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Sikkim Services Combined Recruitment Examination (SPSC)

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27 topics · 3 sections — from the official SPSC syllabus. Study material lands topic by topic.

Paper A · English (Qualifying)

  1. 1
    English Comprehension, Precis Writing, Usage/Vocabulary, Short Essays (Qualifying, min. 40%)

Paper I · General Studies

  1. 1
    Indian Culture: Art Forms, Literature and Architecture (Ancient to Modern)
    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
  2. 2
    Modern Indian History from the Mid-18th Century to the Present
    1. 1.Decline of the Mughal Empire24 min min
    2. 2.Rise of Regional States14 min
    3. 3.Advent of Europeans in India — From Vasco da Gama to British Supremacy28 min
    4. 4.British Conquest of Bengal17 min
    5. 5.Anglo-Mysore Wars (1767-1799)14 min
    6. 6.Anglo-Maratha Wars (1775-1818)8 min
    + 6 more chapters
    1. 7.Subsidiary Alliance, Doctrine of Lapse & the Anglo-Sikh Wars23 min
    2. 8.Drain of Wealth, Deindustrialisation, and Land Revenue Systems14 min
    3. 9.Civil Rebellions and Tribal Uprisings Before 185717 min
    4. 10.The Revolt of 185765 min
    5. 11.Post-1857 Administration and Crown Rule (1858-1900)17 min
    6. 12.Socio-Religious Reform Movements of 19th Century India15 min
  3. 3
    The Freedom Struggle and Post-Independence Consolidation and Reorganization
    1. 1.Early Nationalism and the Formation of the Indian National Congress (1858-1905)11 min
    2. 2.Partition of Bengal and the Swadeshi Movement (1905-1911)16 min min
    3. 3.The Three Infrastructures of Nationalism: Press, Education and the Peasant Movements (1780-1947)24 min
    4. 4.World War I, Ghadar, Home Rule and the Lucknow Pact (1914-1918)18 min
    5. 5.Gandhi's Emergence: From the South African Laboratory to Jallianwala Bagh (1915-1920)18 min
    6. 6.Non-Cooperation Movement and Khilafat Aandolan (1920-1922)26 min min
    + 11 more chapters
    1. 7.The Years of Stagnation: Swarajists, the New Forces and the Revolutionaries (1922-1931)19 min
    2. 8.The Gathering Storm: Simon Commission, the Nehru Report and Purna Swaraj (1927-1930)20 min
    3. 9.Civil Disobedience Movement and Round Table Conferences (1930-34)16 min
    4. 10.The Constitution They Despised and the Office They Took: GoI Act 1935, Congress Ministries and the Rise of the Left (1935-1939)32 min
    5. 11.The Inclined Plane: Communalism from Syed Ahmad Khan to the Two-Nation Theory (1880s-1947)34 min
    6. 12.Wartime Politics: From the Crisis at Tripuri to the Cripps Mission (1939-1942)26 min
    7. 13.The Two Frontiers: Princely India and the Indian Capitalists in the Freedom Struggle (1920s-1947)36 min
    8. 14.Quit India Movement and the INA (1942-1945)10 min
    9. 15.Post-War National Scenario and the Transfer of Power (1945–47)9 min
    10. 16.Independence with Partition — the Freedom and the Fracture9 min
    11. 17.Post-Independence Consolidation (1947-1964)26 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.GS Paper I — Indian Society: Salient Features of Indian Society and the Diversity of India69 min
    2. 2.GS Paper I — Indian Society: Population and Associated Issues71 min
  6. 6
    Effects of Globalization on Indian Society; Social Empowerment, Communalism, Regionalism, Secularism
    1. 1.GS Paper I — Indian Society: Poverty and Developmental Issues81 min
    2. 2.GS Paper I — Indian Society: Effects of Globalization on Indian Society99 min
    3. 3.GS Paper I — Indian Society: Social Empowerment, Communalism, Regionalism and Secularism99 min
  7. 7
    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
  8. 8
    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
    Indian Constitution: Historical Underpinnings, Evolution, Features, Amendments, Basic Structure
    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
    + 4 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
  10. 10
    Union-State Relations, Federal Structure, Devolution of Powers and Finances
    1. 1.Federal System — 'Union of States', the Quasi-Federal Debate, and Cooperative Federalism16 min
    2. 2.Centre-State Relations — The Three-Dimensional Machinery of Divided Power18 min
    3. 3.Inter-State Relations — The Horizontal Machinery of a Single Nation14 min
    4. 4.Emergency Provisions — A Constitution That Can Suspend Itself17 min
    5. 5.Panchayati Raj — From Article 40 to the 73rd Amendment and PESA24 min
    6. 6.Municipalities — Urban Local Self-Government Under the 74th Amendment20 min
    7. 7.Union Territories — A Deliberate Unitary Exception in a Federal Constitution22 min
  11. 11
    Separation of Powers; Parliament and State Legislatures
    1. 1.Parliamentary System — Responsible Government, Article 74 and the Logic of Collective Responsibility15 min
    2. 2.Parliament — The Union Legislature and the Heart of Indian Democracy22 min
    3. 3.State Legislature -- Organisation, Composition and Legislative Procedure of the Vidhan Sabha and Vidhan Parishad16 min
  12. 12
    Executive and Judiciary Structure
    1. 1.The President — Head of the Indian State and Nominal Executive of the Union23 min
    2. 2.The Vice-President — India's Second-Highest Office and the Guarantee of Continuity13 min
    3. 3.The Prime Minister and Council of Ministers — India's Real Executive18 min
    4. 4.The Governor — Nominal Head of the State Executive and the Centre's Constitutional Link17 min
    5. 5.Chief Minister and State Council of Ministers — The Real Executive Behind the Governor15 min
    6. 6.The Supreme Court of India — Composition, Independence and Jurisdiction23 min
    + 3 more chapters
    1. 7.High Court and Subordinate Courts — The State Judiciary Beneath the Supreme Court21 min
    2. 8.The Attorney-General of India — Chief Law Officer Held at the President's Pleasure8 min
    3. 9.Advocate General of the State — The Governor's Law Officer, Not the State's5 min
  13. 13
    Representation of the People Act; Constitutional, Statutory and Quasi-Judicial Bodies
    1. 1.The Election Commission — Guardian of Free and Fair Elections Under Article 32417 min
    2. 2.The Union Public Service Commission — Recruiting the Civil Services Under Articles 315-32314 min
    3. 3.The State Public Service Commission — A Calibrated Mirror of the UPSC Under Articles 315-32315 min
    4. 4.The Finance Commission — Article 280 and the Balancing Wheel of Fiscal Federalism14 min
    5. 5.The Comptroller and Auditor-General — Guardian of the Public Purse Under Articles 148-15115 min
    6. 6.The National Commission for Scheduled Castes — A Constitutional Template Extended Three Times11 min
    + 3 more chapters
    1. 7.The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes — A Constitutional Safeguard Born of Bifurcation9 min
    2. 8.The National Commission for Backward Classes — Completing a Constitutional Template14 min
    3. 9.The Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities — the Half of Part XVII That Protects, Not Promotes13 min
  14. 14
    Government Policies, Welfare Schemes, Development Processes, NGOs and SHGs
    1. 1.GS Paper II — Governance & International Relations: Government Policies and Interventions for Development — A Sectoral Overview81 min
    2. 2.GS Paper II — Governance & International Relations: Development Processes and the Development Industry: NGOs, SHGs, Civil Society79 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
  15. 15
    Governance, Transparency, e-Governance, Civil Services, Citizens' Charters
    1. 1.GS Paper II — Governance & International Relations: Governance, Transparency, and Accountability: E-Governance, RTI, and Citizens' Charters106 min
    2. 2.GS Paper II — Governance & International Relations: Role of Civil Services in a Democracy110 min
  16. 16
    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
  17. 17
    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
  18. 18
    Indian Economy: Planning, Resource Mobilization, Growth, Employment, Government Budgeting
    1. 1.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Economic Planning, Resource Mobilization and Employment186 min
    2. 2.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Growth and Development — Concepts, Measurement and Contemporary Debates157 min
    3. 3.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Monetary Policy & Banking110 min
    4. 4.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Inflation89 min
    5. 5.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: External Sector102 min
    6. 6.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Capital Markets102 min
    7. 7.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Inclusive Growth167 min
    8. 8.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Government Budgeting — Process, Instruments and Fiscal Policy146 min
  19. 19
    Agriculture: Cropping Patterns, Irrigation, MSP, PDS, Food Security, Animal Husbandry
    1. 1.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Cropping Patterns and Irrigation Systems156 min
    2. 2.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Agricultural Marketing, Storage and the Farm Laws184 min
    3. 3.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: e-Technology and Digital Agriculture for Farmers99 min
    4. 4.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Farm Subsidies and Minimum Support Prices187 min
    5. 5.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Public Distribution System, Buffer Stocks and Food Security203 min
    6. 6.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Agricultural Technology Missions and the Economics of Animal Husbandry206 min
  20. 20
    Food Processing Industries; Land Reforms
    1. 1.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Food Processing Industries and Supply-Chain Management197 min
    2. 2.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Land Reforms in India185 min
  21. 21
    Liberalization, Industrial Policy, Infrastructure and Investment Models
    1. 1.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Liberalization and Industrial Policy200 min
    2. 2.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Energy Infrastructure166 min
    3. 3.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Transport Infrastructure — Roads, Railways, Ports and Airports245 min
    4. 4.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Infrastructure Investment Models — PPP, InvITs and the National Infrastructure Pipeline192 min
  22. 22
    Science and Technology: Developments, Applications, Indian Achievements, IPR
    1. 1.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Science and Technology Policy, Achievements and Indigenization197 min
    2. 2.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Space Technology and Digital/IT Technologies249 min
    3. 3.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Biotechnology, Nanotechnology and Emerging Technologies252 min
    4. 4.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Intellectual Property Rights247 min
  23. 23
    Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment
    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
  24. 24
    Disaster and Disaster Management
    1. 1.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Disaster Management Framework and Institutions252 min
    2. 2.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Types of Disasters and Mitigation Strategies254 min
  25. 25
    Internal Security: Extremism, External/Non-State Actors, Cyber Security, Security Forces
    1. 1.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Development and Extremism — Left-Wing Extremism/Naxalism199 min
    2. 2.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: External State and Non-State Actors — Cross-Border Terrorism Linkages193 min
    3. 3.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Cyber Security — Challenges and Institutional Framework218 min
    4. 4.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Media, Social Networking and Radicalization178 min
    5. 5.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Money Laundering and Financial Security201 min
    6. 6.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Border Area Security Management185 min
    7. 7.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Organized Crime and Its Linkages with Terrorism172 min
    8. 8.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Security Forces and Agencies — Mandate and Structure161 min

Papers II-III · Optional Subject (Choice of One, 31 Subjects)

  1. 1
    Optional Subject (Candidate's Choice — Degree Level)

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