GS Paper 1

World Revolution of England; French Revolution; Russian Revolution; World War I and II
History
Indian • Political, Economical & Social history of India from Harappa civilization to 10th Cent AD
History • Moguls and their administration, emergence of composite culture, Political, Economical
and Social history of Central India from 11th to 18th Century AD
• Impact of British Rule on Indian economy and society, Indian response to British Rule:
Peasant and Tribal revolts, The First Struggle of Independence
• Indian Renaissance: The Freedom, National Movement and its leaders (with special
reference to MP)
• Emergence of India as a Republic, Reorganization of States, Formation of MP
• Major events of the post-independence period
• Indian Culture, Heritage with special reference to MP: Salient aspects of Art Forms,
Literature, Festivals & Architecture from ancient to modern times
• World Heritage sites in India, Tourism in Madhya Pradesh
Geography • Salient features of physical geography of India and World
• Distribution of key natural resources, Agro-climatic zones and Industries in MP
• Demography of India and MP, Tribes of Madhya Pradesh with particular reference to
vulnerable tribes
• Agro ecology and its relevance to man, sustainable management and conservation
• Major crops of the state, holdings and cropping patterns, physical and social environment
of crop distribution and pattern.
• Issues and challenges related with quality and supply of seed, manure, farming, practices,
horticulture, poultry, dairy, fisheries and animal husbandry, etc.
• Agriculture produce, transport, storage and marketing in the state
• Physical, Chemical, and Biological properties of Soil
• Soil process and factors of soil formation
• Mineral and organic constituents of soil and their role in maintaining soil productivity
• Essential plant nutrients and other beneficial elements in soils and plants
• Problem soils and their reclamation methods
• Problems of soil erosion and soil degradation in Madhya Pradesh.
• Soil conservation planning on watershed basis
• Food processing and related industries in India – scope and significance, location,
upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management
• Land reforms in India
Water • Ground water and Watershed management
Managt. • Water usage and efficient irrigation systems
• Drinking water: supply, factors of impurity of water and quality management
Disaster • Man-made and Natural disasters: Concept and scope of disaster management
and its • Specific Hazards and mitigation
Managmt • Community planning: Resource Mapping; Relief & Rehabilitation, Preventive and
Administrative measures, safe construction, Alternative communication and survival skills
Disaster • Chernobyl Atomic Plant Tragedy 1986
Case • Bhopal Gas Tragedy 1984
Studies • Kutch Earthquake 2001
• Indian Tsunami 2004
• Fukushima Daiichi Japan Nuclear Disaster 2011
• Uttarakhand Flesh Flood 2013
• Ujjain Tragedy 1994
• Allahabad Kumbh Stampede 2013
• J & K Flood 2014
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The • Constitution drafting committee; the Constitution of India; the Preamble, Basic
Constitution, Structure, Fundamental Rights and Duties and Directive Principles of State Policy;
the Political & Schedules of the Constitution, Constitutional Amendments
Administrative • Comparison of the Indian Constitution with that of other countries
Structure of • Center and State Legislature
Governance • Center and State Executive
• Judiciary – Supreme Court, High Court, District and Subordinate Courts; Contempt of
Court
• Nature of the Indian Union, Center-State Relations, Division of Power (Center List,
State List and Concurrent List). Distribution of resources
• Decentralization and people’s participation in Democratic Governance
• Local Self Government
• 73rd and 74th Amendment of Constitution
• The Panchayats and the Municipalities (Rural and Urban Local Governance)
• Lokpal, Lokayukt and Lok Nyayalaya
• Judiciary as a watch-dog protecting the Constitutional Order – Judicial Activism and
Public Interest Litigation
• Accountability and Rights: Competition Commission, consumer Courts, Information
Commissions, Women Commission, Human Rights Commissions, SC/ST/OBC
Commissions, Other redressed agencies/authorities
• Transparency and Accountability, Right to Information, Right to Services, Utilization of
public funds
• Democracy at work, Political Parties, Political Representation, Citizens Participation in
Decision Making
• Elections: Election Commission, Electoral reforms
• Emergence of Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and Non-Government
organizations (NGOs); Self Help Group
• Issues and role of media (Electronic, Print and Social)
Social & Some • Indian society, Social Legislation as an instrument of Social Change
Important • The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
Legislation • Protection to Women & Criminal Law (Under Indian Constitution Law & Criminal
Procedure Code)
• Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
• The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955
• The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
• Right to Information Act, 2005
• Environment (Protection) Act, 2005
• The Consumer Protection Act, 1986
• The Information Technology Act, 2000
• The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
• The Madhya Pradesh Lok Sewaon ke Pradan Ki Guarantee Adhiniyam - 2010
Security External and Internal
Issues
Social Sector • Health services, Preventive and curative health programs in India/MP with an
– Health, emphasis on children and women’s health
Education & • Issues related to availability of curative health to all
Empowerment • Availability of doctor & Paramedical staff
• Health services in rural India
• Malnutrition, its causes and effects and Govt. programs for supplementary Nutrition
• The technological interventions in the field of Immunology, Immunization, Family
health, Biotechnology, Communicable and non-communicable diseases and remedies
• Vital statistics
• WHO – Objectives, Structures, functions and its programs
Education • Education as a tool of HR development
System • Universal elementary education
• Quality of Higher and Technical
• Vocational Education
• Issues related to girls’ education
• Under privileged classes and differently abled classes
Human • Availability of skilled manpower
Resource • Employability and productivity of human resource of India
Development • Trends of employment
• Role of Institutions like NCHER, NCERT, NIEPA, UGC
• Open Universities, AICTE, NCTE, NCVT, ICAR, IITs, NLUs, IIMs, Polytechnic and ITIs,
• The human resource development
Welfare Welfare programs Issues related to – Aged people, Differently able people, Children
Program Women, Labor, Socially deprived Classes and Displaced groups of developmental
projects
Public • Public Services • Constitutional Positions • Training and Training
Services • All India Services • Role and function Institutions of State and
• Central Services • Nature of function Center in context of changing
• State Services • UPSC governance pattern
• MP State PSC

Public • Control over public Expenditure

Expenditure • Parliamentary control
and Accounts • Estimate Committee
• Public Accounts committee, etc.
• Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India
• Role of Finance Ministry in Monetary and Fiscal Policy
• Composition and function of Accountant General of MP
International • UN and its associate organizations
Organization • IMF, the World Bank and Asian Development Bank
• SAARC, BRICS, other Bilateral and Regional groupings
• WTO and its impact on India
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Chemistry, • Matter in our surroundings • Organism • Gravitation
Biology, • Elements • Types of organisms • Motions
Physics • Compounds • Tissues • Force
• Mixtures • Fundamental unit of life- • Laws of Motion
• Metals and Non-Metals Cell • Work and
• Carbon and its Compounds • Life Process Energy
• Molecules • Metabolism • Light
• Atoms • Control and Coordination • Sound
• Structure of Atom • Reproduction • Electricity
• Chemical reactions • Heredity and Evolution • Magnetism
• Acids, Bases and Salts
Reasoning & • Basic numeracy and Statistics (numbers and their relations), Probability
Data • Data handling and Interpretation (Charts, Graphs, Tables, Data sufficiency, etc.)
Interpretation • Ratio and Proportion, Unitary method, Profit and Loss Percentage, Discount, Simple
and Compound Interest
• Mensuration: Area, Perimeter, Volume
• Logical reasoning, Analytical ability & Problem solving
Technology • Applications of Science and Technology in Social and Economic development
• Indigenous Technology
• Transfer of technology and developing new Technologies
• Patents and Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS & TRIMS)
• Contribution of Indians in the field of Science and Technology
Emerging • Emerging technologies like • Biotechnology & Nano- • E-Governance
Technology Information and Communication technology: their • Transport
Technology application in the field of • Spatial
• Remote sensing, Space, GIS, GPS Agriculture and Allied Planning
sectors • Housing
Energy • Conventional and Non-Conventional sources of energy
• Energy management: Issues and Challenges
• Current status of alternative sources of energy and their future prospects
Environment • Environmental degradation: its causes, effects and remedies
and • Environmental protection laws, policies and regulatory framework
Sustainable • The environment – development debate
Development • Solid, Effluent, Sewer, Medical, Hazardous, and E-waste management
• Climate Change: causes and Remedial measures
• Ecological Prints and Coping strategies
Indian • Development Experience of India • Poverty, Unemployment, • Issues of
Economy • Causes of low Industrialization in MP Regional Imbalances and Direct and
• Economic reforms since 1991: Migration Indirect
Industrial and Financial sector • Urban issues, Urban Subsidy for
reforms, stock market and banking development (social and farm sector
systems economic infrastructure) and other
• Liberalization, Privatization and and Rural Credit social sectors
Globalization • Indicator of development • Public
• Current trends and challenges in the • Human development and Distribution
India Economy Economic development System:
• Development planning in India • Co-operative movement Objective,
• National Income and Accounting in India and MP Functioning,
System • Importance of agriculture Limitation,
• Infrastructural development and in MP and Indian Issues of
issues Economy Buffer Stock
• Factors of economic and Food
development Security
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Human needs • Ethics and Values in Public Administration
and Motivation • Ethical elements in governance – integrity, accountability and transparency
• Ethical reasoning and moral dilemmas
• Conscience as sources of ethical guidance
• Code of conduct for civil servants and values in governance
Philosophers/ • Mahavir • Ravindra Nath Tagore • Mohandas karamchand
Thinkers, • Buddha • Raja Ram Mohan Roy Gandhi
Social • Kautilya • Swami Dayanand • Sarvpalli Radhakrishnan
workers/ • Plato Saraswati • Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
Reformers • Aristotle • Swami Vivekanand • Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
• Tulsidas • Sri Aurobindo • Deen Dayal Uppadhyaya
• Gurunanak • Kabir • Ram Manohar Lohiya
Attitude • Content, Elements, • Attitudinal change • Prejudice and discrimination
Function Formation of • Persuasive • Stereotypes in Indian context
Attitude Communication
Aptitude • 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 • Emotional intelligence-concepts, their utilities and application in Administration and
Intelligence Governance
Corruption • Types and causes of corruption
• Effects of corruption
• Approaches to minimizing corruption – Role of society, media, family, whistleblower
• UN Convention on Corruption
• Measuring corruption
• Transparency International etc.
Case Studies Based on the contents on the syllabus

GS Paper 5
Hindi • Grammar
Language • Comprehension
• Administrative Vocabulary
• Hindi to English and English to Hindi Translation

GS Paper 6
Essay • Essay 1
• Essay 2
• Essay 3