Syllabus Decode GS (English) TNPSC Group 4&1 Prelims
Syllabus Decode GS (English) TNPSC Group 4&1 Prelims
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Week 01
UNIT- VIII: History, Culture, Heritage and Socio - Political Movements in
Tamil Nadu
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Week 02
UNIT- VIII: History, Culture, Heritage and Socio - Political Movements in
Tamil Nadu
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Week 03
UNIT-V: INDIAN POLITY
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Week 04
UNIT-V: INDIAN POLITY
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Week 05
UNIT-V: INDIAN POLITY
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Week 06
UNIT– IV: HISTORY AND CULTURE OF INDIA
DAY DATE TOPIC FINISH
26 Aug 28 Mon Indus Valley Civilization
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Week 07
UNIT– IV: HISTORY AND CULTURE OF INDIA
DAY DATE TOPIC FINISH
31 Sep 4 Mon Marathas
Marathas – sivaji - Shivaji administration- Peshwa
important battles
32 Sep 5 Tues South india kingdom
Vijayanagar and bahmani kingdom- Source-Krishnadeva raya-social Life-Economic conditions
Cultural contribution-Bahmani kingdom
Mahmud gawan
33 Sep 6 Wed Europeans arrival
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Week 08
UNIT-VII: INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT
DAY DATE TOPIC FINISH
36 Sep 11 Mon National Renaissance –
Reason for national renaissance -
37 Sep 12 Tues Early uprising against British Rule
Tribal revolt-Kol, Munda, Santhal
Farmer revolt
38 Sep 13 Wed 1857 revolt
1857-cause-form- consequence- leaders-
39 Sep 14 Thurs Socioeconomic condition of british rule
Economic drain theory, Agriculture impact
Administrative reform of warren hasting,cornwallis
William benetick Socio reform- Sati abolition, Thug suppression, Prevent female infanticide-
English education introduction
Dalhousie reform - Transport, communication
Revenue system - Zamindari, Ryotwari, Mahalwari
Ribbon - Local government, ..
Lytton - Newspaper restrictions, ..
40 Sep 15 Fri Different acts
Regulating act 1773- Pitts India Act 1784- Charter act 1833- Charter act 1853- Government of
India act 1858- indian council act 1861 1892,
Minto morley reform 1909- Montagu chelmsford 1919- Government of India act 1935 -
India independence act 1947
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Week 09
UNIT-VII: INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT
DAY DATE TOPIC FINISH
41 Sep 18 Mon
Gandhi arrival and movement
gandhi in south afria-Gandhi's arrival and struggle -early satyagraha
Roulette law Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
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Week 10
UNIT-VII: INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT
DAY DATE TOPIC FINISH
46 Sep 25 Mon Last phase of struggle
Quit India movement
Individual satyagraha-The Cripps mission-rajaji proposal- wavell plan-Quit india Movement--Indian
National Army-Cabinet mission-Mountbatten Plan
47 Sep 26 Tues Partition
Communalism reason-partition- mountbatten plan-radcliff
48 Sep 27 Wed INC,other Organisation and newspaper
INC meeting,other Organisation and newspaper
49 Sep 28 Thurs Maulana Abul Kalam Azad,
Subhash Chandra Bose,
Bhagat Singh,
ambedkar
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Subhash Chandra Bose,Bhagat Singh,ambedkar
50 Sep 29 Fri Emergence of Leaders –
Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rabindranath
Tagore,
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Week 11
UNIT- III: GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA
Himalayan Mountains
Great Northern Plains
Peninsular plateau
Indian Desert-Coastal Plains-Islands
Earth- features-Big Bang Theory-Structure of the Sun-Time Zones -Continental Drift Theory-Plate
Tectonic movement.- types of rock & mountains-
Land forms- The River-Glacier-Ground water (Karst Topography)- Wind-Waves (Coast)-
52 Oct 3 Tues Monsoon, rainfall, weather
and climate
The factors affecting the climate-latitude, distance from the seas, monsoon
wind, relief features and jet stream.
Layers of the Atmosphere-Factors Affecting the Horizontal & vertical-Distribution of
Temperature-types of wind - South West Monsoon- North east monsoon-
Local Winds- JET STREAMS – POLAR VORTEX-Types of cloud-types of rainfall- Origin of
Tropical Cyclone- IMD
Distribution of Land and Water in the Earth-Fresh water-Cryosphere-Oceans and Seas
-Oceans of the world-Maritime zones-Relief of ocean-Ocean temperature- Salinity of the
ocean- Ocean movements-Thermohaline circulationocean current
Bottom relief features of Indian Ocean, Arabian sea and Bay of Bengal.
El Nino- LaNina
53 Oct 4 Wed Water resources–Rivers –
Drainage System of India
Himalayan Rivers-Indus, ganga, bhramaputra
Peninsular Rivers-east -Mahanadi,Godavari,krishna, cavery,
West Flowing Rivers- narmada, tapi,
Irrigation -Canal irrigation,Well irrigation and Tank irrigation, Modern irrigation methods
Multipurpose River Valley Projects
dams in tamilnadu
54 Oct 5 Thurs Soil, Minerals and
Types of Soils in India & tamilnadu -Alluvial soil,Black soils,Red soilsLaterite soils, forest and
mountain soil- Arid and desert soil-Saline and alkaline, Peaty and marshy
Mineral Resources- metallic ,non metallic,energy mineral, rare earth mineral, critical minerals
in India , tamilnadu iron,Copper, bauxite, Manganese.Mica,limestone,gypsum
coal, petroleum,Natural Gas,renewable energy
55 Oct 6 Fri Natural resources– Forest and Wildlife–Agriculture
pattern
Natural Vegetation- types of forest -Tropical Evergreen Forest,Tropical Deciduous
Forest,Mountain or Montane Forest. Alpine Forest,Tidal Forest,Riverine Forest
Wildlife-
Types of farming-Livestock-Fisheries-
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Week 12
UNIT- III: GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA
DAY DATE TOPIC FINISH
56 Oct 9 Transport– Communication.
Infrastructure in India - PM Gati shakthi, national infrastructure pipeline-Transport System
Energy-Power-Communication-Social Infrastructure-Science & Technology
R&D.-Semiconductor technology-logistics-e governance initiative in Tamilnadu and India-TneGA-Tamil
Nadu Data Policy-2022-ELCOT-CM Dash board- STAR 2.0-e district- e office- e taal scheme- Uzhavan
-app- Kavalan app- Mygov- e nam- e seva centre- Swamitva scheme- digilocker- JAM-Trinity- makkal ID-
Aadhaar-UPI- data protection-digital payment- ICT policy
57 Oct 10 Population density and distribution in Tamil Nadu and India.
factors influencing Distribution of world population-
Density of Population-high moderate low
Terms related population
Composition of Population -sex ratio, literacy rate, age pyramids
over population and its measure
Stages of Urban Settlement-Town,City,Conurbation.Megalopolis,Million City
Urban Agglomeration-
Classification of Urban Settlement-
Urban fringe,Urban sprawl or suburban sprawl – cause,
58 Oct 11 Racial, Linguistic Groups
and Major Tribes
races -1. Negroid, 2. Caucasoid, 3. Mongoloid and 4. Australoid. Ethnicity- dravidian
Tribal Distribution in world-Pigmy,Masai, Bedowin,Eskimo, -Tribal in India-Gonds, Santhals, Khasis,
Angamis, Bhils, Bhutiasand Great Andamanese.Chenchu,Sentinelese tribe-Tribals in Tamilnadu- toda, irula,
kurumba, badagas, kota,paliyan -Major linguistic Families of the World-
Major Languages of India-DIALECT-Culture- Culture Region,Cultural Diffusion,Cultural
Landscape,Cultural Interaction,Language,norms,Values,Cultural Heritage types
59 Oct 12 Calamities – Disaster Management
hazard vs disaster -Earthquake -Tsunami- flood, urban flood- heatwave-lightning-fire
accident-forest fire-landslide -glacial outburst flood
PMCARES- pm disaster relief fund, cm fund-Flood -types,reason, initatives, recommendation
Central pollution control board, SPCB- Tamilnadu pollution control board- TNSMART
National Disaster Management Authority(NMDA)-ICT-Amazon forest fire
Disaster management cycle-Chernobyl nuclear disaster- Bhopal gas tragedy-National
Disaster management authority- Tamilnadu state disaster management authority-Sendai
framework-Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)
-Drought- Lightning-
Tamil Nadu State Disaster Management Authority- Tamil Nadu Disaster Risk Reduction
Agency-Global and National frameworks for disaster risk reduction- The Sendai
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030)-National disaster management
plan 2019-
TNSMART – Bhoodan Board-Chief Minister’s Uzhavar Pathukappu Thittam 2011-
60 Oct 13 Environment & Climate change
Climate Change: global warming, green house gas ,ozone depletion
Environmental Pollution and Management
environment act and organisation
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Week 13
UNIT-VI: INDIAN ECONOMY
DAY DATE TOPIC FINISH
61 Oct 16 Mon Nature of Indian economy–Five year plan models – an
assessment– Planning Commission and NitiAyog
.Features of Indian Economy-5 YEAR PLAN-Demographical profile of India-National Income- GDP-GNP-
NNP-NNP at factor cost-Personal Income
Disposable income- Per capita income-Real income-GDP Deflator-MEthod of
measuring National income -Capital formation-NEP (New Economic Policy) – LPG liberalization,
privatisation, globalisation-NITI AYOG-National Development Council-HDI, Gross national happiness,
PQLI-Tamilnadu state development policy council,Tamilnadu Economic advisory Council-Tamilnadu one
trillon dollar economy.-india five trillon dollar economy
62 Oct 17 Tues budget
Budget component
63 Oct 18 Wed Sources of revenue –Reserve Bank of India –monetary
policy- fiscal policy-
Banking & Finance
Banking, Money & Finance - Money -types and function-Money supply
Central Bank - CommercialBank –NBFIs. -Stock Market –Financial Reforms – Repo vs reverse repo-RRB-
NABARD- RBI and industrial finance-Financial Stability –Monetary Policy –
RBI & Autonomy.-Trade cycle-Recent advancement in banking sector- NEFT , RTGS, Demonetisation-
FERA, FEMA,-MICROFINANCE-FINANCIAL INCLUSION-Non fungible token-Erupee and
cryptocurrency-Fintech-Gig Economy -Circular Economy-Cryptocurrency & RBI digital currency-
MUDRA-RRB-NABARD- IRDA- TRAI- CCI-PFRDA-SEBI-
64 Oct 19 Thurs Resource sharing between Union and State
Governments –
Finance Commission –
Goods and Services Tax.
Public Finance -Sources of RevenueTax & Non-Tax Revenue - DIRECT TaX, INDIRECT TAX
Canons of taxation-GST - GST COUNCIL- GST APPLEATE TRIBUNAL- AFFECT FEDERALISM-
Public expenditure-Public debt-Finance Commission - 15th Finance Commission
Fiscal Policy-Fiscal Deficit- Revenue Deficit-Budget Deficit- Primary Deficit-
FRBM-Black money-Tax evasion
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Week 14
UNIT-VI: INDIAN ECONOMY
DAY DATE TOPIC FINISH
66 Oct 23 Mon Industrial growth
Factors affecting location of Industries,Weber’s Theory of Location-Classification of Industries
Agro based industries-Cotton Textile,Jute,silk,sugar,
Forest based- paper-Mineral based- iron steel
automobile,software, electric textile
Child labour- National policy on children 2013 & Tamilnadu state policy for children
2021.Child marriage- ICDS-Mission vatsalya- PoCSO act-NCPCR- Cradle baby scheme-
Cheif minister girl child protection scheme- Beti bacho beti padho-Dr. Muthulakshmi
reddy Maternity benefit scheme-Cheif minister's comprehensive health insurance
scheme- Child sexual abuse and it's cause, consequences and measure- form of
Modern slavery-measure to abolish modern slavery-Bonded labour abolition act 1976-
child adoption -district social welfare officer
child marriage -
The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006- child helpline =Women Welfare
Free Travel for women in Government Buses
-Marriage Assistance Scheme- Dr.
Muthulakshmi Reddy ammaiyar Memorial intercaste marriage assistance scheme
-Dr.Dharmambal Ammaiyar Memorial Widow Remarriage Assistance Scheme-E.V.RManiyammaiyar
Memorial Widow’s Daughter Marriage Assistance Scheme-Annai
Theresa Memorial Orphan Girl Marriage Assistance Scheme-Moovalur Ramamirtham
Ammaiyar Higher Education Assurance Scheme
-Sathiyavanimuthu Ammaiyar Free Sewing Machine Scheme
-Swadhar Greh-Mahila shakthi Maiyyam(Mahila Shakti Kendra-MSK)-One Stop Centre
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(OSC)-womens helpline-Nirbhaya Fund
Social Legislations for Women
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005-Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961-
TamilNadu State Policy for Women-Senior Citizen Welfare-The Maintenance and Parents and Senior
Citizens Act, 2007-Integrated Programme for senior Citizens (IPSrC)-Senior Citizen Helpline-14567-
National action plan for senior Citizens- Tamil Nadu State Policy for Senior
Citizens, 2022
TRANSGENDER WELFARE
TRANSGENDER welfare board
tamilnadu state commission for women-Tamil Nadu Social Welfare Board- PURATCHI THALAIVAR
M.G.R. NUTRITIOUS MEAL PROGRAMME-Mid Day Meal Scheme-National Mid Day Meal Scheme-
The Integrated Child Development Service(ICDS)-
National Nutrition Mission (POSHAN Abhiyaan)-Mission POSHAN 2.0- Early Childhood
Care and Education (ECCE)-National Creche Scheme-The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of
Children) Act, 2015-Tamil Nadu Juvenile Justice Fund- Child Protection Services (CPS)- Tamil Nadu State
Policy for Children -social security scheme- pension scheme
69 Oct 26 Thurs Employment
Unemployment -Employment structure in India-Types of employment-Employment pattern
Inflation – Inflation targeting -Inflation types- Cause and measure of inflation-Sustainable economic growth
–Gender issues.
unemployment- Jobless growth - cause, consequences and measures -TANSIM.-
startup-Unicorn - Angel investor and venture capital--women entrepreneur-
Entrepreneurship Scheme- self help group-Mahalir Thittam-MGNREGA-Tamilnadu
urban employment scheme- Naan mudalvan scheme
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Week 15
UNIT – IX: Development Administration in Tamil Nadu
DAY DATE TOPIC FINISH
71 Oct 30 Mon Human Development Indicators in Tamil Nadu and a
comparative assessment
across the Country
Index, report
Tamil Nadu Economy & Issues-Gross State Domestic Product-Trends in State’s economic growth
Demographic profile of Tamil Nadu-Agriculture – Industry & entrepreneurship development in Tamil
Nadu-Infrastructure-Power,Transportation systems-Social Infrastructure - health, education,
employment,SHGs. & Rural Women empowerment,Rural poverty & unemployment
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HEALTHCARE PROJECT-TAMIL NADU MEDICAL SERVICES CORPORATION
LIMITED-Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society
COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY OBSTETRICS AND NEWBORN CARE CENTRES
NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ELIMINATION PROGRAMME-
NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMME-National Vector Borne Disease Control
Programme-NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR HEALTH CARE OF ELDERLY-National
Leprosy Eradication Programme-National Tobacco Control Program-TAMIL NADU
ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY CARE INITIATIVE AND ‘108’ EMERGENCY CARE
SERVICES- 102 Free Drop Back Service (JSSK)
74 Nov 2 Thurs Education in Tamil Nadu.
Illam Thedi Kalvi- Ennum Ezhutthum Mission- Gross Enrolment Ratio, Net Enrolment
Ratio (NER),,Retention Rate (RR),Dropout Rate (DR),Pupil-Teacher Ratio
(PTR),Gender Parity Index (GPI),Gender Equity Index (GEI)
-Educational Management Information System (EMIS)
Kalvi TV- NON-FORMAL AND ADULT EDUCATION-Right of Children to Free and
Compulsory Education Act, 2009
-Samagra Shiksha (SS)- HIGHER EDUCATION
7.5% SEATS ON PREFERENTIAL BASIS TO GOVERNMENT SCHOOL STUDENTS
IN
ENGINEERING COLLEGES.
GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO (GER)- TAMIL NADU UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
CORPORATION (TNUAV)- RASHTRIYA UCHCHATAR SHIKSHA ABHIYAN (RUSA)-
Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research' (INSPIRE)
75 Nov 3 Fri Political parties and Welfare schemes for various
sections of people –
Rural development scheme
Anaithu Grama Anna marumalarchi Thittam–II (AGAMT-II)- Periyar Ninaivu
Samathuvapuram- MLACDS- Namakku Naame Thittam (NNT)
-Tamil Nadu Rural Roads ImprovementScheme (TNRRIS)- RIDF- SEDP-Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)- “Housing for All”
(PMAY-G)- Jal Jeevan Mission- MPLADS- Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY)-
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)- Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission
(SPMRM)- Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA)
SMILE scheme-transgender welfare- minority welfare- differently abled welfare –
tribal welfare - senior citizen welfare- right of person with disabilities Act 2016-Migrant people. Measure
for welfare of migrant people.
Week 16
UNIT – IX: Development Administration in Tamil Nadu
DAY DATE TOPIC FINISH
76 Nov 6 Mon Physical Geography of Tamil Nadu
77 Nov 7 Tues River & dams of tamilnadu
78 Nov 8 Wed Soil of tamilnadu and agriculture
79 Nov 9 Thurs Industry of tamilnadu
80 Nov 10 Fri Communication and transport of tamilnadu
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Week 17
UNIT-I: GENERAL SCIENCE
DAY DATE TOPIC FINISH
81 Nov 13 Mon
Human diseases. Health and Hygiene,
Viral & bacterial disease, lifestyle disorder and diseases- vector borne disease- poliomyelitis- Malaria-
CoVID and it's management-Coronavirus mutation-types of vaccines- India's cervical cancer vaccine
-Nuclear acid vaccine- Difference between RNA and DNA- Pneumococcal
vaacine- Insulin -BCG- Neglected tropical disease- Antimicrobial resistance- One
health concept- Mucormycosis-Tb free India-India and Tamilnadu emerging as
medical tourism- epidemic disease- , WATER BORNE DISEASE, AIR BORNE DISEASE-MONKEY
POX-Monoclonal antibody & Immunity system of human
82 Nov 14 Tues Classification of living organisms,
Classification five kingdom of classification-mitosis and Meiosis-.Difference between plant cell and
animal cell- diagram-Prokaryote, mesokaryote, eukaryote
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Week 18
UNIT-I: GENERAL SCIENCE
DAY DATE TOPIC FINISH
86 Nov 20 Mon Environment and ecology
Ecology: Structure -Ecological niche and ecological habitat-function of Ecosystem
Ecological succession- primary, secondary-Food pyramid, food chain, food web
Carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, phosphorus cycle, sulphur cycle-Types of forest
Biodiversity conservation: Types – Biodiversity Hot Spots in India – Biodiversity : Significance
and Threats – In situ and Ex situ conservation measures – Roles of Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES),
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) & Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD).
Wetland-coral reef- mangrove
87 Nov 21 Tues Elements and Compounds
Acids, Bases, Salts,
pH-oxidation and reduction-Acid, bases. Salt -Properties & Uses
Types of Salts,Properties of salt,Flame test,Use of salt
88 Nov 22 Wed Petroleum Products
Petroleum product
allotropy of carbon special features of carbon- Catenation- Tetravalency- Multiple bond- Isomerism
physical and chemical properties of carbon- carbon cycle- graphene-toxic carbon
monoxide-plastic resin code chart- single use plastic & microplastic- harmful effect of
plastic µplastic- measures -nitrogen fixation
89 Nov 23 Thurs Fertilizers, Pesticides,
--Pesticide types- Pesticide ban-
Fertilizer
90 Nov 24 Fri Scientific Knowledge and Scientific temper - Power of
Reasoning - Rote Learning
Vs Conceptual Learning - Science as a tool to
understand the past, present and
future.
cientific Knowledge and Scientific temper - Power of Reasoning - Rote Learning
Vs Conceptual Learning
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Week 19
UNIT-I: GENERAL SCIENCE
DAY DATE TOPIC FINISH
91 Nov 27 Mon Nature of Universe – Measurement of Physical Quantities
big bang theory-Newton laws of motion-Newton universal law of gravitation-Kepler
laws- surface tension- doppler effect-total internal reflection --.
Elements of Remote Sensing,Remote sensing platform-Applications of remote sensing
Types of satellite orbits-Geostationary satellite-Polar Orbiting and Sun-Synchronous
satellite-Spy satellite
Geographic Information System (GIS)- Functions
Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) -GPS (United States) GLONASS (Russia)
GALILEO (European Union) BEODOU (China)QZSS (Japan)-India’s Irnss-NAVIC satellite-
GAGAN
92 Nov 28 Tues Scientific Laws in Motion – Force, Pressure and Energy
Force
Pressure
Energy
93 Nov 29 Wed Light, Sound
Application of concave lens and convex lens-. Lens
formulac. Magnification of Lens-. Power of lens- Lens maker formula- Difference
between concave lens and convex lens- Semiconductor
Week 20
POLICY NOTE
DAY DATE TOPIC FINISH
96 Dec 4 Mon Policy note -1
97 Dec 5 Tues Policy note- 2
98 Dec 6 Wed Policy note-3
99 Dec 7 Thurs Policy note-4
100 Dec 8 Fri Policy note-5
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