online upper ukpsc-uppsc prelims general studies course and mcq General Studies test series

Q UKPSC Prelims Syllabus ?

In upper UKPSC Prelims Exam there are Two MCQ Papers.

Paper -1 General Studies- Total Questions 150, Total Marks 150 

Paper-2 CSAT (Qualifying Paper)

Syllabus of General Studies( Paper-1) Total 150 Questions

Unit- 1
1. Indian History, Culture and National Movement Pre-Historic Period- Harappa Civilization, Vedic Civilization and Sangam Age – Mahajanapadas and rise of Magadh; Religious Movements – Jainism, Buddhism, Bhagavatism and Shaivism; Persian and Greek Contacts and other related aspects.

2. Mauryan Empire – Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka and his Dhamma; Mauryan
Administration, Economy, Society and Art; Kushanas and other related aspects.

3. Gupta Empire – Foundation, Consolidation and Decline; Chandragupta I, Samudragupta,
Chandragupta II, Skandagupta; Gupta Adminstration, Society, Economy, Literature and Art
and other related aspects.

4. Post-Gupta Period- Harshavardhan, Pal, Pratihara, Rashtrakuta, Chola, Pallava Chandel,
Paramar, Chauhan; Social, Economic and Cultural Development between 650 A.D. and 1200
A.D and related other Aspect.

5. Advent of Islam in India- Iltutmish, Balban, Alauddin Khalji, Muhammad bin Tughlaq, Feroze Tughlaq, Sikandar Lodi and Ibrahim Lodi; Administration in Delhi Sultanate, Causes of decline of Delhi Sultanate, Society and Economy during Sultanate period, Indo-Islamic Architecture, Vijaynagar Empire, Sufism, Bhakti movement and other related aspects.

7. Mughal Empire – Babar, Shershah Suri, Akbar, Shahjahan, Aurangzeb and decline of
Mughal Empire, Mughal administration, Jagirdari and Mansabdari systems, Society and
Economy during the Mughal period, Literature, Art and Architecture; Maratha, Sikh and Jat
and other related aspects.

8. Advent of Europeans – Portuguese, French, Dutch, British East India Company and British administration(1758-1857), British administration (1758-1857).
Economic impact of British rule and other related aspects.
Socio-religious Reform Movement during 19th Century. Viceroys of India (1858-1947) and
other related aspects.

9. First War of Independence (1857), Tribal, Non-Tribal, Caste and Peasant movements during
19 th and 20 th century; British administration after 1857 and other related aspects.
Government of India Act 1858, Administrative and Judicial systems after 1858-
Administration, Social, Educational, Judicial Reforms and other related aspects.
Growth of Nationalism in India, Rise of National Movement.

10. Indian National Congress- Foundation, Moderates and Extremists.
Partition of Bengal, Swadeshi movement, Foundation of Muslim League, Surat Session and
the split of Congress(1907), Morley-Minto Reform (1909).

11. First World War and Indian National Movement- Home Rule Movement, Lucknow Pact
(1916), August Declaration of 1917, Indian Revolutionary Movements in India and abroad.
Beginning of Gandhian era, Government of India Act (1919), Rowlatt Act (1919), Jallianwala
bagh Massacre (13 April, 1919), Khilafat Movement, Non Co-operation Movement
Chaurichaura- episode, Swaraj Party, Simon Commission, Nehru Report, 14th points of M.A.
Jinnah, Lahore Session of Indian National Congress (1929), Civil Disobedience Movement, First Round Table Conference, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Second and Third Round Table
Conference, Communal Award and Poona Pact.

12. Government of India Act 1935 – Demand of Pakistan, Cripps Mission, Quit India Movement,
Cabinet Mission Plan, Indian National Army, Interim Government, Mountbatten Plan, Indian
Independence Act(1947), Partition of India, India after Independence, New activities and
Related Organizations and other related aspects.

13. History and Culture Of Uttarakhand
Pre-historic Period.
Proto-historic period.
Ancient tribes of Uttarakhand
Kuninda and Yaudheya
Kartikepur dynasty
Kattyuri dynasty
Parmar dynasty of Garhwal
Chand dynasty of Kumaon
Gorkha Invasion and their rule in Uttarakhand
British Rule
Tehri Estate
Freedom Movement in Uttarakhand- First war of Independence (1857) and Uttarakhand
Role of Uttarakhand in India’s national movement
People’s movements of Uttarakhand. other related aspects.

Unit- 2

⦿ Indian and World Geography Geography of world : Important Branches, Earth and Solar System, Lithosphere, Latitudes, Longitudes, Time, Rotation, Revolution, Eclipses, Continents, Mountains, Plateaus, Planes, Hydrosphere, Lakes and Rocks, Atmospheric layers, Composition, Isolation, humidity.

⦿ Ocenic relief, Currents, Tides, Temperature and Salinity. Agriculture, Plants, Insect, Livestock
breeding, Power and Minerals, Resources, Industries, Population, Species and Tribes,
Migration, Transport, Communication, International boundary line, Environment and World
Trade (Regional Economic Group), Geographical Glossary and other related aspects.

⦿ Geography of India : Geographic Introduction, Relief and Structure, Climate, Drainage
system, Vegetation, Plants, Insect, Livestock breeding, Irrigation, Power, Soils, Water
Resources, Agriculture, Minerals, Industries, Population and Urbanization, Transport,
Communication System, Foreign Trade, Scheduled Caste/Tribes, Social ecologies, Domicile
and Pollution and other related aspects.

⦿ Geography of Uttarakhand : Geographical location, Relief and Structure, Climate,
Drainage system, Vegetation, Wild life, Minerals, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Irrigation,
Major Cities and Tourist Places, Populations , Schedule Caste/Tribes, Transport Network,
Power Resource and Industrial development, Natural hazards and other related aspects.

Unit- 3
Indian Polity
National
1- Parliamentary system
2- Coalition Politics
3. Regionalism, Casteism, Communalism, Terrorism and Naxalism
4. Welfare : SC/ST/OBC’s and Minorities (with reference to constitutional provisions, legal
framework, institutional arrangement, process and implications)
5. Gender Politics (Equality, reservation, empowerment, welfare and safety/ security measures)
6. Electoral reforms in India
7. Governance : Institutions and process
8. National integration
9. Nuclear policy of India
10. Environmental Concerns
11. Economic and financial reforms: Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization (LPG) and its
impact on politics and governance; planning machinery and planning process and banking
sector (RBI, NABARD and IDBI etc)
12. Institutional reforms in India like MNREGA, NRHM, JNNURM etc., Public private partnership
(PPP) mode.
13. Citizen Participation in Political and Administrative processes of the country
14. Civil society
15. Lok pal and Lok Ayukt
16. Other related aspects.
International
1. United Nations
2. International Organization
3. Environmental concerns at global level
4. SAARC, ASEAN, SAFTA and another regional groups
5. India’s Approach to major world issues: Disarmament, Human Rights and Globalization
6. BRICS and its importance for India
7. Other related aspects
Constitution of India
1. Constitutional Development in India
2. Constituent Assembly
3. Preamble
4. Basic Features of Indian Constitution (Including its various parts, Important articles and
schedules)
5. Fundamental Rights and Duties
6. Directive Principles of State policy
7. Constitutional Amendment method and important constitutional amendments
8. Federal and Parliamentary system of Governance in India
9. Parliamentary Committees (Public Accounts committee, Estimate Committee and Joint
Parliamentary Committee)
10. Constitutional Bodies : Election Commission and Comptroller and Auditor General
11. Judiciary : Supreme Court and High Courts
12. Other related aspects

Indian Polity –
1. Union Executive : President, Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Cabinet Secretariat,
Central Secretariat and PMO
2. State Executive : Governor and Chief Minister and Council of Ministers, State Secretariat and
Chief Secretary
3. Union Parliament and State Legislatures in India
4. Election Machinery and Process
5. Political Parties and Pressure Groups
6. Politicians and Civil servant Relationships
7. Development of Political Culture in India
8. Agencies of Political socialization
9. Evolution and Growth of Administrative system in India
10. Re-organization of states in India
11. Administration of Union Territories and other specified states and areas in India
12. Administrative reforms (including various important Committees and Commissions)
13. District Administration
14. Other related aspects
Panchayati Raj
1. Local Governance : 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts
2. State Finance Commission : Functions and Role
3. Devolution of powers to local bodies
4. Types of local bodies in India : Municipal corporations, Municipal councils, Nagar Panchayat,
Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samities and Zila Parishad
5. Other related aspects
Public Policy-
1. Good Governance : Citizen Charter and E-Governance
2. Prevention of Corruption and Lok Pal and Lok Ayuktas
3. Right to Information
4. Right to Education
5. Right to services
6. Other related aspects
Issues Concerning Rights
1. Fundamental Rights
2. Protection of Civil Right Act, 1955
3. Various rights pertaining to protection of SCs, STs, Issues related Minorities, Women and
Children and Old persons in India
4. Other related aspects.
Political System of Uttarakhand :-
Governance, Governor, Legislation, Chief Minister, Council of Ministers, Central State
Relation, Public Services, Public Service Commission, Auditing, Advocate General, High Court and
it’s jurisdiction, Provision for minorities, Schedule Caste/Tribes, Special State Selection Criteria,
Official Language, Consolidated fund and Contingency Fund, Political Parties and Election, Local
Government and Panchayati Raj, Community Development, Public Policy, Right Related Issues
(Education, Employment, Development etc.) Governance (Prevention of Corruption, Lok Ayukt,
Citizen charter, E-Governance, Right to Information, Samadhan Yojna etc.) and other related aspects.

Unit – 4
Economic and Social development
National
Economic Policy : Economic Reforms in India, Liberalization, Privatization and
Globalization.
Foreign Direct Investment (F.D.I), Inflation, Inclusive Growth, Economic development
v/s Environmental conservation.
Programmers for eradication of poverty and unemployment. Human Development
Index (H.D.I).
Census and Main features of India and population. Population and Economic
Development. Issues related to urbanization.
Main features of the union budgets.
Main features of the economy of India.
Natural and energy resources of India, Trade (with external sector), Commerce,
Industries, Schemes and Projects and direction of Economic Growth.
Tax reform and and Banking Business.
9. Planned Development.
10. National Development Council.
11. National Income.
12. Indian Agriculture (Agricultural productivity, Livestock, Green Revolution, Food
Security, Food grain prices, Buffer stock, Agricultural Policy, Agricultural/Seed crop
insurance scheme).
13. Indian Financial/Money/Capital/Security Market.
14. Insurance sector, Tax structure, Public finance and fiscal policy.
15. Concepts (Rolling plan, Sweat shares, Hawala, Gilt edge market, Black market, Black
money etc).
16. Other related aspects.
International
World Trade Organization (W.T.O) International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (IBRD). International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, South Asian
Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC). Association of South East Asian
Nations (ASEAN). South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement (SAPTA), BRICS, OPEC
and Other regional Economic and commercial organizations.
International flow of capital, human resources and technology.
Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA). Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).
Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

5. World Human Development Index.
Glossary.
6. Other related aspects.
Uttarakhand :
Main Features of economy and budgets, Natural and energy resources, Trade,
Commerce, Industries, Schemes and Projects, Tax and economic reforms, Planned
development, Agriculture, Live Stock, Food security, Public Finance and fiscal Policy, Census,
Human Development Index, Tourism, Role of herbs and culture in the economic development.
Other related aspects.
General Science and Technology:
Unit -5
Question on General Science will cover general appreciation and understanding of
Science including matters of every day observation and experince, as may be expected
of a well educated person, who has not made a special study of any scientific discipline.
Science and Technology in India: History and contribution.
Current affairs – National and International Awards, Prizes, Discoveries, Inventions,
Science Congresses, Conferences, Solar technology, Application of new technology for human
welfare, health and medicines, Environmental Awareness, Natural Bio resources, etc.
State, National and International Scientific and Reaserch Related other organizations-
IUCN , WWF, IPCC, WHO, UNESCO, etc.
Information technology and application of computers in daily life, e-governance, etc.
Ecology and environment- Habitat, community ecosystem, Structure and function,
adaptations. Plants and their partition, Traditional agriculture, Commercial agriculture and
Commercialization of agriculture, Production of agricultural crops and their regional
distribution (State, National and International Level ) , Problems in agriculture field,
Agricultural diversity, etc.
Natural resources – Soil, water, air, forests, grasslands, wetlands, marine. Planning and
management of Renewable and non-renewable energy resources.
Biodiversity – Threats and conservation. Ethics and usage
Environmental Crisis: Air, water, soil and space pollution. Laws and Acts, Global warning .
Global climate change – Causes and effects.
Concept of remote sensing and GIS Applications.
Weather Forecasting.
Application of spread sheet and Data Base Applications.
Physical Science/Awareness – Fundamentals of Computer and Information
processing, Basic Computer organization, Boolean Algebra, Logic Gates, Problem solving
Techniques and Computer Languages, Business data processing, Data Communication and
Computer Networks and security, use of Internet and multimedia applications, Cloud
computing, Application of PC, Software Packages, Basics of cyber law, etc.

Matter and its States, acids, bases and salts, origin and distribution of element, hard
and soft water, heavy water, purification, batteries, fuel cells, corrosion, nuclear fission and
fusion, elements of symmetry, polymers, carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, lipid,
hormones, vitamins, medicines and healthcare, dyes, cosmetics, food chemistry, etc.
Mechanics, General properties of matter, Wave motion , Sound and electromagnetic
waves, Heat, Light, Magnetism, Electricity, Atomic & Nuclear Physics, Astronomy and space
physics. X-rays and semiconductor technology etc.
Life Science – Branches, contribution, Natural Resources and their management.
Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Bio products, Vaccines, Immunization,
Health care, Genetically modified organisms, Global warming and climate change, Livestock
breeding, Plants and Human welfare etc.
Scientific Glossary.
Natural Resources of Uttarakhand and their contribution to National and
International Climate change, etc.
Unit -6
Current events of State, National and International Importance.
Continents and Nations, Important events of Space, Wonders of the World, Religions of the World, Indian States, Famous books and writer of the World/India, Famous Scientists,
Important Awards, Indian defence system, Health and Family welfare, Scintific and technical development, Education, National symbols, Protocol in India, Important Human rights and welfare organizations of World/India, Important Religious places, Important Passes, Dances of India, Cultural Institutes, Music, Drawing, Indian Languages, World Heritage, Important newspapers, Important Dates, Sports Landscape, Important Sports and related terms,
Conventions/Exhibitions/Festival/Conferences, Important Reports and other related aspects.