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UPPSC NEW EXAMINATION DATES UPPCS NEWS EXAM DATES

According to notice 548/14/MIS/E-1/2000-2001 TC dated: 17th march 2012, date of various examination conducted by UP PSC  HAS BEEN CHANGED.

New changed dates are:

1. Civil judge pre (2012)- 13th May 2012
2. Programmer grade B exam 2012- 27th May 2012
3. Combined State Upper subordinate Pre exam 2012- 10tth June 2012
4. Civil judge mains Examination 2012- 15,16 and 17 July 2012.

Here is UPPSC full notice:

CSAT | CSAT PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION PAPER

CSAT (Civil Services Aptitude Test)

CSAT was in introduced into Preliminary examination of civil services in 2011 by UPSC (Union Public Services Commission). It is now being introduced in many State Civil Services Examination.
According to syllabus for second paper or CSAT is given below:

• Comprehension
• Interpersonal skills including communication skills;
• Logical reasoning and analytical ability
• Decision-making and problem solving.
• General mental ability
• Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.)(Class X level), Data interpretation(charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. - Class X level) CLICK FOR ONLINE STUDY
•  English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level).

Note 1 :
Questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level (last item in the Syllabus of Paper- II) will be tested through passages from English language only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper.
Note 2 :
The questions will be of multiple choices, objective type.

 Here is the link for csat paper of year 2011.

CSAT PREVIOUS PAPER II -2011

RECOMMENDED BOOKS FOR UP PCS PRE EXAMINATION 2012

Here are some list of books which can be benificatial for UPSC and other state civil sevices PRE examination:

1. Current events of national and international importance.
• Any magazine on current affairs
• Yojana
• India year book
2. Indian national movement
• struggle for independence”- Bipan Chandra
• “A brief history of modern India.”- Spectrum Series
• “Modern India”- summit Sarkar
3. Physical geography and geography(world)
• “Physical Geography” - Goh-Ghe-Leang.
• Geography world- 6th to 8th class.
• World geography from any magazine.
4. Indian polity and Governance.
• Indian polity- Lakshmikant.
• Indian constitution- DD Basu.
• Chronicle- constitution watch.
5. Issues of  environment ecology, bio diversity and climate change
• Environmental Studies- Erach Barucha.
• Indian year book- Environment.
• Manorama year book.
• CS- chronicle ecology and environment of current affairs.
6. Economy and Social Development.
• Uma kapila’s polices and performance
• Current affair magazine.
• Class XII- geography book.( India people and Economy)
• PD’s Economy section.
• Yojana.
7. Aptitude
• RS Aggarwal for mathematics.
• Any English Grammar book for English.
• Collins’s dictionary( Idioms and phrases)

UP PCS MAINS SYLLABUS | UP PCS MAINS ECONOMICS SYLLABUS 2012 | UPPCS ECONOMICS SYLLABUS

ECONOMICS:

PAPER-1- ECONOMIC THEORY

(SECTION- A)

1. Consumer Demand and Consumer Sovereignty :

Law of Demand, Nature and types of elasticity of demand, indifference curve analysis and consumer’s equilibrium.

2. Theory of Production:

Production function, laws of returns, equilibrium of a producer, nature of cost and revenue curves, pricing of factors of production.

3. Price and output determination:

Under different market conditions, Cost plus pricing.

4. Equilibrium :

General and Partial, Stable and Unstable.

5. Concepts of Economic Welfare :

Old and New Welfare economics, Pareto Optimality and compensation principles, Consumer’s surplus. Economics welfare and Competition.

6.National Income :

Concept, Components and methods of accounting. Classical and Keynesian Theories of Employment and Income, Pigou effect and Real balance effect; Intersection of Multiplier

and Accelerator .Theory of Trade Cycles. (Monetary and Hicksian trade cycles).

7. Theory of Money :

Measurement of changes in price level, Theory of money supply. Money Multiplier, Quantity theory of Money, Theories of Demand for money. Interest determination, IS-LM curve analysis. Theory of Inflation, Measures of inflation control.

8. Monetary and Banking System: Banks and their roles in the economy. Central Bank

and the money market, Techniques of monetary Management.

SECTION – B

(1) Public Finance :

Theories of Taxation and Public Expenditure, Incidence of taxation, evasion and shifting of Tax burden, Effects of Taxation, Fiscal Policy and economic development, economic classification of Budgetary Receipts and Expenditure, Types of budget deficits and their effects on the economy. 

(2) International Economics :

Theories of International Trade, Hecksher-Ohlin theory. Offer Terms of Trade, Trade and Development Balance of Payments, Disequilibrium in Balance of Payments and policies for correcting it. Fixed and fluctuating exchange rates, Free Trade vs. Protection, Foreign Debt and Debt management, International Monetary and Trade Institutions.

(3) Growth and Development :

 Measures of Economic developments. Theories of Economic Growth; Classical, Marxian and Harrod-Domar Model, Surplus Labor and capital formation, stages of growth. Problem of Human Capital formation.

PAPER- II INDIAN ECONOMY

1. Basic Features of Indian Economy :

Trends in National Income and per capita income. Changes in comparison of National Income. Population Growth and Economic Development, Characteristics of India’s Population. Changes in occupational pattern. Development & Infrastructure for Agriculture and Industry. Source of Energy: Conventional and non-conventional. Energy Crisis, Environmental pollution and its control.

2.Indian Agriculture :

Importance of agriculture in Indian economy. Source of growth in agriculture. Institutional

reforms in Indian agriculture with special reference to land reforms and credit supply. Agricultural cost

and product pricing.

3. Industrial growth and Structure in India : Public Sector. Private Corporate Sector

Joint Sector. Small Scale and Cottage Industry in India; Industrial Policy resolutions; competition and industrial growth. Foreign Capital Technology and growth of Indian Industry; Industrial sickness in India.

Labor policy reforms in India.

4. Budgetary Trends and Fiscal Policy in India : Trends of major sources

of public revenue and expenditure of Union Government, and U.P. Government. Non-Plan expenditure of

Union Government internal and external debt of the Union Government, Fiscal and Revenue deficits in Union Budget, Major recommendations of the Tenth Finance Commission.

5. Money and Banking : The Monetary institutions of India. Commercial Banks, Reserve Bank of India, Special Financial Institutions ( Banking and nonbanking). Sources of Reserve money, money multipliers, objective and techniques of monetary policy in India and their limitations.

6. Foreign Trade and Balance of Payment : Foreign Trade of India-volume, composition and direction, Trade Policy-import substitution, export promotion and self reliance. Import liberalization and its effect on trade balance, External borrowing and the burden of foreign debt.

7. Exchange rate of rupee.

Devaluation and its effect on balance of payments-convertibility of rupee. Integration of Indian economic with the world economy, Indian and the World Trade Organization.

8. Economic Planning in India.

Role of economic planning in India. Objectives of Economic Planning, Problems of unemployment,

Economic poverty and regional imbalances’ brief review of planning in India since 1951. Strategy of planning in India and recent changes therein. Financial resources for the Plans Objectives and achievements of the Eighth Five Year plan and the proposed strategy for the Ninth Plan.

UP PCS MAINS CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS

CHEMISTRY:

 PAPER- I

Atomic Structure:

Bohr’s model and its limitation de Broglie equation, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, quantum mechanical operators and the Schrodinger wave equation, physical significance of wave function

and its characteristics (normalized orthogonal), radial distribution and shapes of s, p, d. and f-orbital’s, particle in a one-dimensional box, quantization of electronic energies (qualitative treatment of hydrogen atom).Paul’s Exclusion principle. Hund’s rule of maximum multiplicity, Afbau principle, Electronic configuration of atoms, Long form of periodic table including trans law rencium elements. Periodicity in properties of the elements such as atomic and ionic randomization potential election affinity, electro negativity and hydration energy.

Nuclear and Radiation Chemistry:

Structure of nucleus (shell model), nuclear forces, nuclear stability-NP ration, nuclear binding energy Kinetics, detection and measurement of radioactivity, artificial transmutation of elements and nuclear reactions, nuclear fission & fusion, radioactive isotopes and their applications. Radio cartoon dating, Elementary ideas of radiation chemistry, radiolysis of water and aqueous solution, unit of radiation, chemical yield (G-value), Fricke’s dosimetry.

Chemical Bonding : Valence bond theory (Heitier- London and Pauling-Slater theories), hybridization, VSEPR theory and molecular orbital energy lever diagrams, for homo and hetero nuclear diatomic molecules, bond order, bond length and bond strength, sigma and p-bonds, hydrogen bond, characteristics of covalent bond.

Chemistry of s- and p-block elements :

General properties of s-and p-block elements, chemical reactivity of elements and group trends. Chemical

behavior with respect of their hybrids, halides and oxides.

Chemistry of Transition Elements :

 General Characteristics, variable oxidation stases, complex formation, color, magnetic and catalytic properties. Comparative study of 4d and 5d transition elements with 3d analogues with respect to their ionic radii, oxidation stasis and magnetic properties.

Chemistry of Lanthanides and Actinides :

 Lanthanide contraction, oxidation stasis, Principles of separation of lanthanides and actinides. Magnetic and spectral properties of their compounds.

Coordination Chemistry :

Werner’s Theory of coordination compounds. IUPAC system of nomenclature, effective atomic number (EAN) Isomerism in coordination compounds. Valence bond theory and its limitations. Crystal held theory, Crystal held splitting of d-orbital’s in octahedral, tetrahedral and square planer complexes. Equation and factors affecting its magnitude, calculation of Crystal held stabilization energies (CFSE) for d1 to d9 week and strong field, octahedral complexes, spectro chemical series. Electronic specter of d-transition metal complexes, types of electronic transitions, selection rules for electronic transitions, Spectroscopic ground states for d1 to d10 systems.

Bio-Inorganic Chemistry:

Essential and trace elements in biological processes, Metallo porphyrins with special reference to hemoglobin and myoglobin, Biological role of alkali and alkaline earth metal ions with special reference to Ca2+.

Preparation, Properties and Uses of the following Inorganic Compounds :

Heavy water, boric acid, diorama, hydrazine, hydroxylamine, potassium dichromate, potassium permanganate, Ce (IV) sulphate and titanium (III) sulphate,

Polymers:

Molecular weight of polymers by sedimentation light scattering viscosity and osmotic pressure. Number average and weight average molecular weights, elasticity and crystallinity of polymers.

Borazines :

Silicones and phosphonitrillic halide polymers.

Chemical Thermodynamics : Thermodynamic functions, Laws of thermodynamics and their applications to various physico-chemical process. Concept of chemical potential. Glibbs Duhem equation, Classius-Clapeyron equation, thermodynamic treatment of colligative properties.

Chemical Kinetics:

Order and molecularity of a reaction Rate laws, methods for determining the order of a reaction. Energy of activation, Colision theory of reaction rate. Steady state approximations. Transition state, theory of reaction rates, consecutive and side reactions.

Phase Equilibria:

Phases, components, degrees of freedom, phase diagram of one and two component systems, Nearest

distribution law, Applications of distribution law.

Electrochemistry :

Theory of strong electrolytes. Debye- Hucket theory of activity coefficient laws of electrolytic conduction, transport number determination of transport number (Hittorts and moving boundary method). Applications of conductance for determining the solubility and solubility products, Ionic equilibria, ionic product of water, pH, acid-base indicators, common ion effect, buffer solubility buffer index, buffer capacity solubility product and applications in analysis.

Solid State Chemistry :

Classification of solids, seven crystal systems, elements of symmetry in crystals, space lattice

and unit cell, classification of crystals on the basis of bond types ionic solids, metalic solids, covalent

solids, and molecular solids. The close packing of spheres, hexagonal close ionic solids, metalic solids,

covalent solids, and molecular solids. The close packing of spheres, hexagonal close packing, cubic close packing and body centered cubic packing, coordination number and radius ratio effect. Bargg’s law of X-ray diffraction, powder pattern method, crystal structure of NaCI and KCI.

Surface Chemistry:

Stability of and origin of charge on colloids, Electrokinetic potential. Physical and chemical absorption, various types of adsorption isotherms. Homogenous and heterogeneous catalysis enzyme catalysis (Michelis-Menton) equation.

Molecular Spectra :

Rotational Spectra Rigid and non-rigid rotator models. Determination of bond distance of diatomic molecules, linear triatomic molecules isotopic substitution.

Vibrational-Rotational Spectra:

Hormonic and anthormonic vibrations, vibrational energies of diatomic molecules, zero point energy, evaluation of force constant. Fundamental frequencies, overtones, trot bands, degrees of freedom of polyatomic molecules. Concept of group frequencies.

Raman Spectra :

Raman effect stokes and antistokes fines and their intensity difference. Rule of mutual exclusion.

Electronic Spectra :

Electronic transitions, Frank condom Principle, Phosphorescene and fluorescence.     

PAPER- II

General Organic Chemistry :

Electronic displacement inductive, electromeric and mesmoeric effects, Conjugation

and hyper conjugation, Resonance and its application to organic compounds, Electrophlies, nuclephlies,

carbocations, carbanions and free radical. Organic acids and bases. Effects of structure on the strength of organic acids and bases. Hydrogen bond and its effect on the properties of organic compounds.

Concepts of Organic Reaction Mechanism:

 Mechanism of addition, substitution, elimination, reactions and molecular rearrangements, Mechanism of Electrophilic and nucleophilic automatic substitution. Mechanism of the following reactions : Aldol condensation, Claims condensation Beckmann rearrangement, Perkin reaction, Reiner- Tiemann reaction, Cannizaro’s reaction, Friedel Craft’s reaction, Refonnatisky’s reaction and Wagner-Meerwein

rearrangement.

Aliphatic Compounds : Chemistry of simple organic compounds belonging to following classes

with special reference to the mechanisms of the reactions involved therein, alkanes, alkenes, alkynes alkyl, halides, alcohol, ethers, thiols aldehydes, ketones, a busnaltruated carbonyl compounds, acids and their derivatives, amines, aminoacids, hydroxy acids, unsaturated acids and dibasic acids, Synthetic uses of malonic easier acetoaceliceasier, Gridnand’s reagent, carbene, diazomethane and phosphoranes.

Carbohydrates:

Classification, configuration and general reaction of simple monosaccharides. Ozone formation,

mutarotation, pyranose and furanose structures. Chain lengthening and chain shortening in aidoses and

Kethses. Interconversion of glucose and fructose.

Stereochemistry and conformations :

Elements of symmetry, optical and geometrical isomerism in simple organic compounds. Absolute configuration (R & S); configurations of geometrical isomers, E & Z notations, Conformation of mono and distributed cyciohexnaes. Boat and chair form.

Aromatic Compounds:

Modern structure of benzene; Concept of aromaticity. Huckle

rule and its simple application to non-benezenoid aromatic compounds. Activating and deactivating effect of substituent groups, directive influence. Study of the compounds containing following groups attached to the alky and benzene ring halogen, hydroxy, nitro and amino groups. Sulphonic acids, benzaldelyde, salicy dehyde, acetophenone, Benzoic, salicyclic, phithalic, cannamic and mandelic acids.

Naphthalene & Pyridine:

Synthesis, structure and important reactions.

Alkaloids:

General methods of structure elucidation of alkaloids, chemistry of nicotine.

Organic Polymers:

Mechanism of polymerization, polymers of industrial importance, synthetic fibers.

Chemistry of Living Cells :

A Brief introduction, chemical constituents, cell membranes, acid base balance, Diffusion and active transport. Donnan membranes equilibria.

Enzymes and Coenzymes:

Nomenclature and characteristics, factors which affect enzyme activity.

NMR Spectroscopy :

Principle of PMR, chemical shift, spin-spin coupling, interpretation of PMR spectra of simple organic molecules,

Evaluation of analytical Data:

Errors, accuracy and precision, Relative and standard deviation rejection of doubtful, observations, t-test, Q-test.

Solvent Extraction :

Distribution law, Craigs concept of counter-current distribution, important solvent extraction systems.

Chromatography :

Classification of Chromatographic techniques, general principles of absorption, partition exchange, paper and thin layer chromatography.

Environmental Chemistry:

Air pollutants and their toxic effects, depletion of ozone layer effects

of oxides of nitrogen, flurochlorocarbons and their effect on ozone layer, Greenhouse effect, acid rain.

UPPCS MAINS LAW SYLLABUS 2012

LAW:
PAPER-1
1. Constitutional Law of India :

1. Nature of Indian Constitution, Salient features,
2. Nature of FundamentalRights with special reference to Right to equality, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression. Right to Life and Personal liberty and Religious, Cultural and Educational Rights.
3. Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Duties
4. Constitutional Position of the President and relationship with the Council of Ministers.
5. Constitutional postion of Governors and their power.
6. Supreme Court and High Courts, their powers and jurisdiction.
7. Principles of Natural Justice.
8.  Distribution of Legislative powers between the Union and States, Administrative and Financial relations between the Union and States.
9.  Delegated legislation; its constitutionality and judicial and legislative controls.
10.  Freedom of Trade and commerce in India.
11.  Emergency Provisions.
12.  Constitutional safeguards to Civil Servants.
13.  Parliamentary privileges and ammenities.
14.  Amendment of the Constitution.

II. International Law :
1. Nature of International Law.
2. Source: Treaty, Custom, General principles of law recognised by civilized nations, subsidiary means for the determination of law.
3. Relationship between international Law and Municipal law.
4. State Recognition and State Succession.
5. Territory of States: modes of acquisition and loss of territory
6. Sea: Inland waters; Territorial Sea; Contiguous Zone; Continental Shelf; Exclusive Economic Zone and Ocean beyond national jurisdiction.
7. Air space and aerial navigation.
8. Outer space ; Exploration and use of outer space.
9. Individuals : Nationality, Statelessness, Human Rights and is enforcement.
10. Jurisdiction of States: basis of jurisdiction and immunity from jurisdiction.
11. Extradition and Asylum.
12. Diplomatic and Consular Agents.
13. Treaties: Formation, application and termination.
14. State Responsibility.
15. United Nations: Purposes and principles; principal organs and their powers and functions.
16. Peaceful means for settlement of International disputes.
17. Lawful recourse to force : aggression, self-defence and interventions.
18. Legality of the use of nuclear weapons.

PAPER- II

1-A-LAW OF CRIMES :
(a) Concept of Crimes, Elements, Preparations, and attempt to commit crime.
(b) 1
 Indian Penal Code, 1860

1. GENERAL exceptions
2. Joint and Constructive liability
3. Abetment
4. Criminal conspiracy.
5. Offences against the state
6. Offences against Public Tranquility.
7. Offences against Human Body
8. Offences against Property
9. Offences Relating to Marriage
10. Defamation

2. Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1965
3. Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
4. Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1964.
B. LAW OF TORTS :

1. Nature of tortious liability
2. Liability based upon fault and strict liability.
3. Statutory liability.
4. Vicarious liability
5. Joint fort feasors
6. Negligence
7. Occupier’s liability and liability in respect of structures.
8. Detention and conversion.
9. Defamation.
10. Nuisance.
11. False imprisonment and malicious prosecution.

2. Law of Contracts and Mercantile Law:

• Formation of contract
• Factors vitiating consent.
• Void, Voidable, illegal and unenforceable contracts.
• Perfomance of contracts.
• Dissolution of contractual obligations, frustration of contracts.
• Quasi contracts.
• Remedies for breach of contract.
• Sales of goods Act, 1930.
• Indian Partnership Act, 1932.
• Negotiable Instruments Act.

UP PCS HISTORY mains syllabus

 HISTORY:

PAPER - I

(SECTION - A)

1. Sources and approaches to study of early Indian History.

2. Early pastoral and agricultural communities. The archaeological evidence.

3. The Indus Civilization: its origins, nature and decline.

4. Patterns of settlement, economy, social organization and religion in India (c. 2000 to 500 B.C.): archaeological perspectives.

5. Evolutions of North Indian society and culture: evidence of Vedic Texts (Samhitas of Sutras).

6. Teachings of Mahavira And Buddha. Contemporary Society. Early phase of state formation

and urbanization.

7. Rise of Magadha: the Mauryan Empire. Ashoka’s inscriptions; his dharma. Nature of

the Mauryan State.

8-9 Post-Mauryan period in Northern and Peninsular India: Political and Administrative

History. Social, Economy, Culture and religion. Tamilaham and its Society: and Sangam Texts.

10-11. India changes in the Gupta and post- Gupta period (to c. 750): political history of northern and peninsular India; Samantha System and changes in political structure; economy; Social Structure; culture; religion.

12. Themes in early Indian cultural history; languages and texts; major stages in the evolution of art and

architecture; major philosophical thinkers and schools; ideas in science and mathematics.

SECTION- B

13. India, 750-1200 : Polity Society and economy, Major dynasties and political Structures In North

India. Agrarian structures “Indian Feudalism”. Rise of Rajputs. The Imperial Cholas and their contemporaries in Peninsular India. Village communities in the South. Conditions for women. Commerce mercantile groups and guilds; town. Problem of coinage. Arabs conquest of Sind; the Ghanavide Empire. 14 India, 750-1200; Culture, Literature, Kalhana, historian. Styles of temple architecture; sculpture. Religious thought and institution Sankaracharya’s Vedanta. Ramanuja. Growth of Bhakti, Islam and its arrival in India. Sufism. Indian. Science, Alberuni and his study of Indian science and civilization.

15. The 13th century: The Ghorian invasions. Factors behind Gorian success. Economic, Social and cultural consequences, Foundation of the Suitanate. The “slave” Dynasty, lltutmish: Balban. “The Khaliji Revolution” Early Sultanate architecture.

16 The 14th century : Alauddin Khaliji’s conquests, agrarian and economic measures. Muhammad Tuglaq’s major “project”s Flruz Tughluq’s concessions and public works. Decline of the Sultanate. Foreign Contacts: Ibn Battuta.

17. Economy society and culture and the 13th and 14th Centuries. Cast and slavery under

Sultanate. Technological Changes. Sultanate architecture. Persian literature. Amir Khushrau, Historiography, ziya Barani. evolution of composite culture. Sufism in North India. Lingayats. Bhakti Schools in the south.

18. The 15th and early 16th Century (Political History). Rise of Provincial Dynasties : Bengal, Kashmir (Zainul Abedin), Gujarat, Malwa, Bahmanids. The Vijayanagra Empire. Lodis. Mughal Empire, First Phase: Babur, Humayan. The sure Empire: Sher Shah’s administration. The Portuguese colonial enterprise.

 19. The 15th and early 16th Century (society, economy and culture). Regional cultures and literatures. Provincial architectural styles. Society, Culture, Literature and the arts in Vijayanagra Empire.  monotheistic movements: Kabir and Guru Nanak Bhakti Movements: Chaitanya, Sufism in its Pantheistic phase.

 20. Akbar : His conquests and consolidation of empire. Establishment of Jagir and Mansab systems. His Rajput Policy. Evolution of religious and social outlook. Theory of Suth-i-kul and religious policy. Abdul Fazl, thinker and historian. Court patronage of art and technology.

21. Mughal empire in the 17th Century. Major policies (administrative and religious) of Jahangir, Shajahan and Aurangzeb. The Empire and the Zamindars. Nature of the Mughal state. Late 17th Century crisis: Revolts. The Ahon kingdom, Shivaji and the early Maratha Kingdom.

 22. Economy and Society, 16th and 17th Centuries. Population. Agricultural and craft

production. Towns, commerce with Europe through Dutch, English and French companies-a “trade revolution”. Indian mercantile classes. Banking, insurance and credit systems. Conditions of peasants, Famines. Condition of Women.

23. Culture during Mughal Empire. Persian literature (including historical works).Hindi and religious literatures. Mughal architecture. Mughal painting. Provincial schools of architecture and painting. Classical music. Science and technology Sawai Jai Sing, astronomer. Mystic electism: Dara

Shikoh, Vaishnav Bhakti, Maharastra Dharma. Evolution of the Sikh community (Khalsa).

 24. First half of 18th Century. Factors behind decline of the Mughal Empire. The regional principalities (Nizam’s Deccan, Bengal, Awadh) Rise of Maratha ascendancy under the Peshwas. The Maratha fiscal and financial system. Emergency of Afghan Power. Panipat, 1761. Internal weakness. Political cultural and economic, on eve of the British conquest.

Paper – II

Section-A

1. Establishment of British rule In India : Factors behind British success against Indian powers-Mysore,

Maratha confederacy and the Punjab as major powers in resistance; Policy of subsidiary Alliance and

Doctrine of Lapse.

2. Colonial Economy : Tributes System. Drain of wealth and “deindustrialization’’. Fiscal pressures and revenue settlements (Zamindari, Ryotwari and Mahalwari settlements), Structure of the British Raj up to 1857; (including the Acts of 1773 and 1784 and administrative organization).

3.Resistance to colonial rule: Early uprisings; Causes, nature and impact of the Revolt of 1857 Reorganization of the Raj, 1858 and after.

 4. Socio- cultural impact of colonial rule : Official social reform measures (1828-1857); Orientalist -Anglicist Controversy; coming of English education and the press. Christian missionary activities; Bengal Renaissance; Social and religious reform movements in Bengal and other areas: Women as focus of social reform.

5. Economy 1858-1914 : Railway: Commercialization of Indian agriculture. Growth of landless laborers; and rural indebtedness; Famines; India as market for British Industry; customs removal, exchange and countervailing excise; Limited grow the of modern industry.

6. Early Indian nationalism : Social background; Formation of national associations Peasant and tribal

uprising during the early nationalist era; Foundation of the Indian National Congress. The moderate phase

of the congress; Growth of Extremism; The Indian council Act of 1909; Home Rule Movement, the

Government of India Act of 1919.

7. Inter-War economy of India : Industries and problem of Protection; Agricultural distress. The Great Depression; Ottawa agreements and Discriminatory Protection; the growth of trade unions; The Kisan Movement; The economic programs of the Congress Karachi Resolution, 1931.

8. Nationalism under Gandhi’s leadership: Gandhi’s career though and methods of mass mobilization,

Rowlatt Satyagraha, Khailafat Non Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience Movement, 1940 Satyagraha and Quit India movement, State people’s Movement.

9. Other stands of the National Movement:

(a)Revolutionary movements since 1905;

(b) Constitutional politics; Swarajists, Liberals, Responsive Co-operation;

(c) Ideas of Jawaharlal Nehru,

(d) The Left (Socialists and Communists);

(e) Subhash Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army.

(f) Communal strands: Muslim League and Hindu Maha sabha;

(g) Women and National Movement.

10. Literary and cultural movement: Tagore. Premchand, Subramanian Bharti, Iqbal

as examples only; New trends in art ; Film Industry, Writers Organizations and. Theater Association.

11.Towards freedom: The Act of 1935; Congress Ministries, 1937-1939, The Pakistan movement Post-1945 upsurge (Rim Mutiny, Telangana uprising etc.); Constitutional negotiations and the Transfer of power, 15 August 1947.

12. First phase of Independence (1947- 64) Facing the consequences of partition; Gandhiji’s

murder, economic dislocation; Integration of State; The democratic constitution, 1950; Agrarian reforms.

Building and Industrial Welfare state; planning and industrialization; Foreign Policy of Non-alignment:

Relations with neighbors.

SECTION- B

13. Enlightenment and Modern Ideas –

1.     Renaissance Background.

2.     Major ideas of Enlightenment: Kant, Rousseau.

3.     Spread of Enlightenment outside Europe.

4.     Rise of Socialist ideas (to Marx).

14. origins of Modern Politics –

1.     European States System.

2.     American Revolution and the Constitution.

3.     French revolution and after math, 1789-1815.

4.     British Democratic Politics. 1815-1850, Parliamentry Reformers: Free Trades Chartists.

15. Industrialization :

1.     English Industrial Revolution: Causes and Impact on Society.

2.     Industrialization in other countries: USA, Germany, Russia, Japan.

3.     Socialist industrialization: Soviet and Chinese.

16. Nation-State System –

1.     1 Rise of Nationalism in 19th Century

2.     Nationalism: State-building in Germany and ltaly.

3.     Disintegration of Empires though the emergency of nationalities.

17. Imperialism and Colonialism –

1.     Colonial System (Exploitation of New world. Tran-Atlantic Slave Trade, Tribute from Asian Conquests.

2.     Types of Empire: of settlement and non-settlement: Lain America, South Africa, Indonesia, Australia.

3.     Imperialism and Free Trade. The New imperialism.

18. Revolutions and Counter- Revolution –

1.     19th Century European revolutions.

2.     The Russian Revolution of 1917-1921.

3.     Fascist Counter-Revolution, ltaly and Germany.

4.     The Chinese Revolution of 1949.

19. World Wars –

1.     1st and 2nd World Wars as Total Wars: Societal Implications.

2.     World war- : Cause and Consequences.

3.     World War-Il : Political consequence.

20. Cold War –

1.     1 Emergence of two Blocs.

2.     Integration of west Europe and Us Strategy; Communist East Europe.

3.     Emergence of Third World and Non-Alignment.

4.     UN and Dispute Resolution.

21. Colonial Liberation –

1.     Latin America- Bolivar.

2.     Arab World - Egypt.

3.     Africa- Apartheid of Democracy.

4.     South-East Asia-Vietnam.

22. Decolonization and underdevelopment - Decolonization: Break up colonial empires: British, Frenceh, Dutch. Factors Constraining Development: Latin America, Africa.

23. Unification of Europe-

1.     Post War foundations: NATO and European Community.

2.     Consolidation and expansion of European Community European Union.

24. Soviet Disintegration and the unipolar World –

1.     Factors in the collapse of soviet communism and the Soviet Union. 1985-1991.

2.     Political Changes in East Europe 1989-1992.

3.     End of the Cold War and US Ascendancy in the world.

4.       Globalization.