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Unit 01: Ancient Indian History (70 questions) · Unit 02: Medieval Indian History (61 questions) · Unit 03: Modern Indian History and the National Movement (65 questions) · Unit 04: World History (26 questions) · Unit 05: Physical Geography (180 questions) · Unit 06: Geographical Thought, Human and Economic Geography (140 questions) · Unit 07: Geography of India and Neighbouring Countries (98 questions) · Unit 08: Political Science: Theory and Ideologies (30 questions) · Unit 09: Indian Constitution, Polity and Governance (99 questions) · Unit 10: Economics and Indian Economy (101 questions) · Unit 11: Environment and Ecology (100 questions) · Unit 12: Pedagogy of Social Science (30 questions)

TGT SS A01 Ancient Indian History

RECONSTRUCTING THE PAST - ARCHAEOLOGICAL, EPIGRAPHIC, AND NUMISMATIC FOUNDATIONS · LITERARY SOURCES AND FOREIGN ACCOUNTS · PREHISTORIC HUMAN DEVELOPMENT - THE PALEOLITHIC AND MESOLITHIC AGES · INDIGENOUS LITERARY SOURCES AND FOREIGN ACCOUNTS · HUMAN EVOLUTION IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT & PALEOLITHIC CULTURE · MESOLITHIC TRANSITION - TOOLS, ART, AND SEDENTARY BEGINNINGS · THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION – AGRICULTURE, POTTERY, AND SETTLEMENT PATTERNS · THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION (IVC) – ORIGINS, CHRONOLOGY, AND GEOGRAPHY · URBAN MORPHOLOGY - TOWN PLANNING AND ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS · MAJOR SITES ANALYSIS - HARAPPA AND MOHENJO-DARO · PORT CITIES AND FRONTIER OUTPOSTS - LOTHAL, KALIBANGAN, AND DHOLAVIRA · IVC ECONOMY - AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, AND INTERNAL TRADE · IVC EXTERNAL TRADE RELATIONS, SEALS, AND THE SCRIPT · IVC SOCIAL STRATIFICATION, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, AND FUNERAL CUSTOMS · HARAPPAN ART, CRAFTS, AND METALLURGY · THEORIES OF DECLINE - THE END OF THE FIRST URBANIZATION · THE ARYAN PROBLEM - EARLY VEDIC GEOGRAPHY AND POLITY · RIG VEDIC SOCIETY - VARNA ORIGINS AND THE POSITION OF WOMEN · RIG VEDIC ECONOMY AND NATURE-BASED RELIGION · LATER VEDIC TRANSITION - POLITICAL EXPANSION AND KINGSHIP · LATER VEDIC SOCIAL EVOLUTION – ASHRAMAS, SAMSKARAS, AND THE GOTRA SYSTEM · LATER VEDIC ECONOMY - THE SHIFT TO IRON, AGRICULTURE, AND PGW CULTURE · SOCIO-ECONOMIC CAUSES FOR THE RISE OF JAINISM AND BUDDHISM · JAINISM - PHILOSOPHY, TIRTHANKARAS, AND SECTARIAN DIVISIONS · BUDDHISM - THE ENLIGHTENMENT, DOCTRINE, AND THE CONCEPT OF NIRVANA · BUDDHIST COUNCILS, SECTS, AND GLOBAL SPREAD · CONTRIBUTIONS OF JAINISM AND BUDDHISM TO ART, LITERATURE, AND PHILOSOPHY · MAURYAN SOURCES AND THE RISE OF CHANDRAGUPTA · ASHOKA THE GREAT - THE KALINGA WAR AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF DHAMMA · MAURYAN ADMINISTRATION – CENTRAL, PROVINCIAL, AND THE ESPIONAGE SYSTEM · MAURYAN ECONOMY, SOCIETY, AND STATE-SPONSORED ART · DECLINE OF THE MAURYAS AND THE RISE OF SUCCESSOR STATES · FOREIGN INVASIONS - INDO-GREEKS, SHAKAS, PARTHIANS, AND KUSHANAS · THE RISE OF THE GUPTAS - CHANDRAGUPTA I AND SAMUDRAGUPTA · CHANDRAGUPTA II (VIKRAMADITYA) - THE CULTURAL PEAK · KUMARAGUPTA I, SKANDAGUPTA, AND THE HUNA INVASIONS · GUPTA ADMINISTRATION, SOCIETY, AND THE BIRTH OF INDIAN FEUDALISM · GUPTA ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND SCIENCE - THE CULTURAL SYNTHESIS · HARSHAVARDHANA - THE LAST GREAT EMPEROR OF NORTH INDIA · THE TRIPARTITE STRUGGLE AND THE TRANSITION TO EARLY MEDIEVAL INDIA

TGT SS A02 Medieval Indian History

THE DAWN OF MEDIEVAL INDIA - RAJPUT ORIGINS & THE PRATIHARAS · THE PALAS, THE RASHTRAKUTAS, AND THE TRIPARTITE CONFLICT · THE IMPERIAL CHOLAS - NAVAL SUPREMACY AND LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT · THE GATHERING STORM - MAHMUD OF GHAZNI, MUHAMMAD GHORI, AND THE FALL OF THE RAJPUTS · THE SLAVE DYNASTY – FOUNDATIONS, CONSOLIDATION, AND THE THEORY OF KINGSHIP · THE KHALJI REVOLUTION AND THE AGE OF ALAUDDIN KHALJI · THE TUGHLAQ DYNASTY – EXPERIMENTS, TOKEN CURRENCY, AND THE CRISIS OF EMPIRE · FIROZ SHAH TUGHLAQ – THE SULTAN OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THE SEED OF DECLINE · THE SAYYIDS AND LODIS - THE TWILIGHT OF THE SULTANATE · ADMINISTRATION OF THE DELHI SULTANATE – CENTRAL, PROVINCIAL, AND THE IQTA SYSTEM · SOCIETY AND ECONOMY UNDER THE DELHI SULTANATE · SULTANATE ART AND ARCHITECTURE - THE INDO-ISLAMIC SYNTHESIS · THE VIJAYANAGARA EMPIRE - FOUNDATIONS AND THE FOUR DYNASTIES · VIJAYANAGARA ADMINISTRATION, ECONOMY, AND SOCIAL LIFE · VIJAYANAGARA ART AND ARCHITECTURE - THE SPLENDOR OF HAMPI · THE BAHMANI KINGDOM - RISE, ADMINISTRATION, AND THE FIVE SULTANATES · THE FALL OF VIJAYANAGARA - THE BATTLE OF TALIKOTA AND ITS AFTERMATH · THE BHAKTI MOVEMENT - ORIGINS, PHILOSOPHY, AND THE SOUTHERN PIONEERS · THE BHAKTI MOVEMENT IN NORTH INDIA – RAMANANDA, KABIR, AND GURU NANAK · SAGUNA BHAKTI - TULSIDAS, SURDAS, MIRABAI, AND CHAITANYA · THE SUFI MOVEMENT - SILSILAS, PHILOSOPHY, AND CULTURAL SYNTHESIS · REGIONAL SULTANATES & THE SOCIAL SYNTHESIS OF BHAKTI-SUFISM · THE FOUNDATION OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE – BABUR, HUMAYUN, AND THE SUR INTERREGNUM · AKBAR THE GREAT – CONSOLIDATION, CONQUESTS, AND THE MANSABDARI SYSTEM · AKBAR’S RELIGIOUS POLICY - IBADAT KHANA, MAZHAR, AND DIN-I-ILAHI · THE REIGN OF JAHANGIR - JUSTICE, PAINTING, AND THE NUR JAHAN ERA · SHAH JAHAN - THE GOLDEN AGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND THE DECCAN CRISIS · AURANGZEB ALAMGIR - IMPERIAL EXPANSION AND INTERNAL FRICTION · THE DECCAN ULCER - AURANGZEB’S SOUTHERN CAMPAIGNS AND THE MARATHA CHALLENGE · THE LATER MUGHALS & THE DECLINE OF THE EMPIRE (1707-1761) · THE ERA OF THE PESHWAS – FROM CHHATRAPATI TO PRIME MINISTER (1713-1761) · MEDIEVAL LITERATURE - THE PERSIAN BLOOM AND SANSKRIT RESILIENCE · MEDIEVAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY – INNOVATION, ADAPTATION, AND ASTRONOMY · MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE & FINE ARTS - THE INDO-ISLAMIC SYNTHESIS · BHAKTI MOVEMENT - PART 1: ORIGINS, PHILOSOPHY, AUR SAGUNA VS NIRGUNA · NIRGUNA BHAKTI – THE RADICAL REFORMATION (KABIR, NANAK, RAIDAS, AND DADU) · THE SUFI MOVEMENT - MYSTICISM, SILSILAS, AND CULTURAL SYNTHESIS · THE MARATHAS – SHIVAJI MAHARAJ, GUERRILLA WARFARE, AND THE "ASHTA PRADHAN" · THE SIKHS - FROM THE BHAKTI OF GURU NANAK TO THE KHALSA OF GURU GOBIND SINGH · SOVEREIGNTY RECLAIMED – THE SIKH MISLS, RANJIT SINGH, AND THE RAJPUT STATES · MEDIEVAL SOCIETY & ECONOMY - THE FEUDAL DEBATE AND RURAL STRUCTURE · TRADE, COMMERCE, AND THE "MONETIZATION" OF MEDIEVAL INDIA · URBAN CENTERS, GUILDS, AND THE "URBAN REVOLUTION" · FINE ARTS - THE BLOOM OF MINIATURE PAINTING AND CLASSICAL MUSIC

TGT SS A03 Modern Indian History and the National Movement

THE PORTUGUESE EMPIRE IN INDIA (1498-1961)

TGT SS A04 World History

EFFECTS OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ON SOCIETY AND ECONOMY · I. The Economic Impact: The New Wealth and the New Poverty · II. Urbanization: The Rise of the Industrial City · III. Social Impact: The Changing Fabric of Life · IV. The Rise of Labor Movements and Trade Unionism · V. The Ideological Response: The Birth of "Isms" · VI. The Legislative Response: Factory Acts · VII. Analytical Table: Consequences of the Industrial Revolution · VIII. Historiographical Perspectives · IX. Key Facts for Quick Revision (PYQ Focus) · X. Summary of Social & Economic Effects · I. The Roots of Rebellion: Structural and Immediate Causes · II. Key Events of the War (1775-1783) · III. The Treaty of Paris (1783) · IV. Analytical Table: Participants and Their Roles · V. Why Did Britain Lose? · VI. Impact and Significance of the Revolution · VII. Historiographical Perspectives · VIII. Key Facts for Quick Revision (PYQ Focus) · IX. Summary of the Birth of a Nation · I. The Causes: Why 1789? · II. Key Events: The Revolutionary Timeline · III. The Radical Phase: The Reign of Terror (1792-1794) · IV. The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte · V. Analytical Table: Impact of the French Revolution · VI. Why the French Revolution Matters for India · IX. Summary of the French Upheaval · I. Pre-Revolutionary Russia: The Seeds of Decay · II. The Dual Revolution of 1917 · III. The Civil War and the Consolidation of Power (1918-1921) · IV. Analytical Table: Impact of the Russian Revolution · V. Global Consequences and the Indian Connection · VI. Historiographical Perspectives · VII. Key Facts for Quick Revision (PYQ Focus) · VIII. Summary of the Proletarian Rise · I. The "Roaring Twenties" and the Seeds of Collapse · II. The Trigger: Black Tuesday (October 29, 1929) · III. The Mechanism of Contagion: Why was it "Great"? · IV. Impact on Society and Politics · V. The Response: Keynesianism and the New Deal · VI. Analytical Table: Impact of the Depression on Different Regions · VII. The Indian Connection: The Colonial Squeeze · X. Summary of the Economic Shift · I. The Ideological Roots: What is a Nation? · II. The Post-Napoleonic Order: The Struggle Against Metternich · III. The Waves of Revolution · IV. The Architects of Nationalism · V. Analytical Table: The Evolution of Nationalism · VI. Nationalism and the "Other": The Case of Greece and Poland · VII. The "Balkan" Problem: The Dangerous Face of Nationalism · X. Summary of the Nationalist Rise · I. The Unification of Italy (Il Risorgimento) · II. The Unification of Germany (1862-1871) · III. Analytical Table: Comparing Italy and Germany · IV. The Unification of Other Regions (Brief Overview) · V. The Consequences of Unification · VIII. Summary of the Era of Unification · I. The "M.A.I.N." Causes of the War · II. The Trigger: The July Crisis (1914) · III. The Nature of the War: A New Kind of Conflict

TGT SS A05 Physical Geography

THE COSMOGONICAL EVOLUTION - EARLY HYPOTHESES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM · THE PLANETS, COMPARATIVE PLANETOLOGY, AND THE GOLDILOCKS ZONE · EARTH’S MOTIONS – ROTATION, REVOLUTION, AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL DYNAMICS · MATHEMATICAL GEOGRAPHY - LATITUDES, LONGITUDES, TIME ZONES, AND THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE · INTERIOR OF THE EARTH - CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND MECHANICAL STRATIFICATION · SEISMIC WAVE ANALYSIS AND THE SHADOW ZONE - THE X-RAY OF THE EARTH · ORIGIN OF CONTINENTS AND OCEANS - THE TETRAHEDRAL HYPOTHESIS · CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY (ALFRED WEGENER) – THE REVOLUTION IN GEOMORPHOLOGY · POST-DRIFT ADVANCEMENTS - PALEOMAGNETISM AND SEA FLOOR SPREADING · PLATE TECTONICS - MECHANISMS, PLATE BOUNDARIES, AND THE WILSON CYCLE · EARTHQUAKES - CAUSES, MECHANICS, AND GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION · VOLCANICITY - MECHANICS, MAGMATIC DYNAMICS, AND LANDFORM EVOLUTION · PETROLOGY - CLASSIFICATION AND LIFE CYCLE OF ROCKS · PEDOGENESIS - SOIL FORMATION, HORIZONS, AND GLOBAL CLASSIFICATION · DENUDATION - THE DYNAMICS OF WEATHERING (PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL) · MASS WASTING AND THE GEOMORPHIC CYCLE OF W.M. DAVIS · THEORIES OF SLOPE DEVELOPMENT – WALTHER PENCK’S MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND REJUVENATION · MOUNTAIN BUILDING (OROGENY) – KOBER’S GEOSYNCLINAL AND HOLMES' CONVECTION THEORIES · PLATEAUS AND PLAINS - ORIGIN, CLASSIFICATION, AND GLOBAL EXAMPLES · FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY - DYNAMICS AND LANDFORMS OF RUNNING WATER · ARID GEOMORPHOLOGY - WIND AND AEOLIAN LANDFORMS · GLACIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY - MECHANICS, ALPINE AND CONTINENTAL LANDFORMS · COASTAL AND KARST TOPOGRAPHY – MARINE PROCESSES AND LIMESTONE EVOLUTION · ATMOSPHERE - COMPOSITION AND THERMAL STRUCTURE · INSOLATION - FACTORS, DISTRIBUTION, AND THE HEAT BUDGET OF THE EARTH · TEMPERATURE - HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION AND LAPSE RATES · TEMPERATURE INVERSION - TYPES, CAUSES, AND ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY · ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE - BELTS AND TRI-CELLULAR CIRCULATION · WORLD WIND SYSTEMS - PLANETARY, SEASONAL, AND LOCAL DYNAMICS · THE MONSOON - CLASSICAL VS. MODERN THEORIES · HUMIDITY, CONDENSATION, AND FORMS OF PRECIPITATION · AIR MASSES AND FRONTS - FRONTOGENESIS AND FRONTOLYSIS · CYCLONES - TROPICAL VS. TEMPERATE (EXTRA-TROPICAL) · KÖPPEN’S AND TREWARTHA’S CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS · THORNTHWAITE’S CLASSIFICATION AND GLOBAL CLIMATIC REGIONS · REGIONAL FOCUS - CLIMATIC CLASSIFICATION OF INDIA · OCEANOGRAPHY - BOTTOM RELIEF OF THE OCEANS · MARINE TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY - DYNAMICS AND DISTRIBUTION · OCEAN CURRENTS - DYNAMICS AND REGIONAL SYSTEMS · TIDES - MECHANICS, TYPES, AND THEORIES OF ORIGIN · BIOSPHERE CONCEPTS - ECOLOGY, ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE, AND ENERGY FLOW · BIOTIC SUCCESSION - SERAL STAGES AND CLIMAX COMMUNITY · MAJOR BIOMES OF THE WORLD - FOREST, GRASSLAND, DESERT, AND AQUATIC · BIODIVERSITY - HOTSPOTS, THREATS, AND CONSERVATION STRATEGIES

TGT SS A06 Geographical Thought Human and Economic Geography

EVOLUTION OF GEOGRAPHIC THOUGHT – CLASSICAL CONTRIBUTIONS (GREEK AND ROMAN) · GEOGRAPHIC THOUGHT - THE DARK AGE AND ARAB CONTRIBUTIONS · THE AGE OF DISCOVERY AND THE RISE OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY (HUMBOLDT AND RITTER) · ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINISM VS. POSSIBILISM · THE QUANTITATIVE REVOLUTION AND PARADIGMS IN GEOGRAPHY · POST-QUANTITATIVE CRITIQUES – HUMANISTIC, RADICAL, AND WELFARE GEOGRAPHY · ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY - AGRICULTURAL LOCATION MODELS AND LAND USE · INDUSTRIAL LOCATION MODELS - WEBER, LOSCH, AND SMITH · CENTRAL PLACE THEORY - CHRISTALLER AND LOSCH · POPULATION GEOGRAPHY - DISTRIBUTION, DENSITY, AND GROWTH DYNAMICS · MIGRATION - THEORIES, LAWS, AND SPATIAL DYNAMICS · SOCIAL AND CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY - RACE, RELIGION, LANGUAGE, AND TRIBES · POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY - HEARTLAND AND RIMLAND THEORIES · REGIONAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT – THEORIES OF GROWTH AND INEQUALITY · STATISTICAL METHODS IN GEOGRAPHY – QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS AND SPATIAL DATA · GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS), REMOTE SENSING, AND GNSS · MAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERRELATIONSHIP - DETERMINISM AND POSSIBILISM · POPULATION GEOGRAPHY - GROWTH, DISTRIBUTION, AND DENSITY DYNAMICS · GLOBAL RACES - CLASSIFICATION, PHYSICAL FEATURES, AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION · GLOBAL TRIBES - HABITAT, ECONOMY, AND SOCIETY (ESKIMOS, BUSHMEN, AND KIRGHIZ) · TRIBES OF INDIA - PART I (GONDS, BHILS, AND SANTHALS) · TRIBES OF INDIA - PART II (GADDIS, THARUS, AND THE NORTH-EAST SCENARIO) · SETTLEMENT GEOGRAPHY - TYPES, PATTERNS, AND RURAL MORPHOLOGY · URBAN GEOGRAPHY - DEFINITIONS, CLASSIFICATION, AND SIZE CATEGORIES · URBANIZATION - GLOBAL TRENDS, MEGA CITIES, AND THE WORLD SYSTEM · MIGRATION THEORIES AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT DYNAMICS · ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY – CLASSIFICATION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES AND RESOURCES · AGRICULTURAL GEOGRAPHY – MAJOR FOOD CROPS AND WHITTLESEY’S CLASSIFICATION · AGRICULTURAL GEOGRAPHY - CASH CROPS, FIBRE CROPS, AND THE MULTI-COLORED REVOLUTIONS · MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES - GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION AND INDIAN WEALTH · INDUSTRIAL GEOGRAPHY - LOCALIZATION THEORIES AND THE IRON & STEEL INDUSTRY · AGRO-BASED AND FOOTLOOSE INDUSTRIES – TEXTILES, SUGAR, AND INDUSTRIAL REGIONALIZATION · TRADE, TRANSPORT, AND COMMUNICATION – THE ARTERIES OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY · WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY – NATURAL REGIONS AND GLOBAL POPULATION PATTERNS · Cartography: Maps, Scales and Representation of Relief · Map Projections, Datums and Coordinate Systems · Thematic Mapping and Cartographic Design · Statistical Diagrams - Overview, Types, and Importance · One-dimensional Diagrams - Types, Construction, and Uses · Two-dimensional Diagrams - Concept, Construction, and Geographical Use · Three-dimensional Diagrams - Concept, Construction, and Geographical Use · Climograph, Hythergraph, and Climatograph - Concept, Construction, and Interpretation · Toposheets - Traditional and Open Series Maps (OSM)

TGT SS A07 Geography of India and Neighbouring Countries

INDIA - LOCATION, EXTENT, FRONTIERS, AND STRATEGIC ROLE · INDIAN PHYSIOGRAPHY PART I - THE GREAT HIMALAYAS · INDIAN PHYSIOGRAPHY PART II – THE GREAT NORTHERN PLAINS AND THE THAR DESERT · INDIAN PHYSIOGRAPHY PART III - THE PENINSULAR PLATEAU · INDIAN PHYSIOGRAPHY PART IV - COASTAL PLAINS AND THE ISLANDS · INDIAN DRAINAGE PART I - THE HIMALAYAN RIVER SYSTEMS · INDIAN DRAINAGE PART II – THE PENINSULAR RIVER SYSTEM AND WATER MANAGEMENT · INDIAN CLIMATE PART I - MECHANISM OF THE INDIAN MONSOON · INDIAN CLIMATE PART II - SEASONS AND CLIMATIC CLASSIFICATION · INDIAN SOILS AND NATURAL VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION, DISTRIBUTION, AND CONSERVATION · INDIAN AGRICULTURE PART I - IRRIGATION AND MULTI-PURPOSE PROJECTS · INDIAN AGRICULTURE PART II – CROPPING PATTERNS, THE GREEN REVOLUTION, AND MAJOR CROPS · MINERAL RESOURCES OF INDIA – DISTRIBUTION, BELTS, AND STRATEGIC RESERVES · INDUSTRIAL GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA - CLUSTERS, SPECIALIZATION, AND REGIONALIZATION · INDIAN TRANSPORT & TRADE - ROADWAYS AND THE GOLDEN QUADRILATERAL · INDIAN RAILWAYS - ZONES, DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDORS, AND MODERNIZATION · INDIAN WATERWAYS AND SEAPORTS - THE BLUE ECONOMY AND SAGARMALA · INDIA’S INTERNATIONAL TRADE - COMPOSITION, DIRECTION, AND DYNAMICS · POPULATION GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA - GROWTH, DENSITY, AND THE 2011 CENSUS · POPULATION COMPOSITION - RURAL-URBAN, CASTE, RELIGION, AND MIGRATION · SETTLEMENT GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA - RURAL SETTLEMENT TYPES · URBAN GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA - EVOLUTION AND FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION · TRIBAL POPULATION IN INDIA - CLASSIFICATION AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION · SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF TRIBAL POPULATIONS IN INDIA · NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES OF INDIA (PART I) - NEPAL: THE HIMALAYAN SENTINEL · NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES OF INDIA (PART II) - BHUTAN & BANGLADESH · NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES OF INDIA (PART II) – BHUTAN: THE "LAND OF THE THUNDER DRAGON" · NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES OF INDIA (PART II) – BANGLADESH: THE "DELTAIC POWERHOUSE" · NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES OF INDIA (PART III) - CHINA: THE DRAGON OF THE EAST · NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES OF INDIA (PART III) – SRI LANKA: THE "PEARL OF THE INDIAN OCEAN" · NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES OF INDIA (PART III) – PAKISTAN: THE LAND OF THE INDUS · NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES OF INDIA (PART III) – MYANMAR: THE "GOLDEN LAND" AND GATEWAY TO ASEAN · NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES OF INDIA (PART III) – THE MALDIVES: "THE GATEWAY OF THE INDIAN OCEAN"

TGT SS A08 Political Science Theory and Ideologies

POLITICAL SCIENCE - NATURE, EVOLUTION, AND SCOPE · APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE - TRADITIONAL VS. MODERN · POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY VS. POLITICAL THEORY - THE CONCEPTUAL DIVIDE · MAJOR IDEOLOGIES I - LIBERALISM (CLASSICAL, MODERN, AND NEO-LIBERALISM) · MAJOR IDEOLOGIES II - MARXISM, SOCIALISM, AND COMMUNISM · MAJOR IDEOLOGIES III - FASCISM, FEMINISM, AND ECOLOGISM · THE STATE - MEANING, DEFINITIONS, AND ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS · THEORIES OF STATE ORIGIN I - DIVINE ORIGIN THEORY AND FORCE THEORY · THEORIES OF STATE ORIGIN II – THE SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY (HOBBES, LOCKE, AND ROUSSEAU) · THEORIES OF STATE ORIGIN III – EVOLUTIONARY/HISTORICAL THEORY AND MARXIST THEORY · BASIC CONCEPTS - LIBERTY AND FREEDOM · BASIC CONCEPTS - EQUALITY (FORMAL, SUBSTANTIVE, AND ITS RELATION TO LIBERTY) · BASIC CONCEPTS - SOCIAL JUSTICE (DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE AND RAWLS' THEORY) · BASIC CONCEPTS - RIGHTS (NATURAL, LEGAL, AND LASKI’S THEORY OF RIGHTS) · BASIC CONCEPTS - DEMOCRACY AND DIVERSITY · POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES (ADVANCED) FEMINISM, ECOLOGISM, AND POST-MODERNISM

TGT SS A09 Indian Constitution Polity and Governance

CONSTITUTION OF INDIA - NEED, FORMATION, AND THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY PROCESS · SOURCES AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION · THE PREAMBLE - OBJECTIVES, SOVEREIGNTY, AND THE SECULAR-SOCIALIST DEBATE · SALIENT FEATURES OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION · FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS I - RIGHT TO EQUALITY AND FREEDOM · FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS II - EXPLOITATION, RELIGION, CULTURE, AND REMEDIES · DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY (DPSP) – CLASSIFICATION, SIGNIFICANCE, AND IMPLEMENTATION · FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FRS AND DPSPS · AMENDMENT PROCESS - ARTICLE 368 AND THE BASIC STRUCTURE DOCTRINE · HUMAN RIGHTS AND COMMISSIONS (NATIONAL AND STATE) · FEDERALISM IN INDIA - NATURE, FEATURES, AND THE UNITARY BIAS · LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS BETWEEN UNION AND STATES (ARTICLES 245-255) · ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL RELATIONS (GST, FINANCE COMMISSION) · THE UNION EXECUTIVE I - THE PRESIDENT · THE UNION EXECUTIVE II - VICE-PRESIDENT AND THE PRIME MINISTER · COUNCIL OF MINISTERS AND CABINET COMMITTEES · UNION LEGISLATURE I - PARLIAMENT, RAJYA SABHA, AND LOK SABHA · UNION LEGISLATURE II – PRESIDING OFFICERS AND PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES · UNION LEGISLATURE III – LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE (ORDINARY, MONEY, AND FINANCIAL BILLS) · UNION LEGISLATURE IV – BUDGETARY PROCESS AND PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES · STATE EXECUTIVE - THE GOVERNOR · STATE EXECUTIVE II - CHIEF MINISTER AND STATE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS · STATE LEGISLATURE I - COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE, AND DURATION · STATE LEGISLATURE II - POWERS, PROCEDURES, AND COMPARISON WITH PARLIAMENT · JUDICIARY I - THE SUPREME COURT (COMPOSITION, JURISDICTION, AND POWERS) · JUDICIARY II - HIGH COURTS AND SUBORDINATE COURTS · LOCAL GOVERNMENT I - PANCHAYATI RAJ (73RD AMENDMENT) · LOCAL GOVERNMENT II - MUNICIPALITIES (74TH AMENDMENT) · UNION TERRITORIES AND SPECIAL AREAS (SCHEDULES 5 & 6) · CONSTITUTIONAL BODIES I - ELECTION COMMISSION AND UPSC · CONSTITUTIONAL BODIES II – FINANCE COMMISSION, CAG, AND ATTORNEY GENERAL · NON-CONSTITUTIONAL BODIES - NITI AAYOG, NHRC, AND LOKPAL · POLITICAL DYNAMICS - PARTIES, PRESSURE GROUPS, AND ELECTORAL REFORMS · INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS - INDIA’S FOREIGN POLICY AND NON-ALIGNMENT · GRAND SUMMARY, REVISION STRATEGY, AND FINAL MOCK ANALYSIS · INTERNAL SECURITY II - INSURGENCY IN THE NORTHEAST AND THE AFSPA DEBATE · SOCIAL JUSTICE - PROVISIONS FOR SCS, STS, AND THE OBC RESERVATION DEBATE · CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL ISSUES – CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DIPLOMACY · SOCIAL JUSTICE II - PROVISIONS FOR WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND MINORITIES · GLOBALIZATION - IMPACT ON THE INDIAN STATE AND SOVEREIGNTY · INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS II – NON-UN BODIES (ASEAN, G20, AND THE EUROPEAN UNION) · INDIA’S FOREIGN POLICY WITH SUPERPOWERS TIES WITH USA AND RUSSIA (POST-2022 CONTEXT) · ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS - ARTICLES 323A AND 323B · OFFICIAL LANGUAGES - PART XVII (ARTICLES 343-351) · SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN CLASSES (ARTICLES 330-342)

TGT SS A10 Economics and Indian Economy

ECONOMY: MEANING AND CONCEPTUAL EVOLUTION · FEATURES OF THE INDIAN ECONOMY (DEVELOPING VS. DEVELOPED TRAITS) · SECTORAL COMPOSITION OF THE INDIAN ECONOMY (PRIMARY, SECONDARY, AND TERTIARY SECTORS) · EMERGENCE OF QUATERNARY AND QUINARY SECTORS · NATIONAL INCOME: BASIC CONCEPTS (GDP AND GNP) · NATIONAL INCOME: ADVANCED CONCEPTS (NDP, NNP, MP VS. FC, AND BASIC PRICES) · PER CAPITA INCOME & REAL VS. NOMINAL GDP · MEASUREMENT METHODS: THE PRODUCT/VALUE-ADDED METHOD · MEASUREMENT METHODS: INCOME AND EXPENDITURE METHODS · CHALLENGES IN NATIONAL INCOME ACCOUNTING & BASE YEAR REVISIONS · HISTORY OF PLANNING IN INDIA (PRE-INDEPENDENCE TO HARROD-DOMAR) · FIVE-YEAR PLANS (1ST TO 6TH): STRATEGIES AND SHIFTS · FIVE-YEAR PLANS (7TH TO 12TH): LIBERALIZATION, INCLUSIVE GROWTH, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT · ACHIEVEMENTS AND SHORTCOMINGS OF CENTRALIZED PLANNING (1951–2014) · NITI AAYOG: STRUCTURE, PHILOSOPHY, AND DEPARTURE FROM PLANNING COMMISSION · POVERTY: MEANING, ABSOLUTE VS. RELATIVE POVERTY, AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK · POVERTY MEASUREMENT COMMITTEES (ALAGH, LAKDAWALA, TENDULKAR, RANGARAJAN) · CAUSES OF POVERTY AND THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX (MPI) · UNEMPLOYMENT: MEANING, CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK, AND TYPES · MEASUREMENT OF UNEMPLOYMENT (UPSS, CWS, CDS) AND PLFS ANALYSIS · POVERTY ALLEVIATION & EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS (A HISTORICAL & ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVE) · MGNREGA - MECHANISM, IMPACT, AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS · POPULATION GROWTH: TRENDS, MALTHUSIAN THEORY, AND DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION · POPULATION: POLICY, CONTROL MEASURES, AND NATIONAL POPULATION POLICY (NPP) 2000 · DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND: OPPORTUNITIES AND HUMAN CAPITAL CHALLENGES · CENSUS DATA ANALYSIS AND MIGRATION PATTERNS · MONEY: FUNCTIONS, EVOLUTION, AND SUPPLY MEASURES (M1, M2, M3, M4) · RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (RBI): STRUCTURE AND TRADITIONAL FUNCTIONS · MONETARY POLICY: QUANTITATIVE TOOLS (REPO, REVERSE REPO, CRR, SLR) · MONETARY POLICY: QUALITATIVE TOOLS AND INFLATION TARGETING · COMMERCIAL BANKING: STRUCTURE, NATIONALIZATION, AND REFORMS · NPAS, STRESSED ASSETS, AND BASEL NORMS · SPECIALIZED BANKS: RRBS, NABARD, AND DEVELOPMENT BANKS · PUBLIC FINANCE: MEANING, SCOPE, AND PRIVATE VS. PUBLIC GOODS · PUBLIC REVENUE: SOURCES, TAX VS. NON-TAX, AND DIRECT VS. INDIRECT TAXES · GOODS AND SERVICES TAX (GST): CONCEPT, STRUCTURE, AND IMPACT · PUBLIC EXPENDITURE: CANONS, CLASSIFICATION, AND ECONOMIC IMPACT · PUBLIC DEBT: SOURCES, TYPES, BURDEN, AND REDEMPTION METHODS · DEFICIT FINANCING: MEANING, OBJECTIVES, AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES · THE BUDGET: CONCEPT, COMPONENTS, AND TYPES OF DEFICITS · INTERNATIONAL TRADE THEORIES: CLASSICAL TO MODERN PERSPECTIVES · BALANCE OF PAYMENTS (BOP): STRUCTURE, ACCOUNTS, AND ANALYSIS · FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET - FIXED VS. FLOATING & NOMINAL VS. REAL RATES · INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS - I: IMF AND WORLD BANK GROUP · INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS - II: WTO, TRADE AGREEMENTS, AND REGIONAL BLOCS · SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SDGS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS · PUBLIC FINANCE & INFLATION · DEFICITS - FISCAL, REVENUE, PRIMARY, AND EFFECTIVE REVENUE DEFICIT · FRBM ACT AND FISCAL CONSOLIDATION · INFLATION - MEANING, TYPES, AND MEASUREMENT (WPI VS. CPI) · CAUSES OF INFLATION AND CONTROL MECHANISMS

TGT SS A11 Environment and Ecology

INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGY: HISTORY, HIERARCHY, AND TERMINOLOGIES · ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, AND HOMEOSTASIS · ENERGY FLOW: TROPHIC LEVELS, FOOD CHAINS, WEBS, AND ECOLOGICAL PYRAMIDS · BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES I: GASEOUS CYCLES (CARBON, NITROGEN, OXYGEN) · III. Assimilation · BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES II: SEDIMENTARY CYCLES (PHOSPHORUS, SULFUR) AND THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE · ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION: TYPES, PROCESS, AND CLIMAX COMMUNITIES · SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: EVOLUTION AND KEY INDICATORS · NATURAL RESOURCES I: LAND RESOURCES (SOIL PROFILE, DEGRADATION, AND MANAGEMENT) · NATURAL RESOURCES II: FOREST RESOURCES (TYPES, DEFORESTATION, AND SOCIAL FORESTRY) · NATURAL RESOURCES III: WATER RESOURCES (GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION, SCARCITY, AND MANAGEMENT) · NATURAL RESOURCES IV: MINERAL RESOURCES (EXTRACTION IMPACTS AND CONSERVATION) · ENERGY RESOURCES I: CONVENTIONAL (FOSSIL FUELS, NUCLEAR) – PROS/CONS · ENERGY RESOURCES II: NON-CONVENTIONAL (SOLAR, WIND, GEOTHERMAL, BIO-ENERGY) · BIODIVERSITY CONCEPTS: LEVELS (GENETIC, SPECIES, ECOSYSTEM) AND MEASUREMENT (ALPHA, BETA, GAMMA) · BIODIVERSITY IMPORTANCE: ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, BIOPROSPECTING, AND THREATS · GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS AND MEGA-DIVERSE COUNTRIES · CONSERVATION BIOLOGY: IN-SITU VS. EX-SITU (NATIONAL PARKS, SANCTUARIES, GENE BANKS) · BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION: IUCN RED DATA BOOK AND ENDANGERED SPECIES OF INDIA · SPECIAL CONSERVATION AREAS: BIOSPHERE RESERVES (MAB) AND RAMSAR SITES (WETLANDS) · AIR POLLUTION: SOURCES, EFFECTS, CONTROL, AND ACCEPTABLE LEVELS · WATER POLLUTION: EUTROPHICATION, BIOMAGNIFICATION, AND TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES · SOIL AND NOISE POLLUTION: SOURCES, DECIBEL LEVELS, AND CONTROL MECHANISMS · GLOBAL WARMING & GREENHOUSE EFFECT: MECHANISMS AND RADIATIVE FORCING · OZONE LAYER DEPLETION: CHEMISTRY OF CFCS, MONTREAL PROTOCOL, AND KIGALI AMENDMENT · ACID RAIN: FORMATION, IMPACTS ON LITHOSPHERE/BIOTA, AND MITIGATION · CLIMATE ECONOMICS: CARBON CREDIT, CARBON FOOTPRINT, AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION · SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE: GREEN BUILDINGS (LEED/GRIHA) AND ECO-FRIENDLY MATERIALS · WASTE MANAGEMENT: 3RS, CIRCULAR ECONOMY, AND PLASTIC/E-WASTE RULES · ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES: MAJOR INDIAN ACTS (1972, 1980, 1981, 1986) AND INTERNATIONAL SUMMITS · HUMAN COMMUNITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT: POPULATION, RESETTLEMENT, AND ETHICS · Disaster: Definition, Types & Classification · Disaster Management: Cycle & Framework · Hydrometeorological Disasters: Flood, Drought, Cyclone · Geophysical Disasters: Earthquake, Tsunami, Landslide

TGT SS A12 Pedagogy of Social Science

NATURE, SCOPE AND AIMS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE TEACHING · SOCIAL SCIENCE IN THE CURRICULUM: NCF 2005, NEP 2020 AND NCF-SE 2023 · APPROACHES TO ORGANISING SOCIAL SCIENCE CONTENT · METHODS AND APPROACHES OF TEACHING SOCIAL SCIENCE · PLANNING FOR TEACHING SOCIAL SCIENCE · TEACHING–LEARNING MATERIALS AND RESOURCES · ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION IN SOCIAL SCIENCE · THE SOCIAL SCIENCE TEACHER AND CLASSROOM ISSUES · TEACHING INDIVIDUAL DISCIPLINES: KEY POINTS