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Karnataka Administrative Service (Gazetted Probationers Group A/B Main Examination)

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32 topics · 12 sections — from the official KPSC syllabus. Study material lands topic by topic.

GS Paper I · Section I — History and Cultural Heritage

  1. 1
    Unit 1(vi) — Religions of India: Hindu Dharma, Jainism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism
    1. 1.Religions of India12 min
  2. 2
    Unit 1(i-v) — Indus Civilization, Sanskrit Literature, Ancient Science & Technology, Arts (excl. Karnataka), India's Cultural Diffusion Abroad
    1. 1.Ancient Indian Civilization: Science, Arts, and Diffusion33 min
  3. 3
    Unit 2 — Towards Transforming Indian Society: Major Schools of Thought (Modern Reform Movements)
    1. 1.Social Movements in India17 min
  4. 4
    Units 3-4 — From Kadambas to the Hoysalas; The Vijayanagara Empire and Thereafter (1336-1799)
    1. 1.Karnataka: History and Cultural Heritage (Kadambas to Tipu Sultan)9 min
  5. 5
    Units 5-6 — Modern Mysore (1799-1947); Freedom Movement in Karnataka and Unification (1885-1956)
    1. 1.Karnataka: Freedom Movement and Unification (1799-1956)9 min

GS Paper I · Section II — Social and Political Perspective

  1. 1
    Unit 1 — Post Independent Karnataka
    1. 1.Post-Independent Karnataka: Politics and Social Change7 min
  2. 2
    Units 2-3 — Social Change and Movements; Social Change and Modernisation
    1. 1.Indian Social Change and Rural Sociology7 min
  3. 3
    Units 4-5 — Government and Political System; Decentralisation of Power
    1. 1.Indian Political System and Decentralisation Theory7 min
  4. 4
    Unit 5 (Panchayati Raj clause) — State and District Governance
    1. 1.State and District Governance18 min
  5. 5
    Units 6-7 — Socio Economic System (Jajmani System); Rural Social System and Rural Development
    1. 1.Indian Social Change and Rural Sociology7 min

GS Paper I · Section III — Indian Economy, Planning, Rural Development

  1. 1
    Unit 1 — Indian Economy (Post-Independence Growth, Poverty, Karnataka's Economy)
    1. 1.National Income — Concepts, Measurement, and India's Structural Trends12 min
    2. 2.Karnataka: Geography and State Economy6 min
  2. 2
    Unit 2 — India and International Economic Relations
    1. 1.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: External Sector102 min
  3. 3
    Unit 3 — Development Patterns and Disparities; Special Economic Zones; Karnataka's Development Disparities
    1. 1.Growth, Development and Regional Disparities23 min
    2. 2.Special Economic Zones and Science-Led Rural Upliftment3 min
    3. 3.Karnataka: Geography and State Economy6 min
  4. 4
    Unit 4 — Planning (Five Year Plans, Planning in Karnataka)
    1. 1.Five Year Planning and NITI Aayog18 min
    2. 2.Karnataka: Geography and State Economy6 min
  5. 5
    Unit 5 — Decentralization (Planning Mechanism, District Planning Committee, State Finance Commission)
    1. 1.Karnataka: Geography and State Economy6 min
    2. 2.State and District Governance18 min
  6. 6
    Units 6-7 — Rural Development; Rural Development Initiatives (Poverty Alleviation, Karnataka's Rural Schemes)
    1. 1.National Agriculture, Industry and Services Sectors20 min
    2. 2.Participatory Development and Inclusive Governance14 min
    3. 3.Karnataka: Geography and State Economy6 min
  7. 7
    Unit 8 — Data Collection, Analysis, Interpretation (Quantitative Aptitude)

GS Paper II · Section I — Physical Features and Natural Resources

  1. 1
    Units 1-3 — Geography of the World and India (Lithosphere, Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Physiography)
    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
    + 6 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
  2. 2
    Unit 4 — Industrial Planning and Development
    1. 1.World Resources and Industry — Where the Minerals Lie and Where the Factories Went97 min
    2. 2.Minerals and Energy Resources of India — What the Rock Decides, and How Old Every Number Here Is79 min
    3. 3.Industries of India — Why a Factory Stands Where It Does, and Which of These Sentences Has Expired69 min
    4. 4.Economic Geography and Human Activities — Why an Activity Is Where It Is127 min
    5. 5.India's Agriculture — Where the Crops Are, in Which Season, and Why the Yields Divide101 min
    6. 6.Transport, Communication and Trade in India — The Network That Carries the Economy, and the Date on Every Number79 min
  3. 3
    Units 5-6 — Geography of Karnataka; Urban Land Use Policy and Urbanisation
    1. 1.Karnataka: Geography and State Economy6 min

GS Paper II · Section II — Overview of the Indian Constitution

  1. 1
    Overview of the Indian Constitution (Units 1-7)
    1. 1.Union Governance Machinery and Constitutional Bodies20 min

GS Paper II · Section III — Public Administration and Management, International Relations

  1. 1
    Items 1-5 — Public Administration Theory and Management Tools
    1. 1.Public Administration Theory and Management Tools7 min
  2. 2
    Item 6 — Administrative Reforms
    1. 1.Ethics, Transparency and Administrative Reforms15 min
  3. 3
    Item 7 — United Nations and Specialised Agencies, International Relations
    1. 1.Foreign Policy Overview: India's International Relations10 min

GS Paper III · Section I — Science & Technology, IT

  1. 1
    Items 1-6 — Science & Technology, IT, Space Technology, Knowledge Society
    1. 1.National Policy of Science & Technology and ICT Basics16 min
    2. 2.Classical and Emerging Science & Technology for National Development13 min
    3. 3.Space Technology Applications and Disaster Management20 min
  2. 2
    Item 7 — Rural Upliftment and Science & Technology
    1. 1.Special Economic Zones and Science-Led Rural Upliftment3 min

GS Paper III · Section II — Natural Science, Agriculture, Health

  1. 1
    Items 1,2,4,6,7 — Natural Science, Agriculture Science, Biotechnology, Agriculture Policy, Health & Hygiene
    1. 1.Crop Science in India; Characteristics of Plants18 min
    2. 2.Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering13 min
    3. 3.Vaccines and Immunity8 min
    4. 4.Microbial Infections and Disease12 min
    5. 5.General and Applied Science for Civil Services21 min
    6. 6.National Agriculture, Industry and Services Sectors20 min
  2. 2
    Items 3,5 — Horticulture and Sericulture; Animal Husbandry (Veterinary, Dairy, Fishery Sciences)
    1. 1.Animal Husbandry, Horticulture, and Sericulture7 min

GS Paper III · Section III — Environment and Ecology

  1. 1
    Challenges and Issues of Development on Environment & Ecology (Units 1-6)
    1. 1.Ecosystems and Biodiversity12 min
    2. 2.Climate Change and Sustainable Development16 min
    3. 3.Environment Pollution and Solid Waste Management13 min

GS Paper IV · Section I — Ethics

  1. 1
    Ethics
    1. 1.Ethics, Transparency and Administrative Reforms15 min

GS Paper IV · Section II — Integrity

  1. 1
    Integrity
    1. 1.Ethics, Transparency and Administrative Reforms15 min

GS Paper IV · Section III — Aptitude

  1. 1
    Aptitude

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