UPSC Mains Syllabus GS 1

·         Philosophies associated with religions (Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism etc)

·         Other Philosophies (Nyaya, Samkhya, Vaisheshika, Yoga, Purva  mimamasa, Vedanta, Carvaka etc)

·         Non-religious literature (Social, Political, Economic, Sangam literature, etc)

·         Ancient and Medieval sources (Archaeological and Foreigners literary works)

Note: Archaeological literature includes Inscriptions/Epigraphs, Numismatics/coins.

·         Other literary works (Aaranyakas, Upanishads, Puranas etc)

·         Literary works during freedom struggle

·         School of art (Amaravati, Gandhara and Mathura school)

·         Temple architecture

·         Indo-Islamic architecture

·         Modern architecture

·         Various styles of temple architecture (Nagara, Vesara and Dravida)

·         Provincial art and architecture (Regional architecture from Jaipur, Jaunpur, Bijapur, Malwa, Kashmir, etc)

·         Mural, Miniature and wall paintings

·         Modern painters and techniques etc

·         Indian Music (Carnatic and Hindustani Music)

·         Indian Theatre arts

·         Indian Puppetry

·         Indian Martial arts

·         Buddhism

·         Brahmanism

·         Bhakti and Sufi Movements

·         Sikh religious movement etc

·         Indian Calendar

·         Indian sculptures and pottery

·         Contribution of Indians in various fields (Science, art, music, astronomy, Medicine, etc)

·         Indian Fairs and Festivals

·         Cultural institutions in India etc

·         The advent of Europeans and British Conquest in India

·         India under East India Company

·         The revolt of 1858 and the administrative changes after that

·         Political Organizations (Prior to INC and after INC and INC)

·         Revolutionary organisations

·         Freedom struggle under Moderate, Extremist and Gandhian phase

·         India and Neighbourhood relations

·         Socio-Religious movements in India (19^th and 20^th Century)

·         Personalities and their contribution to India’s freedom struggle (Gandhi, Nehru, SC Bose, etc)

·         Regional movements in various part of India, Princely States

·         Consolidation of India after Independence (Territorial, Reorganisation of Indian States and Various policy initiatives like Tribal policy, Policy followed in North-East etc)

·         India under Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi etc.

·         American Revolution

·         French Revolution

·         Unification of Italy and Germany

·         Russian Revolution

·         Japanese Revolution

·         Colonization and De-colonization in various parts around the world and its effects

·         Chinese revolution

·         World wars and the redrawal of national boundaries

·         Cold war phase, NAM and the philosophical rivalry

·         Disintegration of USSR and its aftermath etc

·         Other Regional challenges like Apartheid, Israel-Palestine conflicts etc

·         Communism

·         Nazism

·         Fascism

·         Socialism etc

·         Sanskritization, Westernisation and Modernisation

·         Kinship, Marriage and Family

·         Class development (Middle Class)

·         Types of Diversity exist in India (Religious, Caste, Race, Ethnicity, etc)

·         Globalisation and Diversity

·         Factors contributing to Unity amidst Diversity

·         Challenges associated with Diversity

·         Various women organizations existed in India since freedom struggle

·         Challenges faced by women/ women organizations

·         Government initiatives to encourage women / women organizations and the reason behind the same

·         Women in various fields (agriculture, Industry, education, labour market, science and technology, etc)

·         Role of men in development of women/women organizations

·         Demographic dividend and demographic curse and its challenges

·         Population and other issues such as poverty, Employment, environment, resources, women empowerment etc

·         Population control policies and their impact on population since independence.

·         Other challenges associated with Population like Missing women, family planning etc

·         Causes and consequences of poverty in India

·         Vicious cycle of poverty and Hunger

·         Poverty in rural and urban areas, poverty and women etc and its impacts

·         Role of non-state actors in alleviating poverty and hunger

·         Role of government in Poverty alleviation (evolution and impacts of policies, committees, schemes, Acts etc)

·         Problems and opportunities due to Urbanization

·         Migration and its impacts like pollution, urban crimes, congestion, waste generation, transport etc.

·         Slum and Squatter settlements

·         Urbanization and urban planning in India

·         Urban out growth and its impact, terms associated like satellite cities etc

·         Urbanization and feminisation of agriculture

·         Urbanization and Industrialization and Globalization etc

·         Government initiatives to equitable urban growth (evolution and impacts of policies, committees, schemes, Acts etc)

·         impact of globalization on family level, cultural level, among various sections like women, children, elderly etc.

·          Impact of globalization on general values, ideas and lifestyle of Indian society

·         Difference between social empowerment and Political, economic empowerment

·         Role of non-state actors in social empowerment

·         Various government initiatives to different sections of society like tribal, women, social and culturally backward sections of people etc.

·         Meaning, type, evolution of Communalism

·         Reason for prevalence of communalism

·         Impact of communalism

·         Role of State and non-state actors in reducing Communalism

Regionalism

·         Meaning, type, evolution, son of soil concept of Regionalism

·         Various regional movements in India since Independence and their impacts like Dravida Nadu movement, Khalistan movement, Telangana movement, Movements in North east etc.

·         Regionalism and Nationalism

·         Regionalism and Federalism

·         Regionalism, Extremism and Separatism differences and concepts

·         Impact of regionalism in International arena

·         Constitutional protections against regionalism and government initiatives to strengthen cooperative federalism

Secularism

·         Concepts and sources of Indian secularism

·         Difference between Indian and western Secularism

·         Secularism and Communalism

·         Factors threatening secularism and the way ahead

·         Solar system and the basics of Earth

·         Geomorphology (Earth’s interior, rock classification, External and Internal forces, Various orders of land form development)

·         Climatology (Structure, composition, atmosphere, weather and climate, pressure belts, winds, jet streams, precipitation, world climatic regions)

·         Oceanography (Ocean waves, tides, currents, tsunamis, temperature and salinity etc)

·         Bio geography (Soils, classification, distribution, erosion and conversion)

·         Continents and their evolutions

Physical Geography of India

·         Location, area and boundary of India

·         Structure and Relief: Physiographic Divisions

·         Weather, Climate and Seasons

·         Bio geography of India

·         Natural Vegetation, Plant and Animal Life

·         Primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary and quinary activities

·         Human Geography of world

·         World Population, Distribution & Density, Races & Tribes, Settlement & Migration

Human and Economic Geography of India

·         Agriculture and Agro-Climatic Regions

·         Land Resources

·         Water Resources

·         Mineral and Energy Resources

·         Industries

·         Transport and Communication

·         Population, Migration, Settlements

General topics

·         Natural resources and mineral resources and distribution of key natural resources

·         Agriculture and agro-climatic regions

·         Industry and location factors

·         Map based questions

·         Geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and their location-changes and flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.