Subjectwise 2022 Full Package - Compressed

INSIGHTS SUBJECTWISE PRELIMS TEST SERIES
2022 [ Full Package]
Index:
1. Tests on Previous Years’ UPSC Question Papers + Discussion Videos + Strategy
Videos
2. Subjectwise Schedule (GS + CSAT)
3. INSTA Preparatory Classes on Prelims Strategy (recorded)
4. Notes & Sources
5. Subscription details (GS only, or GS+CSAT)
1. Previous Years’ UPSC Papers + Discussion & Strategy

Videos
Date Subject
6th June 2021 UPSC Prelims Paper – 2015 Discussion Video
Sunday

Sunday

Sunday
27th June 2021 UPSC Prelims Paper - 2018 Discussion Video

Sunday
4th July 2021 UPSC Prelims Paper - 2019 Discussion Video

Sunday
11th July 2021 Strategy & Tips to Solve MCQs & To follow the Prelims Test
Sunday Series
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2. SUBJECTWISE TEST SERIES SCHEDULE
General Studies : Test 1

Ancient History
• Prehistoric period
▪ Paleolithic
Old NCERT
▪ Mesolithic
▪ Neolithic • Ancient India –
▪ Chalcolithic R S Sharma
• Harappan / Indus Valley • Medieval India –
Civilization Satish
• Vedic Age Chandra
▪ Early Vedic period
▪ Later Vedic period
• Mahajanapadas & Rise of New NCERT
Magadh
• Our pasts – I
• Religious Reforms
• Our pasts – II
• Iranian & Macedonian
• Themes – I
Invasion
• Themes – II
• Mauryan Age
• Post Mauryan Age
▪ Indo Greek Invasion TamilNadu History
20th July 2021 o Indo-Greeks Textbook - Class XI
Ancient &
Tuesday o Parthians
Medieval India
o Shaka
o Kushanas Current Affairs:
o Indo-Sassanian
▪ Sungas (1/6/2021-
▪ Kanvas 19/7/2021) from
▪ Satavahanas the below sources.
• Guptas Age
• Sangam Age Sources:
• Regional Kingdoms • INSIGHTSIAS
• Post Guptas Age
Current Affairs
➢ Harshavardhana
Quiz.
➢ Pallava
➢ Chalukya • INSIGHTSIAS
Current Affairs.
Medieval History • INSIGHTS
REVISION
• Triparty Struggle THROUGH MCQs
Prathiharas
Palas
• 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
• Introduction to
➢ Temple
Indian art (NCERT
Architecture
class 11th)
➢ Indo-Islamic
• Living Craft
31st July 2021 Architecture
Traditions of India
Art & Culture ➢ Modern
Saturday (NCERT class
Architecture
12th)
• Indian Culture by
(Under Indus Valley Nitin Singhania
Civilization, The Mauryan • CCRT - Art and
Architecture, The Sungas, Culture
Kushanas, Satavahanas &
Guptas, Post Guptas, Delhi-
Sultanate, Mughals etc)
Current Affairs:
• Sculpture -- Indian
Sculpture and Different (1/6/2021-
schools of Art 30/7/2020) from
• Indian Paintings the below sources.
➢ Pre historic painting &
Cave paintings • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ Mural Paintings Current Affairs
➢ Miniature Paintings - Quiz.
Pala School, Rajput • INSIGHTSIAS
Paintings, Mughal Current Affairs.
Paintings, Hill • INSIGHTS REVISION
paintings etc. THROUGH MCQs
➢ 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
• Advent of Europeans • Our past III (Both
➢ Coming of Europeans part 1 & part 2 --
➢ Struggle among NCERT class VIII)
Europeans • Themes in Indian
➢ Rise of East India History – III
Company (NCERT Class XII)
• India under East India • A brief History of
Company’s Rule Modern India –
➢ Administration Spectrum
➢ Political policies Publication
o Regulating Act of • Struggle for
1773 India’s
o Pitt’s India Act Independence –
1784 Bipin Chandra
Modern India o Charter acts of
10th August 2021 1784, 1793,
(Pre-Congress 1813,1833, 1853
Tuesday
Phase) ➢ British Expansion
policy: Doctrine of
lapse, Subordinate Current Affairs:
alliance etc.
(1/6/2021-
➢ Economic policies and
their impact 9/8/2021) from the
o Agricultural below sources.
policies • INSIGHTSIAS
o Famine policy Current Affairs
➢ Foreign Policies Quiz.
➢ Social Policies • INSIGHTSIAS
o Education Current Affairs.
Policies • INSIGHTS
o Religious policies REVISION
THROUGH MCQs
• Indian Kingdoms in 18th
century: Marathas,
Punjab,
Mysore, Hyderabad etc.
• 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)
General Studies: Test 4

• Foundation of the Indian
National Congress
• Our past III (Both
part 1 & part 2 --
• National movement NCERT class VIII)
(1885 - 1919) • Themes in Indian
➢ Moderate Phase History – III
(1885 – 1905) (NCERT Class XII)
➢ Partition of Bengal • A brief History Of
and the Swadeshi Modern India –
Movement Spectrum
➢ The first phase of Publication
Revolutionary and • Struggle for
Modern India Terrorist Movement India’s
20th August 2021 ➢ The Morley-Minto Independence –
Friday (National Reforms or the Indian Bipin Chandra
Movement) Councils Act, 1909
➢ The Lucknow Pact
(1916)
➢ The Home Rule
Current Affairs:
Movement
(1/6/2021-
19/8/2021) from
• National movement
the below sources.
(1919 - 1939)
➢ Montague- • INSIGHTSIAS
Chelmsford Reforms Current Affairs
or the Government of Quiz.
India act, 1919 • INSIGHTSIAS
Current Affairs.
➢ The Khilafat • INSIGHTS
Movement (1920-22) REVISION
and Non-Cooperation THROUGH MCQs
Movement
➢ The Left Movement
➢ The second phase of
Revolutionary and
Terrorist 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 • Fundamentals

world of Physical
• Origin and evolution of Geography
Universe Solar system (NCERT Class
➢ Geological History of XI)
the Earth • Fundamentals
➢ Geological Time of Human
scale Latitude and Geography
Geography Longitude including (NCERT Class
29th August 2021 XII)
(World important Parallels
Sunday and Meridians • Goh Cheng
Geography) Leong -
➢ Motions of the Earth
and their effects Certificate
Inclination of the Physical and
Earth’s Axis and its Human
effects Geography
➢ Local and Standard • Mapping -
Time and the World
International Date
Line, Calendar
Current Affairs:
➢ Eclipses - Solar,
Lunar
(1/6/2021-
28/8/2021) from
• Geomorphology
the below sources.
➢ Interior structure of
the earth • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ Rock Current Affairs
➢ Landform Quiz.
Development • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ First order Current Affairs.
(continental drift • INSIGHTS
theory, sea floor REVISION
spreading, plate THROUGH MCQs
tectonics theory)
➢ Second order
(Mountains, Plateaus,
Plains & other
landforms)
➢ Internal forces & their
impact - Volcanoes,
Earthquakes,
➢ Folding, Faulting,
Isostasy
➢ External forces &
their impact -
Weathering, 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 • India Physical
Mountains Environment
o Plains of India (NCERT Class XI)
o Peninsular Plateau • India - People
o Islands of India and Economy
➢ Drainage System (NCERT Class
o Himalayan XII)
Drainage System • Mapping – India
o Peninsular
Drainage System
8th September Geography o Other small river
2021 system
(Indian
Wednesday Geography) Current Affairs:
• Indian Climate
➢ Spatial and temporal (1/6/2021-
distribution of 7/9/2021) from the
temperature & below sources.
pressure
• INSIGHTSIAS
➢ Winds
Current Affairs
➢ Rainfall
Quiz.
o Indian Monsoon
• INSIGHTSIAS
▪ Mechanism
Current Affairs.
▪ Onset
• INSIGHTS
▪ Variability
REVISION
o Rainfall
THROUGH MCQs
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 1 – 6
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
16th September 15/9/2021) from
2021 General Full GS 1 Prelims the below sources.
Studies - 1 (Revision of GS Test 1 to 6)
Thursday • INSIGHTSIAS
Current Affairs
Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current Affairs.
• INSIGHTS
REVISION
THROUGH MCQs
CSAT: Test 1
1. Comprehension
2. Basic numeracy & General mental ability
(a) Numbers
16th September (b) HCF & LCM
2021 CSAT (c) Averages
Thursday (d) Ratio & Proportion
(e) Percentage
(f) Profit & Loss
(g) Simple interest & Compound interest
(h) Problems on ages
(i) Problems on clock
(j) Partnership
(k) Pipes & cistern
• Constitutionalism
• Historical Underpinnings
• Evolution & Making of the
Constitution
• Features and Significant
Provisions
• Political systems
• Democratic & Non-
• Indian
Democratic
Constitution at
• Parliamentary &
Work (NCERT
Presidential
Class XI)
• Unitary & Federal
• LAXMIKANTH –
• Direct and Representative
Indian Polity
• Republic and Monarchy
etc.
• The Preamble
• The Union and its
26th September Current Affairs:
Territory
2021 • Citizenship (1/6/2021-
Polity
Sunday • Fundamental Rights 25/9/2021) from
• Directive Principles the below sources.
• Fundamental Duties
• Amendment of • INSIGHTSIAS
Constitution Current Affairs
• Basic Structure of the Quiz.
Constitution • INSIGHTSIAS
Current Affairs.
• Emergency Provisions
• Central Government • INSIGHTS
➢ President of India REVISION
➢ Vice President of THROUGH MCQs
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
➢ Official Language
➢ Public Services
➢ Tribunals
➢ Special provisions for • Indian
SCs, STs, BCs, Constitution
Minorities & Anglo- at Work
Indians (NCERT Class
➢ Rights and liabilities XI)
of the Government • LAXMIKANTH –
➢ Authoritative text in Indian Polity
Hindi Language
➢ Anti-defection law
6th October • Political dimensions Current Affairs:
➢ Ministries and (1/6/2021-
2021
Polity Departments of the 5/10/2021) from
Wednesday Government
the below sources.
➢ Pressure groups
➢ Elections & political • INSIGHTSIAS
parties Current Affairs
➢ Representation of Quiz.
People's Act • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ Election Process Current Affairs.
➢ Governance • INSIGHTS
➢ Transparency & REVISION
Accountability THROUGH MCQs
➢ 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)
for Scheduled Tribes
(NCST)
for Backward Castes
(NCBC) etc.
• Non-Constitutional Bodies
NITI Aayog, NHRC, SHRC, CIC,
SIC, CVC, CBI, Lokpal,
Lokayukta, NCPCR etc.
• Indian
Constitution
at Work
(NCERT Class
XI)
• International Institutions • LAXMIKANTH –
17th October Indian Polity
UN, World Bank, IMF,
2021 Polity WIPO, ADB, BRICS etc.
Current Affairs:
Sunday
• Government Schemes
(1/6/2021-
16/10/2021) from
the below sources.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current Affairs
Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current Affairs.
• INSIGHTS
REVISION
THROUGH MCQs
Sources Mentioned
for GS Test 8 – 10
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
26th October 25/10/2021) from
General Full GS 2 Prelims the below sources.
2021 (Revision of GS Test 8-10)
Studies - 2
• INSIGHTSIAS
Tuesday Current Affairs
Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current Affairs.
• INSIGHTS
REVISION
THROUGH MCQs
CSAT: Test 2
1. Comprehension
2. Basic numeracy & General mental ability
26th October (a) Time & work
(b) Time & Distance
2021 CSAT (c) Boats & streams
(d) Problems on trains
Tuesday (e) Permutation & combination
(f) Probability
(g) charts, graphs, tables etc.
• National Income • Indian Economic

3rd November Accounting: Development
➢ Definition (NCERT Class XI)
2021 Economics ➢ Concepts: GDP, GNP, • RAMESH SINGH
Wednesday Market Price and – Indian
Factor Cost, NNP, Economy
NDP, transfer
payments, National
income at FC, Current Affairs:
Personal Income,
disposable income, (1/6/2021-
factors affecting 2/11/2021) from
national income, net the below sources.
foreign facto income • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ Measurement of Current Affairs
national income: Quiz.
value added method, • INSIGHTSIAS
income method, Current Affairs.
expenditure method,
• INSIGHTS
Application of various REVISION
methods, Base year, THROUGH MCQs
GDP deflator
➢ Debates around GDP
and other indices
• Money and Banking

➢ Money
o Definition
o Functions and
significance
o Evolution of
Money
o Money supply in
India and factors
affecting it
➢ Banking
o Need of banks
o Function
o Commercial Banks
➢ 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 • Indian Economic
➢ Balance of Payments: Development
Definition, Current and (NCERT Class
Capital Accounts, XI)
Convertibility • RAMESH SINGH
➢ FDI, FII -- issues, – Indian
challenges etc. Economy
➢ Foreign Trade of India
14th November ➢ Trade Policy
2021 Economics ➢ Product wise trade
➢ Region wise trade
Sunday ➢ Subsidy boxes
➢ WTO related issues
➢ and India
➢ Intellectual Property
Rights Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
• International Trade and 13/11/2021) from
Bodies:
the below sources.
➢ IMF: Purpose and
➢ Objectives, Organization • INSIGHTSIAS
and Functions, Working Current Affairs
and Quiz.
➢ Evaluation, IMF and • INSIGHTSIAS
Underdeveloped Current Affairs.
Countries, SDR's, • INSIGHTS
➢ Reforms etc., REVISION
➢ World Bank THROUGH MCQs
➢ 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
➢ Terrestrial
ecosystems • ICSE
➢ Aquatic ecosystems Environmental
Studies - Class X
• Environmental pollution (2018 edition –
➢ Pollutants S.Chand
➢ Air pollution Publications)
➢ Water Pollution • Biology – NCERT
➢ Soil Pollution 12th – Unit 4
➢ Noise Pollution • Shankar IAS –
➢ Radioactive Environment
24th November pollution
Ecology & ➢ E-Waste
2021 ➢ Solid Waste Current Affairs:
Environment
➢ Bioremediation
Wednesday (1/6/2021-
23/11/2021) from
• Biodiversity the below sources.
➢ Basic Concepts • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ Plant and Animal Current Affairs
Diversity Quiz.
➢ Marine Organisms • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ Threat to Biodiversity Current Affairs.
➢ Protected Area • INSIGHTS
Network: National REVISION
parks, Wildlife THROUGH MCQs
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
• Environmental problems:
➢ Climate Change
• ICSE
➢ Acidification
Environmental
➢ Eutrophication
Studies - Class X
➢ Ozone Depletion
(2018 edition –
➢ Mitigation Strategies
S.Chand
➢ India and Climate
Publications)
Change
• Biology – NCERT
12th – Unit 4
• Conservation efforts: • Shankar IAS –
India and World Environment
➢ Institutional and
Organizational
Current Affairs:
mechanisms
➢ Environmental Acts (1/6/2021-
4th December and Policies 3/12/2021) from
2021 Ecology ➢ Environmental the below sources.
& Environment conventions
Saturday ➢ Sustainable • INSIGHTSIAS
development Current Affairs
Environmental Quiz.
Monitoring and • INSIGHTSIAS
Impact Assessment Current Affairs.
• INSIGHTS
REVISION
THROUGH MCQs
• S&T in India
➢ Historical Perspective
➢ Science and Planning
➢ S&T Policies in
Independent India NCERT:
➢ S&T Infrastructure in
India • Class VI to Class X
➢ Department of Science • Class XI –
and Technology Chemistry: Unit
• Earth Sciences 14
➢ Weather Forecasting • Class XI – Biology:
and Climate Research Units 4 & 5
in India • Class XII –
➢ Seismology Research Chemistry: Unit
➢ Ocean Development 16
➢ Natural Disasters • Class XII –
• Energy Biology: Units 8,
➢ Types of Energy 9 & 10
Resources
14th December ➢ Fossil Fuels
➢ Renewable Sources Current Affairs:
Science
2021 and their
& Technology • Science reporter
Tuesday Development in India
• News papers
• Nuclear Science
➢ Radioactivity
➢ Radioisotopes Current Affairs:
➢ Nuclear Power
➢ Applications of (1/6/2021-
Nuclear S&T 13/12/2021) from
➢ Safety Issues the below sources.
➢ Nuclear Weapons
• INSIGHTSIAS
➢ India’s Nuclear Science
Current Affairs
Programme
Quiz.
➢ Particle Physics
• INSIGHTSIAS
• Information Technology
Current Affairs.
➢ Electronics
• INSIGHTS
➢ Computers
REVISION
➢ The Internet
THROUGH MCQs
➢ 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 are 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
Sources mentioned
for GS Test 12-16
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
21/12/2021) from
24th December
the below sources.
General Full GS 3 Syllabus (Revision of
2021
Studies - 3 GS 12-16) • INSIGHTSIAS
Thursday Current Affairs
Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current Affairs.
• INSIGHTS
REVISION
THROUGH MCQs
CSAT: Test-3
1st January 2022

CSAT Revision test of CSAT Test 1 & Test 2 Syllabus
Saturday
CSAT: Test 4
1. Comprehension
2. General mental ability
(a) Series completion
(b) Coding — Decoding
(c) Blood Relations
(d) Puzzle Test
(e) Sequential Output
Tracing
(f) Direction Sense Test
(g) Logical Venn diagrams
(h) Alphabet Test
(i) Number, Ranking &
10th January
Time Sequence Test
2022
CSAT (j) Logical Sequence of
Words
Monday
(k) Arithmetical
Reasoning
(l) Inserting the Missing
Character
(m) Data Sufficiency
(n) Decision Making
(o) Assertion and Reason
(p) Situation Reaction
Test
(q) Verification of Truth
of the Statement
CSAT: Test 5
1. Comprehension
2. Logical reasoning & Analytical ability
(a) Logic
20th January
(b) Statement - Arguments
2022 CSAT
(c) Statement - Assumptions
Thursday (d) Statement - Courses of Action
(e) Statement – Conclusions
(f) Syllogism
Ancient History
Ancient History
• Prehistoric period Old NCERT

▪ Paleolithic
▪ Mesolithic • Ancient India – R
▪ Neolithic S Sharma
▪ Chalcolithic • Medieval India –
• Harappan / Indus Valley Satish Chandra
Civilization New NCERT
• Vedic Age
• Our pasts – I
▪ Early Vedic period
• Our pasts – II
▪ Later Vedic period
• Themes – I
• Mahajanapadas & Rise of
Magadh • Themes – II
• Religious Reforms
• Iranian & Macedonian TamilNadu History
Invasion Textbook - Class XI
• Mauryan Age
• Post Mauryan Age
Art & Culture ▪ Indo Greek Invasion
29th January Art & Culture
+ o Indo-Greeks
2022 o Parthians • Introduction to
Ancient & o Shaka Indian art (NCERT
Saturday
Medieval India o Kushanas class 11th)
o Indo-Sassanian • Living Craft
▪ Sungas Traditions of India
▪ Kanvas (NCERT class
▪ Satavahanas 12th)
• Guptas Age • Indian Culture by
• Sangam Age Nitin Singhania
• Regional Kingdoms • CCRT - Art and
• Post Guptas Age Culture
➢ Harshavardhana
➢ Pallava
➢ Chalukya
Current Affairs:
Medieval History
(1/6/2021-
• Triparty Struggle 28/1/2022) from
Prathiharas the below sources.
Palas
• Chola Empire • INSIGHTSIAS
• Turkish conquest of India Current Affairs
Ghaznavid Quiz.
Muhammad Ghuri • INSIGHTSIAS
• Rajput states Current Affairs.
• Delhi sultanate • INSIGHTS
➢ Slave dynasty REVISION
➢ The Khaljis THROUGH MCQs
➢ 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 -
• Advent of Europeans -NCERT class
➢ Coming of Europeans VIII)
➢ Struggle among • Themes in Indian
Europeans History – III
➢ Rise of East India (NCERT Class
Company XII)
• A brief History Of
• India under East India Modern India –
Company’s Rule Spectrum
➢ Administration Publication
5th February ➢ Political policies • Struggle for
o Regulating Act of India’s
2022 1773 Independence –
Modern India
o Pitt’s India Act Bipin Chandra
Saturday
1784
o Charter acts of
1784, 1793,
1813,1833, 1853 Current Affairs:
➢ British Expansion
policy: Doctrine of (1/6/2021-
lapse, Subordinate 4/2/2022) from the
alliance etc. below sources.
➢ Economic policies and
their impact • INSIGHTSIAS
o Agricultural Current Affairs
policies Quiz.
o Famine policy • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ Foreign Policies Current Affairs.
➢ Social Policies • INSIGHTS
o Education REVISION
Policies THROUGH MCQs
o Religious policies
• Indian Kingdoms in 18th

century: Marathas,
Punjab,
Mysore, Hyderabad etc.
• 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
(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
(1919 - 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
Revolutionary and
Terrorist 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.
Physical Geography of the • Fundamentals of

Physical
world
Geography
• Origin and evolution of (NCERT Class XI)
Universe Solar system • Fundamentals of
➢ Geological History of Human
the Earth Geography
➢ Geological Time (NCERT Class
scale Latitude and XII)
Longitude including • Goh Cheng Leong
important Parallels - Certificate
and Meridians Physical and
➢ Motions of the Earth Human
12th February and their effects Geography
Inclination of the • India Physical
2022 Geography
Earth’s Axis and its Environment
effects (NCERT Class XI)
Saturday
➢ Local and Standard • India - People and
Time and the Economy
International Date (NCERT Class
Line, Calendar XII)
➢ Eclipses - Solar, • Mapping – India
Lunar & World
• Geomorphology
➢ Interior structure of
the earth
➢ Rock
Current Affairs:
➢ Landform
Development (1/6/2021-
➢ First order 11/2/2022) from
(continental drift the below sources.
theory, sea floor
spreading, plate • INSIGHTSIAS
tectonics theory) Current Affairs
➢ Second order Quiz.
(Mountains, Plateaus, • INSIGHTSIAS
Plains & other Current Affairs.
landforms) • INSIGHTS
➢ Internal forces & their REVISION
impact - Volcanoes, THROUGH MCQs
Earthquakes,
➢ Folding, Faulting,
Isostasy
➢ External forces &
their impact -
Weathering, 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
▪ Mechanis
m
▪ 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)

17th February
General Full GS 1 Syllabus Sources Mentioned
2022 for GS Tests 18 -20
Studies -1 (Revision of GS Tests 18-20)
Thursday Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
16/2/2022) from
the below sources.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current Affairs
Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current Affairs.
• INSIGHTS
REVISION
THROUGH MCQs
CSAT: Test 6
17th February
2022
CSAT Revision test of CSAT Test 4 & Test 5 Syllabus
Thursday
• Constitutionalism • Indian
• Historical Underpinnings Constitution at
• Evolution & Making of the Work (NCERT
Constitution Class XI)
• Features and Significant • LAXMIKANTH –
Provisions Indian Polity
• Political systems
• Democratic & Non-
26th February Democratic
• Parliamentary & Current Affairs:
2022 Presidential
Polity (1/6/2021-
Saturday • Unitary & Federal 25/2/2022) from
• Direct and Representative
the below sources.
• Republic and Monarchy
etc. • INSIGHTSIAS
• The Preamble Current Affairs
• The Union and its Quiz.
Territory • INSIGHTSIAS
• Citizenship Current Affairs.
• Fundamental Rights • INSIGHTS
• Directive Principles REVISION
• Fundamental Duties THROUGH MCQs
• Amendment of
Constitution
• Basic Structure of the
Constitution
• Emergency Provisions
• Central Government
➢ President of India
➢ Vice President of India
➢ Prime minister
• State Government
➢ Governor
➢ Chief Minister
➢ State Council of
Ministers
• Judiciary
➢ Supreme Court
➢ High Courts
• Central Government
• Indian
➢ President of India
Constitution at
➢ Vice President of
Work (NCERT
India
Class XI)
➢ Prime minister
• LAXMIKANTH –
Indian Polity
• State Government Current Affairs:

5th March ➢ Governor
➢ Chief Minister (1/6/2021-
2022 4/3/2022) from the
Polity ➢ State Council of
Saturday Ministers below sources.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current Affairs
• Judiciary
Quiz.
➢ Supreme Court
• INSIGHTSIAS
➢ High Courts
Current Affairs.
• INSIGHTS
REVISION
• Indian Federalism
THROUGH MCQs
➢ Centre-State
Relations
➢ Inter-state Relations
• Local Government
➢ 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
for Scheduled Castes
(NCSC)
for Scheduled Tribes
(NCST)
for 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 22 &
23
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
9/3/2022) from the
10th March 2022 General Full GS 2 Syllabus below sources.
Thursday Studies -2 (Revision of GS Tests 22 & 23) • INSIGHTSIAS
Current Affairs
Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current Affairs.
• INSIGHTS
REVISION
THROUGH MCQs
CSAT: Test -7
10th March 2022

CSAT
Thursday Full Syllabus
• National Income
Accounting:
➢ Definition
➢ Concepts: GDP, GNP,
Market Price and Factor
Cost, NNP, NDP,
transfer payments, • Indian Economic
National income at FC, Development
Personal Income, (NCERT Class XI)
disposable income, • RAMESH SINGH –
factors affecting Indian Economy
national income, net
foreign facto income
➢ Measurement of Current Affairs:
18th March national income: value (1/6/2021-

added method, income 17/3/2022) from
2022 method, expenditure
Economy the below sources.
method, Application of
Friday various methods, Base • INSIGHTSIAS
year, GDP deflator Current Affairs
➢ Debates around GDP Quiz.
and other indices • INSIGHTSIAS
Current Affairs.
• INSIGHTS
• Money and Banking REVISION
➢ Money THROUGH MCQs
o Definition
o Functions and
significance
o Evolution of Money
o Money supply in India
and factors affecting
it
➢ Banking
o Need of banks
o Function
o Commercial Banks
➢ 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
• 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
• ICSE
➢ Terrestrial
Environmental
ecosystems
Studies - Class X
➢ Aquatic ecosystems
(2018 edition –
S.Chand
2. Environmental problems:
Publications)
26th March ➢ Climate Change
• Biology – NCERT
➢ Acidification
12th – Unit 4
2022 Ecology & ➢ Eutrophication
• Shankar IAS -
Environment ➢ Ozone Depletion
Saturday ➢ Mitigation Strategies Environment
➢ India and Climate
Change Current Affairs:
3. Environmental pollution
➢ Pollutants (1/6/2021-
➢ Air pollution 25/3/2022) from
➢ Water Pollution the below sources.
➢ Soil Pollution
➢ Noise Pollution
➢ Radioactive • INSIGHTSIAS
pollution Current Affairs
➢ E-Waste Quiz.
➢ Solid Waste • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ Bioremediation Current Affairs.
4. Biodiversity • INSIGHTS
➢ Basic Concepts REVISION
➢ Plant and Animal THROUGH MCQs
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
• S&T in India
➢ Historical Perspective
➢ Science and Planning
➢ S&T Policies in
Independent India NCERT:
➢ S&T Infrastructure in
India • Class VI to Class X
➢ Department of Science • Class XI –
and Technology Chemistry: Unit
• Earth Sciences 14
➢ Weather Forecasting • Class XI – Biology:
and Climate Research Units 4 & 5
in India • Class XII –
➢ Seismology Research Chemistry: Unit
➢ Ocean Development 16
➢ Natural Disasters • Class XII –
• Energy Biology: Units 8, 9
➢ Types of Energy & 10
Resources
➢ Fossil Fuels
2nd April 2022 Science Current Affairs
➢ Renewable Sources
Saturday & Technology and their • Science reporter
Development in India • News papers
• Nuclear Science
➢ Radioactivity
➢ Radioisotopes Current Affairs:
➢ Nuclear Power
(1/6/2021-
➢ Applications of
1/4/2022) from the
Nuclear S&T
➢ Safety Issues below sources.
➢ Nuclear Weapons • INSIGHTSIAS
➢ India’s Nuclear Science Current Affairs
Programme Quiz.
➢ Particle Physics • INSIGHTSIAS
• Information Technology Current Affairs.
➢ Electronics • INSIGHTS
➢ Computers REVISION
➢ The Internet THROUGH MCQs
➢ 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 25 -27
Current Affairs:
(1/6/2021-
6/4/2022) from the
below sources.
7th April 2022 General GS 3 Full Syllabus
Studies -3 (Revision of GS Tests 25 – 27) • INSIGHTSIAS
Thursday Current Affairs
Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS
Current Affairs.
• INSIGHTS
REVISION
THROUGH MCQs
CSAT: Test 8
11th April 2022
Monday CSAT Full Syllabus

• India year book 2021
• Current Affairs
17th April 2022 Current Affairs:

General
Sunday (1/6/2021-16/4/2022) from the below sources.
Studies
• INSIGHTSIAS Current Affairs Quiz.
• INSIGHTSIAS Current Affairs.
• INSIGHTS REVISION THROUGH MCQs

• Economic Survey 2021-22, Budget 2022-23
• Current Affairs (1/6/2021-23/4/2022) from the
below sources.
24th April 2022 Economic • INSIGHTSIAS Current Affairs Quiz.
Sunday Survey • INSIGHTSIAS Current Affairs.
• INSIGHTS REVISION THROUGH MCQs
FULL WEEKLY SYLLABUS TESTS (Mimics UPSC Prelims Exam)

1th May 2022
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Sunday

8th May 2022
Full Syllabus
Sunday
CSAT: Test 9
8th May 2022
Full Syllabus
Sunday
15th May 2022
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Sunday

22th May 2022
Full Syllabus
Sunday
CSAT: Test 10
22th May 2022
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29th May 2022
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Sunday

5th June 2022
Full Syllabus
Sunday
CSAT: Test 11
5th June 2022
Full Syllabus
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12th June 2021
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Sunday
19th June 2022
Full Syllabus
Sunday
CSAT: Test 12
19th June 2022
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General Studies : Test 1

General Studies : Test 2

General Studies: Test 4

Physical Geography of the • Fundamentals

World Economic and Human

General Studies : Test 6

Physical Geography of India

• Indian Flora & Faun

Indian Economic and Human

Map Based Questions from

General Studies: Test 7

General Studies : Test 8

General Studies: Test 12

• National Income • Indian Economic

• Money and Banking

• Capital Markets & Money

• Inflation and Employment

• Initiatives by the govt.

• Ecology and Functions of

1st January 2022

• Prehistoric period Old NCERT

• Fairs, Festivals and Craft

• Fall of Mughals • Our past III (Both

• Indian Kingdoms in 18th

General Studies: Test 20

Physical Geography of the • Fundamentals of

World Economic and Human

Map Based Questions from

General Studies: Test 21

General Studies: Test 22

• State Government Current Affairs:

10th March 2022

General Studies: Test 25

18th March national income: value (1/6/2021-

• Capital Markets & Money

• Inflation and Employment

• 6. External Sector and

General Studies: Test 26

1. Ecology and Functions of

• Astronomy and Space

General Studies: Test 28

General Studies: Test 29

17th April 2022 Current Affairs:

General Studies: Test 30

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General Studies: Test 32

General Studies: Test 34

General Studies: Test 35

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General Studies: Test 37

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