Contents of Study Kit for IAS Pre General Studies Paper - 1 HISTORY PART-I ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY THE PREHISTORIC PERIOD... 3 HARAPPAN CIVILISATION... 9 THE VEDIC CIVILISATION... 18 RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS (6TH CENTURY B.C.)... 30 THE RISE OF THE MAGADHA KINGDOM (600 TO 300 BC)... 34 THE MAURYAN EMPIRE (325 BC -183 BC)... 39 POST-MAURYAN (200 BC 300 AD)... 46 THE SANGAM AGE... 54 GUPTA EMPIRE (320-550 AD)... 58 POST-GUPTA PERIOD (550-750 AD)... 62 INDIA DURING 300 700 A. D.... 68 PART-II MEDIEVAL INDIAN HISTORY EARLY MEDIEVAL INDIA... 82 DELHI SULTANATE... 96 VIJAYANAGAR & BAHAMANI EMPIRE... 104 ADMINISTRATION & ECONOMY (1200 1526)... 110 SOCIETY, CULTURE & RELIGION (1200 1526)... 115 REGIONAL CENTRES OF POWER... 122 MUGHAL EMPIRE... 126 MUGHAL ADMINISTRATION & ECONOMY... 134 MUGHAL SOCIETY, CULTURE & RELIGION... 138 THE MARATHA AGE... 146 PART-III MODERN INDIAN HISTORY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY S INDIA... 152 ADVENT OF THE EUROPEANS & ASCENDANCE OF THE BRITISH... 159 ADMINISTRATION & ECONOMY UNDER THE COMPANY RULE (1757-1857)... 167 EARLY UPRISING, REVOLT OF 1857 & BRITISH POLICIES AFTER 1857... 171 THE INDIAN RENAISSANCE... 180 INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS... 190 RISE OF INDIAN NATIONALISM... 196 PEASANT & TRADE UNION MOVEMENTS... 206 DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION & THE INDIAN PRESS... 211 GANDHIAN ERA (1917-1947)... 216 TOWARDS FREEDOM... 232 GOVERNOR GENERALS AND VICEROYS... 238 SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATIONS... 244 OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS... 255
ECONOMY 1. ECONOMICS : AN INTRODUCTION...1 2. ECONOMIC PLANNING IN INDIA... 13 3. FISCAL SYSTEM... 31 4. MONETARY AND CREDIT POLICY... 37 5. MONEY MARKET AND CAPITAL MARKET IN INDIA... 43 6. STOCK MARKETS IN INDIA... 49 7. TAXATION SYSTEM IN INDIA: CONCEPTS AND POLICIES... 59 8. INFLATION : CONCEPTS, FACTS AND POLICY... 71 9. PUBLIC SECTOR... 79 10. BANKING SYSTEM IN INDIA... 93 11. POVERTY AND INEQUALITY CONCEPTS, DATA POLICY AND ANALYSIS... 105 12. UMEMPLOYMENT... 117 13. AGRICULTURE... 124 14. IMPORTANT INDICES... 138 15. BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS AND OTHERS... 145 16. GATT AND WTO... 155 17. FOREIGN TRADE... 170 18. EXTERNAL SECTOR... 186 19. ECONOMY UPDATES... 192 20. SOME IMPORTANT FACTS... 213 21. CURRENT INDIAN ECONOMY... 238 OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS... 271 ENVIRONMENT 1. STUDYING ENVIRONMENT THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY...1 2. NATURAL RESOURCES...7 3. ECOSYSTEMS... 53 4. BIODIVERSITY AND ITS CONSERVATION... 75 5. POLLUTION... 93 6. ENVIRONMENT & HUMAN HEALTH... 107 7. DISASTERS & THEIR MANAGEMENT... 117 8. POPULATION & ENVIRONMENT... 131 9. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM... 147 10. DEVELOPMENT & ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS... 159 11. SOME IMPORTANT FACTS TO DIGEST... 167 12. SOME IMPORTANT POINTS FOR P.T.... 181 13. CLIMATES OF INDIA... 199 14. CURRENT ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY... 203 OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS... 210
GEOGRAPHY PART I INDIAN GEOGRAPHY 1. PHYSIOGRAPHY... 3 2. POPULATION 2011... 6 3. PHYSICAL FEATURES OF INDIA... 32 4. RIVER SYSTEMS OF INDIA... 44 5. CLIMATE OF INDIA... 52 6. SOILS... 60 7. NATURAL VEGETATION... 64 8. AGRICULTURE IN INDIA... 78 9. IRRIGATION IN INDIA... 85 10. MINERALS IN INDIA... 94 11. INDUSTRIES IN INDIA... 100 12. SOURCES OF ENERGY IN INDIA... 114 13. TRANSPORT SYSTEM... 120 QUESTIONS... 131 PART II WORLD GEOGRAPHY 1. SPACE... 150 2. LITHOSPHERE... 158 3. ATMOSPHERE... 172 4. HYDROSPHERE... 188 5. BIOSPHERE... 196 6. THE BIOMES... 202 7. FOREST... 206 8. WORLD AGRICULTURE... 208 9. FISHERIES... 218 10. ENERGY... 220 11. MINERALS... 224 12. WORLD TRIBAL GROUPS... 230 13. SOME IMPORTANT FACTS... 234 OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS... 244 POLITY 1. NATIONAL SYMBOLS...1 2. INDIAN CONSTITUTION: AT A GLANCE...7 3. SOURCES OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION... 18 4. FRAMING OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA... 29 5. FEATURES OF CONSTITUTION... 32 6. PREAMBLE... 38 7. THE UNION AND ITS TERRITORY... 46
8. CITIZENSHIP... 54 9. FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS... 60 10. DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY... 80 11. UNION EXECUTIVE... 88 12. PARLIAMENT... 108 13. JUDICIARY... 126 14. STATE EXECUTIVE... 134 15. LOCAL GOVERNMENT... 140 16. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION... 164 17. ELECTORAL SYSTEM... 168 18. CENTER STATE RELATION... 172 19. EMERGENCY PROVISIONS... 184 20. AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION... 186 21. SEVENTH SCHEDULE (ARTICLE 246)... 190 22. POLITICAL SYSTEM... 196 23. ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS... 202 24. ANTI DEFECTION LAW... 208 25. ANTI CORRUPTION INSTITUTIONS... 210 26. POLITICAL DEBATE... 216 27. INTERNAL SECURITY... 228 28. PLANNING... 232 29. HUMAN RIGHTS... 242 30. NATIONAL COMMISSIONS... 260 31. DICTIONARY OF POLITY... 268 32. CURRENT INDIAN POLITY... 288 OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS... 296 GENERAL SCIENCE 1. UNIVERSE...1 2. PHYSICS...9 3. CHEMISTRY... 20 4. BIOLOGY (1) THE CELL... 37 (2) TISSUE... 43 (3) MUSCULAR AND SKELETAL SYSTEM... 47 (4) THE NERVOUS SYSTEM... 53 (5) THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM... 61 (6) LYMPHATIC SYSTEM AND IMMUNITY... 65 (7) THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM... 71 (8) THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM... 75
(9) THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM... 81 (10) THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM... 83 (11) PLANT REPRODUCTION... 89 (12) THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM... 91 (13) THE EXCRETORY SYSTEM... 99 (14) PHOTOSYNTHESIS... 101 (15) DIGESTION IN PLANTS... 103 (16) DIVERSITY IN LIVING ORGANISMS... 105 (17) THE ANIMAL KINGDOM... 109 5. SCIENCE & TECHNOLGY... (1) INDIA S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME... 115 (2) DEFENCE... 121 (3) SPACE... 129 (4) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA... 136 6. WHAT, WHY & HOW... 156 7. CURRENT SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY... 164 OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS... 175