Geography
1. Salient features of world’s physical geography.
2.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).
3.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.
Indian Society
1. Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India.
2.Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues,
poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies.
3.Effects of globalization on Indian society.
4.Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.
History
1.Indian culture will 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.History of the world will include events from 18th century such as industrial
revolution, world wars, redrawal of national boundaries, colonization,
decolonization, political philosophies like communism, capitalism, socialism
etc.— their forms and effect on the society.