GS 1 :

Indian Heritage and Culture,

History and Geography of the World and Society.

1. Indian culture will cover the salient aspects from ancient to modern times:
a. Art Forms
b. Literature
c. Architecture
2. Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the
present​:
a. significant events
b. Personalities
c. Issues
3. The Freedom Struggle:
a. Various stages
b. Important contributors /contributions from different parts of the country.
4. Post-independence:
a. consolidation with the country
b. reorganization within the country.
5. History of the world will include events from 18th century
a. industrial revolution
b. world wars
c. redrawal of national boundaries
d. Colonization
e. Decolonization
f. political philosophies their forms and effect on the society
■ Communism
■ Capitalism
■ socialism
6. Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India.
7. Role of women and women's organization,
8. Population and associated issues
9. Poverty and developmental issues
10. Urbanization, their problems and their remedies
11. Effects of globalization on Indian society
12. Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.
13. Salient features of world's physical geography.
14. Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian
sub-continent);
15. Factors responsible for the location of
a. Primary
 b. Secondary
c. tertiary sectors industries in various parts of the world (including India)
16. Important Geophysical phenomena
a. Earthquakes
b. Tsunami
c. Volcanic activity
d. Cyclone
17. geographical features and their location - changes and effects of such changes
a. critical geographical features (including waterbodies and ice-caps)
b. flora and fauna

GS 2 :
Governance
Constitution
Polity
Social Justice
International Relations
1. Indian Constitution:
a. historical underpinnings
b. Evolution
c. Features
d. Amendments
e. significant provisions
f. basic structure
2. Union and the States : Functions and responsibilities
3. issues and challenges pertaining:
a. federal structure
b. devolution of powers
c. finances up to local levels and challenges therein.
4. Separation of powers between various organs dispute redressal mechanisms and
institutions.
5. Comparison of the Indian constitutional scheme with that of other countries.
6. Parliament and State Legislatures:
a. Structure
b. Functioning
c. conduct of business
d. powers & privileges
e. issues arising out of these.
7. Executive and the Judiciary Ministries and Departments of the Government:
a. Structure
 b. organization
c. Functioning
8. Pressure groups:
a. Formal/informal associations
b. Their role in the Polity
9. Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act.
10. Various Constitutional posts and various Constitutional Bodies:
a. Appointment
b. Powers
c. Functions
d. responsibilities
11. Quasi-judicial bodies
a. Statutory,
b. regulatory
c. various types
12. Development in various sectors
a. Government policies and interventions
i. issues arising out of their design and implementation
13. Development processes and the development industry- the roles of
a. NGOs
b. SHGs
c. various groups and associations
d. Donors and charities
e. institutional and other stakeholders.
14. Vulnerable sections
a. Welfare schemes for of the population by the Centre and the States
b. performance of these schemes
c. Mechanisms
d. laws
e. institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment.
15. Social Sector: Issues relating to development and management
16. Services
a. Health
b. Education
c. Human Resources
17. Issues relating to poverty and hunger.
18. Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability
19. e-governance
a. applications
b. models
c. successes
d. limitations
e. potential
20. citizens charters,
a. transparency
 b. accountability
c. institutional and other measures.
21. Role of civil services in a democracy.
22. India and its neighborhood- relations.
23. India + India’s interests:
a. Bilateral
b. regional and global groupings
c. agreements involving and/or affecting
24. Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests,
Indian diaspora.
25. Important International institutions, agencies and fora
a. Structure
b. Mandate.

GS 3:
Technology
Economic Development
Biodiversity
Environment
Security
Disaster Management
1. Indian Economy and issues relating to
a. planning
b. mobilization of re sources
c. Growth
d. Development
e. employment.
2. Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.
3. Government Budgeting.
4. Agriculture:
a. Major crops and cropping patterns in various parts of the country,
b. different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage,
c. transport and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints;
d. e-technology in the aid of farmers.
5. Direct and indirect farm subsidies
a. Issues
b. Minimum support prices
6. Public Distribution System
a. Objectives
b. Functioning
c. Limitations
 d. revamping
e. issues of buffer stocks and food security
7. Technology missions; economics of animal-rearing.
8. Food processing and related industries in India
a. scope and significance
b. Location
c. upstream and downstream requirements
d. supply chain management.
9. Land reforms in India.
10. Liberalization
a. Effects of on the economy
b. changes in industrial policy
c. Effects on industrial growth
11. Infrastructure:
a. Energy
b. Ports
c. Roads
d. Airports
e. Railways, etc.
12. Investment models.
13. Science and Technology, Achievements of Indians in science & technology:
a. Developments
b. Their applications
c. Effects in everyday life
14. Indigenization of technology and developing new technology.
15. Awareness in the fields of:
a. IT
b. Space
c. Computers
d. Robotics
e. Nano-technology
f. Bio-technology
g. Issues relating to intellectual property rights
16. Environment:
a. Conservation
b. Environmental pollution and degradation
c. Environmental impact assessment.
17. Disaster and disaster management.
18. Linkages between development and spread of extremism.
19. Internal Security:
a. Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges
20. Challenges to internal security through
a. communication networks
b. role of media
c. social networking sites in internal security challenges,
 21. basics of:
a. cyber security
b. money-laundering and its prevention.
22. Security challenges and their management in border areas
23. Linkages of organized crime with terrorism.
24. Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate.

GS 4:
Ethics,
Integrity
Aptitude
1. Test the candidates’
a. attitude
b. Approach to issue’s relating to:
i. integrity,
ii. probity in public life
iii. problem solving approach to various issues
iv. 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.

1. Ethics and Human Interface:

a. Essence
b. determinants
c. consequences of Ethics in human actions;
d. dimensions of ethics;
e. ethics in private and public relationships.
2. Human Values:
a. lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders
b. reformers and administrators
c. role of family
d. society and educational institutions in inculcating values.
3. Attitude:
a. Content
b. Structure
c. functions
d. its influence and relation with thought and behaviour
e. moral and political attitudes
 f. social influence and persuasion.
4. Aptitude and foundational values for Civil Service:
a. Integrity
b. Impartiality
c. Non-partisanship
d. Objectivity
e. dedication to public service
f. Empathy
g. Tolerance
h. compassion towards the weaker sections.
5. Emotional intelligence
a. Concepts
b. their utilities
c. application in administration and governance.
6. Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and world.
7. Public/Civil service values and Ethics in Public administration:
a. Status and problems
b. ethical concerns
c. dilemmas in government and private institutions
8. Sources of ethical guidance
a. Laws
b. Rules
c. Regulations
d. Conscience
9. Accountability and ethical governance
10. Strengthening of ethical and moral values in governance
11. Ethical issues
a. International relations
b. Funding
12. Corporate governance.
13. Probity in Governance: Concept of public service;
14. Philosophical basis of governance and probity;
15. Information sharing and transparency in government:
a. Right to Information
b. Codes of Ethics
c. Codes of Conduct
d. Citizen’s Charters
e. Work culture
f. Quality of service delivery
g. Utilization of public funds
h. challenges of corruption
Case Studies on above issues.