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