TSPSC SYLLABUS

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EDUCATION REVOLUTION

 KEYWORDS

KEYLINES
WORD MNEMONICS
VISUAL MNEMONICS
MIND MAPS
LOGICAL ASSIMMILATION
MAGIC NUMBERS
MEMORY TRAIN
DIGITAL STORY BUILDING
READING SKILLS
ANSWER WRITING SKILLS
ACRONYMS

PRELIMINARY SYLLABUS
National
Regional

International

CURRENT
AFFAIRS

CURRENT AFFAIRS
National:
Committees
Union Govt
Supreme Court
Schemes / Programmes
Ministries
PM
President
Bills & Acts
Report

CURRENT AFFAIRS
International / India and World:
Summits
Deals
Visits
International Organisations
Bilateral Relations
Around the World Only Major Events
Elections in Big Nations

CURRENT AFFAIRS
Regional:
Govt Initiatives
Schemes
CM
Ministries
Bills & Acts
Reports
High Court

CURRENT AFFAIRS
Science and Technology:
Achievements of Indians in S & T
Indigenization of technology
IT and Computers
Space technology
Defence Technology
Nanotechnology
Biotechnology
Energy technology
S & T developments & applications in everyday life
Health technology
Environment technology

CURRENT AFFAIRS
Economy:
RBI
SEBI
NITI Ayog
Ministry of Finance
International Organisations
Press Notes by Govt
Telangana Socio-Economic Outlook 2015

CURRENT AFFAIRS
Environment and Ecology:
National Parks
Protected Area
Sanctuary
Biosphere Reserve
Endangered Species
New species
Acts
Migratory Birds
Wetlands and Mangroves
Biodiversity hotspots
Census
Western Ghats

National Green Tribunal

River Cleaning
Related to Pollution
Climate change
Clean/Green Energy
Vultures
Conventions
Protocols
International Organizations

International
relations and
events

General Science

Indias achievements
in Science and
Technology

Environmental Issues
Disaster Management
Prevention and
Mitigation Strategies

DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Key disasters in India
Earthquake
Floods
Drought
Cyclone
Landslide
Tsunami
Industrial disaster
Disaster response mechanism
Disaster management Act
National Disaster Management Authority NDMA

 National Executive Committee NEC

National Institute of Disaster Management
NIDM
National Disaster Response Force NDRF
Policies and Guidelines

 Prevention and Mitigation

Mainstreaming of Disaster Risk reduction in
Developmental strategy
Measures taken for Prevention and Mitigation
of hazards
Institutional Arrangements
Recovery, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation
Capacity development
Financial arrangements
International Co-operation

World
Geography

Indian
Geography

Geography
of Telangana

Geography

Physical [Important]

Social [Not so
Important]

Geomorthology
[Important]

Climatology
[Extremely Important]

Oceanography [Not so
important]

Biogeography
[Important]

Environmental
geography [Very
important in
Environment section]

Economic Geography
[Very important.
Especially Indian
Economic Geography]

GEOGRAPHY

Physical Geography
Human Geography
Economic Geography
Imp Geophysical Phenomena
Topic wise break up

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Geomorphology
Earths Interior
-------------------------------------Tectonics
Continental Drift
Seefloor Spreading
Plate Tectonics
--------------------------------------- Mountain Building [Orogeny]
Physical Phenomena Earthquakes, Volcanoes, etc..
Rocks
Weathering& Erosion

Erosional and depositional landforms

Fluvial landforms
Glacial Landforms
Marine Landforms
Arid Landfroms
Karst Landfroms

CLIMATOLOGY

The Atmosphere
Temperature Distribution
Pressure systems and Wind systems
Jet streams
Air masses
Fronts-Frontal Cyclones or Temperate Cyclones
Humidity and Precipitation
Geographical Phenomena: Cyclones Tropical and
Temperate cyclones
Climatic regions of the World

OCEANOGRAPHY

Ocean relief
Temperature Distribution
Salinity
Ocean Currents
Tides
Coral Bleaching
Sea level change
Marine pollution
Laws related

BIOGEOGRAPHY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY
Soil Profile
Soil degradation and conservation
Biotic regions [Topic closely related to Climatic
regions of the world]
Deforestation and Conservation of forests.
Changes in critical geographical features - flora
and fauna and the effects of such changes.
Environmental Pollution

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
Resource distribution
Marine resources
Water resources
Agricultural resources
Land resources
Mineral and Non-mineral resources

GEOGRAPHY OF TELANGANA

Physiography
Climate
Rivers
Soils
Forests
Wild life distribution
Minerals and Energy resources
Projects
Industries
Road and Rail network distribution

History

Cultural
heritage of
India

TOPIC WISE BREAK UP

MODULE 1
1) Sources of history
2) Historiography-different school of history
writing
MODULE 2
3) Stone Age Cultures in India
4) Paleolithic culture
5) Mesolithic culture
6) Neolithic culture
7) Chalcolithic culture

TOPIC WISE BREAK UP

MODULE 3
8) Harappan Civilization
9) Discovery
10) Important Sites and findings
11) Material culture
12) Town Planning
13) Faith and decline

 MODULE 4

14) Vedic Age

15) Rig Vedic Culture (1500-1000 BC)
16) Aryans and Rig Veda
17) Material culture
18) Religion , polity and society
19) Later Vedic literature
20) Material culture, discovery and use of iron
21) Religion, society
22) Rise of territorial kingdom and Mahajanapads

 MODULE 5
23) The rise of Jainism and Buddhism
24) The origin
25) Important events of Vardhman Mahavir
26) Fundamentals & text of Jainism
27) Philosophy of Jainism
28) Important events of Buddhism
29) Fundamentals & text of Buddhism
30) Philosophy of Buddhism

 MODULE 6
31) The Mauryas
32) Chandragupta Maurya and Bindusara
33) Mauryan Administration, taxes
34) Ashok, his edicts, Dhamma
35) Mauryan Art and decline

 MODULE 7
36) Post-Mauryan Period
37) Influx of Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians &
Kushanas
38) The influence of foreign rulers on Indian
culture

MODULE 8
39) South India
40) Sathvahanas and their contributions
41) Sangam Age, Tamil literature and local rulers
42) Indo-Roman trade-route, items of export and
import

 MODULE 9
43) Gupta Age in India
44) The important kings like Samudra Gupta
and Chandra Gupta Vikramaditya
45) Literature, and Gupta art
MODULE 10
46) Eastern India and the period of Harsha,
Huen-Tsang and Banbhatta

 MODULE 11
47) North India (750-1200)
48) Palas and Cholas
49) Rajputs, origin, polity and society
50) Important Rajput clans
MODULE 12
51) The Delhi Sultanat
52) The early Sultans of Ilbaris
53) The Khaljis and the Tughlaques

 MODULE 13
54) Growth of Indo-Persian Culture
55) Sufi and Bhakti movement
56) Architecture of Delhi sultanate
MODULE 14
57) Mughals-Babur and Humayun
58) The Suris (1540-55)
59) Akbar(1556-1605)
60) Jehangir to Aurangzeb
61) Shivaji and the Marathas

 MODULE 15
62) Arrival of Europeans in India and establishment of
their factories and colonies
63) English East India company, organization its
factories

MODULE 16
64) Establishment of East India Companys rule in
India
65) Anglo series Wars,
66) Policy of subsidiary alliance
67) Doctrine of lapse

 MODULE 17
68) Economic Policies of British in India and its impact
69) Revenue Settlements
70) De-industrialization, drain of wealth,
71) Commercialization of agriculture,
72) Railways and famine

MODULE 18
73) Socio-Religious reform movement of 19th20th Century
74) The reformist like Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Sir
Sayed Ahmad Khan
75) The revivalist like the Wahabis and Arya Samajist
76) The philosophers like Vivekanand, Tagore and
Mohammad Iqbal

 MODULE 19
77) The Revolt of 1857
78) The Centers and leaders of the revolts
79) Famous statements related with 1857
80) An Act for the better Government in India, 1858 and
the Queens proclamation

MODULE 20
81) Indias struggle for Independence (1885-1947)
82) The Moderates (1885-1905)
83) The extremist and the revolutionaries
84) Satyagraha & Gandhian movements
85) Nehru, and Tagores thought
86) The Acts of 1909, 1919 and 1935
87) Independence and partition

Indian Constitution and Polity

Governance and Public Policy in India
Policies of Telangana State

INDAN POLITY

Making of Constitution
Preamble
Citizenship
FR FD
DPSP
Union Executive
Govt of States Most imp J&K, AP Telangana
Bifurcation
Union and State legislature

Local Govt Bodies

Administration of Schedule and Tribal areas
Judiciary
Distribution of powers Legislative, Executive,
Financial
Inter State Relations
Emergency Provisions
Services and PSCs
Elections
Minorities, SCs, STs
Amendment Acts

GOVERNANCE

State administration
District Administration
Divisional Administration
State law and order administration
Financial administration
Laws, Protection and Welfare Schemes for
Vulnerable sections
Govt interventions for development
E-Governance, Peoples Participation, Public
Sector Reforms

PUBLIC POLICIES
National Policy on Resettlement and
Rehabilitation
National Policy for empowerment of women
and children
National Youth Policy
National Policy on Education and Child labour
Disaster Management
Health policy
Urban housing and habitant policy

Urban street vendors policy

Agriculture and policy for farmers
Manufacturing policy
Environment Policy
Policy on IT, Skill Development, S & T
National Nutrition Policy
Sanitation Policy

Logical
reasoning
Analytical
ability
Data
Interpretation