SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY
UPSC – GENERAL STUDIES - PRELIMINARY TEST BATCH 2017 SCHEDULE FOR
ANNA NAGAR WEEKEND EXCLUSIVE TEST BATCH
TEST
1.
DATE
22.01.2017
TEST
NO.
TOPICS
CURRENT INDIA YEAR
AFFAIRS BOOK - 2016
TEST 1
INDIAN POLITY– TEST 1
1. Historical Background, 2. Salient Features of
Indian Constitution, 3. Preamble, 4. Citizenship,
5. Fundamental Rights, 6. Directive Principles of
State Policy, 7.Fundamental Duties
NCERT - VI to XII std.
JANUARY 2016
INDIAN POLITY +
ANDHRA PRADESH
FEBRUARY
2016
CULTURE AND
TOURISM +
CHATTISGARH
APRIL
2016
FINANCE + BASIC
ECONOMIC DATA
2.
29.01.2017
TEST 2
INDIAN HISTORY - MODERN INDIA- TEST 1
1. Arrival of Europeans, 2. Early English wars–
Carnatic, Plassey, Buxar, 3. Early structure of
British Empire 4. Constitutional Developments
(From 1773 to1858), 5. Maratha Wars and Mysore
wars 6. Governor Generals (From Robert Clive to
Lord Dalhousie their Administration, reforms
etc.), 7. Administration during Company period,
Education policy, Famine policy, Press regulation
etc., 8. Tribal and Peasant Uprisings till 1857,
9. Revolt of 1857, 10. Socio Religious Reform
Movements (Entirely)
NCERT - VI to XII std.
3.
05.02.2017
TEST 3
ECONOMICS –TEST 1
1. National Income, 2. Growth and Development,
3. Public Finance, 4. Money and Inflation,
1
5. Banking, 6. Money Market
NCERT IX to XII std.
4.
5.
12.02.2017
19.02.2017
TEST 4
SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION –
– TEST 1
1. International Organizations – United Nations
(Organs, Agencies, Programmes, and Funds),
Regional Organizations and Nuclear
Organizations, Treaties and conventions,
2. Science and technology – Nuclear Technology,
Space Technology, Defence Technology,
NCERT SCIENCE VI TO X
NCERT XI - Physics - Chapter 01- Physics World,
Chapter 06 - Work, Energy and Power,
Chapter 08- Gravitation, Chapter 15 - Sounds and
Doppler effects
NCERT XI - Chemistry -Chapter 14Environmental Chemistry
NCERT XII - Physics - Chapter 09- Ray optics and
Optical Instruments, Chapter 10 - Wave optics
TEST 5
INDIAN HISTORY - MODERN INDIA –TEST 2
1. Pre Congress political parties, Indian National
Congress - Early Leaders and their Contributions,
2. Phase of Moderates and Extremists,
3. Swadeshi and National Movement, 4. Period of
Revolutionary Movements, 5. Arrival of Gandhi,
his early successes in South Africa and his Early
experiments in India, 6. Non-Cooperation
Movement and Temple entry movements,
7. Civil Disobedience Movement, 8. Developments
to Government of India Act 1935 (Simon
Commission, Round Table Congress, Poona pact),
9. 1937 Election and Formation of Congress
Ministries in Provinces, 10. Transfer of power
issues (From 1940 to 1947), 11. Rise of
capitalism and Rise of Trade Union Movements,
MAY 2016
SCIENTIFIC AND
TECHNOLOGICAL
DEVELOPMENT
+DEFENCE
JULY 2016
UTTARPRADESH +
WEST BENGAL +
UNION
TERRITORIES
2
12. Rise of Communalism, 13. Other Political
Parties during National Movement,
NCERT VI to XII std.
6.
7.
26.02.2017
05.03.2017
TEST 6
TEST 8
INDIAN POLITY –TEST 2
1.The Union, 2.The States, 3.The Union
Territories, 4. The Scheduled and Tribal Areas,
5. Relations between the Union and the States,
6. Emergency Provisions, 7. Amendment of the
Constitution
NCERT VI to XII std.
ECONOMICS – TEST 2
1. External sector, 2. Planning 3. Agriculture,
4. Industry, 5. Infrastructure, 6. Service Sector,
7. Social Sector, 8. Contemporary Economic
Issues in India and the World
JUNE 2016
LAW AND JUSTICE+
CORPORATE
AFFAIRS +
ARUNACHAL
PRADESH
SEPTEMBER
2016
PLANNING
+AGRICULRURE+
COMMERCE
DECEMBER
2016
NATIONAL
SYMBOLS + GOA
NOVEMBER
2016
RURAL AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT +
ASSAM
NCERT IX to XII std.
8.
12.03.2017
TEST 9
INDIAN HISTORY – ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL
HISTORY –TEST 3
1. Pre History, 2. Indus Valley Civilization,
3. Vedic Period (early and later Vedic),
4. Mahajanapadas, 5. Mauryan Period, 6. Dark age
( 300 BC to 300 AD), 7. Gupta Period, 8. Post
Gupta period till Harsha Vardhana, 9.Ancient
Indian religion and philosophy (Buddhism,
Jainism and others), Six Philosophical schools,
10. Early Medieval India (including Cholas),
11. Delhi Sultanate, 12. Bhakthi and Sufi
movements 13. Regional Kingdoms of 14th and
15th Century (including Bahamani and
Vijayanagar), 14.Mughals, 15. Marathas 16. Later
Mughals, 17. Art and Culture (From Ancient times
to Modern history )
NCERT VI to XII std.
9.
19.03.2017
TEST 10
INDIAN POLITY – TEST 3
1. The Panchayats, 2. The Municipalities,
3. Indian Judiciary, 4. Tribunals, 5. Elections
3
6. Languages 7. Constitutional and extra
Constitutional bodies, 8. Rights issues,
9. Public policy, 10. Governance
NCERT VI to XII std.
10.
11.
26.03.2017
02.04.2017
TEST 7
TEST 11
GEOGRAPHY - PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY – TEST 1
GEOMORPHOLOGY, CLIMATOLOGY AND
CLIMATIC REGIONS AND OCEANOGRAPHY
1. Origin of universe, 2. Evolution of Earth,
3. Earth’s structure, 4. Volcanoes and
Earthquakes 5. Continents and Ocean Basins,
6.Earth movements, 7. Mountains, Plateaus,
Plains and Lakes, 8. Rocks, Soils and Minerals,
9. Drainage System and Pattern, 10. Various
Landforms, 11. Reliefs of Ocean Basin, 12.
Temperature and Salinity of Ocean, 13. Ocean
deposits, 14. Ocean tides and currents, 15. Coral
reefs, 16. Marine Resources, 17. Structure and
composition of atmosphere, 18. Insolation and
Heat Budget of atmoshphere , 19. Temperature
and its distribution, 20. Atmospheric pressure
and its circulation, 21. Wind system, 22.
Humidity and precipitation, 23. Frontogenesis
and cyclones, 24. World Climatic Regions
(Location, distribution, climate, vegetation,
wildlife, people, economic activities)
NCERT VI to XII std.
GEOGRAPHY - INDIAN GEOGRAPHY - I –TEST 2
1. Geological structure, 2. Physiography,
3. Drainage, 4.Climate 5.Natural Vegetation and
Wildlife, 6. Soils
MARCH
2016
ORISSA + PUNJAB +
RAJASTHAN +
SIKKIM
AUGUST 2016
LAND AND THE
PEOPLE + GUJARAT
AND HARYANA
OCTOBER
2016
HIMACHAL
PRADESH + JAMMU
AND KASHMIR +
JHARKHAND +
NCERT VI to XII std.
12.
09.04.2017
TEST 12
ENVIRONMENT - TEST 1
1.Ecology, 2.Ecosystem – Types and Functions, 3.
Environment Impact Assessment,
4. Biodiversity concepts, 5. Indian Biodiversity –
4
Flora and Fauna (both terrestrial and aquatic), 6.
Conservation and Initiatives 7. Agriculture in
Environmental perspective
KARNATAKA
NCERT VI to XII std.
13.
14.
16.04.2017
23.04.2017
TEST 13
SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION –
TEST 2
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS-Ideological and
Political organizations, Financial and Trade
organizations, Cultural and Religious
organizations,
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY– General Science
and recent developments, Nano Technology,
Biotechnology, Robotics, Green Technology,
Health and Hygiene, Intellectual Property Rights,
Electrical and Electronics Technology,
Information Technology
NCERT SCIENCE XI and X
NCERT XII - Chemistry -Chapter 14- Biomolecules, Chapter 15 - Polymers, Chapter 16Chemistry in Everyday life.
NCERT XI - Biology -Chapter 01- Classification of
living organisms, Chapter 03 - Cellular Biology,
Chapter 04 - Plant Physiology,
Chapter 05- Inheritance and Variance
NCERT XI - Biology -Chapter 06 - Human
Genome Project and DNA finger prints (Molecular
basis of Inheritance), Chapter 08- Human Health,
Chapter 09 - Food Production Enhancement,
Chapter 10 - Microbes in Human Welfare,
Chapter 13- Organisms and Population,
Chapter 12 - Biotechnology and its applications
TEST 14
GEOGRAPHY–INDIAN GEOGRAPHY – II –TEST 3
1. Population, 2. Resources, 3. Irrigation and
Agriculture, 4. Industries, 5. Transport 6. Trade
and other Economic Activities.
FEBRUARY
2017
INDIA AND THE
WORLD +
COMMUNICATION
AND INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY +
KERALA + MADHYA
PRADESH +
MAHARASHTRA
JANUARY 2017
ENERGY +
INDUSTRY +
TRANSPORT +
WATER
5
RESOURCES
15.
30.04.2017
TEST 15
ENVIRONMENT II – TEST 2
1. Climate Change – Concepts, Causes, Effects,
Mitigation strategies, 2. India and International
Climate Change negotiations and its initiatives,
3. Environment organizations, Treaties,
Conventions and Summits, 4. Environmental
Governance (Institutions, Acts, Policies),
5. Impact of Environmental issues on Health of
Organisms, 6. Pollution
JANUARY 2016
TO JUNE 2016
ENVIRONMENT +
MANIPUR +
MEGHALAYA +
MIZORAM +
NAGALAND
POLITY - Complete Syllabus – Online Test
JULY 2016 TO
DECEMBER
2016
LABOUR, SKILL
DEVELOPMENT
AND EMPLOYMENT
+ BIHAR
HISTORY - Complete Syllabus – Online Test
JANUARY
ANDFEBRUARY
2017
MASS
COMMUNICATION+
YOUTH AFFAIRS
MARCH 2017
TAMILNADU +
TELANGANA +
TRIPURA +
UTTARKHAND
NCERT VI to XII std.
16.
17.
18.
28.03.2017
11.04.2017
25.04.2017
TEST 16
TEST 17
TEST 18
GEOGRAPHY - Complete Syllabus – Online Test
19.
02.05.2017
TEST 19
ECONOMICS - Complete Syllabus – Online Test
APRIL 2017
HEALTH AND
FAMILY WELFARE +
HOUSING+ FOOD
AND CIVIL
SUPPLIES+
EDUCATION +
WELFARE
20.
20.04.2017
TEST 20
CURRENT AFFAIRS – I - ONLINE TEST
-
-
21.
09.05.2017
TEST 21
ECONOMIC SURVEY AND BUDGET - – Online Test
-
-
22.
11.05.2017
TEST 22
CURRENT AFFAIRS – II - ONLINE TEST
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6
UPSC – PRELIMINARY TEST BATCH - 2017- MOCK TEST
TEST
DATE
SUBJECT
TOPICS
1.
13.05.2017
MOCK TEST – I
COMPLETE SYLLABUS (PAPER I AND PAPER II)
2.
20.05.2017
MOCK TEST – II
COMPLETE SYLLABUS (PAPER I AND PAPER II)
3.
28.05.2016
MOCK TEST – III
COMPLETE SYLLABUS (PAPER I AND PAPER II)
4.
04.06.2017
MOCK TEST – IV
COMPLETE SYLLABUS (PAPER I AND PAPER II)
5.
11.06.2017
MOCK TEST – V
COMPLETE SYLLABUS (PAPER I AND PAPER II)
Note :
1. From NCERT books only respective topics will be covered in all tests
2. Test timing – 4.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
3. Discussion – 6.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
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