TNPSC Group 1 Syllabus 2018 Topics for Pre/Mains Group 1 Exam Preparation

UNIT – I ­ General science

TNPSC group 1 syllabus 2018: Physics 

• Universe
• General  Scientific  laws
• Scientific  instruments
• Inventions  and  discoveries
• National  scientific laboratories
• Science  glossary
• Mechanics properties of matter
• Physical quantities
• standards and units
• Force, motion and energy
• electricity  and  Magnetism

• Heat
• Light
• Sound
• Atomic
• nuclear physics
• Solid State Physics
• Spectroscopy
• Geophysics
• Astronomy and space  science
• electronics  &  communications

Chemistry

• Elements and Compounds
• Acids
• bases and salts
• Oxidation and reduction
• Chemistry  of  ores  and  metals
• Carbon
• nitrogen  and  their  compounds

• Fertilizers
• Pesticides
• Insecticides
• Biochemistry  and  biotechnology
• Electrochemistry
• Polymers  and plastics

Botany

• Main Concepts of life science
• The cell
• basic unit of life
• Classification of living  organism
• Nutrition  and  dietetics

• Respiration
• Excretion  of  metabolic
• Waste
• Bio‐ communication

Zoology

• Blood and blood circulation
• Endocrine system
• Reproductive system
• Genetics  the science of heredity
• Environment
• Ecology
• health and hygiene
• Bio‐ diversity and its  conservation

• prevention  and  remedies
• Communicable  diseases  and  non‐  communicable  diseases
• Alcoholism  and  drug  abuse
• Animals
• plants  and  human  life
• Human  diseases

TNPSC group 1 prelims syllabus: UNIT ­ II. Current Events

• History
• Political Science
• Geography

• Economics
• science

Group 1 TNPSC syllabus: UNIT – III Geography ­

• Earth and Universe
• Solar system
• Atmosphere hydrosphere
• Lithosphere
• Monsoon
• Rainfall
• weather and climate
• Water resources
• rivers in India
• Soil,  minerals  &  natural  resources
• Natural  vegetation‐Forest  &  wildlife

• Social  geography  population
• density and distribution
• Natural calamities
• disaster management‐Climate  change
• impact and consequences
• mitigation measures
• Pollution Control
• Agricultural 18 pattern
• livestock  &  fisheries‐Transport  &  communication

TNPSC syllabus group 1: UNIT -IV History and culture of India

• Pre‐historic  events
• Indus  valley  civilization
• Vedic
• Aryan  and  Sangam  age
• Maurya  dynasty
• Buddhism  and  Jainism Guptas
• Delhi Sultans
• Mughals and Marathas
• Age of Vijayanagaram and the bahmanis
• South  Indian  history
• Culture  and  Heritage  of  Tamil  people

• Expansion  and  consolidation  of  British  rule
• Effect  of  British  rule  on  socio
• economic  factors
• Social  reforms  and  religious  movements
• India  since  independence
• Characteristics  of  Indian  culture
• Unity  in  diversity
• race,  colour,  language etc
• Advent  of  European  invasion

Group 1 syllabus 2018 TNPSC: UNIT – V ­ INDIAN POLITY

• Constitution of India
• Preamble to the constitution
• Salient  features  of  constitution
• Union, State and  territory
• Citizenship‐rights amend  duties
• Fundamental  rights
• Fundamental  duties
• Human  rights  charter
• Union  legislature
• Parliament
• State  executive
• State  Legislature

• Tamil Nadu
• Judiciary in India
• Rule  of  law/Due  process  of  law
• Indian  federalism
• Center
• state  relations
• Emergency provisions
• Civil services in  India etc
• Assembly
• Status  of  Jammu & Kashmir
• Local government
• panchayat raj

TNPSC group 1 2018 syllabus: UNIT – VI ­ INDIAN ECONOMY

• Nature of Indian economy
• Five‐year plan models
• an  assessment
• Land  reforms  &  agriculture
• Application  of  science  in  agriculture
• Industrial  growth
• Capital  formation  and  investment
• Role  of  public  sector  &  disinvestment

• Development of infrastructure
• National income
• Public finance & fiscal  policy
• Price policy & public distribution
• Banking, money & monetary policy
• Role of  Foreign  Direct Investment  (FDI)
• WTO‐globalization  &  privatization etc

Syllabus for TNPSC group 1: UNIT – VII ­ INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT

• National renaissance
• Early uprising  against  British  rule‐1857
• Revolt‐  Indian  National  Congress
• Emergence  of  national  leaders‐ Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore, Netaji
• Growth of militant movements
• Different modes  of  agitations
• Era  of  different  Acts    &  Pacts

• World  war  &  final  phase  struggle
• Communalism  led  to  partition
• Role  of  Tamil  Nadu  in  freedom  struggle: Rajaji,  VOC,  Periyar, Bharathiar  & Other
• Birth of political parties /political system in India since  independence etc

Group 1 syllabus TNPSC: UNIT – VIII Aptitude & Mental Ability Tests

• Conversion of information  to  data
• Collection,  compilation  and  presentation  of  data
• Tables,  graphs,  diagrams
• Parametric  representation  of  data‐Analytical  interpretation  of  data
• Simplification
• Percentage
• Highest Common Factor (HCF)
• Lowest Common Multiple  (LCM)
• Ratio and  Proportion‐Simple  interest
• Compound  interest
• Number/Alphabetical/Diagrammatic Sequences

• Area‐Volume
• Time  and  Work‐ Behavioral  ability
• Basic  terms
• Communications  in  information  technology
• Application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
• Decision making and  problem solving
  Logical Reasoning
• Puzzles
• Dice
• Visual  Reasoning‐  Alpha  numeric  Reasoning‐  Number Series ‐ Logical

TNPSC group 1 main exam syllabus: PAPER – I  General studies

UNIT ­ I. Modern history of India and Indian culture

• Advent  of European invasion
• Expansion and consolidation of British  rule
• Effect of British rule on socio economic  factors
• Social reforms and religious movements
• India since independence

• Characteristics of  Indian  culture
• Unity  in  diversity
• race,  colour,  language,  custom
• India: a  secular  state
• Organizations for fine arts, dance, drama, music etc

UNIT 2. General Aptitude & Mental Ability

• Conversion  of  information  to  data
• Collection, compilation and presentation of data
• Tables, graphs, diagrams
• Parametric  representation of data
• Analytical interpretation of data
• Highest Common  Factor (HCF)
• Lowest  Common  Multiple(LCM)
• Ratio  and  Proportion
• Simple  interest
• Compound  interest

• Percentage
• Area and Volume
• Time  and  Work
• Probability
• Information technology
• Basic terms, Communications
• Application of Information and  Communication  Technology  (ICT)
• Decision  making  and  problem  solving
• Basics  in  Computers / Computer terminology.

UNIT 3. Role and impact of science and technology in the development of India and Tamil Nadu.

• Nature  of  universe
• General  scientific  laws
• Scientific  instruments
• Inventions  and  discoveries
• National  scientific  laboratories
• Science  glossary  Physical quantities
• standards and units

• Force, motion and energy Heat, light and sound
• Magnetism
• Mechanics and properties of matter electricity and electronics
• Atomic and nuclear physics
• Astronomy and space science
• Elements and compounds

UNIT – I ­ 

• Indian polity
• emerging political trends across the world affecting India
• Geography of India
• Constitution  of  India
• Preamble  to  the  constitution
• Salient  features  of constitution

• Union, state and territory
• Citizenship
• rights and duties
• Fundamental rights
• Directive  principles  of  state  policy
• Fundamental  duties etc

UNIT – II  Tamil   language, Tamil society ­­ it’s culture and Heritage / English Language

• Tamil   language
• Précis writing
• Essay writing on current issues

• Comprehension of a given passage
• answering questions thereupon.

UNIT – III Administration of Union and States with special reference to Tamil Nadu

• State  government  organization
• Structure
• functions and  control  mechanism
• District administration
• role in people’s welfare oriented
• programmes
• Industrial map of Tamil Nadu
• role  of  state  government

• Public  Services
• role  of  recruitment  agencies
• State  finance
• resources, budget and financial
• administration
• Use of IT in administration

UNIT: I  Current events of national and international importance

• Latest diary of events
• national /international
• National symbols
• Profile of states
• Defence

• national  security  and  terrorism
• Geographical  landmarks
• World  organizations
• pacts  and summits
• latest inventions on science  & technology etc

UNIT: II  Current Economic Trends:   Indian economy and Impact of global economy on India

• Nature of  Indian economy
• Five year plan models
• an assessment  Land reforms  & agriculture

• Application of science in agriculture
• Industrial growth etc

UNIT: III Socio ­ Economic Issues in India/ Tamil Nadu 

• population Explosion
• Unemployment issues  in  India  &  Tamil  Nadu
• Child  Labour
• Economic  Issues
• Poverty
• Sanitation
• Rural and Urban

• Corruption in public life Anti ‐Corruption measures
• CVC,  Lok‐adalats
• Ombudsman
• CAG.
• Illiteracy
• Women  Empowerment etc

Jobs in Tamil Nadu