Subject-Wise Prelims Test Series 2021 Only Gs Sw2.0 Only GS: Leave No Stone Unturned Through EBS Approach

SUBJECT-WISE PRELIMS TEST SERIES 2021 ONLY GS
SW2.0 ONLY GS
Leave No Stone Unturned through EBS Approach
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Date Subject Syllabus Sources
Essential Tests
Prelims Test-1: General Studies
Ancient History
• Prehistoric period
▪ Paleolithic
▪ Mesolithic
Old NCERT
▪ Neolithic
▪ Chalcolithic • Ancient India – R S
• Harappan / Indus Valley Sharma
Civilization • Medieval India –
• Vedic Age Satish Chandra
▪ Early Vedic period
▪ Later Vedic period
• Mahajanapadas & Rise of New NCERT
Magadh • Our pasts – I
• Religious Reforms • Our pasts – II
• Iranian & Macedonian Invasion • Themes – I
• Mauryan Age • Themes – II
• Post Mauryan Age
6 November 2020 Ancient ▪ Indo Greek Invasion
Friday & o Indo-Greeks TamilNadu History
Medieval India o Parthians Textbook - Class XI
o Shaka
o Kushanas
o Indo-Sassanian Current Affairs:
▪ Sungas
▪ Kanvas (1/6/2020-5/11/2020)
▪ Satavahanas from the below
• Guptas Age sources.
• Sangam Age
Sources:
• Regional Kingdoms
• Post Guptas Age • I-CAN (Current Affairs
➢ Harshavardhana & News Analysis)
➢ Pallava
• INSIGHTSIAS Current
➢ Chalukya
Affairs Quiz.
Medieval History • INSIGHTSIAS Current
Affairs.
• Triparty Struggle
Prathiharas • INSIGHTS REVISION
Palas THROUGH MCQs
• Chola Empire
• Turkish conquest of India
Ghaznavid
Muhammad Ghuri
• Rajput states
• Delhi sultanate
➢ Slave dynasty
➢ The Khaljis
➢ The Tughlaqs
➢ The Sayyids
➢ The Lodhis
• Mughal empire (Including later
Mughals)
• Maratha Confederacy
• Southern Dynasties
➢ Hoysalas
➢ Yadavas
➢ Kakatiyas
• Vijaynagara
• Bahmani Kingdom
• Regional kingdoms
• Religious Movements
➢ Bhakti Movement
➢ Sufi Movement
(Brief History, Salient Features,
Social, Economics,Religious and
Cultural conditions of all the above)
• Current Affairs

• Architecture
➢ Cave Architecture
➢ Temple Architecture • Introduction to Indian
➢ Indo-Islamic Architecture art (NCERT class 11th)
➢ Modern Architecture • Living Craft Traditions
of India (NCERT class
12 November 2020 12th)
Art (Under Indus Valley Civilization, The • Indian Culture by Nitin
Tuesday & Mauryan Architecture, The Sungas, Singhania
Culture Kushanas, Satavahanas & Guptas, • CCRT - Art and Culture
Post Guptas, Delhi-Sultanate,
Mughals etc)
• Sculpture -- Indian Sculpture
and Different schools of Art Current Affairs:
• Indian Paintings
➢ Pre historic painting & Cave (1/6/2020-11/11/2020)
paintings from the below
➢ Mural Paintings sources.
➢ Miniature Paintings - Pala
School, Rajput Paintings, • I-CAN (Current Affairs
Mughal Paintings, Hill & News Analysis)
paintings etc. • INSIGHTSIAS Current
➢ Folk Paintings Affairs Quiz.
➢ Modern Indian Paintings • INSIGHTSIAS Current
➢ Personalities Associated Affairs.
• Religion
• INSIGHTS REVISION
➢ Hinduism
THROUGH MCQs
➢ Jainism
➢ Buddhism
➢ Islam
➢ Christianity
➢ Zoroastrianism
➢ Judaism
• Philosophy
➢ Six Schools of Philosophy
➢ Ajivika
➢ Lokayata etc.
• Indian Music
➢ Classical Music
o Hindustani Music
o Carnatic Music
➢ Folk Music Tradition
➢ Modern Music
➢ Personalities
• Indian Dance
➢ Classical Dance forms in
India – Odissi, Kathak,
Kathakali, Mohiniattay,
Sattriya, Manipuri,
Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi
➢ Folk Dances
➢ Modern Dance in India
• Theatre
➢ Sanskrit Theatre
➢ Folk Theatre
➢ Modern Theatre
➢ Personalities
• Puppetry
➢ History
➢ Different forms of Puppetry
in
➢ People Associated with
Theatres
• Indian Cinema and
Circus
• Bhakti & Sufi Movement
• Language & Literature
➢ Indian Language
o Classical Languages
o Scheduled Languages
➢ Indian Literature
o Religious Literature
o Secular Literature
• Fairs, Festivals and Craft
➢ Religious Festivals,
➢ Secular
➢ Festivals (States & UT’s)
➢ Art & Crafts
• Science & Technology
➢ Ancient, Science &
Technology
➢ Medieval Science &
Technology
➢ Famous Personalities in
➢ Ancient and Medieval India
• Promotion and Preservation of
Indian Heritage
➢ Indian Word Heritage Sites –
Tangible & non-tangible
heritage, Tentative list
➢ Cultural Heritage Sites
➢ Natural Heritage Sites
➢ Important Institutions
• Fall of Mughals
• Advent of Europeans • Our past III (Both part
➢ Coming of Europeans 1 & part 2 --NCERT
➢ Struggle among Europeans class VIII)
➢ Rise of East India Company • Themes in Indian
• India under East India History – III (NCERT
Company’s Rule Class XII)
Modern India ➢ Administration
22 November 2020 • A brief History of
(Pre-Congress ➢ Political policies Modern India –
Sunday phase) o Regulating Act of 1773 Spectrum Publication
+ o Pitt’s India Act 1784 • Struggle for India’s
(National o Charter acts of 1784, Independence – Bipin
Movement) 1793, 1813,1833, 1853 Chandra
➢ British Expansion policy:
Doctrine of lapse,
Subordinate alliance etc.
➢ Economic policies and their
impact Current Affairs:
o Agricultural policies
o Famine policy
➢ Foreign Policies (1/6/2020-21/11/2020)
➢ Social Policies from the below
o Education Policies sources.
o Religious policies
• I-CAN (Current
• Indian Kingdoms in 18th Affairs & News
century: Marathas, Punjab, Analysis)
Mysore, Hyderabad etc. • INSIGHTSIAS Current
• Socio - Religious Reform Affairs Quiz.
Movements in the 19th and 20th • INSIGHTSIAS Current
CE India – Arya Samaj, Brahmo Affairs.
Samaj , etc. • INSIGHTS REVISION
• The Great Revolt of 1857 THROUGH MCQs
• Changes in Indian
Administration after 1858 - GOI
ACT 1858, Councils Act, 1861,
1892.
• Growth of Political Ideas and
Political Organisations (up to
1885)
• Foundation of the Indian

National Congress
• National movement (1885 -

1919)
➢ Moderate Phase (1885 –
1905)
➢ Partition of Bengal and the
Swadeshi Movement
➢ The first phase of
Revolutionary and Terrorist
Movement
➢ The Morley-Minto Reforms
or the Indian Councils Act,
1909
➢ The Lucknow Pact (1916)
➢ The Home Rule Movement

1939)
➢ Montague-Chelmsford
Reforms or the Government
of India act, 1919
➢ The Khilafat Movement
(1920-22) and Non
Cooperation Movement
➢ The Left Movement
➢ The second phase of
Movement
➢ Anti-Simon Commission
Agitation (1928-29)
➢ Nehru Report, 1928
➢ The Lahore Session, 1929
➢ The Civil Disobedience
Movement
➢ The Government of India
Act, 1935
➢ Provincial Elections and
Formation of popular
Ministries in Provinces, 1937
• Freedom to Partition (1939 -

1947)
➢ The Second World War and
the National Movement
➢ The August Offer 1940
➢ The Individual Satyagraha
1940-41
➢ The Cripps Proposal, 1942
➢ The Quit India Movement,
I942
➢ Subhash Bose and Indian
National Army
➢ Rajagopalachari Formula &
Desai Liaqat Plan
➢ Wavell Plan and Simla
Conference 1945
➢ General Elections in India,
1945
➢ Naval Mutiny: 1946
➢ The Indian Independence
Act, 1947
• Other Dimensions
➢ Tribal Movements
➢ Peasants Movement
➢ Dalit Movements
➢ Women movement
➢ Role of Press and
Publications
➢ Role of Business groups
• Miscellaneous: Reforms / Acts /

Committee, Congress Sessions,
Governor –General Viceroys etc.
Physical Geography of the world

• Origin and evolution of
Universe Solar system
➢ Geological History of the
Earth
➢ Geological Time scale • Fundamentals of
Latitude and Longitude Physical
including important Geography (NCERT
Parallels and Meridians Class XI)
➢ Motions of the Earth and • Fundamentals of
their effects Inclination of Human Geography
the Earth’s Axis and its (NCERT Class XII)
effects • Goh Cheng Leong -
➢ Local and Standard Time Certificate Physical
and the International Date and Human
Line, Calendar Geography
➢ Eclipses - Solar, Lunar • Mapping – World
Geography • Geomorphology • India Physical

(World ➢ Interior structure of the Environment
2 December 2020 earth (NCERT Class XI)
Geography)
+ ➢ Rock • India - People and
Wednesday
➢ Landform Development Economy (NCERT
(Indian ➢ First order (continental drift Class XII)
Geography) theory, sea floor spreading, • Mapping – India
plate tectonics theory)
➢ Second order (Mountains,
Plateaus, Plains & other
landforms) Current Affairs:
➢ Internal forces & their
(1/6/2020-1/12/2020)
impact - Volcanoes,
from the below sources.
Earthquakes,
➢ Folding, Faulting, Isostasy • I-CAN (Current Affairs
➢ External forces & their & News Analysis)
impact - Weathering, • INSIGHTSIAS Current
Erosion & landforms thus Affairs Quiz.
developed • INSIGHTSIAS Current
• Climatology Affairs.
➢ Structure, Composition of • INSIGHTS REVISION
atmosphere THROUGH MCQs
➢ Weather & Climate
➢ Heat & temperature
o Insolation
o Heat Budget
o Distribution of
temperature
o Temperature
Inversion
➢ Pressure and Pressure belts
➢ Winds
o Planetary winds
o Seasonal winds
o Local winds
• Precipitation-Forms &
Types, Distribution of
rainfall
• Air Masses
• Cyclones and anti-cyclones
• World Climatic regions
• Oceanography
• Bottom relief Features
• Ocean waves, currents,
tides & Tsunamis
• Temperature distribution
• Salinity distribution
• Marine resources
• Biogeography
➢ Soils
o Classification
o Distribution
o Erosion &
Conservation
➢ Biomes
World Economic and Human

Geography:
• Natural resources and mineral
resources and distribution of key
natural resources across the
world
• Agriculture and agro-climatic
regions
• Industry and location factors
• Infrastructure
• World Population, density &
distribution, races & tribes,
• settlements & migration
• Continents - Major physical
features, natural resources
Physical Geography of India
• Location
➢ Latitude
➢ Longitude
➢ Physiographic division of
India
o Northern Mountains
o Plains of India
o Peninsular Plateau
o Islands of India
➢ Drainage System
o Himalayan Drainage
System
o Peninsular Drainage
System
o Other small river system
• Indian Climate
➢ Spatial and temporal
distribution of
temperature & pressure
➢ Winds
➢ Rainfall
o Indian Monsoon
▪ Mechanism
▪ Onset
▪ Variability
o Rainfall distribution
➢ Climatic Regions of India
• Soils
➢ Classification of Soils
➢ Problems of Soil and
Conservation
• Indian Flora & Faun

➢ Forests and their
distribution
➢ Forest Conservation
➢ Fauna
Indian Economic and Human

Geography
• Agriculture typology and major
Crops grown in India
• Agro-Climatic Regions
• Land Reforms and Land use
pattern
• Animal Husbandry, Fisheries
and Aquaculture
• Water Resources- Availability
and potential: Lakes, rivers,
dams, power and irrigation
projects, wetlands and
interlinking of rivers
• Mineral Resources-
classification and distribution
• Energy Resources-
conventional and non-
conventional resources
• Population and Growth trends
- density, sex ratio, literacy,
tribes and racial groups in India
• Rural and Urban Settlements-
types and patterns
• Industries- types and their
locational factors
• Transport and Communication
-railways, highways, inland
• water transport, shipping and
sea-ports, air transport
Map Based Questions from India

(Location of state, city, river, lakes,
important places including Ramsar
sites, Biosphere Reserves, Wildlife
Sanctuaries and National Parks)
• Indian Constitution
• Constitutionalism
at Work (NCERT
• Historical Underpinnings
Class XI)
• Evolution & Making of the
• LAXMIKANTH –
Constitution
Indian Polity
10 December 2020 • Features and Significant
Provisions
Thursday Polity • Political systems
• Democratic & Non-Democratic
• Parliamentary & Presidential Current Affairs:
• Unitary & Federal (1/6/2020-09/12/2020)
• Direct and Representative from the below
• Republic and Monarchy etc. sources.
• The Preamble
• The Union and its Territory • I-CAN (Current
• Citizenship Affairs & News
• Fundamental Rights Analysis)
• Directive Principles • INSIGHTSIAS Current
• Fundamental Duties Affairs Quiz.
• Amendment of Constitution • INSIGHTSIAS Current
• Basic Structure of the Affairs.
Constitution
• Emergency Provisions
THROUGH MCQs
• Central Government
➢ President of India
➢ Vice President of India
➢ Prime minister
➢ Central Council of Ministers,
Parliament
• State Government
➢ Governor
➢ Chief Minister
➢ State Council of Ministers
➢ State Legislature
• Judiciary
➢ Supreme Court
➢ High Courts
➢ Subordinate Courts
• Indian Federalism
➢ Centre-State Relations
➢ Inter-state Relations
• Local Government
➢ Panchayati Raj
➢ Local Urban Government
• Other Dimensions • Indian Constitution

➢ Official Language at Work (NCERT
➢ Public Services Class XI)
➢ Tribunals • LAXMIKANTH –
➢ Special provisions for SCs, Indian Polity
STs, BCs, Minorities &
Anglo-Indians
18 December 2020 ➢ Rights and liabilities of the Current Affairs:
Polity
Friday Government (1/6/2020-17/12/2020)
➢ Authoritative text in Hindi from the below sources.
Language
➢ Anti-defection law • I-CAN (Current Affairs
• Political dimensions & News Analysis)
➢ Ministries and Departments • INSIGHTSIAS Current
of the Government Affairs Quiz.
➢ Pressure groups • INSIGHTSIAS Current
➢ Elections & political parties Affairs.
➢ Representation of People's • INSIGHTS REVISION
Act THROUGH MCQs
➢ Election Process
➢ Governance
➢ Transparency &
Accountability
➢ RTI
➢ Citizen’s Charter
➢ e-Governance
• Constitutional Bodies
➢ Election Commission
➢ Union Public Service
Commission (UPSC)
➢ State Public Service
Commission (SPSC)
➢ Finance Commission
➢ CAG
➢ Attorney general of India
➢ Advocate general of India
➢ Special officer for Linguistic
Minorities
➢ National Commission for
Scheduled Castes (NCSC)
Scheduled Tribes (NCST)
Backward Castes (NCBC) etc.
• Non-Constitutional Bodies
NITI Aayog, NHRC, SHRC, CIC, SIC,
CVC, CBI, Lokpal, Lokayukta, NCPCR
etc.
• Indian Constitution
at Work (NCERT
• International Institutions Class XI)
UN, World Bank, IMF, WIPO, • LAXMIKANTH –
ADB, BRICS etc. Indian Polity
27 December 2020 • Government Schemes

Polity Current Affairs:
Sunday
(1/6/2020-26/12/2020)
from the below
sources.
• I-CAN (Current
Affairs & News
Analysis)
Affairs Quiz.
Affairs.
THROUGH MCQs
• National Income Accounting:

➢ Definition
➢ Concepts: GDP, GNP,
Market Price and Factor
Cost, NNP, NDP, transfer
payments, National income
at FC, Personal Income,
disposable income, factors
affecting national income,
net foreign facto income • Indian Economic
➢ Measurement of national Development
income: value added (NCERT Class XI)
method, income method, • RAMESH SINGH –
expenditure method, Indian Economy
Application of various
methods, Base year, GDP
deflator
➢ Debates around GDP and Current Affairs:
other indices
(1/6/2020-05/1/2021)
6 January 2021
Wednesday
Economics from the below
• Money and Banking sources.
➢ Money
o Definition • I-CAN (Current
o Functions and Affairs & News
significance Analysis)
o Evolution of Money • INSIGHTSIAS Current
o Money supply in India
Affairs Quiz.
and factors affecting it
➢ Banking
o Need of banks Affairs.
o Function • INSIGHTS REVISION
o Commercial Banks THROUGH MCQs
➢ Central Bank:
o Importance
o Functions
o Structure
o Monetary Policy
o Policy tools, (CRR, SLR,
OMO, Repo and Rev
Repo, MSF etc.)
➢ Banking Reforms
• Capital Markets & Money
Markets
➢ Basic Terms and Concepts,
Equity and debt Instruments
➢ Primary market and
Secondary markets etc.
• Inflation and Employment

➢ Inflation
o Definition
o Inflationary Gap and
Inflationary process
o Inflation Cycles: Demand
Pull Inflation, Cost Push
Inflation,
o Causes of Inflation
o Inflation Control
measures
➢ Unemployment
o Types of Unemployment:
Structural, Seasonal,
Frictional, Cyclical
o Nature of
Unemployment in India
• Government budgeting and

Fiscal Policy
➢ Budgeting
o Evolution of Budgeting
o Institutions and Laws
o The Union Budget:
Components - Revenue
Account,
o Capital Account,
Measures of Government
Deficit etc.,
o Weaknesses in the
Budgetary Process
➢ Fiscal Policy
o Public Finance - Role and
Importance,
o Public Expenditure -
Revenue and Capital,
Development and Non-
Development
o Public Revenue
▪ Sources of Revenue
▪ Taxes
✓ Classification - Direct
and Indirect, Specific
and Ad Valorem
✓ Social and Economic
Objectives of Taxes
➢ Public Debt
➢ Deficit Financing
• External Sector and Currency

Exchange rate
➢ Balance of Payments:
Definition, Current and Capital
Accounts, Convertibility
➢ FDI, FII -- issues, challenges etc.
➢ Foreign Trade of India
➢ Trade Policy
➢ Product wise trade
➢ Region wise trade
➢ Subsidy boxes
➢ WTO related issues
➢ and India
➢ Intellectual Property Rights
• International Trade and Bodies:

➢ IMF: Purpose and
➢ Objectives, Organization and
Functions, Working and
➢ Evaluation, IMF and
Underdeveloped Countries,
SDR's,
➢ Reforms etc.,
➢ World Bank
➢ Bilateral and Regional
Cooperation
• Agriculture:
➢ Recent trends in Agriculture
Sector
➢ Cropping System and Pattern;
➢ Agricultural Marketing and
Reforms
➢ Agricultural Research;
➢ Sustainable Agriculture;
➢ Animal Husbandry
➢ PDS
➢ Farm distress and government
initiatives
• Industrial Sector:
➢ Industrial Policies
➢ Licensing
➢ MSME
➢ Labour Reforms
➢ Companies Act
➢ Make in India, Skill India
➢ Challenges in Industrial
development
➢ Organised and unorganised
sector
➢ PPP
➢ Investment models
• Initiatives by the govt.

➢ Government policies
➢ Five year Plans: Priorities and
Performance, Issues
➢ related to planning
➢ Economic Policies till 1991
➢ Economic Reforms since 1991:
End of license Raj,
Liberalization, Privatisation
and Globalisation
• Infrastructure:
➢ IT, Communication,
Urbanisation, Transport,
Mining, etc.
• Ecology and Functions of an

ecosystem • ICSE Environmental
➢ Terrestrial ecosystems Studies - Class X (2018
➢ Aquatic ecosystems edition – S.Chand
Publications)
• Environmental pollution • Biology – NCERT 12th
➢ Pollutants – Unit 4
16 January 2021 Ecology & ➢ Air pollution • Shankar IAS –
Saturday Environment ➢ Water Pollution Environment
➢ Soil Pollution
➢ Noise Pollution
➢ Radioactive pollution Current Affairs:
➢ E-Waste (1/6/2020-15/1/2021)
➢ Solid Waste
from the below
➢ Bioremediation
sources.
• Biodiversity • I-CAN (Current
➢ Basic Concepts Affairs & News
➢ Plant and Animal Diversity Analysis)
➢ Marine Organisms • INSIGHTSIAS Current
➢ Threat to Biodiversity Affairs Quiz.
➢ Protected Area Network:
National parks, Wildlife
Affairs.
sanctuaries, Biosphere
reserves, Reserved and
THROUGH MCQs
protected forests,
Conservation and
community reserves, Village
and panchayat Forests,
Private protected areas,
Conservation areas
➢ Biodiversity Conservation
efforts
➢ Indian Biodiversity ad
conservation efforts
➢ Bioprospecting
➢ Biosafety
➢ Biopiracy
• Environmental problems:
➢ Climate Change
➢ Acidification
➢ Eutrophication
➢ Ozone Depletion
➢ Mitigation Strategies
➢ India and Climate Change
• Conservation efforts: India and

World
➢ Institutional and
Organizational mechanisms
➢ Environmental Acts and
Policies
➢ Environmental conventions
➢ Sustainable development
Environmental Monitoring
and Impact Assessment
• S&T in India NCERT:

25 January 2021 Science ➢ Historical Perspective
Monday & Technology ➢ Science and Planning • Class VI to Class X
➢ S&T Policies in Independent • Class XI – Chemistry:
India Unit 14
➢ S&T Infrastructure in India • Class XI – Biology:
➢ Department of Science and Units 4 & 5
Technology • Class XII – Chemistry:
• Earth Sciences Unit 16
➢ Weather Forecasting and • Class XII – Biology:
Climate Research in India Units 8, 9 & 10
➢ Seismology Research
➢ Ocean Development
➢ Natural Disasters Current Affairs:
• Energy
• Science reporter
➢ Types of Energy Resources
• News papers
➢ Fossil Fuels
➢ Renewable Sources and their
Development in India Current Affairs:
• Nuclear Science
➢ Radioactivity (1/6/2020-24/1/2021)
➢ Radioisotopes from the below
➢ Nuclear Power sources.
➢ Applications of Nuclear S&T
• I-CAN (Current Affairs
➢ Safety Issues
➢ Nuclear Weapons & News Analysis)
➢ India’s Nuclear Science • INSIGHTSIAS Current
Programme Affairs Quiz.
➢ Particle Physics • INSIGHTSIAS Current
• Information Technology Affairs.
➢ Electronics • INSIGHTS REVISION
➢ Computers THROUGH MCQs
➢ The Internet
➢ Computer Security
➢ Telecommunication
➢ India and Info-Tech
➢ Artificial Intelligence
➢ Robots and Robotics
➢ Fibre Optics
➢ Computer- and IT-Related
Terms and Products
• Lasers
➢ Principles and Types
➢ Applications
➢ Basic Science
➢ Industry
➢ Defence
➢ Nuclear Energy
➢ Health and Medical Care
➢ Laser Technology in India
• Superconductivity
➢ What is Superconductivity
➢ Uses and Applications
➢ Research in India
• Nanotechnology
➢ Understanding
Nanotechnology
➢ Approaches in
Nanotechnology
➢ Applications
➢ Implications and Various
Concerns
➢ Nanotechnology in India
➢ Nano Mission
• Astronomy and Space Research
➢ Astronomy and its
Importance
➢ The Origin and
Development of the
Universe
➢ Accelerating Expansion of
the Universe
➢ The Objects in the Universe
➢ Observing the Universe
➢ Space Exploration
➢ Elements of Space Research
and Technology
➢ Major Space Probes
➢ India’s Space Programme
➢ India’s Space Ventures
➢ Space Applications
➢ Milestones in India’s Space
Ventures
➢ Space-Industry Partnership
in India
➢ Export Promotion
➢ International Cooperation in
Space
➢ Space Garbage and Dealing
with it
• Defence Research and
Technology
➢ Weapon Innovations of
Note
➢ Defence R&D in India
• Health and Medicine
➢ Disease-Causing Agents
➢ Infectious Diseases
➢ Non-Infectious or
Degenerative Diseases
➢ Deficiency Diseases
➢ Allergies
➢ Cancer
➢ Recent Life Style Concerns
➢ Health Policies and
Programmes in India
➢ Indian Systems of Medicine
and Homoeopathy
• Genetics
➢ What is Genetics?
➢ Physical Basis of Heredity
➢ Chemical Basis of Heredity
➢ Gene Mapping
➢ Genome Analysis and
Human Genetics
• Biotechnology
➢ What is Biotechnology
➢ Biotechnology Techniques
➢ Genetic Engineering
➢ DNA Fingerprinting
➢ Cloning
➢ Artificial Insemination and
Embryo
➢ Stem Cell Technology
➢ Applications of
Biotechnology
➢ Biotech Research in India
➢ Patents and Biotechnology
• Applications of S&T
➢ Agriculture and Rural
Development
➢ Basic Resources of
Agriculture
➢ Environment-Friendly
Agriculture
 Sustainable Agriculture
 S&T Advancements in
Agricultural Produce in
India
 Genetically Modified
Crops:Biosafety and
Regulation
 Animal Husbandry
 Agriculture in Special
Areas
 Climate-Smart
Agriculture
 Research, Education,
Transfer of Technology in
India
 S&T and Rural
Development in India
➢ Industry
 Major R&D Infrastructure
in India
 Contribution of CSIR
 Intellectual Property
Rights Comments on the
National IPR Policy
Break-through Tests
Ancient History
Ancient History
• Prehistoric period
▪ Paleolithic Old NCERT
▪ Mesolithic • Ancient India – R S
▪ Neolithic Sharma
▪ Chalcolithic • Medieval India –
• Harappan / Indus Valley Satish Chandra
Civilization New NCERT
• Vedic Age
▪ Early Vedic period • Our pasts – I
▪ Later Vedic period • Our pasts – II
• Mahajanapadas & Rise of • Themes – I
Magadh • Themes – II
• Religious Reforms
• Iranian & Macedonian Invasion
Tamil Nadu History
• Mauryan Age
Textbook - Class XI
• Post Mauryan Age
Ancient History ▪ Indo Greek Invasion
o Indo-Greeks
16 February 2021 & o Parthians Art & Culture
Tuesday o Shaka
Art & Culture • Introduction to Indian
o Kushanas
art (NCERT class 11th)
o Indo-Sassanian
• Living Craft Traditions
▪ Sungas
of India (NCERT class
▪ Kanvas
12th)
▪ Satavahanas
• Indian Culture by
• Guptas Age
Nitin Singhania
• Sangam Age
• CCRT - Art and Culture
• Regional Kingdoms
• Post Guptas Age
➢ Harshavardhana Current Affairs:
➢ Pallava
(1/6/2020-15/2/2021)
➢ Chalukya
Medieval History • I-CAN (Current Affairs &
News Analysis)
• Triparty Struggle
Prathiharas
Affairs Quiz.
Palas
• Chola Empire Affairs.
• Turkish conquest of India
Ghaznavid • INSIGHTS REVISION
Muhammad Ghuri THROUGH MCQs
• Rajput states
• Delhi sultanate
➢ Slave dynasty
➢ The Khaljis
➢ The Tughlaqs
➢ The Sayyids
➢ The Lodhis
• Mughal empire (Including later
Mughals)
• Maratha Confederacy
• Southern Dynasties
➢ Hoysalas
➢ Yadavas
➢ Kakatiyas
• Vijaynagara
• Bahmani Kingdom
• Regional kingdoms
• Religious Movements
➢ Bhakti Movement
➢ Sufi Movement
(Brief History, Salient Features,
Social, Economics, Religious and
Cultural conditions of all the above)
Art & Culture
• Architecture
➢ Cave Architecture
➢ Temple Architecture
➢ Indo-Islamic Architecture
➢ Modern Architecture
( Under Indus Valley Civilization, The
Mauryan Architecture, The Sungas,
Kushanas, Satavahanas & Guptas,
Post Guptas, Delhi-Sultanate,
Mughals etc)
• Sculpture -- Indian Sculpture
and Different schools of Art
• Indian Paintings
➢ Pre historic painting & Cave
paintings
➢ Mural Paintings
➢ Miniature Paintings - Pala
School, Rajput Paintings,
Mughal Paintings, Hill
paintings etc.
➢ Folk Paintings
➢ Modern Indian Paintings
➢ Personalities Associated
• Religion
➢ Hinduism
➢ Jainism
➢ Buddhism
➢ Islam
➢ Christianity
➢ Zoroastrianism
➢ Judaism
• Philosophy
➢ Six Schools of Philosophy
➢ Ajivika
➢ Lokayata etc.
• Indian Music
➢ Classical Music
o Hindustani Music
o Carnatic Music
➢ Folk Music Tradition
➢ Modern Music
➢ Personalities
• Indian Dance
➢ Classical Dance forms in
India – Odissi, Kathak,
Kathakali, Mohiniattay,
Sattriya, Manipuri,
Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi
➢ Folk Dances
➢ Modern Dance in India
• Theatre
➢ Sanskrit Theatre
➢ Folk Theatre
➢ Modern Theatre
➢ Personalities
• Puppetry
➢ History
➢ Different forms of
Puppetry in
➢ People Associated with
Theatres
• Indian Cinema and Circus
• Bhakti & Sufi Movement
• Language & Literature
➢ Indian Language
o Classical Languages
o Scheduled Languages
➢ Indian Literature
o Religious Literature
o Secular Literature
• Fairs, Festivals and Craft -

Religious Festivals, Secular
Festivals (States & UT’s), Art &
Crafts
• Science & Technology
➢ Ancient, Science &
Technology
➢ Medieval Science &
Technology
➢ Famous Personalities in
➢ Ancient and Medieval India
• Promotion and Preservation of

Indian Heritage
➢ Indian Word Heritage Sites
– Tangible & non-tangible
heritage, Tentative list
➢ Cultural Heritage Sites
➢ Natural Heritage Sites
➢ Important Institutions
• Fall of Mughals • Our past III (Both part

1 & part 2 --NCERT
• Advent of Europeans class VIII)
➢ Coming of Europeans • Themes in Indian
➢ Struggle among Europeans History – III (NCERT
➢ Rise of East India Company Class XII)
• A brief History Of
• India under East India Modern India –
Company’s Rule Spectrum
➢ Administration Publication
23 February 2021 ➢ Political policies • Struggle for India’s
Tuesday Modern India o Regulating Act of 1773 Independence –
o Pitt’s India Act 1784 Bipin Chandra
o Charter acts of 1784,
1793, 1813,1833, 1853
➢ British Expansion policy:
Doctrine of lapse, Current Affairs:
Subordinate alliance etc.
➢ Economic policies and their (1/6/2020-22/2/2021)
impact from the below
o Agricultural policies sources.
o Famine policy
➢ Foreign Policies • I-CAN (Current Affairs
➢ Social Policies & News Analysis)
o Education Policies • INSIGHTSIAS Current
o Religious policies Affairs Quiz.
• Indian Kingdoms in 18th Affairs.
century: Marathas, Punjab, • INSIGHTS REVISION
Mysore, Hyderabad etc. THROUGH MCQs
• Socio - Religious Reform
Movements in the 19th and 20th
CE India – Arya Samaj, Brahmo
Samaj, etc.
• The Great Revolt of 1857
• Changes in Indian
Administration after 1858 - GOI
ACT 1858, Councils Act, 1861,
1892.
• Growth of Political Ideas and
Political Organisations (up to
1885)
• Foundation of the Indian
National Congress
1919)
➢ Moderate Phase (1885-1905)
➢ Partition of Bengal and the
Swadeshi Movement
➢ The first phase of
Movement
➢ The Morley-Minto Reforms or
the Indian Councils Act, 1909
➢ The Lucknow Pact (1916)
➢ The Home Rule Movement

1939)
➢ Montague-Chelmsford
Reforms or the Government
of India act, 1919
➢ The Khilafat Movement
(1920-22) and Non
Cooperation Movement
➢ The Left Movement
➢ The second phase of
Movement
➢ Anti-Simon Commission
Agitation (1928-29)
➢ Nehru Report, 1928
➢ The Lahore Session, 1929
➢ The Civil Disobedience
Movement
➢ The Government of India Act,
1935
➢ Provincial Elections and
Formation of popular
Ministries in Provinces, 1937
• Freedom to Partition (1939 -
1947)
➢ The Second World War and the
National Movement
➢ The August Offer 1940
➢ The Individual Satyagraha
1940-41
➢ The Cripps Proposal, 1942
➢ The Quit India Movement, I942
➢ Subhash Bose and Indian
National Army
➢ Rajagopalachari Formula &
Desai Liaqat Plan
➢ Wavell Plan and Simla
Conference 1945
➢ General Elections in India,
1945
➢ Naval Mutiny: 1946
➢ The Indian Independence Act,
1947
➢ Tribal Movements
➢ Peasants Movement
➢ Dalit Movements
➢ Women movement
➢ Role of Press and Publications
➢ Role of Business groups
Miscellaneous: Reforms / Acts /

Committee, Congress Sessions,
Governor –General Viceroys etc.
• Fundamentals of
Physical Geography of the world
Physical Geography
• Origin and evolution of (NCERT Class XI)
Universe Solar system • Fundamentals of
2 March 2021 Geography
Tuesday ➢ Geological History of the Human Geography
Earth (NCERT Class XII)
➢ Geological Time scale • Goh Cheng Leong -
Latitude and Longitude Certificate Physical
including important and Human
Parallels and Meridians Geography
➢ Motions of the Earth and • India Physical
their effects Inclination of Environment
the Earth’s Axis and its (NCERT Class XI)
effects • India - People and
➢ Local and Standard Time Economy (NCERT
and the International Date Class XII)
Line, Calendar • Mapping – India &
➢ Eclipses - Solar, Lunar World
• Geomorphology
➢ Interior structure of the
earth
➢ Rock Current Affairs:
➢ Landform Development
➢ First order (continental drift (1/6/2020-1/3/2021)
theory, sea floor spreading, from the below
plate tectonics theory) sources.
➢ Second order (Mountains,
Plateaus, Plains & other • I-CAN (Current Affairs
landforms) & News Analysis)
➢ Internal forces & their • INSIGHTSIAS Current
impact - Volcanoes, Affairs Quiz.
Earthquakes, • INSIGHTSIAS Current
➢ Folding, Faulting, Isostasy Affairs.
➢ External forces & their
impact - Weathering,
THROUGH MCQs
Erosion & landforms thus
developed
• Climatology
➢ Structure, Composition of
atmosphere
➢ Weather & Climate
➢ Heat & temperature
o Insolation
o Heat Budget
o Distribution of
temperature
o Temperature
Inversion
➢ Pressure and Pressure belts
➢ Winds
o Planetary winds
o Seasonal winds
o Local winds
• Precipitation-Forms &
Types, Distribution of
rainfall
• Air Masses
• Cyclones and anti-cyclones
• World Climatic regions
• Oceanography
• Bottom relief Features
• Ocean waves, currents,
tides & Tsunamis
• Temperature distribution
• Salinity distribution
• Marine resources
• Biogeography
➢ Soils
o Classification
o Distribution
o Erosion &
Conservation
➢ Biomes
World Economic and Human

Geography:
• Natural resources and mineral
resources and distribution of key
natural resources across the
world
• Agriculture and agro-climatic
regions
• Industry and location factors
• Infrastructure
• World Population, density &
distribution, races & tribes,
• settlements & migration
Continents - Major physical
features, natural resources
Physical Geography of India
• Location
➢ Latitude
➢ Longitude
➢ Physiographic division of
India
o Northern Mountains
o Plains of India
o Peninsular Plateau
o Islands of India
➢ Drainage System
o Himalayan
Drainage System
o Peninsular
Drainage System
o Other small river
system
• Indian Climate
➢ Spatial and temporal
distribution of
temperature & pressure
➢ Winds
➢ Rainfall
o Indian Monsoon
▪ Mechanism
▪ Onset
▪ Variability
o Rainfall distribution
➢ Climatic Regions of India
• Soils
➢ Classification of Soils
➢ Problems of Soil and
Conservation
• Indian Flora & Faun
➢ Forests and their
distribution
➢ Forest Conservation
➢ Fauna
Indian Economic and Human
Geography
• Agriculture typology and major
Crops grown in India
• Agro-Climatic Regions
• Land Reforms and Land use
pattern
• Animal Husbandry, Fisheries
and Aquaculture
• Water Resources- Availability
and potential: Lakes, rivers,
dams, power and irrigation
projects, wetlands and
interlinking of rivers
• Mineral Resources-
classification and distribution
• Energy Resources-
conventional and non-
conventional resources
• Population and Growth trends
- density, sex ratio, literacy,
tribes and racial groups in India
• Rural and Urban Settlements-
types and patterns
• Industries- types and their
locational factors
• Transport and Communication
-railways, highways, inland
• water transport, shipping and
sea-ports, air transport
Map Based Questions from India
(Location of state, city, river, lakes,
important places including Ramsar
sites, Biosphere Reserves, Wildlife
Sanctuaries and National Parks)
Sources Mentioned for

GS Tests 16 -18
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2020-8/3/2021)

9 March 2021 General Studies Full GS 1 Syllabus
& News Analysis)
Tuesday I (Revision of GS Tests 23- 25)
Affairs Quiz.
Affairs.
THROUGH MCQs
• Indian Constitution at
• Constitutionalism
Work (NCERT Class
• Historical Underpinnings
XI)
• Evolution & Making of the • LAXMIKANTH – Indian
Constitution Polity
• Features and Significant
Provisions
• Political systems
16 March 2021 • Democratic & Non-Democratic
Polity Current Affairs:
Tuesday • Parliamentary & Presidential
• Unitary & Federal (1/6/2020-15/3/2021)
• Direct and Representative from the below sources.
• Republic and Monarchy etc.
• I-CAN (Current Affairs &
• The Preamble
News Analysis)
• The Union and its Territory
• Citizenship Affairs Quiz.
• Fundamental Rights • INSIGHTSIAS Current
• Directive Principles Affairs.
• Fundamental Duties • INSIGHTS REVISION
• Amendment of Constitution THROUGH MCQs
• Basic Structure of the
Constitution
• Emergency Provisions
➢ Prime minister
➢ Central Council of Ministers,
Parliament
• State Government
➢ Governor
➢ Chief Minister
➢ State Legislature
• Judiciary
➢ Supreme Court
➢ High Courts
➢ Subordinate Courts
➢ Prime minister
➢ Central Council of Ministers, • Indian Constitution at
Parliament Work (NCERT Class
XI)
• State Government • LAXMIKANTH – Indian
➢ Governor Polity
➢ Chief Minister
➢ State Legislature Current Affairs:
23 March 2021 (1/6/2020-22/3/2021)

Polity • Judiciary from the below sources.
Tuesday
➢ Supreme Court
➢ High Courts • I-CAN (Current Affairs &
➢ Subordinate Courts News Analysis)
• Indian Federalism Affairs Quiz.
➢ Centre-State Relations • INSIGHTSIAS Current
➢ Inter-state Relations Affairs.
• Local Government THROUGH MCQs
➢ Panchayati Raj
➢ Local Urban Government
➢ Official Language
➢ Public Services
➢ Tribunals
➢ Special provisions for SCs,
STs, BCs, Minorities &
Anglo-Indians
➢ Rights and liabilities of the
Government
➢ Authoritative text in Hindi
Language
➢ Anti-defection law
• Political dimensions
➢ Ministries and Departments
of the Government
➢ Pressure groups
➢ Elections & political parties
➢ Representation of People's
Act
➢ Election Process
➢ Governance
➢ Transparency &
Accountability
➢ RTI
➢ Citizen’s Charter
➢ e-Governance
• Constitutional Bodies
➢ Election Commission
➢ Union Public Service
Commission (UPSC)
➢ State Public Service
Commission (SPSC)
➢ Finance Commission
➢ CAG
➢ Attorney general of India
➢ Advocate general of India
➢ Special officer for Linguistic
Minorities
Scheduled Castes (NCSC)
Scheduled Tribes (NCST)
Backward Castes (NCBC) etc.
• Non-Constitutional Bodies
NITI Aayog, NHRC, SHRC, CIC,
SIC, CVC, CBI, Lokpal, Lokayukta,
NCPCR etc.
International Institutions
UN, World Bank, IMF, WIPO,
ADB, BRICS etc.
Sources Mentioned for

GS Tests 28 & 29
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2020-29/3/2021)

30 March 2021 Full GS 2 Syllabus
General Studies & News Analysis)
Tuesday (Revision of GS Tests 28 & 29)
Affairs Quiz.
Affairs.
THROUGH MCQs
• National Income Accounting:

➢ Definition
➢ Concepts: GDP, GNP, Market
Price and Factor Cost, NNP,
NDP, transfer payments,
National income at FC,
Personal Income, disposable
income, factors affecting
national income, net foreign
facto income
➢ Measurement of national
income: value added method, • Indian Economic
income method, expenditure Development
method, Application of (NCERT Class XI)
various methods, Base year, • RAMESH SINGH –
GDP deflator Indian Economy
➢ Debates around GDP and
other indices
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2020-5/4/2021)
• Money and Banking
➢ Money from the below
6 April 2021
o Definition sources.
Tuesday Economy
o Functions and significance • I-CAN (Current Affairs
o Evolution of Money
& News Analysis)
o Money supply in India and
factors affecting it
➢ Banking Affairs Quiz.
o Need of banks • INSIGHTSIAS Current
o Function Affairs.
o Commercial Banks • INSIGHTS REVISION
➢ Central Bank: THROUGH MCQs
o Importance
o Functions
o Structure
o Monetary Policy
o Policy tools, (CRR, SLR,
OMO, Repo and Rev Repo,
MSF etc.)
➢ Banking Reforms
• Capital Markets & Money

Markets
➢ Basic Terms and Concepts,
Equity and debt Instruments
➢ Primary market and
Secondary markets etc.
• Inflation and Employment

➢ Inflation
o Definition
o Inflationary Gap and
Inflationary process
o Inflation Cycles: Demand
Pull Inflation, Cost Push
Inflation,
o Causes of Inflation
o Inflation Control measures
➢ Unemployment
o Types of Unemployment:
Structural, Seasonal,
Frictional, Cyclical
o Nature of Unemployment in
India
• Government budgeting and

Fiscal Policy
➢ Budgeting
o Evolution of Budgeting
o Institutions and Laws
o The Union Budget:
Components - Revenue
Account,
o Capital Account, Measures
of Government Deficit etc.,
o Weaknesses in the
Budgetary Process
➢ Fiscal Policy
o Public Finance - Role and
Importance,
o Public Expenditure -
Revenue and Capital,
Development and Non-
Development
o Public Revenue
▪ Sources of Revenue
▪ Taxes
✓ Classification - Direct
and Indirect, Specific
and Ad Valorem
✓ Social and Economic
Objectives of Taxes
➢ Public Debt
➢ Deficit Financing
• 6. External Sector and Currency
Exchange rate
➢ Balance of Payments:
Definition, Current and
Capital Accounts,
Convertibility
➢ FDI, FII -- issues, challenges
etc.
➢ Foreign Trade of India
➢ Trade Policy
➢ Product wise trade
➢ Region wise trade
➢ Subsidy boxes
➢ WTO related issues
➢ and India
➢ Intellectual Property Rights
• 7. International Trade and

Bodies:
➢ IMF: Purpose and Objectives,
Organization and Functions,
Working and Evaluation, IMF
and Underdeveloped
Countries, SDR's, Reforms
etc.,
➢ World Bank
➢ Bilateral and Regional
Cooperation
• Agriculture:
➢ Recent trends in Agriculture
Sector
➢ Cropping System and Pattern;
➢ Agricultural Marketing and
Reforms
➢ Agricultural Research;
➢ Sustainable Agriculture;
➢ Animal Husbandry
➢ PDS
➢ Farm distress and government
initiatives
• Industrial Sector:
➢ Industrial Policies
➢ Licensing
➢ MSME
➢ Labour Reforms
➢ Companies Act
➢ Make in India, Skill India
➢ Challenges in Industrial
development
➢ Organised and unorganised
sector
➢ PPP
➢ Investment models
• Initiatives by the govt.
➢ Government policies
➢ Five year Plans: Priorities and
Performance, Issues
➢ related to planning
➢ Economic Policies till 1991
➢ Economic Reforms since 1991:
End of license Raj,
Liberalization, Privatisation
and Globalisation
• Infrastructure:
IT, Communication,
Urbanization, Transport, Mining,
etc.
1. Ecology and Functions of an

ecosystem
➢ Terrestrial ecosystems • ICSE Environmental
➢ Aquatic ecosystems Studies - Class X (2018
edition – S.Chand
2. Environmental problems: Publications)
➢ Climate Change • Biology – NCERT 12th
➢ Acidification – Unit 4
➢ Eutrophication • Shankar IAS -
➢ Ozone Depletion Environment
➢ Mitigation Strategies
➢ India and Climate Change
13 April 2021 Current Affairs:
Ecology 3. Environmental pollution
Tuesday
& Environment ➢ Pollutants (1/6/2020-12/4/2021)
➢ Air pollution from the below sources.
➢ Water Pollution
➢ Soil Pollution • I-CAN (Current Affairs
➢ Noise Pollution & News Analysis)
➢ Radioactive pollution • INSIGHTSIAS Current
➢ E-Waste Affairs Quiz.
➢ Solid Waste • INSIGHTSIAS Current
➢ Bioremediation Affairs.
4. Biodiversity • INSIGHTS REVISION
➢ Basic Concepts THROUGH MCQs
➢ Plant and Animal Diversity
➢ Marine Organisms
➢ Threat to Biodiversity
➢ Protected Area Network:
National parks, Wildlife
sanctuaries, Biosphere
reserves, Reserved and
protected forests,
Conservation and
community reserves, Village
and panchayat Forests,
Private protected areas,
Conservation areas
➢ Biodiversity Conservation
efforts
➢ Indian Biodiversity ad
conservation efforts
➢ Bioprospecting
➢ Biosafety
➢ Biopiracy
5. Conservation efforts: India and
World
➢ Institutional and
Organizational mechanisms
➢ Environmental Acts and
Policies
➢ Environmental conventions
➢ Sustainable development
Environmental Monitoring
and Impact Assessment
NCERT:
• S&T in India • Class VI to Class X
➢ Historical Perspective • Class XI – Chemistry:
➢ Science and Planning Unit 14
➢ S&T Policies in Independent • Class XI – Biology:
India Units 4 & 5
➢ S&T Infrastructure in India • Class XII – Chemistry:
➢ Department of Science and Unit 16
Technology • Class XII – Biology:
20 April 2021 Science • Earth Sciences Units 8, 9 & 10
Tuesday & Technology ➢ Weather Forecasting and
Climate Research in India
➢ Seismology Research Current Affairs
➢ Ocean Development
• Science reporter
➢ Natural Disasters
• News papers
• Energy
➢ Types of Energy Resources
➢ Fossil Fuels Current Affairs:
➢ Renewable Sources and their
Development in India (1/6/2020-19/4/2021)
• Nuclear Science from the below sources.
➢ Radioactivity • I-CAN (Current Affairs
➢ Radioisotopes & News Analysis)
➢ Nuclear Power • INSIGHTSIAS Current
➢ Applications of Nuclear S&T Affairs Quiz.
➢ Safety Issues • INSIGHTSIAS Current
➢ Nuclear Weapons Affairs.
➢ India’s Nuclear Science • INSIGHTS REVISION
Programme THROUGH MCQs
➢ Particle Physics
• Information Technology
➢ Electronics
➢ Computers
➢ The Internet
➢ Computer Security
➢ Telecommunication
➢ India and Info-Tech
➢ Artificial Intelligence
➢ Robots and Robotics
➢ Fibre Optics
➢ Computer- and IT-Related
Terms and Products
• Lasers
➢ Principles and Types
➢ Applications
➢ Basic Science
➢ Industry
➢ Defence
➢ Nuclear Energy
➢ Health and Medical Care
➢ Laser Technology in India
• Superconductivity
➢ What is Superconductivity
➢ Uses and Applications
➢ Research in India
• Nanotechnology
➢ Understanding
Nanotechnology
➢ Approaches in
Nanotechnology
➢ Applications
➢ Implications and Various
Concerns
➢ Nanotechnology in India
➢ Nano Mission.
• Astronomy and Space Research

➢ Astronomy and its
Importance
➢ The Origin and Development
of the Universe
➢ Accelerating Expansion of
the Universe
➢ The Objects in the Universe
➢ Observing the Universe
➢ Space Exploration
➢ Elements of Space Research
and Technology
➢ Major Space Probes
➢ India’s Space Programme
➢ India’s Space Ventures
➢ Space Applications
➢ Milestones in India’s Space
Ventures
➢ Space-Industry Partnership
in India
➢ Export Promotion
➢ International Cooperation in
Space
➢ Space Garbage and Dealing
with it
• Defence Research and
Technology
➢ Weapon Innovations of Note
➢ Defence R&D in India
• Health and Medicine
➢ Disease-Causing Agents
➢ Infectious Diseases
➢ Non-Infectious or
Degenerative Diseases
➢ Deficiency Diseases
➢ Allergies
➢ Cancer
➢ Recent Life Style Concerns
➢ Health Policies and
Programmes in India
➢ Indian Systems of Medicine
and Homoeopathy
• Genetics
➢ What is Genetics?
➢ Physical Basis of Heredity
➢ Chemical Basis of Heredity
➢ Gene Mapping
➢ Genome Analysis and
Human Genetics
• Biotechnology
➢ What is Biotechnology
➢ Biotechnology Techniques
➢ Genetic Engineering
➢ DNA Fingerprinting
➢ Cloning
➢ Artificial Insemination and
Embryo
➢ Stem Cell Technology
➢ Applications of
Biotechnology
➢ Biotech Research in India
➢ Patents and Biotechnology
• Applications of S&T
➢ Agriculture and Rural
Development
o Basic Resources of
Agriculture
o Environment-Friendly
Agriculture
o Sustainable Agriculture
o S&T Advancements in
Agricultural Produce in
India
o Genetically Modified
Crops:Biosafety and
Regulation
o Animal Husbandry
o Agriculture in Special
Areas
o Climate-Smart Agriculture
o Research, Education,
Transfer of Technology in
India
o S&T and Rural
Development in India
➢ Industry
o Major R&D Infrastructure
in India
o Contribution of CSIR
o Intellectual Property Rights
Comments on the National
IPR Policy
Sources mentioned for

GS Tests 32 -34
27 April 2021 GS 3 Full Syllabus Current Affairs:
General Studies
Tuesday (Revision of GS Tests 32 – 34)
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