Analysis

Agri and Environment

Areas of Interest

1. 20% Qns in 2019

2. International Orgasnaitons and Funds
3. Flora and Fauna
4. NP and WS
5. RnD and Bio energy
6. Pollution. Important.
7. Agrirelated topics. Cropping patterns; Kharif;etc
8. Agri schemes
9.

Questions

1. VoF NP; Alpine zone

2. Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve consists of WS and TRs
3. Wildlife, Double humped camel
4. Wildlife, Turtle
5. Wildlife, Blue finned masher, dolphin, rusty spotted cats.
6. Forest cover, state
7. CAMPA, participation
8. Geo Engineering Techs, Cirrus cloud thinning, aerosol spraying
9. Himalayan Nettle, textiles
10. Remote Sensing
11. W2E Tech. Pyrolysis.
12. Methane hydrate
13. Hydrogen enriched CNG
14. Nitrogen emissions. GHG. Sources
1. Agricultural soils contributed to over 70% of N2O emissions from India in
2010
2. Cattle account for 80% of the ammonia production
15. Microbeads, marine pollution
16. Emissions from crop residue burning
17. Pesticides, chemicals
18. EPA Act, participation
19. Pollution Rules, eWaste.
20. Pollution Rules, SWM
21. Ramsar Convention
22. Plant domestication, Old World, New World.
23. Kharif crop, trends

Polity and IR
Areas of Interest

1. Majority. Theory questions.

2. Concepts. Equality, liberty, democracy, etc
3. Rights Issues.
4. Schedules.
5. Union Executive, Legislature, Judiciary.
6. Forests Related stuffs. Amednemnts etc
7. IR, Bilateral agreements.
8. IR, International conventions
9. IR, Happenings across the world.

Questions

1. Article 21
2. Land Reforms
3. Fifth Schedule
4. Forest act Amendment Bamboo.
5. Constitutional Amendments. Numbers. 99th and 44th
6. Ninth Schedule, Time of PM. 1951
7. Judiciary, HC
8. Judiciary, SC, 142.
9. Judiciary, Impeachment, Judges(Inquiry) Act
10. Recommendations of Sarkaria
11. Office of Profit Clause
12. Liberty, defintion
13. UN Convention Against Corruption
14. EU, GDPR
15. IR, Action Plan for Prioritization and Implementation of Cooperation Areas in
the Nuclear Field’

Economy
Areas of Interest

1. Theory part. 1/3rd questions.

2. Banking, Finance, Budget, Monetary Policy
3. Sectors; Agri, Industry, Service, Infrastructure
4. Poverty, Education, Health
5. Data Interpretation of random reports. Agri commodities I/E
6. AIIB/WTO. International Economic Organisation.
7. Schemes.
8. Government Organisation/Autonomous. FSSAI; QCI; PMGRB
9. Index/Ranking.

Questions.
 1. Theory, Assets of Commercial bank.
2. Theory, Money Multiplier.
3. Inter Creditor Agreement.
4. BBB, Chairman of banks.
5. Storage of Payment Systems data
6. Service Area Approach, Lead Bank system
7. Participatory Note
8. Regulatory Agencies
9. Rice exporting.
10. Oil importing
11. External debt
12. Currency Deprication/Crisis
13. Monetary Policy controls
14. AIIB
15. Agriculture, FCI cost of grains.
16. Global Competitiveness Report.
17. EDB
18. Atal Innovation Mission
19. Indian Patents Act/IPR
20. Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Central Amendment Rules 2018.
21. Five Year Plans.
22. Act, Maternity benefit Act
23. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006.
24. Coal sector
25. Mines and Minerals Act, Minor minerals, state power.
26. Poverty lines. Understanding.https://www.adb.org/publications/understanding-
poverty-india
27. Social capital

History
Areas of Interest

1. Culture. NorthEast
2. Culture. South.
3. Culture. TheHindu. Look for ancient and medieval artistic contributions.
4. Buddhism and Jainism
5. Medieval vocabs or occupation.
6. Harappan
7. Saints of Sufi/Bhakti

Question

1. IVC, Sites of Harappa Match.

2. Maurya, Relief Structure. Inscriptions of Ranya Ashoka. Figurine also there.
Kanganahalli
3. Gupta, Vishti forced labour practice.
 4. Delhi Sultanate, Amil officer responsible for Revenue collection.
5. Mughal, Mir Bakshi reposnsible for military.
6. Buddhism, features of Mahayanism.
7. Vijayanagar, architecture. Kalyana Mandapas.
8. Bhakti, Sufi; Kabir, Nimbarka, Dadu Dayal, Ahmad Sirhindi.
9. Mian Tansen, Ragas, Title given to him by Raja Vikramjit of Gwalior.
10. Painting, Jahangir Painting. Album started.
11. Mughal, Zamindar and Jagirdar.
12. British, Charter Act 1813.
13. British, Swadeshi.
14. British, Organisation. Anti Untouchablity League, Kisan Sabha, Self Respect
Mvmnt.
15. British, CDM, War Conference,
16. British, Const Assembly, All India Liberal Foundation, CPI.

Geography
Areas of Interest

1. Less than 10% from geo.

2. Map based questions. 5Qs in 2019.
3. Rivers, tribs
4. Tribes vs states

Questions

1. Theory, Summer solstice, Sunset.

2. Theory, dewdrops not in cloudy night
3. River, famous places, Hampi, Padharpur, Trichy
4. River, Glacial source, names.
5. Water Reservoirs, Aliyar, Isapur, Kangsabati
6. Tribes, PVTG
7. Map, Sea and Bordering countries

SciTech
Areas of Interest

1. Contemporary. Newspaper.
2. Biotech. IT. Physics. Space. Public Health.
3. Expect a question about Arogya Setu
4. Disease oriented. Corona.

Questions

1. Word association. Denisovian, human./

2. Biotech, Chromosomes from DNAs.
 3. Biotech, RNAi
4. Public Health, AMR.
5. Biotech, CAS9
6. Public Health, Hep B and C.
7. ICT, LTE and VoLTE
8. ICT, AR and VR.
9. ICT, Digital Signature.
10. ICT, Wearable Technology
11. Space, GWaves