JPSC Syllabus 2018

JPSC 2018 Syllabus

Candidate should know the syllabus well so that they won’t miss any topic for the examination. The syllabus is different for preliminary and mains examination.

Syllabus for preliminary exam

General Studies Paper I

General studies paper II

History of India.(Ancient, Modern, Medieval)
Indian Polity and Governance.
Panchayat Raj systems.
Economic and Sustainable Development.
Geography of India( Social, Economic, physical and general geography)
Poverty and Unemployment.
Disaster Management and its effects
Culture & Heritage.
National & International Current Events.
Human Rights.
Science & Technology.(General science, Information and Communication technology, agriculture and technology development)
Environmental Protection.
Biodiversity & Climate Change.
Urbanization and its impacts
Sports
Awards
UN and other International Agencies.

Hindi and English Comprehension Skill.
Knowledge of Hindi and English Grammar.
Basic Numeracy.
General Mental Ability.
Logical Reasoning and Analytical Ability.
Problem Solving
Interpersonal Skill.
Decision Making.

Syllabus for mains exam:

General Studies Paper I

General Studies Paper II

General Hindi

Letter Writing
Essay Writing
Usage of words
Translation of passages
Grammar
Comprehension
Vocabulary

General English

Vocabulary
Translation of passages
Essay Writing.
Grammar
Letter Writing
Usage of words
Comprehension

Language and Literature

Candidates should choose any one language out of the following languages and read their history and grammar etc

Bengali literature
Sanskrit literature
Urdu literature
Oriya literature
Hindi literature
Santhali literature
Nagpuri literature
Ho literature
Kortha literature
Panchpargania literature
Kurmali literature
Khadia literature
Kurux literature
Mundari literature
English literature

General Studies Paper III

General Studies Paper IV

Social Sciences:

History( Under this part, candidates should learn chronology and all the related events in the history)

Modern India
Medieval India
Ancient India
History of Jharkhand

Geography

General principles in Physical Geography
Physical and Human Geography of India
Development and Utilization of Important natural resources of India
Geography of Jharkhand and Utilization of its natural resources.

Indian Constitution & Polity

Preamble of the constitution
Salient features of the constitution
Fundamental Rights
Fundamental duties
Directive principles of state policy
Union government
State government
Provisions regarding the administration of Scheduled areas and Scheduled tribal areas
Election commission of India
Emergency provisions in constitution
CAG
Political parties
Pressure groups
Centre-state relations

Public Administration and good governance

Administration of centre and states
Administration of districts
Disaster management
Development administration
Human rights
Good governance
Bureaucracy
Human rights

General Studies Paper V

General Studies Paper VI

Indian Economy and its basic features

Inflation
Public Finance
Banking system
Industrial Economy
Agricultural and Rural Economy
Fiscal Policy
Budget etc.

Sustainable development , Indian Development Strategy and Economic issues

Inclusive growth
Planning and its strategy
Food security
Nutritional security
Role of Foreign capital
Poverty and its related issues’
Unemployment and its related concepts’
Developmental indicators

Economic reforms and its effect on Indian Economy

Globalization and its effect on Indian economy
Agricultural sector reforms
Economic reforms in India etc.

Economy of Jharkhand

Land, forest and environmental issues in Jharkhand
Five-year plans in Jharkhand
Various issues like poverty, unemployment
Demography of Jharkhand
Economic growth and the structure of economy of Jharkhand

Physical Science

SI units
Concepts of Waves and Energy
Definitions such as force, work, impact, gravity, velocity, speed

Life Science

Cell-its structure and functions
Reproduction of cells
Biomolecules
Theories of evolution
Inheritance and its related concepts

Agricultural Science

Agro-climatic zones of Jharkhand
Government schemes beneficial to farmers
Various concepts such as Agro-forestry etc.
Jharkhand- Soil fertility status
Rainfed Agriculture

Environmental Science

Ecosystem and its related concepts
Biodiversity
Environmental Issues
Pollution
All the laws and schemes related to pollution
Climate Change

Science and Technology Development

National Science Policy
National Health policy
Nuclear policy
Remote Sensing and its associated terms

Books to be referred

Candidates should select the appropriate book for their preparation. It is always to use only one source for a particular topic. Referring to too many sources for one single topic would create unnecessary confusion in concepts. Some of the important books that need to be referred for this topic:

Geography

NCERT books of classes XI and XIIth
Physical geography written by Goh Cheong Leong for Prelims

History

Spectrum Modern History
India’s struggle for Independence written by Bipin Chandra – refer only some important chapters in this book.
Old NCERT Class XIIth history for the topic on Modern India