JPSC mains SYLLABUS

Paper- 1 marks-100 ,Time 3hrs

निबंध, व्याकरण, वाक्य विन्यास, संक्षेपण (50)

Essay, grammar,comprehension,precis (50)

Paper -2 marks-150, time -3 hrs

Odia language and literature , Bengali language and literature, Urdu language and literature, Sanskrit language and literature ,English language and literature ,Hindi language and literature, Santhali language and literature, panchpargania language and literature ,Nagpuri language and literature ,mundari language and literature ,kurukh language and literature ,kurmali language and literature, Khortha language and literature ,khadiya language and literature ,Ho language and literature.

Paper-3 marks-200 time-3hrs

Ancient history:

*Indus valley civilization- origin, antiquity, extent, and main features.
* Origin of the aryans, vedic literature, society, economy and religion during early(rig-vedic) period.
*The lichchavis and their Republican Constitution.
*The rise of the magadha empire, kalinga war and it’s impact, ashoka dhamma, foreign policy, development of art and architecture during the mauryan period.
*The kushanas-kanishka:extent of empire, it’s religious policy, development of art and architecture and letters during the kushana period.

*The guptas:extent of empire, development of language and literature, art and architecture during the guptas period.

* Harsha vardhan-the last great hindu rular of northern India, cultural achievements during his periods.

*The cholas:maritime activities in south east Asian countries, chola administration, art and architecture. Cultural achievements of pallavas.

Medieval History

*Arab invasion of India

*Delhi Sultanat market and military reforms of Alauddin Khilji ,Utopian policies of Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

*Mongol invasion of India.

* Religious movement -Sufism, bhakti movement ,Islamic culture

*Indo Islamic architecture development of urdu and Hindi languages.

*The Mughals first Battle of panipat, achievements of sher shah suri, consolidation of mughal empire, establishment of jagirdari and mansabdari system under Akbar, Akbar’s religious and rajput policies, aurangzeb’s religious and rajput policies, mughal architecture and painting

*economics condition during mughal period.

* The rise of the marathas and their downfall.

Modern History

Beginning of European settlements- formation and growth of East India Company .

*Consolidation of British power in India Battles of Plassey and Buxar.

* control over Mysore .

subsidiary alliances ,doctrine of lapse , resistance to Colonial rule tribal and culture ,revolt of 1857 ,social reforms movements in Hindu community brahm Samaj ,Arya Samaj, Prathna Samaj and Ramkrishna Mission,Theosophical Society.

*Social reforms movements in Muslim -Aligarh movement, struggle for raising women’s status evolution of Sati system, Widows system act content will stress on female education ,land revenue administration under the British rule permanent settlement -ryotwari and mahalwari system rise of nationalism in India in the 19th Century

*Formation of Indian National Congress moderates and extremists, Swadeshi movement ,,Home Rule League movement ,Khilafat movement ,Mahatma Gandhi and mass politics ,non cooperation movement and civil disobedience movement, quit Indian movement .

the partition of India and its consequences.

Geography- physical geography

*Origin and evolution of earth ,interior of earth, wegner’s continental drift theory, plate tectonics, volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis.

*Major types of rocks and their characteristics, evolution and characteristics of landforms in the fluvial, glacial, arid and karst regions. *Geomorphic processes- weathering, mass wasting, erosion and deposition, soil formation, landscape cycles, ideas of davis and penck. Composition, structure and stratification of the atmosphere.

*Insolation, heat budget of the earth. Horizontal and vertical distribution of temperature, inversion of temperature. Air masses and fronts, tropical and temperate cyclones.

*Evaporation and condensation: dew, frost, fog, mist and cloud, rainfall types. Classification of climates, greenhouse effect, global warming and climatic changes. Hydrological cycle, distribution of temperature and solicits in the oceans and seas, waves, tides and currents, oceanfloor relief.

Physical and human geography of India- *Structure, relief and physiographic divisions, drainage systems- Himalayan and the peninsular.

*Indian monsoon,mechanism, onset and retreat, climatic types, green revolution and Natural vegetation-forest types and distribution, wild life, conservation, biosphere reserves.

*Major types of soil and their distribution, soil degradation and conservation.
*Natural hazards floods-droughts, cyclone, landslides. Population growth, distribution and density. Age, sex ratio, rural-urban composition. Population, environment and development. Types of settlements-rural and urban, urban morphology, functional classification of urban settlement, problems of human settlement in India.

*Natural resources of India- land resources:general land use, agriculture land use, geographical condition and distribution of major crops like-rice, wheat, cotton, jute, sugarcane, rubber, tea and coffee.
*Water resources-availabilty and utilization for industrial and other purpose – irrigation, scarcity of water

*Methods of conservation- rain water harvasting and watershed management.

Minerals and energy resources- distribution and utility of metallic minerals (ion ore, copper, bauxite, maganese), non metallic and conventional minerals (coal, petroleum and natural gas, hydro electricity and non conventional sources of energy(solar, wind, biogas), energy sources, their distribution and conservation.
*Development of industries – types of industries, factors of industrial location, distribution and changing pattern of selected industries (iron and steel, cotton textiles, sugar and petrochemicals), webers theory of industrial location it’s relevance in the modern world.
*Transport, communication and international trade- roads, railways and water ways, bases of international trade , changing patterns of India’s foreign trade.
*Geography of jharkhand and utilization of its resources- geological history, landforms, draining, climate, soil types and forests, agriculture and irrigation, damodar and suberna rekha valley projects, minerals resources of jharkhand, their extraction and utilization.

*Population -growth distribution ,density tribal population and their distribution problems of tribes and tribal development plan ,their custom ,rituals, festivals etc. Industrial and Urban Development ,major Industries iron steel and cement ,cottage industries pattern of urban settlement and pollution problems.

Paper -4 marks-200, time- 3hrs

Indian constitution and polity

*Preamble of the Indian Constitution (secular ,democratic and socialist) philosophy behind it .
Silent feature of the Indian Constitution -concept of public interest ,litigation- basic structure of the Indian Constitution .

*Fundamental rights and duties. Directive principles of the state policy .
* Union government
Union executive- power and functions of President, vice president ,Prime Minister and The council of minister. functioning under a coalition government.
* Union legislature- Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha ,organisation and function law making process, parliamentary committees Parliament control over executive, privileges and immunities of Parliament and its members .
*Union Judiciary -the supreme court, its role and powers principle of natural justice and rules of law, Judicial review and judicial activism .

State Government
*State executive -powers and functions of governor. Chief Minister and the Council of Ministers the state legislature- organising powers and functions with special reference to Jharkhand .
* State Judiciary- High Court, organisation power and function subordinate judiciary .
*Panchayats and the municipalities -constitution powers function and responsibilities with special reference to 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments .
* Centre state relationship- administrative legislative and financial .provision relating to administration of schedule Areas and Scheduled tribe areas . special provision relating to reservation of seats for SC and ST in legislature services etc. emergency provisions of the Constitution. Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Election Commission of India political parties and pressure group.

groups -B
Public Administration and good governance
public administration introduction, meaning ,scope and significance. public and private administration. Union administration Central Secretariat ,Cabinet Secretariat ,Prime Minister’s office, Planning Commission.

Finance commission.
*State administration -state Secretariat, chief Secretariat, chief Minister’s office, district administration -origin and development of the office of the district magistrate and collector,.

changing role of the district collector, impact of the separation of Judiciary on district administration, personel administration- recruitment of civil services ,Union Public Service Commission and the state public service commission, training of civil servants .

*leadership and its qualities .

employees moral and productivity delegation, centralisation and decentralization of authority .
*Bureaucracy -origin, its merits and demerits, role of Bureaucracy in policy formulation and its implementation, Nexus between Bureaucracy and political executive, generalist versus specialist, development administration,

disaster management- causes ,meaning and classification of disaster mitigation.
*good governance- meaning and concept of good and responsive governance, main features of good governance ,accountability and transparency, honesty and quick delivery, rules of civil society and people’s participation in good governance ,grievance redressal, mechanism, Lokpal ,lokayukt, Central Vigilance Commissioner, citizens charter -object, machinery and measures provided in right to service act, Right to Information Act, right to education act ,the consumer protection act ,domestic violence against women act ,old age act,

Human Rights- concept and meaning ,Universal Declaration of Human Rights, National Human Rights Commission, State Human Rights Commission human rights, and social issue human rights and terrorism.

paper – 5 marks-200 time- 3 hrs

Basic features of Indian economy ,Elementary concepts of national income and method of its calculation example GDP GNP ndp NNP gsdp nsdp GDP at constant and current prices at factor cost , concept control of inflation ,monetary physical and direct measures .

demographic features /workforce composition ,demographic dividend with special reference to census of 2011 National Population Policy agriculture and rural economy importance of agriculture in national economy agricultural growth in India production and productivity /causes of low productivity and measures taken by government to improve agricultural production. green revolution -rainbow Revolution ,WTO and Agriculture Marketing and pricing of Agricultural inputs and outputs.

industrial economy policy /initiative and changes Public Finance. importance and scope of public finance ,public revenue principles and types of taxation direct ,indirect progressive and proportional concept of public expenditure . causes of growth of public expenditure and its impact on Economy.

* internal and external borrowing ,budget -principles of budget, budgeting types of budgeting. performance based ,zero based fiscal policy/ concept and role of fiscal policy in achievement employment stability and economic development.

centre state financial relationship: role of finance commission, financial aspects of 73rd and 74th constitutional amendment.

structure of Indian monetary and banking system in India composition and direction of India’s trade balance of payment

Group D

sustainable development ,economic issues and Indian development strategy meaning and measurement of economic development .

characteristics of underdevelopment indicator of India FDI progress role of foreign capital and Technology in growth of economy sustainable development concept and indicators of sustainable development economy social and environmental sustainability .concept of green GDP strategy and policy for sustainable development of India meaning of inclusive growth and development policy and strategy during 11th and 12th Five Year Plans development status and issues pertaining to socially and economically Khali marginalized section like as a religious minority is backward caste and women scheme launched for their development by central state government including GST, ST, SC and minorities, poverty and unemployment, measurement and trend identification of BPL families ,multidimensional, Indian Poverty index, food and nutritional ,security trends in food production and consumption in India, problem of food security problems and issues of storage procurement distribution ,import and export ,government policies schemes and programmes ,such as mid day meal etc.

government policies for food and nutritional ,security planning strategies ,decentralized planning, economic reforms nature and impact on Indian economy ,new economic reforms liberalization, privatization and globalisation .rational and need for reform International financial institution- IMF ,World Bank ,WTO and their role and impact on Indian economy .financial and banking sector reforms ,economic reforms and Rural banking ,impact on rural credit sources and problems of rural credit institutional ,credit as SHG, microfinance ,Nabard ,RRB schedule ,commercial bank ,rural Cooperative financial inclusion ,globalisation in Indian economy is positive and negative, impact on different factors issues of FDI and fill in India .agricultural sector reforms and its impact on growth is use of subsidiaries ,public investment on agriculture reforms and agrarian crisis. industrial development and economic reforms of India .

major changes in industrial policy -its impact on industrial growth and problems of SMPS role of public sector enterprises in India, investment and privatisation of public Enterprises. economy of Jharkhand issues challenges and strategies economic growth , structure of Jharkhand economy sectoral composition growth in STP and per capita nsdp in last decade agricultural and industrial growth in Jharkhand demographic features of Jharkhand population -growth ,sex ratio ,density, literacy ,special reference to census of 2001 and 2011 .status of poverty ,unemployment, food security ,education and health indicators in Jharkhand, major initiatives issues of agricultural and rural development programs ,schemes ,poverty ,program, Bharat Nirman, MANREGA ,PMGSY ,SGS extra. food security is came land ,forest and environmental issues in Jharkhand land reforms ,and alteration development in the induced displacement of people -its impact and policy, initiative forest issues and implement of five years plan in Jharkhand strategy and achievement in 10th and 11th plan and Public Finance trends in Jharkhand industrial policy in Jharkhand and industrial development.

Paper- 6 marks-200, time-3hrs

Group A- physical science
System of units- MKS, CGS and SI.
Definition of speed, velocity gravity, mass weight, force, impact, work, power and energy. Solar system, relative position of earth with respect to sun and others plants, movement of earth and moon in solar system, lunar and solar eclipses. Consept of nature of sound, wave length and frequency, infrasonic and ultrasonic sounds, sources of infrasonic sound in nature, ultrasonic sound characteristics and some applications.
Life sciense (part – B)
The living world ,cell structure and its function ,diversity of organisms ,biomolecules structure and function of Carbohydrates proteins and fats ,vitamins and deficiency diseases, enzymes ,hormones ,plant ,hormones and growth regulation ,animal hormones and their functions cell reproduction cell cycle Mitosis and melanocyl Medallion inheritance monohybrid and dihybrid call cells cross sex linked inheritance sex determination DNA structure and function DNA replication Protein synthesis regulation molecular basis of differentiation theories of evolution of life on Earth including human evolution Group C agriculture science different Agro climatic zones of Jharkhand rainfall pattern and known as biotic stresses in each zone rainfed agriculture conventional food and horticulture cultural crops of the state need for diversification of crop for food as well as nutritional security in the wake of Climate Change rainwater harvesting and its role in improving agriculture output in Jharkhand fish farming soil fertility status of Jharkhand application of of vermi composed and farmyard manure for improving soil health nitrogen fixing bacteria and their application and concept of organic farming concept of Agroforestry wastelands and means to We claim them government schemes for the benefit of the farmers of the state group D environmental science concept of ecosystem structure and function of ecosystem natural resources renewable and nonrenewable resources environmental conservation in C2 and C2 conservation, pollution air water sound and soil solid waste management biodiversity concept hotspots threats to biodiversity global environmental issues climate change global warming ozone layer depletion acid rain environmental laws the Environment protection Act the air act the water at forest conservation act Science and technology development national policy on science and technology energy demand of the country conventional and nonconventional sources of energy nuclear energy its merits and demerits trends in nuclear policy and PT and CT -BT is space Technology Indian space program application of satellite for application in weather forecasting disaster warning mapping of water soil and mineral resources expectra use of biotechnology in agriculture animal breeding pharmaceuticals Food Technology and environmental conservation possible adverse effect of biotechnology kal intervention Information Technology computers and its application in data processing data programs cybercrime and cyber laws National health policy National programme for prevention and control of malaria, TB ,cancer ,blindness etc