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

Paper I · General Studies

• General Studies (common paper for all notified posts) — Current events, General Sciences, Indian History, Indian Geography, Social Sciences, General Mental Ability

Paper II · GS, Science & Mental Ability

• General Studies, Science & Mental Ability

GS Paper I · Section I — History and Cultural Heritage

• Unit 1(vi) — Religions of India: Hindu Dharma, Jainism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism
  1. 1.Religions of India
• 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 Diffusion
• Unit 2 — Towards Transforming Indian Society: Major Schools of Thought (Modern Reform Movements)
  1. 1.Social Movements in India
• 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)
• Units 5-6 — Modern Mysore (1799-1947); Freedom Movement in Karnataka and Unification (1885-1956)
  1. 1.Karnataka: Freedom Movement and Unification (1799-1956)

GS Paper I · Section II — Social and Political Perspective

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

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

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

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

• 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 Down
  2. 2.World Regional Physiography — Where the Earth's Relief Actually Is
  3. 3.Climatology — What the Air Does, and Why Water Is the Reason
  4. 4.World Climatic Regions — The Types, and Two Ways of Sorting Them
  5. 5.Oceanography — The Relief, the Salt, the Heat and the Currents of the Water Half of the Earth
  6. 6.Biogeography and the Natural Vegetation of the World — How an Ecosystem Works, and Why the Living Cover of the Earth Lies in Belts
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  1. 7.India: Physiography — A Shield, a Rising Wall, a Filled Trough, and Two Kinds of Island
  2. 8.Drainage Systems of India — How the Rivers Are Arranged, and Why They Behave As They Do
  3. 9.India: Climate and the Monsoon — One Rhythm, and the Variety Inside It
  4. 10.Soils of India — Formation, the Profile, the Groups, and the Erosion That Takes Them
  5. 11.India's Natural Vegetation and Wildlife — The Forest Types, the Belts Up the Himalaya, and What Has Been Done to Them
  6. 12.Water Resources of India — Four Per Cent of the World's Water for Seventeen Per Cent of Its People
• Unit 4 — Industrial Planning and Development
  1. 1.World Resources and Industry — Where the Minerals Lie and Where the Factories Went
  2. 2.Minerals and Energy Resources of India — What the Rock Decides, and How Old Every Number Here Is
  3. 3.Industries of India — Why a Factory Stands Where It Does, and Which of These Sentences Has Expired
  4. 4.Economic Geography and Human Activities — Why an Activity Is Where It Is
  5. 5.India's Agriculture — Where the Crops Are, in Which Season, and Why the Yields Divide
  6. 6.Transport, Communication and Trade in India — The Network That Carries the Economy, and the Date on Every Number
• Units 5-6 — Geography of Karnataka; Urban Land Use Policy and Urbanisation
  1. 1.Karnataka: Geography and State Economy

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

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

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

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

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

• Items 1-6 — Science & Technology, IT, Space Technology, Knowledge Society
  1. 1.National Policy of Science & Technology and ICT Basics
  2. 2.Classical and Emerging Science & Technology for National Development
  3. 3.Space Technology Applications and Disaster Management
• Item 7 — Rural Upliftment and Science & Technology
  1. 1.Special Economic Zones and Science-Led Rural Upliftment

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

• Items 1,2,4,6,7 — Natural Science, Agriculture Science, Biotechnology, Agriculture Policy, Health & Hygiene
  1. 1.Crop Science in India; Characteristics of Plants
  2. 2.Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
  3. 3.Vaccines and Immunity
  4. 4.Microbial Infections and Disease
  5. 5.General and Applied Science for Civil Services
  6. 6.National Agriculture, Industry and Services Sectors
• Items 3,5 — Horticulture and Sericulture; Animal Husbandry (Veterinary, Dairy, Fishery Sciences)
  1. 1.Animal Husbandry, Horticulture, and Sericulture

GS Paper III · Section III — Environment and Ecology

• Challenges and Issues of Development on Environment & Ecology (Units 1-6)
  1. 1.Ecosystems and Biodiversity
  2. 2.Climate Change and Sustainable Development
  3. 3.Environment Pollution and Solid Waste Management

GS Paper IV · Section I — Ethics

• Ethics
  1. 1.Ethics, Transparency and Administrative Reforms

GS Paper IV · Section II — Integrity

• Integrity
  1. 1.Ethics, Transparency and Administrative Reforms

GS Paper IV · Section III — Aptitude

• Aptitude

Interview

• Personality Test / Interview