GS

1.money bill
2.governor & lt governor
3.judges of high court & Supreme Court
4.chief minister
5.plateaus
6.mountains
7.highlands
8.basin
9.rock cut architecture & types of architecture
10.genetic engineering
11.foreign travellers to India
12.naturally found species
13.atmosphere and it's pollution
14.constituent assembly at the time of independence
15.amphibians mammals
16.amendment of constitution-art
17.constitution bodies
18.attorney general,advocate general
19.industries & it's bi products
20.rotation and revolution causes
21.river flowing in India
22.parks
23.lakes
24.biosphere reserve
25.NDC,PL,ZC
26.movements during British period
27.parliament-powers
28.ecosystems
29.irrigation method
30.acts
31.preamble
32.DPS
33.F.R & FD
34.sanctuaries
35.bio fertilizers
36.buddhism
37.several commission during British period
38.economy terminologies
39.R.B.I & it's powers
40.various civilization
41.diseases & it's effects
42.jainism
43.minerals
44.CAG,PAC
45. Bhakti saints
46. Warm & cold currents/oceanic currents
47.Temples,stupas,caves}
ancient & medieval
48.social institutions during British India
49.soils
50.crops
51.climate of world
52.inflation
53.P.M,U.M,COM
54.panchayat
55.speaker roles and powers
56.tribes of India
57.dance & styles
58.controversy movements in India ex:llbert bill
59.endangered,critical endangered species
60.virus and it's effects
61.physics terminologies
62.banks for rural/agricultural farms
63.environment protection authorities
64.S.C, H.C
65.Health missions
66.agriculture mission
67.sufi Saints
68.bhakti movement
69.tiger reserve areas
70.nuclear energy
71.fdi
72.fii
73.wetlands
74.tsunami
75.agricultural practices
76.antelopes
77.mega food parks
78.wild life sanctuaries
79.inner line permit
80.3 committees by raghuram Rajan .
81.gslv,pslv,MOM
82.bali packages
83.decision by supreme court in various cases.
84.panch sheel
85.acid & bases
86.acid rain
86.Smog
87.Inner line permit, all 3 committees by raghuram rajan, JAC bill
There cn b some questions on S&T current affairs too...GSLV PSLV MOM etc.
88.Co-operatives ,Land Mark Decisions given by Supreme Court this year, Changes
in the Requisitions for being a State & National Party.
89.Indus Valley, Photochemical smog,
90.RBI Committee's ( Specially Urjit Patel- CPI, Bimal Jalan- banking Licenses,
Arvind Mayaram- FDI, Nachiket mor- Financial services, Rghuram- multidimensional
index ).
91.JAC,Land acq. act, Lokpal act, Wrhistl blowr act, Company bill -2012, IPC ame
nd. after nirbhya case
92. #Mountains/Basin/Plateau : Region??
#Reserve/Park : Hills/Ranges/River??
#Tribes : State??
93.
CSAT
1. Passages
2. Data sufficiency
3. Sitting arrangement (circle and horizontal)
4. Venn diagram
5. Probability
6. Ranking
7. Distance and time
8. Distance and speed
9. Problem figures
10. Pie chart( statistics)
11. Cuboid viewing through different angles
12. Coins
13. Least value, highest value
14. Ratio
15. Problems based on number of days of working
16. Ethics (read mrunal.org/ethics)
17. Age finding
18. Blood relations
19. Percentages
Climate change Global warming Global
dimming Fossil fuels Sea level rise
Greenhouse gas Ocean acidification
Shutdown of thermohaline circulation
Environmental impact of the coal industry
Urban Heat Islands
Conservation Species extinction
Pollinator decline Coral bleaching
Holocene extinction Invasive species
Poaching Endangered species
Energy Energy conservation Renewable
energy Efficient energy use Renewable
energy commercialization Environmental
impact of the coal industry
Environmental degradation Eutrophication
Habitat destruction Invasive species
Environmental health Air quality Asthma
Environmental impact of the coal industry
Electromagnetic fields Electromagnetic
radiation and health Indoor air quality
Lead poisoning Sick Building Syndrome
Genetic engineering Genetic pollution
Genetically modified food controversies
Intensive farming Overgrazing Irrigation
Monoculture Environmental effects of
meat production Slash and burn Pesticide
drift Plasticulture
Land degradation Land pollution
Desertification
Soil Soil conservation Soil erosion Soil
contamination Soil salination
Land use Urban sprawl Habitat
fragmentation Habitat destruction
Nanotechnology Nanotoxicology Nano
pollution
Nuclear issues Nuclear fallout Nuclear
meltdown Nuclear power Nuclear
weapons Nuclear and radiation accidents
Nuclear safety High-level radioactive waste
management.
Overpopulation Burial Water crisis
Overpopulation in companion animals
Tragedy of the commons Gender Imbalance
in Developing Countries Sub-replacement
fertility levels in developed countries
Ozone depletion CFC Biological effects of
UV exposure
Pollution Environmental impact of the
coal industry Nonpoint source pollution
Point source pollution Light pollution
Noise pollution Visual pollution
Water pollution Environmental impact of
the coal industry Acid rain Eutrophication
Marine pollution Ocean dumping Oil
spills Thermal pollution Urban runoff
Water crisis Marine debris Microplastics
Ocean acidification Ship pollution
Wastewater Fish kill Algal bloom
Mercury in fish
Air pollution Environmental impact of the
coal industry Smog Tropospheric ozone
Indoor air quality Volatile organic
compound Particulate matter
Reservoirs Environmental impacts of
reservoirs
Resource depletion Exploitation of natural
resources Overdrafting
Consumerism Consumer capitalism
Planned obsolescence Over-consumption
Fishing Blast fishing Bottom trawling
Cyanide fishing Ghost nets Illegal,
unreported and unregulated fishing
Overfishing Shark finning Whaling
Logging Clearcutting Deforestation
Illegal logging
Mining Acid mine drainage Hydraulic
fracturing Mountaintop removal mining
Slurry impoundments
Toxins Chlorofluorocarbons DDT
Endocrine disruptors
Dioxin Toxic heavy metals Environmental
impact of the coal
industry Herbicides Pesticides Toxic
waste PCB
Bioaccumulation Biomagnification
Waste Electronic waste Litter Waste
disposal incidents Marine debris Medical
waste Landfill Leachate Environmental
impact of the coal industry Incineration
Great Pacific Garbage Patch Exporting of
hazardous waste.
S & T Special Issue
Institutional Structure for S & T in India
a) Dept of S & T
b) SEED
c) NCSTC
d) NSTEDB
e) CSIR
f) SERC
g) Technology dev Board
h) National Accreditation Board
Schemes for dev of S & T
a) Different Fellowships Programmes
b) INSPIRE
c) FAST
d) Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan
e) International Travel Support Scheme
S & T policy 2003
S & T policy 2013
Nanotechnology
a) What is Nanotechnology with brief introduction of how it works
b) Applications
c) Nano Mission of India
d) Different capacity building projects of India
e) Examples of some research outputs
f) Nano knowledge city
g) Initiatives by different companies
h) Drawbacks
Telecommunications
a) Basic concepts as:
i. What is analog and digital?
ii. What are the different multiplexing techniques?
iii. Optical fibre system
iv. Networking devices as Modem, ISDN, PSTN, etc.
v. What is spectrum?
vi. How mobile phone works?
b) GSM and CDMA
c) Different Generations of Mobile
d) Types of mobile batteries
e) Wi-Fi; Wimax; Bluetooth; WiBro; WAP; GPRS
f) What are Broadband and its uses?
g) Satellite Phone
h) iPhone and iPad
i) GPS navigation
j) Radiation emission guidelines set for Mobile Handsets, Mobile Base Stations
k) Indian Telecom Industry with brief history; National Telecom Policy 1994, 199
9, 2011
l) TRAI
m) Mobile Number Portability
n) TCCCPR Bill 2010
o) What is USOF?
p) Spectrum Licencing
q) Telecomm applications for the socio-economic dev of the masses
Electronics
a) Brief introduction of Semiconductors
b) How semiconductor works
c) What are photovoltaic devices
d) LED and OLED
e) Plasma
f) LCD, CFL, CRT
g) HDTV
h) Triple play
i) Lasers
j) 3-D and Animation
k) Superconductors
l) Government initiatives for dev of electronic industry in India as Electronics
Hardware Technology Park (EHTP) Scheme, Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) S
cheme, National Skill Dev, etc.
m) R & D in Electronics
n) Electronics Policy 2011
IT
a) Computers and their Generations
b) Supercomputers
c) Networking and types
d) Internet
e) Basic terms used in internet as www; http; HTML; URL; IP address etc
f) IPV6
g) IP Telephony
h) ocial networking sites and its impact
i) Computer crimes
j) Cyber laws
k) ypes of computer viruses
l) Recent controversy on online content
m) Digital signature
n) UIDAI project: use of IT in fingerprinting, iris scanning etc
o) ATM
p) AI
q) Digital Convergence
r) BPO: advent of it in India
s) E-governance: different initiatives by government
t) National Policy on IT
u) Cloud computing
v) Internet banking
w) E-learning
x) National Knowledge Network
y) AGRINET
z) NIC
aa) Robotics
Biotechnology
a) What are genes?
b) What is biotechnology?
c) ts branches
d) Bio fingerprinting
e) Bio sensors
f) Genetic engineering
g) Recombinant technology
h) Gene mutation
i) Human genome project
j) Gene sequence of arhar, neem etc
k) Bio piracy
l) Bio-grid
m) Bt cotton
n) Bt Brinjal and controversy
o) Cloning
p) Stem cells
q) Applications in agriculture, industry, food, health etc.
r) Institutional structure for dev of biotechnology in India
s) Initiatives by government for the dev of biotechnology
t) Mission mode programmes
u) Bioinformatics
v) International collaborations
w) Latest achievements
x) XIth Five Year Plan
Nuclear Technology
a) Basic concepts as:
i. What is radioactivity?
ii. Applications of radioactivity
iii. Nuclear fission
iv. Nuclear fusion
v. What is coolant, modulator, fuel used etc
vi. How nuclear power generates
vii. ifferent types of nuclear reactors as fast breeder, boiling water reactor e
tc
viii. Civilian and military use of nuclear technology
b) verview of different countries involved in nuclear technology with intro of I
TER.
c) Disadvantages with focus on nuclear accidents and long term effect of radiati
on on masses
d) Institutional structure for dev of nuclear technology in India
e) India nuclear policy
f) Nuclear programme
g) Recent controversy of establishing nuclear reactors
h) Safety parameters issued by government
i) Uranium mines in India
j) Technologies and applications for societal dev in India
Defence
a) Basic concepts as what is missile and how it works?
b) Stealth technology with intro of RADAR
c) Difference between ballistic and cruise missile
d) What is Mach speed
e) Division of types of missiles in relation with India missile programme
f) Anti ballistic missiles and how it works
g) BRAHMOS
h) Different technological dev in weapons and aircrafts for Air force
i) Brief intro of different naval ships with their use
j) Institutional structure for R & D in defence
k) Role of DRDO for overall dev of defence system other than weapons as frozen f
oods, clothes etc
l) Chemical and biological weapons
m) Dirty bombs and convention to ban it
n) New technological dev to trace bombs
o) What is IED
p) Defense Technology Road Map of India
Space
a) Brief history of space technology in India
b) How a satellite works
c) Different parts of satellites in brief
d) ISRO
e) Different Centres
f) Launch vehicle types
g) Propulsion systems
h) Cryogenic rockets
i) Reusable technology
j) Different satellite orbits as GTO, LEO,MEO, GEO
k) International space station
l) New ISS launched by China
m) VSAT
n) Telemedicine
o) INSAT and its applications
p) Examples of some latest INSAT satellites
q) Remote Sensing Satellites and its applications
r) Examples of some latest Remote sensing Satellites
s) New launches
t) Future programmes of India
u) Tele education
v) DTH
w) International collaborations
x) Space as a source of mass social dev
y) Environmental effects of satellites
z) Some space programmes of other countries as JUNO, KEPLAR, CHANGE 2 etc
Energy
a) Overview of fossil fuels as coal, crude oil
b) New technologies to decrease its pollution content
c) Thermal power plants, how it works and disadvantages
d) Hydroelectric power plants, working and drawbacks
e) Carbon sequestration
f) Carbon footprint concept
g) New policies of government to make fossil energy resources more greener
h) Renewable energy resources and its advantages over non renewable
i) Solar energy
j) Wind energy
k) Fuel cells
l) Geothermal energy
m) Tidal and wave energy
n) Biofuel, biogas, etc
o) Hydrogen fuel and its uses
p) Some new inventions
Biology
a) Cell theory
b) Skeletal and muscular system
c) Circulatory system
d) Nervous system
e) Respiratory system
f) Sensory organs
g) Reproductive system
h) Digestive system
i) Endocrine and exocrine glands
j) Diseases and vaccines
k) Diet
l) Some facts and figures