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39 topics · 6 sections — from the official HPSC syllabus. Study material lands topic by topic.

English and English Essay (Qualifying)

  1. 1
    Precis, Comprehension, Essay, Usage, Grammar (Qualifying)

Hindi and Hindi Essay (Qualifying)

  1. 1
    Translation, Precis, Explanation, Composition, Essay (Qualifying)

General Studies-I (Heritage, Culture, History & Geography, plus Related Issues of Haryana)

  1. 1
    Indian Culture: Art Forms, Literature and Architecture (ancient to modern)
    1. 1.Ancient Indian Civilization: Science, Arts, and Diffusion33 min
    2. 2.15. GS-I (Compulsory Paper): Indian Culture — Art Forms, Literature and Architecture (Ancient India)16 min
    3. 3.25. GS-I (Compulsory Paper): Indian Culture — Art Forms, Literature and Architecture (Medieval India)20 min
    4. 4.History Optional Paper I — Item 1: Sources22 min
  2. 2
    Modern Indian History from the mid-18th century to the present
    1. 1.Three Phases of the Indian Freedom Struggle, 1885-194727 min
    2. 2.Decline of the Mughal Empire24 min min
    3. 3.Rise of Regional States14 min
    4. 4.Advent of Europeans in India — From Vasco da Gama to British Supremacy28 min
    5. 5.British Conquest of Bengal17 min
    6. 6.Anglo-Mysore Wars (1767-1799)14 min
    + 7 more chapters
    1. 7.Anglo-Maratha Wars (1775-1818)8 min
    2. 8.Subsidiary Alliance, Doctrine of Lapse & the Anglo-Sikh Wars23 min
    3. 9.Drain of Wealth, Deindustrialisation, and Land Revenue Systems14 min
    4. 10.Civil Rebellions and Tribal Uprisings Before 185717 min
    5. 11.The Revolt of 185765 min
    6. 12.Post-1857 Administration and Crown Rule (1858-1900)17 min
    7. 13.Socio-Religious Reform Movements of 19th Century India15 min
  3. 3
    The Freedom Struggle and Post-Independence Consolidation and Reorganization
    1. 1.Three Phases of the Indian Freedom Struggle, 1885-194727 min
  4. 4
    History of the World from the 18th century
    1. 1.GS Paper I — History of the World: American Revolution and the Birth of the USA34 min
    2. 2.GS Paper I — History of the World: French Revolution and Its Impact on Europe27 min
    3. 3.GS Paper I — History of the World: Industrial Revolution — Origins, Spread, and Social Consequences32 min
    4. 4.GS Paper I — History of the World: Unification of Italy39 min
    5. 5.GS Paper I — History of the World: Unification of Germany36 min
    6. 6.GS Paper I — History of the World: Imperialism and Colonialism in Asia and Africa34 min
    + 10 more chapters
    1. 7.GS Paper I — History of the World: World War I — Causes, Course, and Consequences43 min
    2. 8.GS Paper I — History of the World: Russian Revolution (1917) and the Rise of Communism52 min
    3. 9.GS Paper I — History of the World: Interwar Period — Rise of Fascism and Nazism46 min
    4. 10.GS Paper I — History of the World: World War II — Causes, Course, and Consequences53 min
    5. 11.GS Paper I — History of the World: Decolonization in Asia36 min
    6. 12.GS Paper I — History of the World: Decolonization in Africa35 min
    7. 13.GS Paper I — History of the World: Cold War — Formation of Power Blocs, Proxy Conflicts, Non-Aligned Movement31 min
    8. 14.GS Paper I — History of the World: Disintegration of the Soviet Union and the Post-Cold-War World37 min
    9. 15.GS Paper I — History of the World: Redrawal of National/Colonial Boundaries44 min
    10. 16.GS Paper I — History of the World: Political Philosophies — Capitalism, Socialism, Communism — Comparative Theory and Historical Practice45 min
  5. 5
    Salient Features of Indian Society, Diversity of India, Women, Population, Poverty, Urbanization
    1. 1.Salient Features of Indian Society: Unity in Diversity, Social Institutions and Social Change19 min
    2. 2.Indian Social Change and Rural Sociology7 min
    3. 3.Social Movements in India17 min
    4. 4.Demography, Population and Policy13 min
    5. 5.Growth, Development and Regional Disparities23 min
    6. 6.GS Paper I — Indian Society: Salient Features of Indian Society and the Diversity of India69 min
    7. 7.GS Paper I — Indian Society: Population and Associated Issues71 min
    8. 8.GS Paper I — Indian Society: Poverty and Developmental Issues81 min
  6. 6
    Globalization's Effects on Indian Society; Social Empowerment, Communalism, Regionalism, Secularism
    1. 1.Social Movements in India17 min
    2. 2.Sociology of Rural-Urban Change, Industrialization and Globalization17 min
    3. 3.GS Paper I — Indian Society: Effects of Globalization on Indian Society99 min
    4. 4.GS Paper I — Indian Society: Social Empowerment, Communalism, Regionalism and Secularism99 min
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    Salient Features of World Physical Geography; Distribution of Natural Resources; Industrial Location Factors
    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
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    Geophysical Phenomena and Geographical Feature Changes
    1. 1.Geomorphology — The Two Forces That Build the Land and Wear It Down92 min
    2. 2.Biogeography and the Natural Vegetation of the World — How an Ecosystem Works, and Why the Living Cover of the Earth Lies in Belts109 min
    3. 3.India's Natural Vegetation and Wildlife — The Forest Types, the Belts Up the Himalaya, and What Has Been Done to Them64 min
  9. 9
    Related Issues of Haryana
    1. 1.Haryana: History, Culture and Society9 min

General Studies-II (Governance, Constitution, Polity, IR, plus Related Issues of Haryana)

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    Indian Constitution: Historical Underpinnings, Evolution, Features, Amendments, Basic Structure
  2. 2
    Union-State Relations, Federal Structure, Devolution of Powers and Finances
    1. 1.Indian Political System and Decentralisation Theory7 min
    2. 2.State and District Governance18 min
  3. 3
    Separation of Powers; Parliament and State Legislatures
    1. 1.Parliament — The Union Legislature and the Heart of Indian Democracy22 min
    2. 2.State Legislature -- Organisation, Composition and Legislative Procedure of the Vidhan Sabha and Vidhan Parishad16 min
  4. 4
    Executive and Judiciary; Local Self-Government
    1. 1.State and District Governance18 min
  5. 5
    Representation of the People Act; Constitutional, Statutory and Quasi-Judicial Bodies
    1. 1.Union Governance Machinery and Constitutional Bodies20 min
  6. 6
    Government Policies, Welfare Schemes, Development Processes, NGOs and SHGs
    1. 1.Participatory Development and Inclusive Governance14 min
    2. 2.Debates on Development, State, Market and Civil Society13 min
  7. 7
    Governance, Transparency, e-Governance, Civil Services, Citizens' Charters
    1. 1.Union Governance Machinery and Constitutional Bodies20 min
    2. 2.Ethics, Transparency and Administrative Reforms15 min
    3. 3.GS Paper II — Governance & International Relations: Government Policies and Interventions for Development — A Sectoral Overview81 min
    4. 4.GS Paper II — Governance & International Relations: Development Processes and the Development Industry: NGOs, SHGs, Civil Society79 min
  8. 8
    India's Neighbourhood and Bilateral/Regional/Global Relations
    1. 1.GS Paper II — Governance & International Relations: India-Pakistan Relations178 min
    2. 2.GS Paper II — Governance & International Relations: India-China Relations172 min
    3. 3.GS Paper II — Governance & International Relations: India's Immediate Neighbourhood — Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and the Maldives107 min
    4. 4.GS Paper II — Governance & International Relations: India-Afghanistan Relations and Central Asia34 min
    5. 5.GS Paper II — Governance & International Relations: India-United States Relations64 min
    6. 6.GS Paper II — Governance & International Relations: India-Russia Relations105 min
    + 3 more chapters
    1. 7.GS Paper II — Governance & International Relations: India, the European Union, and Other Major Powers127 min
    2. 8.GS Paper II — Governance & International Relations: Regional Groupings — SAARC, BIMSTEC, ASEAN and SCO53 min
    3. 9.GS Paper II — Governance & International Relations: Global Groupings: G20, BRICS, QUAD, IBSA55 min
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    International Institutions, Agencies and Fora; Indian Diaspora
    1. 1.GS Paper II — Governance & International Relations: Indian Diaspora and Its Role in India's Foreign Policy76 min
    2. 2.GS Paper II — Governance & International Relations: International Institutions: the UN, UNSC Reform, and Global Governance Bodies (WTO, IMF, World Bank, WHO)109 min
    3. 3.GS Paper II — Governance & International Relations: Welfare Schemes for Vulnerable Sections: SC/ST/OBC/Minorities95 min
    4. 4.GS Paper II — Governance & International Relations: Welfare Schemes for Vulnerable Sections: Women, Children, Elderly, Persons with Disabilities124 min
  10. 10
    Related Issues of Haryana
    1. 1.Haryana: Economy, Polity and Governance7 min

General Studies-III (Technology, Economy, Environment, Security, plus Related Issues of Haryana)

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    Indian Economy: Planning, Resource Mobilization, Growth, Employment, Government Budgeting
    1. 1.Five Year Planning and NITI Aayog18 min
    2. 2.Growth, Development and Regional Disparities23 min
    3. 3.National Income — Concepts, Measurement, and India's Structural Trends12 min
  2. 2
    Agriculture: Cropping Patterns, Irrigation, MSP, PDS, Food Security, Animal Husbandry
    1. 1.National Agriculture, Industry and Services Sectors20 min
    2. 2.Crop Science in India; Characteristics of Plants18 min
    3. 3.Animal Husbandry, Horticulture, and Sericulture7 min
  3. 3
    Food Processing Industries; Land Reforms
    1. 1.Land Reforms: First Generation, Second Generation, and Land Alienation in Scheduled Areas9 min
    2. 2.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Food Processing Industries and Supply-Chain Management197 min
  4. 4
    Liberalization, Industrial Policy, Infrastructure and Investment Models
    1. 1.Industry and Service Sectors18 min
    2. 2.National Agriculture, Industry and Services Sectors20 min
  5. 5
    Science and Technology: Developments, Applications, Indian Achievements, IPR
    1. 1.General and Applied Science for Civil Services21 min
    2. 2.National Policy of Science & Technology and ICT Basics16 min
    3. 3.Space Technology Applications and Disaster Management20 min
    4. 4.Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering13 min
  6. 6
    Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment
    1. 1.Climate Change and Sustainable Development16 min
    2. 2.Environment Pollution and Solid Waste Management13 min
    3. 3.Ecosystems and Biodiversity12 min
  7. 7
    Disaster and Disaster Management
    1. 1.Space Technology Applications and Disaster Management20 min
  8. 8
    Internal Security: Extremism, External/Non-State Actors, Cyber Security, Border Security, Security Forces
  9. 9
    Related Issues of Haryana
    1. 1.Haryana: Economy, Polity and Governance7 min

General Studies-IV (Ethics, Integrity, Aptitude)

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    Ethics and Human Interface
    1. 1.Ethics, Transparency and Administrative Reforms15 min
    2. 2.GS Paper IV — Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude: Foundations of Ethics138 min
  2. 2
    Human Values
    1. 1.GS Paper IV — Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude: Human Values157 min
  3. 3
    Attitude
    1. 1.GS Paper IV — Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude: Attitude160 min
  4. 4
    Aptitude and Foundational Values for Civil Service
    1. 1.GS Paper IV — Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude: Aptitude and Foundational Values for Civil Service157 min
  5. 5
    Emotional Intelligence
    1. 1.GS Paper IV — Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude: Emotional Intelligence155 min
  6. 6
    Contributions of Moral Thinkers and Philosophers from India and the World
    1. 1.GS Paper IV — Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude: Moral Thinkers and Philosophers — Indian Traditions199 min
    2. 2.GS Paper IV — Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude: Moral Thinkers and Philosophers — Western Traditions203 min
  7. 7
    Public/Civil Service Values and Ethics in Public Administration
    1. 1.GS Paper IV — Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude: Public Service Values and Ethics in Public Administration205 min
  8. 8
    Probity in Governance
    1. 1.GS Paper IV — Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude: Probity in Governance226 min
  9. 9
    Case Studies on Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude
    1. 1.GS Paper IV — Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude: Case Studies — Applying the Ethical Toolkit148 min

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