✓ Khilafat Movement ✓ Indian Tribal Issues
✓ The Non-Cooperation ✓ Refugee Crisis after Partition
Movement ✓ Wars After Independence
✓ The Chauri Chaura Incident ✓ Post 1947 Communalism
✓ The Revolutionary Activities
✓ Simon Commission
✓ Nehru Report, 1928
✓ Civil Disobedience
Movement
✓ The Dandi March
✓ Gandhi Irwin Pact
✓ Karachi Session Of 1931
✓ The Communal Award/
✓ Macdonald Award
✓ The Poona Pact
✓ The Government of India Act
1935
✓ Congress’s Stand on the Eve
of World War 2
✓ August Offer- August 1940
✓ Individual Satyagraha
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ART & CULTURE ✓ Therukoothu - Tamil Nadu
✓ Classical Dance of India ✓ Karyala- Himachal Pradesh
✓ Bharatnatyam – Tamil Nadu ✓ String Puppets
✓ Kuchipudi ✓ Glove Puppets
✓ Kathakali ✓ Rod Puppets: (extension of
✓ Kathak glove-puppets)
✓ Odissi ✓ Shadow Puppet
✓ Sattriya ✓ Sahitya Akademi
✓ Manipuri ✓ Sangeet Natak Academy
✓ Mohiniyattam ✓ Lalit Kala Akademi
✓ Folk Dances of India ✓ Centre for Cultural
✓ Hindustani Music Resources & Training
✓ Carnatic Music ✓ Arts, Crafts, Music,
✓ Comparison of Hindustani Monuments in States
and Carnatic Music
✓ Folk Music
✓ Music Instruments of India
✓ Gatka
✓ Thang Ta Pari-Khanda
✓ Bhand Pather (Jashin) –
Kashmir Swang - Haryana
✓ Nautanki - Uttar Pradesh
✓ Raasleela
✓ Bhavai - Gujarat
✓ Jatra - Bengal
✓ Bhaona (Ankia Naat) - Assam
✓ Maach - Madhya Pradesh
✓ Tamaasha - Maharashtra
✓ Dashavatar - Konkan And
Goa
✓ Krishnattam - Kerala
✓ Mudiyettu - Kerala
✓ Theyyam - Kerala
✓ Koodiyaattam - Kerala
✓ Yakshagaana - Karnataka
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ENVIRONMENT
✓ Ecology ✓ Mangroves
✓ Levels of Ecological ✓ Importance of Mangrove
Organization ✓ Threats to mangrove forests
✓ Ecosystem and their habitats include
✓ Functions of ecosystem ✓ Coral Reefs
✓ Classification of ecosystem ✓ Features of the corals
(Natural ecosystem) ✓ Ideal conditions for the
✓ Threats to Ecological Goods formation of Reefs
and Services ✓ Types of Reefs
✓ Biome ✓ What is the importance of
✓ Aquatic Zones coral reefs?
✓ Ecosystem Function ✓ Threat to coral eefs
✓ Ecological Efficiency ✓ Coral Bleaching
✓ Trophic Level and Pollutants ✓ Edge Effect
✓ Biotic Interaction ✓ Habitat fragmentation
✓ Biogeochemical Cycles ✓ Ruderal species
✓ Homeostasis of Ecosystem ✓ Phenotype
✓ Ecological Succession ✓ Epigenetics
✓ Forests ✓ Ecotype
✓ Importance of Forests ✓ Epiphyte
✓ Deforestation ✓ Lithophytes
✓ What are the strategies to ✓ Levels of Biodiversity
reduce deforestation? ✓ Measurement of Biodiversity
✓ Grasslands ✓ Biodiversity Conservation
✓ Deserts ✓ Megadiverse Country
✓ Tundra ✓ Fauna
✓ Factors Limiting the ✓ Floral Diversity
"Productivity of Aquatic ✓ Carnivorous plants
Habitats ✓ Invasive alien species (IAS)
✓ Ecology of Lake ✓ Medicinal Plants of India
✓ What is eutrophication? ✓ Phytoplankton
✓ Wetlands ✓ Zooplankton
✓ Estuary Ecosystem ✓ Seagrass
✓ Benefits of Estuarine ✓ Seaweeds
Ecosystem ✓ Sea buckthorn
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✓ The Red data book ✓ Natural World Heritage Sites
✓ IUCN classification of in India
conservation priority ✓ Biodiversity Heritage Sites
✓ Mammals – Critically (BHS)
Endanger ✓ The High Biodiversity
✓ Mammals – Endangered Wilderness
✓ Mammals – Vulnerable ✓ Areas (HBWA)
✓ Mammals – Near Threatened ✓ Key Biodiversity Areas
✓ Marine Mammals – (KBAs)
Endangered ✓ CONSERVATION EFFORTS
✓ Marine Mammals – ✓ Project Elephant
Vulnerable ✓ Project Tiger
✓ Critically Endangered ✓ M-STrIPES
Mammals ✓ Conservation Assured
✓ Critically Endangered (CA|TS)
Reptiles ✓ Tiger Reserves in India
✓ Critically Endangered Fishes ✓ Indian Crocodile
✓ National Park Conservation
✓ Difference between Wild life ✓ Project
✓ Sanctuary and National Park ✓ Cheeta Re-introduction
✓ Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS) ✓ Programme
✓ Conservation Reserve and ✓ Vulture
✓ Community Reserves ✓ Project Snow Leopard
✓ Critical Wildlife Habitat ✓ One Horn Rhino
✓ IUCN CATEGORIZATION ✓ Sea Turtle Project
✓ Coastal Protected Areas or ✓ Project Hangul
✓ Marine Protected Areas ✓ Captive Breeding
(MPA) ✓ Ganges Dolphin
✓ Sacred groves of India ✓ CLIMATE CHANGE
✓ Biosphere Reserve (BR) ✓ Global Warming
✓ The MAB (Man and ✓ Effect of Climate change
Biosphere Reserve) ✓ Impact of Climate Change in
✓ World Network of Biosphere India
✓ Reserves ✓ Recent updates on climate
✓ Biodiversity Hotspots Change
✓ Indian Biodiversity Hotspots ✓ Steps taken to combat
climate change
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✓ Paris Agreement ✓ Environment (Protection)
✓ The Talanoa Dialogue Act, 1986
✓ Steps taken to Combat ✓ National Forest Policy 1988
Climate change by India ✓ Biological Diversity Act,
✓ National Action Plan on 2002
Climate Change (Napcc) ✓ The Scheduled Tribes and
✓ India’s National Redd+ other Traditional Forest
Strategy Dweller
✓ Global Dimming and Global ✓ (Recognition of Forest
Warming Rights) Act, 2006
✓ Steps taken to control Global ✓ Coastal Regulation Zone
warming in India (CRZ)
✓ Green House Effect ✓ Wetlands (Conservation And
✓ Green House gases Management) Rules 2010
✓ International Mechanisms to ✓ National Green Tribunal
reduce Greenhouse gases (NGT) India's National
✓ Causes of Ozone layer Action Plan on Climate
depletion Change
✓ Effect of ozone depletion ✓ Indian Network on Climate
✓ Efforts taken to control ozone Change Assessment
layer depletion ✓ The Water (Prevention and
✓ Acid rain Control of Pollution) Act of
✓ Effects of Acid rain 1974 and Amendment, 1988
✓ Ocean Acidification ✓ The Air (Prevention and
✓ Impact of Ocean Control of Pollution) Act of
Acidification 1981 and amendment, 1987
✓ Geo-Engineering ✓ Genetic Engineering
✓ Air Pollution Approval Committee (GEAC)
✓ Steps taken by Indian ✓ National Wildlife Action Plan
Government (NWAP)
✓ Noise pollution ✓ National Afforestation and
✓ Social and Economic Costs of Eco Development Board
Noise Pollution (NAEB)
✓ Soil Pollution ✓ Compensatory Afforestation
✓ Water Pollution Fund Management and
✓ Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 Planning Authority
(CAMPA)
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✓ Joint Forest Management ✓ The National Biodiversity
(JFM) Authority (NBA)
✓ Social Forestry ✓ Wildlife Crime Control
✓ National Bamboo Mission Bureau
✓ Comprehensiv ✓ National Lake Conservation
Environmental Pollution Plan (NLCP)
Index (CEPI) ✓ National Ganga River Basin
✓ Lighting a Billion Lives Authority (NGRBA)
(LaBL) ✓ Wildlife Trust of India
✓ Ecomark ✓ India State of Forest Report
✓ Urban Services (ISFR) 2017
Environmental ✓ UNFCCC
✓ Rating System (USERS) ✓ Kyoto Protocol – COP-3 (KP)
✓ Biodiversity Conservation & ✓ Bali Meet
Rural Livelihood ✓ COP 15 Copenhagen Summit
Improvement Project COP 16 Cancun Summit
(BCRLIP) ✓ Green Climate Fund
✓ National Clean Energy Fund ✓ COP 17 Durban Summit
✓ National Electric Mobility ✓ Doha outcomes COP 18, 2012
Mission Plan 2020 ✓ Paris, COP 21, 2015
(NEMMP) ✓ Special Climate Change Fund
✓ Environment Education, ✓ REDD and REDD+
Awareness & Training ✓ Global Environment Facility
(EEAT) Scheme (GEF)
✓ National Environment ✓ Climate – Smart Agriculture
Awareness Campaign ✓ IPCC (Intergovernmental
(NEAC) Panel on Climate Change)
✓ Eco – clubs (National Green ✓ National Green House Gas
Corps) GLOBE (Global ✓ Inventories Program
Learning and Observations (NGGIP)
to Benefit the Environment) ✓ Green Economy
✓ Mangroves for the Future ✓ Climate Vulnerable Forum
✓ National Air Quality Index ✓ Vulnerable 20 (V20)
(AQI) ✓ START- Global Change
✓ The Animal Welfare Board of System for Analysis,
India (AWBI) Research & Training
✓ Central Zoo Authority (CZA) ✓ World Climate Research
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✓ Programme (WCRP) Pollutants)
✓ CLIVAR (Climate Variability ✓ Basel Convention
and Predictability) ✓ Rotterdam Convention
✓ Climate Action Network ✓ UNCCD
✓ UNCED ✓ International Whaling
✓ Agenda 21 Commission (IWC)
✓ Convention on Biological ✓ UNCLOS
Diversity (CBD) ✓ SOLAS
✓ Cartagena Protocol ✓ International Seabed
✓ Nagoya Protocol Authority (ISA)
✓ Aichi Biodiversity Targets ✓ Vienna Convention
✓ CoP 11 Hyderabad ✓ Montreal Protocol
✓ Ramasar Convention on ✓ Kigali Agreement
Wetlands ✓ Globally Important
✓ Montreux Record Agricultural Heritage
✓ International Union for Systems (GIAHS)
✓ Conservation of Nature ✓ LEDS GP
✓ BirdLife International ✓ London Accord
✓ Wetlands International ✓ UN Conference on
✓ Ramsar Sites in India Sustainable Development
✓ CITES ✓ United Nations Sustainable
✓ TRAFFIC - The Wildlife ✓ Development Summit 2015
Trade Monitoring Network ✓ Global Wildlife Programme
✓ Convention on the
Conservation of Migratory
Species (CMS)
✓ Coalition Against Wildlife
Trafficking (CAWT)
✓ The International Tropical
Timber Organization (ITTO)
✓ United Nations Forum on
Forests (UNFF)
✓ IUCN
✓ The Global Tiger Forum
(GTF)
✓ The Stockholm Convention
on POP (Persistent Organic
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