APSC CCE Main Examination — Paper II: General Studies I Syllabus

Indian History, Heritage, Culture and Society, and Geography of India and the World.

1. Indian culture shall cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.
2. Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present — significant events, personalities, issues.
3. The Freedom Struggle — its various stages and important contributors/contributions from different parts of the country.
4. Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country.
5. Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India.
6. Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies.
7. Effects of Globalization on Indian society.
8. Social empowerment, Communalism, Regionalism & Secularism.
9. Salient Features of India’s and World’s Physical Geography.
10. Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian sub-continent); factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India).
11. Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone, 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.

Official Syllabus (PDF)