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TEST SERIES SYLLABUS
Test No.
Test-1 Date : 20 Sept
Basic-Essential Readings
Topics
Culture & Heritage
For SocietyThe salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature
and Architecture from ancient to modern
times.
+ Society
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NCERT -Indian Society (Class XI)
 NCERT -Social Change and
Development in India (Class XII)
Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity
of India. Role of women and women's
organization, population and associated
issues, poverty and developmental issues,
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urbanization, their problems and their
remedies. Effects of globalization on Indian
society Social empowerment,
communalism, regionalism & secularism.
Newspapers, Journals and Magazines
For Culture:Gazetteer of India (culture
section) IGNOU Study Material for Art,
Culture & Painting For Society
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Civil Services Chronicle Monthly Magazine & Value Additions
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The Hindu
IGNOU ESO - 12 : Society in India
 IGNOU ESO - 16 : Social Problems In
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India
NCERT -Books on Art & Craft of Class  Indian Society & Culture-Nadeem
XI & XII
Hasnain
+Social Justice
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+ Relevant Current Affairs
National Museum Brochure
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Kurukshetra
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Yojana
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Economic & Political Weekly
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Selected Chapters of India Year Book
Modern India-Bipin Chandra
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Civil Services Chronicle Monthly Magazine & Value Additions
Themes in Indian History -2 -Class XII 
Medieval India (IGNOU)
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The Hindu
Themes in Indian History -3- Class XII 
Ancient India (IGNOU)
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The Indian Express
NIOS Book-Class VIII
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Social Problems In India-Ram Ahuja
NCERT -Law and Social justice
+ Coaching's Study Material
Topics : Modern History of India + PostIndependence Consolidation and
Reorganization
Modern Indian history from about the
middle of the eighteenth century until the
present- significant events, personalities,
issues. The Freedom Struggle - its various
stages and important contributors
/contributions from different parts of the
country. Post-independence consolidation
and reorganization within the country.
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History of the world include events from
18th century such as industrial revolution,
world wars, redrawal of national
boundaries, colonization, decolonization,
political philosophies like communism,
capitalism, socialism etc. - their forms and
effect on the society.
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NCERT Books
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World History - Class XI
+ Coaching's Study Material
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 Bipin Chandra-India Since
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Independence (Penguin) Or
 Ramchandra Guha - India after
Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest ·
Democracy
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Modern Indian History - B.L. Grover
+ Coaching's Study Material
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Test-3 DATE: 04 Oct.
+ Environment & Disaster Management
Conservation, environmental pollution and
degradation, environmental impact
assessment, Disaster and disaster
management.
+ Relevant Current Affairs

www.planningcommission.in
Indian Culture Chapter of Indian Year Book
www.india.gov.in
Civil Services Chronicle Monthly Magazine & Value Additions
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Geography - Class XI
 Physical Geography - Goh Cheng
Leong
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Kurukshetra
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Geography - Class XII
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Geography and You
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Yojana
Indian People & Economy - Class XI

Oxford Atlas
Geography of India - TMH
 IGNOU : MPA-018 Disaster
Management
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2ndARC Report (Crisis Management ) 
The Hindu
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Ecology & Environment - P. D. Sharma 
Hindustan Times
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·
www.envfor.nic.in
·
www.ndma.gov.in
World Geography by Majid Husain
·
Report :http://www.undp.org/
content/dam/india/docs/
disaster_management _in_india.pdf
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Topics : Governance,
Constitution,Polity
www.pib.nic.in
 General Principles of World
Geography - Charles Farro
+ Coaching's Study Material
Test-4 DATE:11 Oct.
Economic and Political Weekly
NCERT Books of
Topics : India & World Geography
Salient features of world's physical
geography. Distribution of key natural
resources across the world (including
South Asia and the Indian subcontinent);
factors responsible for the location of
primary, secondary, and tertiary sector
industries in various parts of the world
(including India) Important Geophysical
phenomena such as earthquakes,
Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc.,
geographical features and their locationchanges in critical geographical features
(including waterbodies and ice-caps) and in
flora and fauna and the effects of such
changes.
Ministry of Culture-Documents & Reports
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Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of
the population by the Centre and States
and the performance of these schemes;
mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies
constituted for the protection and
betterment of these vulnerable sections.
Issues related to development and
management of Social Sector/Services
related to Health, Education, Human
Resources. Issues related to poverty and
hunger.
Test-2 DATE: 27 Sept
Supplementary Selective Readings
NCERT Books of
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Governance in India - Lakshmikanth
The Hindu-Survey of Environment
Down to Earth
Civil Services - Chronicle Monthly Magazine & Value Additions
Test-4 DATE:11 Oct.
Indian Constitution- historical
underpinnings, evolution, features,
amendments, significant provisions and
basic structure.
Functions and responsibilities of the Union
and the States, issues and challenges
pertaining to the federal structure,
devolution of powers and finances up to
local levels and challenges therein.
Indian Constitution at Work - Class XI

India and Contemporary World - Class  Introduction to Constitution of India X & IX
D.D. Basu
Separation of powers between various
organs dispute redressal mechanisms and
institutions.
Comparison of the Indian constitutional
scheme with that of other countries.
Parliament and State Legislatures structure, functioning, conduct of business,
powers & privileges and issues arising out
of these.

The Hindu

Hindustan Times

Our Parliament - NBT

Frontline
+ Coaching's Study Material
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Our Judiciary - NBT

Economic & Political Weekly

Our Constitution - NBT
·
www.prsindia.org
Salient features of the Representation of
People's Act.
 2nd ARC Report (Right to Information,
Promoting e-Governance, Citizen Centric- 
Administration, Social Capital)
Yojana
Appointment to various Constitutional
posts, powers, functions and
responsibilities of various Constitutional
Bodies.
 New Horizons of Public Administration
7th Edition by Mohit Bhattacharya
(Chapters : Good "Governance",
Governmental Accountability, Civil Society 
and Governance, Right to Information,
Participation and Governance, EGovernance
Kurukshetra
Statutory, regulatory and various quasijudicial bodies Government policies and
interventions for development in various
sectors and issues arising out of their
design and implementation.
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Development processes and the
development industry the role of NGOs,
SHGs, various groups and associations,
donors, charities, institutional and other
stakeholders Important aspects of
governance, transparency and
accountability, egovernance-applications,
models, successes, limitations, and
potential; citizens charters, transparency &
accountability and institutional and other
measures.
 Class-8th NCERT - Law and Social
Justice
Role of civil services in a democracy.
+ Relevant Current Affairs
Topics : Indian Economy
NCERT Books
Indian Economy and issues related to
planning, mobilization of resources,
growth, development and employment.
Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.
Government Budgeting. Effects of
liberalization on the economy, changes in
industrial policy and their effects on
industrial growth. Infrastructure: Energy,
Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.
Investment models.
Agriculture
Major crops cropping patterns in various
parts of the country, different types of
irrigation and irrigation systems storage,
transport and marketing of agricultural
produce and issues and related constraints;
etechnology in the aid of farmers Issues
related to direct and indirect farm subsidies
and minimum support prices; Public
Distribution Systemobjectives, functioning,
limitations, revamping; issues of buffer
stocks and food security; Technology
missions; economics of animal-rearing.
Food processing and related industries in
India- scope and significance, location,
upstream and downstream requirements,
supply chain management. Land reforms in
India. +Relevant Current Affairs
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
Economics-Class IX,
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Basic concepts related to Economic
Survey & Budget
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Topics: Science& Technology
Sarkaria Commission Report
FAQ's of RBI Website
·
www.pib.nic.in
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Rajya Sabha & Lok Sabha Channel

India Year Book
 India 2020: A Vision for the New
Millennium
Civil Services Chronicle Monthly Magazine & Value Additions
 Planning Commission: National
Human Development Report

Economic Survey
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The Economist

Economic Times

Economic and Political Weekly

Reports of Planning Commission

The Hindu

Yojana

Kurukshetra

Science Reporter
Indian Economic Development - Class  Indian Economy: "R. Dutt and
XI
Sundaram
+ Coaching's Study Material
Test-6 DATE: 25 Oct.

Political Theory - Class XI
Structure, organization and functioning of
the Executive and the Judiciary Ministries
and Departments of the Government;
pressure groups and formal/informal
associations and their role in the Polity.
Test-5 DATE: 18 Oct.
 Indian Polity & Constitution Lakshmikanth
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
Indian Economy Since Independence
 Uma Kapila
 2nd ARC Report (Strengthening
Financial Management Systems)
 Twelfth Five Year Plan 2012-17
Documents (Planning Commission)
 Annual Reports : Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment
 Envisioning an Empowered Nation:
 IGNOU - EPS- 07 International
Technology for Societal Transformation- A
Relations
P J Kalam
Test-6 DATE: 25 Oct.
Science and Technology- developments
and their applications and effects in
everyday life. Achievements of Indians in
science & technology; indigenization of
 Current Developments in Technology +
technology and developing new
Relevant chapters of INDIA Year Book +

technology. Awareness in the fields of IT,
FAQ's of ISRO, NASA, the Nature, MoS&T,
Space, Computers, robotics,
CERN etc.
nanotechnology, bio-technology and issues
relating to intellectual property rights.
+ Internal Security
 2nd ARC Report (Public Order,
Capacity Building for Conflict Resolution,
Combating Terrorism)
Linkages between development and
spread of extremism.
Role of external state and non-state actors
in creating challenges to internal security.
Challenges to internal security through
communication networks, role of media
and social networking sites in internal
security challenges, basics of cyber
security; money-laundering and its
prevention Security challenges and their
management in border areas; linkages of
organized crime with terrorism Various
Security forces and agencies and their
mandate.

Contemporary World Politics

MPS-001 India and the World

Foreign Policy of India by V. N. Khanna 
The Hindu
Times of India
 Indian Foreign Policy: Retrospect and
Prospect by Sumit Ganguly

Websites of ISRO, NASA MoS&T etc.
 Science & Technology - Chronicle
Publication

Ministry of Home Affairs Report
+ International Relations
India and its neighborhood- relations.
Bilateral, regional and global groupings and
agreements involving India and / or
affecting India's interests. Effect of policies
and politics of developed and developing
countries on India's interests, Indian
diaspora. Important International
institutions, agencies and fora, their
structure, mandate.
·
www.mha.nic.in
·
www.idsa.in
+Relevant Current Affairs
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
World Focus
Frontline
 Websites of SAARC, BRICS, ASIAN, UNO, UNESCO, WTO, UNICEF,
IMF, INITO, World Bank, etc.
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Test-7 DATE: 01 Nov.
Test-8 DATE: 8 Nov.
Topics : Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude
Theory part Ethics and Human
Interface:
Essence, determinants and consequences
of Ethics in human actions; dimensions of
ethics; ethics in private and public
relationships. Human Values - lessons
from the lives and teachings of great
leaders, reformers and administrators; role
of family, society and educational
institutions in inculcating values.

Companion to Ethics : Peter Singer

ARC 4th Report-Chapter 2-8

Reports of MoEA
hronicle Year Book
IEthics by William K.Frankena
 Understanding Ethics by Torbjorn
Tannsjo
Value Addition Material of Civil Services Chronicle Magazine
Contributions of moral thinkers and
philosophers from India and world.
Aptitude and foundational values for Civil
Service, integrity, impartiality and nonpartisanship, objectivity, dedication to
public service, empathy, tolerance and
compassion towards the weaker sections.

ARC 11th Report-Chapters 1-6
+ Case Studies

ARC 12th Report-Chapters 2-7
 Ethics and Integrity in Public
Administration: Concepts and Cases by
Raymond W.Cox
 Video : WHAT'S THE RIGHT THING
TO DO?
 Michael Sandel
·
www.justiceharvard.org/ watch/
Topics : Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude Applied Part
Public/Civil service values and Ethics in Public administration: Status and problems; ethical concerns and dilemmas in government and private institutions; laws, rules, regulations and conscience as sources of
ethical guidance; accountability and ethical governance; strengthening of ethical and moral values in governance; ethical issues in international relations and funding; corporate governance.
Attitude: content, structure, function; its influence and relation with thought and behaviour; moral and political attitudes; social influence and persuasion.
Emotional intelligence-concepts, and their utilities and application in administration and governance.
Probity in Governance: Concept of public service; Philosophical basis of governance and probity; Information sharing and transparency in government, Right to Information, Codes of Ethics, Codes of Conduct,
Citizen's Charters, Work culture, Quality of service delivery, Utilization of public funds, challenges of corruption.
+ Case Studies on above issues.
Comprehensive Mock Tests
Date
15 - Nov.
22 - Nov.
29 - Nov.
06 - Dec.
Test
Mock Test-9
Mock Test-11
Mock Test-13
Mock Test-15
Area
Paper I
Paper III
Paper I
Paper III
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Mock Test-10
Mock Test-12
Mock Test-14
Mock Test-16
Area
Paper II
Paper IV
Paper-II
Paper-IV