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COMBINED CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION I

(GROUP I)-MAIN PATTERN AND SYLLABUS

SCHEME OF THE EXAMINATION:

STAGE I - PRELIMINARY EXAM
STAGE II - MAIN EXAMINATION
STAGE III - INTERVIEW

STAGE II - MAIN EXAM

DESCRIPTIVE TYPE DEGREE STANDARD

S.NO PAPER MARKS

1. PAPER I 300
2. PAPER II 300
3. PAPER III 300
TOTAL 900

STAGE III - INTERVIEW 120 MARKS

TOTAL MARKS FOR GROUP I EXAMINATION 1020

MARKS

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COURSE CONTENT FOR MAIN EXAM

DESCRIPTIVE TYPE - THREE PAPERS -
GENERAL STUDIES
PAPER 1
Modern history of India and Indian culture
General Mental Ability
Role and impact of science and technology in the development of India and
Tamil Nadu

PAPER 2
Indian polity and emerging political trends across the world affecting India
and Geography of India.
Tamil Society, its culture and heritage / English language skills
Administration of Union and States with special reference to Tamil Nadu

PAPER 3
Current events of national and international importance
Current Economic Trends: Indian Economy and Impact of Global Economy
on India
Socio Economic problems of India and Tamil Nadu.

PAPER I
UNIT I
MODERN HISTORY OF INDIA AND INDIAN CULTURE
ADVENT OF EUROPEAN INVASION EXPANSION AND CONSOLIDATION OF BRITISH RULE
EFFECT OF BRITISH RULE ON SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS SOCIAL REFORMS AND
RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS INDIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIAN
CULTURE UNITY IN DIVERSITY RACE, COLOUR, LANGUAGE, CUSTOM INDIA A
SECULAR STATE ORGANIZATIONS FOR FINE ARTS, DANCE, DRAMA, MUSIC GROWTH
OF RATIONALIST, DRAVIDIAN MOVEMENT IN TAMIL NADU POLITICAL PARTIES AND
POPULIST SCHEMES NATIONAL RENAISSANCE EARLY UPRISING AGAINST BRITISH
RULE 1857 REVOLT INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS EMERGENCE OF NATIONAL
LEADERS GANDHI, NEHRU, TAGORE, NETAJI GROWTH OF MILITANT MOVEMENTS
DIFFERENT MODES OF AGITATIONS ERA OF DIFFERENT ACTS & PACTS WORLD WAR
& FINAL PHASE STRUGGLE COMMUNALISM LED TO PARTITION ROLE OF TAMIL NADU
IN FREEDOM STRUGGLE RAJAJI, VOC, PERIYAR, BHARATHIAR & OTHERS

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UNIT II
GENERAL APTITUDE & MENTAL ABILITY
CONVERSION OF INFORMATION TO DATA COLLECTION, COMPILATION AND
PRESENTATION OF DATA TABLES, GRAPHS, DIAGRAMS PARAMETRIC
REPRESENTATION OF DATA ANALYTICAL INTERPRETATION OF DATA PERCENTAGE
HIGHEST COMMON FACTOR (HCF) LOWEST COMMON MULTIPLE (LCM) RATIO AND
PROPORTION SIMPLE INTEREST COMPOUND INTEREST AREA VOLUME TIME AND
WORK PROBABILITY
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
BASIC TERMS, COMMUNICATIONS APPLICATION OF INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) DECISION MAKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING
BASICS IN COMPUTERS / COMPUTER TERMINOLOGY

UNIT III
ROLE AND IMPACT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF INDIA AND TAMIL NADU
NATURE OF UNIVERSE GENERAL SCIENTIFIC LAWS SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC LABORATORIES SCIENCE
GLOSSARY PHYSICAL QUANTITIES, STANDARDS AND UNITS MECHANICS AND
PROPERTIES OF MATTER FORCE, MOTION AND ENERGY HEAT, LIGHT AND SOUND
MAGNETISM, ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRONICS ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS
ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCE ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS ACIDS, BASES AND
SALTS OXIDATION AND REDUCTION CARBON, NITROGEN AND THEIR COMPOUNDS
NATURAL DISASTERS SAFEGUARD MEASURES CHEMISTRY OF ORES AND METALS
FERTILIZERS, PESTICIDES, INSECTICIDES BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
POLYMERS AND PLASTICS ELECTROCHEMISTRY MAIN CONCEPTS OF LIFE SCIENCE
THE CELL BASIC UNIT OF LIFE CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING ORGANISM NUTRITION
AND DIETETICS RESPIRATION EXCRETION OF METABOLIC WASTE BIO
COMMUNICATION BLOOD AND BLOOD CIRCULATION ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM ANIMALS, PLANTS AND HUMAN LIFE GOVT. POLICY
/ORGANIZATIONS ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ROLE, ACHIEVEMENT & IMPACT OF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ENERGY SELF SUFFICIENCY OIL EXPLORATION
DEFENCE RESEARCH ORGANIZATION OCEAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
GENETICS THE SCIENCE OF HEREDITY ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY, HEALTH AND
HYGIENE, BIO DIVERSITY AND ITS CONSERVATION HUMAN DISEASES, PREVENTION
AND REMEDIES COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ADVANCEMENT GENETIC
ENGINEERING REMOTE SENSING AND BENEFITS

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PAPER II
UNIT I
INDIAN POLITY AND EMERGING POLITICAL TRENDS ACROSS
THE WORLD AFFECTING INDIA AND GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA

INDIAN POLITY
CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION SALIENT FEATURES OF
CONSTITUTION UNION, STATE AND TERRITORY CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS AND DUTIES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY FUNDAMENTAL
DUTIES HUMAN RIGHTS CHARTER UNION EXECUTIVE UNION LEGISLATURE
PARLIAMENT STATE EXECUTIVE STATE LEGISLATURE ASSEMBLY STATUS OF
JAMMU & KASHMIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT PANCHAYAT RAJ INDIAN FEDERALISM
CENTER STATE RELATIONS JUDICIARY IN INDIA RULE OF LAW /DUE PROCESS OF
LAW EMERGENCY PROVISIONS CIVIL SERVICES IN INDIA ADMINISTRATIVE
CHALLENGES IN A WELFARE STATE COMPLEXITIES OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
ELECTIONS ELECTION COMMISSION UNION AND STATE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE AND
SCHEDULE VIII AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION SCHEDULES TO CONSTITUTION

A. EMERGING POLITICAL TRENDS ACROSS THE WORLD AFFECTING

INDIA
FOREIGN AFFAIRS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON INDIAS RELATIONS WITH
NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES AND IN THE REGION SECURITY AND DEFENCE RELATED
MATTERS NUCLEAR POLICY, ISSUES AND CONFLICTSTHE INDIAN DIASPORA AND ITS
CONTRIBUTION TO INDIA AND THE WORLD.

B. GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA
EARTH AND UNIVERSE SOLAR SYSTEM ATMOSPHERE, HYDROSPHERE, LITHOSPHERE
MONSOON, RAINFALL, WEATHER AND CLIMATE WATER RESOURCES RIVERS IN
INDIA SOIL, MINERALS & NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL VEGETATION FOREST &
WILDLIFE AGRICULTURAL PATTERN, LIVESTOCK & FISHERIES TRANSPORT INCLUDING
SURFACE TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATION SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY POPULATION
DENSITY AND DISTRIBUTION NATURAL CALAMITIES DISASTER MANAGEMENT
BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY OF INDIAN OCEAN, ARABIAN SEA AND BAY OF BENGAL
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT AND CONSEQUENCES MITIGATION MEASURES POLLUTION
CONTROL

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PAPER II UNIT - II
Candidates may choose to answer EITHER the Tamil question only in Tamil OR the
English question only in English. Candidates writing in English shall if they choose to
answer the Tamil question, write only in Tamil

TAMIL LANGUAGE TAMIL SOCIETY ITS CULTURE AND HERITAGE

1. ehfhPfKk; gz;ghLk; - jkpoh; Njhw;wKk; gutYk;
2. gz;ilj;jkpoh; tho;tpay; rpe;jidfs; - tPuk;> fhjy;> mwk;> mwf;Nfhl;L
topghLfs; kw;Wk; rlq;FKiwfs;.
3. jkpoh; rkaKk; gz;ghl;L newpKiwfSk; - irtk;> itztk;
4. jkpoh; gz;ghl;Lf;fiyAk; - ehfhPfKk; - ,ay;> ,ir> ehlfk;> Xtpak;>
kUj;Jtk;> rpw;gk;> ehl;Lg;Gwf; fiyfs;.
5. jw;fhy tho;tpy; jkpoh; r%f tho;f;if rhjp> rkak;> ngz;fs;> murpay;>
fy;tp> nghUspay;> tzpfk;> ntspehl;Lj; njhlh;Gfs;
OR
ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS
1. PRCIS WRITING.
2. REPORT WRITING ON CURRENT ISSUES.
3. COMPREHENSION OF A GIVEN PASSAGE AND ANSWERING
QUESTIONS THERE UPON.
UNIT - III
ADMINISTRATION OF UNION AND STATES WITH SPECIAL
REFERENCE TO TAMIL NADU
STATE GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE, FUNCTIONS AND CONTROL
MECHANISM DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION ROLE IN PEOPLES WELFARE ORIENTED
PROGRAMMES INDUSTRIAL MAP OF TAMIL NADU ROLE OF STATE GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC SERVICES ROLE OF RECRUITMENT AGENCIES STATE FINANCE
RESOURCES, BUDGET AND FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION USE OF IT IN ADMINISTRATION
EGOVERNANCE IN THE STATE NATURAL CALAMITIES DISASTER MANAGEMENT
UNION AND STATE STRATEGIC PLANNING IN THE STATE SOCIAL WELFARE
GOVERNMENT SPONSORED SCHEMES WITH REFERENCE TO TAMIL NADU UNION
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE, FUNCTIONS AND CONTROL MECHANISM
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STATE AND UNION INDUSTRIAL MAP OF INDIA ROLE OF
UNION GOVERNMENT PUBLIC SERVICES ROLE OF RECRUITMENT AGENCIES IN
UNION GOVERNMENT UNION FINANCE RESOURCES, BUDGET AND FINANCIAL
ADMINISTRATION USE OF IT IN ADMINISTRATION EGOVERNANCE IN UNION
GOVERNMENT SOCIAL WELFARE GOVERNMENT SPONSORED SCHEMES BY
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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PAPER III
UNIT - I
CURRENT EVENTS OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
IMPORTANCE
LATEST DIARY OF EVENTS NATIONAL /INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL SYMBOLS PROFILE OF
STATES DEFENCE, NATIONAL SECURITY AND TERRORISM GEOGRAPHICAL LANDMARKS
WORLD ORGANIZATIONS PACTS AND SUMMITS LATEST INVENTIONS ON SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY EMINENT PERSONALITIES & PLACES IN NEWS SPORTS & GAMES BOOKS &
AUTHORS AWARDS & HONOURS CULTURAL PANORAMA LATEST HISTORICAL EVENTS
POLICY ON ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY INDIA AND ITS NEIGHBOURS NATURAL
DISASTERS SAFEGUARD MEASURES LATEST TERMINOLOGY APPOINTMENTS WHO IS
WHO? INDIAS FOREIGN POLICY LATEST COURT VERDICTS PUBLIC OPINION PROBLEMS
IN CONDUCT OF PUBLIC ELECTIONS POLITICAL PARTIES AND POLITICAL SYSTEM IN INDIA
PUBLIC AWARENESS & GENERAL ADMINISTRATION ROLE OF VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS
& GOVT. WELFARE ORIENTED GOVT. SCHEMES, THEIR UTILITY NEW ECONOMIC POLICY &
GOVT. SECTOR MASS MEDIA & COMMUNICATION

UNIT II
CURRENT ECONOMIC TRENDS: INDIAN ECONOMY AND
IMPACT OF GLOBAL ECONOMY ON INDIA

A. INDIAN ECONOMY
NATURE OF INDIAN ECONOMY FIVE YEAR PLAN MODELS AN ASSESSMENT LAND
REFORMS & AGRICULTURE APPLICATION OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIAL
GROWTH CAPITAL FORMATION AND INVESTMENT ROLE OF PUBLIC SECTOR &
DISINVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE NATIONAL INCOME PUBLIC
FINANCE & FISCAL POLICY PRICE POLICY & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION CONSUMERISM &
CONSUMER PROTECTION BANKING, MONEY & MONETARY POLICY ROLE OF FOREIGN
DIRECT INVESTMENT WTO LIBERALIZATIONS GLOBALIZATION & PRIVATIZATION
RURAL WELFARE ORIENTED PROGRAMMES HRD SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC TREND IN TAMIL NADU ENERGY DIFFERENT SOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
FINANCE COMMISSION PLANNING COMMISSION NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
COUNCIL POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMMES.

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B. IMPACT OF GLOBAL ECONOMY ON INDIA

IMPACT OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS ON INDIA: (A) OFFSHOOT OF GLOBALIZED

ECONOMY (B) ASPECTS OF FINANCIAL TURMOIL IN INDIA CAPITAL OUTFLOW
IMPACT ON STOCK AND FOREX MARKET IMPACT ON THE INDIAN BANKING SYSTEM
IMPACT ON INDUSTRIAL SECTOR AND EXPORT PROSPECT IMPACT ON EMPLOYMENT
IMPACT ON POVERTY (C) INDIAN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK.

INDIAS CRISIS RESPONSES AND CHALLENGES: (A) STATE OF ECONOMY IN CRISIS

TIMES (B) RBIS CRISIS RESPONSE (C) GOVERNMENTS CRISIS RESPONSE (D) THE
RISKS AND CHALLENGES MONETARY POLICY FISCAL POLICY FINANCIAL STABILITY
THE OPTIONS AHEAD: DIVERSIFYING EXPORTS BOOSTING DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION
ENHANCING PUBLIC SPENDING GENERATING EMPLOYMENT PROVISIONING CREDIT
TO PRODUCTIVE SECTORS NEED FOR STRUCTURAL REFORMS INCREASED
PURCHASING POWER OF THE PEOPLE.

UNIT - III
SOCIO ECONOMIC ISSUES IN INDIA / TAMIL NADU
POPULATION EXPLOSION UNEMPLOYMENT ISSUES IN INDIA & TAMIL NADU CHILD
LABOUR ECONOMIC ISSUES (A) POVERTY (B) SANITATION RURAL AND URBAN (C)
CORRUPTION IN PUBLIC LIFE ANTI CORRUPTION MEASURES CVC, LOKADALATS,
OMBUDSMAN, CAG. ILLITERACY WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ROLE OF THE
GOVERNMENT WOMEN EMPOWERMENT SOCIAL INJUSTICE TO WOMENFOLK
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DOWRY MENACE, SEXUAL ASSAULT LOSS OF CULTURAL
HERITAGE DUE TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT URBANIZATION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE
SOCIETY IMPACT OF VIOLENCE ON THE GROWTH OF THE NATION RELIGIOUS
VIOLENCE, TERRORISM AND COMMUNAL VIOLENCE REGIONAL DISPARITIES
PROBLEMS OF MINORITIES HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES RIGHT TO INFORMATION
CENTRAL AND STATE COMMISSION FAITH AND CONFLICT AMONG LEGISLATURE,
EXECUTIVE, JUDICIARY AND MEDIA. EDUCATION LINKAGE BETWEEN EDUCATION
AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME EMPLOYMENT
GUARANTEE SCHEME SELF EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
ROLE OF N.G.OS IN SOCIAL WELFARE GOVERNMENT POLICY ON HEALTH.

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