IAS 2020

PRELIMS
TEST SERIES
2020
TOTAL 57 TESTS
20 9 6 22
SUB SECTIONAL CURRENT MOCK
SECTIONAL (GS + CSAT) AFFAIRS TESTS

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5000+ Topics covered through Smart Solution

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Programme Highlights
1. Our well designed test papers will focus on testing
concepts as well as factual knowledge as per UPSC
Pattern.
2. Total 57 Tests:
a. Sub-sectional Tests - 20
b. Sectional Tests - 6
c. Current Affairs - 6
d. CSAT Tests - 3
e. Mock Tests - 22
Sub-sectional Tests: Under this each subject will
be divided in sub-topics to bring more depth in
preparation. These tests will be of 100 Questions
each.
FAQ
 What is this program all about?
 PRELIMS TEST SERIES 2020 is designed to achieve
MAXIMUM SCORE in Prelims 2020 through Speed
and Accuracy in solving MCQs which plays the most
VITAL role in 2 hrs of prelims examination.
 PRELIMS TEST SERIES 2020 will help in covering
Subjects from NCERT to ADVANCE level on WEEKLY
basis which enhances the understanding of concepts
and interconnectivity between them.
 Programme will help in organising the preparation
which is very important because due to late start and
unorganised study aspirants lag behind and fail in
Prelims exam by 2-3 marks.
 This program is designed to help students in Quick
Revision; otherwise, they may be lost in the vast
ocean of data and information overload.
 How is it different from other test series?
 Self-Study and regular REVISION is the key to Holistic
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CSAT Tests: Under this three tests on Reasoning,
Comprehension & GMA, respectively will be held.
Each test will consist of 50 Questions.
Sectional Tests (ST) : Under this each subject
mentioned in the UPSC syllabus will be catered
and each test will consist of 100 Questions.
Current Affairs: current affairs tests will consist of
100 Questions.
Mock Tests: Mock tests will be conducted on
UPSC pattern.Paper1 will consist of 100 Qs. and
Paper 2 will consist 80 Qs.
3. 3-Layer Performance Analysis including Test
Report, Detailed Analysis & integrated All India
Ranking for Online & Classroom Aspirants.
Preparation.
 Our PRELIMS TEST SERIES 2020 will cover each
subject in a holistic manner.
 Each subject will be covered rigorously.
 This will help students prepare each subject
extensively as well as intensively.
 Programme will test one’s knowledge and preparation
for prelims rigorously.
 How to use this Programme?
 Through our PRELIMS TEST SERIES students will
solve 5000+ MCQs with detailed explanations.
 Detailed explanations will help in covering multiple
dimensions of the topics in syllabus in stipulated time
and full efficiency.
 Explanation with Smart solution will help in learning
the art of elimination as it is not feasible for an
aspirant to know everything under the sun. The art of
eliminating options is the key to solve those questions
where students lack sufficient information asked in
the exam.
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TEST SCHEDULE

SR. NO. DATE SUBJECT TOPICS COVERED

1 20-Oct MOCK - 1 PAPER 1

2 02-Nov MOCK - 2 CURRENT AFFAIRS (Nov 2018 to Oct 2019)

3 03-Nov NCERT -1 Fundamentals of Polity (NCERT)

4 10-Nov NCERT - 2 Fundamentals of World + Indian Geography (NCERT)

5 17-Nov NCERT - 3 Fundamentals of Economy (NCERT)

6 24-Nov NCERT - 4 Fundamentals of History (Ancient +Medieval) (NCERT)

7 27-Nov NCERT - 5 Fundamentals of Science : Biology + Everyday Science (NCERT)

Constitutional Development + Preamble + Union Territories

8 01-Dec Polity 1 + Citizenship + FR + DPSP + FD + Other Constitutional
Provisions such as Emergency Provisions etc.

9 04-Dec Polity 2 Executive + Legislature + Judiciary

10 07-Dec Current Affairs June + July + August 2019

Governance + Socio Economic Development + Reforms +

11 08-Dec Polity 3
Bills + Welfare Schemes + Policies

12 11-Dec Geo 1 Geomorphology + Indian Physiography

Climatology + Oceanography + Biogeography+ Indian

13 15-Dec Geo 2
Climate

Demography + Census + Economic Activities + Agriculture

14 18-Dec Geo 3 + Minerals + Energy Industry + Transport + Trade +
Communication

15 21-Dec Current Affairs September + October 2019

Basic Concepts of National Income + Budgeting + Fiscal and

16 22-Dec Eco 1
Monetary Policy + Agricultural and Industrial Policy

External Sector + International Institutes + Money, Banking,

17 26-Dec Eco 2
Financial Market and Other Provisions

18 29-Dec Env 1 Environment and Ecology + Biodiversity

Environmental Pollution and Management + Climate Change

19 01-Jan Env 2
+ Global Warming+ Environmental Governance

20 05-Jan S&T 1 Biotechnology + Health + Defence + Space

21 08-Jan S&T 2 IT + Telecom + IPR + Nanotech + Robotics + Nuclear tech

Visual Arts + Performing Arts + Religions + Languages +

22 11-Jan Art & Culture 1
Literature + Institutions

23 12-Jan History 1 Ancient + Medieval India

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24 15-Jan History 2 Modern India (1757 – 1947)

25 18-Jan Sectional Test 1 HISTORY AND CULTURE OF INDIA

26 23-Jan Sectional Test 2 Environment

27 27-Jan Sectional Test 3 Polity And Governance

28 02-Feb CSAT 1 CSAT - Reasoning

29 02-Feb CSAT 2 CSAT - General Mental Ability

30 08-Feb Current Affairs November + December 2019

31 15-Feb Sectional Test 4 ECONOMY

32 22-Feb Sectional Test 5 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

33 01-Mar Sectional Test 6 GEOGRAPHY

34 06-Mar CSAT 3 CSAT - Reading Comprehension

35 08-Mar Mock 3 PAPER 1

36 08-Mar Mock 4 PAPER 1

37 15-Mar Mock 5 PAPER 1

38 15-Mar Mock 6 PAPER 2

39 22-Mar Mock 7 PAPER 1

40 22-Mar Mock 8 PAPER 2

41 29-Mar Mock 9 PAPER 1

42 29-Mar Mock 10 PAPER 2

43 05-April Mock 11 PAPER 1

44 05-April Mock 12 PAPER 2

45 12-April Mock 13 PAPER 1

46 12-April Mock 14 PAPER 2

47 15-April Current Affairs Jan + Feb 2020

48 19-April Mock 15 PAPER 1

49 19-April Mock 16 PAPER 2

50 26-April Mock 17 PAPER 1

51 26-April Mock 18 PAPER 2

52 30-April Current Affairs Economic Survey + Budget + IYB

53 03-May Mock 19 PAPER 1

54 03-May Mock 20 PAPER 2

55 06-May Current Affairs Mar + April 2020

56 10-May Mock 21 PAPER 1

57 10-May Mock 22 PAPER 2

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5000+ Topics Covered
 5000+ Topics to be covered, through Smart Solution. It can be used as REVISION NOTES
 SMART Solutions will be provided so that you learn how to approach a question in the exam, even if you
don’t have the full knowledge of the topic given.
EXAMPLE:
Let’s see how smart solution can be effective
through UPSC PRELIMS QUESTION OF 2018.
Q 1: Consider the following statements:
1. In the first Lok Sabha, the single largest party
in the opposition was the Swatantra Party.
2. In the Lok Sabha, a “Leader of the Opposition”
was recognised for the first time in 1969.
3. In the Lok Sabha, if a party does not have a
minimum of 75 members, its leader cannot be
recognized as the Leader of the Opposition.
Which of the statements given above
is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Correct Options: (b)
EXPLANATION:
LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION
 Statement 1 is incorrect:
 1952 elections The Congress had won 364 out
of 489 Lok Sabha seats in the first ever general
election held in India. Its vote share was 45 per
cent.
 The CPI was the second party with just 16
seats.The Swatantra Party was an Indian liberal
conservative political party that existed from
1959 to 1974.
 Statement 2 is correct:
 Leader of opposition was recognized for the
first time in 1969.
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 The leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha
and the Rajya Sabha were accorded statutory
recognition in 1977. They get same salaries
and allowances that are equivalent to a Cabinet
minister – paid by the govt.
 Statement 3 is incorrect:
 In each House of Parliament, there is the ‘Leader
of the Opposition’. The leader of the largest
Opposition party having not less than one-
tenth seats of the total strength of the House
is recognized as the leader of the Opposition in
that House.
TOTAL 10% SEAT MEANS
 In Lok Sabha 10% of 543 =55 (In 3rd statement,it
says “minimum of 75 members”),hence its
incorrect.
 In Rajya Sabha 10 % of 245 =25
SMART SOLUTION
 In the first reading most of the candidates will
find that statement 1 & 2 are very factual in
nature and hard to solve. In this case they skip
the question and move on to the next one.
 But, If candidate reads the question further he/
she will realize that statement 3 was in news
(Congress got only 44 seats in last Lok Sabha
elections) and is straight away wrong. In the
Lok Sabha, if a party does not have a minimum
of 10% (55) members of the total strength (543),
its leader cannot be recognized as the Leader of
the Opposition.
 Conclusion: Even if you have no idea about
statement 1 and 2 and are updated with the
current affairs you can straight away eliminate
options (a), (c), and (d) and can mark option ‘(b)’
as the correct answer.
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TEST - 1 MOCK - 1
20 OCTOBER, 2019 (PAPER 1)

TEST - 2 MOCK 2
02 NOVEMBER, 2019 CURRENT AFFAIRS (NOV’2018-SEP2019)

TEST - 3 POLITY
03 NOVEMBER, 2019 FUNDAMENTALS OF POLITY (NCERT)

TEST - 4 GEOGRAPHY
10 NOVEMBER, 2019 FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOGRAPHY (NCERT)

TEST - 5 ECONOMICS
17 NOVEMBER, 2019 FUNDAMENTALS OF ECONOMICS (NCERT)

TEST - 6 HISTORY
24 NOVEMBER, 2019 FUNDAMENTALS OF HISTORY (NCERT)

TEST - 7 ENVIRONMENT + SCIENCE

27 NOVEMBER, 2019 FUNDAMENTALS OF ENV+ SCIENCE (NCERT)

POLITY 1
TEST - 8 CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT + PREAMBLE +
01 DECEMBER, 2019 UNION TERRITORIES + CITIZENSHIP + FR + DPSP +
FD + OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS SUCH
AS EMERGENCY PROVISIONS ETC.

1. Historical evolution and features  Unitary features

 What is Constitution?  Federal features
 Importance of Constitution  Parliamentary form of government
 Historical evolution of the Constitution  Presidential form of government
 Constituent Assembly  Parliamentary vs. Presidential system of
government
 Objectives of the Constitution
 Salient features of Indian Constitution 2. Preamble

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 Preamble Rights
 Basic features
7. Citizenship
 Value premises of constitution
 Basic constitutional features
 Terminologies as:
 Methodology of getting citizenship
 Democratic
 Modes of Losing the Citizenship of India
 Sovereign
 Concept of dual citizenship
 Socialist
 Citizenship provisions in J&K
 Secular
 Special privileges enjoyed by citizens in India
 Republic
 Justice 8. Panchayats
 Equality  Brief history
 Liberty  Provisions of 73rd AA
 Fraternity  Role and functions of different tiers
 Integrity  Provisions of 74th AA
 Role and functions of different tiers
3. Fundamental rights
 Municipal Corporations
 Meaning and importance of Fundamental Rights
 Municipal Councils
 Right to equality
 Nagar Panchayats
 Right to Freedom
 The steps taken towards women’s empowerment
 Right against Exploitation
 Role of State Election Commission
 Right to Freedom of Religion
 Role of State Finance Commission
 Cultural and Educational Rights
 Right to Constitutional Remedies  XIth and XIIth Schedules
 Difference between procedure established by law 9. The Scheduled and Tribal Areas
and due process of law
 5th schedule areas
 Writs and their uses
 6th schedule areas
 Restrictive limitations on fundamental rights
 Composition of autonomous councils
4. DPSP  Role and functions of councils
 Basic features  Role of Governor with respect to tribal areas
 Directives  Tribal sub plan
 Economic and Social DPSP
10. Relations between The Union & The States
 Gandhian DPSP
 Administrative relations
 Administrative DPSP
 Legislative relations
 DPSP related to international peace
 Financial relations
 Implementation of DPSP
 Misuse of emergency powers
5. Fundamental duties  Issue of devolution of funds
 Features  Interstate council
 Link of Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties  Zonal council
 Cooperative federalism concept
6. Recent developments
 Fundamental Duties - Awareness Campaigns is the 11. Services
Duty of Centre  AIS
 National Anthem - Mandatory in Cinema Halls -  State services
Article 51(a)
 Central services
 Prevention of Insults to National Honor Act, 1971
 UPSC
 Triple Talaq Issue
 JPSC and SPSC
 Uniform Civil Code
 MGNREGA: Right to Work 12. Tribunals
 Making AADHAR Mandatory Violates Fundamental  Need of tribunals

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 Salient features of tribunals 15. Official language provisions

 Composition  Official language of the Union
 Procedure  Commission and Committee of Parliament on official
 Powers and functions language
 Different types of tribunals: some examples  Official language or languages of a State
 Official language for communication between one
13. Elections State and another or between a State and the Union
 Adult franchise importance  Language of The Supereme Court, High Courts, etc.
 Constitutional provisions  Special Officer for linguistic minorities
 National and state party
 Types of elections 16. Emergency provisions
 Electoral reforms  National emergency
 State funding  State emergency
 Changes in Corporate Funding  Financial emergency
 NOTA in Elections  Procedure of proclamation and removal of
emergency
 Nagaland Reservation in Urban Bodies
 Emergency and fundamental rights
 E- Postal Ballot
 Impact of emergencies
14. Special Provisions Relating To Certain
17. Amendments
Classes
 Procedure of amendment
 Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes in centre and state legislatures  Special majorities
 Representation of the Anglo-Indian Community  Important amendments
 National Commission for Scheduled Castes and  Special provisions to different states
Scheduled Tribes  Provisions related to NE states
 Provisions related to J&K

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TEST - 9 POLITY 2
04 DECEMBER, 2019 EXECUTIVE + LEGISLATURE + JUDICIARY

1. Union and States 6. Attorney General of India

 State Reorganization Commission (brief)  Qualification
 Components of Indian territory  Functions
 Process of formation of new states  Powers with respect to parliament
 Zonal Councils
7. Parliament
 Union territories
 Functions of Parliament
 Special provisions for states
 Composition of Rajya Sabha
2. The President  Composition of Lok Sabha
 Importance of President  Qualification and disqualification of MPs
 Qualification  Vacation of seats
 Election procedure  Sessions of parliament
 Advantages and disadvantages of single  Law making procedure
transferable form of voting  Officers of Parliament
 Presidents’ Term of Office and emoluments  Parliament Proceedings
 Executive Powers  Motions and resolutions in Parliament
 Legislative Powers  Powers and Privileges
 Emergency Powers  Budget making process
 Financial Powers  Comparison of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
 Miscellaneous powers  Types of majorities
 Judicial powers  Special powers of RS
 Presidents Impeachment
8. The Union Judiciary
 President as nominal head
 Integrated judicial system
3. Vice President  Supreme Court
 Office of the Vice-President  Composition
 Functions  Independence of Supreme Court
 Jurisdiction of SC
4. Prime Minister
 Judicial Review
 Appointment of PM
 Functions of PM 9. High Court
 Role of PM with respect to  Composition
 CoM  Terms and removal
 President  Jurisdiction
 Lok Sabha  Other powers
 Political Party  Lower judiciary
 Coalition Government  Appointment
 Powers
5. Council of Ministers
 Division of CoM 10. Comptroller and Auditor-General of India
 Role of CoM  Appointment
 Role of Cabinet  Functions
 Responsibilities of the Ministers  Role of CAG in good governance

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11. The Governor 16. Recent updates

 Appointment, term of office, qualification, etc  President Election Procedure (Rights to vote or not
 Powers to vote)
 Concept of Office of Profit
 Discretionary powers
 Types of CAG audit
 Ordinance making power
 Committee of Governors Report
12. CM  Reforms in Parliament functioning to increasing
 Appointment efficiency
 Powers and responsibilities  Dilemma of delimitation
 Significance of WHIP
 Relationship between the Governor and the Chief
Minister  Declaration of assets of MP’s
 Relationship between CoM and the Chief Minister  NOTA in Rajya Sabha polls
 Demand for a hybrid electoral system
13. CoM  Various types of electoral systems
 Division of CoM  First past the post system
 Role of CoM  Proportional representation
 Role of cabinet  Mixed systems also sometimes referred to as Hybrid
 Responsibilities of the Ministers system
 Motion of Thanks
14. The Advocate-General for the State  Privileges to MP
 Appointment  Ordinance making powers
 Functions  Parliamentary committees
 National Court of Appeal
15. State legislature
 Middle Income Group Legal Aid Scheme
 The composition of Vidhan Sabha and Vidhan
 Public Interest Litigation
Parishad
 Criminal Defamation
 Qualifications of the Members of Legislature
 Capital Punishment
 Powers and Functions of State Legislature
 E-Courts
 Relationship between both the Houses
 Tele-law initiative
 Officers of State Legislature  Pro-bono legal services
 Powers, Privileges and Immunities of State  Prison reforms
Legislatures and their Members
 Law panel on TRIBUNALS
 Legislative procedure  S.C Collegium proceedings in public domain
 Governor’s assent to Bills  Law Commission Report on United Nations
 Procedure in Financial Matters/Budget Convention against Torture

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TEST - 10 CURRENT AFFAIRS

07 DECEMBER, 2019 JUNE + JULY + AUG 2019

POLITY - 3
TEST - 11
08 DECEMBER, 2020 GOVERNANCE + SOCIO ECONOMIC DEV + REFORMS +
BILLS + WELFARE SCHEMES + BILLS + POLICIES

1. Social Sector Bills  National Skill Development Mission

 The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of
Children) Act
 ‘Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016’
 ‘Child Labor (Prohibition and Amendment) Bill, 2016’
 Maternity Benefit Bill, 2016
 Pre-Conception & Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques
(PNDT) Act
 Mental Health Care Bill, 2013
 Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses
(POCSO)
 Anti Trafficking Bill with Stringent Penalty
 HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Bill-2014 -
Amendments
 Domestic Violence Act, 2005 - SC Widens Ambit
 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014 with
more Benefits
 Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2016
 The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes
(Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act
2. Health
 National Health Mission
 National Ayush Mission
 Jan Aushadhi Scheme
 Mission Indradhanush
 NFHS-4 survey
3. Education
 Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat
 Mid Day Meal Scheme
 GIAN (Global Initiative of Academic Networks)
 SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active - Learning for Young
Aspiring Minds)
4. Start-up and Skill Development
 Start Up India Scheme
 Stand up India Scheme
 National Student Start-up Policy
 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
 DeenDayal Antyodaya Yojana
 Skill Development Initiative Scheme
 Self-Employment & Talent Utilisation (SETU)
 Atal Innovation Mission
5. Vulnerable Sector
 Social Security
 Atal Pension Yojana
 Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana
 Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
 Nai Roshni Scheme
 USTAAD Scheme (Upgrading the Skills and Training
in Traditional Arts/Crafts for Development)
 Nai Manzil Scheme
 Women and Child Development
 Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
 Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana
 Digital Gudda Guddi Board
 Ujjawala Scheme
 Janani Suraksha Yojana
 Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram
 SC/ST
 Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana
 Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana
 Disability
 Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat
Abhiyan)
6. Rural and Urban Development
 Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
 Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan
 Shyama Prasad Mukharjee Rurban Mission
 Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana
 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
 Swachch Bharat Abhiyan
 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Gramin

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 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban 11. Political Parties in India

 Housing for all by 2022  Political parties in India
 Smart Cities Mission  Party reforms
 Hriday - National Heritage City Development and
 Problems in the working of parties
Augmentation Yojana
 Casteism and politic
 Amrut (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban
Transformation)  Reforms in Party system in India
 Strengthening of Anti-defection measures
7. Inclusive growth
 Measurement criteria 12. Governing Institutions in India
 Government initiatives for inclusive growth  Structure of Ministries/departments
 Basic Amenities: Housing/Drinking Waters/
 Political head
Sanitations
 Sustainable Development  Secretariat organization secretary
 Functions of the secretariat
8. Rural Development  Functions of attached and subordinate office
 Rural development and poverty alleviation
 Other organizations
 Review of the Existing Programmes
 Constitutional bodies
 Development Administration
 Panchayati Raj  Statutory bodies
 Agriculture and Rural Development  Autonomous bodies
 Public sector undertakings
9. Miscellaneous schemes
 The Executive organization
 Digilocker
 Advantages of the separation of secretariat and
 Bharatnet Project (National Optical Fibre Network)
executive organization.
 INSPIRE (Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired
Research)  Strengths and weaknesses of the existing
 SAKAAR structure
 Digital India  Recommendations for improving the
 Namami Gange Project (Integrated Ganga Organizational structure
Conservation Mission Project)
13. Role of Pressure Groups
 Ganga Gram Yojana
 Types of pressure groups
 Khelo India
 PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance and Timely  Role of pressure group in developing countries
Implementation)  Functions of pressure groups in India
 Indian Community Welfare Fund (ICWF)  Pressure groups methods
 Pressure groups and Democracy
Governance + Reforms + Bills +  Criticism of pressure groups
Policies 14. Role of SHG, NGOs, Civil Society
10. Elections in India  SHGs
 Salient features of the Representation of People Act,  Characteristics
1950  Role of SHGs in development
 Salient features of Representation of Peoples Act,  NGOs
1951
 Functions
 Electoral reforms
 Criminalization of politics  Role of NGOs in development

 Negative or neutral voting  Micro Finance Institutions

 State funding of Elections  Salient features
 Irregularities in polling  Role of MFIs in development

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PRELIMS TEST - 12 GEOGRAPHY-1

11 DECEMBER, 2019 GEOMORPHOLOGY + INDIAN PHYSIOGRAPHY

Metallic minerals – precious Ferrous , Non

GEOMORPHOLOGY 
Ferrous

1. The origin of the Earth  Non-metallic Minerals – Sulphur , Phosphates ,

Cement
 Early Theories
 Rocks (Aggregate of Minerals)
 Modern Theories
 Petrology
 Star Formation
 Rocks & landforms
 Formation of Planets
 Rocks & Soils
 Solar System
 3 Family of Rocks
2. The Evolution of the Earth  Igneous
 Layered Structure  Sedimentary
 Evolution of Lithosphere  Metamorphic
 Evolution of Atmosphere  Rock Cycle
 Evolution of Hydrosphere
9. Earthquakes
3. Geological History of the Earth  Waves: P,S, Body , Surface ,
 Shadow Zone
4. Earth
 Types of Earthquakes
 Latitude and Longitude including important Parallels
and Meridians  Effects
 Motions of the Earth - Rotation, Revolution and their  Frequency
effects  Locating an Epicentre
 Inclination of the Earth’s Axis and its effects
10. Volcano
 Local and Standard Time and the International Date
Line, Calendar  Types
 Eclipses - Solar, Lunar  Shield
 Composite
5. Origin of Life  Caldera
6. Geological Time Scale  Flood Basalt
 Mid Ocean Ridge
7. Interior of the Earth  Landforms (intrusive)
 Sources of Information  Batholiths
 Direct  Lacoliths
 Indirect - Earth Quake Waves Volcanoes  Lapoliths
 Crust  Phacoliths
 Mantle  Sills
 Core  Dykes
8. Geology 11. Geomorphic Processes
 Minerals
 Earth’s Surface
 Major Elements of the Earth’s Crust
 Exogenic Forces
 Minerals – Feldspar , Quartz, Pyroxene
 Endogenic Forces
Amphibole , Mica , Olivine
 Gradation, Degradation & Agradation
 Physical Characteristics – Crystal Form,
Cleavage Fracture, Lusture, Color, Streak  Geomorphic Process
 Transparency, Structure, Hardness, Specific  Endogenic Process
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 Orogenic Waves & Currents

 Epierogenic  Winds
 Earthquakes  One of the Two dominant agents in Hot deserts
 Plate movements  Cause – Deflation Abrasion Impact
 Volcanism  Erosional landforms
 Exogenic Forces  Pediments and Pediplains
 Denudation Processes  Playas
 Weathering  Deflation Hollows and Caves
 Mass movements  Mushroom, Table & Pedestal Rocks
 Depositional Landforms
12. Distribution of Continents & Oceans
 Barchans
 Theories
 Seif
 Continental Drift Theory
 Parabolic
 Alfred Wegner 1912
 Transverse
 Pangea, Panthalasa
 Longitudinal
 Laurasia, Gondwanaland
 Running Water
 Evidence in support of Continental Drift Theory
 Erosional Landforms
 Jigsaw Fit
 Valleys
 Rocks of Same age across oceans
 Rills
 Tillite
 Gullies
 Placer Deposits
 Valleys – V Shape, Gorge (Hard Rocks), Canyon
 Distribution of Fossils (Sedimentary)
 Forces of Drifting  Potholes & Plunge pools
 Pole Fleeing Force  Incised or entrenched meanders
 Tidal Force  River Terraces – paired & unpaired
 Post Drift Studies  Depositional Landforms
 Convectional Current Theory  Alluvial Fans
 Mapping of the Ocean Floor  Delta
 Continents – plate Tectonics  FllodPlains, Natural Levees, Point Bars
 Lithospheric Plates  Meansders, Slip off bank, Under cut bank
 Major Plate  Oxbow lake
 Minor Plates  Braided Channels
 Plate Boundaries  Ground Water (Karst Topography)
 Divergent  Permeable Rocks
 Convergent  Percolation
 Transform  Bedding Plains
 Rates of Plate Movements  Limestone and Dolomite Regions
 Force of plate movements  Balkans, Adjacent to Adriatic regions
 Indian Plate  Erosional Landforms
13. Landforms and their Evolution  Pools - Swallow Hole, Valley Sinks (Uvalas),
Sinkholes, Collapse sinks (Dolines), Lapies,
 Causes
Ridges, Limestone Pavements
 Geomorphic Processes
 Caves – Altering bed of Rocks (Shale sandstone
 Agents quartzit, Caves and Tunnels
 Geomorphic Agents  Depositional landforms
 Erosional or Destructional  Stalactites
 Depositional or Constructional  Stalagmites
 Agents and their Impacts  Pillar Columns
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 Glaciers  Exfoliation (Flakin) – Exfoliation Domes

 Erosional Landforms  Significance of Weathering
 Cirque of Tarn Lakes  Soil Formation
 Hors and Serrated Regions – Arete  Biomes and Biodiversity
 Glacial Valleys / Troughs – Fiords  Leaching / Enrichment
 Depositional Landforms  Mass Movements
 Glacial Tills  Activating causes
 Moraines  Forms of movement – Heave Flow Slide
 Eskers
 Outwash Planes
14. Landforms across the world
 Rivers and lakes
 Drumlins
 Waves and Currents  Mountain and Peaks
 High Rocky Coasts & Low Sedimentary Coasts  Plateaus
 Erosional Landforms
 Clifs INDIAN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
 Terraces  Geological Region
 Caves  Location
 Stacks  Classification of The Himalayan System
 Depositional Landforms  Regional Division of the Himalaya
 Beaches and Dunes  The Purvanchal (or the Eastern Hills)
 Bars, Barriers, Spits  The Peninsula
 Weathering  Peninsular Plateaus
 Weather over Earth Materials  Physiographic Sub-Units
 Factors  Lakes
 Geological  Drainage Pattern
 Climatic  Classification of Drainage
 Topograhic  Himalayan Drainage
 Vegetative  Peninsular River System
 Major Processes  Indian Desert
 Chemical  Islands
 Physical or Mechanical  Coastal Plains
 Biological
 Chemical – Forces Chemical Action
SOIL
 Solution
 Soil Characteristics
 Carbonation
 Factors Responsible for Soil Formation
 Hydration
 Stages of Soil Formation
 Oxidation & Reduction
 Physical Forces Gravitational, Expansion, Water  Soil Forming Processes
Pressure  Soil Profiles and Horizons
 Unloading & Expansion  Soil Classification
 Temperature changes and Expansion  Soil Erosion and Conservation
 Freezing, Thawing, & Frost Wedging
 Salt Weathering LAND
 Biological Weathering  Land-use
 Burrowing  Land capability classification
 Wedging  Causes of Land Degradation
 Plant Roots  Impact of Land Degradation
 Effects of Weathering  Steps taken by GOI

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 Sustainable Land Management  Global Agriculture and Food Security Program

(GAFSP)

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS  Girinka Programme

 Wheat genome project
 GEOMORPHOLOGY
 Groundwater ‘time bomb’ is ticking
 ‘Perihelion’: Earth closest to sun
 The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food
 Nuna Supercontinent and Agriculture 2019
 Mount Etna: volcano is sliding towards the sea  UN World Food Programme
 Research in Third Pole Area  WORLD MINERALS, INDUSTRY &
 Earth’s Inner Core is solid but softer than INFRASTRUCTURE
thought  Massive reserves of mercury hidden in
 Earth’s Water A Result Of Asteroid Impacts And permafrost
Leftover Gas From Sun’s Birth: Study
 Hong Kong-Zhuhai bridge: World’s longest sea
 BARNARD’S STAR B: ‘Super-Earth’ found orbiting crossing
Sun’s nearest single star
 IEA Bioenergy TCP
 Korolev Crater
 INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
 Mount Anak Krakatau
 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY: INDIA
 Scientists discover massive mountains under
 SC rebukes Haryana govt for throwing open for
Earth’s crust
realtors miners
 CLIMATOLOGY
 India International Cherry Blossom Festival-
 Shrinking of Ozone layer hole 2018
 Warming imperils clouds that deter ‘hothouse’  Kaleswaram project
conditions
 Natiwar Mori Hydro Electric Project
 Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE)
 Mahadayi River water sharing dispute
 Aurora Borealis
 Kishanganga project
 OCEANOGRAPHY
 Pakal Dul Project
 Migingo island
 Turga Pumped Storage Project
 Antarctic Circumpolar Current How does it help
to keep Antarctic frozen  Renuka dam
 GEOPHYSICAL PHENOMENON  Sita Rama Lift Irrigation Project
 EARTHQUAKE & VOLCANOES  Lower Kalnai hydropower project

 Havre world’s largest deep ocean volcanic  Mohar Reservoir Project

eruption  Arun-3 Hydro Electric Project
 Mount Merapi Volcanic Eruption  Par-Tapi-Narmada inter-state river link project
 CYCLONES  Uranium contamination in groundwater from
aquifers across 16 states in India
 Bomb Cyclone
 North Koel reservoir project
 Mount Soputan
 Bansagar canal project
 How the 2015-16 El Nino affected disease
outbreaks  Himalayan springs
 Hurricane Bud  Polavaram multi-purpose project
 Cyclone Sagar  Mekedatu dam project
 How is naming of cyclone done?  National Water Awards
 Titli cyclone : RIMES declared it rarest of rare  Sujalam Sufalam Jal Sanchay Abhiyan
 Cyclone Pabuk  National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project
(NCRMP)
 WORLD ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
 Ensemble Prediction Systems (EPS)
 WORLD AGRICULTURE
 AGRICULTURE
 The 10th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture
(GFFA)  National Year of Millets
 World’s fi rst ‘speed breeding’ technique to  Zero Budget Natural Farming
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 Water Productivity Mapping of Major Indian  Western Dedicated Freight Corridor

Crops
 Bogibeel Bridge: India’s longest river bridge
 IFFCO I-MANDI
 ‘Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/ GM  City Gas Distribution (CGD) Projects
Crops in 2017’
 Kaiga power station-1 creates a world record yet
 Millet Village Scheme
again
 Policy bias against rainfed agriculture
 Possibilities in Jute Sector in India  Noney Bridge: World’s Tallest Railway Bridge
 All India Rural Financial Inclusion Survey (2016-
 “The Future of Rail” Report
17)
 International Conference on Recent Advances in  Gas Trading Hub
Food Processing Technology (iCRAFPT)
 Byorung Bridge: India’s longest 300-metre single
 Krishi Kumbh-2018
lane steel cable suspension bridge
 National Mission on Government e-Market (GeM)
portal  Ganga Expressway
 Technology Initiatives for Coffee Stakeholders
 Kerala to get country’s 2nd longest rail tunnel for
 ENSURE – National Livestock Mission-EDEG .61
 Sach GOURAV Vizhinjam port connectivity
 Zearalenone in cereals  Purvanchal Expressway
 Soil moisture map
 HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
 Categorisation of Farmers in India
 India’s First Aqua Mega Food Park  POPULATION WORLD PATTERNS
 INDUSTRY  India’s population grew twice as fast as China’s: UN
 Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) report
 India to build Railway link to Nepal
 MIGRATION
 India to build Railway link to Nepal
 Ratnagiri Mega Refi nery  India and the Global Compact for Migration
 Trans Regional Maritime Network (T-RMN)
 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
 INFRASTRUCTURE
 Zoji La tunnel project  2019 UNDP Human Development Report on
 Integrated Automatic Aviation Meteorological Inequality
Systems (IAAMS)
 URBANIZATION
 Sela pass tunnel
 Shakti Sthala  Why the world should be watching India’s fast
 India’s largest dry dock at cochin shipyard growing cities: How has India intended to solve
 India’s longest elevated road problems of unsustainable urban growth
 Eastern Peripheral Expressway
 PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT
 Banihal-Qazigund tunnel
 Water aerodrome in Chilika Lake  Diversification of Rural Workforce in India

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GEOGRAPHY - 2
TEST - 13
15 DECEMBER, 2019 CLIMATOLOGY + OCEANOGRAPHY +
BIOGEOGRAPHY+ INDIAN CLIMATE

1. CLIMATOLOGY  Horizontal distribution of pressue

 Composition  World Distribution of Sea Level Pressure
 Gases  Factors affecting the velocity and direction of the
Wind
 Water Vapour
 Pressure Gradient Force
 Dust Particles
 Frictional Force
 Structure
 Coriolis Force
 Exosphere
 Pressure and Wind ( Cyclonic & Anticyclone
 Thermosphere Circulation)
 Mesosphere  General Circulation of the Atmosphere – Pattern of
 Stratosphere Planetary Winds
 Troposphere  Latitudanal Variation of Atmospheric Heating
 Altitude vs Temperature  Emergence of Pressure Belts
 Solar Radiation Heat Balance Temperature  Migration of Belts Following apparent Path of Sun
 Insolation  Distribution of continents & Oceans
 Aphelion and Perihelion  Rotation of the Earth
 Variability of Insolation at the surface of the Earth  Circulation
 Day Season Year  Simplified Global Circulation – Hadley Cell , Ferrel
 Rotation on Axis , Angle of Inclination of sun Cell
rays , Length of the day  Seasonal Wind
 Transparency of Atmosphere, configuration of  Local Wind
land in terms of its aspect.  Land and Sea Breezes
 Heat Balance  Mountain and Valley Winds
 Heating and cooling of atmosphere  Air mass & fronts
 Conduction  Extra Tropical Cyclone
 Convection  Thunderstorms
 Advection  Tornadoes
 Terrestrial Radiation  Water in the Atmosphere
 Heat Budget of the Planet Earth  Water Vapour
 Macro Budget  Precipitation
 Albedo  Humidity – Absolute and Relative
 Shortwave Radiation  Saturation – Dew Point
 Long wave Earth Radiation  Evaporation and Condensation
 Variation in the net Heat Budget at the Earth’s  Dew
Surface  Frost
 Temperature  Fog & Mist
 Factors controlling Temp distribution  Clouds
 Distribution of Temp Month of January-July  Types – Cirrus, Cumulus, Stratus, Nimbus
 Range of Temp Month of January-July  High – Cirrus, Cirrostratus, Cirrocumulus
 Inversion of Temperature  Middle – Altostratus, Altocumulus
 Atmospheric Circulation and Weather Systems  Low – Stratocumulus, Nimbostratus
 Atmospheric Pressure  Vertical Development – Cumulus and Cumulonimbus
 Vertical variation of pressure  Precipitation

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 Rainfall, Snowfall, Sleet Hail, Hailstones  Horizontal & Vertical Distribution

 Types of Rainfall  Salinity of the Ocean Water
 Conventional  Factors affecting salinity
 Orographic  Evaporation and precipitation
 Cyclonic  Fresh water flow from rivers
 World Distribution of Rainfall  Ocean currents
 World Climate  Horizontals distribution of sailinity
 The Hot, Wet Equatorial Climate
 Vertical Distribution of salinity
 The Tropical Monsoon and Tropical Marine Climates
 Density of Ocean Waters
 The Savanna or Sudan Climate
 Movements of ocean Water
 The Hot Desert and Mid-Latitude Desert Climates
 Factors influencing Movement
 The Warm Temperate Western Margin
(Mediterranean) Climate  Temperature
 The Temperate Continental (SteppClimate  Salinity
 The Warm Temperate Eastern Margin (China  Density
TypClimate  Motion – Horizontal and Vertical Currents
 The Cool Temperate Western Margin (British  Waves
TypClimate
 Motion of waves and water molecules
 The Cool Temperate Continental (Siberian) Climate
 Characteristics of wave
 The Cool Temperate Eastern Margin (Lauren-tian)
Climate  Crest and Trough
 The Arctic or Polar Climate  Height
 Amplitude
2. OCEANOGRAPHY  Period
 Water on the Surface of the Earth  Length
 Hydrological Cycle  Speed
 Component
 Frequency
 Processes
 Tides
 Oceans
 Relation between Gravitional Forces and Tides
 Relief of the Ocean floor
 Tidal currents
 Divisions of the ocean floor
 Types of Tides
 Continental Shelf
 Based on Frequency – Semi Diurnal , Diurnal, mixed
 Continental Slope
 Based on SME position – spring and Neap Tides
 Deep sea plain
 Oceanic deep and Trenches  Importance of Tides
 Minor relief features  Ocean Currents
 Mid oceanic ridges  Primary Force that initiates the movement
 Seamount  Heating of solar energy
 Submarine canyons  Wind
 Guyouts  Gravity
 Atoll  Coriolis force
 Temperature of the Ocean Water  Secondary force that influence the currents to
 Vertical flow
 Spatial  Types of ocean curents:
 Factors affecting Temperature distribution  Surface currents & Deep water currents based on
 Latitude Depth
 Unequal distribution of land & Water  Cold and Warm Currents based on Temperature
 Prevailing wind  Major Ocean currents of the World
 Ocean Currents  Effects of Ocean Currents

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TEST - 14 GEOGRAPHY - 3
18 DECEMBER, 2019 HUMAN AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

1. Demography  Urban Poverty

 Concept of human resources  Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Bill
 Population distribution
 Physical factors  Way Forward to Tackle Issues Related to
 Socio-cultural factors Urbanization
 Demographic factors
 Inclusive Cities/Smart cities
 World population distribution
 Ecumene  Recent government programmes: AMRUT,
 Non-ecumene HRIDAY Scheme
 Continent-wise distribution of population
 Migration
 Density of population
 Pattern of population density  Displacement
 Population increase (growth) in the world
 Importance of the Rehabilitation Policy
 Causes of rapid increase in population
 Future projections  Urban settlements: types
 Determinants of population growth
 Morphology of urban settlements
 Natural increase
 Characteristics of population  Migration: Push factors and pull factors
 Age composition  Emigration during colonial, post-independent and
 Population pyramids
post-liberalisation period
 Sex composition
 Literacy  Functional classification of cities
 Theories of population growth
 Difference between boundaries and frontiers, their
 Malthusian theory
 Marxian theory classification
 Demographic Transition Theory  Rural urban fringe characteristics, advantages,
 Optimum population
problems
 Over-population
 Under-population  National urbanisation policy
 Population problems  Factors affecting rural settlements, their types and
 Population problems of developing countries
patterns
 Population problems of developed countries
 Population Policies: of China, of India.
 Various types of rural settlements
3. Census
 Relationship between house types with relief, climate  Literacy
and building materials
 Sex Ratio
2. Urbanization
 Family Planning
 Basic Feature and Pattern’s of India’s Urbanization
 Issues of Urbanization in India  Old Age
 Rural Urban Migration
 Age Structure
 Emergence of Slums
 Urban Transport  Density
 Waste Disposal
 Population Growth
 Water Supply, Drainage and Sanitation
 Electronic Waste  Census Terminologies
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MINERAL + ENERGY + TRANSPORT + INDUSTRY + FOREST + AGRICULTURE

1. Mineral resource  Producing areas

 Types of minerals: Metallic minerals  Consumption of petroleum
 Non-metallic mineral  International trade
 Distribution of minerals and mining regions  OPEC and its role in oil trade
 Distribution, production and international trade of  Natural gas: Reserves and Production
Metallic minerals: Ferrous metals: Iron ore  Hydro-electricity
 Ferro-alloys and non-ferrous  Advantages of hydro-electricity
 Manganese  Ideal conditions for generation of hydro-
 Chromium electricity
 Nickel  Distribution of potential hydro-power
 Tungsten  Hydro-electric power generation in India
 Antimony  Atomic (nuclear) energy
 Copper  Atomic: source minerals: Uranium
 Bauxite and Aluminium  World distribution of Uranium
 Zinc; Lead  Production of Uranium
 Tin  Thorium
 Gold  Production of Atomic (Nuclear) Energy
 Silver  Nuclear Energy
 Platinum  Alternative (non-conventional) sources of energy
 Mineral chemicals  Solar energy
 Mica  Wind energy
 Potash  Geothermal power
 Phosphate  Tidal energy
 Nitrates  Wave energy
 Sulphur  Biomass energy
 Conservation of mineral resources
3. Industry
2. Energy resources  Industrial development
 Classification of energy  Iron and Steel Industry
 Production of conventional energy  Location of iron and steel industry
 General trends of energy production and  Early localization
consumption  Development of iron manufacture
 Reserves and sources of energy  Distribution of iron and steel industry
 Coal  Global steel production
 Nature and origin of coal  International trade
 Constituents and kinds of coal  Growth potential of the steel industry
 Coal fields and coal production  Textile Industry
 Byproducts of coal  Cotton Textile Industry: Location of the industry
 Conservation of Coal  Recent trends in localization
 Petroleum  Distribution and production of cotton textiles
 Nature and properties of petroleum  Woollen textile industry: Location of the industry
 Origin and recovery  Silk textile industry: Raw silk manufacture
 Exploration  Silk textile manufacturing
 Petroleum refining  Synthetic (artificial) silk industry: Distribution of
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 Engineering Industries  Transport costs and economic distance

 Machine tools and machines: Areas of  Operating costs in transport
production  Relative importance of means of transport: Railways,
 Industrial machinery: Textile machinery Roads, Pipeline, Oceans, Air transport
 Other industrial machinery  Profits and freight rates
 Agricultural machinery  Government’s transport policy
 Manufacturing of transport equipment  Transport patterns in the world: Oceanic transport
 Automobile industry  Ocean transport routes
 Railway car and locomotive industry
 Inland waterways
 Shipbuilding
 Main regions of inland waterways
 Aircrafts Industry
 Railways: Factors affecting the railroads
 Chemical Industry & Fertilizer
 Distribution of railroads in the world
 Classes of chemicals: Branches of chemical
industry  Air transport: Factors influencing air transport
 Heavy chemical industry  Air transport in various continents
 Production of acids and alkalies  Pipeline transport
 Rise of chemical industry  Petroleum (oil) pipelines
 Fertilizer industry: Nitrogen fertilizers  Gas pipelines
 Phosphate fertilizers
5. Vegetation resources
 Potash fertilizers
 Types of natural vegetation
 Explosives
 Forests
 Glass industry: Production of glass
 Significance of forests
 Agro-industries
 Economic significance, Ecological significance
 Synthetic rubber industry
 Pulp and paper industry: Essential conditions for  Cultural significance
pulp production  Factors of forest development
 Production of paper and paper board  Extent of forest cover
 Newsprint  Classification of forests
 Cement industry  Grasslands
 Distribution of cement industry  Desert vegetation
 Recent trends: Main global competitors  Tundra Vegetation
 Petroleum refining industry: Localization  Economic utilization of forests
 Site selection of petroleum refineries  Deforestation
 History of oil refineries  Deforestation in tropical forests
 World pattern of oil refining
 Deforestation in temperate forests
 Petroleum products
 Rate and extent of deforestation
 Industrial Regions
 Causes and factors of deforestation: Immediate
 Characteristics of industrial regions causes of deforestation
 Delimitation of an industrial region  Indirect deforestation
 Principal industrial regions of the world
 Underlying causes of deforestation
 Industrial regions of Anglo America—USA, Canada,
 Conservation of forests
Western Europe and Central Britain, Germany,
Belgium, Netherlands, France, Italy, Eastern Europe,  Forest conservation strategies
Poland, Former USSR  Reforestation
 Eastern Asia—Japan, China, the ‘Dragons’, India,  Monoculture plantation
High tech patterns.
 Afforestation
4. Transport  Types of forestry
 Importance and development of transport  Social forestry
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6. Basic terms related to Agriculture  Rye

 Performance of the agriculture sector  Beverages
 Types of farming in India  Tea
 Dry zone farming  Condition of growth
 Organic farming  Production pattern
 Cropping seasons in India  International trade
 Coffee
 Cropping Pattern in India
 Types of coffee
 Agriculture regionalization
 Conditions of growth
 Infrastructure factors: Seeds; Fertilizers; Irrigation
 Production pattern
 Land use pattern in India
 International trade
 Institutional Factors as land reform
 Cocoa
 Horticulture sector in India
 Conditions of growth
 Agricultural revolutions
 Production pattern
 Agricultural labours
 International trade
 Price Policy for Agriculture
 Tobacco
 Agricultural marketing  Conditions of growth
 Agricultural Insurance  Production pattern
 Agricultural Census  International trade
 Major schemes in agricultural sector  Fibre Crops
 National Policy for farmers  Cotton
 Impact of climate change on agriculture  Varieties of cotton
 What is sustainable agriculture?  Conditions of growth
 Use of IT in agriculture  Production pattern
 Agriculture Issues and Challenges  International trade
 Jute
7. Productivity of Crops and conditions for
 Conditions of growth
growth
 Production pattern
 Wheat
 International trade
 Conditions of growth
 Substitutes of Jute: Flax, Hemp
 Varieties  Raw Silk
 Types of cultivation  Production pattern
 Production pattern  States
 International trade  Natural Rubber
 Rice  Other sources of rubber
 Conditions of growth  Plantations in South-east Asia
 Varieties  Production pattern
 Methods of cultivation  Sugarcane
 Production pattern  Conditions of growth
 International trade  Production pattern
 Maize (Corn)  International trade
 Conditions of growth  Sugarbeet—Conditions of growth
 Production pattern  Production pattern
 International trade  Sugar industry
 Barley  Sugar consumption
 Conditions of growth  International trade.
 Production pattern 8. Recent developments in agriculture field
 International trade  NITI Aayog proposed the idea of taxation of
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 Removing agricultural commodities from the essential  Railways India Development Fund
commodities Act: NITI Aayog  National Infrastructure Investment Fund
 Feminization of Agriculture  Defence Innovation Fund
 e-auction portal : e-Rakam for selling agricultural produce  Flexi Fare Method in Railway
 “AGRI-UDAAN” – Food and agri-business acceleration 2.0 to  Rail Cadre Management
bring startup revolution
 TRI-NETRA in Railways
 APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export
 National Rail Plan 2030
Development Authority Act)
 SMAM (Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization)  India’s First Caterpillar Train
 Jute-ICARE Project  Green corridor concept
 Project CHAMAN  Made in India ‘Medha’ train
 Doubling the farmers income: Ashok Dalwai Committee  Antyodaya Express
 RKVY-RAFTAAR  Smart Railway Station
 Agro Irradiation Centers  Yatri Mitra Seva
 Agricultural Marketing and Farm Friendly Reforms Index  National Highways Interconnectivity
 National Food Security Act  Vehicle Fleet Modernization Programme
 Digitization and Agriculture  Transit Oriented Development Policy
 Direct Benefit Transfer in Fertilizer Sector  Logistic Efficiency Enhancement Programme
 Draft Regulation on Fortification of Foods  Indian Bridge Management System
 Law Commission Recommendation on Food Laws  National Road Safety Policy
 Concept of Modern Terminal Markets  TARANG
 Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries  E-trans
 e-Pashuhaat Portal  DEEP (Discovery of Efficient Electricity Pric
 Schemes of Bio-Tech Kisan and Cattle Genomics  GARV II APP
 RashtriyaGokul Mission  Trading of Energy Saving Certificates
 Mission Fingerling  Powers for all 24x7
 Ornamental Fishing  Draft National Electricity Plan
 Agricultural Science Congress  Habitat Commitment Index
 RubSiS
10. Recent developments in Industrial Sector
 Ethanol Blending
 Disinvestment of PSUs
 National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources
 Report titled “India’s Labor Market: A New Emphasis
 Amendments to the NABARD Act, 1981 on Gainful Employment
 Revenue Insurance Scheme for Plantation Crops  Wage code Bill in line of recommendations of 2nd
 Neem Coating of Urea National Commission on Labor
 National Agriculture Market  CAR for the operation of Drones in India.
 Draft Evaluation template for the star rating of Minor
9. Recent developments in Transport Sector Minerals
 Rural electrification corporation: First green bond  Online database containing GIS-Enabled portal Maps
 Time and costs over runs of infrastructure projects land related information
 India’s First Mega Coastal Economic Zone (CEZ) to  Chennai-Bangalore Industrial Corridor
come up in Maharashtra  Apex Corridor Developmental Authority
 Logistic sector gets infrastructure status
 TAMRA PORTAL
 AIIB approves $150 million for India infrastructure
 Mining Surveillance System
fund
 COAL MITRA
 Ro-Ro Ferry service
 M-SIPS for Electronic Sector
 Bharatmala project for construction of 24,000 km of
highway connecting Western and Eastern part  Indian Enterprise Development Service
 Union Ministry of shipping is planning to expand  Trade Receivables Discounting System
Logistics Data Bank (LDB)  SME Business Environment Index

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TEST - 15
21 DECEMBER, 2019
TEST - 16
22 DECEMBER, 2019
1. Basic concepts in Economy
 Basic concepts of Macroeconomics
 Economy Sectors
 Classification of Economy
 Basic Characteristics of Indian Economy
2. National Income
 Concepts of National Income
 Calculation of National Income
 Latest India’s National Income Estimates
 New Series of National Statistics (Base Year 2011-12)
 Annual Estimates of Expenditures on GDP
 Per Capita Income
 Purchasing Power Parity
 Lorenz Curve , Philip’s Curve
 Gini Coefficient
3. Government Budgeting/Deficits
 Budget
 Plan and Non Plan Expenditure
 Revenue, Nonrevenue
 Receipts, Revenue Receipts, Tax Revenue
Receipts, Non-Tax Revenue Receipts
 Revenue Expenditure
 Revenue Deficit, Fiscal Deficit, Primary Deficit
 Deficit and Surplus Budget
 Deficit Financing
4. Fiscal Policy - Revenue
 Tax Structure in India
 Tax – Direct Tax, Indirect Tax
 Methods of Taxation – Progressive , Regressive
Proportional
 Value Added Tax – VAT in India
 Goods and Services Tax – GST , GST Council
 Service Tax
 DTC – Direct Tax Code
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BUDGETING + FISCAL AND MONETARY POLICY
AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL POLICY
5. Subsidies
 Food
 Fuel
 Fertilizers
6. Planning
 Objectives – Major Objective of Planning
 Planning History
 Regional and National Planning
 Imperative and Indicative Planning
 Visvesvaraya Plan, Gandhian Plan FICCI
Proposal, Congress Plan Bombay Plan
 Planning Commission and National Development
Council (NDC)
 Central Planning – 5 Year Plans, 20 Point
Program, MPLADS
 Decentralizes Planning
 Analysis of 5 Year Plans
 12 FYP –Targets – Economic Growth, Poverty and
th
Unemployment, Education, Health, Infrastructure,
Environment and Sustainability, Service Delivery
 NITI Aayog and its work
7. AGRICULTURE
 New Agri Project - “Green Ag ”
 Operation Green
 Agri-Market Infrastructure Fund
 Kisan credit card
 Krishi Kalyan Abhiyan
 Kisan Kalian Pradhikaran
 Agriculture Price Policy (APP) in India
 Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan
 Abhiyan (PM-AASHA)
 Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana
 Foodgrain Production to touch a New Record of
 284 83 Million Tonnes in 2017-18
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 Maharashtra Adopt Food Park Model  Advanced Motor Fuels Technology Collaboration
 Gujarat’s first Mega Food Park inaugurated in  Programme
 Surat  Railways CONCOR begins coastal operations
 Three Year Action Plan of Agricultural Education  Air Sewa - 2 0
 Airports Privatization
8. INDUSTRY  Drone regulations developed by Ministry of Civil
 Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Aviation
Trade  Water Aerodrome
 National Mission on Government e-Market (GeM)  NABH (Nextgen Airports for Bharat) Nirman Initiative
portal
 Bansagar Canal Project
 Integrated Scheme for Development of Silk
 Jal Marg Vikas Project
 Industry” for sericulture
 National Waterways projects in North Eastern
 North East Industrial Development Scheme
 Region (NER)
 (NEIDS)
 Declaration of irrigation projects as National
 Government Redefines MSME Projects
 Udyam Sangam-2018 inauguration  Portal launched for real-time information on National
 ‘One District One Product’ Summit inaugurated Waterways
 Pharma Promotion Tax Exempt: Tribunal  Revised PPP Port Concessions
 Cabinet Identified Champion Services Sectors  Solar Charkha Mission
 Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)  Patratu Super Thermal Power Plant
 Department of Commerce Developing National  National Energy Storage Mission
 Logistics Portal  Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP)
 National Entrepreneurship Awards 2018  Srinagar - Alusteng - Drass - Kargil – Leh
 Incredible India Tourist Facilitator Certification Transmission System
 Development of renewable energy
9. INFRASTRUCTURE  Additional Strategic Petroleum Reserves established
 Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC)  TRAI Interconnect Rule
 First Freight Village  The TRAI launches integration & availability of TRAI
 Bidder Information Management Systems (BIMS) Mobile Apps on UMANG platform
 Bhoomi Rashi - PFMS linkage  Cabinet Approves Easing of Spectrum Cap
 National E-Mobility Programme  Strategic Investment Fund under NIIF
 Draft National Automotive Policy  O-SMART scheme

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ECONOMY-2
TEST - 17 EXTERNAL SECTOR + INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTES
26 DECEMBER, 2019 + MONEY, BANKING FINANCIAL MARKET AND OTHER
PROVISIONS

1. Money  D. P. J. Nayak Committee

 Indian currency system  Deepak Mohanty Committee Report on Medium-term
Path on Financial Inclusion
 Broad and Narrow Money
 Narasimham Committee Report on Banking Sector
 Money multiplier
Reforms
 Digital Money
 Uday Kotak committee on Corporate Governance
 New Monetary Aggregates
 Nachiket Mor Committee
 Monetary Policy
 Monetary Policy Committee 5. Indian Financial Market
 Concept and functions of financial markets
2. Inflation  Importance of money market
 Types of Inflation  Types of capital market
 Other variants of inflation  Distinguish between capital market and money
 Effects of inflation market
 Measures taken by RBI  Nature and functions of a stock exchange
 RBI and Government Monetary Policy Committee  Advantages of stock exchanges
 Limitations of stock exchanges
3. Banking
 The stock exchanges in India
 Development of Banking System in India
 Role of SEBI, IRDA
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
 Insurance Industry - Insurance Industry and Reforms
 Public Sector Banks
 Financial Regulators – SEBI , IRDA
 Other Important Banks and Financial Institutions
 Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) 6. Recent developments in Economic Sector
 Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)  Government to recapitalize the PSB’s over the next 2
years
 Repo Rate
 New RBI rule and regulation for peer to peer (P2P)
 Reserve Repo Rate
lending
 Call Rates
 Domestic Systematically Important Banks (SIBs) of
 Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) India
 Bank Rate  Financial Inclusion in India
 Banking Sector Reforms in India  The Concept of Bad Bank
 Payment banks  Alternative Mechanism Panel for PSB consolidation
 Small Banks  Employee Provident Fund of India
 New banking licence  Enforcement Department In RBI
 White Label ATM  Gold Monetization Scheme (GMS)
 Unified Payments Interface  Indian Post Payment Bank (IPPB)
 Bank Board Bureau  Indian Gold Coins/Gold Bullion Scheme
 Marginal Cost of Funds Based Lending Rate (MCLR)
7. Investment Models
 Priority Sector Lending Certificates
 Measures of Investment
 Concept of Micro ATM
 Capital and investment
4. Important committees  Factors affecting investment
 Ratan P Watal Committee on Digital Payment  Classification of Investment
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 Angel Investors and Start-ups  Convertibility of Currency

 M&A  India’s Forex Reserves
 Investment Models  GAAR
 Role of State  Foreign Trade Policy
 PPP (Public-Private Partnership)
10. International Organizations
 Savings and Investment Trends
 United Nations
 National Investment Fund (NIF)
 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
 Unit Trust of India
 International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
 Global Depository Receipts/Foreign Currency
Convertible Bonds  International Fund for Agricultural Development
(IFAD)
 Portfolio Investment from Foreign Institutional
Investors  International Labour Organization (ILO)
 Non-Resident Indian Investments  International Maritime Organization (IMO)
 Mutual Funds  International Monetary Fund (IMF)
 Pension Reforms  International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
 Main Features and Architecture of the New Pension  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
System Organization (UNESCO)
 United Nations Industrial Development Organization
8. Schemes related to Finance (UNIDO)
 Make In India  Universal Postal Union (UPU)
 Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana  World Bank Group (WBG)
 Digi-DhanVyapar/ Lucky Grahak Yojana  International Bank for Reconstruction and
 Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Development (IBRD)
Karyakram  International Finance Corporation (IFC)
 Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana  International Development Association (IDA)
 Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana  World Health Organization (WHO)
 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
9. External Sector
 World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
 Fixed Foreign Currency Market
 World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
 Float Foreign Currency Market
 World Trade Organization (WTO)
 Balance Of Payments
 Asian Development Bank
 Current Account
 Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AII
 Capital Account
 New Development Bank
 Foreign Portfolio Investment
 African Development Bank
 Fll
 FDI 11. Trade agreements
 Exchange Market  RCEP
 LERMS  TPP
 NEER  NAFTA
 REER  MERCOSUR
 EFF  Southern African Development Community (SADC)
 Purchasing Power  ASEAN
 Depreciation  SAFTA
 Appreciation
12. Recent developments
 Hard currency
 GST Suvidha Portal
 Soft currency
 GST Regime and its challenges
 Cheap currency
 National Anti-Profiteering Authority
 Dear currency
 Capital Gains Tax Rules
 SEZ
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 RBI recently released its biannual financial stability
report (FSR)
 Panel to draft new direct tax laws to replace the
existing income tax Act, 1961
 Budgetary Reforms in 2017-18
 Gender Budgeting in India
 Public Financial Management System (PFMS)
 Public Debt Management Cell (PDMC)
 Monetary Policy Committee
 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
 Corporate Bond Market
 Commercial Arbitration Centre
 Financial Data Management Centre (FDMC)
 Payment Regulatory Board
 Credit Enhancement Guarantee Fund
 Algorithmic Trading
 Green Bonds, Blue Bonds
 Taxation , Tax Terrorism
 Direct Tax Resolution Scheme 2016
 Income Declaration Scheme, 2016
 Double Tax Avoidance Agreement
 Angel Tax Long term capital gains tax
 Tax Buoyancy Concept
 Inverted Duty Structure
 Sunset Clause and its Significance in Policies
 Nineteenth Meeting of the Financial Stability and
Development Council (FSDC)
 Goods and services tax appellate tribunal
 Cabinet approves increasing of Government
ownership in Goods and Services Tax Network
 Input Tax Credit
 E-way bill
 Abolition of institution of income tax Ombudsman
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 Status paper on debt management
 Finance Bill
 CBDT’s new scheme on speedier disposal of tax
appeals
 CBDT has released Direct Tax Statistics
 Liberalized Remittance Scheme
 PPF Account Close: Government may Allow
Premature Closure
13. Recent developments in External Sector
 Generalised System Of Preferences
 Taiwan takes India to WTO’s safeguard committee on
solar duty
 India withdrew most favoured nation status to
Pakistan
 7th RCEP inter-sessional ministerial meeting
 Current Account Deficit
 Foreign Institutional Investor (FII)
 Foreign direct investment (FDI)
 New FDI guidelines for the e-commerce
 INSTEX – Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges
 World Custom Organization
 Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
 India could be removed from US currency monitoring
list
 Framework on Currency Swap Arrangement for
SAARC Member Countries
 High Level Advisory Group Constituted for Trade
 Cabotage Law
 Commerce & Industry Minister launches Mobile
 App Niryat Mitra
 80:20 Scheme on Gold
 Changes in Foreign Contribution Regulation Act
 (FCRA)
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PRELIMS TEST - 18 ENVIRONMENT-1

29 DECEMBER., 2019 ENVIRONMENT + ECOLOGY + BIODIVERSITY

1. Ecology  Carbon Cycle

 Types of Ecology  Nitrogen Cycle
 Ecological Hierarchy  Phosphorus Cycle
 Scope of Ecology  Sulphur Cycle
 Habitat & Ecological Niche
4. Biomes: Forest, Grassland, Mountain, and
 Deep vs Shallow Ecology
Desert Ecosystems
 Ecological Principles
 Biome
 Ecological Community
 Grasslands
 Structure and Characteristics of a Community
 Tundra
 Stratification
 Deserts
 Ecotones
 Thar desert
 Ecological Dominance
 Mountain biome
 Seasonal and Diurnal Fluctuation
 Periodicity 5. Aquatic Life Zones: Ocean, Rivers, Lakes,
 Turnover and Wetlands
 Interdependence  Aquatic ecosystems
 Ecological Succession  Basic facts about the ocean
 Types and Process of Succession  Importance of the ocean
 Climax Community  Zones of the ocean
 Range of Tolerance , Maximum Range  Marine life
 Difference between Ecology, Environment and  Coral reefs
Ecosystem
 Coral reefs in India
2. Ecosystem and its dynamics  Conserving coral reefs
 Ecosystem Definitions  Mangroves
 Functions and Properties of Ecosystem  Mangroves in India
 The Structure/Components of Ecosystem  Freshwater in India
 Abiotic Components  Importance of lakes
 Biotic Components  National Lake Conservation Plan
 Ecosystem Dynamics  Wetlands and their importance
 Flow of Energy in Ecosystem  Ramsar Convention
 Trophic Levels  Ramsar Sites
 Food Chain  Montreux Record
 Types & Significance of Food Chain  Extent and distribution of wetlands in India
 Food Web  Conserving the wetlands of India
 Models for Energy Flow
 Ecological Productivity 6. Biodiversity Basics
 Ecological Pyramid  Biodiversity
 Biomagnifications  Important kinds of biodiversity
 Biological Control  Degree of diversity in an ecosystem
 Organic Farming  Endemic species
 Keystone species
3. Biogeochemical Cycles  Indicator species
 Parts of a Bio Geochemical Cycle
 Invasive species
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 Allopatric and sympatric speciation  State of protected areas in the world

 Bioinformatics  UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Program (MAB)
 Biodiversity distribution  Characteristics of biosphere reserves
 Uses and values of biodiversity
 International agreements for biodiversity
 State of global biodiversity conservation
 Threats to biodiversity
 Convention on Biological Diversity
 Biodiversity Hotspots
 Cartagena Protocol
 Eco-regions
 Nagoya Protocol
 Role of traditional knowledge in biodiversity
 Biopiracy  Aichi Biodiversity Targets

 Extinction of species  Important Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Areas of

 Mass extinction India
 IUCN’s classification scheme  Important Bird Areas (IBAs) of India
 IUCN Red-List of Threatened Species  Global Tiger Initiative
 Level of biodiversity in India  Project Tiger
 Biogeographic classification of India  Project Elephant

7. Biodiversity Conservation  Indian Rhino Vision

 Ex-situ aid in-situ conservation  Recovery Programme for Critically Endangered
 Seed banks Species
 Zoos in biodiversity conservation  Use of indigenous knowledge for conserving
 Botanical gardens biodiversity
 Protected areas  Seed village

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ENVIRONMENT-2
PRELIMS TEST - 19 ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND MANAGEMENT
01 JANUARY., 2019 + CLIMATE CHANGE + GLOBAL WARMING +
ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE

1. Effect of Human Activities on Environment Resource Management

 Effect of Modern Agriculture on Environment
 Effect of Housing on Environment
 Effect of Power Generation on Environment
 Effect of River Valley Projects (Water Resource
Projects) on Environment
 Effect of Mining on Environment
 Effect of Transportation Activities on Environment
 Effect of Tourism on Environment
2. Water Resource degradation
 Water Cycle (Hydrological Cycle)
 Availability and Quality Aspects (groundwater
depletion)
 Water-borne and Water-induced Diseases
 Fluoride Problem in Drinking Water
 Arsenic Problem in Drinking Water
3. Minerals & Environmental Degradation
 Mining and Environment
 Sensitivity of Select Ecosystems to Mining
 Impact of Mining
 Indirect Impact of Mining
 International Laws on Mining
 Main Act or Statue to regulate the impact of Indian
Mining Sector
 Sustainable Mining
4. Deforestation
 Causes of Deforestation
 Implications of Deforestation for Climate Change
 Consequences of Deforestation on the Wildlife of
India
 Impact of Deforestation on Indian Monsoon
 Impact of Deforestation on People
 Deforestation Leads to Water and Soil Resources
Loss and Flooding
 Economical Impacts
 Strategies for Reducing Deforestation
 Government Programmes for Conservation of
Forests
 Legislations for Conservation of Forests using
People Participation
 Steps for Improving People Participation in Forest
 Use of Local Traditional Methods
5. Waste Management
 Solid Waste
 Hazardous Waste
 e-Waste
 Bio Medical Waste
 Plastic Waste
 Methods for Waste Management
 Effects of Poor Waste Disposal
 Landfill
6. Sustainable Development
 Principles of sustainability
 Measurement of Sustainability or Sustainable Ethics
or Equitable Utilisation of Natural Resource
 Sustainable Lifestyle (Role of an individual in
sustainable, development)
 Challenges to Sustainable Development
 International Efforts to Achieve Sustainability
7. Environmental Pollution
 Air Pollution
 Sources of Air Pollution
 Effects of Air Pollution
 Classification of Air Pollutant
 Control Measures of Air Pollution
 Air Pollution Disasters
 Long Range Transport of Gaseous Air Pollutants
 National Ambient Air Quality Standards
 Water Pollution
 Sources of Water Pollution
 Types of Water Pollutants
 Effects of Water Pollution
 Water Quality Standards
 Control of Water Pollution
 Thermal Pollution
 Sources of Thermal Pollution
 Effects of Thermal Pollution
 Control of Thermal Pollution
 Soil Pollution or Land Degradation
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 Effects of Soil Pollution Organizations

 Control Measures  Pollution Control Boards
 Noise Pollution  National Green Tribunal
 Air-borne Diseases  Forest Survey of India
 Toxic Substances: Toxicant, Toxicity and Toxicology  National Board for Wildlife
 Factors affecting toxicity
 Carcinogens
13. Schemes
 National Mission for Clean Ganga
8. Solid Waste Management  India Signs Global Environment Facility Grant
 Sources of Solid Waste  Wood in Good Campaign
 Effect of Solid Waste  Boat Lab to Study Brahmaputra
 Control Measures of Solid Waste  Wildlife Action Plan
 Solid Waste Management Rules  SECURE Himalayas
 Hazardous Waste Management (HWM)  Strategic Plan for Human-Elephant Conflict
 Save the Sparrow
9. Coastal ecosystem management
 Land Degradation Neutrality
 Mangroves
 Biodiversity Heritage Site - Ameenpur Lake
 Salient features of Mangroves
 Energy Conservation Building Code
 Importance of Mangroves
 Special Protection Force for Rhinos
 Mangroves in India
 Regional Project on Stubble Burning
 Mangroves under threats
 Blue Flag Pilot Project
 Legal and Regulatory Approaches for Protection
 National Afforestation Program
 Estuaries
 National River Conservation Plan
 Importance of estuaries
 National Mission for Clean Ganga
 Threats to estuaries
 National Air Quality Index (AQI)
 Coral Reefs
 National Action Programme to Combat
 Geographical Conditions Required
Desertification
 Uses of coral reefs
 Bharat Stage Norms
 Conservation of coral reef
 Steps for Coastal Ecosystem Management 14. International Environmental Governance
 UNEP
10. Environmental Impact Assessment
 UNDP
 Government Body which Executes EIA
 Centre for Biological Diversity
 Environmental Effects Analysed under EIA
 WWF for Nature
 Process of EIA
 IUCN - Red List
 EIA Ruling 1984
 Birdlife International
11. Environmental Laws  International Conventions / Protocols & their
 Environmental Laws: Provisions in the Indian Objectives
Constitution towards Environmental Protection
15. Urbanization and climate
 Salient Features of Air (Prevention and Control of
 Pollution in metros and climate change
Pollution) Act,1981*
 Real estate boom and environment degradation
 Salient Features of Water (Prevention and Control of
Pollution) Act, 1974  Urban Heat Island
 Salient features of Forest Conservation Act, I980  Polythene bags and pollution
 Salient Features of Wildlife Protection Act,1972  Methane generation from waste
 Salient Features of Environment (Protection) 16. Impact of agriculture on climate
Act,1986
 Agriculture increases Carbon Dioxide Emissions
 Role of Government in Environmental Protection
 Monoculture practice impacts biodiversity
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 Soil-related effects
 Fertilizer’s Effect on the Environment
 Impact of livestock on environment
 Impact of use of Pesticides on environment
 Impact of GM crop on environment
 Emission of Methane from agricultural practices
 Sustainable Agriculture Techniques
17. Global Warming & Health
 Health impacts of global warming
 Mosquito-borne diseases
 Ozone depletion and human health
18. Recent developments
 ECOLOGY & BIODIVERSITY
 Nilgiri Tahr: Climate change threatening 60% of
its habitat
 Wild horses have gone extinct
 Assam to observe ‘Rhino Day’ on September
 Rise in Rhino Population in Kaziranga National
Park
 Freedom Baby: India’s first Humboldt penguin
dies
 Swelling Salinity Threatens Gangetic Dolphins
 Indus Dolphins (BHULAN)
 Bahuda Rookery: Another Olive Ridley Nesting
Site in Odisha
 Global Tiger Recovery Program
 Project Tiger
 Tiger Census 2018
 Asiatic Lion Conservation Project’ launched by
Government
 Vaccination of Gir lions against deadly canine
distemper virus
 Rajasthan’s first lion safari inaugurated at
Nahargarh Biological Park
 NTCA, Cheetah Reintroduction Project:
Nauradehi wildlife sanctuary
 Black Panther
 Monkey Declared Vermin in Himachal Pradesh
 Harrier Birds
 Odisha police launch drive to bust Pangolin
smugling racket
 Uttrakhand HC declares entire animal kingdom
as legal entities ’Gaj Yatra’
 Andaman & Nicobar Islands home to tenth of
India’s fauna species: ZSI
 World’s Smallest Land Fern
 Vetiver Grass
 Red sanders
 Removal of rosewood from Appendix II of CITES
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 Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve was
included in the UNESCO’s World Network of
Biosphere Reserve (WNBR)
 Conservation of migratory birds and their habitats
 SC directs Centre to declare area around national
parks as eco-sensitive
 India Faces Grave Danger to Soil Biodiversity: WWF
 Floods trigger influx of alien fish species in Kerala
 Fire at Bandipur Tiger Reserve
 Mammals of India (MaOI)
 Mangalajodi ecotourism trust
 Sustainable Catchment Forest Management
(SCATFORM) launched in Tripura
 Floating Treatment Wetland
19. POLLUTION
 Nitrogen Emission
 Black Carbon in Haryana
 Erratic Monsoon Rainfall partly due to Air Pollution
 Ban on Petcoke
 Only Euro VI compliant vehicles to be sold from
April 2020: SC
 Air Quality Early Warning System
 Dust Mitigation Plan
 Bio-Jet Fuel Flight
 SATAT Initiative
 WAYU – Air Pollution Control Device
 Uranium Contamination Of Ground Water In India
 Arsenic contamination in paddy plants
 Heavy Metal Water Pollution
 Persistent Organic Pollutants
 Alliance to End Plastic Waste
 Taj Declaration to Beat Plastic Pollution adopted in
Agra
 Approval for the Trishna Gas project of ONGC which
falls in the Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary
 Thoothukudi Sterlite Plant
 Achieving Energy Efficiency Key to Meeting Lower
Emissions Commitment
 Akademic Lomonosov: World’s First Floating
Nuclear Power Plant becomes operational
20. CLIMATE CHANGE
 Earth at risk of becoming irreversible hothouse:
Study carbon source
 Urban Waste and Global Warming
 The State of the Global Climate in 2018
 El Nino and Climate Change: 2019 may be the
hottest year yet
 Sea Level Rise and its Impact
 “Green Good Deeds” Campaign
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 Adapting Better to Climate Change Mitigation Plan 2016

 India Spearheading Climate solutions
24. CAMPA
 Stratospheric barrier to curb warming
 Recovery of Ozone Layer
 Atmosphere & Climate Research-Modelling
Observing Systems & Services (ACROSS)
 World Bank’s climate action investment for 2021- 25
 UNEP partners with Google for monitoring impact of
human activity on global ecosystem
21. CONFERENCES AND REPORTS
 IPCC Special Report on Climate Change
 COP24 IN KATOWICE: Major Outcomes
 India to submit Second Biennial Report to UNFCCC
 BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change
 Global Cooling Innovation Summit held in New Delhi
 Sustainable Biofuel Innovation Challenge (SBIC)
 Suva Expert Dialogue on Loss and Damage
 India State of Forest Report 2017
 Parliamentary Panel Report on Western Ghats
 13th CoP of Bonn Convention
 2018 State Of The World’s Birds Report
 Water Bird survey
22. STAPCOR – 2018
 India to Bring its First Own National Environment
Survey (NES) in 2019
 Environment Performance Index (EPI) 2018
 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
 Asia Environment Enforcement Awards, 2018
 Environmental Refugee
 World Water Development Report 2018
 Status of Trace and Toxic metals in Indian rivers
2018 Report
 International Dam Safety Conference 2019
 Hindu Kush Himalayan Assessment Report
 India’s E-waste Generation
 Eighth Regional 3R Forum
25. RESOURCE CONSERVATION &
 Global Energy Transformation: A Roadmap to 2050
 India pitches for declaring 2019 as International Year
of Millets
23. POLICIES, SCHEMES & INITIATIVES
 States set to roll out Parivesh
 Draft National Forest Policy, 2018
 NITI Aayog Calls for Clear Policy on Shifting
Cultivation
 Draft Rules for Compensatory Afforestation Act,
 Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan
 ‘i-Hariyali’ app’ to increase state’s green cover
 Scheme for protection of exotic Neela Kurinji plants
 Scheme to Promote In-Situ (In The Farm Itself)
Management Of Crop Residue
 Task Force on Biomass Management
 National Clean Air Programme
 Clean Air’ India Ring Initiative
 Ash track mobile application
 South Asian Nitrogen Hub
 Scheme for Biomass Based Cogeneration Projects
 National Policy on Biofuels-2018
 Waste to Wealth
 National REDD+ Strategy
 Ensemble Prediction Systems (EPS): IMD’s new
forecast model
 Solar Geo-Engineering (Solar Radiation Management
(SRM)
 Maharashtra’s Project on Climate Change Resilient
Agriculture (PoCRA)
 Initiatives to reduce carbon emissions from Farming
 National Water Informatics Centre (NWIC)
 Ganga Gram Project
 Deep Ocean Mission
 Clean Seas Campaign
 Blue Flag certification
 3d-Printed Artificial Reef
 Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh to be part in India
Tiger Census
 African countries launch joint initiative to save 4
carnivore species
 ICFRE inks two MuUs to launch Prakriti programme
 Himalayan Research Fellowships scheme
 One Planet One City Challenge Of WWF
 Smart Food Executive Council
MANAGEMENT
 2018 Earth Overshoot Day to fall on August 1
 National Biogas and Manure Management
Programme
 Community Forest Resource
 Brazzaville Declaration
 Neknampur Lake (Tulsi and Ashwagandha)
 NITI Aayog Urges Plan to Save Springs in Himalayas
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 Water Scarce Cities & Composite Water Management
Index (CWMI)
 South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN)
 The National Wildlife Genetic Resource Bank
 Conservation Assured | Tiger Standards (CA|TS)
Partnership
 Recovery Programme For Wildlife Species
 New Wildlife Sanctuary at Ghodazari
 Kaziranga National Park
 Organic Carbon for Carbon Sequestration
 Zero Budget Natural Farming
 State Energy Efficiency Preparedness Index 2018
 Solar City Programme
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 Disaster Resilient Infrastructure in India (Policies
and Guidelines)
 National Disaster Response Force
 National Disaster Risk Index
 Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning
System(RIMES) for Asia and Africa
 Fire Disaster Management
 Landslide Warning System
 Indian Tsunami Early Warning System
27. MISCELLANEOUS
 Smartphone Tech Most Damaging to Environment
 Prevention of cruelty to animals (Karnataka
Amendment) Bill
 Sagar Nidhi
 International Whaling Commission
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05 JANUARY, 2020 BIOTECHNOLOGY + HEALTH + DEFENCE + SPACE

BIOLOGY 8. Economic Zoology

 Beneficial animals: Corals - Earthworm - Vermiculture
1. Chemical Building Blocks of Life - Beneficial insects - Prawns - Lobsters - Crabs - Pearl
oysters - Fishes - Guano - Aquarium - Vivarium.
2. History and Origin of Life  Harmful animals: Disease causing organisms -
Vectors - Poisonous organisms - Fouling organisms
3. Cells - Pests.
 Cell Structure
9. Endocrine system
 Membranes  Hypothalamus
 Cell-Cell Interactions  Pineal body (epiphysis)
 Energy and Metabolism  Pituitary gland (hypophysis)
 Respiration  Thyroid
 Photosynthesis  Adrenal glands
 How Cells Divide  Reproductive glands
 Sexual Reproduction
10. Respiration
4. Genetics  External and Internal Respiration
 Inheritance  Respiratory system in Plants
 DNA, The Genetic Material  Respiratory System in Insects

 Gene Expression  Respiratory System in Humans and Animals

 Gene Regulation 11. The Transport System in Organisms

 Mutation  Transport system in a Cell
 Recombinant DNA Technology  Transport System in Plants
 Transport System in Animals
5. Classification of Living Things  Blood Vascular System
 Classification and Domains of Life
 The Lymphatic System
 General Biology/Classification of Living Things/
Viruses 12. Skeletal and Muscular Systems
 Prokaryotes  Bone and Skeleton System (Osteology)
 Eukaryotes  Ligaments (Syndesmology)
 Protists  Muscular System (Myology)
 Vertebrates
 Plants
 Fungi 13. Reproduction
 Animals  Asexual Reproduction in Plants
 Asexual Reproduction in Animals
6. Evolution
 Sexual Reproduction in Plants
 Evolution of Life
 Sexual Reproduction in Animals
 Animal Evolution  Sexual Reproduction in Humans
 Human Evolution
14. Excretion, Osmoregulation and
7. Tissues Thermoregulation
 Epithelial tissue  Excretory products
 Connective tissue  Excretion in plants
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 Osmoregulation, ADH and formation of Urine in  Genetically engineered hormone and vaccines
Animals  Animal organs for human patients
 Physiological and Behavioural Adjustments  Genetically modified insects
15. Nutrition 21. Food and beverage biotechnology
 Classification by Source of Energy and Carbon
 Food and beverage fermentations
 Plant Nutrition
 Microorganisms as food
 Animal Nutrition
 Enzymes and food processing
 Human Diet
 Amino acids, vitamins and sweeteners
 The Digestive System  Organic acids and polysaccharides
 Public acceptance and safety of new
BIOTECHNOLOGY biotechnology foods
 Biotechnology and medicine
16. Genetics and biotechnology
 Pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals
 Industrial genetics
 Antibiotics
 Protoplast and cell fusion technologies
 Vaccines and monoclonal antibodies
 Genetic engineering
 Biopharmaceuticals/therapeutic proteins
 DNA sequencing
 Pharmacogenetics
 Nucleic acid probes
 Molecular biology and human disease
 Genomics and proteomics
 Diagnostics in developing countries
 Antisense and RNA interfence
 Gene therapy
 Potential laboratory biohazards of genetic
engineering  Systems biology and medicine
 Bioprocess/fermentation technology  Stem cell biotechnology

17. Biological fuel generation 22. Protection of biotechnological inventions

 Global warming and the significance of fossils fuels  Patent protection Trade secrets
 Photosynthesis: the ultimate energy source  Plant breeders’ rights
 Biofuels from biomass
 Bioethanol from biomass INSTITUTIONS & POLICY
 Biodiesel  India’s policy in the field of the science and
 Methane technology
 Hydrogen  The S&T policy resolution in 1958
 S&T policy of the 1983
18. Environmental biotechnology  S&T policy of the 2003
 Microbial Ecology Environmental Biotechnology
 S&T policy 2013
 Waste water and sewage treatment
 Institutional structure
 Landfilling technologies
 Department of Science & Technology
 Composting
 CSIR
 Bioremediation
 Survey of India
 Detect and monitoring of pollutants
 Science and Engineering Research Council
 Microbes and the geological environment
 Technology Development Board
 Environmental sustainability and clean technology
 National Accreditation Board For Testing And
19. Plant and forest biotechnology Calibration Laboratories

 Plant biotechnology  Science and technology as a source of Human

 Forest biotechnology
20. Animal and insect biotechnology
 Genetic manipulation and transgenic animals
Resource Development
 Awards related to Science
 New Initiatives Aligned with the National Agenda
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 Technology Vision Document 2035  Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

 National Biotechnology Development Strategy 2015-  Stealth technology
2020  Chemical Weapon
 National Intellectual Property Rights Policy  Biological Weapon
 Organ donation rules in India
 Policy on Synthetic Biology Recent Developments
 SPACE TECHNOLOGY & EVENTS
SPACE  ISRO’s Mission/Programme:
 Types of orbits  NASA’s Mission/Programme:
 Launch Vehicle  Other Agencies Missions
 Satellite communication in India  Point Nemo
 INSAT Satellite application  Exoplanet
 Remote sensing applications  ‘Super-Earth’ in Constellation Cassiopeia
 Cryogenic rockets  Galaxy Proto-Supercluster — Hyperion
 Global Positioning System  Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
 Galileo  Einstein’s theory
 GLONASS  Sun’s gravity
 IRNSS  Einstein Ring
 GAGAN  Sunspot Cycle
 Chandrayaan – I & II  Method to simulate, predict solar activity over
 Mars Orbitor Mission ten years developed
 Space Organisations  ISRO is planning to mine Moon
 Space race/Space junk  NASA confirms saturns rings will be gone in
 Recent updates million years
 South Asia Satellite: Significance  New Source of Neutrinos in Space discovered
 Neutrino Observatory  Earth has three moons
 Solar Mission- ADITYA  China unveils ‘Heavenly Palace’ space station
 Gravitational Waves  The International Space Station (ISS) is
celebrating its 20th birthday
 Remove DEBRIS
DEFENCE
 The case for making Pluto a planet again
 Missile system and classification  Icarus- farthest star
 On the basis of type  Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
 On the basis of launch vehicle (CMBR)
 On the basis of Range  Green Propellant
 On the basis of propulsion system  Plan to Prevent Asteroid Attack
 India’s Missile System  Cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space
 Agni  ‘EPIC’ planet
 Prithvi  Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe
 Trishul  Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
 Nag  High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
 Dhanush  GLONASS of Russia
 Astra  Pakistan’s remote sensing satellites PRSS-1 and
 Prahaar PakTes-1A
 BrahMos Missile System  Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA)
 Indian Submarines and Naval Ships  World’s fastest man-made spinning object
 Light Combat Aircraft  India-Based Neutrino Observatory

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 Human space flight Programme  Uakitite

 NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope retired  Draft Space Activities Bill, 2017
 NASA Parker Solar Probe Mission  Resource Prospector Mission
 Dwarf planet ‘The Goblin’ discovery  GRACE MISSION
 Space X BFR lunar Mission  Gaofen – 11
 Meteorite found in Rajasthan  DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY
 Unispace Nanosatellite Assembly & Training  India’s Missile Development Program
programme (UNNATI)  PrithviSeries
 The Lyrid meteor shower  Agni Series
 RAMA (Reconstituting Asteroids into Mechanical  Akash
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY-2

TEST - 21
08 JANUARY, 2020 IT + TELECOM + IPR + NANOTECH + ROBOTICS +
NUCLEAR TECH

 Food
IT, ELECTRONICS & TELECOM
 Textiles
 Computers
 Sustainable energy
 Generation of computers
 Environment
 Computer terminologies
 Transport
 Supercomputer and its applications
 Space
 Information technology
 Agriculture
 Components of IT
 Adverse Health and Environmental Impacts of
 IT enabled services Nanotechnology
 Application of IT  Social and Ethical Impacts:
 Display technologies  Nano-science and nano-technology in India
 Cathode ray
 LCD
1. ROBOTICS
 What is Robotics?
 LED
 Machine vs Computer vs Robots
 Plasma Monitors
 Parts of a Robot
 OLED
 Controller
 Telecommunications
 Manipulator
 Mobile generations
 End Effector
 Smartfone
 Sensor
 Important conceps
 Classification of Robots
 Government initiatives
 Rolling Robots
 Digital India Initiative
 Walking Robots
 MeghRaj
 Autonomous Robots
 Code Free for India
 Artificial Intelligence
 E-Kranti
 Advantages and Disadvantages of Robot
 Bharat Net project
 Applications of Robotics
 Bharat QR
 Industrial Sector
 Contemporary debates
 Aerospace
 Net Nuetrality
 Healthcare Delivery
 Internet of Things
 Outer Space
 Big Data Initiative and Privacy
 Exploration
 Cyber crime and security
 Military Robots
NANO-SCIENCE & NANO TECHNOLO-  Disaster Areas
 Entertainment
GIES  Agriculture
 What is Nanoscience and Nanotechnology?  Domestic work
 Origination of Nanoscience and Technology
 Basics of Nanoscience Nuclear energy
 Nanomaterials
 Types of nuclear reactions
 Applications of nanotechnology
 Nuclear Power Reactor
 Nano medicine
 N-Power Policy of India
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 Advantages of Nuclear Energy  World’s fi rst hydrogen train

 Disadvantages of Nuclear Energy  Repurposed Used Cooking Oil (RUCO)
 Non-energy applications of Nuclear energy  Hydrogen-CNG
 Impact of Radiation  Europe’s fi rst solar panel recycling plant
 Issue of Radioactive Waste  Bengaluru Maps its Solar Wealth
 Institutions involved in Nuclear energy Development,  Shakti Shala Solar Park
AERB  Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership
 Safety standards in Nuclear Power plants  Apsara – U Reactor
 Nuclear & Radiological Disasters  Experimental Advanced Superconducting
Tokamak (EAST)
2. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
 World’s fi rst Hyperloop passenger capsule
 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & COMPUTERS unveiled
 Cyber-Physical System  Hyperloop between Mumbai and Pune
 BullSequana Supercomputer  Aerogel- Super-insulating gel
 National Supercomputing Mission  Thermal Battery
 Pratyush Computer  India’s fi rst coal-gastifi cation fertilizer plant
 SpiNNaker – World’s Largest Brain – Like  Quadricycles
 Supercomputer  NANO TECHNOLOGY
 Shakti – India’s fi rst indigenous Microprocessor  Graphene
 India’s First Locally Developed 4G/LTE Telecom  IIT-Madras unveiled word’s fi rst remotely
System operable LEAP microscope
 5G  Particle Decay
 IIT – Delhi launches fi rst 5G Radio Lab  Rydberg Polarons
 Open Transit Data Platform  KATRIN Experiment
 Three Factor Authentication  Cyclone-30 India’s biggest cyclotron facility
 Facial Authentication Working becomes operational
 First in Asia: Facial recognition technology at  SCHEMES & INITIATIVES
 Bengaluru airport  Prime Minister’s Science Technology And
 Digital Sky Platform  Innovation Council (PM-STIAC)
 M2M’Communication  Young Scientist Programme
 Mobile Towers are harmless: CPCB  Innovate India Platform
 Adoption of Blockchain Technology to Stop Bank  Innovation Cell
Frauds  National Statistics Day
 India’s First Blockchain District in Telangana  Children’s Science Congress
 NASSCOM unveils centre for Data, AI  Imprint II
 Mumbai to have India’s First Artificial  Bharatnet Covers 1 Lakh Gram Panchayats
Intelligence Centre
 National Viral Hepatitis Control Program
 Model International Center for Transformative AI
(ICTAI)  National Biopharma Mission
 Saposhi  Agmark online system
 GravityRat Malware  World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
treaties
 ToneTag
 National Intellectual Property (IP) Award 2018
 World Congress on Information Technology
 Intellectual Property Rights Mascot
 NIFTEM
 GI Tag
 Scutoid: A New Shape Discovered
 India to expand polar research to Arctic
 Concept of Living Will
 Deep Ocean Mission (DOM)
 ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES
 Chai Sahay App by Tea Board of India
 Methanol as cooking fuel
 MISCELLANEOUS
 Gas Hydrates or Flammable Ice:
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 EyeROV TUNA India’s fi rst underwater robotic  Dry Sorbent Injection (DSI)
drone handed over to NPOL  Microcystallites
 Nobel Prize 2018  SARAS
 Prof SN Bose 125th Anniversary  Silver Copper Telluride
 Stephen Hawking
 Ice VII
 Raman Effect
 2019 - International Year of the Periodic Table of
 Li-Fi Chemical Elements
 Vaterite  New Element with Magnetic
 Impact Based Forecasting Approach Properties Discovered
 India’s fi rst engine-less train Indian Na onal Centre for Ocean
 Other Scientifi c Achievements in India in 2018 Informa on Service (INCOIS)

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ART & CULTURE-1

TEST - 22
11 JANUARY, 2020 VISUAL ART + PERFORMING ARTS + RELIGIONS +
LANGUAGES + LITERATURE + INSTITUTIONS

1. Visual Art 5. Indian Paintings

 Sculptures of Harappan Civilisation  Tradition of Mural Paintings in India
 Sculptures of Mauryan Age  Tradition of Miniature Paintings in India
 Post-Mauryan Period  Paintings in the Deccan
 Jain Sculptures  Rajput School of Painting
 Buddhist Sculpture  Pahari School of Painting
 Gupta Sculpture  Miniature Painting in South India
 Medieval School of Sculpture  Regional Paintings
 Modern Indian Sculpture  Modern Paintings
 Contemporary Paintings
2. Architecture in Ancient India
 Harappan Period 6. Pottery Tradition in India
 Mauryan Architecture  Ochre: Coloured Pottery (OCP)
 Post-Mauryan Period  Black and Red Ware (BRW)
 Gupta Period  Painted Grey Ware (PGW)
 Temples of Khajuraho  Northern Black Polished Ware (NBPW)
 Temples of Odisha  Glazed and Unglazed Pottery
 Temples of Gwalior
7. Music in India
 Temples of Gujarat
 Main Pillars of Indian Music
 Temples of Rajasthan
 Forms of Indian Music
 Temples of Bengal
 Musical Instruments
 Temples of Assam
 Institutions Related to Music
 Temples of Himachal Pradesh
 Temples of Jammu and Kashmir 8. Dances in India
 Pallava Period  Concept of Dance in India
 Chola Period  Concept of AshtaNayika
 Pandya Temples  Eight Classical Dance Forms in India
 Vijaynagar Period  Folk Dances
 NayakaTemples  Modern Dances
 Temples of Kerala
 Vesara Style
9. Martial Arts in India
 Genesis of Martial Arts
 Hoysala Style
 Rashtrakuta Period

3. Indo-Islamic Architecture
 Imperial Style (Delhi Sultanat
 Provincial Style
 Mughal Style
 Sikh Style of Architecture
 Rajput Architecture
 Salient features

4. Modern Architecture
 European Influence
 Indo-Saracenic Architecture
 Post-Independence Period
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TEST - 23 HISTORY-1
12 JANUARY, 2020 ANCIENT + MEDIEVAL INDIA

Ancient India  The Sixteen Mahajanapadas

 Republics
1. Pre Historic Cultures In India  Rise of urban centres
 Periodization of Indian Pre History  Haryanka dynasty
 Sources of Pre History  Shishunaga dynasty
 Food Gathering Communities  Nanda dynasty
 Food Producing Men
6. The Mauryan Empire
 Neolithic or the New Stone Age
 Chandragupta and Bindusara
 Iron Age
 Megasthenes
 Impact of Iron
 Asoka and His Successors
2. Pastoral and Farming Communities  Asoka’s Inscriptions and Sites
 Neolithic Phase  Asoka’ a Dhamma
 Chalcolithic Phase  Mauryan. Administration, Economy, Society and Art
 Early Iron Phase  The Arthasastra
 Geographical Distribution and Characteristics
7. Post-Mauryan India (sc 200-AD 300)
3. Indus Valley Civilization  Society: Evolution of Jatis
 Major cities  Sangam Texts-and Society
 Town Planning  Satavahanas and Other Indigenous Dynasties
 Harappan Trade  Foreign Dynasties
 Agriculture  Commercial Contacts with the Outside World
 Domestication of animals  Schools of Art
 Crafts
 Religion
8. Growth of Jainism and Buddhism
 Jainism
 Harappan Pottery
 Buddhism
 Weights and Measures
 Script and Language 9. Imperial Guptas
 Images  Sources of Gupta Rule
 Decline of Harappan Culture  Political history of Guptas

4. Vedic Society  Fahien

 Original Home of Aryans  Gupta Administration

 Features of Aryan Culture  Gupta Culture
 Vedic Texts  Urban centres in Gupta period
 Sources for Reconstructing Vedic Society and Culture  Economic Conditions
 Geography of the Rig Vedic Period and geography of 10. Harshavardana
the later Vedic Phases
 Sources for Harsha’s Period
 Economic Conditions
 Early life of Harsha
 Political Organisation and Evolution of Monarchy
 Harsha’s Administration
 Social Organisation and Varna System
 Important Officials of the empire
 Religion and Thought
 Economy under Harsha
5. Pre Mauryan Period  Society
 Formation of states  Religion

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11. The Southern Dynasties
 The Shathavahanas (230 BC TO AD 225)
 The Pallavas (AD 330–796)
 The Chalukyas (AD 535–1190)
 The Pandyas of Madurai (AD 590–1323)
 The Chola Dynasty (AD 850–1310)
 Rashtrakutas (AD 753–973)
Medieval India
1. Central Asian Politics and the Advance of
Babur towards India
 The Timurids
 The Timurid-Uzbek and Uzbek-Iran Conflict and
Babur
 Babur’s Advance towards India.
2. Struggle for Empire in North India (Afghans,
Rajputs and Mughals
 Struggle between Ibrahim Lodi and Babur
 the Battle of Panipat
 Babur’s problems after the Battle of Panipat
 Struggle with RanaSanga
 Problems of the Eastern Areas and the Afghans
 Babur’s Contribution and Significance of his Advent
into India
3. Struggle for Empire in North India
 Humayun and the Afghans
 Early Activities of Humayun, and the Tussle with
Bahadur Shah
 The Gujarat Campaign
 The Bengal Campaign, and Struggle with Sher Khan
4. The Establishment of the North Indian
Empire
 The Surs
 Sher Shah’s Early Life
 Social and Political Background of Bihar and the
Rise of Sher Shah to Power.
 The Sur Empire (1540-56)
 Contributions of Sher Shah
5. Consolidation and Expansion of the Empire
- Akbar
 Conflict with the Afghans - Hemu
 Struggle with the Nobility: Bairam Khan’s
 Regency; Revolt of Uzbek Nobles
 Early Expansion of the Empire (1560-76) - Malwa,
Garh-Katanga, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Eastern India
 Relations with the Rajputs - Growth of a Composite
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 Rebellions, and Further Expansion of the Empire in
the North West
6. State and Government under Akbar
 Akbar’s Concept of Suzerainty
 Structure of Government, Central and Provincial -the
Vikalat, the Central Ministries, Provincial
 Government, District and Local Government
 The Working of Government - the Ruler, Land-
Revenue System, the Dahsala System, the
Mansabdari
 System and the Army
7. Akbar’s Religious Views
 Relations with the Ulama and Social Reforms
 The Early Phase (1556-73)
 The Second Phase (1573-80) - the IbadatKhana
 Debates - the Mahzar - Breach with Orthodox
 Ulama - Re-organisation of Madadd-i-Maash Grants
 Third or Final Phase - Din-i-Ilahi - State
 Policies and religious toleration
8. The Deccan and the Mughals (Upto 1657)
 The Deccani States upto 1595
 Mughal Advance towards the Deccan
 Mughal Conquest of Berar, Khandesh and Parts of
Ahmadnagar
 Rise of Malik Ambar, and Frustration of
 Mughal Attempt at Consolidation (1601-27)
 Extinction of Ahmadnagar, Acceptance of Mughal
 Suzerainty by Bijapur and Golconda
 Shah Jahan and the Deccan (1636-57)
 Cultural Contribution of the Deccani States
9. Foreign Policy of the Mughals
 Akbar and the Uzbeks
 The Question of Qandahar and Relations with Iran
 Shah Jahan’s Balkh Campaign
 Mughal - Persian Relations - the Last Phase
10. India in the First Half of the Seventeenth
Century
 Jahangir’s Accession - his Early Difficulties
 Territorial Consolidation and Expansion of the
Empire - Mewar, East India and Kangra
 NurJahan, and the NurJahan ‘Junta’
 The Rebellions of Shah Jahan, and the coup de main
of Mahabat Khan
 Jahangir as a Ruler
 State and Religion in the First Half of the
Seventeenth Century
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 Shah Jahan - Consolidation and Expansion of the
Empire
 Evolution of the Mughal Ruling Class and the
Mansabdari System
11. Aurangzeb - Religious Policies, North India
and the Rajputs
 War of Succession
 Religious Policy : First Phase (1658-79)
 Reforms and Puritanical Measures, Hindu
 Temples, Jizyah; Second Phase (1679-1707)
 Territorial Consolidation and Expansion of Empire -
North India
 Popular Revolts - Jats, Satnamis, Afghans and Sikhs
 Breach with Marwar and Mewar
12. Climax and Crisis of the Mughal Empire the
Marathas and the Deccan
 Rise of the Marathas - Early Career of Shivaji -
 Treaty of Purandar - the Agra Visit
 Shivaji’s Swarajya - Administration and Achievements
 Aurangzeb and the Deccani States (1658-87)
 Marathas and the Decean (1687-1707)
 Assessment of Aurangzeb and the Jagirdari Crisis
13. Society-Structure and Growth
 Rural Society
 Towns and Town Life
 Artisans and Master-Craftsmen
 Women
 Servants and Slaves
 Standard of Living
 The Ruling Classes - Nobility, Rural Gentry
 The Middle Strata
 The Commercial Classes
14. Economic Life-Patterns and Prospects
 Inland Trade
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 Overseas Trade - Role of Foreign Trading
 Companies - Position of Indian Merchants Over-land
Trade
 The Mughal State and Commerce
 Trend of India’s Economy and Prospects during the
First Half of the Eighteenth Century
15. Religion, Fine Arts, Science and Technology
 Religion- Hindu Religion, Sikh Religion, Islam
 Fine Arts - Architecture, Painting, Language and
Literature, Music
 Science and Technology
16. Northern India in the First Half of the
Eighteenth Century
 Bahadur Shah I, and the Beginning of the Struggle
 For Wizarat - Rajput Affairs - Marathas and the
 Deccan - Accentuation of the Party Struggle
 Struggle for ‘New’ Wizarat: Zulfiqar Khan and
Jahandar Shah (1712-13)
 The Saiyid Brothers’ Struggle for ‘New’ Wizarat
 The Saiyid ‘New’ Wizarat
 The Wizarat of M. Amin Khan and Nizam-ul-Mulk
 Rise of Regional States, Beginning of Foreign
Invasions of India (1725-48)
17. The Maratha Bid for Supremacy
 The Marathas and their Policy of Expansion
 The Marathas and Nizam-ul-Mulk
 The Maratha Advance into Gujarat and Malwa
 The Maratha Advance into Doab and Punjab:
 First Phase (1741-52); Second Phase (1752-61);
 Third Ba le of Panipat
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15 JANUARY, 2020 MODERN INDIA ( 1757 – 1947)

Modern India  Administrative Causes

 Socio -Religious Causes
1. The Advent of Europeans In India  Influence of Outside Events
 The Portuguese in India  Discontent Among Sepoy’s
 De Almeida  Beginning and Spread
 Albuquerque  Leaders of the Revolt
 Causes of failure of Portuguese empire in India  Suppression of Revolt
 The Dutch in India  Causes of Failure of Revolt
 The Danes in India  Hindu-Muslim Unity Factor
 The English  Nature of the Revolt
 The French  Consequences
 Anglo-French Rivalry
 First Carnatic War 5. Administrative Changes After 1857
 Rise of the Hyderahad State  Administration - Central, Provincial, Local
 The Second Carnatic War  Changes in the Army
 The Third Carnatic War  Public Services
 Causes of English Success  Princely States
 Administrative Policies
2. The English in Bengal from 1757 TO 1772  Foreign Policy
 Black-hole Tragedy
 Battle of Plassey
6. Social reforms in India
 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
 Mir Jafar
 Swami Vivekananda
 Deposition of Mir Jafar
 Swami Dayananda Saraswati
 Mir Kasim
 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
3. Impact of British Administration  JyotibaPhule
 Industrialization—Ruin of Artisans and Handicrafts men  Dr.BhimraoRamjiAmbedkar
 Impoverishment of Peasantry  Henry Vivian Derozio
 Emergence of New Land Relations, Ruin of Old  Debendranath Tagore
Zamindars  Keshab Chandra Sen
 Stagnation and Deterioration of Agriculture  Sri Ramakrishna Paramhamsa
 Commercialization of Indian Agriculture  Mahadev Govind Ranade
 Development of Modern Industry  Theosophical Society And Annie Besant
 Rise of Indian Bourgeoisie  Syed Ahmad Khan
 Economic Drain  Parsi Religious Reform Association
 Famine and Poverty  Baba Dayal Das
 Nationalist Critique of Colonial Economy  PanditaRamabai
 Abolition of the Dual System  Sarojini Naidu
 Zamindari system
 Ryotwari system 7. Development of Indian Press
 Early Regulations on Press
 Mahalwari system
 Struggle by Early Nationalists to Secure Press
4. The Revolt of 1857 Freedom
 Economic Causes  Vernacular Press Act, 1878
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 During the Second World War  Surat Session: Split in Congress (1907)
 After Independence  Morley-Minto Reforms (1909)

8. Development of Education 12. Middle Phase of the Freedom Struggle

 Charter Act of 1813 (1915-1930)
 Orientalist-Anglicism Controversy  World War I-Reforms and Agitation
 Efforts of Thomson  Home Rule Movement (1915–1916)
 Wood’s Des-patch (1854) Hunter Education  Lucknow Pact (1916)
Commission (1882-83)  August Declaration of of 1971
 Indian Universities Act, 1904  Beginning of the Gandhian Era
 Government Resolution on Education Policy—1913  The Government of India Act (1919)
 Saddler University Commission (1917-19)  Rowlatt Act (1919)
 Education Under Dyarchy  Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (13 April 1919)
 Hartog Committee (1929)  Khilafat Movement (1920)
 Wardha Scheme of Basic Education (1937)  Non-Cooperation Movement (1920-1922)
 Sergeant Plan of Education  Chauri-Chaura Incident (1922)
 Kothari Education Commission (1964-66)  Trade Union Movement
 Development of Vernacular  Communist Movement in India
 Education Development of Technical Education  Swaraj Party (1922)
 Evaluation of British Policy on Education  Muddiman Committee (1924)
9. Struggle by the Masses  Simon Commission (1927)
 Tribal Movements  Butler Committee (1927)
 Bhil Uprising  Delhi Muslim Proposal (1927)
 Kol Uprising  Nehru Report (1928)
 Santhal Rebellion  All Parties Muslim Conference (1929)
 Jaintia and Garo Rebellion  Jinnah’s Fourteen Points (1929)
 Rampa Rebellion  Lahore Session (1929)
 Munda Rebellion  Allahabad Address (1930)
Khonda Dora Uprisings
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13. Closer to Freedom (1930-1947)
 Tana Bhagat Movement
 Civil Disobedience Movement (1930)
 Peasant Movements
 The First Round Table Conference (12 November 1930)
 Champaran Satyagraha
 Gandhi-Irwin Pact
 Kheda Peasant Struggle
 Second Round-Table Conference (12 September
 Bardoli Movement 1931)
 Moplah Rebellion  Civil Disobedience Movement (Second-Phase)
 Tebhaga Movement  Third Round Table Conference (17 November 1932)
 Telangana Movement  The Communal Award (1932)

10. Terrorist and Revolutionary Movements  Poona Pact (1932)

 Terrorist Movements  The Government of India Act (1935)

 The Revolutionary Movement
 Reasons for Failure
11. The Early Phase of the Freedom Struggle
(1900–1915)
 Partition of Bengal (1905)
 Swadeshi Movement (1905)
 Origin of the Muslim League (1906)
 Resolution of Swaraj (1906)
 World War II and the Indian Political Situation
 Resignation of Congress Ministers (1939)
 Poona Resolution and Conditional Support to Britain
(1941)
 August Offer of 1940
 The Individual Civil Disobedience
 Two-Nation Theory
 Demand for Pakistan (1942)
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 Quit India Movement (1942–1945)  Sir Charles Metcalfe (1835-1836)

 The CR Formula (1944)  Lord Auckland (1836-1842)
 Gandhi-Jinnah Talks (1944)  Lord Ellenborough (1842-1844)
 Desai-Liaqat Pact (1945)  Lord Hardinge-I (1844-1848)
 Wavell Plan and Simla Conference (1945)  Lord Dalhousie (1848-1856 great imperialist and
 Provincial and General Elections of 1945 colonist)
 Cabinet Mission Plan (1946)  Lord Canning (1856-1857 and 1858-1862)
 Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army)  Lord Elgin-I (1862-1863)
 Direct Action Campaign (1946)  Lord Lawrence (1862-1869)
 Interim-Government (1946)  Lord Mayo (1869-1872)
 Mountbatten Plan (1947)  Lord North Brook (1872-1876)
 India Wins Freedom  Lord Lytton (1876-1880)
 Indian Independence Act (1947)  Lord Rippon (1880-1884)
 Partition of India  Lord Dufferin (1884-1888)
 Lord Lansdowne (1888-1894)
14. Governor Generals During British India
 Lord Elgin-II (1894-1999)
 Robert Clive (1754-1767)
 Lord Curzon (1899-1905)
 Lord Warren Hastings (1773-1785)
 Lord Minto-II (1905-1910)
 Lord Cornwallis (1786-1793)
 Lord Hardinge-11 (1910-1916)
 Sir John Shore (1793-1798)
 Lord Arthur Wellesley (1798-1805)  Lord Chelmsford (1916-1921)
 Lord George Barlow (1805-1807)  Lord Reading (1921-1926)
 Lord Minto-I (1807-1813)  Lord Irwin (1926-1931)
 Francis Rawdon Hastings (1813-1823): (Marques of  Lord Willingdon (1931-1936)
Hastings)  Lord Linlithgow (1936-1944)
 Lord Amherst (1823-28)  Lord Wavell (1944-1947)
 Lord William Bentinck (1828-1835)  Lord Mountbatten (1947-1948)

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TEST 25
Sectional Test 1 (History and Culture of India)
18 JANUARY, 2020

TEST 26
Sectional Test 2 (Environment)
23JANUARY, 2020

TEST 27
Sectional Test 3 (Polity and Governance)
27 JANUARY, 2020

TEST 28
CSAT-1 (CSAT - Reasoning)
2 FEBRUARY, 2020

TEST 29
CSAT-2 (General Mental Ability)
3 FEBRUARY, 2020

TEST 30
Current Affairs (Novermber + December 2019)
8 FEBRUARY, 2020

TEST 31
15 FEBRUARY, Sectional Test 4 Economy
2020

TEST 32
22 FEBRUARY, Sectional Test 5 (Science and Technology)
2020

TEST 33
Sectional Test 6 (Geography)
01 MARCH, 2020

TEST 34
CSAT-3 (READING COMPREHENSION)
06 MARCH, 2020

TEST 35
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Mock 4 ( Paper 2)
8 Mar ‘20

TEST 37
Mock 5 (Paper 1)
15 Mar ‘20

TEST 38
Mock 6 (Paper 2)
15 Mar ‘20

TEST 39
Mock 7 (Paper -1)
22 Mar ‘20

TEST 40
Mock 8 (Paper -2)
22 Mar ‘20

TEST 41
Mock 9 (Paper -1)
29 Mar ‘20

TEST 42
Mock 10 (Paper -2)
29 Mar ‘20

TEST 43
Mock 11 (Paper -1)
05 April ‘20

TEST 44
Mock 12 (Paper -2)
05 April ‘20

TEST 45
Mock 13 (Paper -1)
12 April ‘20

TEST 46
Mock 14 (Paper -2)
12 April ‘20

TEST 47
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19 April ‘20

TEST 49
Mock 16 (Paper -2)
19 April ‘20

TEST 50
Mock 17 (Paper -1)
26 April ‘20

TEST 51
Mock 18 (Paper -2)
26 April ‘20

TEST 52
Current Affairs (Economic Survey + Budget + IYB)
30 April ‘20

TEST 53
Mock 19 (Paper -1)
3 May ‘20

TEST 54
Mock 20 (Paper -2)
3 May ‘20

TEST 55
Current Affairs (Mar + April 2020)
6 May ‘20

TEST 56
Mock 21 (Paper -1)
10 May ‘20

TEST 57
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