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Polity

Class 1

  • Basic concepts- State, Nation, Country, Types of Governments.
  • Historical development of Constitution- Need for Constitution, Constitutionalism, Making of Constitution
  • Salient features
  • Preamble - Nature of State and Objectives

Class 2

  • Union and its Territory
  • Citizenship - Principles, Acquisition and Termination, CAA
  • Fundamental Rights and Landmark Judgments
  • Right to Equality, Right to Freedom, Right against Exploitation, Right to Freedom of Religion

Class 3

  • Fundamental Rights - continued
  • Cultural and Educational Rights, Right to Constitutional Remedies
  • DPSPs and Gandhian Ideology
  • Socialistic Principles, Gandhian Principles, Liberal-Intellectual Principles, Directive Principle Outside Part IV
  • Fundamental Duties
  • Amendment of Constitution
  • Basic Structure

Class 4

  • Parliamentary System and Presidential System - Differences
  • Parliament -
  • Membership, Presiding Officers, Voting, Devices of Parliamentary Proceedings, Motions

Class 5

  • Parliament - Types of Bills, legislative Procedure, Funds, Budget, Parliamentary Committees

Class 6

  • Polity Current Affairs

Class 7

  • State Legislature - Legislative Assembly, Legislative Council
  • President - Executive, Legislative & Financial Powers , Emergency Powerx Ordinance powers; Vice President;

Class 8

  • Governor - Executive, Legislative and Financial Powers, Comparison of President and Governor w.r.t Pardoning and Discretionary powers;
  • Prime Minister & Council of Ministers - Collective Responsibilty, Cabinet
  • Chief Minister & State Council of Ministers

Class 9

  • Centre-State Relations -
    • Legislative, Executive and financial relations, Sarkaria Commission, National Integration Council,
    • Inter state councils, Zonal Councils
    • Special Provisoions for some States
    • GST Council
  • Types of Majorities

Class 10

  • Issues in Centre-State Relations; Inter State relations
  • Emergency Provisions

Class 11

  • Indian Judiciary-Supreme Court,Appointment and Removal of Judges, Powers, Jurisdiction, Contempt of Court; High Courts; Subordinate Courts, Alternative Dispute Resolution- Lok Adalat's, NALSA

Class 12

  • Polity Current Affairs

 

Class 13

  • Panchayati Raj and Urban Local Bodies - 73rd and74th Constitutional Amendment Act
  • Union Territories - NCT Delhi
  • Schedules & Tribal Areas - Special Provisions

Class 14

  • Constitutional Bodies- Election Commission - Powers, Role, Elections - Model Code of Conduct, CAG, Finance Commission, UPSC, SPSC, Attorney General and Adv. General, NCSC, NCST, NCBC
  • Non Constitutional Bodies- Special officer for linguistic Minorities, Central Information Commission, State Information Commission, Lokpal and Lok Ayukta, National Human Rights Commission State Human Right Commission, CVC (Central Vigillance Commission)

Geography

Class 1

  • General Geography
  • Universe & Solar system, Latitude and Longitude, Motions of the Earth - Rotation, Revolution and their effects, Inclination of the Earth’s Axis and its effects, Time Zones, Local and Standard Time and the International Date Line, Calendar, Eclipses - Solar, Lunar
  • Climatology- Layers of Atmosphere, Temperature Inversion

Class 2

  • Climatology - Heat budget, Wind system- Pressure belts, Cloud formation, Precipitation, Cyclones- Temperate and Tropical

Class 3

  • Climatology - Upper Atmospheric Circulations- Jet streams, Climatic Zones of the World
  • Geomorphology - Earth Evolution, Internal structure, Earth’s magnetic field, Earth Movements

Class 4

  • Geomorphology - Theory of Plate Tectonics, Folding, Faulting, Volcanism

Class 5

  • Geomorphology - Weathering, Mass Wasting, Erosion
  • Oceanography - Ocean Relief

Class 6

  • Oceanography- Ocean Currents, Salinity, Tides, Coral reefs, Water resources

Class 7

  • Indian Geography- Indian Physiography and Rock System (Himalayas, Plateaus, Plains, Coastal plains, Deserts, Islands)

Class 8

  • Indian Geography - Drainage system(River system), Soils

Class 9

  • Indian Geography - Indian climate (Monsoons, El-Nino, La-Nina, Indian Ocean Dipole), Distribution of rainfall,

Class 10

  • Indian Geography and Economic Geography- Natural Vegetation, Agriculture & Cropping system- Modern Techniques of Agriculture

Class 11

  • Human Geography - Population, Demography, Types of settlements, Migration, Urbanization and Urban problems

Class 12

  • Resource distribution across the World- Resources (Conventional & Non-Conventional resources), Distribution of Minerals & Ores, Factors of Industrial Location

History Art & Culture

Class 1

Prehistory

  • Stone age - Paleaolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic
  • Chalcolithic Iron Age
  • Indus Valley Civilization - Findings, Town Planning, Economy, Society, Culture
  • Rig Vedic Age - Geography, Society, Economy, Culture, Religious Practices

Class 2

  • Later Vedic Age, Buddhism and Jainism - Birth & Life, Sects, Literature, Teachings, Patrons etc.
  • Mahajanpadas - 16 Mahajanpadas, Magadha, Haryanaka, Shishunaga, Nanda Dynasty, Invasions etc.

Class 3

  • Mauryan and Post Mauryan - Chandragupta, Bindusara, Ashoka etc.
  • Sangam Period - Cholas, Cheras, Pandyas etc.
  • Mauryan and Post Mauryan Art and Culture

Class 4

  • Gupta Period and Post Gupta Period - Chalukya, Vakatakas, Cholas, Pallavas, Harshvardhan Etc, Temple Architecture - Nagara, Dravidan and Vesara Style.

Class 5

  • Early Medieval History - Pratiharas, Palas, Tripartite Struggle, Rajputas, Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas. Foreign Invasions and establishment of Delhi Sultanate.

Class 6

  • Delhi Sultanate - Slave Dynasty, Khalji, Tughlaq, Sayyid, Lodi

Class 7

  • Delhi Sultanate - Administration, Art and Culture and Society
  • Vijaynagara Empire
  • Other Dynasties - Bahamani, Sikhism etc.

Class 8

  • The Great Mughals - Babur, Humayun, Sher Shah, Akbar, Jhangir.

Class 9

  • Mughals- Shah Jehan, Aurangzeb Mughal Administration & Art
  • Decline of Mughals
  • Rise of Marathas - Peshwas, Holkars, Gaikwads, Scindias

Class 10

  • Performing Arts - Theatre, Puppetry, Paintings, Music, Dance, Martial Art,
  • Tribal & Folk Arts Indian Religion & Philosophy - Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya,
  • Vaisheshika, Mimamsa, Vedanta, Carvaka etc. Bhakti Movement

Class 11


Arrival of Europeans and British Conquest of India-

  • The Portuguese, Dutch, English, French in India
  • Carnatic Wars

Economic Policies of Colonial Rule

  • Land Revenue Policy-- Ryotwari, Mahalwari, Permanent Settlement
  • Impact of British Policy on Indian Economy
  • Drain of Wealth Theory

Educational Policies

  • Orientalist-Anglicism Controversy
  • Efforts of Thomson
  • Wood’s Dispatch (1854) Hunter Education Commission (1882-83)
  • Indian Universities Act, 1904
  • Government Resolution on Education Policy—1913
  • Saddler University Commission (1917-19)
  • Hartog Committee (1929)
  • Wardha Scheme of Basic Education (1937)
  • Sergeant Plan of Education
  • Development of Vernacular Education
  • Development of Technical Education

Class 12


Constitutional Developments from 1773 to 1947

  • Regulating Act 1773
  • Pitts India Act of 1784
  • Charter Act of 1793
  • Charter Act of 1813
  • Charter Act of 1833
  • Charter Act of 1853
  • Government of India Act 1858
  • The Indian Councils Act 1861
  • Indian Councils Act 1892
  • Indian Councils Act 1909 or Morley - Minto Reforms Government of India Act 1919 or Montague - Chelmsford Reforms
  • Government of India Act 1935
  • Indian Independence Act, 1947

Class 13


Revolt of 1857

  • Causes of the Revolt, Centres and Spread of the Revolt
  • Leaders of the Revolt, Causes of Failure of the Revolt
  • Consequences

Peasant & Tribal Movements

  • Peasant Movements
    • Champaran Satyagraha, Kheda Peasant Struggle
    • Bardoli Movement, Moplah Rebellion
    • Tebhaga Movement
  • Tribal Movements
    • Bhil Uprising, Kol Uprising
    • Santhal Rebellion, Jaintia and Garo Rebellion
    • Rampa Rebellion, Munda Rebellion
    • Khonda Dora Uprisings, Tana Bhagat Movement

Class 14


Socio-Religious Reform Movements

  • Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Parsi Reform Movements
  • Raja Rammohan Roy and Brahmo Samaj
  • Prarthana Samaj, Young Bengal Movement
  • Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Balshastri Jambhekar
  • Paramahansa Mandali, Satyashodhak Samaj and Jyotirao Phule
  • Gopalhari Deshmukh ‘Lokahitawadi’
  • Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, The Servants of India Society
  • The Ramakrishna Movement and Swami Vivekananda
  • Dayananda Saraswati and Arya Samaj
  • Seva Sadan, Dev Samaj
  • Dharma Sabha, Bharat Dharma Mahamandala
  • Radhaswami Movement, SNDP Movement
  • Vokkaliga Sangha, Justice Movement
  • Self-Respect Movement, Temple Entry Movement
  • Indian Social Conference, Wahabi Movement
  • Titu Mir‘s Movement, Faraizi Movement
  • Ahmadiyya Movement, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and the Aligarh Movement
  • The Deoband School, The Theosophical Movement
  • Significance ans Impact of Reform Movements

Early Nationalist Movements 1885-1914

  • Political Associations in Bengal
  • Political Associations in Bombay
  • Political Associations in Madras
  • Moderate Phase of Congress

Class 15

Extremist phase

  • Partition of Bengal (1905)
  • Swadeshi Movement, 
  • Muslim League, 1906
  • Surat Split, 1907
  • Indian Council Act (Morley-Minto Act) 1909
  • Ghadar Party, 1913
  • Komagata Maru Incident 1914
  • The Lucknow Pact (1916)
  • Home Rule Movement (1915–1916)
  • August Declaration, 1917
  • First World War and Nationalist Response

Gandhian Phase (1915-1939) Part-1

  • Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
  • Ahmadabad Mill Strike (1918)
  • Kheda Satyagraha (1918)
  • The Government of India Act, 1919
  • Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (1919)
  • Khilafat Movement
  • The Non-Cooperation Movement (1920-22)
  • Bardoli Resolution
  • Nagpur Session of Congress
  • Swaraj Party and its Evaluation
  • Muddiman Committee (1924)
  • Simon Commission (1927)
  • Bardoli Satyagraha (1928)
  • Nehru Report (1928)
  • Jinnah’s Fourteen Points
  • Lahore Session, 1929
  • Allahabad Address (1930)

Class 16
Gandhian Phase (1915-1939) Part-2

  • Civil Disobedience Movement (1930-1931)
  • First Round Table Conference, 1930
  • Gandhi-Irwin Pact, 1931
  • Karachi session of 1931
  • Second Round Table Conference, 1931
  • Civil Disobedience Movement (Second-Phase)
  • Third Round Table Conference (17 November 1932)
  • Communal Award
  • Poona Pact, 1932
  • Government of India Act, 1935

Revolutionary Activities

  • kakori Robbery
  • HSRA
  • Anushilan Groups
  • Chittagong Armoury Raid

Class 17

Last phase of Freedom struggle (1940-1947)

  • World War II and Indian Nationalism
  • Resignation of Congress Ministers (1939)
  • Poona Resolution and Conditional Support to Britain (1941)
  • August Offer of 1940
  • The Individual Civil Disobedience
  • Two-Nation Theory
  • Demand for Pakistan (1942)
  • Cripps Mission (1942)
  • Quit India Movement
  • Azad Hind Fauj
  • Indian National Army
  • INA Trails
  • Rajagopalachari Formula, 1945
  • Desai - Liaqat Pact
  • Cabinet Mission (1946)
  • Wavell Plan
  • Jinnah’s Direct Action Resolution
  • Mountbatten Plan of June 1947
  • Handouts - Important Congress Sessions & Committees

Economics

Class 1

  • Economics basics- Macro & Micro, National income, Sectors - Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, GDP & alternatives to GDP (PPP), Inflation - Types Economic Systems- Capitalist, Socialist, Mixed Economy

Class 2

  • Growth & Development- Planning, LPG Economic Reforms, NITI Ayog, Poverty, Inequality, Unemployment, Developmental indicators- HDI, MPI

Class 3

  • Fiscal policy- Budget, Tax Structure in India- Direct and Indirect Taxes, Disinvestment, FRBM Act, 15th Finance Commission

Class 4

Money and Banking

  • Money classification, Money multiplier
  • Monetary policy - CRR, SLR,Repo Rate etc, RBI, Money Supply
  • Banking System-  NABARD, Commercial Banks, NPA Crisis, NBFC,RRB

Class 5

Money Market and Financial Markets-

  • T-Bills, Commercial papers,G-Sec, Bonds, Stock Market, IDR, GDR, ADR, SEBI

Class 6

  • Economics Current Affairs

Class 7
External Sector/Foreign Trade-

  • Balance of Payments, FERA, FEMA, FDI, FPI, FII, External Commercial Borrowing (ECB)
  • Capital & Current Account Convertability
  • Current Account Deficit (CAD)
  • Rupee Appreciation & Depreciation, NEER, REER, Forex reserves

Class 8

  • International Organizations- WTO, IMF, World Bank, FAO, ILO, WIPO, FATF & Other International organisations, Trade Agreements

Class 9

  • Subsidies, PDS, Food security
  • Agriculture & animal rearing- MSP, FRP, Schemes
  • Infrastructure & Investment Models
  • Miscellaneous

Class 10

  • Economics Current Affairs

Class 11

  • Economic Survey & Union Budget 2021-22

Class 12

  • Economic Survey & Union Budget 2021-22

Class 13

  • Economic Survey & Union Budget 2021-22

Class 14

  • Economic Survey & Union Budget 2021-22

Environment

Class 1

Basic Concepts of Ecology - Ecology, Ecosystems & its types, Ecotones, Ecological Succession, Ecosystem Dynamics - Food Chain & Food Web, Flow of Energy, Trophic levels, Biogeochemical Cycles


Class 2

  • Biomes - Forest, Grassland, Mountains, Desert ecosystem
  • Acquatic Lifezones - Oceans, Rivers, Lakes, Wetlands, Coral Reefs, Mangroves

Class 3

  • Biodiversity- Hotspots, Modes of Conservation (In-situ & Ex-situ), Protected Area Network (National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Tiger reserves & Biosphere reserves), Ecologically Sensitive Areas.

Class 4

  • Climate Change and Pollution - Air, Water, Soil, Noise, Radioactive, Biological, E-Waste, Solid Waste; Climate Change Mitigation
  • Pollution related issues- Acid Rain, Photochemical Smog, GHG's, Ozone Depletion, Algal Bloom

Class 5

  • Environment Current Affairs

Class 6

  • Environmental Laws, Regulatory Bodies, Acts & Policies - Forest Rights Act, Environmental Protection Act, Wildlife Protection Act, National Biodiversity Authority, National Green Tribunal, Environmental Impact Assessment

Class 7

  • International Environmental Conventions/Organizations - UNFCCC, IPCC, UNEP, IUCN, UNCBD, Montreal, Cartegna, Nagoya, Bonn, Ramsar, Kyoto Protocol, etc

Class 8

 

  • Land Resources- Land Degradation, Desertification, UNCCD , Deforestation and Afforestation- CAMPA, REDD+
  • Disaster and DIsaster Management - NDMA, Sendai Framework

Class 9

 

  • Sustainable Development
  • Renewable Energy
  • Sustainable Agriculture
  • GM Food & its impact, Miscellaneous

Class 10

  • Environment Current Affairs

Science & Technology

Class 1

  • Evolution of Universe and Earth, Astronomy - gravitational lensing, red shift
  • Space Technology- NASA, ESA, ISRO space missions, Launch Vehicles, International Space missions, Orbits, Space stations, Space Tourism

Class 2

  • Defence Technology- Indian Missile System, Important discoveries in aircraft technology (UAV, Ramjet, Scramjet), Role of HAL & DRDO
  • Radars, Sonic Boom, Hyopersonic technology, Cyber defense technologies, Nuclear armaments.

Class 3

  • Biotechnology- Genetic engineering (Pluripotent, Multipotent, induced Pluripotent stem cell), Cloning, Human Genome Project, RT-PCR, 3 Parent babies, Latest researches of ICSIR, CIRB, ICMR, etc.,
  • Bioremediaiton, Genetic disorders, Cell mutation and ageing, etc.,
  • Robotics- Humanoid Robots & Artificial Intelligence.

Class 4

  • Science and Technology Current Affairs

Class 5

  • Nuclear Technology- Fission & Fusion, India's Three staged Nuclear Programme, Artificial Sun, Matter - Anti matter, Particulate physics - Bosons and fermions, Large Hedron Colliders.
  • Gravitational Wave Observatory, India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) + Related Technology in News

Class 6

  • Healthcare & Pharmaceutical- Diseases - Communicable - Dengue, Measles, Avain Influenza, Swine flu, COVID, etc. Non Communicable disaeases - Diabetes, Obesity, Cancer, Difficiency diseases and Mental illness, Vaccinations, IPR - TRIPS, TRIPS Plus, Compulsory Licensing, Evergrening.

Class 7

  • Nanotechnology- Nano materials, Graphite, Carbon Nano Tubes, Gold Nano Particles, Applications
  • Communication, IT & Computer System- Wifi & LiFi Technologies, LTE & VoLTE, Optical Fibre Network
  • Net Neutrality, Quantum Computing, Supercomputers of India & World
  • Big Data & Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Cyrptocurrency, Block Chain Technology.

Class 8

  • Science and Technology Current Affairs

CSAT

Class 1

  • Fast Calculation Techniques
  • Number System and Number Series

Class 2

  • Percentages
  • Averages
  • Ratio & Proportion

Class 3

  • Profit & Loss
  • Permutation and Combination
  • Probability and Dices

Class 4

  • Time Speed Distance
  • Time & Work

Class 5

  • Mixtures & Allegations
  • Data Interpretation

Class 6

  • Blood Relations
  • Syllogism & Statement and Conclusion
  • Arrangements

Class 7

  • Clock & Calendars
  • Direction and Distance
  • Coding & Decoding

Class 8

  • Puzzles and other Miscellaneous Topics

Class 9

  • Reading Comprehension

Class 10

  • Reading Comprehension

 

Polity

Class 1

  • Basic concepts- State, Nation, Country, Types of Governments.
  • Historical development of Constitution- Need for Constitution, Constitutionalism, Making of Constitution
  • Salient features
  • Preamble - Nature of State and Objectives

Class 2

  • Union and its Territory
  • Citizenship - Principles, Acquisition and Termination, CAA
  • Fundamental Rights and Landmark Judgments
  • Right to Equality, Right to Freedom, Right against Exploitation, Right to Freedom of Religion

Class 3

  • Fundamental Rights - continued
  • Cultural and Educational Rights, Right to Constitutional Remedies
  • DPSPs and Gandhian Ideology
  • Socialistic Principles, Gandhian Principles, Liberal-Intellectual Principles, Directive Principle Outside Part IV
  • Fundamental Duties
  • Amendment of Constitution
  • Basic Structure

Class 4

  • Parliamentary System and Presidential System - Differences
  • Parliament -
  • Membership, Presiding Officers, Voting, Devices of Parliamentary Proceedings, Motions

Class 5

  • Parliament - Types of Bills, legislative Procedure, Funds, Budget, Parliamentary Committees

Class 6

  • Polity Current Affairs

Class 7

  • State Legislature - Legislative Assembly, Legislative Council
  • President - Executive, Legislative & Financial Powers , Emergency Powerx Ordinance powers; Vice President;

Class 8

  • Governor - Executive, Legislative and Financial Powers, Comparison of President and Governor w.r.t Pardoning and Discretionary powers;
  • Prime Minister & Council of Ministers - Collective Responsibilty, Cabinet
  • Chief Minister & State Council of Ministers

Class 9

  • Centre-State Relations -
    • Legislative, Executive and financial relations, Sarkaria Commission, National Integration Council,
    • Inter state councils, Zonal Councils
    • Special Provisoions for some States
    • GST Council
  • Types of Majorities

Class 10

  • Issues in Centre-State Relations; Inter State relations
  • Emergency Provisions

Class 11

  • Indian Judiciary-Supreme Court,Appointment and Removal of Judges, Powers, Jurisdiction, Contempt of Court; High Courts; Subordinate Courts, Alternative Dispute Resolution- Lok Adalat's, NALSA

Class 12

  • Polity Current Affairs

 

Class 13

  • Panchayati Raj and Urban Local Bodies - 73rd and74th Constitutional Amendment Act
  • Union Territories - NCT Delhi
  • Schedules & Tribal Areas - Special Provisions

Class 14

  • Constitutional Bodies- Election Commission - Powers, Role, Elections - Model Code of Conduct, CAG, Finance Commission, UPSC, SPSC, Attorney General and Adv. General, NCSC, NCST, NCBC
  • Non Constitutional Bodies- Special officer for linguistic Minorities, Central Information Commission, State Information Commission, Lokpal and Lok Ayukta, National Human Rights Commission State Human Right Commission, CVC (Central Vigillance Commission)

Geography

Class 1

  • General Geography
  • Universe & Solar system, Latitude and Longitude, Motions of the Earth - Rotation, Revolution and their effects, Inclination of the Earth’s Axis and its effects, Time Zones, Local and Standard Time and the International Date Line, Calendar, Eclipses - Solar, Lunar
  • Climatology- Layers of Atmosphere, Temperature Inversion

Class 2

  • Climatology - Heat budget, Wind system- Pressure belts, Cloud formation, Precipitation, Cyclones- Temperate and Tropical

Class 3

  • Climatology - Upper Atmospheric Circulations- Jet streams, Climatic Zones of the World
  • Geomorphology - Earth Evolution, Internal structure, Earth’s magnetic field, Earth Movements

Class 4

  • Geomorphology - Theory of Plate Tectonics, Folding, Faulting, Volcanism

Class 5

  • Geomorphology - Weathering, Mass Wasting, Erosion
  • Oceanography - Ocean Relief

Class 6

  • Oceanography- Ocean Currents, Salinity, Tides, Coral reefs, Water resources

Class 7

  • Indian Geography- Indian Physiography and Rock System (Himalayas, Plateaus, Plains, Coastal plains, Deserts, Islands)

Class 8

  • Indian Geography - Drainage system(River system), Soils

Class 9

  • Indian Geography - Indian climate (Monsoons, El-Nino, La-Nina, Indian Ocean Dipole), Distribution of rainfall,

Class 10

  • Indian Geography and Economic Geography- Natural Vegetation, Agriculture & Cropping system- Modern Techniques of Agriculture

Class 11

  • Human Geography - Population, Demography, Types of settlements, Migration, Urbanization and Urban problems

Class 12

  • Resource distribution across the World- Resources (Conventional & Non-Conventional resources), Distribution of Minerals & Ores, Factors of Industrial Location

History Art & Culture

Class 1

Prehistory

  • Stone age - Paleaolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic
  • Chalcolithic Iron Age
  • Indus Valley Civilization - Findings, Town Planning, Economy, Society, Culture
  • Rig Vedic Age - Geography, Society, Economy, Culture, Religious Practices

Class 2

  • Later Vedic Age, Buddhism and Jainism - Birth & Life, Sects, Literature, Teachings, Patrons etc.
  • Mahajanpadas - 16 Mahajanpadas, Magadha, Haryanaka, Shishunaga, Nanda Dynasty, Invasions etc.

Class 3

  • Mauryan and Post Mauryan - Chandragupta, Bindusara, Ashoka etc.
  • Sangam Period - Cholas, Cheras, Pandyas etc.
  • Mauryan and Post Mauryan Art and Culture

Class 4

  • Gupta Period and Post Gupta Period - Chalukya, Vakatakas, Cholas, Pallavas, Harshvardhan Etc, Temple Architecture - Nagara, Dravidan and Vesara Style.

Class 5

  • Early Medieval History - Pratiharas, Palas, Tripartite Struggle, Rajputas, Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas. Foreign Invasions and establishment of Delhi Sultanate.

Class 6

  • Delhi Sultanate - Slave Dynasty, Khalji, Tughlaq, Sayyid, Lodi

Class 7

  • Delhi Sultanate - Administration, Art and Culture and Society
  • Vijaynagara Empire
  • Other Dynasties - Bahamani, Sikhism etc.

Class 8

  • The Great Mughals - Babur, Humayun, Sher Shah, Akbar, Jhangir.

Class 9

  • Mughals- Shah Jehan, Aurangzeb Mughal Administration & Art
  • Decline of Mughals
  • Rise of Marathas - Peshwas, Holkars, Gaikwads, Scindias

Class 10

  • Performing Arts - Theatre, Puppetry, Paintings, Music, Dance, Martial Art,
  • Tribal & Folk Arts Indian Religion & Philosophy - Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya,
  • Vaisheshika, Mimamsa, Vedanta, Carvaka etc. Bhakti Movement

Class 11


Arrival of Europeans and British Conquest of India-

  • The Portuguese, Dutch, English, French in India
  • Carnatic Wars

Economic Policies of Colonial Rule

  • Land Revenue Policy-- Ryotwari, Mahalwari, Permanent Settlement
  • Impact of British Policy on Indian Economy
  • Drain of Wealth Theory

Educational Policies

  • Orientalist-Anglicism Controversy
  • Efforts of Thomson
  • Wood’s Dispatch (1854) Hunter Education Commission (1882-83)
  • Indian Universities Act, 1904
  • Government Resolution on Education Policy—1913
  • Saddler University Commission (1917-19)
  • Hartog Committee (1929)
  • Wardha Scheme of Basic Education (1937)
  • Sergeant Plan of Education
  • Development of Vernacular Education
  • Development of Technical Education

Class 12


Constitutional Developments from 1773 to 1947

  • Regulating Act 1773
  • Pitts India Act of 1784
  • Charter Act of 1793
  • Charter Act of 1813
  • Charter Act of 1833
  • Charter Act of 1853
  • Government of India Act 1858
  • The Indian Councils Act 1861
  • Indian Councils Act 1892
  • Indian Councils Act 1909 or Morley - Minto Reforms Government of India Act 1919 or Montague - Chelmsford Reforms
  • Government of India Act 1935
  • Indian Independence Act, 1947

Class 13


Revolt of 1857

  • Causes of the Revolt, Centres and Spread of the Revolt
  • Leaders of the Revolt, Causes of Failure of the Revolt
  • Consequences

Peasant & Tribal Movements

  • Peasant Movements
    • Champaran Satyagraha, Kheda Peasant Struggle
    • Bardoli Movement, Moplah Rebellion
    • Tebhaga Movement
  • Tribal Movements
    • Bhil Uprising, Kol Uprising
    • Santhal Rebellion, Jaintia and Garo Rebellion
    • Rampa Rebellion, Munda Rebellion
    • Khonda Dora Uprisings, Tana Bhagat Movement

Class 14


Socio-Religious Reform Movements

  • Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Parsi Reform Movements
  • Raja Rammohan Roy and Brahmo Samaj
  • Prarthana Samaj, Young Bengal Movement
  • Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Balshastri Jambhekar
  • Paramahansa Mandali, Satyashodhak Samaj and Jyotirao Phule
  • Gopalhari Deshmukh ‘Lokahitawadi’
  • Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, The Servants of India Society
  • The Ramakrishna Movement and Swami Vivekananda
  • Dayananda Saraswati and Arya Samaj
  • Seva Sadan, Dev Samaj
  • Dharma Sabha, Bharat Dharma Mahamandala
  • Radhaswami Movement, SNDP Movement
  • Vokkaliga Sangha, Justice Movement
  • Self-Respect Movement, Temple Entry Movement
  • Indian Social Conference, Wahabi Movement
  • Titu Mir‘s Movement, Faraizi Movement
  • Ahmadiyya Movement, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and the Aligarh Movement
  • The Deoband School, The Theosophical Movement
  • Significance ans Impact of Reform Movements

Early Nationalist Movements 1885-1914

  • Political Associations in Bengal
  • Political Associations in Bombay
  • Political Associations in Madras
  • Moderate Phase of Congress

Class 15

Extremist phase

  • Partition of Bengal (1905)
  • Swadeshi Movement, 
  • Muslim League, 1906
  • Surat Split, 1907
  • Indian Council Act (Morley-Minto Act) 1909
  • Ghadar Party, 1913
  • Komagata Maru Incident 1914
  • The Lucknow Pact (1916)
  • Home Rule Movement (1915–1916)
  • August Declaration, 1917
  • First World War and Nationalist Response

Gandhian Phase (1915-1939) Part-1

  • Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
  • Ahmadabad Mill Strike (1918)
  • Kheda Satyagraha (1918)
  • The Government of India Act, 1919
  • Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (1919)
  • Khilafat Movement
  • The Non-Cooperation Movement (1920-22)
  • Bardoli Resolution
  • Nagpur Session of Congress
  • Swaraj Party and its Evaluation
  • Muddiman Committee (1924)
  • Simon Commission (1927)
  • Bardoli Satyagraha (1928)
  • Nehru Report (1928)
  • Jinnah’s Fourteen Points
  • Lahore Session, 1929
  • Allahabad Address (1930)

Class 16
Gandhian Phase (1915-1939) Part-2

  • Civil Disobedience Movement (1930-1931)
  • First Round Table Conference, 1930
  • Gandhi-Irwin Pact, 1931
  • Karachi session of 1931
  • Second Round Table Conference, 1931
  • Civil Disobedience Movement (Second-Phase)
  • Third Round Table Conference (17 November 1932)
  • Communal Award
  • Poona Pact, 1932
  • Government of India Act, 1935

Revolutionary Activities

  • kakori Robbery
  • HSRA
  • Anushilan Groups
  • Chittagong Armoury Raid

Class 17

Last phase of Freedom struggle (1940-1947)

  • World War II and Indian Nationalism
  • Resignation of Congress Ministers (1939)
  • Poona Resolution and Conditional Support to Britain (1941)
  • August Offer of 1940
  • The Individual Civil Disobedience
  • Two-Nation Theory
  • Demand for Pakistan (1942)
  • Cripps Mission (1942)
  • Quit India Movement
  • Azad Hind Fauj
  • Indian National Army
  • INA Trails
  • Rajagopalachari Formula, 1945
  • Desai - Liaqat Pact
  • Cabinet Mission (1946)
  • Wavell Plan
  • Jinnah’s Direct Action Resolution
  • Mountbatten Plan of June 1947
  • Handouts - Important Congress Sessions & Committees

Economics

Class 1

  • Economics basics- Macro & Micro, National income, Sectors - Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, GDP & alternatives to GDP (PPP), Inflation - Types Economic Systems- Capitalist, Socialist, Mixed Economy

Class 2

  • Growth & Development- Planning, LPG Economic Reforms, NITI Ayog, Poverty, Inequality, Unemployment, Developmental indicators- HDI, MPI

Class 3

  • Fiscal policy- Budget, Tax Structure in India- Direct and Indirect Taxes, Disinvestment, FRBM Act, 15th Finance Commission

Class 4

Money and Banking

  • Money classification, Money multiplier
  • Monetary policy - CRR, SLR,Repo Rate etc, RBI, Money Supply
  • Banking System-  NABARD, Commercial Banks, NPA Crisis, NBFC,RRB

Class 5

Money Market and Financial Markets-

  • T-Bills, Commercial papers,G-Sec, Bonds, Stock Market, IDR, GDR, ADR, SEBI

Class 6

  • Economics Current Affairs

Class 7
External Sector/Foreign Trade-

  • Balance of Payments, FERA, FEMA, FDI, FPI, FII, External Commercial Borrowing (ECB)
  • Capital & Current Account Convertability
  • Current Account Deficit (CAD)
  • Rupee Appreciation & Depreciation, NEER, REER, Forex reserves

Class 8

  • International Organizations- WTO, IMF, World Bank, FAO, ILO, WIPO, FATF & Other International organisations, Trade Agreements

Class 9

  • Subsidies, PDS, Food security
  • Agriculture & animal rearing- MSP, FRP, Schemes
  • Infrastructure & Investment Models
  • Miscellaneous

Class 10

  • Economics Current Affairs

Class 11

  • Economic Survey & Union Budget 2021-22

Class 12

  • Economic Survey & Union Budget 2021-22

Class 13

  • Economic Survey & Union Budget 2021-22

Class 14

  • Economic Survey & Union Budget 2021-22

Environment

Class 1

Basic Concepts of Ecology - Ecology, Ecosystems & its types, Ecotones, Ecological Succession, Ecosystem Dynamics - Food Chain & Food Web, Flow of Energy, Trophic levels, Biogeochemical Cycles


Class 2

  • Biomes - Forest, Grassland, Mountains, Desert ecosystem
  • Acquatic Lifezones - Oceans, Rivers, Lakes, Wetlands, Coral Reefs, Mangroves

Class 3

  • Biodiversity- Hotspots, Modes of Conservation (In-situ & Ex-situ), Protected Area Network (National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Tiger reserves & Biosphere reserves), Ecologically Sensitive Areas.

Class 4

  • Climate Change and Pollution - Air, Water, Soil, Noise, Radioactive, Biological, E-Waste, Solid Waste; Climate Change Mitigation
  • Pollution related issues- Acid Rain, Photochemical Smog, GHG's, Ozone Depletion, Algal Bloom

Class 5

  • Environment Current Affairs

Class 6

  • Environmental Laws, Regulatory Bodies, Acts & Policies - Forest Rights Act, Environmental Protection Act, Wildlife Protection Act, National Biodiversity Authority, National Green Tribunal, Environmental Impact Assessment

Class 7

  • International Environmental Conventions/Organizations - UNFCCC, IPCC, UNEP, IUCN, UNCBD, Montreal, Cartegna, Nagoya, Bonn, Ramsar, Kyoto Protocol, etc

Class 8

 

  • Land Resources- Land Degradation, Desertification, UNCCD , Deforestation and Afforestation- CAMPA, REDD+
  • Disaster and DIsaster Management - NDMA, Sendai Framework

Class 9

 

  • Sustainable Development
  • Renewable Energy
  • Sustainable Agriculture
  • GM Food & its impact, Miscellaneous

Class 10

  • Environment Current Affairs

Science & Technology

Class 1

  • Evolution of Universe and Earth, Astronomy - gravitational lensing, red shift
  • Space Technology- NASA, ESA, ISRO space missions, Launch Vehicles, International Space missions, Orbits, Space stations, Space Tourism

Class 2

  • Defence Technology- Indian Missile System, Important discoveries in aircraft technology (UAV, Ramjet, Scramjet), Role of HAL & DRDO
  • Radars, Sonic Boom, Hyopersonic technology, Cyber defense technologies, Nuclear armaments.

Class 3

  • Biotechnology- Genetic engineering (Pluripotent, Multipotent, induced Pluripotent stem cell), Cloning, Human Genome Project, RT-PCR, 3 Parent babies, Latest researches of ICSIR, CIRB, ICMR, etc.,
  • Bioremediaiton, Genetic disorders, Cell mutation and ageing, etc.,
  • Robotics- Humanoid Robots & Artificial Intelligence.

Class 4

  • Science and Technology Current Affairs

Class 5

  • Nuclear Technology- Fission & Fusion, India's Three staged Nuclear Programme, Artificial Sun, Matter - Anti matter, Particulate physics - Bosons and fermions, Large Hedron Colliders.
  • Gravitational Wave Observatory, India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) + Related Technology in News

Class 6

  • Healthcare & Pharmaceutical- Diseases - Communicable - Dengue, Measles, Avain Influenza, Swine flu, COVID, etc. Non Communicable disaeases - Diabetes, Obesity, Cancer, Difficiency diseases and Mental illness, Vaccinations, IPR - TRIPS, TRIPS Plus, Compulsory Licensing, Evergrening.

Class 7

  • Nanotechnology- Nano materials, Graphite, Carbon Nano Tubes, Gold Nano Particles, Applications
  • Communication, IT & Computer System- Wifi & LiFi Technologies, LTE & VoLTE, Optical Fibre Network
  • Net Neutrality, Quantum Computing, Supercomputers of India & World
  • Big Data & Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Cyrptocurrency, Block Chain Technology.

Class 8

  • Science and Technology Current Affairs

CSAT

Class 1

  • Fast Calculation Techniques
  • Number System and Number Series

Class 2

  • Percentages
  • Averages
  • Ratio & Proportion

Class 3

  • Profit & Loss
  • Permutation and Combination
  • Probability and Dices

Class 4

  • Time Speed Distance
  • Time & Work

Class 5

  • Mixtures & Allegations
  • Data Interpretation

Class 6

  • Blood Relations
  • Syllogism & Statement and Conclusion
  • Arrangements

Class 7

  • Clock & Calendars
  • Direction and Distance
  • Coding & Decoding

Class 8

  • Puzzles and other Miscellaneous Topics

Class 9

  • Reading Comprehension

Class 10

  • Reading Comprehension

 

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