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Indian History (Subject Code-07)

1. The Indus civilization:

Section - A

1. Vedic culture
2. Religious movements with special reference to Jainism and Budhism.
3. The Mauryan Empire.
4. The Kushanas - The Gupta Empire. Political History, economy and culture.
5. Social structure in ancient India-Social and Economic changes in the post-Gupta times.
6. The Cholas : Administration.

Section - B

1. Social and political conditions in Northern Indian on the eve of the Turkish conquest.
2. The Delhi Sultanate : Society, Administration and economy.
3. The Vijayanagaram Empire.
4. Religious movements of the Medival period.
5. The Mughal Empire (1526-1707 AD)
6. Shivaji and his successors.

Section - C

1. Beginnings of European Commerce-Decline of the Mughal Empire.
2. Relations of the East India Company with major Indian states.
3. Administration and reform under East India Company.
4. Causes and nature of the movement of 1857.
5. Socio-cultural awakening in the 19th Century.
6. The freedom struggle.

Geography (Subject Code-08)

Section-A :

General Principles:

1. Physical Geography
2. Human Geography
3. Economic Geography
4. Environment and Ecosystem
5. Canography (Scales, Map Projections, Topographical Maps, Weather Maps. Thermatic Maps and Diagrams).

Section-B :

World Geography :

1. Major Landforms, Climate, Soils and vegetations zones.
2. Major Natural Regions,
3. Population: Growth, Distribution and Migration : Races and Tribes.
4. Agriculture: Major crops and agricultural regions : Forestry and Fishing
5. Minerals: Energy and Water Resources : Problems and Prospects
6. Industries (Iron and Steel, Textiles, Chemical Industries, Automobiles and Ship Building) and Industrial Regions.
7. Transport and Trade.
8. Regional Geography of World: North America (U.S.A.), Europe (U.K. Germany, France, Russia), South America (Brazil and Argentina). Oceania (Australia), Africa (Egypt and South Africa), South Asia, South East Asia, South West Asia And East Asia (China ana Japan).

Section - C :

Geography of India:

1. Structure. Relief, Drainage, Climate, Soils and Vegetations Regions.
2. Agriculture and Agricultural Regions, Forestry and Fishing: Problems and Prospects.
3. Minerals, Energy and Water Resources: Utilization and Conservation.
4. Industries (Textiles, Iron and Steel, Cement. Paper, Petro-Chemicals) Industrial Development and Industrial Regions.
5. Population and Population Problems, National Populations Policy.
6. Settlements: Rural and Urban, Urbanization and Urban Problems.
7. Transports and Trade.
8. Planning and Regional Development.

UPPSC - Combined Lower Subordinate Services Exam 2009 Indian History Syllabus