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Himachal Pradesh Administrative Service (HPPSC)

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Prelims

9 topics · 2 sections — from the official HPPSC syllabus. Study material lands topic by topic.

Paper I · General Studies

  1. 1
    History, Geography, Political, Art & Culture and Socio-Economic Development of Himachal Pradesh
    1. 1.Himachal Pradesh: History, Heritage and Culture19 min
    2. 2.Himachal Pradesh: Geography and Disaster Profile19 min
    3. 3.Himachal Pradesh: Polity, Governance and Administration16 min
    4. 4.Himachal Pradesh: Economy and Social Welfare20 min
    5. 5.Himachal Pradesh: Science, Technology and Biodiversity12 min
    6. 6.Himachal Pradesh: Tourism, Environment and Sustainability16 min
  2. 2
    Current Events of National and International Importance
  3. 3
    History of India and Indian National Movement (incl. Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi)
    1. 1.15. GS-I (Compulsory Paper): Indian Culture — Art Forms, Literature and Architecture (Ancient India)16 min
    2. 2.25. GS-I (Compulsory Paper): Indian Culture — Art Forms, Literature and Architecture (Medieval India)20 min
    3. 3.History Optional Paper I — Item 1: Sources22 min
    4. 4.Decline of the Mughal Empire24 min min
    5. 5.Rise of Regional States14 min
    6. 6.Advent of Europeans in India — From Vasco da Gama to British Supremacy28 min
    + 9 more chapters
    1. 7.British Conquest of Bengal17 min
    2. 8.Anglo-Mysore Wars (1767-1799)14 min
    3. 9.Anglo-Maratha Wars (1775-1818)8 min
    4. 10.Subsidiary Alliance, Doctrine of Lapse & the Anglo-Sikh Wars23 min
    5. 11.Drain of Wealth, Deindustrialisation, and Land Revenue Systems14 min
    6. 12.Civil Rebellions and Tribal Uprisings Before 185717 min
    7. 13.The Revolt of 185765 min
    8. 14.Post-1857 Administration and Crown Rule (1858-1900)17 min
    9. 15.Socio-Religious Reform Movements of 19th Century India15 min
  4. 4
    Indian and World Geography — Physical, Social, Economic
    1. 1.Geomorphology — The Two Forces That Build the Land and Wear It Down92 min
    2. 2.World Regional Physiography — Where the Earth's Relief Actually Is90 min
    3. 3.Climatology — What the Air Does, and Why Water Is the Reason103 min
    4. 4.World Climatic Regions — The Types, and Two Ways of Sorting Them78 min
    5. 5.Oceanography — The Relief, the Salt, the Heat and the Currents of the Water Half of the Earth113 min
    6. 6.Biogeography and the Natural Vegetation of the World — How an Ecosystem Works, and Why the Living Cover of the Earth Lies in Belts109 min
    + 12 more chapters
    1. 7.India: Physiography — A Shield, a Rising Wall, a Filled Trough, and Two Kinds of Island96 min
    2. 8.Drainage Systems of India — How the Rivers Are Arranged, and Why They Behave As They Do67 min
    3. 9.India: Climate and the Monsoon — One Rhythm, and the Variety Inside It49 min
    4. 10.Soils of India — Formation, the Profile, the Groups, and the Erosion That Takes Them68 min
    5. 11.India's Natural Vegetation and Wildlife — The Forest Types, the Belts Up the Himalaya, and What Has Been Done to Them64 min
    6. 12.Water Resources of India — Four Per Cent of the World's Water for Seventeen Per Cent of Its People42 min
    7. 13.World Resources and Industry — Where the Minerals Lie and Where the Factories Went97 min
    8. 14.Minerals and Energy Resources of India — What the Rock Decides, and How Old Every Number Here Is79 min
    9. 15.Industries of India — Why a Factory Stands Where It Does, and Which of These Sentences Has Expired69 min
    10. 16.Economic Geography and Human Activities — Why an Activity Is Where It Is127 min
    11. 17.India's Agriculture — Where the Crops Are, in Which Season, and Why the Yields Divide101 min
    12. 18.Transport, Communication and Trade in India — The Network That Carries the Economy, and the Date on Every Number79 min
  5. 5
    Indian Polity and Governance — Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues
    1. 1.Making of the Constitution — The Constituent Assembly and the Birth of the Republic15 min
    2. 2.Salient Features of the Constitution — The Design Choices That Define India's Founding Charter15 min
    3. 3.The Preamble — Identity, Authority and the Conscience of the Constitution14 min
    4. 4.Union and its Territory — The Indestructible Union and the Reorganisation of States16 min
    5. 5.Citizenship — Membership, the Single-Citizenship Design and the Democratic Project14 min
    6. 6.Fundamental Rights — The Magna Carta of India15 min
    + 11 more chapters
    1. 7.Directive Principles of State Policy — The Conscience of the Constitution15 min
    2. 8.Fundamental Duties — The Code the Constitution Forgot and the Courts Revived15 min
    3. 9.Basic Structure Doctrine — The Unamendable Core of the Constitution16 min
    4. 10.Amendment of the Constitution — The Power to Mend, Not to Destroy20 min
    5. 11.Federal System — 'Union of States', the Quasi-Federal Debate, and Cooperative Federalism16 min
    6. 12.Centre-State Relations — The Three-Dimensional Machinery of Divided Power18 min
    7. 13.Inter-State Relations — The Horizontal Machinery of a Single Nation14 min
    8. 14.Emergency Provisions — A Constitution That Can Suspend Itself17 min
    9. 15.Panchayati Raj — From Article 40 to the 73rd Amendment and PESA24 min
    10. 16.Municipalities — Urban Local Self-Government Under the 74th Amendment20 min
    11. 17.Union Territories — A Deliberate Unitary Exception in a Federal Constitution22 min
  6. 6
    Economic and Social Development — Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives
    1. 1.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Inclusive Growth167 min
    2. 2.GS Paper II — Governance & International Relations: Social Sector Development: Health and Education89 min
    3. 3.GS Paper II — Governance & International Relations: Poverty, Hunger, and Human Resource Development105 min
    4. 4.GS Paper I — Indian Society: Salient Features of Indian Society and the Diversity of India69 min
  7. 7
    Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change (General Issues, No Subject Specialization)
    1. 1.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Biodiversity and Conservation241 min
    2. 2.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Environmental Pollution, Degradation and Impact Assessment200 min
    3. 3.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Climate Change and International Environmental Governance204 min
  8. 8
    General Science

Paper II · Aptitude Test (Qualifying)

  1. 1
    Comprehension, Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Logical Reasoning, Numeracy, Data Interpretation (Qualifying, min. 33%)

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