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Contents

About the Document 3


Indian Polity- Broad Topics 4
Geography- Broad Topics 9
Economy-Broad Topics 17
Ancient India-Broad Topics 25
Medieval India- Broad Topics 30
Modern India- Broad Topics 32
Art & Culture-Broad Topics 37
Environment-Broad Topics 39

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About the Document

This document contains broad categorisation of topics associated with UPSC Prelims
Syllabus for subjects like Polity, Geography, Economy, History and Environment. This
will surely ease your burden. Keep print out of the same all the time and keep adding
topics into it.

Note that these topics are not exhaustive but indicative. There are many sub-sections
that we will learn and cover under ILP-2020 Programme. This document is a step
towards making your journey a little less burdened ☺

Note- Science & Technology related topics are not fixed as they form major part of
Current Affairs. Do not worry about its coverage which will be effectively done during the
course of ILP.

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INDIAN POLITY- Broad Topics

Basics • Rights in the Indian Constitution

• Historical Background • Executive, Legislature, Judiciary

• Making of the Constitution • Federalism, Local Governments

• Salient Features of the • Election and Representation


Constitution
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
• Preamble of the Constitution
• Features Of Fundamental Rights
• Union and its Territory
• Article 14-18 Right To Equality
• Citizenship (14-18)

• Constitution: Why and How? • Article 19-22: Right to Freedom

• Constitution as a Living • Article 25 - 28: Right to Religious


Document Freedom

• The Philosophy of the • Article 29 and 30: Cultural and


Constitution Educational Rights

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• Armed Forces And Fundamental • Procedure for Amendment as laid


Rights down in Article 368 Part XX

• Effecting Certain Fundamental • Types of Amendments


Rights
• Ingredients of the ‘Basic
• Criticism Of Fundamental Rights Structure’

• Significance Of Fundamental • Criticism of the Amendment


Rights Procedure

DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE


POLICY (DPSP) CONSTITUTION

• Features of the Directive • Amendment and the


Principles: Fundamental Rights

• Criticism to DPSP • Elements of Basic Structure

• Significance of Directive • Significance of the Basic


Principles Structure

• Interrelation between • Critiques


Fundamental Rights and DPSPs
PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM
• Implementation of DPSPs
• What is Parliamentary system of
FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES government?

• List of FDs in Article 51 A • Merits and demerits of


Parliamentary System
• Features of the FDs
• Why India adopted Parliamentary
• Criticism of FDs
system rather than Presidential?
• Significance of FDs
FEDERAL SYSTEM
• Relationship between • Features
Fundamental Rights and
Fundamental Duties • Why our Constitution framers
adopt the federal system for
India?
AMENDMENT OF THE • Federal Features Of The
CONSTITUTION Constitution

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• Unitary Features Of The Indian • Implications Of Financial


Constitution Emergency

• Critical Evaluation of the Federal INDIAN PARLIAMENT


System
• Composition of Two House
• Co-operative Federalism in
• Session of Parliament
Indian Perspective
• Offices in the Parliament
CENTRE-STATE RELATIONS
• Motions
• Legislative Relations
• Parliamentary Processes
• Administrative Relations
• Money Bills
• Financial relations
• Budget in Parliament
• Terms of reference of the 15th
Finance Commission: Issues • Kinds of Funds
• Tension Areas In Centre-State • Position of Rajya Sabha
Relations
• Parliament Privileges
INTER-STATE RELATIONS
• Types of Majority
• Inter-State Water Disputes
• Parliamentary Committees
• The Inter-State River Water
Disputes (Amendment) Bill 2017 • Parliamentary Forums

• Inter-State Councils CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

• Public Acts, Records And Judicial • President of India


Proceedings • Vice-President
• Inter-State Trade And Commerce • Prime Minister of India
• Zonal Councils • Central Council of Ministers
EMERGENCY PROVISIONS • Cabinet Committees
• National Emergency • Cabinet Secretariat
• President’s Rule • Supreme Court
• Financial Emergency STATE LEGISLATURE

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• Governor • Difference between political party


and pressure group
• Chief Minister
• Features of Indian pressure
• Council of Ministers in State group
Government
• Types of pressure groups
• Legislative Procedure in State
Legislature • Major pressure groups in India

• High Court • Media as pressure group

NON-CONSTITUIONAL BODIES • Role of pressure group in India

• NITI Ayog • Criticism of Pressure groups

• Difference between NITI Ayog NON-GOVRNMENTAL


and Planning Commission ORGANIZATIONS

• Aspirational Districts Programme • Famous NGO’s

• National Human Rights • Issues in NGO’s Functioning


Commission (NHRC)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Critical assessment of NHRC
• Panchayati Raj System
• NHRC and Sustainable
• Municipal Corporations
Development Goal (SDG)
CONSTITUTIONAL BODIES
• State Human Rights Commission
(SHRC) • Election Commission
• Central Information Commission • Public Services
(CIC)
• UNION PUBLIC SERVICE
• State Information Commission COMMISSION
(SIC)
• STATE PUBLIC SERVICE
• Central Vigilance Commission COMMISSION
(CVC)
• Finance Commission
• Central Bureau of Investigation
• National Commission for
• Lokpal and Lokayukt Scheduled Castes

PRESSURE GROUPS/NGO’s

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• National Commission for Important Topics


Scheduled Tribes
• Co-operative Societies
• National Commission for
• Official Language
Backward Classes
• Tribunals
• Special Officer for Linguistic
Minorities • Elections
• Comptroller and Auditor General • Election process
of India
• Political Parties
• Attorney General of India
• Role of civil services in
• Advocate General democracy

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GEOGRAPHY-Broad Topics

THE EARTH AND THE UNIVERSE • Igneous Rocks

GEOMORPHOLOGY • Sedimentary Rocks

• Four Great Earth Realms • Metamorphic Rocks

• Scales in Physical Geography SHAPE OF THE CONTINENTS

• Systems in Physical Geography • Continental Drift

INTERIOR OF THE EARTH • Sea – floor Spreading

• Direct methods • Plate Tectonic Theory

• Indirect methods • Continental Rift Valleys

• Seismic Wave Model • Convergent Boundaries

ROCK SYSTEM • Oceanic–continental


Convergence

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• Oceanic–continental o Dyke
Convergence
• Origin of Volcanoes
• Continental- continental
o Active – frequent eruption
Convergence
or eruption within recent
TYPES OF FORCES time

• Endogenic Forces o Dormant – can erupt in


future
• Exogenic Forces
o Extinct – have all the
features of volcano but not
EARTH’S MOVEMENTS AND erupted in historic times.
LANDFORMS • Volcanic Cones
• Types of Mountains • Cinder Cone
• Block Mountains • Composite Cones
• Graben or Rift Valley • Caldera Cone or Volcano Cone
• Residual Mountains • Some Volcanic Eruptions
VOLCANOES
o Mt. Vesuvius
• Volcanic Mountains o Mt. Krakatau
• Types of Plateaux o Mt. Pelee
o Volcanic Plateau • The Distribution of Volcanoes in
o Dissected Plateaux the World

• Types of Plains • Geysers and Hot Springs

o Structural Plains • Geysers

o Depositional Plains • Hot Spring

• Landforms associated with MORE LANDFORMS


Volcanic Activities • Fluvial landforms or landforms
• Landforms of Igneous Intrusions made by water channel

o Sill • Erosive landforms

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• Depositional Landforms • Erosion

• Aeolian Landforms or Landforms • Agents of Erosion


made by winds
ATMOSPHERE
o Erosional Landforms
• Composition of Atmosphere
o Depositional Landforms
• Layers of Atmosphere
• Glacial landforms
• Insolation
o Erosional Landforms
• Concept of twilight (Dawn and
o Depositional Landforms dusk)

• Wave landforms EARTH’S SOLAR RADIATION


BUDGET
o Erosion landforms
• Mapping Patterns of Air
o Depositional Landforms
Temperature
• Karst Landforms • Annual Range of Temperature

• Diurnal Range of Temperature


EARTHQUAKES • Land and water temperature
• Consequences of Earthquakes
GLOBAL ENERGY TRANSFER
• Some major Earthquakes • Atmospheric Circulation
• Tsunamis • Oceanic Circulation
PROCESSES DUE TO EXOGENIC • The Impact of Pressure and Wind
FORCES
• Coriolis effect and wind
• Weathering
CYCLONES AND ANTICYCLONES
o Physical Weathering
• Air mass
o Chemical Weathering
• Fronts
o Biological Weathering
• Temperate Cyclones
• Mass Wasting
• Tropical Cyclones
• Landslides

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• Cyclone, Hurricane, Typhoon THE TROPICAL MONSOON AND


TROPICAL MARINE CLIMATES
CIRCULATION OF ATMOSPHERE
• Distribution
• Meriodinal Circulation
• Climatic Conditions in Tropical
• Jet Streams
Monsoon Lands
• Local Winds • The Seasons of Tropical
• Temperature Inversion Monsoon Climate

CLOUD FORMATION • The Retreating Monsoon

• Types of clouds • The Tropical Marine Climate

• FOG • Natural Vegetation

• Dew • Agricultural Development in the


Monsoon Lands
• Forms of Precipitation
THE SAVANNA OR SUDAN CLIMATE
• Types of Rainfall
• Distribution
CLIMATOLOGY & OCEANOGRAPHY
• Climate of the Sudan type
The Köppen Climate Classification
System • Natural Vegetation

THE HOT, WET EQUATORIAL • Animal Life


CLIMATE • Human Life in the Savanna
• Distribution • Problems, Prospects and
• Climate Development of the Savanna

• Vegetation THE HOT DESERT AND MID-


LATITUDE DESERT CLIMATES
• Life and development in the
equatorial regions • Distribution

• Factors Affecting the • Climate


Development of Equatorial • Climatic Conditions in the mid-
Regions
latitude Deserts

• Desert Vegetation

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• Economy • Climate

THE WARM TEMPERATE WESTERN • Natural Vegetation


MARGIN (MEDITERRANEAN)
• Economy
CLIMATE
THE COOL TEMPERATE
• Distribution
CONTINENTAL
• Climate
• Distribution
• Natural vegetation
• Climate
• Economic development of the
• Natural Vegetation
Mediterranean regions
• Economy
THE TEMPERATE CONTINENTAL
(STEPPE) CLIMATE THE COOL TEMPERATE EASTERN
MARGIN (LAURENTIAN)
• Distribution
• Distribution
• Climate
• Climate
• Natural Vegetation
• Natural vegetation
• Economy
• Economy
• The Warm Temperate Eastern
Margin Climate THE ARCTIC OR POLAR CLIMATE
• Distribution • Distribution
• Climate • Climate
• Natural Vegetation • Natural Vegetation
• Wildlife • Economy
• Human Settlement

• Economy OCEANOGRAPHY

THE COOL TEMPERATE WESTERN • Oceans


MARGIN (BRITISH TYPE) CLIMATE
• The Relief of the Ocean
• Distribution
• The Continental Shelf

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• Continental Slope • Discordant Drainage Pattern

• The Deep-Sea Plain • Drainage Basin

• The Ocean Deeps or Trenches • Indian Drainage

• The Oceanic Deposits of the • Drainage Basins in India


Ocean floor
• The Himalayan Drainage
• Minor Relief Features
• Important River Systems
• Salinity of the Ocean
• Peninsular Drainage
• Factors affecting Salinity of
• River Regimes
Ocean
• Watershed Development in India
• The Temperature of Ocean Water
• River Interlinking Program of
• Ocean Currents
India
• Important Ocean Currents
• Inland Waterways
• Causes of Ocean Currents
• INDIAN SOIL
• Tides
INDIAN CLIMATE
• Types of Tides
• Climate and Weather
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
• Factors influencing the Climate of
• Physiography of India India

• THE HIMALAYAS • Theory of Differential Heating

• Northern Fertile Plains • Flohn’s Dynamic Concept of


Monsoon
• The Peninsular Plateau
• Factors influencing Indian
• The Indian Desert
Monsoon
• The Coastal Plains of India • Jet Streams
• The Islands • El – Nino and La – Nina Event
• Drainage System • Role of Tibet Plateau
• Drainage Pattern • Madden-Julian Oscillation

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• EQUINOO – Equatorial Indian • Energy Resources


Ocean Oscillation
• Coal
• Facts about Indian Monsoon
• Petroleum and Natural Gas
• The Northeast Monsoon
• Oil and Gas Industry
(Retreating Monsoon) and its
Effect • Indian Strategic Petroleum
Reserve
• Western Disturbances and winter
rainfall in North- India • PIPELINES
• Seasons in India • Gas Hydrates
• Cold Weather Season • Renewable Energy resources
• Hot weather Season • Energy and Power Scenario in
India
• South-West Monsoon Season
INDIAN INDUSTRIES
• Retreating Monsoon
• Cement industry
• Rainfall Distribution in India
• Iron & Steel Industry
• Climatic Unity of India
• Tourism/Hospitality Industry

• Service Industry
HUMAN & ECONOMIC GROGRAPHY
• Textiles Industry
AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION
• Tourism and Hospitality Industry
• Types of Crops
• Consumer Durables Industry
• Land Utilization
• Manufacturing Industry
• Cropping Pattern and System
• Healthcare Industry
• SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
• Gems and Jewellery Industry
• IRRIGATION
• Telecommunication Industry
• Agriculture and Allied Industries
• Retail Industry
RESOURCES
• Education and Training Industry
• Mineral Resources

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• Information Technology and IT- • Places in news


enable Services Industry
WORLD RESOURCES
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• NORTH AMERICA
LOCATION MAPPING
• South America
• Famous Seas of the World
• Europe
• Straits of the World
• Africa
• Bays
• Australia/Oceania
• Rivers
• Asia
• Mountain Systems

• Deserts

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ECONOMY-Broad Topics

INDIAN ECONOMY- A PERSPECTIVE- • Assessment Of 12Th Five Year


PRE-INDEPENDENT INDIA Plan

• Indian Economy- Post • The Green Revolution


Independent Development And
• Industry & Trade
Planning
• Industrial Policy Resolution 1956
• Types Of Economic Systems
(Ipr 1956)
• Advent Of Five Year Plan
• Trade Policy—Import Substitution
• Types Of Economic Planning

• Performance Of India’s Five Year ECONOMIC REFORMS


Plans: Fast Recap
• Liberalisation
• Eleventh Plan Achievements On
Inclusive Growth

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• Service sector- The de facto • Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)


prime mover
• Consumer Price Index (CPI)
• Privatisation
• Wholesale Price Index (WPI)
• Concept of disinvestment
• Fiscal Deficit
• Disinvestment of Air India
• Inflation
• Globalisation
• Types of Inflation
• Overall assessment of Indian
• Monetary Policy
Economy
• Philips Curve
• Limitations of LPG policy on
Indian Economy • Laffer Curve
• Make in India • Engel’s Curve
• National Steel Policy 2017 • Lorenz Curve and Gini Coefficient
• Consolidated FDI Policy 2017 • Misery Index
• New Classification of the MSME • Trade Barriers
POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT • Non-Tariff Trade Barriers
ISSUES
• Deflation
• A case study for assessing
present poverty line • Special Drawing Rights

• Key requirements for sustainable MACROECONOMICS


poverty reduction NATIONAL INCOME
• Population and associated issues • Calculation of National Income
• Five surprising trends in India’s • Production Method or Value-
population growth in the coming Added Method
decade
• Income Method
IMPORTANT TERMS & CONCEPTS
• Expenditure method
• Balance of Payments
• Some macroeconomic indices
• Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)

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• Elasticity, Engel Curve and Engel • Non-Banking Financial


Law/Engel’s elasticity Companies NBFCs

• Key takeaways from the • Financial Sector Reforms


Economic Survey
• Banking Sector Reforms
• Tax-To-GDP Ratio
• PSL (Priority Sector Lending)
INFLATION
• Non-Performing Assets (NPA)
• Major Types of Inflation
• SARFAESI Act, 2002
• Types of inflation
• Willful Defaulter
• Inflation – Bad or Good?
• Fugitive economic offender
• India and past Inflation
• Capital Adequacy Ratio
• Measuring Inflation
• Basel Accords
• Measures to control Inflation2
• Project Sashakt
• GDP Deflator
• Credit Counseling
INDIAN FINANCIAL MARKET
• Labels of ATM
MONEY
• Nidhis
• The supply of money
• Urjit Patel committee
• Indian Money Market
• Nachiket mor committee
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
• Small and Payment Banks
• Functions of RBI
• Business Correspondent
• Monetary Policy Agreement
• Universal Payment Interface
• Methods of Credit Control (UPI)

BANKING IN INDIA • ALM (Asset-Liability


Management) of Banks
• Nationalization and Development
of Banking in India • Non-Resident Indian Deposits
(NRI Deposits)
• Small Industries Development
Bank of India (SIDBI) IMPORTANT CONCEPTS

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• Merchant Banks • Components of the Government


Budget
• Venture Capital Fund
• Deficit Financing
• Stock Broking Companies
• Types of Budgeting
• Electronic Fund Transfer- EFT
• Balanced and Un-balanced
• KYC Norms
Budgets
• Long Term Irrigation Fund • Fiscal Policy
• Payment and Settlement • Fiscal Consolidation
Systems in India: Vision-2018
• Financial Motivators
• Peer to Peer Lending
• TAX EXPENDITURES
• The Kisan Credit Card (KCC)
• Current Account Deficit
• India Post Payments Bank
• India’s Current Position
• Domestic Systemically Important
Banks (D-SIBs) • Sinking Fund

• Mobile Money Identifier (MMID) GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

• Wholesale and Long-Term • Concept of Economic Growth


Finance (WLTF) banks
• Concept of Economic
• Financial Stability and Development
Development Council
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
• Letters of Undertaking (LoU)
• Concept of Rural Development
• SWIFT
• Union Budget 2018-19 for
GOVERNMENT BUDGETING development

• What is a Government Budget? MOBILIZATION OF RESOURCES

• Main elements of the budget • Mobilization of Natural resources

• Objectives of a Government • Mobilization of Human Resources


Budget
• Mobilization of Financial
Resources

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INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND ISSUES • Current Account


ARISING FROM IT
• Capital Account
• What is Inclusive Growth?
• Convertibility
• Need for Inclusive Growth in
• Convertibility in India
India
• Current Account Convertibility
• Employment and Inclusive
Growth in India: Emerging • Capital Account Convertibility
Pattern and Perspectives
• NEER and REER
• Informalization of Employment,
'Working Poor' and Exclusion • Hard Currency

• Addressing the Problem • Soft Currency

• The Role of Special Employment • Heated Currency


Programmes • Cheap Currency
• Capitalism and inclusive growth • Special Economic Zone (SEZ)
EXTERNAL SECTORS IN INDIA • GAAR: General Anti-Avoidance
• Forex Reserves Rules

• External Debt • New Steps to Promote Foreign


Trade
• Fixed Currency Regime
• New Foreign Trade Policy
• Floating Currency Regime
PUBLIC FINANCE IN INDIA
• Managed Exchange rates
TAX STRUCTURE IN INDIA
• Pegging of Currencies
• Direct Tax
• Exchange Rate in India:
Background • Indirect Tax

• Depreciation • GST Council

• Appreciation • Tax Expenditure

• Balance of Payment (BoP) • Methods of Taxation

• Balance of Trade • 14th Finance Commission

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• Security Market in India • Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana


(RSBY)
• Primary and Secondary Markets
• Atal Pension Yojana (APY)
• Stock Exchange
• Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana
• Legislation to control Security
2017 (VPBY 2017)
Market in India
• Insurance Regulatory and
• Securities Contracts (Regulation) Development Authority (IRDA)
Act, 1956
• Significance of Social Security
• Companies Act, 1956
and Insurance
• Companies Act, 2013 • Analysis of Insurance Sector in
• Securities and Exchange Board India
of India (SEBI)
IMPORTANT TERMS
• Depositories Act, 1996 • Hedge Fund
• Prevention of Money Laundering • Initial Public Offer (IPO)
Act, 2002
• Angel Investors and Venture
• Forward Market Commission
Capitalists
• Foreign Investment • Unregulated Deposit Schemes
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Bill, 2018

• Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) • GSTIN

• Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI) • E-way bill

• Qualified Foreign Investors • e-Wallet scheme under GST


(QFIs) • Standard for Automatic Exchange
• Participatory Notes (P-Notes) of Financial Account Information
in Tax Matters
INSURANCE IN INDIA
• Angel tax
• Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima
Yojana (PMSBY) • Benami Transactions
(Prohibition) Amended Act, 2016
• Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti
Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)

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• Advance Pricing Agreements • World Trade Organization (WTO)


(APA)
• Asian Development Bank
• Budget: Key facts on fiscal
• Greater Mekong Subregion
management
(GMS)
• Tax buoyancy
• Asian Infrastructure Investment
• Revenue Neutral Rate (RNR) Bank (AIIB)

IR & ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONS • Asia Pacific Economic


Cooperation
• India-Usa
• Asia Pacific Trade Agreement
• India- Russia
(APTA)
• India- Japan • BRICS
• India-West Asia • Financial Action Task Force
• India-Israel (FATF)

• India-Iran • Bank for International


Settlements (BIS)
• Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO) • European Bank for
Reconstruction & Development
• India-Africa
• G-7
• India Ocean Region
• United Nations
• Asean
• Organization for Economic Co-
• Act East Policy operation and Development
(OECD)
• Quad grouping
• International Energy Agency
• India-Eu
(IEA)
• International Organisations
• Australia Group
• International Monetary Fund
• Wassenaar Arrangement
(IMF)
• Nuclear Supplier Group
• World Economic Forum (WEF)

• World Bank

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• Missile Technology Control • India-UN Development


Regime Partnership Fund

• Organisation for the Prohibition of • Information Technology


Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Agreement-WTO

• International Campaign to Abolish • The International North–South


Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Transport Corridor (INSTC)

• BASIC Countries • China Pakistan Economic


Corridor (CPEC)
• International Energy Forum (IEF)

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ANCIENT INDIA-Broad Topics

PERIODISATION OF INDIAN HISTORY • Town Planning and Structures


(TIMELINE)
• Great Bath
• Stone Age
• Granaries
• Paleolithic Age
• Burnt bricks usage
• Mesolithic Age: (10,000 – 4000
• Drainage system
BC)
• Agriculture
• Neolithic Age: (7000 – 1000 BC)
• Agriculture tools
• Chalcolithic Age (2500 – 700 BC)
• Irrigation

THE HARAPPAN CULTURE: BRONZE • Food Grain production


AGE CIVILIZATION
• Domestication of Animals
• Famous Sites

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• Technology ADVENT OF THE ARYANS AND THE


AGE OF THE RIGVEDA
• Crafts
• Original home and identity
• Textile
• Aryans in India
• Other Crafts
• Battle of 10 kings
• Trade
• Tribal Polity
• Political Organization
• Officials
• Religious Practices
• Army
• The Male Deity in the Indus
Valley • Tribal and Family

• The Harappan Script • Social Divisions

• Weights and Measures • Rig Vedic Gods

• Harappan Pottery • Rig Vedic Goddess

• Seals THE LATER VEDIC PHASE

• Images • Expansion in the later Vedic


Period (1000-500 BC)
• Terracotta Figurines
• Painted Grey Ware culture
• Reasons of Decline
(PGW) Sites
• Post Urban phase of Harappan • Living Pattern
Culture (1900-1200 BC)
• Mahabharata
VEDIC PERIOD
• Iron and Later Vedic Aryans
• Early Vedic (1500 – 1000 BC)
• Agriculture
• Rig Veda
• Crafts
• Occupation of Rig Vedic Society
• Settlement
• Political Organization
• Political organization
• Religion and Faith
• Assemblies
• Yajnas

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• Tribe connected to territory • Spread in southern part

• Election of King • Spread in other parts

• Succession rules • Contribution of Jainism

• Rituals • In Prakrit language

• Army • In other languages

• Social organization • Gautama Buddha and Buddhism

• Society • Sources

• Family • Doctrines of Buddhism

• Women position • Teachings and Principles

• Institution of Gotra • Famous Buddhist Councils

• Ashramas • Influence of Buddhism

• Gods, Rituals and Philosophy • Importance of Buddhism in India

• Gods • Gandhara Art

• Sacrifices • Buddhist Sangha

• Brahmans and Rituals • Decline of Buddhism

• Religion and Philosophy • Buddhism and Jainism-


Comparative Study
JAINISM AND BUDDHISM
MAURYAN EMPIRE
• Causes of Origin
• Possible Dimensions from which
• Vardhaman Mahavira and
a question can be asked on
Jainism Mauryan Dynasty
• Jainism • Chandragupta Maurya
• Doctrines of Jainism (Sandrochotus/Androchotus in
Greek records)
• Philosophy
• Bindusara (Amitrachotus)
• Jainism on Varna System
• Ajivika Sect
• Spread of Jainism

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• Ashoka CENTRAL ASIAN CONTACTS AND


THEIR RESULTS
• Ashokan Dhamma
• Indo – Greeks (Bactrians)
• Ashokan Edicts or Inscriptions
• Shakas (Scythians – Central
• Arthashastra
Asia)
• Mauryan Administration • Parthians (Phalvas) – Persia
• Indica • Kushanas (Yuthi Tribe) – Central
• Economic Regulations Asia

• Agriculture • Satavahanas/Andhras

• Connectivity • Impact of Central Asian Contacts

• Transportation • Mathura School of Art

• Taxation System • Gandhara School of Art

• Currency • Amravati School of Art

• Social and Cultural Life THE AGE OF THE SATAVAHANAS

• Position of Slaves • Political History

• Mauryan Art • Gautmiputra Satakarni (A.D.


106-130)
• Royal Art
• Vasishthiputra Pulumayi (AD 130
• Folk Arts - 154)
• Causes of Decline of Mauryan • Social Organization
Empire
• Administration
• Brahmanical Reaction
• Religion
• Financial Crisis
• Architecture
• Oppressive Rule
• Language
• Neglect of the North-West
Frontier and the Great Wall of • Crafts, trades and towns in the
China post Mauryan age

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• Crafts GUPTA PERIOD

• Trade with Eastern Roman • Chandragupta I (AD 319 - 334)


Empire
• Samudragupta (A.D. 335-380)
• Foreign Trade
• Chandragupta II: (380 – 415 AD)
• Money Economy
• Kumaragupta
• Urban Settlements
• Skandgupta
SANGAM AGE
• Gupta Administration
• Important Literary Pieces
• Economy
• Two great Epics
• Social Developments
• Historical Information from
• Buddhism and Bhagvatism
Sangam Literature
• Literature
• Sangam Literature
• Art
• Political History
• Architecture
• Sangam Polity
• Paintings During Gupta Period
• Sangam Society
• Decline of Gupta Empire
• Religion
HARSHA AND HIS TIMES
• Position of Women
• Administration
• Economy of the Sangam Age
• Huen Tsang

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MEDIEVAL INDIA- Broad Topics

FORMATION OF NEW STATES DELHI SULTANATE

• The New Phase • Slave Dynasty (1206 -1290)

• Vakatakas • The Khalji Dynasty (1290-1320)

• Chalukyas • The Tughlaq Dynasty


(1320-1414)
• Rashtrakutas
• Sayyid Dynasty (1414-1451)
• Pallavas
• Lodi dynasty (1451-1526)
• Cholas
• India under the Delhi sultanate
EARLY MEDIEVAL INDIA
BHAKTI MOVEMENT
• After death of Harsha
• Sufism
• Rajput Kingdoms
• Bhakti Saints of South India
• Arab Conquest of Sind (712 A.D.)
• Bhakti Saints of North India
• Mahmud of Ghazni and his
Invasions • Bhakti Saints of Bengal

• Muhammad Ghori • Bhakti saints of Maharashtra

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• Importance of the Bhakti • Sur Interregnum (1540-1555)


Movement
• Akbar (1556-1605)
VIJAYANAGARA AND BAHMANI
• Jahangir (1605 - 1627)
KINGDOMS
• Shah Jahan (1627-1658)
• VijayanagarA Kingdom
• India under the Mughals
• Sources
• Art forms
• Krishna Deva Raya (1509 - 1529
• Delhi Sultanate Architecture
• Bahmani Kingdom
• Lodhi Architecture
• Foreign travellers
• Vijaynagar Architecture
THE MUGHAL EMPIRE
• Sher Shah Architecture
• Babur (1526 - 1530)
• Mughal Architecture
• Humayun

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MODERN INDIA- Broad Topics

DECLINE OF MUGHAL EMPIRE • Rise and fall of Maratha Empire

• Causes of Decline of Mughal SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC


Empire CONDITIONS OF THE PEOPLE IN
18TH CENTURY
• Indian stats and society in the
18th century • Economic Conditions

• Polity and Administration of the • Social Conditions


States
THE BEGINNINGS OF EUROPEAN
• South Indian States in 18th SETTLEMENTS
Century
• Trade between Europe and India
• North Indian States in 18th and South-East Asia
Century
• The Portuguese

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• The Dutch • Postal System and Telegraph

• British Entry in Trade • Land Revenue Policy

• The Growth of the EIC trade & ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION


influence (1600-1714) AND SOCIO-CULTURAL POLICY

• The Anglo-French Struggle in • British Administrative System


South India
• Social and Cultural Policy
• British Occupation of Bengal
• Humanitarian Measures
• Mains Questions
THE REVOLT OF 1857
EXPANSION OF BRITISH EMPIRE IN
• Pre-1857 Revolts
INDIA
• Post 1857 Revolts
• Expansion under Lord Wellesley
(1798 - 1805) • Tribal and Civil Rebellions- An
Analytical Study for Mains
• Subsidiary Alliance
SOCIAL & CULTURAL AWAKENING
• Subsidiary Alliance and Indian
IN THE FIRST HALF OF 19TH
States
CENTURY
• Expansion under Lord Hastings
• Reform Movements
(1813 - 22)
• Emancipation of women/the fight
• The Consolidation of British
for the betterment of Women
Power (1818 - 57)
• The Fight Against Caste-Based
• Dalhousie and the Policy of
Exploitation
Annexation (1848 - 56)
• An Overview of Socio-Cultural
• British Administrative and
Reform Movements and Their
Economic Policy
Leaders
• British Administrative Policy
• Raja Ram Mohan Roy
• British Economic Policies
• Brahmo Samaj
• Drain of Wealth
• Maharishi Debendranath Tagore
• Development of Means of (1817-1905)
Transport and Communication
• Prarthana Samaj

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• Derozio and Young Bengal • Religious Reform Among Sikhs

• Pandit Ishwar Chandra • The Theosophical Society and


Vidyasagar Annie Besant

• Paramhansa Mandalis • Positive contributions of Reform


Movements
• Satyashodhak Samaj and Jyotiba
Phule • Negative fallouts of the Reform
Movement
• The Servants of India Society
EARLY NATIONALISM-1857 TO 1906
• The Ramakrishna Movement
• Lord Canning
• Dayanand Saraswati and Arya
Samaj • Lord Mayo

• Seva Sadan • Lord Lytton

• Sri Narayana Guru Dharma • Lord Ripon


Paripalana (SNDP) Movement
• Lord Curzon
• Justice Movement
• Nationalist Movement
• Self-Respect Movement
• Predecessors of the Indian
• Temple Entry Movement National Congress

• Indian Social Conference • The Indian National Congress

• Wahabi/Walliullah Movement • The Early Nationalists

• Titu Mir’s Revolt MILITANT PHASE OF NATIONALIST


MOVEMENT
• Faraizi movement
• The Partition of Bengal
• Ahmadiya Movement
• The Swadeshi and Boycott
• Aligarh Movement and Sayyid
Ahmad Khan • The Surat Split

• The Deoband School • IMPORTANT COMMISSIONS


AND COMMITTES
• Reform Movements Among
Parsis • Wood's Despatch on Education
(1854)

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• Bipin Chandra Pal GANDHIJI IN INDIA

• Famous Associations • Champaran Satyagraha

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS • Ahmedabad Mill Strike

• Swadeshi Phase • Kheda Satyagraha

• All India Muslims League • Rowlatt Satyagraha

• The Surat Split • Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

• Act of 1909 Morley-Minto • Hunter Commission Report


Reforms
• Khilafat Movement
• Rise of Revolutionary Terrorism –
• The Non-Cooperation Movement
Phase 1
• The Chauri Chaura Incident
• Ghadr Party
• The Revolutionary Activities
• Komata Maru Incident
• Simon Commission
• The Berlin Committee for Indian
Independence • Nehru Report, 1928
• Home Rule Movement • Civil Disobedience Movement
• The Lucknow Session of • The Dandi March
Congress – 1916
• Gandhi Irwin Pact
• Montague’s Statement OF 1917/
The August Declaration • Karachi Session Of 1931

• The Government of India Act – • The Communal Award/


1919 Macdonald Award

• Gandhiji’s stay in South Africa • The Poona Pact

• The Indian Natal Congress • The Government of India Act


1935
• Indian Ambulance Corps
• Congress’s Stand on the Eve of
• The Tolstoy Farm World War 2

• August Offer- August 1940

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• Individual Satyagraha • 1946 RIN Mutiny – Significance

• Cripps Mission POST INDEPENDENCE


CONSOLIDATION
QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT 1942
• Process of Unification
• C Rajagopalachari Formula –
1944 • Language Issue

• Wavell Plan, 1945 • Indian Tribal Issues

• Cabinet Mission 1946 • Article 15(4): Promotion of Social,


Economic and Educational
• Mountbatten Plan – 1947
interests
• Indian Independence Act 1947 • Refugee Crisis after Partition
• Post War National Upsurge • Wars After Independence
• 1945 INA Trials – Significance • Post 1947 Communalism

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ART & CULTURE-Broad Topics

Under Ancient, Medieval & Modern History- Art, Architecture and Literature will be
covered

DANCES MUSIC

• Classical Dance of India • Hindustani Music

• Bharatnatyam – Tamil Nadu • Carnatic Music

• Kuchipudi • Comparison of Hindustani and


Carnatic Music
• Kathakali
• Folk Music
• Kathak
• Music Instruments of India
• Odissi
MARTIAL ARTS
• Sattriya
• Gatka
• Manipuri
• Thang Ta
• Mohiniyattam
• Pari-Khanda
• Folk Dances of India
THEATER FORM OF INDIA

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• Bhand Pather (Jashin) - Kashmir • Therukoothu - Tamil Nadu

• Swang - Haryana • Karyala- Himachal Pradesh

• Nautanki - Uttar Pradesh PUPPETS FORMS

• Raasleela • String Puppets

• Bhavai - Gujarat • Glove Puppets

• Jatra - Bengal • Rod Puppets: (extension of


glove-puppets)
• Bhaona (Ankia Naat) - Assam
• Shadow Puppet
• Maach - Madhya Pradesh
INSTITUTIONS
• Tamaasha - Maharashtra
• Sahitya Akademi
• Dashavatar - Konkan And Goa
• Sangeet Natak Academy
• Krishnattam - Kerala
• Lalit Kala Akademi
• Mudiyettu - Kerala
• Centre for Cultural Resources &
• Theyyam - Kerala Training
• Koodiyaattam - Kerala • Arts, Crafts, Music, Monuments
• Yakshagaana - Karnataka in States

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ENVIRONMENT-Broad Topics

Note- Science is mostly from Current Affairs (We will cover it in detail)

ECOLOGY • Classification of ecosystem


(Natural ecosystem)
• Why we need to study Ecology?
• Threats to Ecological Goods and
• What `Ecology’ really is? Services
• Environment • Biome
• Levels of Ecological Organization • Aquatic Zones

• Ecosystem Function
• Ecosystem
• Ecological Efficiency
• Functions of ecosystem
• Trophic Level and Pollutants
PRODUCTIVTY OF ECOSYSTEM
• Biotic Interaction

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• Biogeochemical Cycles • Features of the corals

• Homeostasis of Ecosystem • Ideal conditions for the formation


of Reefs
• Ecological Succession
• Types of Reefs
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
• What is the importance of coral
• Forests
reefs?
• Importance of Forests • Threat to coral eefs
• Deforestation • Coral Bleaching
• What are the strategies to reduce • Edge Effect
deforestation?
• Habitat fragmentation
• Grasslands
• Ruderal species
• Deserts
• Phenotype
• Tundra
• Epigenetics
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM
• Ecotype
• Factors Limiting the "Productivity
of Aquatic Habitats • Epiphyte

• Ecology of Lake • Lithophytes

• What is eutrophication? BIODIVERSITY

• Wetlands • Levels of Biodiversity

• Estuary Ecosystem • Measurement of Biodiversity

• Benefits of Estuarine Ecosystem INDIAN BIODIVERSITY

• Mangroves • Biodiversity Conservation

• Importance of Mangrove • Megadiverse Country

• Threats to mangrove forests and • Fauna


their habitats include
• Floral Diversity
• Coral Reefs

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PLANT DIVERSITY OF INDIA • Difference between Wild life


Sanctuary and National Park
• Carnivorous plants
• Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS)
• Invasive alien species (IAS)
• Conservation Reserve and
• Medicinal Plants of India
Community Reserves
MARINE ORGANISMS • Critical Wildlife Habitat
• Phytoplankton • IUCN CATEGORIZATION
• Zooplankton • Coastal Protected Areas or
• Seagrass Marine Protected Areas (MPA)

• Seaweeds • Sacred groves of India

• Sea buckthorn • Biosphere Reserve (BR)

ANIMAL DIVERSITY OF INDIA • The MAB (Man and Biosphere


Reserve)
• The Red data book
• World Network of Biosphere
• IUCN classification of Reserves
conservation priority
• Biodiversity Hotspots
• Mammals – Critically Endangere
• Indian Biodiversity Hotspots
• Mammals – Endangered
• Natural World Heritage Sites in
• Mammals – Vulnerable India
• Mammals – Near Threatened • Biodiversity Heritage Sites (BHS)
• Marine Mammals – Endangered • The High Biodiversity Wilderness
Areas (HBWA)
• Marine Mammals – Vulnerable
• Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs)
• Critically Endangered Mammals
CONSERVATION EFFORTS
• Critically Endangered Reptiles
• Project Elephant
• Critically Endangered Fishes
• Project Tiger
PROTECTED AREA NETWORK
• M-STrIPES
• National Park

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• Conservation Assured (CA|TS) • National Action Plan on Climate


Change (Napcc)
• Tiger Reserves in India
• India’s National Redd+ Strategy
• Indian Crocodile Conservation
Project • Global Dimming

• Cheeta Re-introduction • Global Dimming and Global


Programme Warming

• Vulture • Steps taken to control Global


warming in India
• Project Snow Leopard
GREEN HOUSE EFFECT
• One Horn Rhino
• Green House gases
• Sea Turtle Project
• International Mechanisms to
• Project Hangul
reduce Greenhouse gases
• Captive Breeding • Global Warming Potential
• Ganges Dolphin OZONE
CLIMATE CHANGE • Causes of Ozone layer depletion
• Global Warming • Effect of ozone depletion
• Effect of Climate change • Efforts taken to control ozone
• Impact of Climate Change in layer depletion
India
ACID RAIN
• RECENT UPDATES on CLIMATE • Effects of Acid rain
CHANGE
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
• Steps taken to combat climate
change • Impact of Ocean Acidification

• Paris Agreement • Geo-Engineering

• The Talanoa Dialogue POLLUTION

• Steps taken to Combat Climate • Air Pollution


change by India

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• Steps taken by Indian • The Air (Prevention and Control


Government of Pollution) Act of 1981 and
amendment, 1987
• Noise pollution
• Genetic Engineering Approval
• Social and Economic Costs of
Committee (GEAC)
Noise Pollution
• National Wildlife Action Plan
• Soil Pollution (NWAP)
• Water Pollution • National Afforestation and Eco-
ACTS, POLCIES & BODIES-INDIA Development Board (NAEB)

• Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 • Compensatory Afforestation Fund


Management and Planning
• Environment (Protection) Act, Authority (CAMPA) 57
1986
• Joint Forest Management (JFM)
• National Forest Policy 1988
• Social Forestry
• Biological Diversity Act, 2002
• National Bamboo Mission
• The Scheduled Tribes and other
Traditional Forest Dweller • Comprehensive Environmental
(Recognition of Forest Rights) Pollution Index (CEPI)
Act, 2006 • Lighting a Billion Lives (LaBL)
• Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) • Ecomark
• Wetlands (Conservation And • Urban Services Environmental
Management) Rules 2010 Rating System (USERS)
• National Green Tribunal (NGT) • Biodiversity Conservation & Rural
• India's National Action Plan on Livelihood Improvement Project
Climate Change (BCRLIP)

• Indian Network on Climate • National Clean Energy Fund


Change Assessment • National Electric Mobility Mission
• The Water (Prevention and Plan 2020 (NEMMP)
Control of Pollution) Act of 1974
and Amendment, 1988

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• Environment Education, • Kyoto Protocol – COP-3 (KP)


Awareness & Training (EEAT)
• Bali Meet
Scheme
• COP 15 Copenhagen Summit
• National Environment Awareness
Campaign (NEAC) • COP 16 Cancun Summit
• Eco – clubs (National Green • Green Climate Fund
Corps)
• COP 17 Durban Summit
• GLOBE (Global Learning and
Observations to Benefit the • Doha outcomes COP 18, 2012
Environment) • Paris, COP 21, 2015
• Mangroves for the Future • Special Climate Change Fund
• National Air Quality Index (AQI) • REDD and REDD+
INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS • Global Environment Facility
• The Animal Welfare Board of (GEF)
India (AWBI) • Climate – Smart Agriculture
• Central Zoo Authority (CZA) • IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel
• The National Biodiversity on Climate Change)
Authority (NBA) • National Green House Gas
• Wildlife Crime Control Bureau Inventories Program (NGGIP)

• National Lake Conservation Plan • Green Economy


(NLCP) • Climate Vulnerable Forum
• National Ganga River Basin • Vulnerable 20 (V20)
Authority (NGRBA)
• START- Global Change System
• Wildlife Trust of India for Analysis, Research & Training
• India State of Forest Report • World Climate Research
(ISFR) 2017
Programme (WCRP)
WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL • CLIVAR (Climate Variability and
ORGANIZATIONS Predictability)
• UNFCCC

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• Climate Action Network • United Nations Forum on Forests


(UNFF)
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
• IUCN
• UNCED
• The Global Tiger Forum (GTF)
• Agenda 21
• The Stockholm Convention on
• Convention on Biological
POP (Persistent Organic
Diversity (CBD) Pollutants)
• Cartagena Protocol • Basel Convention
• Nagoya Protocol • Rotterdam Convention
• Aichi Biodiversity Targets • UNCCD
• CoP 11 Hyderabad • International Whaling
• Ramasar Convention on Commission (IWC)
Wetlands • UNCLOS
• Montreux Record • SOLAS
• International Union for • International Seabed Authority
Conservation of Nature
(ISA)
• BirdLife International • Vienna Convention
• Wetlands International • Montreal Protocol
• Ramsar Sites in India • Kigali Agreement
• CITES • Globally Important Agricultural
• TRAFFIC - The Wildlife Trade Heritage Systems (GIAHS)
Monitoring Network • LEDS GP
• Convention on the Conservation • London Accord
of Migratory Species (CMS)
• UN Conference on Sustainable
• Coalition Against Wildlife Development
Trafficking (CAWT)
• United Nations Sustainable
• The International Tropical Timber
Development Summit 2015
Organization (ITTO)

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