General Hindi — 50 marks

1. निबंध — 15 marks
2. व्याकरण — 15 marks
3. वाक्य विन्यास — 10 marks
4. संक्षेपण — 10 marks

General English — 50 marks

1. Essay of approximately 400 words — 15 marks
2. Grammar — 15 marks
3. Sentence construction and comprehension — 10 marks
4. Precis writing — 10 marks

Section A: Language history, grammar and development

1. Origin and evolution
2. Historical background
3. Dialects and varieties
4. Grammar and syntax
5. Phonetics
6. Script and standardisation
7. Development and cultural role in Jharkhand

Section B: Literature

1. History and literary periods
2. Poetry
3. Prose
4. Drama
5. Folk literature and oral traditions
6. Major authors and prescribed texts

History: Ancient India

1. Indus Valley Civilisation
2. Origin of the Aryans
3. Vedic literature and Early Vedic society, economy and religion
4. Lichchavis and republican constitution
5. Rise of Magadha
6. Mauryan Empire, Kalinga War, Ashoka’s Dhamma, foreign policy, art and architecture
7. Kushanas and Kanishka
8. Guptas
9. Harshavardhana
10. Cholas
11. Pallava cultural achievements

History: Medieval India

1. Arab and Ghaznavid invasions
2. Delhi Sultanate: Alauddin Khilji and Muhammad bin Tughlaq
3. Mongol invasions
4. Sufism and Bhakti movement
5. Indo-Islamic architecture; development of Urdu and Hindi
6. Mughals: Panipat, Sher Shah, Akbar, Aurangzeb, administration, art, architecture and economy
7. Marathas and Shivaji

History: Modern India and Jharkhand

1. European settlements, East India Company, Plassey, Buxar, Mysore, Subsidiary Alliance and Doctrine of Lapse
2. Peasant and tribal resistance; Revolt of 1857
3. Hindu and Muslim reform movements
4. Women’s status and reform legislation
5. British land revenue systems
6. Nationalism, INC, Swadeshi, Home Rule and Khilafat
7. Gandhian mass movements
8. Partition and post-Independence integration
9. Sarana, Sadan and Nagpuri language
10. Jharkhand tribal revolts, Birsa, Tana Bhagat and the freedom movement

Geography

1. Earth origin, interior, continental drift, plate tectonics, volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis
2. Rocks, landforms, geomorphic processes and landscape cycles
3. Atmosphere, heat budget, temperature, air masses, fronts, cyclones, rainfall and climate classification
4. Hydrological cycle, oceans, waves, tides and currents
5. Indian physiography, drainage, monsoon, agriculture, forests, soils and hazards
6. Population, settlements and human development
7. Land, water, minerals, energy, industry, transport and trade
8. Jharkhand geology, drainage, climate, soils, forests, agriculture, minerals, population, tribes, industry, settlements and pollution

State focus: 40% of the questions relate to Jharkhand.

Section A: Indian Constitution and Polity

1. Preamble, constitutional philosophy and salient features
2. Public Interest Litigation and basic structure
3. Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles
4. Union Executive, Legislature and Judiciary
5. State Executive, Legislature and Judiciary, with special reference to Jharkhand
6. Panchayats, municipalities, 73rd and 74th Amendments
7. Centre–State relations
8. Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribal Areas
9. Reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
10. Emergency provisions, CAG, Election Commission, political parties and pressure groups

Section B: Public Administration and Good Governance

1. Meaning, scope and significance of public administration; public and private administration
2. Union, state and district administration
3. Personnel administration, civil services, training, leadership, morale and productivity
4. Delegation, centralisation and decentralisation
5. Bureaucracy, policy formulation and implementation
6. Development administration
7. Disaster management
8. Good governance, accountability, transparency and people’s participation
9. Grievance redress: Lokpal, Lokayukta, CVC and Citizens’ Charter
10. Right to Service, RTI, RTE, Consumer Protection, domestic violence and old-age legislation
11. Human rights, NHRC, SHRC, social issues and terrorism

Group A: Basic Features of Indian Economy

1. National income concepts and calculation
2. Inflation and control measures
3. Demographic features and population policy
4. Agriculture, productivity, Green and Rainbow Revolutions, WTO, marketing and pricing
5. Industrial economy
6. Public finance, taxation and expenditure
7. Budgeting and fiscal policy
8. Centre–State fiscal relations and Finance Commission
9. Monetary and banking system
10. Foreign trade and balance of payments

Group B: Sustainable Development and Development Strategy

1. Economic development and indicators including HDI, GDI and GEM
2. Foreign capital and technology
3. Sustainable development, Green GDP and policy
4. Inclusive growth
5. Marginalised groups and development schemes
6. Poverty and unemployment
7. Food and nutritional security
8. Planning and decentralised planning

Group C: Economic Reforms

1. Liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation
2. IMF, World Bank and WTO
3. Financial and banking reforms; rural credit, SHGs, microfinance, NABARD, RRBs and inclusion
4. FDI and FII
5. Agricultural reforms, subsidies and agrarian crisis
6. Industrial policy, SMEs, public enterprises, disinvestment and privatisation

Group D: Economy of Jharkhand

1. Growth, sectoral composition, SDP and per-capita NSDP
2. Population, workforce, literacy and rural–urban composition
3. Poverty, unemployment, food security, malnutrition, education and health
4. Agricultural and rural development schemes
5. Land, forests, displacement, tribal land alienation and Forest Rights Act
6. State planning, public finance, industrial policy and industrial development

Group A: Physical Science

1. MKS, CGS and SI units
2. Speed, velocity, gravity, mass, weight, force, impact, work, power and energy
3. Solar system, Earth and Moon, eclipses
4. Sound, wavelength, frequency, infrasonic and ultrasonic sound and applications

Group B: Life Science

1. Living world, cell structure and diversity
2. Biomolecules, vitamins, enzymes and hormones
3. Cell cycle, mitosis and meiosis
4. Inheritance, DNA, protein synthesis, gene regulation and differentiation
5. Evolution of life and human evolution

Group C: Agriculture Science

1. Jharkhand agro-climatic zones, rainfall and abiotic stresses
2. Rain-fed agriculture, crops, diversification, water harvesting and fish farming
3. Soil fertility, vermicompost, farmyard manure, nitrogen-fixing bacteria and organic farming
4. Agroforestry, wasteland reclamation and farmer schemes

Group D: Environmental Science

1. Ecosystems and natural resources
2. In-situ and ex-situ conservation
3. Air, water, noise and soil pollution; solid waste
4. Biodiversity, hotspots and threats
5. Climate change, global warming, ozone depletion, acid rain and desertification
6. Environment, Air, Water and Forest Conservation laws

Group E: Science and Technology Development

1. National science and technology policy and energy sources
2. Nuclear energy, nuclear policy, NPT and CTBT
3. Indian space and missile programmes
4. Remote sensing and GIS
5. Biotechnology, applications and possible adverse effects
6. Information technology, computers, cybercrime and cyber laws
7. National Health Policy and disease-control programmes