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UPSC IAS Mains 2020: Detailed Syllabus for GS Paper I (History, Geography & Indian Society)

UPSC IAS Mains 2020: Detailed Syllabus for GS Paper I (History, Geography & Indian Society)

UPSC IAS Mains General Studies – I Syllabus

History

Modern Indian History

India Post Independence 

World History

Art & Culture

Geography

Indian Geography

World Geography

Indian Society

Social Issues, and Developments in Indian Society

UPSC IAS Mains General Studies I - History Syllabus

➨Modern India (middle of the 18th century until the present)

All the Economic, Administrative & Socio-cultural impacts of the mentioned points.

  • European Penetration of India
  • British Conquest of India
  • British Policies & Their Impact 
  • Socio-cultural Reform Movements
  • Growth of Nationalism in India (1858-1905)
  • Freedom Struggle and Movements

➨India Post Independence

  • Partition and Its Aftermath
  • Integration of Princely States
  • Wars with Pakistan & China
  • Nuclear Policy
  • Green Revolution, Operation Flood & Cooperatives
  • Emergency
  • Popular Movements

➨ World History

  • Industrial Revolution
  • Renaissance
  • Discovery of Sea Routes
  • European Nations Settle North America
  • Rise of the Slave Trade
  • American War of Independence
  • French Revolution
  • Nationalism in Europe
  • Rise of Capitalism, Colonialism & Imperialism
  • World War I (Causes, Impacts, and After-effects)
  • World War II (Causes, Impacts, and After-effects)
  • Cold War
  • Rise of Asia & Africa
  • Developments in West Asia & North Africa
  • Spread of Communism
  • Korean War
  • Vietnam War
  • Cuban Crisis
  • Collapse of Soviet Union

➨ Art and Culture

Indian Art Forms

  • Indian Paintings
  • Classical Dance Forms
  • Folk Dance Forms
  • Classical Music
  • Puppetry
  • Pottery
  • Drama/Theatre
  • Martial Arts

Architecture

  • Harappan Architecture
  • Temple Architecture
  • Cave Architecture
  • Indo-Islamic Architecture
  • Modern Architecture
  • Rock Cut Architecture
  • Colonial Architecture 

Literature

  • Ancient Indian Literature
  • Literature in Ancient Languages
  • Early Dravidian Literature
  • Medieval Literature
  • Women Poets of Bhakti
  • Modern Indian Literature

UPSC IAS Mains General Studies I - Geography Syllabus

➨ Geomorphology

  • Origin & Evolution of Earth
  • Interior of the Earth
  • Distribution of Continents & Oceans
  • Tectonic Plate Theory
  • Distribution of Earthquakes & Volcanoes
  • Landforms & their Evolution

➨ Oceanography

➨ Climatology

  • Earth’s Atmosphere – Composition & Structure
  • Solar Radiation, Heat Budget & Temperature
  • Atmospheric Circulation & Weather Systems
  • World Climate

➨ Geography of Soil

➨ Natural Resource

  • Land Resources
  • Forest Resources
  • Water Resources
  • Mineral & Energy Resources
  • Agricultural Resources

➨ Natural Disasters

  • Earthquakes
  • Volcanoes
  • Tsunami
  • Cyclone

UPSC IAS Mains General Studies I - Indian Society Syllabus

➨ Features of Indian Society

  • Diversity based on caste, language, social and religious, race, tribe and ethnicity, culture)
  • Unity
  • Inequality and Exclusion
  • Family System

➨ Population and related developments

➨ Poverty and related issues (types, causes, consequences, comparisons etc.)

➨ Urbanization

➨ Globalization

➨Social Empowerment

➨ Role of Women 

  • Women's Organisations and SHGs
  • 19th Century Social Reform Movements and Early Women's Organisations – 

(1) Agrarian Struggles and Revolt, 

(2) Participation in the Freedom Struggle

  • Women's Organisations Post – 1947
  • The resurgence of the Women's Movement in the 70s: 

(1) Emergence of New Organisations,

(2) Approaches and Issues

➨ regionalism 

➨ Communalism

➨ Secularism

UPSC IAS Mains 2020: Structure of General Studies Paper-I

  1. The pattern of Mains General Studies Paper-I will consist of 20 questions that need to be attempted in a time frame of 3 hours.
  2. The paper is of a total of 250 marks with questions of 10 and 15 marks weightage
  3. The word limit for 10 marks questions is 150 and 15 marks are 250