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13 topics · 5 sections — from the official OPSC syllabus. Study material lands topic by topic.

Essay (Paper I)

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    Essay

General Studies I: Indian Heritage & Culture, Odisha Heritage & Culture, History and Geography of the World & Society (Paper II)

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    Heritage and Culture: Indian Art Forms/Literature/Architecture, Temple Architecture of Odisha, Socio-Cultural Development, Bhakti Movement in Odisha, Evolution of Odia Language and Literature, Regional Festival Traditions
    1. 1.Odisha: Dynasties, Culture and Heritage22 min
    2. 2.Indian Art and Culture: Classical Schools, Bhakti-Sufi Traditions and the Making of a Composite Culture21 min
    3. 3.15. GS-I (Compulsory Paper): Indian Culture — Art Forms, Literature and Architecture (Ancient India)16 min
    4. 4.25. GS-I (Compulsory Paper): Indian Culture — Art Forms, Literature and Architecture (Medieval India)20 min
    5. 5.Themes in Early Indian Cultural History30 min
    6. 6.Cultural Traditions in India, 750-120031 min
    7. 7.History Optional Paper I — Item 23: Culture during Mughal Empire35 min
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    History: Modern Indian History, Freedom Struggle, Post-Independence Consolidation, Kalinga War, Dynastic History of Odisha (Kharavela, Bhauma Karas, Somavamsis, Gangas, Gajapatis), Paik Rebellion, Vir Surendra Sai, Revolt of 1857, Creation of Odisha Province, Praja Mandal Movements
    1. 1.Three Phases of the Indian Freedom Struggle, 1885-194727 min
    2. 2.Odisha: Freedom Struggle and Society19 min
    3. 3.Advent of Europeans in India — From Vasco da Gama to British Supremacy28 min
    4. 4.Decline of the Mughal Empire24 min min
    5. 5.Rise of Regional States14 min
    6. 6.Anglo-Mysore Wars (1767-1799)14 min
    + 25 more chapters
    1. 7.Anglo-Maratha Wars (1775-1818)8 min
    2. 8.British Conquest of Bengal17 min
    3. 9.Subsidiary Alliance, Doctrine of Lapse & the Anglo-Sikh Wars23 min
    4. 10.Drain of Wealth, Deindustrialisation, and Land Revenue Systems14 min
    5. 11.Post-1857 Administration and Crown Rule (1858-1900)17 min
    6. 12.The Revolt of 185765 min
    7. 13.Civil Rebellions and Tribal Uprisings Before 185717 min
    8. 14.The Three Infrastructures of Nationalism: Press, Education and the Peasant Movements (1780-1947)24 min
    9. 15.Socio-Religious Reform Movements of 19th Century India15 min
    10. 16.Early Nationalism and the Formation of the Indian National Congress (1858-1905)11 min
    11. 17.Partition of Bengal and the Swadeshi Movement (1905-1911)16 min min
    12. 18.World War I, Ghadar, Home Rule and the Lucknow Pact (1914-1918)18 min
    13. 19.Gandhi's Emergence: From the South African Laboratory to Jallianwala Bagh (1915-1920)18 min
    14. 20.Non-Cooperation Movement and Khilafat Aandolan (1920-1922)26 min min
    15. 21.The Years of Stagnation: Swarajists, the New Forces and the Revolutionaries (1922-1931)19 min
    16. 22.The Gathering Storm: Simon Commission, the Nehru Report and Purna Swaraj (1927-1930)20 min
    17. 23.Civil Disobedience Movement and Round Table Conferences (1930-34)16 min
    18. 24.The Inclined Plane: Communalism from Syed Ahmad Khan to the Two-Nation Theory (1880s-1947)34 min
    19. 25.The Constitution They Despised and the Office They Took: GoI Act 1935, Congress Ministries and the Rise of the Left (1935-1939)32 min
    20. 26.Wartime Politics: From the Crisis at Tripuri to the Cripps Mission (1939-1942)26 min
    21. 27.Quit India Movement and the INA (1942-1945)10 min
    22. 28.Post-War National Scenario and the Transfer of Power (1945–47)9 min
    23. 29.Independence with Partition — the Freedom and the Fracture9 min
    24. 30.The Two Frontiers: Princely India and the Indian Capitalists in the Freedom Struggle (1920s-1947)36 min
    25. 31.Post-Independence Consolidation (1947-1964)26 min
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    Geography of India with Special Reference to Odisha: Physical/Economic/Social Geography, Geophysical Phenomena, Odisha's Natural Resources and Riverine System
    1. 1.Odisha: Geography and Natural Resources14 min
    2. 2.India: Physiography — A Shield, a Rising Wall, a Filled Trough, and Two Kinds of Island96 min
    3. 3.Drainage Systems of India — How the Rivers Are Arranged, and Why They Behave As They Do67 min
    4. 4.India: Climate and the Monsoon — One Rhythm, and the Variety Inside It49 min
    5. 5.India's Natural Vegetation and Wildlife — The Forest Types, the Belts Up the Himalaya, and What Has Been Done to Them64 min
    6. 6.Soils of India — Formation, the Profile, the Groups, and the Erosion That Takes Them68 min
    + 8 more chapters
    1. 7.Geomorphology — The Two Forces That Build the Land and Wear It Down92 min
    2. 8.Climatology — What the Air Does, and Why Water Is the Reason103 min
    3. 9.India's Agriculture — Where the Crops Are, in Which Season, and Why the Yields Divide101 min
    4. 10.Industries of India — Why a Factory Stands Where It Does, and Which of These Sentences Has Expired69 min
    5. 11.Transport, Communication and Trade in India — The Network That Carries the Economy, and the Date on Every Number79 min
    6. 12.Minerals and Energy Resources of India — What the Rock Decides, and How Old Every Number Here Is79 min
    7. 13.Water Resources of India — Four Per Cent of the World's Water for Seventeen Per Cent of Its People42 min
    8. 14.Economic Geography and Human Activities — Why an Activity Is Where It Is127 min
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    Society: Salient Features of Indian Society, Diversity, Women's Role, Population Issues, Globalization's Effects, Tribal Population and Urbanization in Odisha
    1. 1.Odisha: Freedom Struggle and Society19 min

General Studies II: Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and Inter-State Relations (Paper III)

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    Governance, Constitution, Polity and Inter-State Relations, including Odisha Right to Public Services Act, Odisha Lokayukta Act, Panchayati Raj Institutions in Odisha, Odisha's Neighborhood Relations
    1. 1.Union Governance Machinery and Constitutional Bodies20 min
    2. 2.State and District Governance18 min
    3. 3.Odisha: Polity and Governance14 min
    4. 4.Making of the Constitution — The Constituent Assembly and the Birth of the Republic15 min
    5. 5.Salient Features of the Constitution — The Design Choices That Define India's Founding Charter15 min
    6. 6.The Preamble — Identity, Authority and the Conscience of the Constitution14 min
    + 35 more chapters
    1. 7.Fundamental Rights — The Magna Carta of India15 min
    2. 8.Directive Principles of State Policy — The Conscience of the Constitution15 min
    3. 9.Amendment of the Constitution — The Power to Mend, Not to Destroy20 min
    4. 10.Basic Structure Doctrine — The Unamendable Core of the Constitution16 min
    5. 11.Citizenship — Membership, the Single-Citizenship Design and the Democratic Project14 min
    6. 12.Fundamental Duties — The Code the Constitution Forgot and the Courts Revived15 min
    7. 13.Federal System — 'Union of States', the Quasi-Federal Debate, and Cooperative Federalism16 min
    8. 14.Centre-State Relations — The Three-Dimensional Machinery of Divided Power18 min
    9. 15.Inter-State Relations — The Horizontal Machinery of a Single Nation14 min
    10. 16.Union and its Territory — The Indestructible Union and the Reorganisation of States16 min
    11. 17.Union Territories — A Deliberate Unitary Exception in a Federal Constitution22 min
    12. 18.Parliament — The Union Legislature and the Heart of Indian Democracy22 min
    13. 19.Parliamentary System — Responsible Government, Article 74 and the Logic of Collective Responsibility15 min
    14. 20.State Legislature -- Organisation, Composition and Legislative Procedure of the Vidhan Sabha and Vidhan Parishad16 min
    15. 21.The President — Head of the Indian State and Nominal Executive of the Union23 min
    16. 22.The Vice-President — India's Second-Highest Office and the Guarantee of Continuity13 min
    17. 23.The Prime Minister and Council of Ministers — India's Real Executive18 min
    18. 24.Chief Minister and State Council of Ministers — The Real Executive Behind the Governor15 min
    19. 25.The Governor — Nominal Head of the State Executive and the Centre's Constitutional Link17 min
    20. 26.The Supreme Court of India — Composition, Independence and Jurisdiction23 min
    21. 27.High Court and Subordinate Courts — The State Judiciary Beneath the Supreme Court21 min
    22. 28.Advocate General of the State — The Governor's Law Officer, Not the State's5 min
    23. 29.The Attorney-General of India — Chief Law Officer Held at the President's Pleasure8 min
    24. 30.Emergency Provisions — A Constitution That Can Suspend Itself17 min
    25. 31.Panchayati Raj — From Article 40 to the 73rd Amendment and PESA24 min
    26. 32.Municipalities — Urban Local Self-Government Under the 74th Amendment20 min
    27. 33.The Election Commission — Guardian of Free and Fair Elections Under Article 32417 min
    28. 34.The Comptroller and Auditor-General — Guardian of the Public Purse Under Articles 148-15115 min
    29. 35.The Finance Commission — Article 280 and the Balancing Wheel of Fiscal Federalism14 min
    30. 36.The Union Public Service Commission — Recruiting the Civil Services Under Articles 315-32314 min
    31. 37.The National Commission for Scheduled Castes — A Constitutional Template Extended Three Times11 min
    32. 38.The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes — A Constitutional Safeguard Born of Bifurcation9 min
    33. 39.The National Commission for Backward Classes — Completing a Constitutional Template14 min
    34. 40.The State Public Service Commission — A Calibrated Mirror of the UPSC Under Articles 315-32315 min
    35. 41.The Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities — the Half of Part XVII That Protects, Not Promotes13 min
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    Social Justice: Government Policies, Welfare Schemes and Development Issues for India and Odisha

General Studies III: Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management (Paper IV)

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    Science and Technology
    1. 1.General and Applied Science for Civil Services21 min
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    Economic Development, including Government Budgeting, Land Reforms, Infrastructure and Industrialisation in Odisha
    1. 1.Five Year Planning and NITI Aayog18 min
    2. 2.Money, Banking and RBI11 min
    3. 3.Growth, Development and Regional Disparities23 min
    4. 4.Odisha: Economy, Infrastructure and Security16 min
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    Agriculture: Cropping Patterns, Food Security, Farm Subsidies in India and Odisha
    1. 1.National Agriculture, Industry and Services Sectors20 min
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    Biodiversity, Environment, Disaster Management and Left Wing Extremism in Odisha
    1. 1.Space Technology Applications and Disaster Management20 min
    2. 2.Odisha: Economy, Infrastructure and Security16 min
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    Security: Internal Security, Cyber Security, Border Security, Security Forces and Agencies of Odisha
    1. 1.Odisha: Economy, Infrastructure and Security16 min

General Studies IV: Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude (Paper V)

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    Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude
    1. 1.GS Paper IV — Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude: Foundations of Ethics138 min
    2. 2.GS Paper IV — Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude: Attitude160 min
    3. 3.GS Paper IV — Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude: Aptitude and Foundational Values for Civil Service157 min
    4. 4.GS Paper IV — Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude: Emotional Intelligence155 min
    5. 5.GS Paper IV — Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude: Moral Thinkers and Philosophers — Indian Traditions199 min
    6. 6.GS Paper IV — Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude: Moral Thinkers and Philosophers — Western Traditions203 min
    + 3 more chapters
    1. 7.GS Paper IV — Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude: Public Service Values and Ethics in Public Administration205 min
    2. 8.GS Paper IV — Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude: Probity in Governance226 min
    3. 9.GS Paper IV — Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude: Case Studies — Applying the Ethical Toolkit148 min

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