CSAT(Preliminary) Detailed Syllabus- All Sub Topics Included

UPSC had recently released the new syllabus of Civil Service Aptitude Test. It only gave the major outline of the syllabus.Complete extract of syllabus for the CSAT is available below,

1.Indian History

• PreHistoric Period
• Harappan Civilisation
• Iron Age
• The Vedic Age
• Pre Mauryan Period
• The Mauryan Empire
• India After the Maurya
• The Age of the Guptas
• The succssors of Guptas
• Harshavardhan
• Early Medieval India
• 13 and 14 Centuries: (The Delhi Sultanate)
• The Post Sultanate Period
• The 15th and Early 16th Centuries:(The Age of Vijayanagar and the Bahamanis)
• The Mughal Empire
• The Europeans in India
• British Expansion in India
• Consolidation of British Power
• British Policies and Administration in India
• Resistance to British rule
• Reorganisation of the British Empire in India

2.Indian National Movement

• Indian Freedom Struggle
• PreCongress Nationalist Organisations
• The Indian National Congress
• Swadeshi Movement 
• Rise of Revolutionary Terrorism
• Surat Split of 1907
• Indian Councils Act of 1909
• Separatist Trends in Indian Nationalist Politics ( The Muslim League)
• First World War and Freedom Struggle
• Gandhi and His Thought
• Rowlatt Act
• The Noncooperation Movement
• Emergence of Communists
• Subhash Chandra Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru
• Simon Commission and Nehru Report
• Revolutionary Terrorism
• Peasant Movements
• Civil Disobedience Movement
• Second Round Table Conference
• Civil Disobedience Resumed
• Growth of Socialist Forces

3.Geography


World Geography

• Branches of Geography
• Origin of the Earth
• The Earth and its position in the Solar System
• The Atmosphere
• The Hydrosphere
• The Lithosphere
• Human Geography
• Economic Geography

Indian Geography

• Physiography
• Drainage
• Climate and Solids
• Natural Vegetarian, Plant and Animal Life
• Agriculture
• Irrigation and Power
• Mineral Resources
• Industries
• Transport and Communication
• Foreign Trade
• Social Aspects like population,density,sex ratio, literacy, languages , religions, racial and trial groups also included

4.Indian Polity

• The Constitution
• Union Territories and Reorganisation of States
• Citizenship
• Fundamental Rights
• Fundamental Duties
• The Directive Principles of State Polity
• The President
• The Prime Minister and Council of Ministers
• The Parliament
• The Supreme Court
• State Executive
• State Legislature
• High Court
• Union Territories
• Indian Federalism and Relations between the Union and Relations
• Reform of Centre state Relations
• Constitutional Amendments
• Civil Services under the Union and States
• Key Functionaries
• Provision for Minorities,Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
• Official Language
• Jammu and Kashmir
• India as a Secular, Democratic State
• Electoral Systems and Elections
• Panchayat Raj
• Community Development
• Schedules of the Constitution
• Indian Foreign Policy

5.Indian Economy

• Population
• Unemployment
• Economic Planning and Development
• National Income
• Poverty
• Price Policy and Inflation
• Agriculture
• Industry
• Public Finance and Fiscal Policy
• Money and Banking
• Foreign Trade and Foreign Exchange
• External Assistance
• Liberalisation and New Economic Policy
• Infrastructure

6.Current Events of National and International Importance

• National Events
• Economic Affairs
• India and the World
• International Events
• Science and Technology
• Award and Prizes
• Latest Books and Authors
• Sports and Games

7.General Science


Physics

• Physical Quantities, Standards and Units
• Mechanics and Properties of Matter
• Heat
• Wave Motion
• Electromagnetic Radiation
• Light and Sound
• Magnetism Static Electricity
• Current Electricity
• Atomic Physics
• Nuclear Physics
• Astronomy and Space Science

Chemistry

• Kinetic Theory of Matter
• Chemical Reactions and the Chemical Equations
• Structure of the Atom
• Periodic Table of Elements
• Chemical Bonding
• Oxidation and Reduction
• Oxygen and Air
• Hydrogen and Water
• Carbon and its Compound
• Nitrogen and its Compound
• Acids,Bases and Salts
• Occurrence of Metals
• Petroleum and Natural Gas
• Iron and Steel
• Colloids, Micelles and Nanotechnology
• Agriculture Chemistry
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Food Chemistry
• Bio Chemistry and Life Processes
• Polymer and Plastics
• Electrochemistry
• Biotechnology
• International Symbols of Units
• Carbohydrates
• Proteins and Nucleic Acids
• Nucleoproteins and Nucleic Acids
• Important Bio active Compounds
• Fats
• Important Laws of Governing Gases, Liquids and Solutions
• Bio terrorism
• Thermodynamics

Bio Science

• The Study of Life
• Cells and Cell Division
• Classifications of Living Organisms
• Organisation of Living Body
• Nutrition
• Respiration
• The Transport System
• Excretion of Metabolic Wastes
• Bio Communication
• Muscle Movement
• Skeletal System
• Reproduction
• Plant Growth and Development
• Genetics
• Plant Diseases
• Human Diseases and Defense Mechanism
• Environmental Biology
• Origin and Evolution of Life
• Drug abuse and all Alcoholism
• Animal Husbandry
• Plants and Human Welfare