BPSC Mains Syllabus
(GS Paper - 1)
GS - 1
(Section -1: History and Art & Culture)
Tribal Movement
1. Santhal Revolt
- Causes and impact of the revolt
- Comparative study of role of different leaders in Santhal Movement
- Significant contribution of Santhal revolt in Indian national movement
- Expansion of Santhal Movement in erstwhile Bihar
- Chief characteristics of Santhal revolt
- Critical assessment of Santhal revolt
2. Birsa Movement
- Causes of the Movement
- Impact of movement in Bihar
- Consequences of the movement
- Critical contribution of different leaders in Birsa movement
- Expansion of Birsa movement
- Relation of Sardari Movement and Birsa Movement
- Socio-religious impact of Birsa movement
- Changes in tribal administration post Birsa movement
3. Tribal Movements
- Chief characteristics of Tribal movements in India
- Expansion/Extension of Tribal movements
- Tribal movements as a messenger of God
- Contribution in freedom struggle
- Critical assessment of tribal movements
- Change in British policy post various watershed revolts
Revolt of 1857
- Causes and impact of the revolt
- Expansion of the revolt in Bihar
- Nature of the revolt
- Consolidation of the revolt in India
- Role of different leader in the revolt
- Role of Babu Kunwar Singh in the revolt
- Comparative studies of different historians/scholars about the revolt
- Critical assessment of the revolt
- Failure of the revolt
- Consequences of the revolt
- Philosophy of the revolt in relation to Indian national movement
- Role of women in the revolt
- Role of different social classes in the revolt
- Extent of the revolt
Peasant Movement
1. Peasant Movements
- Chief characteristics of the peasant's movement in India
- Impact of peasant movement in Bihar
- Philosophy of peasant movement in India
- Expansion and consolidation of peasant movement in India
- Causes and result of the peasant movement
2. Kisan Sabha
- Chief characteristics of Kisan Movement
- Growth and expansion of kisan movement in Bihar
- Role of different regional leaders of Bihar in Kisan movement
- Bakasht Andolan
- Swami Sahajanand Saraswati and Swami Shraddhanand Kisan Movement
- Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha
Indian National Movement
1. Working Class
- Importance of working class in freedom struggle
- Different trade unions in National movement
- Chief tenets of Working class
2. Kunwar Singh
- Chief characteristics and strategy of Kunwar Singh in freedom struggle
- Role of Kunwar Singh in consolidation of freedom struggle in relation to Bihar
- Impact of Kunwar Singh in Bihar
3. Role of different leaders in Indian National Movement
- Gandhi Ji
- Jawahar Lal Nehru
- Subhash Chandra Bose
- Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- JP Narayan, and other leaders
4. National Movements
- Swadeshi Aandolan
- Champaran Movement
- Bardoli Movement
- Ahmedabad Mill Strike
- Civil Disobedience Movement
- Non-Corporation Movement
- Quit India Movement
(Section - 2: International Relations)
1. India-USA
- Bilateral Relations
- Various area of cooperation
- Various area of conditionality
- Recent development in the relation
- Multilateralism role with USA
- Sectoral relation with USA under various domains like climate, investment, geostrategic, nuclear, etc
- Positive development post political change in USA
- Global stability, security and innovation growth with Indo-USA
- Democracy summit 2021 and various key takeaways
- Climate action and fund mobilization dialogue
2. Indo-China
- Significance of bilateral relation
- Upheaval of relation
- Various area of cooperation and competition
- Challenges pose by China
- Tibetan policy
- Post covid China - India relation opportunity
- China on Indian ocean (string of pearls)
- India's stand and strategy over China
- Indo-china role in world affairs
- China new border policy
3. Indo-Russia
- Time and tested relationship (50 years)
- Area of opportunity and sustenance of relation
- Multipronged and multi-strategically engagement outside India-Russia
- Space and science technology relation with Russia
- Multi axis of India and Russia with other stakeholder
- Russia supporting in Indo Pacific strategy
- India stand and support for Russia
- Critical assessment of Indo-Russia military exercise
4. Indo-Afghanistan
- Vested interest in Afghanistan and India's action
- Current status/stand of India post-Taliban position
- Implication of power axis change for India
- Role of multilateralism in Afghanistan
- Strategic significance of Afghanistan for India
- Changing area of coordination with India and Afghanistan
- Trade and promotion with new export regime developed
- Reflection of signal change in geopolitical dynamics
5. Indo-Nepal
- India policy towards Nepal cooperation and development
- Area of augmentation of relation
- Area of challenges posed by various externalities
- Relation post change in power in Nepal
- Nepal and China axis
- Further step and change in diplomacy required by India
6. Indo-Australia
- Rationale of first 2+2 dialogue
- Application of various policy amid geo political change in Indo Pacific with Australia
- Area of cooperation and multilateralism
- Political and economic integration
- Role and impact of India policy on Australia
- Various negotiated agreement with Australia
- Future collaborations
7. Indo-Bangladesh
- Evolution and assessment of Indo-Bangladesh relation (50 years)
- Contemporary changed relations seen so far
- Various issues and disputes
- Area of agreement
- Suggestion for India-Bangladesh relations
- International immigration and trade
- Bilateral relation
8. Indo-France
- Area of cooperation
- France role in Atmanirbhar Bharat
- Agreements involved between India and France
- Diaspora specification
- France role in space cooperation and digital space
- Global agendas
- Assessment of project 75I and defence coordination
(Section - 3: Statistical Analysis, Diagrams & Graphs)
1. Pie Chart
2. Tabular Diagram
3. Bar Diagram/graph
4. Basic of average chapter
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