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
- 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.
- The paper is of a total of 250 marks with questions of 10 and 15 marks weightage
- The word limit for 10 marks questions is 150 and 15 marks are 250
