KERALA ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE (MAIN) EXAMINATION …...2 Mahajanapadas, Mauryan empire and Post mauryan empires 1) Major Dynasties, their administrative system, social, religious and

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KERALA ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE

(MAIN) EXAMINATION – 2020

COURSE PLAN

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Topics Reference Videos

PAPER I

Ancient India

1 Prehistoric India, Indus valley

civilization and Vedic period

1) Salient features and

major landmarks

2) Social, religious and

economic conditions

a. Old NCERT –Class 11(

Chapters 4,5,6,7,8)

b. Class Slides

Prehistoric India

Indus valley civilization

Vedic period

1) Pre historic India

2) Indus valley

3) Vedic civilization

2 Mahajanapadas, Mauryan

empire and Post mauryan

empires

1) Major Dynasties, their

administrative system,

social, religious and

economic conditions

a. Old NCERT –Class 11(

Chapters

10,11,13,14,16,17,18)

b. Class slides

Mahajanapadas

Mauryan empire

Post mauryan empire

1) Mahajanapadas

2) Mauryan Kingdom

3) Post Mauryan Kingdom

3 Gupta empire, Post Gupta

empire, South Indian

kingdoms

1) Administrative system,


economic conditions

a. Administrative system,


economic conditions

b. Class slides

Gupta empire

Post Gupta empire

1) Gupta empire

2) Gupta literature

3) Post Gupta

4 Art and Culture, Religious

philosophies, Buddhism and

Jainism

a. Old NCERT –Class 11

b. Art & Culture : NCERT

Class XI – An Introduction

to Indian Art

c. Art & Culture : NCERT

Class XI – Living Craft

Traditions of India

(Chapters 9 & 10)

d. Class Slides

Religious philosophies

Buddhism and Jainism

Art and

Architecture,Sculpture

Religious Philosophies

Indian dances ,Puppetry

Indian Music

Literature

Indian Paintings

1) Art & Culture

2) Religion and philosophies

Medieval India

1 Early Medieval India

1) Rajputs

2) Tripartite

struggle

3) Pallavas,

Cholas

a. Old NCERT by Romila

Thapar (Chapters-2,3)

b. Old NCERT class XI by

Satish chandra

c. Class slides

Early Medieval India

1) Early medieval India

3


4) Art and

Culture

2 Delhi Sultanate, Vijayanagara

Empire and Bahmani Kingdom

1) Administratio

n,

2) Economy

3) Society

4) Cultural

developments

5) Rise and

Decline of

Dynasties

a. New NCERT Class

XII(chapter -7)

b. Old NCERT by Romila

Thapar (Chapter 2,3,4)

c. Class notes

Vijayanagara and Bahmani

Delhi sultanate

1) Delhi sultanate

2) Vijayanagara and

Bhamani kingdom

3 Mughals

1) Administratio

n

2) Economy

3) Society

4) Cultural

developments

5) Rise and

Decline of

Mughals

a. New NCERT Class

XII(chapter -8,9)

b. New NCERT Class

7(Chapters 4)

c. Old NCERT by Romila

Thapar (Chapter 2,3,4)

d. Class notes

Mughals

1) Mughal empire

4 Bhakti and Sufi movement

1) Features

2) Contributions

3) Leaders, etc

a. NIOS - Medieval India

b. Class notes

Bhakti and Sufi

1) Bhakthi and Sufi movements

Modern India

1 Modern Indian History (from

the 18th century up to the

present) significant events and

issues

1) British economic

policies and its

impacts

2) British

administration/acts

3) Revolts against British

4) Peasant and tribal

revolts

a. Old NCERT by Bipan

Chandra(Chapters

4,5,6,8,9,11)

b. New NCERT VIII std =Our

past -3 (Part 1and 2)

c. Class Slides

British expansion in Bengal

Mysore Maratha wars

1773-1857,1858-1885

Tribal and peasant revolts

1) Power stracture in the 18th

CE – Modern Indian

History

2 Social and religious reform

movements in the 19th and

20th century


Chandra(Chapters 7,11)


past -3 (Part 2)

c. Class Slides

Socio religious reform

movements

1) Reform movements

3 India – Struggle for

independence and Important

personalities


Chandra(Chapters

12,14,15)

1) Early English wars

2) British east India company

rule part 1

4


1) National movement till

Independence

2) Important

personalities(Governor

generals, national

leaders etc)


past -3 (Part 2-Chapter 11)

c. Class Slides

1885-1916

Gandhian phase -1947

Governor generals

3) British east India company

rule part 2

4) Policy towards Indian

states

5) Revolt of 1857 first war of

Independence part 1

6) Revolt of 1857 first war of

Independence part 2

7) Pre congress campaign

8) Formation of Indian

national congress

9) Emergence of Gandhi

10) Demands of Jinnah to salt

sathyagraha

11) Round table conference

upto 1947

4 India after Independence

1) Post-independence

consolidation and

reorganization of

states

2) Nehruvian governance

3) Other political

movements

a. New NCERT VIII std =Our


b. Class Slides

Post-independence

consolidation

5 Independent India and her

neighbors

1) Foreign policy


Chandra(Chapter 10)



c. Class Slides

Post- independence

consolidation

World History

1 1) American revolution

2) French revolution

3) Europe after 1815

4) Industrial revolution

a. American Revolution –

Slides

b. French Revolution -

NCERT IX - India and

contemporary world I - The

French Revolution

c. Europe After 1815 -

NCERT X - India and

contemporary world II -

The rise of nationalism in

Europe

d. Industrial Revolution -

NCERT XI - Themes in

world history - Page 197 -

212 / NCERT X - India and

contemporary world - Page

103 – 112

1) American revolution

2) Europe After 1815

3) Industrial Revolution

2 1) Colonialism a. Colonialism, Imperialism 1) Colonialism

5


2) Imperialism

3) Socialism

4) Marxism

5) World war I

6) Russian Revolution

– Slides

b. Socialism, Marxism –

Slides

c. World war I – Slides

d. Russian revolution -

NCERT IX - India and

contemporary world I -

Page 30 – 46

2) Imperialism

3) Socialism, Marxism

4) Russian revolution

3 1) Fascism

2) Nazism

3) WWII

4) Decolonisation

5) Cold War

6) Globalisation

7) Redrawal of National

Boundaries

a. Fascism – Slides

b. Nazism - NCERT IX -

India and contemporary

word I - Chapter 3

c. WWII – Slides

d. Decolonisation – Slides

e. Cold War – Slides

f. Globalisation –Slides

g. Redrawal of National

Boundaries – Notes

Kerala History

1 18th century Kerala

1) Travancore under

Marthanda Varma and

Dharma Raja-

Contributions.

2) English in Kerala –

Challenges and

Achievements

3) Mysore – Background,

Wars, Impacts

4) Cochin State: Shaktan

Thampuran –

contributions

a. Kerala history and its

makers-A Sreedhara

Menon (Chapters -

26,28,29)

b. History of Kerala –Prof T

K Gangadharan(chapters-

7,8)

c. Class notes

British challenges

Kerala 18th

1) 18th century Kerala

2) EIC in Kerala

2 Renaissance and Enlightened

administration in Travancore

1) Conditions before R

2) Role of Western

Education

3) Major leaders and

contributions – Dalit

movements

4) Major legislations and

progressive

administration in

Travancore

a. History of Kerala –Prof T


7,8,9)

b. Class notes

Travancore enlightened

rulers

Kerala renaissance

1) Enlightened administration in

Travancore

3 Pre-independence movements

1) Freedom movement

and major events in

Kerala

2) Political developments

in Cochin and



10)

b. Class notes

Political developments –

Travancore and cochin)

1) Political movements in

Travancore and cochin

2) Freedom movements in Kerala

part 1

3) Freedom movements in Kerala

part 2

6


Travancore

3) Major freedom

fighters and their

contributions

Freedom movement

4 Post Independent Kerala

1) Aikya Kerala

Movement

2) Political parties and

Movements

3) Major landmark

legislations and

policies


K Gangadharan(chapters-10)

b. Class notes

Post independent Kerala

Aikya Kerala

1) Post independent Kerala Part-

1

2) Post independent Kerala Part-

2

Cultural Heritage of Kerala

1 1) Salient features of

society, Kerala Tribal

culture and Folk

Culture,

a. Class Slides 1) Kerala tribal culture

2 1) Pilgrimage, Tourist

places, Cinema,

Theatre, art,

architecture and

Sculpture

a. Class Slides 1) Pilgrimages in Kerala –

Part 1

2) Pilgrimages in Kerala –

Part 2

3) Tourist places in Kerala –

Part 1

4) Tourist places in Kerala –

Part 2

5) Cinema & Theater part – 1

6) Cinema & Theater part - 2

7) Cinema & Theater part - 3

8) Indian architecture

9) Kerala Culture

10) Major arts and art forms

Kerala part -1


Kerala part -2


Kerala part 3

13) Kerala sculpture

3 1) History and evolution

of Malayalam

language and literature

a. Class Slides 1) History and evolution of

language

PAPER II

Indian Constitution, Public Administration, Political System,

Governance, Social Justice and International Relations

1 1. Indian Constitution and its

salient features

1. Making of the

constitution, salient

Indian polity by Lakshmikanth (5th

edition)

Chapter 2-6.

1) Making of the constitution

2) Making of the constitution part

2

3) Salient features of the

7


features, preamble of

the constitution,Union

and its territory,

citizenship

constitution

4) Salient features of the

constitution part 2

5) Preamble of the constitution

constitution

6) Union and territory

7) Citizenship

2 2. Fundamental rights, Rights

Issues (Human rights, Women

rights, SC/ST rights, Child

rights, etc.), Important Acts,

fundamental duties, and

Directive Principles

a. Indian polity by

Lakshmikanth (5th edition)

Chapter 7-9, chapter

53&54

b. Class notes

Human rights, women

Rights, Child Rights and

important acts

1) Fundamental rights part 1



3 Functions and Responsibilities

of the Union and the States.

a. Indian polity by

Laxmikanth (5th edition)

Chapter 17-21 and 30-32

b. class notes

1) President

2) Vice- President

3) Prime minister

4) Council of ministers

5) Attorney general of India

6) Governor

7) Chief minister

8) State council of ministers

4 3. Parliament, and State

Legislatures – structure,

function, power and privileges.

a. Indian polity by


Chapter 22-25 and 33.

b. Class notes on relevant

topics

1) Parliament part – 1

2) Parliament part – 2

3) Parliament: presiding

officer

4) Parliamentary

privileges

5) Parliamentary

committees

6) State legislature – 1



5 4. Issues and challenges

pertaining to Federal Structure

– Devolution of Power and

Finances up to local levels and

challenges therein, important

provisions relating to

Emergency.

a. Indian polity by


Chapter 12-16 and 45.

1) Federalism and central

state relations

6 5. Panchayati Raj, Public Policy

and Governance, Impact of

L.P.G on Governance.

a. Indian polity by


Chapter 38-39

b. Class notes.

1) Panchayathi raj

7 6. Judiciary in India – Structure

and functions, and

Constitutional amendments,

a. Indian polity by


Chapter 10-11, 26-29, 34-

1) Suprime court

2) High court

3) Judicial review and

8


judicial review, Public Interest

Litigation and Quasi-judicial

bodies.

35, and 63. activism

8 7. Land Revenue, Laws, and

Principles of Administrative

Law.

Class notes

9 8. Statutory, Regulatory bodies,

and Constitutional Authorities

– Powers, Functions, and

Responsibilities.

a. Indian polity by


Chapter 42-49, 52-59

b. Class notes.

1) National commission for

SC

2) Election commission

3) Union public service

commission

4) State public service

commission

5) Human rights commission

6) Information commission

10 9. India’s Foreign Policy,

International Organizations,

International Treaties, and

Forums, their structure and

mandate.

Class notes 1) International organization part

– 1

2) International organization part

– 2

3) International organization part

– 3

4) International organizations

BIMSTEC

Science and Technology

1 Science and Technology:

Nature and scope of Science

and Technology, Relevance of

S&T, National policy on S&T

and innovations, Institutes and

organizations in India

promoting the integration of

Science and Technology and

Innovation, their activities, and

contributions, Contribution of

Prominent Indian Scientists.

Slides

1) Innovation Technology

2) Public Institutes

3) Indian scientists and their

contributions

4) Policies in Science and

technology

2 Basics of everyday science,

Human body, Public Health

and Community Medicine,

Food and Nutrition, Health

Care.

Slides

NCERT - Class 12 - Chapter 8

1) Health and nutrition

2) Science – matter around us

3) Science – Physical and

chemical changes

3 ICT: Nature and Scope of ICT,

ICT in day to day life, ICT and

industry, ICT, and Governance

– various Government

schemes promoting the use of

ICT, e-Governance

Programmes and Services,

Slides 1) ICT – Part 1

2) ICT – Part 2

3) Artificial Intelligence

4)

9


Netiquettes, Cyber Security

concerns – National Cyber

Crime Policy. MIS. Artificial

Intelligence – benefits and

impacts, Robotics.

4 Technology in Space and

Defence: Evolution of Indian

Space program, ISRO – it’s

activities and achievements,

various Satellite Programs –

DRDO-vision, mission, and

activities.Energy requirement

and efficiency: India’s existing

energy needs and deficit,

India’s energy resources and

dependence, Renewable and

Non-renewable energy

resources, Energy Policy of

India – Govt.Policies and

Programmes, Energy Security

and Nuclear Policy of India.

Slides

NITI Ayog report

1) ISRO

2) DRDO

3) Nuclear energy

Environment

1

1) Ecology

2) Biodiversity

3) Climate change

a. Ecology - NCERT XII -

Biology - Chapter 13, 14

b. Biodiversity - NCERT XII

- Biology - Chapter 15,

Slides

c. Climate change – Slides

1) Ecology

2) Biodiversity

3) Climate change

2

1) Environmental issues

2) Pollution

3) Acts and policies

4) Indian Institutions

a. Environmental issues –

Slides

b. Pollution - Shankar -

Chapter 5

c. Acts and policies – Slides

d. Indian Institutions –

Slides

1) Pollution

2) Acts & Policies

3 1) International

organisations

2) Bio-technology

3) Nanotechnology

4) Disaster management

5) Biomes

a. International

organisations – Slides

b. Bio-technology – Slides

c. Nanotechnology – Slides

d. Disaster management –

Slides

e. Biomes – Slides

1) International

Organizations

2) Bio – Technology

3) Nano technology

4) Disaster management

5) Biomes

PAPER III

Economy and Planning

1 1) Indian economy on the

eve of independence.

2) Indian economy in

post reform period,

new economic

reforms,

a. Indian economic

development (NCERT 11)-

Chapters 1,2,3

b. Introductory

Macroeconomics (NCERT

12) – Chapter 2

1) National Income –

Accounting

2) National Income - GDP

3) Overview of Indian

economy

4) Niti ayog (overview of

10


3) National income + per

capita income

4) Sectoral Composition

(Output and

Employment) –

Primary, Secondary

and Tertiary.

5) Development under

different policy

regimes (including

Five Year Plans) –

Goals, Constraints,

Institutions and Policy

framework.

6) NITI Aayog,

c. Social science -2 (SCERT

9) – Chapter 3

d. Indian economy by Ramesh

Singh (Edition 9) - Chapter

1, 4, 5, 6

e. Indian economy by

Shankar Ganesh

Karuppaiya (Edition 5) –

Chapter 1,2

f. Economic survey 2019-20

Class slides a. 0-Introduction

b. Overview + Planning

c. 1.2- National income

Indian economy)

5) Planning India 5 year plan

2 1) Indian Tax System,

GST: Concept and

Implications. Centre-

State financial

relation.

2) Structure of Indian

Banking and Non-

Banking Financial

Institutions and

reforms. Recent

monetary policy issues

and their impact.

3) Stock exchange and

share market

4) Indicators of

development –

Physical Quality of

Life Index, Human

Development Index,

Human Poverty Index,

Gender Development

Index, National

Happiness Index

a. Introductory


12) – Chapter 3

b. Indian economy by Ramesh


12, 14, 17, 20

c. Indian economy by

Shankar Ganesh

Karuppaiya (Edition 5) –

Chapter 3, 5, 6, 7, 9

Class slides

a. 5.4- Human Development

Index

b. 5.5- SDGs

c. 6.1- Indian Tax System

d. 6.4- Indian Banking

System

e. 6.5- RBI and Monetary

Policy

f. 6.6- Merger of Banks

g. 6.7- Money Market

Instruments

h. 6.9- GST

i. 6.10- Capital Market

1) Money & Banking part 1

2) Money & Banking part 2

3) Public finance part 1


5) Stock market

6) Human development

Index

3 1) Infrastructure in Indian

Economy, Meaning

and importance of

infrastructure – Water

Supply and Sanitation-

Energy and Power –

Science and

Technology – Rural

and Urban

Infrastructure, Ports,

Roads, Airports,

Railways,

a. Indian economic

development (NCERT 11) -

Chapter 8

b. Introductory


12) – Chapter 6

c. India People and Economy

(NCERT 12) – Chapter 6,

7, 8, 10, 11

d. Indian economy by Ramesh


9, 15, 16,

1) Infrastructure of Indian

economy

2) Infrastructure – Water,

sanitation, ports & Inland

Waterways

3) Infrastructure – Energy &

Power

4) Railway sector

5) Civil aviation sector

11


Telecommunication,

Dams, Inland

Waterways. Social

Impact Assessment.

2) Trend, Composition,

Structure and direction

of India's Foreign

Trade. India's Balance

of payments situation

in post reforms period.

e. Indian economy by

Shankar Ganesh

Karuppaiya (Edition ) –

Chapter 10,11

Class slides a. 4- Infrastructure in India

b. External Sector notes

4 1) Regional Structure and

trends of Poverty and

Inequality,

2) Unemployment –

trends, Structure and

National Rural

Employment policies.

3) Industrial Policy,

Public Sector

enterprises and their

performance, Growth

and pattern of

industrialization,

Small-scale sector,

Productivity in

industrial sector, SEZ

and industrialization,

foreign investment and

competition policy, e-

Commerce, Effects of

liberalisation on the

economy.

a. Indian economic

development (NCERT 11)-

Chapter 3, 4, 7

b. Introductory


12) – Chapter

c. Indian economy by Ramesh


6, 9,

d. Indian economy by

Shankar Ganesh


Chapter 4

Class slides

a. Industrial policy

b. Economics- Industry

c. 5.1- Poverty in India

d. 5.2- MGNREGA

e. 5.3- Unemployment in

India

f. 5.5- SDGs

1) Poverty in India Part 1

2) Unemployment part 1

3) Unemployment part 2

5 1) Indian Public Finance,

Government

Budgeting, Public

Expenditure, Public

Debt, Deficit and

Subsidies in the Indian

Economy. Recent

fiscal policy issues and

their impact

2) INDIA BUDGET

2020 + KERALA

BUDGET 2020 +

ECONOMIC

SURVEY OF INDIA

2020

a. Economic survey 2019-20

(Volume 1 and 2)

b. General Budget 2020-21 (

https://www.indiabudget.go

v.in/ )

c. Kerala Budget 2020-21 (

http://www.niyamasabha.or

g/ )

d. Introductory


12) – Chapter 5

e. Indian economy by Ramesh


18

f. Indian economy by

Shankar Ganesh


Chapter 5

Class slides



12


a. 6.2- Budget Part 1

b. 6.3- Budget 2019 Facts

6 1) Economy of Kerala

State-an overview,

Population, Major

agriculture, Industry,

Service sector issues.

Infrastructure and

resources, Major

Developmental

Projects, Programmes

and Schemes.

a. Kerala economic review

2018 and 2019 + Class

notes

Class slides

a. Kerala Economy

b. Agriculture sector in Kerala

c. Industrial sector in Kerala

1) Industrial sector in Kerala

2) Agriculture sector

3) Industrial policy in Kerala

– Part 1

4) Industrial policy in Kerala

– Part 2

5)

7 1) Co-operative Sector.

History and relevant

policies in traditional

industries, IT Sector,

Pravasi and Foreign

remittance.

2) Role and Function of

Kerala Planning

Board, Achievements

of Kerala in Health

and Education Sector:

Policies, Programmes,

Initiatives and

Impacts.


2018 and 2019 + Class

notes

Class slides

a. Kerala Economy

b. Industrial sector in Kerala

c. IT sector in Kerala

d. Health sector in Kerala

e. Pravasi- Kerala

1) Industrial sector in Kerala

2) IT sector Kerala

3) Health sector

4) Education sector

5) Planning Board Kerala

6) Co- operative sector in

Kerala

7) Performance of public

sector in Kerala

8)

8 1) Kerala model

development – (Land

reforms, Social

security, devolution of

Power, Decentralised

Planning, Housing,

Tourism, Women

Empowerment, Social

Welfare Schemes,

Disaster Management.


2018 and 2019 + Class

notes

Class slides a. Kerala Economy

b. Kerala Model Development

c. Women empowerment in

Kerala

1) Kerala Model

development

2) Women Empowerment in

Kerala

3) Decentralization and

devolution of power

4) Land revenue

Geography

1 Solar System +

Geomorphology a. Solar System

NCERT

Std VI – Chapter 1

Std XII – Chapter 2

Class Slides

b. Geomorphology

NCERT

Std VI – Chapters 2,3,4,5

and 6

Std VII – Chapters 2 and 3

Std XI – Chapters 3,4,5,6

and 7

Class Slides

1) Solar System

2) Geomorphic process

3) Land forms and

evolution

4) Running water

5) Ground water

6) Relief features

7) Ocean, waves and

currents

8) Volcanoes

9) Earthquake

10) Oceans and Continents

13


Certificate of Physical and

Human Geography by Goh

Cheng Leong

2 Climatology + India Climate +

Kerala Climate a. Climatology

NCERT

Std VI – Chapter 2, 3 and 4

Std VII – Chapters 4, 8, 9

and 10

Std XI – Chapters 8, 9, 10

and 11

Class Slides



Cheng Leong

1) India climate

2) Climatology introduction

3) Climatology Atmosphere

4) Climatology temperature

5) Climatology Pressure

6) Geography climatology

atmospheric circulation


airmass cyclone


Humidity


world climate

at Oceanography + Bio

Geography a. Oceanography

NCERT

Std VII – Chapters 5

Std XI – Chapters 13 and

14

Class Slides

b. Biogeography

NCERT

Std VII – Chapter 1and 6

Std VIII – Chapter 2

Std XI – Chapters 15 and

16

Class Slides



Cheng Leong

1) Oceanography part 1

2) Oceanography part 2

3) Bio

Diversity(Environment)

4) Biomes ( Environment)

4 India – Physical, Drainage,

Soil, Vegetation a. Location and

Physiography

NCERT

Std VI – Chapter 7

Std IX – Chapters 1and 2

Std XI – Chapters 1 and 2

Class Slides

b. Drainage

NCERT

Std IX – Chapter 3

Std XI – Chapter 3

Class Slides

c. Soil

NCERT


Class Slides

d. Vegetation

1) Indian drainage

2) India soils

3) Natural vegetation

14


NCERT

Std IX – Chapter 5

Std X – Chapter 2


5 India –Agriculture, Human

Geography a. Agriculture

NCERT

Std X – Chapter 3

Std XII – Chapter 5

Class Slides

b. Human Geography

NCERT

Std XII – Chapters 1 to 4

Class Slides

1) Indian agriculture

2) Human geography

3) Indian manufacturing

industries

4) Land resource

5) Minerals and energy

resources

6 Kerala – Physical, drainage,

vegetation, Soil,

a. Class Slides 1) Physiography of Kerala

2) Kerala climate

3) Kerala vegetation

4) Kerala river system

5) Kerala soil

7 Kerala –Agriculture, Human

Geography

a. Class Slides 1) Kerala Agriculture

2) Kerala Resources

3) Kerala Tribal population

4) Kerala disaster

management and pollution

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KERALA ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE (MAIN) EXAMINATION …...2 Mahajanapadas, Mauryan empire and Post mauryan empires 1) Major Dynasties, their administrative system, social, religious and