ICSA'S SYLLABUS FOR GENERAL STUDIES AND OPTIONAL SUBJECTS TEST - 4.08.19

GENERAL STUDIES:

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.