General Studies Paper I Syllabus

1. Current events of national and international importance

2. History of India and Indian national movement
3. Indian and World Geography- Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and
the world
4. Indian Polity and Governance – Constitution, Political system, Panchayati Raj,
Public Policy, Rights issues, etc.
5. Economic and Social development – sustainable development, poverty, inclusion,
demographics, social sector initiatives etc.
6. General issues on environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate change-that
donot require subject specialization
7. General science

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1. Comprehension
2. Interpersonal skills including communication skills
3. Logical reasoning and analytical ability
4. Decision making and problem solving
5. General mental ability
6. Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc.) (Class X
level), Data Interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. – Class X
level)
7. English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level)
8. Questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level.
(will be tested through passages from English language only without providing
Hindi translation)

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Economics Main Syllabus

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Part-I
1. Advanced Micro Economics:
(a) Marshallian and Walrasiam Approaches to Price determination.
(b) Alternative Distribution Theories: Ricardo, Kaldor, Kaleeki
(c) Markets Structure: Monopolistic Competition, Duopoly, Oligopoly.
(d) Modern Welfare Criteria: Pareto Hicks & Scitovsky, Arrow's Impossibility
Theorem, A.K. Sen'sSocial Welfare Function.
2. Advanced Macro Economics: Approaches to Employment Income and
Interest Rate determination:Classical, Keynes (IS-LM) curve, Neo classical
synthesis and New classical, Theories of Interest Ratedetermination and
Interest Rate Structure.
3. Money - Banking and Finance:
(a) Demand for and Supply of Money: Money Multiplier Quantity Theory of
Money (Fisher, Pique andFriedman) and Keyne's Theory on Demand for
Money, Goals and Instruments of MonetaryManagement in Closed and Open
Economies. Relation between the Central Bank and the Treasury.Proposal for
ceiling on growth rate of money.
(b) Public Finance and its Role in Market Economy: In stabilization of supply,
allocation of resources and in distribution and development. Sources of
Govt. revenue, forms of Taxes and Subsidies, their incidence and effects.
Limits to taxation, loans, crowding- out effects and limits to borrowings.
Public Expenditure and its effects.
4. International Economics:
(a) Old and New Theories of International Trade
(i) Comparative Advantage
(ii) Terms of Trade and Offer Curve.
(iii)Product Cycle and Strategic Trade Theories.
(iv)Trade as an engine of growth and theories of under development in an
open economy.
(b) Forms of Protection: Tariff and quota.(c) Balance of Payments
Adjustments: Alternative Approaches.
(i) Price versus income, income adjustments under fixed exchange rates,
(ii) Theories of Policy Mix
(iii)Exchange rate adjustments under capital mobility
(iv) Floating Rates and their Implications for Developing Countries: Currency
Boards.
(v) Trade Policy and Developing Countries.
(vi) BOP, adjustments and Policy Coordination in open economy macro-
model. (vii) Speculativeattacks
(viii) Trade Blocks and Monetary Unions. (ix) WTO: TRIMS, TRIPS, Domestic
Measures, DifferentRounds of WTO talks.
5. Growth and Development:
a) (i) Theories of growth: Harrod's model,
(ii) Lewis model of development with surplus labour
(iii) Balanced and Unbalanced growth,
(iv) Human Capital and Economic Growth.
(v) Research and Development and Economic Growth
(b) Process of Economic Development of Less developed countries: Myrdal
and Kuzments oneconomic development and structural change: Role of
Agriculture in EconomicDevelopment of less developed countries.
(c) Economic development and International Trade and Investment, Role of
Multinationals.
(d) Planning and Economic Development: changing role of Markets and
Planning, PrivatePublicPartnership
(e) Welfare indicators and measures of growth - Human Development
Indices. The basic needsapproach.
(f) Development and Environmental Sustainability - Renewable and Non
Renewable Resources,Environmental Degradation, Intergenerational equity
development.
PART II
1. Indian Economy in PreIndependence Era: Land System and its
changes, Commercialization ofagriculture, Drain theory, Laissez faire theory
and critique. Manufacture and Transport: Jute, Cotton,Railways, Money and
Credit.
2. Indian Economy after Independence:
A. The Pre Liberalization Era:
Contribution of Vakil, Gadgil and V.K.R.V. Rao.Agriculture: Land Reforms and
land tenure system, Green Revolution and capital formation
inagriculture,Industry Trends in composition and growth, Role of public and
private sector, Small scale and cottageindustries.National and Per capita
income: patterns, trends, aggregate and Sectoral composition and
changestheirin.Broad factors determining National Income and distribution,
Measures of poverty, Trends in povertyand inequality.
B. The Post Liberalization Era:
New Economic Reform and Agriculture: Agriculture and WTO, Food processing, Subsidies,Agricultural prices and public
distribution system, Impact of public expenditure on agricultural growth.New Economic Policy and Industry: Strategy of
industrialization, Privatization, Disinvestments, Roleof foreign direct investment and multinationals.New Economic Policy
and Trade: Intellectual property rights: Implications of TRIPS, TRIMS, GATSand new EXIM policy.New Exchange Rate
Regime: Partial and full convertibility, Capital account convertibility.New Economic Policy and Public Finance: Fiscal
Responsibility Act, Twelfth Finance Commission andFiscal Federalism and Fiscal Consolidation.New Economic Policy and
Monetary system. Role of RBI under the new regime.Planning: From central Planning to indicative planning, Relation
between planning and markets forgrowth and decentralized planning: 73rd and 74th Constitutional amendments.New
Economic Policy and Employment: Employment and poverty, Rural wages, EmploymentGeneration, Poverty alleviation
schemes, New Rural Employment Guarantee Schem

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