यूपीएससी परीक्षा syllabus (Hindi)

EXAMINATION SCHEME

Preliminary Examination

 

The Examination shall comprise two compulsory papers of 200 marks each. The first one is General Studies and with Qualifying nature is CSAT (Civil Services Aptitude Test).

 

S.No.	PRELIMINARY	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Time Duration
1.	GS (Paper-I)	100	200	2 hours
2.	CSAT (Paper-II)	80	200	2 hours
	Total Marks		400

• Paper-II, CSAT, is qualifying in nature. Candidate needs to score a minimum of 33% to qualify.
• Cut off for mains examination is shortlisted on merit basis only from GS (Paper-I) only.

Main Examination

 

The written examination will consist of the following papers:

 

Qualifying Papers:

Paper: A – (One of the Indian Language to be selected by the candidate from the Languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution). 300 Marks

Paper: B English 300 Marks

 

Papers to be counted for merit

 

PAPER	SUBJECT NAME	MARKS
Paper 1	Essay	250
Paper 2	GS-I (Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society)	250
Paper 3	GS-II (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations)	250
Paper 4	GS-III (Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)	250
Paper 5	GS-IV (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude)	250
Paper 6	Optional Subject – Paper 1	250
Paper 7	Optional Subject – Paper 2	250
	TOTAL (WRITTEN TEST)	1750
	Personality Test	275
	GRAND TOTAL	2025

Personality Test

 

• The candidate will be interviewed by a Board who will have before them a record of his career.
• He will be asked questions on matters of general interest.
• The object of the interview is to assess the personal suitability of the candidate for a career in public service by a Board of competent and unbiased observers.
• The test is intended to judge the mental caliber of a candidate. In broad terms, this is really an assessment of not only his intellectual qualities but also social traits and his interest in current affairs. Some of the qualities to be judged are mental alertness, critical powers of assimilation, clear and logical exposition, the balance of judgement, variety and depth of interest, ability for social cohesion and leadership, intellectual and moral integrity.
• The technique of the interview is not that of a strict cross‐examination but of a natural, though directed and purposive conversation which is intended to reveal the mental qualities of the candidate.
• The interview test is not intended to be a test either of the specialised or general knowledge of the candidates which has been already tested through their written papers.
• Candidates are expected to have taken an intelligent interest not only in their special subjects of academic study but also in the events which are happening around them both within and outside their own State or Country as well as in modern currents of thought and in new discoveries which should rouse the curiosity of well-educated youth.

                                                                                               

 

SYLLABUS

 

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

 

Paper I – (200 marks) Duration: Two hours

• 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.

 

Paper-II- (200 marks) Duration: Two hours

• Comprehension
• Interpersonal skills including communication skills;
• Logical reasoning
• Analytical ability
• Decision-making and problem-solving
• General mental ability
• Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. – Class X level)
• English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level).

 

DETAILED ANALYSIS OF PRELIMINARY SYLLABUS

INDIAN POLITY

 

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

• Company Rule (1773-1858): Regulating Acts, Charter Acts.
• Crown Rule (1858-1947): Council Acts, Morley Minto Reforms, Montague Reforms, Government of India Act, 1935.

MAKING OF THE CONSTITUTION

• August offer 1940, Cripps Mission 1942, Wavell Plan 1945, Cabinet Mission Plan 1946, Mountbatten Plan 1947.
• Composition/Working/Committees of Constituent Assembly.
• Enactment and Enforcement of the constitution.

FEATURES OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION

PREAMBLE

• Source, Significance, Key words.
• Preamble as a part of Constitution (Berubari/Kesavananda case/LIC of India case), Recent Verdict/cases.
• Amendability of Preamble.

CITIZENSHIP

• Provisions, Types, Rights (to citizens and to aliens), Act 1955, recent amendments and updates.

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS

• Origin, Nature, Feature, Significance, Concept.
• Fundamental Rights and Other Legal rights.
• Doctrine of Eclipse/ Severability/ Waiver/Basic structure.
• Classifications of Fundamental Rights.
• Committees/ Commissions/Amendments.

FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES

• History, Features, Contents, Enforcement, Appraisal and Utility, Reports/Committees.

DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY

• Concept, Source, Aim, DPSP and Uniform civil code, Relationship between DPSP and Fundamental Rights.

AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION

BASIC STRUCTURE

• Shankari Prasad, Golaknath case, Keshavanand case, Minerva Mill case, Waman Rao case.
• Constitution comparision of British, USA, Canada, France, Russia, Germany, Japan with Indian Constitution.

LEGISLATURE

• Parliament, State Legislature (Houses, Election system, Features of both house at centre and state), Powers, privilege, immunity, Committees, Amendments, Bills and its procedures, Motions.

EXECUTIVE

• President/Vice-President, Governor, Prime Minister, Council of Ministers, Chief Ministers.

(Their power, election process, removal/impeachment, functions, salary & allowances).

LOCAL BODIES

• Panchayats and Municipalities.
• 73/74th amendment, Structure, Power, Function, Types, Issues and challenges, Committees/Commissions, PESA act.

JUDICIARY

• Role, Composition, Characteristics.
• Supreme/High/Subordinate court.
• Judges (Qualifications, Appointment, tenure, Removal, salary & allowances, Power & Functions).
• Independence, Jurisdiction of Supreme Court.
• Judicial Review, Judicial activism, PIL, Supreme Court Benches.

FEDERAL STRUCTURE

• Separation of powers, Redressal mechanism, Issue of Governance, Centre-State relations, Inter-state councils, Co-operative federalism.

UNION TERRITORIES

• Delhi & Puducherry.
• Chief Minister, Lt. Governor, Administration.

CONSTITUTIONAL & NON CONSTITUTIONAL BODIES

• Election Commission, UPSC/SPSC/, Finance Commission, National Commission for SCs/STs, GST council, CAG, AGI (Attorney/Advocate).
• Planning Commission, NITI Aayog, NDC, NHRC, SHRC, CIC, SIC, CYC, CBI, Lokpal & Lokayuktas, Administrative Tribunals, RBI.

SPECIAL STATES

JAMMU & KASHMIR

• Article 370, Powers, President (functions & powers), and Applicability of Indian Constitution.

SCHEDULED AREAS & TRIBAL AREAS

GOVERNANCE:

• Public service values, Issues/Problems in civil services, Moral values in Governance, Corporate governance, Concept of Responsibility/ Accountability, Probity & Governance, Reforms/Needs and Significance.

 

ANCIENT HISTORY

 

HISTORICAL EVOLUTION

SOURCES

• Archaeological/Material/Literary/Foreign.

PRE-HISTORIC CULTURE

• Stone Age, Metal Age, Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Megalithic.

INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

VEDIC/LATER VEDIC PERIOD

• Introduction, Aryans, Chronology, East ward migration, economic life.
• Rig Vedic and Later Vedic.
• Social/Political and Economical life.

POST VEDIC AGE

• Jainism and Buddhism.
• Mahajandadas.
• Rise of Magadh.

HARAPPAN CULTURE

• Introduction, Discovery, Chronology, Extent, Rise and Decline.

MAURYANS

• Polity/administration/source.
• Important Rulers.
• Officials and Departments.

 

MEDIEVAL HISTORY

EARLY MEDIEVAL (8TH-12TH CENTURY)

• Indian feudalism, Early medieval dynasties.
• North India- Palas, Senas, Rajputs, Prathiharas.
• South India- Cholas (administration/government/trade & commerce).
• Deccan- Rashtrakutas, Chalukyas, Yadavs, Kakatiyas.

DELHI SULTANATE

• Slave dynasty, Khalji dynasty, Tughlaq dynasty, Sayed dynasty, Lodhi dynasty.

VIJAYANAGAR EMPIRE

BAHAMANI KINGDOM

DECCANI SULTANATS

MUGHALS EXPANSION TO SOUTH

RISE OF MARATHAS

MUGHAL EMPIRE

• Babar, Humayun, Shershah, Religious liberalism, Feccan policy, Revenue system, Mansabdari system, Successor of Akbar, Aurangzeb, Later mughals.

 

MODERN HISTORY

 

ARRIVALS OF EUROPEANS

• Discovery of America, New Sea route to India, Arrivals of Portuguese/Dutch/English/French.
• Decline of Mughal empire, Anglo-French rivalry, Rise of English Power (Governors, Governor-Generals).
• Mysore under Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan.
• Establishment of Company Rule in India.

BRITISH GOVERNMENT

• Dual Government in Bengal, Regulating Act, Pitts of India Act, Charter Act/s.
• Education (Macaulay/Wood’s dispatch Act, Hunter/Raleigh/Sadler commission, Hartog committee.

REVOLT OF 1857

• Causes (Economic/Political/Administrative), Nature, Famous statements, Causes of failure, Consequences.

RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

• Genesis of the awakening, Reform movements and their leaders, Positive contribution of Reform movements, Negative aspects of Reform movements.

NATIONAL MOVEMENT (1905-1918)

• Struggle (Moderate phase and early congress), INC (aims and objectives), Swadeshi and Boycott movement, Annulment of Partition, Surat Split, Revolutionary terrorism, Morley-Minto, Home Rule League, 1st World War, Lucknow session.

NATIONAL MOVEMENT (1919-1939)

• Montague-Chelmsford, Rowlatt Act, Emergence of Gandhi, Satyagrah against Rowlatt act, First mass strike, Jallianwala Bagh, Khilafat, NCM, Communalism, Simon Commission, Nehru report, Civil disobedience movement, Round Table conference, Communal award.

NATIONAL MOVEMENT (1939-1947)

Second World War, August offer, Crips Mission, Quit India movement, Rajagopalachari formula, Wavell Plan, Cabinet mission, Attlee’s mission, Mountbatten plan, India Independence Act.

 

 

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA

FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS

• Latitude/Longitude, Time scale, Continental and water bodies, Locating a place (map study).

PHYSIOGRAPHICS REGIONS

• Himalayas and other mountains, Plateaus, Plains.

DRAINAGE SYSTEM

• Types, Patterns, source, east & west flowing rivers, peninsular drainage system.

NATURAL VEGETATION

• Types, Characteristics.
• Soils (chemical composition, profile, formations, types).

CLIMATOLOGY

• Exchange Mechanism, Atmospheric circulation, Heat budget, Pressure belts, Monsoon, Cloud formation and rainfall.

OCEANOGRAPHY

• Morphology of Oceans, Oceanic movements (Tides, Waves, Currents), Salinity, Coral reef.

GEOMORPHOLOGY

• Interior Structure of earth, Rocks & its types, Relief and Landforms, Theories of Geomorphology, Exogenetic forces.

GEOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA

• Earthquake, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, Cyclone etc.

 

 

INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

 

AGRICULTURE

• Introduction, agricultural growth, Performance and Policies, Government schemes.
• Irrigation (development, Challenges, growth, benefit, source).
• Fertigation, Water shed management, Agro climatic zone, Erosion and management.

CROPPING

• Season, Pattern, State wise crops, Pattern.

E-TECHNOLOGY

• Role of IT in agriculture, GPS applications, Government schemes, Remote sensing.

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

• Ditribution, Vegetation.

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

• Biotic (corals, fish, lumbering, animal rearing, dairy), Animal resources.

RESOURCES (INDIA & WORLD)

• Iron Ore (Production & distribution), Petroleum (Oil field, Oil reserve), Natural Gas (Exploration, Policies and Projects), Shale gas, Coal bed methane, Uranium, Solar/wind/geothermal energy.

 

 

ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY

 

CONSERVATION

• Terrestrial ecosystem, Aquatic ecosystem, Climate change, Treaties. Agreements.

POLLUTION

• Air, Water, Soil, Noise, Radioactive, E-waste, Solid Waste.

ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT

• Need for EIA, Procedure, Drawbacks, Recommendations.

DISASTER

• Earthquake, Tsunami, Flood, Drought, Cyclone, Landslide, Biological disaster, Chemical disaster, Nuclear disaster.
• Policies and Guidelines.

 

 

INDIAN ECONOMY

ECONOMICS

• Economics and Economy, Types, GDP, NDP, GNP, NNP, NDP, Growth and development, Planning in India (Types, Commission, National Developmental Council, Multi-level planning, Five year plan).

POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT

• Poverty Causes, Effects, Types (Absolute & Relative), measure, Important committees, New methodology, Sustainable development goal, New GDP calculation, Poverty alleviation.
• Unemployment types, causes, Rural and Unemployment, Employment guarantee programme, Various other schemes.

INCLUSION

• Contributing factors, Welfare concepts by Amartya Sen.
• Financial Inclusion: types, reasons, committees.
• Digital Inclusion: Government policy, Concerns, Digital payments.

ECONOMIC REFORMS

• Liberalization, Privatization, Globalization, Indian Finance code, Budget Focus 2019-20, Analysis of Reforms process.
• Washington Consensus, Economic crisis 1991, LPG, Generations of economic reforms, New Trade policy.

INFLATION

• Types (Demand-Pull, Cost-Push, Deflation, Stagflation, Hyperinflation), Causes, Consequences, Measurement (WPI,CPI,GDP Deflator), Inflation Calculation, Measures.

DISINVESTMENT

• Definition, Objectives, Importance, Budget Provision.

PUBLIC FINANCE IN INDIA

• Public Finance, Budget, Expenditure, Receipts, Revenue deficit, Fiscal deficit, Deficit financing, Fiscal policy, Economic survey 2019.

DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND

FOREIGN TRADE

• Trends in India’s Foreign trade policy, Features of FTP 2015-2020, Balance of Payment, Foreign Exchange reserve, FII.

FOREIGN CAPITAL

• Sources, FDI, FII, Portfolio investment, Recent FDI measures, ADRs/GDRs, RBI Forex limit, Reforms in FDI, FDI Policy, Government initiatives for FDI.

TAXATION

• Important committees (Chelliah, Kelker), Problems of taxation, Measures taken, VAT, Tax administration, GST, Recent updates.

BLACK ECONOMY IN INDIA

SECURITY EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA

BANKING & NON PERFORMING ASSETS AND INSURANCE

 

 

INDIAN CULTURE

ARCHITECTURE

• IVC, Mauryan architecture (Wooden/rock-cut), Post-Mauryan (Buddhist architecture), Temple architecture (Nagara, Dravidian), Indo-Islamic, Earlt Medieval art.

RELIGION

• Vedic religion, Jainism, Bhagvatism, Tamil Bhakti.

LITERATURE

• Vedic, Buddhist, Jaina, Classical Sanskrit, Tamil (Sangam), Rise of Vernaculers, Hindu and Urdu.

PAINTING

• Rock paintings, Classical (Murals of Ajanta, Ellora, Bagh), Miniature, Mughal Imperial, Rajput, National School, Folk painting, Modern trends.

MUSIC

• Origin, Nature, Hindustani/Carnatic music.

DANCE AND THEATRE

• Origin, Classical dance (themes, nature, important personalities), Folk dances.
• Folk theatre and personalities.

HANDICRAFT

• Different crafts in India.

PUPPETRY

• Types- Glove, Rod, Shadow, String.

 

 

GENERAL SCIENCE

•             Universe (Big Bang, Redshift, Blueshift), Star Formation (Stellar Evolution, Life Cycle of A Star), Nebular Theory of Laplace, Solar System (Planets, Inner Planets, Outer Planets), Sun (Internal Structure, Atmosphere), Nuclear Fission, Nuclear Reactor Types.

• Cell Organelles (Plant Cell vs. Animal Cell), Carbohydrates, Proteins (Amino Acids, Enzymes), Vitamins and Minerals, Fats, Animal Tissues (Epithelium, Connective Tissues), Human Digestive System (Digestive Glands), Respiratory System, Endocrine Glands and Hormones, Human Neural System, Muscular and Skeletal System, Nucleic acids – DNA and RNA, Recombinant DNA, Mitosis – Cell Cycle, Cell Division, Meiosis – Mitosis – Meiosis Comparison.
• Inheritance (Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance, Chromosomal Theory, Human Genome Project), Sex Determination, Genetic, Diseases Caused by Microorganisms, Microbes in Human Welfare, Human Immune System, AIDS, Cancer – causes, Drugs and Alcohol Abuse, Diseases (Acute, Chronic, Communicable Diseases), Blood (Blood Groups – Formed Elements), Circulatory System, Double Circulation, Excretory System – Kidney, Urine Formation, Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth, Biological Classification.
• Five Kingdom Classifications of Plants and Animals, Plant Parts and Their Functions, Plant Kingdom (Thallophytes (Algae), Bryophytes, Pteridophytes), Plants with Seeds (Gymnosperms and Angiosperm), Plant Tissue (Meristematic – Simple, Complex Permanent Tissue), Plant Nutrition (Photosynthesis, Nitrogen Cycle, Fixation), Sexual and Asexual Reproduction in Plants, Classification of Animal Kingdom (Animalia), Classification of Vertebrata (Phylum Chordata), Human Reproductive System, Biotechnology – Genetic Engineering – Processes and Applications, Atomic Theory – Structure of an Atom.

 

 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SPACE

• Satellite, Navigation, Space science mission, Chandrayan 1 & 2, Launch Vehicles, ISRO and its recent & upcoming projects, Human Space flight mission, Space Junk, International cooperation, National Space law, Reusable launch vehicle, Space Technology for Public Welfare, Space X, RFID, NAVIC, Spacecrafts (NASA).

DEFENCE

• Functions & Organisations, Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme, Ballistic & Cruise missiles, INS (Vikrant, Kochi, Vikramaditya), Surveillance system, Radar, TEJAS, HELINA, AWACS, Development by DRDO & its upcoming projects.

COMPUTER/ROBOTS

• Fibre Optics Communication, Optical computers, WiFi, WiMax, WiLAN, LiFi, IPv6, Cloud computing, SaaS, National Knowledge Network, ICANN, NTIA, Digital Locker/Signature, 3.5G, 4G, 5G, Net Neutrality, Wireless systems, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Bluetooth, Mobile computing, Direct to Home, Telemedicines, RFID, Smart cards, PLASMA screen, Organic LEDs, E-waste, Super Computers, National Supercomputer mission, Worms/Virus/Trojans, Internet Readiness Index, Notable Digital terms.

BIO & NANO TECHNOLOGIES

• Biotechnology: Introduction, Applications, Environmental Biotechnology, Major programmes, BIO international convention, DNA research centre, Genetic engineering, Plant tissue culture, Clonal propagation, Cloning, Stem cells, Blood cells, Biotech park, Biosafety regulation, Biotechnology and social development, Biotechnology in Health and medicine.
• Nanotechnology: Introduction, Casimir Force, Carbon Nanotubes, CNT production in India, Molecular electronics, Quantum dots, Nano Computers, Fuel cells & Nanotechnology, Plastics & Nanotechnology, Defence & Nanotechnology, Research in Nano medicine, DNA nano technology, Data storage capacity, Weapons of mass destruction, Ethics & Nanotechnology.

NUCLEAR ENERGY

• Nuclear Programme, Stages, Nuclear Applications, Energy importance, Nuclear waste management, Environment friendly Nuclear Technology, Higgs Boson, ITER, LHC, Power Plants, Prototype, Thorium, Pacts & Agreements, NPT.

 

 

MAIN EXAMINATION

GENERAL STUDIES- I: INDIAN HERITAGE AND CULTURE, HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD AND SOCIETY.

• Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.
• Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues
• The Freedom Struggle – its various stages and important contributors /contributions from different parts of the country.
• Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country.
• History of the world will include events from 18th century such as industrial revolution, world wars, redrawal of national boundaries, colonization, decolonization, political philosophies like communism, capitalism, socialism etc.- their forms and effect on the society.
• Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India.
• Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies.
• Effects of globalization on Indian society
• Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.
• Salient features of world’s physical geography.
• Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian subcontinent); factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India)
• Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location- changes in critical geographical features (including water bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.

 

GENERAL STUDIES- II: GOVERNANCE, CONSTITUTION, POLITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.

• Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.
• Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein.
• Separation of powers between various organs dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions.
• Comparison of the Indian constitutional scheme with that of other countries
• Parliament and State Legislatures – structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these.
• Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary Ministries and Departments of the Government; pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity.
• Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act.
• Appointment to various Constitutional posts, powers, functions and responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies.
• Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies
• Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
• Development processes and the development industry- the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders
• Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.
• Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.
• Issues relating to poverty and hunger.
• Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures.
• Role of civil services in a democracy.
• India and its neighborhood- relations.
• Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests
• Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.
• Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate.

 

GENERAL STUDIES-III: TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BIO DIVERSITY, ENVIRONMENT, SECURITY AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT.

• Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.
• Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.
• Government Budgeting.
• Major crops cropping patterns in various parts of the country, different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage, transport and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints; e-technology in the aid of farmers
• Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System- objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions; economics of animal-rearing.
• Food processing and related industries in India- scope and significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management.
• Land reforms in India.
• Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth.
• Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.
• Investment models.
• Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life
• Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology.
• Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-technology, bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights.
• Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment
• Disaster and disaster management.
• Linkages between development and spread of extremism.
• Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security.
• Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber security; money-laundering and its prevention
• Security challenges and their management in border areas; linkages of organized crime with terrorism
• Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate

 

GENERAL STUDIES- IV: ETHICS, INTEGRITY, AND APTITUDE

This paper will include questions to test the candidates’ attitude and approach to issues relating to integrity, probity in public life and his problem solving approach to various issues and conflicts faced by him in dealing with society. Questions may utilise the case study approach to determine these aspects. The following broad areas will be covered.

• Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics in private and public relationships. Human Values – lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; role of family, society and educational institutions in inculcating values.
• Attitude: content, structure, function; its influence and relation with thought and behaviour; moral and political attitudes; social influence and persuasion.
• Aptitude and foundational values for Civil Service , integrity, impartiality and non-partisanship, objectivity, dedication to public service, empathy, tolerance and compassion towards the weaker sections.
• Emotional intelligence-concepts, and their utilities and application in administration and governance.
• Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and world.
• Public/Civil service values and Ethics in Public administration: Status and problems; ethical concerns and dilemmas in government and private institutions; laws, rules, regulations and conscience as sources of ethical guidance; accountability and ethical governance; strengthening of ethical and moral values in governance; ethical issues in international relations and funding; corporate governance.
• Probity in Governance: Concept of public service; Philosophical basis of governance and probity; Information sharing and transparency in government, Right to Information, Codes of Ethics, Codes of Conduct, Citizen’s Charters, Work culture, Quality of service delivery, Utilization of public funds, challenges of corruption. · Case Studies on above issues.