GENERAL STUDIES:
HISTORY
GEOGRAPHY
HISTORY
MODERATE CONGRESS – 1885-1905,
EXTREMISM – PARTITION OF BENGAL, SWADESHI MOVEMENT, MODERATE EXTREMIST SPLIT, MORLEY
MINTO REFORMS, BEGINNING OF WWI.
GEOGRAPHY
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE,
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA, PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALIA – NEW
ZEALAND-OCEANIC.
SOCIETY
APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF INDIAN SOCIETY, VALUE STRUCTURE OF INDIAN SOCIETY:TRADITION AND MODERN, DEVELOPMENT.
CURRENT EVENTS
75 YEARS OF LANDING ON NORMANDY,
EVOLUTION OF SINO-INDIAN RELATIONS, PROTEST MOVEMENT IN HONGKONG, CHANDRAYAN
II/LAWS OF THE MOON, SPACE RACE IN COLD WAR, CHINA AND SPACE.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY,
AGRICULTURE-CREDIT, TECHNOLOGY. ECONOMIC
SURVEY/BUDGET, TAX SYSTEMS.
SECURITY
LWE, BLACK MONEY, MONEY LAUNDERING,
CYBER SECURITY AND COMMUNICATION NETWORKS, SOCIAL MEDIA.
ETHICS, INTEGRITY AND APTITUDE
RTI ACT, ETHICS AND HUMAN INTERFACE,
CITIZEN’S CHARTER, VALUES IN ADMINISTRATION, APTITUDE AND ATTITUDE, EMOTIONAL
INTELLIGENCE.
Events as reported by national dailies over the period 1st July to 1st August , 2019 must be thoroughly read.
OPTIONAL SUBJECTS:
ANTHROPOLOGY
PALAEO-ANTHROPOLOGY - HOMO SAPIENSE,
NEANDERTHALENSIS, CROMOZOMES,
METHODOLOGY IN HUMAN GENETICS. TRENDS OF HOMINID EVOLUTION,
METHODOLOGIES OF HUMAN GENETICS.
INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY AND
INDIAN ANTHROPOLOGY.
GEOGRAPHY
URBAN HIERARCH, CENTRAL PLACE
THEORY, RURAL-URBAN CONTINUM, RURAL-URBAN FRINGE, RANK-SIZE RULE, INDIA’S SPACE
PROGRAMME, PROBLEMS OF CITIES, URBAN HEALTH ISSUES, TYPES OF ECONOMIC
ACTIVITIES, ECONOMIC SYSTEMS AND INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPES, WEBER AND VON THUMEN
MODELS.
MODELS AND THEORIES IN
GEOGRAPHY. MALTHUS, MARX, ROSTOW,
RIMLAND AND HEARTLAND THEORIES.
HISTORY
REVOLUTION IN CHINA -1949,
COLONIZATION AND DE-COLONIZATION OF AFRICA.
BENGALI LITERATURE
BAMAN SAMASYA STANDARIZATION,
JAGORI UPANYAS, EBONG INDRAJIT, ARANYAK.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLITICS AND APPROACHES TO THIS
DISCIPLINE, POLITICS – STATE. INDIA AND THE
WORLD - DETERMINANTS OF INDIA’S FOREIGN
POLICY AND ALLIED MATTERS, NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT – DIFFERENT PHASES – INDIA’S
CONTRIBUTION, REGIONAL COOPERATION – SAARC/SAFTA, INDIA’S LOOK EAST/ACT EAST
POLICY.
SOCIOLOGY
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY, RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY.
