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Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature
and Architecture from ancient to modern times.
Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth
century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues.
The Freedom Struggle - its various stages and important
contributors/contributions from different parts of the country.
Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the
country.
History of the world will include events from 18th century such as
industrial revolution, world wars, redrawing of national boundaries,
colonization, decolonization, political philosophies like communism,
capitalism, socialism etc.- their forms and effect on the society.
Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India.
Role of women and women's organization, population and associated
issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their
problems and their remedies.
Effects of globalization on Indian society.
Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.
Salient features of world's physical geography.
Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including
South Asia and the Indian sub-continent); factors responsible for the
location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in
various parts of the world (including India).
Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami,
Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their
location- changes in critical geographical features (including water-
bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such
changes.
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Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features,
amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.
2. Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues
and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of
powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein.
3. Separation of powers between various organs dispute redressal
mechanisms and institutions.
4. Comparison of the Indian constitutional scheme with that of other
countries.
5. Parliament and State Legislatures - structure, functioning, conduct
of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these.
6. Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the
Judiciary Ministries and Departments of the Government; pressure
groups and formal/informal associations.
7. Salient features of the Representation of People's Act.
8. Appointment to various Constitutional posts, powers, functions and
responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies.
9. Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies.
10. Government policies and interventions for development in various
sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
11. Development processes and the development industry- the role
of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities,
institutional and other stakeholders.
12. Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the
Centre and States and the performance of these schemes;
mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the
protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.
13. Issues relating to development and management of Social
Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.
14. Issues relating to poverty and hunger.
15. Important aspects of governance, transparency and
accountability, e-governance- applications, models, successes,
limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency &
accountability and institutional and other measures.
16. Role of civil services in a democracy.
17. India and its neighborhood- relations.
18. Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving
India and/or affecting India's interests.
19. Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing
countries on India's interests, Indian diaspora.
20. Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their
structure, mandate.
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1. Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of
resources, growth, development and employment.
2. Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.
3. Government Budgeting.
4. Major crops cropping patterns in various parts of the country,
different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage, transport
and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related
constraints; e-technology in the aid of farmers.
5. Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum
support prices; Public Distribution System- objectives, functioning,
limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security;
Technology missions; economics of animal-rearing.
6. Food processing and related industries in India- scope and
significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements,
supply chain management.
7. Land reforms in India.
8. Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial
policy and their effects on industrial growth.
9. Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.
10. Investment models.
11. Science and Technology- developments and their applications
and effects in everyday life.
12. Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization
of technology and developing new technology.
13. Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-
technology, bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property
rights.
14. Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation,
environmental impact assessment.
15. Disaster and disaster management.
16. Linkages between development and spread of extremism.
17. Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges
to internal security.
18. Challenges to internal security through communication networks,
role of media and social networking sites in internal security
challenges, basics of cyber security; money-laundering and its
prevention.
19. Security challenges and their management in border areas;
linkages of organized crime with terrorism.
20. Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate
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Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in human
actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics in private and public
relationships.
Human Values – lessons from the lives and teachings of great
leaders, reformers and administrators; role of family, society and
educational institutions in inculcating values
Attitude: Content, structure, function; its influence and relation with
thought and behavior; moral and political attitudes; social influence
and persuasion.
Aptitude and foundational values for Civil Service , integrity,
impartiality and non-partisanship, objectivity, dedication to public
service, empathy, tolerance and compassion towards the weaker-
sections.
Emotional intelligence-concepts, and their utilities and application in
administration and governance.
Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and
world.
Public/Civil service values and Ethics in Public administration: Status
and problems; ethical concerns and dilemmas in government and
private institutions; laws, rules, regulations and conscience as
sources of ethical guidance; accountability and ethical governance;
strengthening of ethical and moral values in governance; ethical
issues in international relations and funding; corporate governance.
Probity in Governance: Concept of public service; Philosophical
basis of governance and probity; Information sharing and
transparency in government, Right to Information, Codes of Ethics,
Codes of Conduct, Citizen's Charters, Work culture, Quality of
service delivery, Utilization of public funds, challenges of corruption.
Case Studies on above issues.
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Sociology - The Discipline:
(a) Modernity and social changes in Europe and emergence of
sociology.
(b) Scope of the subject and comparison with other social sciences.
(c) Sociology and common sense.
Sociology as Science:
(a) Science, scientific method and critique.
(b) Major theoretical strands of research methodology.
(c) Positivism and its critique.
(d) Fact value and objectivity.
(e) Non- positivist methodologies.
Research Methods and Analysis:
(a) Qualitative and quantitative methods.
(b) Techniques of data collection.
(c) Variables, sampling, hypothesis, reliability and validity.
Sociological Thinkers:
(a) Karl Marx- Historical materialism, mode of production, alienation,
class struggle.
(b) Emile Durkheim- Division of labour, social fact, suicide, religion
and society.
(c) Max Weber- Social action, ideal types, authority, bureaucracy,
protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism.
(d) Talcolt Parsons- Social system, pattern variables.
(e) Robert K. Merton- Latent and manifest functions, conformity and
deviance, reference groups.
(f) Mead - Self and identity.
Stratification and Mobility:
(a) Concepts- equality, inequality, hierarchy, exclusion, poverty and
deprivation.
(b) Theories of social stratification- Structural functionalist theory,
Marxist theory, Weberian theory.
(c) Dimensions – Social stratification of class, status groups, gender,
ethnicity and race.
(d) Social mobility- open and closed systems, types of mobility,
sources and causes of mobility.
Works and Economic Life:
(a) Social organization of work in different types of societies- slave,
feudal, industrial /capitalist society.
(b) Formal and informal organization of work.
(c) Labour and society.
Politics and Society:
(a) Sociological theories of power.
(b) Power elite, bureaucracy, pressure groups, and political parties.
(c) Nation, state, citizenship, democracy, civil society, ideology.
(d) Protest, agitation, social movements, collective action, revolution.
Religion and Society:
(a) Sociological theories of religion.
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(b) Types of religious practices: animism, monism, pluralism, sects,
and cults.
(c) Religion in modern society: religion and science, secularization,
religious revivalism, fundamentalism.
Systems of Kinship:
(a) Family, household, marriage.
(b) Types and forms of family.
(c) Lineage and descent.
(d) Patriarchy and sexual division of labour.
(e) Contemporary trends.
Social Change in Modern Society:
(a) Sociological theories of social change.
(b) Development and dependency.
(c) Agents of social change.
(d) Education and social change.
(e) Science, technology and social change.
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INTRODUCING INDIAN SOCIETY
Perspectives on the study of Indian society:
(a) Indology (GS. Ghurye).
(b) Structural functionalism (M N Srinivas).
(c) Marxist sociology (A R Desai).
Impact of colonial rule on Indian society:
(a) Social background of Indian nationalism.
(b) Modernization of Indian tradition.
(c) Protests and movements during the colonial period.
(d) Social reforms.
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
Rural and Agrarian Social Structure:
(a) The idea of Indian village and village studies.
(b) Agrarian social structure – evolution of land tenure system, land
reforms.
Caste System:
(a) Perspectives on the study of caste systems: GS Ghurye, M N
Srinivas, Louis Dumont, Andre Beteille.
(b) Features of caste system.
(c) Untouchability - forms and perspectives.
Tribal communities in India:
(a) Definitional problems.
(b) Geographical spread.
(c) Colonial policies and tribes.
(d) Issues of integration and autonomy.
Social Classes in India:
(a) Agrarian class structure.
(b) Industrial class structure.
(c) Middle classes in India.
Systems of Kinship in India:
(a) Lineage and descent in India.
(b) Types of kinship systems.
(c) Family and marriage in India.
(d) Household dimensions of the family.
(e) Patriarchy, entitlements and sexual division of labour.
Religion and Society:
(a) Religious communities in India.
(b) Problems of religious minorities.
SOCIAL CHANGE IN INDIA
Visions of Social Change in India:
(a) Idea of development planning and mixed economy.
(b) Constitution, law and social change.
(c) Education and social change.
Rural and Agrarian transformation in India:
(a) Programmes of rural development, Community Development,
cooperatives & poverty alleviation.
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(b) Green revolution and social change.
(c) Changing modes of production in Indian agriculture.
(d) Problems of rural labour, bondage, migration.
Industrialization and Urbanisation in India:
(a) Evolution of modern industry in India.
(b) Growth of urban settlements in India.
(c) Working class: structure, growth, class mobilization.
(d) Informal sector, child labour.
(e) Slums and deprivation in urban areas.
Politics and Society:
(a) Nation, democracy and citizenship.
(b) Political parties, pressure groups, social and political elite.
(c) Regionalism and decentralization of power.
(d) Secularization
Social Movements in Modern India:
(a) Peasants and farmers movements.
(b) Women’s movement.
(c) Backward classes & Dalit movement.
(d) Environmental movements.
(e) Ethnicity and Identity movements.
Population Dynamics:
(a) Population size, growth, composition and distribution.
(b) Components of population growth: birth, death, migration.
(c) Population policy and family planning.
(d) Emerging issues: ageing, sex ratios, child and infant mortality,
reproductive health.
Challenges of Social Transformation:
(a) Crisis of development: displacement, environmental problems and
sustain-ability.
(b) Poverty, deprivation and inequalities.
(c) Violence against women.
(d) Caste conflicts.
(e) Ethnic conflicts, communalism, religious revivalism.
(f) Illiteracy and disparities in education.
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