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Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations 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. 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. 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. Salient Features of the Representation of People’s Act. Appointment to various Constitutional Posts, Powers, Functions and Responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies. Statutory, Regulatory and various Quasi-judicial Bodies. Government Policies and Interventions for Development in various sectors and Issues arising out of their Design and Implementation.Development Processes and the Development Industry — the Role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders. 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 Relating to Development and Management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. Issues relating to Poverty and Hunger. Important Aspects of Governance, Transparency and Accountability, E-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; Citizens Charters, Transparency & Accountability and institutional and other measures. Role of Civil Services in a Democracy. 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.

 Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, literature and Architecture fromancient to modern times.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 fromdifferent parts of the country.Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country.History of the world will include events from 18th century such as industrial revolution,world wars, redrawal of national boundaries, colonization, decolonization, politicalphilosophies like communism, capitalism, socialism etc.— their forms and effect on the society.Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India.Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty anddevelopmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies.Effects of globalization on Indian society.Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.Salient features of world’s physical geography.Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indiansub-continent); factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sectorindustries in various parts of the world (including India).Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cycloneGovernment strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women candidates are encouraged to apply.etc., geographical features and their location-changes in critical geographical features(including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.

Paper I – (200 marks) Current Events of National and International Importance. History of India and Indian National Movement. Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World. Indian Polity and Governance-Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc. Economic and Social Development-Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc. General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change – that do not require subject specialization. General Science. Paper II – (200 marks) 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). Note 1: Paper-II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination will be a qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.Note 2: The questions will be of multiple choice, objective type.