STATE
SERVICE MAIN EXAMINATION
SYLLABUS
MPPSC
1. HISTORY AND CULTURE
2. GEOGRAPHY
3. WATER MANAGEMENT
4. DISASTER AND ITS MANAGEMENT
1. THE CONSTITUTION, THE POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNANCE.
2. SECURITY ISSUES:
3. SOCIAL & SOME IMPORTANT LEGISLATION:
4. SOCIAL SECTOR - HEALTH, EDUCATION & EMPOWERMENT:
5. EDUCATION SYSTEMS:
6. HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT:
7. WELFARE PROGRAMMES:
8. PUBLIC SERVICES:
9. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AND ACCOUNTS:
10. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
A. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. SCIENCE
2. TECHNOLOGY
3. EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
4. ENERGY
5. ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
B. REASONING AND DATA INTERPRETATION
C. INDIAN ECONOMY:
1. HUMAN NEEDS AND MOTIVATION ETHICS AND VALUES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION:
2. PHILOSOPHERS/THINKERS, SOCIAL WORKERS/ REFORMERS:
3. ATTITUDE:
4. APTITUDE:
5. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE:
6. CORRUPTION:
7. CASE STUDIES:
PAPER VI - (ESSAY)
PAPER
I -GENERAL STUDIES - (I)
1. HISTORY AND CULTURE
1.1 World History: Renaissance,
Revolution of England, French Revolution, Industrial Revolution Russian
Revolution. World War I and II.
1.2 Indian History: Political,
Economic and Social history of India from Harappa civilization to 10th Century
A.D.
1.3 Moguls and their administration,
the emergence of composite culture, Political, Economical and Social history of
Central India from 11th to 18th Century A.D.
1.4 Impact of British Rule on Indian
economy and society, Indian response to British Rule: Peasant and tribal
revolts, The First Struggle of Independence.
1.5 Indian 'Renaissance: The
Freedom, National Movement and its leaders (with special reference to M.P.).
1.6 Emergence of India as a
Republic, Reorganization of States, Formation of M.P. Major events of the
post-independence period.
1.7 Indian Culture, Heritage with
special reference to M.P.: Salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature, Festivals
& Architecture from ancient to modern times. World Heritage sites in India,
Tourism in Madhya Pradesh.
2. GEOGRAPHY
2.1 Salient features of the physical geography of India and
the world,
2.2 Distribution of key natural resources, Agro-climatic
zones, and Industries in M.P.
2.3 Demography of India and M.P.,
Tribes of Madhya Pradesh with particular reference to vulnerable tribes.
2.4 Agroecology and its relevance to
man, sustainable management and conservation. Major crops of the state,
holdings and cropping patterns, physical and social environment of crop
distribution and production. Issues and challenges related with quality and
supply of seed, manure, farming practices, horticulture, poultry, dairy,
fisheries and animal husbandry, etc. agriculture produce, transport, storage
and marketing in the state.
Soil: Physical, chemical and
biological properties, Soil process and factors of soil formation, mineral and
organic constituents of soil and their role in maintaining soil productivity.
Essential plant nutrients and other beneficial elements in soils and plants.
Problem soils and their reclamation methods. Problems of soil erosion and Soil
degradation in Madhya Pradesh. Soil conservation planning on a watershed basis.
2.5 Food processing and related
industries in India- scope and significance, location, upstream and downstream
requirements, supply chain management. Land reforms in India.
3. WATER MANAGEMENT
3.1 Groundwater and Watershed management.
3.2 Water usage and efficient irrigation systems.
3.3 Drinking Water: supply, factors of impurity of water and
quality management.
4. DISASTER AND ITS
MANAGEMENT
4.1 Man-made and Natural disasters:
Concept and scope of disaster management, specific hazards and mitigation.
4.2 Community planning: Resource
Mapping, Relief & Rehabilitation, preventive and administrative measures,
Safe construction, Alternative communication, and survival skills.
4.3 Case studies: Chernobyl Atomic
Plant Tragedy 1986, Bhopal Gas Tragedy 1984, Kutch Earthquake 2001, Indian
Tsunami 2004, Fukushima Daiichi Japan Nuclear Disaster 2011, Uttrakhand Flash
Flood 2013, Ujjain. Tragedy 1991, Allahabad Kumbh Stampcdc 2013, J & K
Flood 2011, etc.
PAPER
II -GENERAL STUDIES -(II)
1. THE CONSTITUTION, THE
POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNANCE.
1.1 Constitution drafting committee,
The Constitution of India, The Preamble, Basic Structure, Fundamental Rights
and Duties arid Directive principles of state policy, Schedules of the
Constitution, Constitutional amendments. Comparison of the Indian Constitution
with that of other countries.
1.2 Centre and State Legislature.
1.3 Centre and State Executive.
1.4 Judiciary - Supreme Court, High
Court, District, and Subordinate Courts, Contempt of Court.
1.5 Nature of the Indian Union,
Center-State Relations, Division of Power (Centre List, State List, and
Concurrent List). Distribution of resources.
1.6 Decentralization and peoples
participation in Democratic Governance. Local Self Government, 73rd and 74th
amendment of Constitution. The Panchayats, The Municipalities. (Rural and Urban
Local Governance)
1.7 Lokpal, Lokayukta, and Lok
Nyayalaya -Judiciary as a watchdog protecting the Constitutional Order-
Judicial Activism, Public Interest Litigation.
1.8 Accountability and Rights:
Competition Commission, Consumer Courts, Information Commission, Women Commission, Rights Commissions, SC/ ST/ OBC Commissions,
other redressed agencies/authorities. Transparency and Accountability, Right to
Information, Right to Services, Utilization of public funds.
1.9 Democracy at work, Political
Parties, Political Representation, Citizens Participation in Decision Making.
1.10 Elections, Election Commission,
Electoral reforms.
1.11 Emergence of Community-Based
Organizations (CBOs) and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs); Self Help Groups.
1.12 Issues and the role of media
(Electronic, Print, and Social)
2. SECURITY ISSUES:
3. SOCIAL & SOME
IMPORTANT LEGISLATION:
3.1 Indian society, Social Legislation as an instrument of
Social Change.
3.2 The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
3.3 Protection to Women Women & Criminal Law [Under
Indian Constitution Law & criminal Procedure code]
3.4 Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act-2005
3.5 The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955,
3.6 The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes
(Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989,
3.7 Right to Information Act, 2005,
3.8 Environment (Protection) Act, 1986,
3.9 The Consumer Protection Act, 1986,
3.10 Information Technology Act, 2000,
3.11 The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
3.12 The Madhya Pradesh Lok Sewaon ke Pradan ki Guarantee
Adhiniyam-2010
4. SOCIAL SECTOR -
HEALTH, EDUCATION & EMPOWERMENT:
4.1 Health services, Preventive and
curative health programs in India / M.P. with an emphasis on children and
women's health. Issues related to the availability of curative health to all.
Availability of doctor 8r. Paramedical
staff. Health services in the rural area.
4.2 Malnutrition, its causes and
effects and Govt. programs for Supplementary Nutrition
4.3 The technological interventions
in the field of Immunology, Immunization, Family health, Biotechnology,
Communicable and non-communicable diseases, and remedies.
4.5 W.H.O.Objectives, Structures,
functions, and programs.
5. EDUCATION SYSTEMS:
Education
as a tool of HR development, Universal elementary education, Quality of higher
and Technical, Vocational Education. Issues related to girls education,
underprivileged classes and differently abled classes.
6. HUMAN RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT:
Availability
of skilled manpower, employability, and productivity of human resource of
India, trends of employment, the role of institutions like NCHER, NCERT, NIEPA,
UGC, Open Universities, AICTE, NCTE, NCVT, ICAR, IITs, NITs. NLUs, IIMs,
Polytechnic and ITIs, etc. and human resource development.
7. WELFARE PROGRAMMES:
Welfare
programs and Issues related to -Aged people, Differently able people, Children,
Women, Labour, Socially deprived Classes and Displaced groups of developmental
projects.
8. PUBLIC SERVICES:
Public
Services, All India Services, Central Services, State Services, Constitutional
Positions; Role and function, nature of the function, Union Public Service
Commission, M.P. State Public Service Commission. Training and Training
Institutions of State and Centre in the context of changing governance pattern.
9. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AND
ACCOUNTS:
Control
over public Expenditure, Parliamentary control, Estimate Committee, Public
Accounts Committee, etc. Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of
India, Role of Finance Ministry in Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Composition and the function of Accountant General of M.P.
10. INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS:
10.1 UN and its associated
organizations.
10.2 IMF, The World Bank, and Asian
Development Bank
10.3 SAARC, BRICS, other Bilateral
and Regional Groupings
10.4 WTO and its impact on India.
PAPER
III - GENERAL STUDIES -(III)
A. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. SCIENCE
1.1 Matter in our surroundings,
Elements, Compounds, Mixtures, Metals and Non-metals, Carbon and its compounds,
Molecules, Atoms, Structure of atom. Chemical reactions, Acids, Bases, and
Salts.
1.2 Organism, Types of organisms,
Tissues, Fundamental unit of life-Cell, Life processes', Metabolism, Control
and Coordination, Reproduction, Heredity, and Evolution.
1.3 Gravitation, Motions, Force,
Laws of Motion, Work and Energy, Light, Sound, Electricity, and Magnetism.
2. TECHNOLOGY
2.1 Applications of Science and
Technology in Social and Economic development, Indigenous technology, Transfer
of technology and developing new Technologies.
2.2 Patents and Intellectual
Property Rights. (TRIPS &TRIMS).
2.3 Contribution of Indians in the
field of Science and Technology.
3. EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
3.1 Emerging technologies like
Information and Communication Technology, Remote sensing, Space, GIS, GPS,
Biotechnology & Nano-technology: their application in the field of
Agriculture and Allied sectors, Health, E-Governance, Transport, Spatial
Planning, Housing, Sports, etc.
4. ENERGY
4.1 Conventional and
Non-Conventional sources of energy.
4.2 Energy Management: Issues and
challenges.
4.3 Current status of alternative
sources of energy and their future prospects.
5. ENVIRONMENT AND
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
5.1 Environmental degradation: its
causes, effects, and remedies.
5.2 Environment protection laws,
Policies and regulatory framework.
5.3 The Environment - development
debate.
5.4 Solid, Effluent, Sewer, Medical,
Hazardous and E-waste management.
5.5 Climate change: Causes and
Remedial measures.
5.6 Ecological Prints and Coping
strategies.
B. REASONING AND DATA INTERPRETATION
1. Basic numeracy and Statistics
(numbers and their relations), Probability.
2. Data handling and Interpretation
(charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency, etc.).
3. Ratio and Proportion, Unitary method,
Profit and Loss, Percentage, Discount, Simple and Compound Interest.
4. Mensuration: Area, Perimeter
Volume.
5. Logical reasoning, Analytical
ability, and Problem-solving.
C. INDIAN ECONOMY:
1. Development Experience of India.
2. Causes of low Industrialization
in MP.
3. Economic reforms since 1991:
Industrial and Financial sector reforms, stock market and Ranking systems.
4. Liberalization, Privatisation,
and Globalization.
5. Current trends and challenges in
the Indian Economy.
6. Development planning in India.
7. National Income and Accounting
System.
8. Infrastructural development and
issues.
9. Poverty, Unemployment, Regional
Imbalances, and Migration.
10. Urban issues, Urban development
(social and economic infrastructure) and Housing for Low Income Groups.
11. Rural issues, Rural development
(Social and economic infrastructure) and Rural Credit.
12. Indicator of development, Human
development & Economic development.
13. The co-operative movement in
India and M.P.
14. Importance of agriculture in
M.P. and Indian economy.
15. Factors of economic development.
16. Issues of Direct and Indirect
Subsidy for the farm sector and other social sectors.
17. Public Distribution System:
Objective, Functioning, Limitation, Issues of Buffer Stock and Food Security.
PAPER
IV - GENERAL STUDIES - (IV)
1. HUMAN NEEDS AND
MOTIVATION ETHICS AND VALUES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION:
Ethical
elements in governance - integrity, accountability, and transparency, ethical
reasoning and moral dilemmas, conscience as sources of ethical guidance. code
of conduct for civil servants, values in governance.
2. PHILOSOPHERS/THINKERS,
SOCIAL WORKERS/ REFORMERS:
Mahavir,
Buddha, Kautilya, Plato, Aristotle, Gurunanak, Kabir, Tulsidas, Ravindra Nath
Tagore, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Swami Dayanand Saraswati, Swami Vivekanand, Sri
Aurobindo, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Sarvpalli Radhakrishnan, Bhimrao Ramji
Ambedkar, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, Ram Manohar Lohiya,
etc.
3. ATTITUDE:
Content,
Elements, Function Formation of attitude, attitudinal change, persuasive
communication, Prejudice and discrimination, Stereotypes in the Indian context.
4. APTITUDE:
Aptitude
and foundational values for Civil Service, integrity, impartiality and
non-partisanship, objectivity, dedication to public service, empathy, tolerance
and compassion towards the weaker-sections.
5. EMOTIONAL
INTELLIGENCE:
Emotional
intelligence-concepts, their utilities, and application in Administration and
Governance.
6. CORRUPTION:
Types
and Causes of corruption, effects of corruption, approaches to minimizing
corruption, the role of society, media, family, whistleblower, UN Convention on
Corruption, measuring corruption; Transparency International, etc.
7. CASE STUDIES:
Based
on the contents on the syllabus.
PAPER
V - (HINDI)
Administrative
Vocabulary,
Hindi
to English and English to Hindi Translation
PAPER
VI - (ESSAY)
