STATE SERVICE MAINS EXAMINATION

SYLLABUS
FIRST PAPER (PART-A)
HISTORY
History and Culture
UNIT- I

Indian History:- Political, Economic, Social and Cultural History of India

from Harappan civilization to 10th Century A.D.
UNIT- II

 Political, Economic, Social and Cultural History of India from 11 th to 18th

Century A.D.
 Mugal rulers and their administration, Emergence of composite culture
 Impact of British Rule on Indian Economy and Society.
UNIT- III

 Reactions of Indians against British Colonial Rule: Peasant and Tribal

revolts, The First Struggle of Independence. Indian Renaissance: National
Freedom Movement and its leaders.
 Emergence of India as a Republic Nation, Reorganization of States,
Formation of Madhya Pradesh. Major events of the post independence
period.
UNIT- IV

 Independence Movement in Madhya Pradesh.*

 Indian Cultural Heritage (with special reference to Madhya Pradesh) :
Salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature, Festivals & Architecture from
ancient to modern times.
 World Heritage sites in Madhya Pradesh and Tourism.

UNIT- V

Dynasties of Madhya Pradesh: - Gondwana, Bundeli, Bagheli, Holkar,

Scindia and Bhopal State (From beginning till independence).

* With in Geographic reference of Present Madhya Pradesh.

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 FIRST PAPER (PART-B)
GEOGRAPHY
UNIT- I

World Geography
 Major Physical Features:- Mountains, Plateaus, Plains, Rivers, Lakes and
Glaciers.
 Major Geographical Phenomena:- Earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanicity,
Cyclone.
 World Climate:- Climate and seasons, distribution of rain fall and climatic
regions, Climate change and its effects.
UNIT- II

Geography of India
 Major physical features:- Mountains, Plateaus, Plains, Rivers, Lakes and
Glaciers.
 Physiographic Division of India.
 Climate:- Origin of Monsoon, El Nino, Climate and Seasons, Distribution
of rain fall and climatic regions.
 Natural Resources:- Types and their uses.
(A) Water, forest, soil
(B) Rocks and minerals:
 Population:- Growth, distribution, density, sex ratio, literacy, migration,
rural and urban population.
 Food Processing and Related Industries:- Scope and significance,
Localization of industries, Requisites for forward and backward linkages
for industries, demand - supply and chain management.
UNIT- III

Geography of Madhya Pradesh

 Major Geomorphic Regions with special reference to Narmada Valley and
Malwa Plateau.
 Natural vegetation and climate.
 Soil:- Physical, chemical and biological properties of soil, soil formation
process, problems of soil erosion and soil degradation, problem soil and
methods of its reclaimation, soil conservation planning on watershed basis.
 Mineral and Energy Resources:- Types, distribution and uses.
 Major Industries: Based on agricultural produce, forests and minerals.
 The Tribes of State with particular reference to vulnerable tribes.
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UNIT- IV

Water and disaster management

 Drinking Water:- Supply, factors of impurity of water and quality
management.
 Water management.
 Ground water and water conservation.
 Natural and Man-made disasters, Concept and scope of disaster management,
specific hazards and mitigation.
 Community planning: Resource mapping, relief and rehabilitation, preventive
and administrative measures, safe construction. Alternative communication
and survival efficiency.
UNIT- V

Advanced Techniques in Geography

 Remote sensing: principles, electromagnetic spectrum, components, types of
satellite, Application of remote sensing.
 GIS(Global Information System) : Components of GIS, and its applications.
 GPS (Global Positioning System): Basic concepts of GPS and its
applications.

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 SECOND PAPER (PART-A)
PAPER-II GENERAL STUDIES
Constitution, Governance, Political and Administrative Structure
UNIT-I
 Constitution of India:- Its Foundation, characteristics, Basic Structure and
important amendments.
 Conceptual elements:- Objectives, fundamental rights and duties, directive
principle of state policy.
 Federalism, Central:- State Relations, Supreme Court, High Court, Judicial
Review, Judicial Activism, Lok Adalat and Public Interest Litigation.
UNIT-II
 Election Commission of India, Comptroller and Auditor General of India,
Union Public Service Commission, Madhya Pradesh Public Service
Commission and NITI Aayog.
 Role of caste, religion, class, ethnicity, language and gender in Indian
politics, Political parties and voting behavior in Indian politics, civil society
and Public movement, National integrity and security issues.
UNIT-III
 Public participation and local government (with reference of 73 rd and 74th
amendment to the Constitution)
 Accountability and Rights:- Competition Commission, Consumer Forum,
Information Commission, Women's Commission, Human Rights
Commission, SC / ST / OBC Commission, Central Vigilance Commission.
 Features of democracy:- Political Representations, Participation of
Citizens in the Decision making Process.
 Community-based organizations (CBO), Non Government Organizations
(NGOs) and Self-help groups (SHG).
 Role of Media and Problems (Electronic, Print and Social)
UNIT-IV
Indian Political Thinkers
Kautilya, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel,
Ram Manohar Lohia, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar, Deendayal Upadhyaya,
Jayaprakash Narayan.
UNIT-V
 Administration and Management:- Meaning, nature and significance,
Role of public administration in the developed and developing societies,
Development of Public administration as a subject, Modern Public
Administration, Principles of Public Administration.
 Concepts:- Power, Authority, Responsibility and Delegation.
 Theories of organization, steps and area of control and unity of command.
 New dimensions of public management, management of change and
development administration.
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 SECOND PAPER (PART-B)
Economics and sociology
UNIT-I
 Issues and initiatives in the field of agriculture, industry and service s in
India.
 Measurement of national income in India.
 Functions of Reserve Bank of India and commercial banks, financial
inclusion, monetary policy.
 Characteristics of good taxation system- Direct tax and indirect taxes,
subsidies, cash transaction, fiscal policy.
 Public distribution system, current trends and challenges of the Indian
economy, poverty, unemployment and Regional imbalances.
 India's international trade and balance of payment, role of Foreign capital,
multi-national companies, Foreign direct investment , import-export policy,
International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Asian Development Bank,
World Trade Organization, ASIAN, SAARC, NAFTA AND OPEC,
UNIT-II
With reference to Madhya Pradesh
 Major crops, holdings and cropping patterns, Social and physical
environmental impact on producation and distribution of crops, Issues and
challenges related with quality and supply of seeds and manure, farming
practices, Issues and challenges of horticulture, poultry, dairy, fisheries and
husbandry etc. Problems and challenges related to agricultural produce,
transportation, storage and marketing.
 Welfare Schemes of Agriculture.
 Contribution of Service Sector.
 Infrastructure and resources of Madhya Pradesh.
 Demographic scenario of Madhya Pradesh and its impacts on the economy of
Madhya Pradesh .
 Industrial sector, growth, trends and challenges.
 Availability of skilled human resources, employability and productivity of
human resources, Different trends of employment.
UNIT-III
Human Resource Development
 Education:- Elementary education, Quality of Higher, Vocational,
Technical and Medical Education. Issues related to girl's education.
 Issues related with following social classes and their welfare
programmes:- Differently abled classes, Senior Citizens, Children,
Women, Under privileged classes and Displaced groups arising out of
developmental projects.

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UNIT-IV
 Elements of social harmony, concept of civilisation and culture. Features of
Indian Culture. Rituals: Various references, Caste system. Ashram,
Purushartha, Chatushtya, Religion and sect influences on society and
methods of marriage.
 Community Development Programme, Extension Education, Panchayati
Raj, Role of Non Governmental Organizations (NGO's) in Community
Development. Recent trends in Voluntary sector regarding Rural
Development, Family Court.

UNIT-V
 Population and Health Problems, Health Education, and Empowerment,
Family Welfare Programmes, Population Control.
 Status of Tribes in Madhya Pradesh, Social Structure, customs, Beliefs,
Marriage, Kinship, Religious Beliefs and Traditions, Festivals and
Celebrations in Tribes.
 Women Education, Family Health, Vital Statistics, Causes and effects of
malnutrition, Goverment Programmes of supplementary nutrition,
Technological inventions in the field of Immunology, Remedies (Treatment
and Cure) of communicable and non communicable diseases.
 World Health Organization:- Objectives, Structure, Functions and
Programmes.

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 THIRD PAPER
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
UNIT-I
 Work, Power and Energy- Gravitational Force, Friction, Atmospheric
Pressure and Work.
 Units and Measurement, Example from daily life.
 Speed, Velocity , Acceleration
 Sound:- Definition, Medium of Propagation, Audible and Inaudible sound,
Noise and Music.
Terminology related with Sound:- Amplitude, Wave Length, Frequency of
Vibration.
 Electricity:- Different types of Cell, Circuit.
 Magnet:- Properties, preparation and uses of artificial magnet
 Light:- Reflection, Refraction, Mirrors and Lenses , Image Formation,
 Heat: Measuring Temperature, Thermometers, Transformation of Heat.

UNIT-II
 Element, Compound and Mixture:- Definition, Chemical Symbols,
Properties, Availability on the Earth,
 Material:- Metals and Non Metals, Periodic Table and Periodicity.
 Atom, Atomic Structure, Valancy, Bonding, Nuclear Fusion and Fission.
 Acids, Bases and Salts. pH Value Indicators.
 Physical and Chemical Changes.
 Chemistry in daily life

UNIT-III
 Micro-organism and Organic Farming.
 Cell –Structure and Function, Classification of Animals and Plants.
 Nutrition in plants, animals and human beings, Balanced Diet, Vitamins,
Deficiency Diseases, Hormones,
 Body Organs of Human Beings, Structure and Functioning.
 Respiration in Organisms.
 Transportation in Animals and Plants.
 Reproduction in Animals and Plants
 Health and Hygiene and Diseases.

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UNIT-IV
 Types of Computers, Characteristics and Generation.
 Memory, Input and Output Devices, Storage Devices, Software and
Hardware, Operating systems, Windows, Uses of Microsoft office.
 Computer Languages, Translators, Compilers, Interpreters and Assemblers.
 Internet, E-mail.
 Social Media.
 E -Governance.
 Different useful Portals, Sites and Web Pages.

UNIT-V
 Numbers and its type, Methods of Unit Measurement, Equations and
Factors, Profit loss, Percentage, Simple and Compound Interest, Ratio
Proportion.
 Statistics:- Probability, Measurement of Central Tendency (Mean, Mode,
Median) and Variance, Types of Sampling.
UNIT-VI
 Communicable diseases and their Prevention.
 National Vaccination Programme.
 Primary Knowledge of AYUSH - Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha,
Homeopathy
 Health Related Important Welfare Schemes of Central and State
Government.
 Major Health Organizations of Central and the State Government.
UNIT-VII
 Effects of Development on Human Life, Limitations of Indigenous
Technologies.
 History of Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing in India.
 Indian Space Research Organization] (ISRO) * Raja Ramanna Center for
Atomic Technology (RRCAT) * Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC)
Shriharikota * Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) *
Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Mumbai * Tata Institute of
Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai * National Atmospheric Research
Laboratory (NARL), Tirupati, Liquid Propulsion System Center (LPSC),
Bengluru * Space Application Center (SAC), Ahmedabad * Indian Deep
Space Network (IDSN) * Ramanagara, Indian Space Science Data
Center(ISSDC), Ramanagara * Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC),
Thiruananthpuram * Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
(IIST), Thiruananthpuram* National Remote Sensing Center (NRSC),
Hyderabad * Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradoon*
(General information of above institutions).
 Generations of Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicles.
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  Biotechnology: Definition, uses in Sector of Health and Medicine,
Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Industry and Environment.
 Clones, Robots and Artificial Intelligence.
 Patents and Rights of Intellectual Property (Trips, Trims)
 Contribution of Indians in the field of Science and Technology:
Chandrashekhar Venkata Raman, Hargovind Khurana, Jagdish Chandra
Basu, Homi Jahangir Bhabha, M. Vishveshraiya, Srinivas Ramanujan,
Vikram Sarabhai, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Satendra Nath Bose. Raja
Ramanna, Prafullchandra Roy.
 National and International Awards in the field of Science.

UNIT-VIII
 Conventional and Non-Conventional Sources of Energy: Meaning,
Definition, Examples and Differences
 Energy Efficiency, Energy Management, Organizational Integration,
Energy Management in Operational Functions, Energy Purchase,
Production, Production planning and Control, Maintenance.
 Issues and Challenges related with Energy Strategies
 Alternate Sources of Energy: Present scenario and future possibilities.
Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Oceanic Energy, Geothermal Energy, Biomass
Energy, Biofuel Energy etc.
UNIT-IX
 Definition, Scope and Dimensions of Environment:– Physical,
Economic, Cultural, Educational, Psychological etc, Concepts of
Environment in Indian context, Concepts of Environment in Modern
World.
 Effect of human activities on Environment, Ethics and Values related to
Environment; Biodiversity, Environmental Pollution, Environmental
Changes.
 Issues and challenges related with Environment, Causes and effects of
Environmental Degradation
 Environmental Education:- Programmes for Mass Awareness,
Environmental Education and its relationship with Health and Safety.
 Eco friendly Technologies, Conservation of Energy, Constitutional
provisions related to Environment and its Protection. Environmental
Protection Policies and Regulatory Framework
UNIT-X

Definition and importance of Geology, Earth- Crust, Mantle, Core

Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, Origin and Age of Earth, Geological Time
Scale, Rock-Definition, Types of Rocks-Igneous, Sedimentary and
Metamorphic Rock. Minerals and Ores, Fossils, Weathering and Erosion,
Formation of soil, Groundwater, Natural Coal, Natural Oil and Gas.

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 FOURTH PAPER
PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

UNIT-I
Philosophers/Thinkers, Social Reformers:- Socrates, Plato, Aristotle,
Mahavir, Buddha, Acharya Shankar, Charwak, GuruNanak, Kabir, Tulsidas,
Ravindra Nath Tagore, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Savitribai Phule, Swami
Dayanand Saraswati, Swami Vivekanand, Maharshi Arvind and Sarvpalli
Radhakrishnan.

UNIT-II
 Attitude: Content, Elements, Function Formation of Attitude, Attitudinal
Change, Persuasive Communication, Prejudice and Discrimination,
Stereotypes Orthodox in Indian context.
 Aptitude - Aptitude and foundational values for Civil Service, Integrity,
Impartiality and Non-partisanship, Objectivity, Dedication to public service,
Empathy, Tolerance and Compassion towards the weaker-sections.
 Emotional Intelligence- Emotional Intelligence-Concepts, their utilities and
application in Administration and Governance.
 Individual differences

UNIT-III
Human Needs and Motivation

Ethics and Values in Public Administration:- Ethical elements in

governance – Integrity, Accountability and Transparency, Ethical Reasoning
and Moral Dilemmas, Conscience as a source of ethical guidance. Code of
Conduct for Civil Servants, Implementation of Higher values in governance.

UNIT-IV

Corruption:- Types and Causes of Corruption, Effects of corruption,

Approaches to minimizing corruption, Role of society, Media, Family and
Whistleblower, United Nation Convention on Corruption, Measuring
corruption, Transparency International, Lokpal and Lokayukt.

UNIT-V
Case Studies: - Based on the contents of the syllabus.

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