Indian Civil Service Exams (CSE) Syllabus - UPSC Exams

Paper-II

Establishment of British rule in India: Factors behind British success against Indian powers-Mysore, Maratha Con federacy and the Punjab as major powers in resistance; Policy of subsidiary Alliance and Doctrine of Lapse.

Colonial Economy : Tribute system. Drain of wealth and "deindustrialisation", Fiscal pressures and revenue settlements (Zamindari, Ryotwari and Mahalwari settlements); Structure of the British raj up to 1857 (including the Acts of 1773 and 1784 and administrative organisation).

Resistance to colonia rule : Early uprisings; Causes, nature and impact of the Revolt of 1857; Reorganisation of the Raj, 1858 and after.

Socio-cultural impact of colonial rule: Official social reform measures (1828-57); Orientalist-Anglicist controversy; coming of English education and the press; Christian missionary activities;Bengal Renaissance; Social and religious reform movements in Bengal and other areas; Women as focus of social reform.

Economy 1858-1914: Railways; Commercialisation of Indian agriculture; Growth of landless labourers and rural indebtedness; Famines; India as market for British industry; Customs removal, exchange and countervailing excise; Limited growth of modern industry.

Early Indian Nationalism: Social background; Formation of national associations; Peasant and tribal uprising during the early nationalist era; Foundation of the Indian National Congress; The Moderate phase of the Congress; Growth of Extremism; The Indian Council Act of 1909; Home Rule Movement; The Government of India Act of 1919.

Inter-War economy of India: Industries and problem of Protection; Agricultural distress; the Great Depression; Ottawa agreements and Discriminatory Protection; the growth of trade unions; The Kisan Movement; The economic programme of the Congress' Karachi resolution, 1931.

Nationalism under Gandhi's leadership: Gandhi's career, thought and methods of mass mobilisation; Rowlatt Satyagraha, Khilafat- Non Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience Movement, 1940 Satyagraha and Quit India Movement; State People's Movement.

Other strands of the National Movement:

• Revolutionary movements since 1905;
• Constitutional politics; Swarajists, Liberals, Responsive Cooperation;
• Ideas of Jawaharlal Nehru,
• The Left (Socialists and Communists);
• Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army;
• Communal strands: Muslim League and Hindu Mahasabha;
• Women in the National Movement.

Literary and cultural lmovements: Tagore, Premchand, Subramanyam Bharati, Iqbal as examples only; New trends in art; Film industry; Writers' Organisations and Theatre Associations.

Towards Freedom: The Act of 1935; Congress Ministries, 1937-1939; The Pakistan Movement; Post-1945 upsurge (RIN Mutiny, Telangana uprising etc.,); Consititutional negotiations and the Transfer of Power, 15 August 1947.

First phase of Independence (1947-64): Facing the consequences of Partition; Gandhiji's murder; economic dislocation; Integration of States; The democratic constitution, 1950; Agrarian reforms; Building an industrial welfare state; Planning and industrialisation; Foreign policy of Non-alignment; Relations with neighbours.

Enlightenment and Modern ideas

• Renaissance Background
• Major Ideas of Enlightenment: Kant, Rousseau
• Spread of Enlightenment outside Europe
• Rise of socialist ideas (to Marx)

Origins of Modern Politics

• European States System
• American Revolution and the Constitution.
• French revolution and after math, 1789-1815.
• British Democratic Politics, 1815-1850; Parliamentary Reformers, Free Traders, chartists.

ustrialization

• English Industrial Revolution: Causes and Impact on Society
• Industrialization in other countries: USA, Germany, Russia, Japan
• Socialist Industrialization: Soviet and Chinese.

Nation-State System

• Rise of Nationalism in 19th century
• Nationalism : state-building in Germany and Italy
• Disintegration of Empires through the emergence of nationalities.

Imperialism and Colonialism

• Colonial System (Exploitation of New World, Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, Tribute from Asian Conquests)
• Types of Empire: of settlement and non-settlement: Latin America, South Africa, Indonesia, Australia.
• Imperialism and Free Trade: The New Imperialism

Revolution and Counter-Revolution

• 19th Century European revolutions
• The Russian Revolution of 1917-1921
• Fascist Counter-Revolution, Italy and Germany.
• The Chinese Revolution of 1949

World Wars

• 1st and 2nd World Wars as Total Wars: Societal Implications
• World War I : Causes and Consequences
• World War II : Political Consequence

Cold War

• Emergence of Two Blocs
• Integration of West Europe and US Strategy; Communist East Europe
• Emergence of Third World and Non-Alignment
• UN and Dispute Resolution

Colonial Liberation

• Latin America-Bolivar
• Arab World-Egypt
• Africa-Apartheid to Democracy
• South-East Asia-Vietnam

Decolonization and Underdevelopment

• Decolonization: Break up of colonial Empires: British, French, Duth
• Factors constraining Development : Latin America, Africa

Unification of Europe

• Post War Foundations : NATO and European Community
• Consolidation and Expansion of European Community/European Union.

Soviety Disintegration and the Unipolar World

• Factors in the collapse of Soviet communism and the Soviet Union, 1985-1991
• Political Changes in East Europe 1989-1992
• End of the Cold War and US Ascendancy in the World
• Globalization

Indian Civil Service Exams (CSE) Syllabus - UPSC Exams