Paper I
* Geomorphology
Plate tectonics, earthquakes and volcanism are significant sections in Geomorphology. The Union Public Service Commission keeps on alternating queries between endogenic and exogenic forces every year.
* Climatology
In this section, you can expect significant number of questions from tropical cyclones and climatic changes.
* Oceanography
Marine resources, which include biotic, mineral and energy resources and [...]

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General Studies (GS) has to be prepared on quite a different plane because the content of this paper is too spread out and because any issue, major or minor, can be asked objectively. Traditionally, 10 + 2 level books of NCERT or any state education board had been covering a major part of the [...]

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Preliminary Exam Syllabus of General Studies
* General Science.
Questions on General Science will cover general appreciation and understanding of science including matters of everyday observation and experience, as may be expected of a well educated person who has not made a special study of any particular scientific discipline.
* Current events of national and international importance
In [...]

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The Union Service Public Commission (UPSC 2009) has declared the result of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2009. The UPSC Preliminary examinations were held on May 17, 2009. The results are available at www.upsc.gov.in.
The successful candidates will be able for Main Examination scheduled to be held from October 23, 2009.
According to the UPSC release, [...]

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Telugu Syllabus for IAS Exam
Paper-I
Answers must be written in Telugu.
Section-A
Language
1. Place of Telugu among Dravidian languages and its antiquity-Etymological history of Telugu, Tenugu and Andhra.
2. Major linguistic changes in phonological, morphological, grammatical and syntactical levels, from Proto-Dravidian to old Telugu and from old Telugu to Modern Telugu.
3. Evolution of spoken Telugu when compared [...]

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Tamil Syllabus for IAS Exam
Paper-I
Answers must be written in Tamil.
Section: A
Part: 1 History of Tamil Language
Major Indian Language Families-The place of Tamil among Indian languages in general and Dravidian in particular-Enumeration and Distributionof Dravidian languages.
The language of Sangam literature-The language of medieval Tamil: Pallava period only-Historical study of Nouns, Verbs, adjectives, adverbs Tense markers [...]

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Bengali Syllabus for IAS Exam
Paper-I
History of Language and Literature.
Answers must be written in Bangali.
Section-A
Topics from the History of Bangla language
1. The chronological track from Proto Indo-European to Bangla (Family tree with branches and approximate dates).
2. Historical stages of Bangla (Old, Middle, New) and their linguistic features.
3. Dialects of Bangla and their distinguishing characteristics.
4. [...]

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