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General Intelligence and Reasoning
- General Intelligence and Reasoning -- principally non-verbal (Analogies, Similarities/Differences, Spatial Visualization, Arithmetical Reasoning, Figural Classification, Number Series, Coding-Decoding)
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- 7.Classification (Odd One Out)
- 8.Mathematical Operations
- 9.Alphabet Series
- 10.Paper Folding and Cutting
- 11.Problems on Ages
- 12.Ranking and Order
- 13.Figure Patterns
- 14.Direction Sense Test
- 15.Cause & Effect
- 16.Data Sufficiency
- 17.Logical Sequences
- 18.Puzzles (Logical)
- 19.Statements & Assumptions
- 20.Input-Output (Machine)
- 21.Statements & Conclusions
- 22.Mirror & Water Images
General Knowledge and General Awareness
- General Knowledge and General Awareness -- India and its neighbouring countries: Sports, History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Polity, Indian Constitution, Scientific Research
- 1.Decline of the Mughal Empire
- 2.Rise of Regional States
- 3.Advent of Europeans in India — From Vasco da Gama to British Supremacy
- 4.British Conquest of Bengal
- 5.Anglo-Mysore Wars (1767-1799)
- 6.Anglo-Maratha Wars (1775-1818)
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- 7.Subsidiary Alliance, Doctrine of Lapse & the Anglo-Sikh Wars
- 8.Drain of Wealth, Deindustrialisation, and Land Revenue Systems
- 9.Civil Rebellions and Tribal Uprisings Before 1857
- 10.The Revolt of 1857
- 11.Post-1857 Administration and Crown Rule (1858-1900)
- 12.Socio-Religious Reform Movements of 19th Century India
- 13.Early Nationalism and the Formation of the Indian National Congress (1858-1905)
- 14.Partition of Bengal and the Swadeshi Movement (1905-1911)
- 15.The Three Infrastructures of Nationalism: Press, Education and the Peasant Movements (1780-1947)
- 16.World War I, Ghadar, Home Rule and the Lucknow Pact (1914-1918)
- 17.Gandhi's Emergence: From the South African Laboratory to Jallianwala Bagh (1915-1920)
- 18.Non-Cooperation Movement and Khilafat Aandolan (1920-1922)
- 19.The Years of Stagnation: Swarajists, the New Forces and the Revolutionaries (1922-1931)
- 20.The Gathering Storm: Simon Commission, the Nehru Report and Purna Swaraj (1927-1930)
- 21.Civil Disobedience Movement and Round Table Conferences (1930-34)
- 22.The Constitution They Despised and the Office They Took: GoI Act 1935, Congress Ministries and the Rise of the Left (1935-1939)
- 23.The Inclined Plane: Communalism from Syed Ahmad Khan to the Two-Nation Theory (1880s-1947)
- 24.Wartime Politics: From the Crisis at Tripuri to the Cripps Mission (1939-1942)
- 25.The Two Frontiers: Princely India and the Indian Capitalists in the Freedom Struggle (1920s-1947)
- 26.Quit India Movement and the INA (1942-1945)
- 27.Post-War National Scenario and the Transfer of Power (1945–47)
- 28.Independence with Partition — the Freedom and the Fracture
- 29.Post-Independence Consolidation (1947-1964)
- 30.15. GS-I (Compulsory Paper): Indian Culture — Art Forms, Literature and Architecture (Ancient India)
- 31.25. GS-I (Compulsory Paper): Indian Culture — Art Forms, Literature and Architecture (Medieval India)
- 32.Geomorphology — The Two Forces That Build the Land and Wear It Down
- 33.World Regional Physiography — Where the Earth's Relief Actually Is
- 34.Climatology — What the Air Does, and Why Water Is the Reason
- 35.World Climatic Regions — The Types, and Two Ways of Sorting Them
- 36.Oceanography — The Relief, the Salt, the Heat and the Currents of the Water Half of the Earth
- 37.Biogeography and the Natural Vegetation of the World — How an Ecosystem Works, and Why the Living Cover of the Earth Lies in Belts
- 38.India: Physiography — A Shield, a Rising Wall, a Filled Trough, and Two Kinds of Island
- 39.Drainage Systems of India — How the Rivers Are Arranged, and Why They Behave As They Do
- 40.India: Climate and the Monsoon — One Rhythm, and the Variety Inside It
- 41.Soils of India — Formation, the Profile, the Groups, and the Erosion That Takes Them
- 42.India's Natural Vegetation and Wildlife — The Forest Types, the Belts Up the Himalaya, and What Has Been Done to Them
- 43.Water Resources of India — Four Per Cent of the World's Water for Seventeen Per Cent of Its People
- 44.World Resources and Industry — Where the Minerals Lie and Where the Factories Went
- 45.Minerals and Energy Resources of India — What the Rock Decides, and How Old Every Number Here Is
- 46.Industries of India — Why a Factory Stands Where It Does, and Which of These Sentences Has Expired
- 47.Economic Geography and Human Activities — Why an Activity Is Where It Is
- 48.India's Agriculture — Where the Crops Are, in Which Season, and Why the Yields Divide
- 49.Transport, Communication and Trade in India — The Network That Carries the Economy, and the Date on Every Number
- 50.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Economic Planning, Resource Mobilization and Employment
- 51.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Growth and Development — Concepts, Measurement and Contemporary Debates
- 52.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Monetary Policy & Banking
- 53.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Inflation
- 54.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: External Sector
- 55.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Capital Markets
- 56.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Inclusive Growth
- 57.GS Paper III — Economy, Tech & Security: Government Budgeting — Process, Instruments and Fiscal Policy
- 58.Making of the Constitution — The Constituent Assembly and the Birth of the Republic
- 59.Salient Features of the Constitution — The Design Choices That Define India's Founding Charter
- 60.The Preamble — Identity, Authority and the Conscience of the Constitution
- 61.Union and its Territory — The Indestructible Union and the Reorganisation of States
- 62.Citizenship — Membership, the Single-Citizenship Design and the Democratic Project
- 63.Fundamental Rights — The Magna Carta of India
- 64.Directive Principles of State Policy — The Conscience of the Constitution
- 65.Fundamental Duties — The Code the Constitution Forgot and the Courts Revived
- 66.Basic Structure Doctrine — The Unamendable Core of the Constitution
- 67.Amendment of the Constitution — The Power to Mend, Not to Destroy
Elementary Mathematics
- Elementary Mathematics -- Number Systems, Whole Numbers/Decimals/Fractions, Fundamental Arithmetic Operations, Percentages, Ratio & Proportion, Averages, Interest, Profit & Loss, Discount, Mensuration, Time & Distance, Time & Work
English / Hindi
- English / Hindi -- basic understanding and comprehension (candidate's choice of language)