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2.      Functions and Responsibilities of the Union and the States, Parliament and State Legislatures: Structure, Function, Power and Privileges. Issues and challenges pertaining to Federal Structure: Devolution of Power and Finances up to local levels and Challenges there in.

3.      Constitutional Authorities: Powers, Functions and Responsibilities.

4.      Panchayati Raj.

5.      Public Policy and Governance.

7.      Statutory, Regulatory and Quasi-judicial bodies.

8.      Rights Issues (Human rights, Women rights, SC/ST rights, Child rights) Etc

9.      Foreign Policy International Relations Important Institutions, Agencies and Fora,   their structure and mandate.
Important Policies and Programmes of Central and State Governments.

10.  Judiciary in India Structure and functions, important provisions relating to emergency and constitutional amendments, judicial review, Public Interest Litigation, Landmark Judgments.

2.      Agriculture sector: Institutional Structure- Land Reforms in India; Technological change in agriculture- Major Crops and Cropping Patterns in various parts of the country, Irrigation, pricing of agricultural inputs and outputs; Terms of trade between agriculture and industry; Agricultural Finance Policy; Agricultural Marketing and Warehousing; Issues in Food Security and Public Distribution System, Green Revolution, policies for\ sustainable agriculture and organic farming.

3.      Industrial policy; Public Sector enterprises and their performance; Privatization and disinvestments debate; Growth and pattern of industrialization; Small-scale sector; Productivity in industrial sector; Special Economic Zones (SEZ) and industrialization, foreign investment and competition policy.

4.      Infrastructure in Indian Economy: Meaning and Importance of Infrastructure – Water supply and Sanitation – Energy and Power – Science and Technology – Rural and Urban Infrastructure: Ports, Roads, Airports, Railway, Telecommunication. Social Impact Assessment.

6.      Indian Public finance; Indian tax system, public expenditure, public debt, deficit and subsidies in the Indian economy. Center-State financial relation. Recent fiscal and monetary policy issues and their impact, GST: Concept and Implications. Concept and Implications.

7.      Trend, composition, structure and direction of India’s Foreign Trade. India’s Balance of payments Situation in post reforms period

8.      Gujarat economy-An overview; social sector in Gujarat- Education, Health, and Nutrition. Gujarat Economy in relation to India and major states in recent decades, major problems in agriculture, forest, water resources, mining, industry and service Sector. Development policies for economic and social infrastructure An appraisal.

2.      Number Series, Coding Decoding.

3.      Problems related to Relations.

4.      Shapes and their Sub-sections, Venn Diagram.

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OCTOBER 2024 + NOVEMBER 2024

6.      Number system and order of Magnitude.

7.      Linear Equations – in one or two Variables.

8.      Ratio, proportion and variation.

·        Vedic age- Jainism and Buddhism.

·        Foreign invasions on India and their impact.

·        The Mauryan and the Gupta Empire- their administration- social, religious and economic conditions-art, architecture, literature, science and technology.

·        Kanishka, Harsha and South Indian Dynasties.

·        The Delhi Sultanate, Vijaynagar Empire and the Mughal Empire.

·        The Bhakti Movement and Sufism.

·        The European Trading companies in India- their struggle for supremacy with special reference to Bengal, Mysore, Marathas and Hyderabad.

·        Governor-Generals and Viceroys.

·        Indian war of Independence of 1857 – Origin, nature, causes, consequences and significance.

·        Religious and social Reform Movements in 19th Century in India

·        India’s Freedom Movement, Revolutionaries in India and abroad.

·        Mahatma Gandhi, his thoughts, principles and philosophy. Important Satyagrahas.

2.      Indian saint tradition and its impact on psyche of people.

3.      Indian life style, Fairs, Festivals, Food, Costumes and Traditions.

4.      Indian Music and its importance.

2.      Physical: World, India and Gujarat : Major physical divisions, Earthquakes, landslides, Natural drainage, climatic changes and regions, Monsoon, Natural Vegetation, Parks and Sanctuaries, Major Soil types, Rocks and Minerals.

3.      Social: World, India and Gujarat : distribution, density, growth, Sex-ratio, Literacy, Occupational Structure, SC and ST Population, Rural-Urban components, Racial, tribal, religious and linguistic groups, urbanization, migration and metropolitan regions.

4.      Economic: World, India and Gujarat: Major sectors of economy, Agriculture, Industry and Services, their salient features. Basic Industries- Agro, mineral, forest, fuel and manpower based Industries, Transport and Trade, Pattern and Issues.

8.      Power and exponent, Square, Square Root, Cube Root, H.C.F. and L.C.M.

9.      Percentage, Simple and Compound Interest, Profit and loss.

10.  Time and Work, Time and Distance, Speed and Distance.

DECEMBER 2024 + JANUARY 2025

2.      Information and Communication Technology (ICT): Nature and Scope of ICT; ICT in day to day life; ICT and Industry; ICT and Governance – Various government schemes promoting use of ICT, E-Governance programmes and services; Netiquettes; Cyber Security Concerns -National Cyber Crime Policy.

3.      Technology in Space & Defence: Evolution of Indian Space Programme; Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) –it’s activates and  achievements; Various Satellite Programmes Satellites for Telecommunication, Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) Satellites; Satellites for defence, Eduset or Satellites for academic purposes; Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO)- vision, mission and activities.

4.      Energy Requirement and Efficiency: India’s existing energy needs and deficit; India’s Energy Resources and Dependence, Energy policy of India Government Policies and Programmes.

5.      Nuclear Policy of India and its commitment to the world: India’s Nuclear power programme; India’s nuclear cooperation with other countries; Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and India; Nuclear weapons policy of India; Draft Nuclear Doctrine of India, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), Fissile Material Cut off Treaty (FMCT), Conference on Disarmament (CD): Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) and India.

·         Major Dynasties of Gujarat- their rulers society, religion, literature, arts and architecture. administration, economy,

·         Independent Sultanate of Gujarat Sultan Ahmedashah I, Mahmud Begda and Bahadurshah.

·         Gujarat under the Mughals and the Marathas, Gaekwad’s rule in Baroda- Walker’s Settlement.

·         Religious and social Reform Movements in 19th Century in  Gujarat.

·         Reform measures by the Princely States of Saurashtra, Kutchh and Gujarat.

·         Important Satyagrahas with special reference to Satyagrahas of Gujarat – Kheda, Borsad, Bardoli, Dharasana, Dholera, Rajkot and Limbadi.

·         The Role of Sardar Patel in freedom movement and post independence consolidation.

·         Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, his life and contribution to making of Indian Constitution.

·         India after Independence – Reorganization of the States within the country, Maha Gujarat Movement, Major events.

6.      Language and dialects of Gujarat.

7.      Gujarati Theatre: Drama, songs and different groups.

8.      Life of Adivasi (Tribes): Festivals, Fair, Costumes, Rituals etc.

9.      Gujarati Literature: Modes, Streams, Litterateurs, Literary work and Literary Organizations.

10.  Pilgrimage and Tourist Places of Gujarat.

14.  Lines, angels and common geometrical figures properties of transverse of parallel lines, properties of related to measure of sides of a triangles, Pythagoras theorem, quadrilateral, rectangle, parallelogram, and rhombus.

15.  Introduction to algebra BODMAS, simplification of weird symbols.

16.  Data interpretation, Data Analysis, Data sufficiency, Probability.

FEBRUARY 2025 + MARCH 2025

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