Syllabus of the papers included in the scheme of Civil Services (Main) Examination are given as follows:-
QUALIFYING PAPERS ON INDIAN LANGUAGES AND ENGLISH The aim of the paper is to test the candidates ability to read and understand serious discursive prose, and express his ideas clearly and correctly, in English and Indian Language concerned.The pattern of questions would be broadly as follows : (i) Comprehension of given passages
(ii) Precis Writing
(iii) Usage and Vocabulary
(iv) Short Essays
Indian Languages :-
(i) Comprehension of given passages
(ii) Precis Writing
(iii) Usage and Vocabulary
(iv) Short Essays
(v) Translation from English to the Indian language and vice-versa.
Note 1 : The Papers on IndianLanguages and English will be ofMatriculation or equivalent standard andwill be of qualifying nature only. Themarks obtained in these papers will notbe counted for ranking.
Note 2 : The candidates will have toanswer the English and IndianLanguages papers in English and therespective Indian language (exceptwhere translation is involved).
PAPER-I Essay:
Candidates may be required towrite essays on multiple topics. They willbe expected to keep closely to the sub-ject of the essay to arrange their ideas inorderly fashion and to write concisely.Credit will be given for effective and exactexpression.
PAPER-II General Studies- I:
Indian Heritage andCulture, History and Geography of theWorld and Society.
- Indian culture will cover the salientaspects of Art Forms, Literatureand Architecture from ancient tomodern times.
- Modern Indian history from aboutthe middle of the eighteenth cen-tury until the present- significantevents, personalities, issues
- The Freedom Struggle – its vari-ous stages and important contrib-utors /contributions from differentparts of the country.
- Post-independence consolidationand reorganization within the country.
- History of the world will includeevents from 18th century such asindustrial revolution, world wars,redrawal of national boundaries,colonization, decolonization, politi-cal philosophies like communism,capitalism, socialism etc.- theirforms and effect on the society.
- Salient features of Indian Society,Diversity of India.Role of women and women’sorganization, population andassociated issues, poverty anddevelopmental issues, urbaniza-tion, their problems and theirremedies.
- Effects of globalization on Indiansociety Social empowerment, communal-ism, regionalism & secularism.
- Salient features of world’s physi-cal geography. Distribution of key naturalresources across the world(including South Asia and theIndian sub-continent); factorsresponsible for the location of pri-mary, secondary, and tertiary sec-tor industries in various parts ofthe world (including India)
- Important Geophysical phenome-na such as earthquakes, Tsunami,Volcanic activity, cyclone etc.,geographical features and theirlocation- changes in critical geo-graphical features (includingwater-bodies and ice-caps) and inflora and fauna and the effects ofsuch changes.
PAPER-III General Studies- II:
Governance,Constitution, Polity, Social Justice andInternational relations.
- Indian Constitution- historicalunderpinnings, evolution, fea-tures, amendments, significantprovisions and basic structure.
- Functions and responsibilities ofthe Union and the States, issuesand challenges pertaining to thefederal structure, devolution ofpowers and finances up to locallevels and challenges therein.
- Separation of powers betweenvarious organs dispute redressalmechanisms and institutions.
- Comparison of the Indian constitu-tional scheme with that of other countries
- Parliament and State Legislatures- structure, functioning, conduct ofbusiness, powers & privileges andissues arising out of these.
- Structure, organization and func-tioning of the Executive and theJudiciary Ministries andDepartments of the Government; pressure groups and formal/infor-mal associations and their role inthe Polity.
- Salient features of theRepresentation of People’s Act.
- Appointment to variousConstitutional posts, powers,functions and responsibilities ofvarious Constitutional Bodies.
- Statutory, regulatory and variousquasi-judicial bodies
- Government policies and interven-tions for development in varioussectors and issues arising out oftheir design and implementation.
- Development processes and thedevelopment industry- the role ofNGOs, SHGs, various groups andassociations, donors, charities,institutional and other stakehold-ers
- Welfare schemes for vulnerablesections of the population by theCentre and States and the per-formance of these schemes;mechanisms, laws, institutionsand Bodies constituted for the pro-tection and betterment of thesevulnerable sections.
- Issues relating to developmentand management of SocialSector/Services relating to Health,Education, Human Resources.
- Issues relating to poverty andhunger.
- Important aspects of governance,transparency and accountability,e-governance- applications, mod-els, successes, limitations, andpotential; citizens charters, trans-parency & accountability and insti-tutional and other measures.
- Role of civil services in a democ-racy.
- India and its neighborhood- rela-tions.
- Bilateral, regional and globalgroupings and agreements involv-ing India and/or affecting India’sinterests
- Effect of policies and politics ofdeveloped and developing coun-tries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.
- Important International institu-tions, agencies and fora- theirstructure, mandate.
PAPER-IV General Studies-III:
Technology,Economic Development, Bio diversity,Environment, Security and DisasterManagement.
- Indian Economy and issues relat-ing to planning, mobilization ofresources, growth, developmentand employment.
- Inclusive growth and issues aris-ing from it.
- Government Budgeting.
- Major crops cropping patterns invarious parts of the country, Dif-ferent types of irrigation and irriga-tion systems storage, transportand marketing of agricultural pro-duce and issues and related con-straints; e-technology in the aid offarmers
- Issues related to direct and indi-rect farm subsidies and minimumsupport prices; Public DistributionSystem- objectives, functioning,limitations, revamping; issues ofbuffer stocks and food security;Technology missions; economicsof animal-rearing.
- Food processing and relatedindustries in India- scope and sig-nificance, location, upstream anddownstream requirements, supplychain management.
- Land reforms in India.
- Effects of liberalization on theeconomy, changes in industrialpolicy and their effects on industri-al growth.
- Infrastructure: Energy, Ports,Roads, Airports, Railways etc.
- Investment models.
- Science and Technology- devel-opments and their applicationsand effects in everyday life
- Achievements of Indians in sci-ence & technology; indigenizationof technology and developing newtechnology.
- Awareness in the fields of IT,Space, Computers, robotics,nano-technology, bio-technologyand issues relating to intellectualproperty rights.
- Conservation, environmental pol-lution and degradation, environ-mental impact assessment
- Disaster and disaster manage-ment.
- Linkages between developmentand spread of extremism.
- Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challengesto internal security.
- Challenges to internal securitythrough communication networks,role of media and social network-ing sites in internal security chal-lenges, basics of cyber security;money-laundering and its preven-tion
- Security challenges and theirmanagement in border areas;linkages of organized crime withterrorism
- Various Security forces and agen-cies and their mandate
PAPER- V General Studies- IV: Ethics, Integrity,and Aptitude
This paper will include questions to testthe candidates’ attitude and approach toissues relating to integrity, probity in pub-lic life and his problem solving approachto various issues and conflicts faced byhim in dealing with society. Questionsmay utilise the case study approach todetermine these aspects. The followingbroad areas will be covered.
- Ethics and Human Interface:Essence, determinants and con-sequences of Ethics in humanactions; dimensions of ethics;ethics in private and public rela-tionships. Human Values – les-sons from the lives and teachingsof great leaders, reformers andadministrators; role of family, soci-ety and educational institutions ininculcating values.
- Attitude: content, structure, func-tion; its influence and relation withthought and behaviour; moral andpolitical attitudes; social influenceand persuasion.
- Aptitude and foundational valuesfor Civil Service , integrity, impar-tiality and non-partisanship, objec-tivity, dedication to public service,empathy, tolerance and compas-sion towards the weaker-sections.
- Emotional intelligence-concepts,and their utilities and application inadministration and governance.
- Contributions of moral thinkers andphilosophers from India and world.
- Public/Civil service values andEthics in Public administration:Status and problems; ethical con-cerns and dilemmas in govern-ment and private institutions; laws,rules, regulations and conscienceas sources of ethical guidance;accountability and ethical gover-nance; strengthening of ethicaland moral values in governance;ethical issues in international rela-tions and funding; corporate gov-ernance.
- Probity in Governance: Concept ofpublic service; Philosophical basisof gonvernance and probity;Information sharing and trans-parency in government, Right toInformation, Codes of Ethics,Codes of Conduct, Citizen’sCharters, Work culture, Quality ofservice delivery, Utilization of pub-lic funds, challenges of corruption.
- Case Studies on above issues.
Optional Subject
History
