UPSC Syllabus

 

HISTORY

ANCIENT HISTORY

• Pre Historic Times
• Indus Valley Civilization
•  Rig Vedic Period
•  Later Vedic Period
• Jainism
•  Buddhism
• Mahajanapadas Period
• Mauryan Empire
•  Post-Mauryan India
• Gupta Period
•  Sangam Period (South Indian Dynasties)

MEDIEVAL INDIA

• Major Dynasties (750-1200) of Early
• Cholas and Other South Indian
• Kingdoms
• Early Muslim Invasions
• The Delhi Sultanate (1206-1526 AD)
• Struggle for Empire in North India (Afghans, Rajputs, and Mughals)
• The Establishment of the North Indian Empire
• Consolidation and Expansion of the Empire - Akbar
• State and Government under Akbar
• Akbar’s Religious Views
• The Deccan and the Mughals (Up to 1657)
• Foreign Policy of the Mughals
• India in the First Half of the
• Seventeenth Century
• Climax and Crisis of the Mughal Empire: The Marathas and the Deccan
• The Maratha and Other Indian States and Society in The 18th Century
• Vijayanagar Empire
• The Regional States in the Medieval Period
• Northern India in the First Half of the Eighteenth Century
• Society-Structure and Growth
• Economic Life Patterns and Prospects

MODERN HISTORY

• The Advent of Europeans In India
• British Expansion in India
• Administration before 1857
• Economic Policies of The British
• Impact of British Administration
• The Revolt Of 1857
• Administrative Changes After 1857
• Development of Civil Services
• Development of Education
• Development of Press
• Socio-Religious Reforms
• Personalities
• Peasant, Tribal, and Other Movements
• Revolutionary Nationalism
• Indian National Movement – I(1905-1918)
• Indian National Movement –II (1918-1929)
• Indian National Movement - III (1930-1947)
• Governor Generals During British India
• Constitutional Development in India

INDIAN CULTURE

VISUAL ARTS

• Architecture
• Sculptures
• Paintings
• Pottery Tradition
• Numismatics

PERFORMING ARTS

• Music in India
• Dances in India
• Sports in India
• Indian Theatre
• Indian Puppetry

RELIGION, LANGUAGE, AND LITERATURE

• Religions in-India
• Languages and Literature in India

GEOGRAPHY

GENERAL GEOGRAPHY

• Universe
• Earth Evolution

GEOMORPHOLOGY

• Earth’s Interior
• Geology and Rock system
• Geomorphic Processes
• Earthquakes and Volcanism
• Distribution of Continents & Oceans
• Landforms and their evolution
• Landforms across the world

OCEANOGRAPHY

• Hydrosphere
• Submarine Relief Features
• Temperature and Salinity
• Waves, Ocean Currents, Tides
• Marine Resources
• Ocean Deposits and Corals

CLIMATOLOGY

• Atmosphere
• Inversion of Temperature
• Insolation and Heat Budget
• Winds and Pressure belts
• Air Mass, Fronts, Cyclones, and Jet Stream
• Precipitation
• Climatic Zones of the World

BIO-GEOGRAPHY

• Soil Characteristics
• Vegetation resources

HUMAN AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD

• Demography and Census
• Human Development
• Economic activities
• Transport and Communication
• International Trade
• Settlement

INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

• Physiography of India
• Drainage System
• Climate
• Soils in India
• Natural Vegetation
• Population
• Settlements and Urbanization
• Land Resource
• Mineral Resource
• Energy resources
• Agriculture Basic Terminologies
• Recent developments in the agriculture field
• Productivity of Crops and conditions for growth
• Industry
• TransportRecent Development in Transport Sector
• Recent developments in Industrial Sector

WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY

ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT

• ENVIRONMENTAL ECOLOGY
• BIODIVERSITY
• RESOURCE DEGRADATION AND MANAGEMENT
• ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
• CLIMATE CHANGE
• ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE

INDIAN POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

• EVOLUTION OF THE CONSTITUTION
• PREAMBLE
• SALIENT FEATURES OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION
• UNION & ITS TERRITORY
• CITIZENSHIP
• FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
• DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY (DPSP)
• FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES
• SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE
• UNION EXECUTIVE
• UNION LEGISLATURE
• UNION EXECUTIVE
• STATE LEGISLATURE
• LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• UNION TERRITORIES AND SPECIAL AREAS
• THE JUDICIARY
• CONSTITUTIONAL AND NON-CONSTITUTIONAL BODIES
• GOVERNANCE

ECONOMY

• BASIC CONCEPTS
• ECONOMIC MEASUREMENTS
• MONEY AND BANKING
• PUBLIC FINANCE IN INDIA
• PLANNING
• OPEN ECONOMY
• ECONOMIC SECTORS

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN INDIA
• SPACE
• IT AND COMMUNICATION
• MATERIALS, NANOTECHNOLOGY, AND ROBOTICS
• DEFENCE
• NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY
• IPR AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES
• BIOTECHNOLOGY