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Geography syllabus mains and prelims

  UPSC Prelims Geography Syllabus Indian and World Geography – Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World. As you can see, the syllabus mentions only 1 line. Let us look at the details now. Indian Geography Basics of India Location, latitude, longitude, time zone, etc. Neighbours Important straits States and their position States with international boundaries Physical features The Himalayas – geological formation, climate, vegetation, soil, biodiversity, physiographic divisions, major passes, significance The Great North Indian Plains – geological formation, physiographic divisions, climate, vegetation, soil, biodiversity, significance Peninsular Plateau – geological formation, Central Highlands, Deccan Plateau, Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats Indian Desert Coastal plains and islands River systems Himalayan rivers Peninsular rivers River basins Regional development and planning Hydropower projects, major dams West-flowing and east-flowing rivers Interlinking of rivers...

kannada literature

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  Paper-I Answers must be written in Kannada. Section-A A.  History of Kannada Language What is Language? General characteristics of Language. Dravidian Family of Languages and its specific features, Antiquity of Kannada Language Different Phases of its Development. Dialects of Kannada Language : Regional and Social Various aspects of development of Kannada Language : phonological and Semantic changes. Language borrowing. B.  History of Kannada Literature Ancient Kannada literature : Influence and Trends. Poets for study : Specified poets from Pampa to Ratnakara Varni are to be studied in the light of contents, form and expression : Pampa, Janna, Nagachandra. Medieval Kannada literature : Influence and Trends. Vachana literature : Basavanna, Akka Mahadevi. Medieval Poets : Harihara, Ragha-vanka, Kumar-Vyasa. Dasa literature : Purandra and Kanaka. Sangataya : Ratnakaravarni C.  Modern Kannada literature : Influence, trends and idealogies, Navodaya, Pragatishila, Navya...

Syllabus

  https://byjus.com/ias/upsc-syllabus/ UPSC Syllabus 2020 - IAS Syllabus For Prelims, Mains Welcome to BYJU’S! Here, you will find the complete UPSC syllabus for the Civil Services Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). The Civil Services Examination is widely considered as one of the toughest and the most prestigious examinations conducted in India. To understand the UPSC exam, one needs to understand the IAS syllabus. This helps to eliminate wasteful efforts like reading unnecessary topics leading to a loss of time and keeps one strictly aligned to the expectations of the UPSC from day one. UPSC 2020 syllabus [UPSC Civil Services Prelims and Mains] has been released, along with the official notification for the Civil Service Exam on 12th February 2020. The IAS syllabus can be found at the UPSC official website – https://upsc.gov.in/ or scroll down to download the UPSC syllabus pdf for both Prelims and Mains. Aspirants can also download the IAS Syllab...

general science

  How to Prepare for Science Subjects for UPSC Civil Services Prelims Exam General science and technology is a subject that is equally important as other subjects for the UPSC civil services exam. Every year about 10-15 questions are asked from this section in the  UPSC prelims  of the IAS exams. So, you can assess the importance of this section. Generally, students from science or engineering backgrounds find this section easy, but others with a humanities background find this section a bit tough. It need not be if you follow some strategies. This article talks about how to go about preparing for the general science section of the UPSC civil services prelims. This section can be classified into four: Biology Chemistry Physics Current affairs related to science and technology General Science Syllabus for IAS Prelims: Universe – Big Bang, Redshift, Blueshift Star Formation – Stellar Evolution, Life Cycle of A Star Solar System Formation – Nebular Theory of Laplace Solar Sy...

Vajiram Book list for preparation

  https://www.vajiramandravi.com/blogs/general-studies-books-for-upsc.php UPSC General Studies Books Recommended Books for UPSC General Studies The Foundation and the First Line of reading while preparing for the Preliminary Test and Main Examination is the 18 Volumes of ‘Yellow Books’ on General Studies and the Monthly Current Affairs Digest published by Vajiram & Ravi. Apart from these Volumes, the aspirants should study the following books: History Basic Books: NIOS course books for classes XI and XII on - Ancient India, Medieval India, Modern India, National Movement & Contemporary World and Culture of India. (All these are available in PDF format on internet)   Advance Level Books: India’s Ancient Past by R.S. Sharma published by Oxford University Press  (  Amazon Link  ) A History of Ancient & Early Medieval India by Upinder Singh  (  Amazon Link  ) History of Medieval India (800–1700 AD) by Satish Chandra published by Orient Lon...