Module Wise Timetable Insights Ias Prelims Test Series 2020 Revised

INSIGHTS
IAS MODULE WISE TEST SERIES FOR UPSC PRELIMS - 2020

Test
Subject Topics sources
Number
TEST - 1
Ancient History
• Prehistoric period
Ø Paleolithic
Ø Mesolithic
Ø Neolithic
Ø Chalcolithic
• Harappan / Indus Valley Civilization
• Vedic Age
Ø Early Vedic period
Ø Later Vedic period
• Mahajanapadas & Rise of Magadh
• Religious Reforms
• Iranian & Macedonian Invasion
• Mauryan Age Old NCERT
• Post Mauryan Age • Ancient India – R S
Ø Indo Greek Invasion Sharma
Indo-Greeks • Medieval India –
Parthians Satish Chandra
Shaka
Kushanas New NCERT
July 1, Ancient & Indo-Sassanian • Our pasts – I
Ø Sungas • Our pasts – II
2019 Medieval Ø Kanvas
Monday India • Themes – I
Ø Satavahanas • Themes – II
• Guptas Age
• Sangam Age TamilNadu History
• Regional Kingdoms Textbook - Class XI
• Post Guptas Age
Ø Harshavardhana Current Affairs –
Ø Pallava June 2019
Ø Chalukya
Medieval History
• Triparty Struggle
Prathiharas
Palas
• Chola Empire
• Turkish conquest of India
Ghaznavid
Muhammad Ghuri
• Rajput states
• Delhi sultanate
Ø Slave dynasty
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Ø The Khaljis
Ø The Tughlaqs
Ø The Sayyids
Ø The Lodhis
• Mughal empire (Including later
Mughals)
• Maratha Confederacy
• Southern Dynasties
Ø Hoysalas
Ø Yadavas
Ø Kakatiyas
• Vijaynagara
• Bahmani Kingdom
• Regional kingdoms
• Religious Movements
Ø Bhakti Movement
Ø Sufi Movement
(Brief History, Salient Features,

Social, Economics,
Religious and Cultural conditions
of all the above)
TEST - 2
1. Architecture
Ø Cave Architecture
Ø Temple Architecture
Ø Indo-Islamic Architecture
Ø Modern Architecture
( Under Indus Valley Civilization, The
Mauryan Architecture, The Sungas, • Introduction to
Kushanas, Satavahanas & Guptas, Post Indian art (NCERT
Guptas, Delhi-Sultanate, Mughals etc) class 11th)
• Living Craft
2. Sculpture -- Indian Sculpture and
Traditions of India
July 11, Different schools of Art
(NCERT class 12th)
2019 Art & Culture • Indian Culture by
3. Indian Paintings
Thursday Ø Pre historic painting & Cave Nitin Singhania
paintings • CCRT - Art and
Ø Mural Paintings Culture
Ø Miniature Paintings - Pala School,
Rajput Paintings, Mughal
Paintings, Hill paintings etc. Current Affairs (July
1 – July 10)
Ø Folk Paintings
Ø Modern Indian Paintings
Personalities Associated
4. Religion


Ø Hinduism
Ø Jainism
Ø Buddhism
Ø Islam
Ø Christianity
Ø Zoroastrianism
Ø Judaism
5. Philosophy
Ø Six Schools of Philosophy
Ø Ajivika
Ø Lokayata etc.
6. Indian Music
Ø Classical Music
Hindustani Music
Carnatic Music
Ø Folk Music Tradition
Ø Modern Music
Ø Personalities
7. Indian Dance
Ø Classical Dance forms in India –
Odissi, Kathak, Kathakali,
Mohiniattay, Sattriya, Manipuri,
Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi
Ø Folk Dances
Ø Modern Dance in India
8. Theatre
Ø Sanskrit Theatre
Ø Folk Theatre
Ø Modern Theatre
Ø Personalities
9. Puppetry
Ø History
Ø Different forms of Puppetry in
Ø People Associated with Theatres
10. Indian Cinema and

Circus
11. Bhakti & Sufi Movement
12. Language & Literature

Ø Indian Language
Classical Languages
Scheduled Languages
Ø Indian Literature


Religious Literature
Secular Literature
13. Fairs, Festivals and Craft -

Religious Festivals, Secular
Festivals (States & UT’s), Art & Crafts
14. Science & Technology

Ø Ancient, Science & Technology
Ø Medieval Science & Technology
Ø Famous Personalities in
Ø Ancient and Medieval India
15. Promotion and Preservation of

Indian Heritage
Ø Indian Word Heritage Sites –
Tangible & non-tangible heritage,
Tentative list
Ø Cultural Heritage Sites
Ø Natural Heritage Sites
Ø Important Institutions
TEST - 3
• Fall of Mughals
• Advent of Europeans
Ø Coming of Europeans
Ø Struggle among Europeans • Our past III (Both
Ø Rise of East India Company part 1 & part 2 --
• India under East India NCERT class VIII)
Company’s Rule • Themes in Indian
Ø Administration History – III
Ø Political policies (NCERT Class XII)
Regulating Act of 1773
• A brief History Of
Modern India Pitt’s India Act 1784
July 21, Modern India –
(Pre- Charter acts of 1784, 1793,
2019 Spectrum
1813,1833, 1853
Congress Publication
Sunday Ø British Expansion policy: Doctrine
phase) of lapse, Subordinate alliance etc. • Struggle for India’s
Ø Economic policies and their Independence –
impact Bipin Chandra
Agricultural policies
Famine policy
Ø Foreign Policies Current Affairs (July
Ø Social Policies 11 – July 20)
Education Policies
Religious policies
• Indian Kingdoms in 18th
century: Marathas, Punjab,
Mysore, Hyderabad etc.


• Socio - Religious Reform
Movements in the 19th and 20th
CE India – Arya Samaj, Brahmo
Samaj , etc.
• The Great Revolt of 1857
• Changes in Indian Administration
after 1858 - GOI ACT 1858, Councils
Act, 1861, 1892.
• Growth of Political Ideas and Political
Organisations (up to
1885)
TEST - 4
• Foundation of the Indian National
Congress
• National movement (1885 - 1919)

Ø Moderate Phase (1885 – 1905)
Ø Partition of Bengal and the
Swadeshi Movement
Ø The first phase of Revolutionary
and Terrorist Movement
Ø The Morley-Minto Reforms or the
Indian Councils Act, 1909
Ø The Lucknow Pact (1916) • Our past III (Both
Ø The Home Rule Movement part 1 & part 2 --
NCERT class VIII)
• National movement (1919 - 1939) • Themes in Indian
Ø Montague-Chelmsford Reforms or History – III
the Government of India act, 1919 (NCERT Class XII)
July 31, Ø The Khilafat Movement (1920-22) • A brief History Of
Modern India
2019 and Non Cooperation Movement Modern India –
(National
Wednesd Ø The Left Movement Spectrum
Movement) Ø The second phase of Publication
ay
Revolutionary and Terrorist • Struggle for India’s
Movement Independence –
Ø Anti-Simon Commission Agitation Bipin Chandra
(1928-29)
Ø Nehru Report, 1928 Current Affairs (July
Ø The Lahore Session, 1929 21 – July 30)
Ø The Civil Disobedience Movement
Ø The Government of India Act,
1935
Ø Provincial Elections and
Formation of popular Ministries
in Provinces, 1937
• Freedom to Partition (1939 -

1947)
Ø The Second World War and the
National Movement


Ø The August Offer 1940
Ø The Individual Satyagraha 1940-
41
Ø The Cripps Proposal, 1942
Ø The Quit India Movement, I942
Ø Subhash Bose and Indian National
Army
Ø Rajagopalachari Formula & Desai
Liaqat Plan
Ø Wavell Plan and Simla Conference
1945
Ø General Elections in India, 1945
Ø Naval Mutiny: 1946
Ø The Indian Independence Act,
1947
• Other Dimensions
Ø Tribal Movements
Ø Peasants Movement
Ø Dalit Movements
Ø Women movement
Ø Role of Press and Publications
Ø Role of Business groups
• Miscellaneous: Reforms / Acts /

Committee, Congress Sessions,
Governor –General Viceroys etc.
TEST - 5
Physical Geography of the world
1. Origin and evolution of Universe
Solar system
• Geological History of the Earth • Fundamentals of
• Geological Time scale Latitude Physical Geography
and Longitude including (NCERT Class XI)
important Parallels and • Fundamentals of
Meridians Human Geography
• Motions of the Earth and their (NCERT Class XII)
August Geography
effects Inclination of the Earth’s • Goh Cheng Leong -
10, 2019 (World Axis and its effects Certificate Physical
Saturday Geography) • Local and Standard Time and the and Human
International Date Line, Geography
Calendar • Mapping - World
• Eclipses - Solar, Lunar
Current Affairs
2. Geomorphology (August 1 – August
• Interior structure of the earth 9)
• Rock
• Landform Development


• First order (continental drift
theory, sea floor spreading, plate
tectonics theory)
• Second order (Mountains,
Plateaus, Plains & other
landforms)
• Internal forces & their impact -
Volcanoes, Earthquakes,
• Folding, Faulting, Isostasy
• External forces & their impact -
Weathering, Erosion & landforms
thus developed
3. Climatology
• Structure, Composition of
atmosphere
• Weather & Climate
• Heat & temperature
Insolation
Heat Budget
Distribution of temperature
Temperature Inversion
• Pressure and Pressure belts
• Winds
Planetary winds
Seasonal winds
Local winds
• Precipitation-Forms & Types,
Distribution of rainfall
• Air Masses
• Cyclones and anti-cyclones
• World Climatic regions
4. Oceanography
• Bottom relief Features
• Ocean waves, currents, tides &
Tsunamis
• Temperature distribution
• Salinity distribution
• Marine resources
5. Biogeography
• Soils
Classification
Distribution
Erosion & Conservation
• Biomes


World Economic and Human
Geography:
1. Natural resources and mineral
resources and distribution of key
natural resources across the world
2. Agriculture and agro-climatic regions
3. Industry and location factors
4. Infrastructure
5. World Population, density &
distribution, races & tribes,
6. settlements & migration
Continents - Major physical

features, natural resources
TEST - 6
Physical Geography of India
1. Location
• Latitude
• Longitude
• Physiographic division of India
Ø Northern Mountains
Ø Plains of India
Ø Peninsular Plateau
Ø Islands of India
• Drainage System
Himalayan Drainage System
Peninsular Drainage System • India Physical
Other small river system Environment (NCERT
Class XI)
2. Indian Climate • India - People and
• Spatial and temporal distribution Economy (NCERT
August Geography
of temperature & pressure Class XII)
20, 2019 (Indian
• Winds • Mapping – India
Tuesday Geography)
• Rainfall
Ø Indian Monsoon
Mechanism Current Affairs
Onset (August 10 – August
Variability 19)
Ø Rainfall distribution
• Climatic Regions of India
3. Soils
• Classification of Soils
• Problems of Soil and
Conservation
4. Indian Flora & Faun

• Forests and their distribution
• Forest Conservation


• Fauna
Indian Economic and Human

Geography
1. Agriculture typology and major
Crops grown in India
2. Agro-Climatic Regions
3. Land Reforms and Land use pattern
4. Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and
Aquaculture
5. Water Resources- Availability and
potential: Lakes, rivers, dams, power
and irrigation projects, wetlands and
interlinking of rivers
6. Mineral Resources- classification
and distribution
7. Energy Resources- conventional and
non-conventional resources
8. Population and Growth trends -
density, sex ratio, literacy, tribes and
racial groups in India
9. Rural and Urban Settlements- types
and patterns
10. Industries- types and their locational
factors
11. Transport and Communication -
railways, highways, inland
12. water transport, shipping and sea-
ports, air transport
Map Based Questions from India

(Location of state, city,
river, lakes, important places
including Ramsar sites,
Biosphere Reserves, Wildlife
Sanctuaries and National
Parks)
TEST - 7
• Constitutionalism • Indian Constitution at

• Historical Underpinnings Work (NCERT Class
• Evolution & Making of the XI)
August Constitution • LAXMIKANTH –
30, 2019 Polity • Features and Significant Provisions Indian Polity
Friday • Political systems
• Democratic & Non-Democratic
• Parliamentary & Presidential Current Affairs
(August 20 – August
• Unitary & Federal
29)


• Direct and Representative
• Republic and Monarchy etc.
• The Preamble
• The Union and its Territory
• Citizenship
• Fundamental Rights
• Directive Principles
• Fundamental Duties
• Amendment of Constitution
• Basic Structure of the Constitution
• Emergency Provisions
TEST - 8
1. Central Government
• President of India
• Vice President of India
• Prime minister
• Central Council of Ministers,
Parliament
2. State Government
• Governor
• Chief Minister
• State Council of Ministers
• State Legislature
• Indian Constitution
3. Judiciary at Work (NCERT
• Supreme Court Class XI)
Septembe • High Courts • LAXMIKANTH –
r 9, 2019 Polity • Subordinate Courts Indian Polity
Monday
4. Indian Federalism
• Centre-State Relations Current Affairs
• Inter-state Relations (August 30–
September 8)
5. Local Government
• Panchayati Raj
• Local Urban Government
6. Other Dimensions
• Official Language
• Public Services
• Tribunals
• Special provisions for SCs, STs,
BCs, Minorities & Anglo-Indians
• Rights and liabilities of the
Government
0


• Authoritative text in Hindi
Language
• Anti-defection law
7. Political dimensions
• Ministries and Departments of the
Government
• Pressure groups
• Elections & political parties
• Representation of People's Act
• Election Process
• Governance
• Transparency & Accountability
• RTI
• Citizen’s Charter
• e-Governance
TEST - 9
1. Constitutional Bodies
• Election Commission
• Union Public Service Commission
(UPSC)
• State Public Service Commission
(SPSC)
• Finance Commission
• CAG
• Attorney general of India
• Advocate general of India • Indian Constitution at
• Special officer for Linguistic Work (NCERT Class
Minorities XI)
• National Commission for • LAXMIKANTH –
Septembe Scheduled Castes (NCSC) Indian Polity
r 19, 2019 Polity • National Commission for
Thursday Scheduled Tribes (NCST)
• National Commission for Current Affairs
Backward Castes (NCBC) etc. (September 9–
September 18)
2. Non-Constitutional Bodies
NITI Aayog, NHRC, SHRC, CIC, SIC,
CVC, CBI, Lokpal, Lokayukta, NCPCR
etc.
3. International Institutions
UN, World Bank, IMF, WIPO, ADB,
BRICS etc.
TEST - 10
1


1. National Income Accounting:
• Definition
• Concepts: GDP, GNP, Market
Price and Factor Cost, NNP, NDP,
transfer payments, National
income at FC, Personal Income,
disposable income, factors
affecting national income, net
foreign facto income
• Measurement of national
income: value added method,
income method, expenditure
method, Application of various
methods, Base year, GDP deflator
• Debates around GDP and other
indices
2. Money and Banking

• Money
Ø Definition
• Indian Economic
Ø Functions and significance
Development (NCERT
Ø Evolution of Money
Class XI)
Ø Money supply in India and
Septembe factors affecting it • RAMESH SINGH –
Indian Economy
r 29, 2019 Economy • Banking
Sunday Ø Need of banks
Ø Function
Current Affairs
Ø Commercial Banks
(September 19–
• Central Bank: September 28)
Importance
Functions
Structure
Monetary Policy
Policy tools, (CRR, SLR, OMO,
Repo and Rev Repo, MSF etc.)
• Banking Reforms
3. Capital Markets & Money

Markets
• Basic Terms and Concepts, Equity
and debt Instruments
• Primary market and Secondary
markets etc.
4. Inflation and Employment

• Inflation
Ø Definition
Ø Inflationary Gap and
Inflationary process
2


Ø Inflation Cycles: Demand Pull
Inflation, Cost Push Inflation,
Ø Causes of Inflation
Ø Inflation Control measures
• Unemployment
Ø Types of Unemployment:
Structural, Seasonal,
Frictional, Cyclical
Ø Nature of Unemployment in
India
5. Government budgeting and

Fiscal Policy
• Budgeting
Ø Evolution of Budgeting
Ø Institutions and Laws
Ø The Union Budget:
Components - Revenue
Account,
Ø Capital Account, Measures of
Government Deficit etc.,
Ø Weaknesses in the Budgetary
Process
• Fiscal Policy
Ø Public Finance - Role and
Importance,
Ø Public Expenditure - Revenue
and Capital, Development and
Non-Development
Ø Public Revenue
Sources of Revenue
Taxes
ü Classification - Direct
and Indirect, Specific
and Ad Valorem
ü Social and Economic
Objectives of Taxes
• Public Debt
• Deficit Financing
TEST - 11
1. External Sector and Currency
Exchange rate • Indian Economic
October
• Balance of Payments: Definition, Development (NCERT
9, 2019
Economy Current and Capital Accounts, Class XI)
Wednesd Convertibility • RAMESH SINGH –
ay • FDI, FII -- issues, challenges etc. Indian Economy
• Foreign Trade of India
3


• Trade Policy Current Affairs
• Product wise trade (September 29–
• Region wise trade October 8)
• Subsidy boxes
• WTO related issues
• and India
• Intellectual Property Rights
2. International Trade and Bodies:

IMF: Purpose and
Objectives, Organization and Functions,
Working and
Evaluation, IMF and Underdeveloped
Countries, SDR's,
Reforms etc.,
World Bank
Bilateral and Regional Cooperation
3. Agriculture:
• Recent trends in Agriculture Sector
• Cropping System and Pattern;
• Agricultural Marketing and Reforms
• Agricultural Research;
• Sustainable Agriculture;
• Animal Husbandry
• PDS
• Farm distress and government
initiatives
4. Industrial Sector:
• Industrial Policies
• Licensing
• MSME
• Labour Reforms
• Companies Act
• Make in India, Skill India
• Challenges in Industrial
development
• Organised and unorganised sector
• PPP
• Investment models
5. Initiatives by the govt.

• Government policies
• Five year Plans: Priorities and
Performance, Issues
• related to planning
• Economic Policies till 1991
4


• Economic Reforms since 1991: End
of license Raj, Liberalization,
Privatisation and Globalisation
6. Infrastructure:
IT, Communication, Urbanisation,
Transport, Mining, etc.
TEST - 12
1. Ecology and Functions of an
ecosystem
• Terrestrial ecosystems
• Aquatic ecosystems
2. Environmental problems:
• Climate Change
• Acidification
• Eutrophication
• Ozone Depletion
• Mitigation Strategies
• India and Climate Change
3. Environmental pollution
• Pollutants
• ICSE Environmental
• Air pollution Studies - Class X
• Water Pollution • Biology – NCERT 12th
• Soil Pollution – Unit 4
October • Noise Pollution
Ecology & • Shankar IAS –
19, 2019 • Radioactive pollution
Environment Environment
Saturday • E-Waste
• Solid Waste Current Affairs
• Bioremediation (October 9–October
18)
4. Biodiversity
• Basic Concepts
• Plant and Animal Diversity
• Marine Organisms
• Threat to Biodiversity
• Protected Area Network: National
parks, Wildlife sanctuaries,
Biosphere reserves, Reserved and
protected forests, Conservation
and community reserves, Village
and panchayat Forests, Private
protected areas, Conservation
areas
• Biodiversity Conservation efforts
5


• Indian Biodiversity ad
conservation efforts
• Bioprospecting
• Biosafety
• Biopiracy
5. Conservation efforts: India and

World
• Institutional and Organizational
mechanisms
• Environmental Acts and Policies
• Environmental conventions
• Sustainable development
Environmental Monitoring and
Impact Assessment
TEST - 13
ecosystem
• Climate Change
• Acidification
• Eutrophication
• Ozone Depletion
• India and Climate Change • ICSE Environmental
Studies - Class X
3. Environmental pollution • Biology – NCERT 12th
• Pollutants – Unit 4
October • Air pollution • Shankar IAS –
Ecology &
29, 2019 • Water Pollution Environment
Environment
Tuesday • Soil Pollution
• Noise Pollution
Current Affairs
• Radioactive pollution
(October 19–October
• E-Waste 28)
• Solid Waste
• Bioremediation
4. Biodiversity
• Basic Concepts
6


areas
• Bioprospecting
• Biosafety
• Biopiracy

World
mechanisms
Impact Assessment
TEST - 14
Ancient History
• Prehistoric period
Old NCERT
Ø Paleolithic
Ø Mesolithic • Ancient India – R S
Ø Neolithic Sharma
Ø Chalcolithic • Medieval India –
• Harappan / Indus Valley Civilization Satish Chandra
New NCERT
• Vedic Age
Ø Early Vedic period • Our pasts – I
Novembe Ancient & Ø Later Vedic period • Our pasts – II
r 8, 2019 Medieval • Mahajanapadas & Rise of Magadh • Themes – I
Friday India • Religious Reforms • Themes – II
• Iranian & Macedonian Invasion
TamilNadu History
• Mauryan Age
Textbook - Class XI
• Post Mauryan Age
Ø Indo Greek Invasion
Indo-Greeks Current Affairs
Parthians (October 29–
Shaka November 7)
Kushanas
Indo-Sassanian
7


Ø Sungas
Ø Kanvas
Ø Satavahanas
• Guptas Age
• Sangam Age
• Regional Kingdoms
• Post Guptas Age
Ø Harshavardhana
Ø Pallava
Ø Chalukya
Medieval History
• Triparty Struggle
Prathiharas
Palas
• Chola Empire
• Turkish conquest of India
Ghaznavid
Muhammad Ghuri
• Rajput states
• Delhi sultanate
Ø Slave dynasty
Ø The Khaljis
Ø The Tughlaqs
Ø The Sayyids
Ø The Lodhis
• Mughal empire (Including later
Mughals)
• Maratha Confederacy
• Southern Dynasties
Ø Hoysalas
Ø Yadavas
Ø Kakatiyas
• Vijaynagara
• Bahmani Kingdom
• Regional kingdoms
• Religious Movements
Ø Bhakti Movement
Ø Sufi Movement
(Brief History, Salient Features,

Social, Economics,
Religious and Cultural conditions
of all the above)
TEST - 15
Novembe 16. Architecture
Art & Culture Ø Cave Architecture
r 18, 2019
8


Monday Ø Temple Architecture • Introduction to
Ø Indo-Islamic Architecture Indian art (NCERT
Ø Modern Architecture class 11th)
( Under Indus Valley Civilization, The • Living Craft
Mauryan Architecture, The Sungas, Traditions of India
Kushanas, Satavahanas & Guptas, Post (NCERT class 12th)
Guptas, Delhi-Sultanate, Mughals etc) • Indian Culture by
Nitin Singhania
17. Sculpture -- Indian Sculpture and • CCRT - Art and
Different schools of Art Culture
18.Indian Paintings
Ø Pre historic painting & Cave Current Affairs
paintings (November 8–
Ø Mural Paintings November 17)
Ø Miniature Paintings - Pala School,
Rajput Paintings, Mughal
Paintings, Hill paintings etc.
Ø Folk Paintings
Ø Modern Indian Paintings
Personalities Associated
19. Religion
Ø Hinduism
Ø Jainism
Ø Buddhism
Ø Islam
Ø Christianity
Ø Zoroastrianism
Ø Judaism
20. Philosophy
Ø Six Schools of Philosophy
Ø Ajivika
Ø Lokayata etc.
21. Indian Music

Ø Classical Music
Hindustani Music
Carnatic Music
Ø Folk Music Tradition
Ø Modern Music
Ø Personalities
22. Indian Dance

Ø Classical Dance forms in India –
Odissi, Kathak, Kathakali,
Mohiniattay, Sattriya, Manipuri,
Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi
9


Ø Folk Dances
Ø Modern Dance in India
23. Theatre
Ø Sanskrit Theatre
Ø Folk Theatre
Ø Modern Theatre
Ø Personalities
24. Puppetry
Ø History
Ø Different forms of Puppetry in
Ø People Associated with Theatres
25. Indian Cinema and

Circus
26. Bhakti & Sufi Movement
27. Language & Literature

Ø Indian Language
Classical Languages
Scheduled Languages
Ø Indian Literature
Religious Literature
Secular Literature
28. Fairs, Festivals and Craft -

Religious Festivals, Secular
Festivals (States & UT’s), Art & Crafts
29. Science & Technology

Ø Ancient, Science & Technology
Ø Medieval Science & Technology
Ø Famous Personalities in
Ø Ancient and Medieval India
30. Promotion and Preservation

of Indian Heritage
Ø Indian Word Heritage Sites –
Tangible & non-tangible heritage,
Tentative list
Ø Cultural Heritage Sites
Ø Natural Heritage Sites
Ø Important Institutions
TEST - 16
Novembe • Fall of Mughals
• Our past III (Both
r 28, 2019 Modern India
• Advent of Europeans part 1 & part 2 --
Thursday NCERT class VIII)
Ø Coming of Europeans
0


Ø Struggle among Europeans • Themes in Indian
Ø Rise of East India Company History – III
(NCERT Class XII)
• India under East India • A brief History Of
Company’s Rule Modern India –
Ø Administration Spectrum
Ø Political policies Publication
Regulating Act of 1773 • Struggle for India’s
Pitt’s India Act 1784 Independence –
Charter acts of 1784, 1793, Bipin Chandra
1813,1833, 1853
Ø British Expansion policy: Doctrine
of lapse, Subordinate alliance etc. Current Affairs
Ø Economic policies and their (November 18–
impact November 27)
Agricultural policies
Famine policy
Ø Foreign Policies
Ø Social Policies
Education Policies
Religious policies
• Indian Kingdoms in 18th

century: Marathas, Punjab,
Mysore, Hyderabad etc.
• Socio - Religious Reform

Movements in the 19th and 20th
CE India – Arya Samaj, Brahmo
Samaj, etc.
• The Great Revolt of 1857

• Changes in Indian Administration
after 1858 - GOI ACT 1858, Councils
Act, 1861, 1892.
• Growth of Political Ideas and Political
Organisations (up to
• 1885)
• Foundation of the Indian National

Congress

Ø Moderate Phase (1885 – 1905)
Ø Partition of Bengal and the
Swadeshi Movement
Ø The first phase of Revolutionary
and Terrorist Movement
Ø The Morley-Minto Reforms or the
Indian Councils Act, 1909
1


Ø The Lucknow Pact (1916)
Ø The Home Rule Movement

Ø Montague-Chelmsford Reforms or
the Government of India act, 1919
Ø The Khilafat Movement (1920-22)
and Non Cooperation Movement
Ø The Left Movement
Ø The second phase of
Revolutionary and Terrorist
Movement
Ø Anti-Simon Commission Agitation
(1928-29)
Ø Nehru Report, 1928
Ø The Lahore Session, 1929
Ø The Civil Disobedience Movement
Ø The Government of India Act,
1935
Ø Provincial Elections and
Formation of popular Ministries
in Provinces, 1937
• Freedom to Partition (1939 -

1947)
Ø The Second World War and the
National Movement
Ø The August Offer 1940
Ø The Individual Satyagraha 1940-
41
Ø The Cripps Proposal, 1942
Ø The Quit India Movement, I942
Ø Subhash Bose and Indian National
Army
Ø Rajagopalachari Formula & Desai
Liaqat Plan
Ø Wavell Plan and Simla Conference
1945
Ø General Elections in India, 1945
Ø Naval Mutiny: 1946
Ø The Indian Independence Act,
1947
• Other Dimensions
Ø Tribal Movements
Ø Peasants Movement
Ø Dalit Movements
Ø Women movement
Ø Role of Press and Publications
Ø Role of Business groups
2


Miscellaneous: Reforms / Acts /

Committee, Congress Sessions, Governor
–General Viceroys etc.
TEST - 17
Physical Geography of the world
1. Origin and evolution of Universe
Solar system
• Geological History of the Earth
• Geological Time scale Latitude
and Longitude including
important Parallels and
Meridians
• Motions of the Earth and their
effects Inclination of the Earth’s
Axis and its effects
• Local and Standard Time and the • Fundamentals of
International Date Line, Physical Geography
Calendar (NCERT Class XI)
• Eclipses - Solar, Lunar • Fundamentals of
Human Geography
2. Geomorphology (NCERT Class XII)
• Interior structure of the earth • Goh Cheng Leong -
• Rock Certificate Physical
• Landform Development and Human
Geography
Decembe • First order (continental drift
theory, sea floor spreading, plate • India Physical
r 8, 2019 Geography Environment (NCERT
tectonics theory)
Sunday • Second order (Mountains,
Class XI)
Plateaus, Plains & other • India - People and
landforms) Economy (NCERT
Class XII)
• Internal forces & their impact -
Volcanoes, Earthquakes, • Mapping – India &
World
• Folding, Faulting, Isostasy
• External forces & their impact -
Weathering, Erosion & landforms Current Affairs
thus developed (November 28–
December 7)
3. Climatology
• Structure, Composition of
atmosphere
• Weather & Climate
• Heat & temperature
Insolation
Heat Budget
Distribution of temperature
Temperature Inversion
• Pressure and Pressure belts
• Winds
3


Planetary winds
Seasonal winds
Local winds
• Precipitation-Forms & Types,
Distribution of rainfall
• Air Masses
• Cyclones and anti-cyclones
• World Climatic regions
4. Oceanography
• Bottom relief Features
• Ocean waves, currents, tides &
Tsunamis
• Temperature distribution
• Salinity distribution
• Marine resources
5. Biogeography
• Soils
Classification
Distribution
Erosion & Conservation
• Biomes
World Economic and Human

Geography:
6. Natural resources and mineral
resources and distribution of key
natural resources across the world
7. Agriculture and agro-climatic regions
8. Industry and location factors
9. Infrastructure
10. World Population, density &
distribution, races & tribes,
11. settlements & migration
Continents - Major physical

features, natural resources
Physical Geography of India

1. Location
• Latitude
• Longitude
• Physiographic division of India
Ø Northern Mountains
Ø Plains of India
Ø Peninsular Plateau
Ø Islands of India
• Drainage System
4


Himalayan Drainage System
Peninsular Drainage System
Other small river system
2. Indian Climate
• Spatial and temporal distribution
of temperature & pressure
• Winds
• Rainfall
Ø Indian Monsoon
Mechanism
Onset
Variability
Ø Rainfall distribution
• Climatic Regions of India
3. Soils
• Classification of Soils
• Problems of Soil and
Conservation
4. Indian Flora & Faun

• Forests and their distribution
• Forest Conservation
• Fauna
Indian Economic and Human

Geography
5. Agriculture typology and major Crops
grown in India
6. Agro-Climatic Regions
7. Land Reforms and Land use pattern
8. Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and
Aquaculture
9. Water Resources- Availability and
potential: Lakes, rivers, dams, power
and irrigation projects, wetlands and
interlinking of rivers
10. Mineral Resources- classification and
distribution
11. Energy Resources- conventional and
non-conventional resources
12. Population and Growth trends -
density, sex ratio, literacy, tribes and
racial groups in India
13. Rural and Urban Settlements- types
and patterns
14. Industries- types and their locational
factors
5


15. Transport and Communication -
railways, highways, inland
16. water transport, shipping and sea-
ports, air transport
Map Based Questions from India

(Location of state, city,
river, lakes, important places
including Ramsar sites,
Biosphere Reserves, Wildlife
Sanctuaries and National
Parks)
TEST - 18
• Constitutionalism
• Historical Underpinnings
• Evolution & Making of the
Constitution
• Features and Significant Provisions
• Political systems
• Democratic & Non-Democratic
• Parliamentary & Presidential
• Unitary & Federal
• Direct and Representative
• Republic and Monarchy etc.
• The Preamble • Indian Constitution at
• The Union and its Territory Work (NCERT Class
• Citizenship XI)
Decembe • Fundamental Rights • LAXMIKANTH –
r 18, 2019 • Directive Principles Indian Polity
Polity
Wednesd • Fundamental Duties
ay • Amendment of Constitution
• Basic Structure of the Constitution Current Affairs
• Emergency Provisions (December 8–
December 17)
Central Government
• Prime minister
Parliament
State Government
• Governor
• Chief Minister
6


Judiciary
• Supreme Court
• High Courts
• Subordinate Courts
TEST - 19
1. Central Government
• Prime minister
Parliament
2. State Government
• Governor
• Chief Minister
3. Judiciary
• Supreme Court
• High Courts • Indian Constitution at
Work (NCERT Class
• Subordinate Courts
XI)
Decembe 4. Indian Federalism • LAXMIKANTH –
Indian Polity
r 28, 2019 Polity • Centre-State Relations
Saturday • Inter-state Relations
Current Affairs
5. Local Government (December 18–
• Panchayati Raj December 27)
• Local Urban Government
6. Other Dimensions
• Official Language
• Public Services
• Tribunals
• Special provisions for SCs, STs,
BCs, Minorities & Anglo-Indians
• Rights and liabilities of the
Government
• Authoritative text in Hindi
Language
• Anti-defection law
7. Political dimensions
7


• Ministries and Departments of the
Government
• Pressure groups
• Elections & political parties
• Representation of People's Act
• Election Process
• Governance
• Transparency & Accountability
• RTI
• Citizen’s Charter
• e-Governance
8. Constitutional Bodies
• Election Commission
• Union Public Service Commission
(UPSC)
• State Public Service Commission
(SPSC)
• Finance Commission
• CAG
• Attorney general of India
• Advocate general of India
• Special officer for Linguistic
Minorities
• National Commission for
Scheduled Castes (NCSC)
Scheduled Tribes (NCST)
Backward Castes (NCBC) etc.
9. Non-Constitutional Bodies
NITI Aayog, NHRC, SHRC, CIC, SIC,
CVC, CBI, Lokpal, Lokayukta, NCPCR
etc.
International Institutions
UN, World Bank, IMF, WIPO, ADB,
BRICS etc.
TEST - 20
6. Ecology and Functions of an • ICSE Environmental

January ecosystem Studies - Class X
Ecology &
7, 2020 • Terrestrial ecosystems • Biology – NCERT 12th
Environment
Tuesday • Aquatic ecosystems – Unit 4
• Shankar IAS –
7. Environmental problems: Environment
8


• Climate Change
• Acidification
• Eutrophication Current Affairs
• Ozone Depletion (December 28–
• Mitigation Strategies January 6)
• Pollutants
• Air pollution
• Water Pollution
• Soil Pollution
• Noise Pollution
• E-Waste
• Solid Waste
• Bioremediation
9. Biodiversity
• Basic Concepts
areas
• Bioprospecting
• Biosafety
• Biopiracy
10. Conservation efforts: India

and World
mechanisms
• Environmental Monitoring and
Impact Assessment
TEST - 21
9


ecosystem
• Climate Change
• Acidification
• Eutrophication
• Ozone Depletion
• Pollutants
• Air pollution
• Water Pollution
• Soil Pollution
• Noise Pollution
• ICSE Environmental
Studies - Class X
• E-Waste
• Biology – NCERT 12th
• Solid Waste – Unit 4
January • Bioremediation • Shankar IAS -
Ecology &
17, 2020 Environment
Environment 4. Biodiversity
Friday
• Basic Concepts
• Plant and Animal Diversity Current Affairs
• Marine Organisms (January 7–January
• Threat to Biodiversity 16)
areas
• Bioprospecting
• Biosafety
• Biopiracy

World
mechanisms
0


Impact Assessment
TEST – 22
1. National Income Accounting:
• Definition
• Concepts: GDP, GNP, Market
Price and Factor Cost, NNP, NDP,
transfer payments, National
income at FC, Personal Income,
disposable income, factors
affecting national income, net
foreign facto income
• Measurement of national
income: value added method,
income method, expenditure
method, Application of various
methods, Base year, GDP deflator
• Debates around GDP and other
indices
2. Money and Banking • Indian Economic

• Money Development (NCERT
Ø Definition Class XI)
January Ø Functions and significance • RAMESH SINGH –
27, 2020 Economy Ø Evolution of Money Indian Economy
Monday Ø Money supply in India and
factors affecting it Current Affairs
• Banking (January 17–January
Ø Need of banks 26)
Ø Function
Ø Commercial Banks
• Central Bank:
Importance
Functions
Structure
Monetary Policy
Policy tools, (CRR, SLR, OMO,
Repo and Rev Repo, MSF etc.)
• Banking Reforms
3. Capital Markets & Money

Markets
• Basic Terms and Concepts, Equity
and debt Instruments
• Primary market and Secondary
markets etc.
1


4. Inflation and Employment

• Inflation
Ø Definition
Ø Inflationary Gap and
Inflationary process
Ø Inflation Cycles: Demand Pull
Inflation, Cost Push Inflation,
Ø Causes of Inflation
Ø Inflation Control measures
• Unemployment
Ø Types of Unemployment:
Structural, Seasonal,
Frictional, Cyclical
Ø Nature of Unemployment in
India
5. Government budgeting and

Fiscal Policy
• Budgeting
Ø Evolution of Budgeting
Ø Institutions and Laws
Ø The Union Budget:
Components - Revenue
Account,
Ø Capital Account, Measures of
Government Deficit etc.,
Ø Weaknesses in the Budgetary
Process
• Fiscal Policy
Ø Public Finance - Role and
Importance,
Ø Public Expenditure - Revenue
and Capital, Development and
Non-Development
Ø Public Revenue
Sources of Revenue
Taxes
ü Classification - Direct
and Indirect, Specific
and Ad Valorem
ü Social and Economic
Objectives of Taxes
• Public Debt
• Deficit Financing
6. External Sector and Currency

Exchange rate
2


• Balance of Payments: Definition,
Current and Capital Accounts,
Convertibility
• FDI, FII -- issues, challenges etc.
• Foreign Trade of India
• Trade Policy
• Product wise trade
• Region wise trade
• Subsidy boxes
• WTO related issues
• and India
• Intellectual Property Rights
7. International Trade and Bodies:

IMF: Purpose and
Objectives, Organization and Functions,
Working and
Evaluation, IMF and Underdeveloped
Countries, SDR's,
Reforms etc.,
World Bank
Bilateral and Regional Cooperation
8. Agriculture:
• Recent trends in Agriculture Sector
• Cropping System and Pattern;
• Agricultural Marketing and Reforms
• Agricultural Research;
• Sustainable Agriculture;
• Animal Husbandry
• PDS
• Farm distress and government
initiatives
9. Industrial Sector:
• Industrial Policies
• Licensing
• MSME
• Labour Reforms
• Companies Act
• Make in India, Skill India
• Challenges in Industrial
development
• Organised and unorganised sector
• PPP
• Investment models
10. Initiatives by the govt.
3


• Government policies
• Five year Plans: Priorities and
Performance, Issues
• related to planning
• Economic Policies till 1991
• Economic Reforms since 1991: End
of license Raj, Liberalization,
Privatisation and Globalisation
11. Infrastructure:
IT, Communication, Urbanisation,
Transport, Mining, etc.
Economic survey + Budget + India year book - 2020
TEST - 23
India year book
February Current Affairs
India year
3, 2020 (January 27–
book February 2)
Monday
TEST - 24
Economic Survey
February Budget Current Affairs
13, 2020 Economy (February 3–
Thursday February 12)
TEST - 25
• Economic Survey Current Affairs
February
• Budget (February 13–
20, 2020
• India year book February 22)
Thursday
15 days gap for revision
Start of FULL LENGTH tests
TEST - 26
• Indian Constitution, Political System and Governance
March FULL • Geography
8,2020 LENGTH • History of India
Sunday TEST ( • Indian Economy & Social Development
• Ecology & Environment
4


COMPLETE • General Science
SYLLABUS ) • Current Affairs
TEST - 27
FULL • Geography
March LENGTH • History of India
15,2020 TEST • Indian Economy & Social Development
Sunday (COMPLETE • Ecology & Environment
SYLLABUS ) • General Science
• Current Affairs
TEST - 28
FULL • Geography
SYLLABUS ) • General Science
• Current Affairs
TEST - 29
FULL • Geography
SYLLABUS) • General Science
• Current Affairs
TEST - 30
FULL • Geography
April 5, LENGTH • History of India
2020 TEST • Indian Economy & Social Development
• Current Affairs
TEST - 31
FULL • Geography
• Current Affairs
TEST - 32
April 19, FULL • Indian Constitution, Political System and Governance
2020 LENGTH • Geography
Sunday TEST • History of India
5


(COMPLETE • Indian Economy & Social Development
SYLLABUS) • Ecology & Environment
• General Science
• Current Affairs
TEST - 33
FULL • Geography
• Current Affairs
TEST - 34
FULL • Geography
May 3, LENGTH • History of India
• Current Affairs
TEST - 35
FULL • Geography
• Current Affairs
TEST - 36
FULL • Geography
• Current Affairs
TEST - 37
• Geography
FULL
• History of India
May 24, LENGTH
• Indian Economy & Social Development
2020 TEST
• Ecology & Environment
Sunday (COMPLETE
• General Science
SYLLABUS)
• Current Affairs
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IAS MODULE WISE TEST SERIES FOR UPSC PRELIMS - 2020

(Brief History, Salient Features,

10. Indian Cinema and

11. Bhakti & Sufi Movement

12. Language & Literature

13. Fairs, Festivals and Craft -

14. Science & Technology

15. Promotion and Preservation of

• National movement (1885 - 1919)

• Freedom to Partition (1939 -

• Miscellaneous: Reforms / Acts /

Continents - Major physical

4. Indian Flora & Faun

Indian Economic and Human

Map Based Questions from India

• Constitutionalism • Indian Constitution at

2. Money and Banking

3. Capital Markets & Money

4. Inflation and Employment

5. Government budgeting and

2. International Trade and Bodies:

5. Initiatives by the govt.

5. Conservation efforts: India and

5. Conservation efforts: India and

(Brief History, Salient Features,

21. Indian Music

22. Indian Dance

25. Indian Cinema and

26. Bhakti & Sufi Movement

27. Language & Literature

28. Fairs, Festivals and Craft -

29. Science & Technology

30. Promotion and Preservation

• Indian Kingdoms in 18th

• Socio - Religious Reform

• The Great Revolt of 1857

• Foundation of the Indian National

• National movement (1885 - 1919)

• National movement (1919 - 1939)

• Freedom to Partition (1939 -

Miscellaneous: Reforms / Acts /

World Economic and Human

Continents - Major physical

Physical Geography of India

4. Indian Flora & Faun

Indian Economic and Human

Map Based Questions from India

6. Ecology and Functions of an • ICSE Environmental

10. Conservation efforts: India

5. Conservation efforts: India and

2. Money and Banking • Indian Economic

3. Capital Markets & Money

4. Inflation and Employment

5. Government budgeting and

6. External Sector and Currency

7. International Trade and Bodies:

10. Initiatives by the govt.

Economic survey + Budget + India year book - 2020

15 days gap for revision

Start of FULL LENGTH tests

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