Punjab PCS Test Series Fees

DATE/

TEST NO.

TOPICS

21 JUNE

PTS-1

• ADVENT OF THE EUROPEANS IN INDIA
• INDIA ON THE EVE OF BRITISH CONQUEST
• EXPANSION AND CONSOLIDATION OF BRITISH POWER IN

• INDIA              

• PEOPLE’S RESISTANCE AGAINST BRITISH BEFORE 1857
• SOCIO- RELIGIOUS REFORMS MOVEMENTS: GENERAL FEATURES
• A GENERAL SURVEY OF SOCIO- CULTURAL REFORM MOVEMENTS
• BEGINNING OF MODERN NATIONALISM IN INDIA
• INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS: FOUNDATION AND THE MODERATE PHASE
• ERA OF MILITANT NATIONALISM (1905-1909)
• FIRST PHASE OF REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES (1907-1917)
• FIRST WORLD WAR AND NATIONALIST RESPONSE
• CURRENT

25 JUNE

PTS-2

• EMERGENCE OF GANDHI

• NON- COOPERATION MOVEMENT AND KHILAFAT AANDOLAN
• EMERGENCE OF SWARAJISTS, SOCIALIST IDEAS, REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES AND OTHER NEW FORCES
• SIMON COMMISSSION AND THE NEHRU REPORT
• CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE MOVEMENT AND ROUND TABLE CONFERENCES
• DEBATES ON THE FUTURE STRATEGY AFTER CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE MOVEMENT
• CONGRESS RULE IN PROVINCES
• NATIONALIST RESPONSE IN THE WAKE OF WORLD WAR II
• QUIT INDIAOVEMENT , DEMAND FOR PAKISTAN, AND THE INA
• POST – WAR NATIONAL SCENARIO
• INDEPENDENCE  WITH PARTITION
• CONSTITUTIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
• SURVEY OF BRITISH POLICIES IN INDIA
• ECONOMIC IMPACT OF BRITISH RULE IN INDIA
• DEVELOPMENT OF INDIA PRESS
• DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION
• PEASANT MOVEMENTS 1857-1947
• THE MOVEMENT OF THE WORKING CLASS
• CURRENT

28 JUNE

PTS-3

1. INDUS CIVILIZATION. ORIGINS. THE MATURE PHASE: EXTENT, SOCIETY, ECONOMY AND CULTURE. CONTACTS WITH OTHER CULTURES.PROBLEMS OF DECLINE.

2. VEDIC SOCIETY. THE VEDIC TEXTS; CHANGE FROM RIGVEDIC TO LATER VEDIC PHASES. RELIGION; UPANISHADIC THOUGHT. POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ORGANISATION; EVOLUTION OF MONARCHY AND VARNA SYSTEM.

3. JAINISM AND BUDDHISM. FACTORS FOR THE SPREAD OF BUDDHISM.

6. THE MAURYAN EMPIRE. CHANDRAGUPTA; MEGASTHENES. ASOKA AND HIS INSCRIPTIONS; HIS DHAMMA, ADMINISTRATION, CULTURE AND ART. THE ARTHASASTRA.

7. CURRENT

2 JULY

PTS-4

1. THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES: GHORIAN INVASIONS CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES. DELHI SULTANATE UNDER THE “SLAVE” RULERS. ALAUDDIN KHALJI : CONQUESTS; ADMINISTRATIVE, AGRARIAN AND ECONOMIC MEASURES. MUHAMMAD TUGHLAQ’S INNOVATIONS. FIRUZ TUGHLUQ AND THE DECLINE OF THE DELHI SULTANATE. GROWTH OF COMMERCE AND URBANIZATION. MYSTIC MOVEMENTS IN HINDUISM AND ISLAM. LITERATURE. ARCHITECTURE, TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES.

2. THE FIFTEENTH AND EARLY 16TH CENTURY : MAJOR PROVINCIAL DYNASTIES; VIJAYANAGARA EMPIRE. THE LODIS, FIRST PHASE OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE: BABUR, HUMAYUN. THE SUR EMPIRE AND ADMINISTRATION. THE PORTUGUESE. MONOTHEISTIC MOVEMENTS: KABIR; GURU NANAK AND SIKHISM; BHAKTI. GROWTH OF REGIONAL LITERATURES. ART AND CULTURE.

3. THE MUGHAL EMPIRE , 1556-1707. AKBAR: CONQUESTS, ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES, JAGIR AND MANSAB SYSTEMS; POLICY OF SULH-I-KUL. JAHANGIR, SHAHJAHAN AND AURANGZEB : EXPANSION IN THE DECCAN; RELIGIOUS POLICIES. SHIVAJI. CULTURE: PERSIAN AND REGIONAL LITERATURES. RELIGIOUS THOUGHT: ABUL FAZL; MAHARASHTRA DHARMA. PAINTING. ARCHITECTURE. ECONOMY: CONDITIONS OF PEASANTS AND ARTISANS, GROWTH IN TRADE; COMMERCE WITH EUROPE. SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND STATUS OF WOMEN.

4. CURRENT

5 JULY

PTS-5

1. THE RENAISSANCE AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN EUROPE.
2. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1776.
3. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, 1789
4. THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, 1917
5. WORLD WARS I &II
6. REVISION OF HISTORY
7. CURRENT

8 JULY

PTS-6

• PUNJAB-1

12 JULY

PTS-7

• HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

• MAKING OF THE CONSTITUTION
• SALIENT FEATURES OF THE CONSTITUTION
• PREAMBLE OF THE CONSTITUTION
• UNION AND ITS TERRITORY
• CITIZENSHIP
• FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
• DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY
• FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES
• AMENDMENT OF THE  CONSTITUTION
• BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE CONSTITUTION
• PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM
• FEDERAL SYSTEM
• CENTRE-STATE RELATIONS
• INTER-STATE RELATIOS
• EMERGENCY PROVISION
• CURRENT

16 JULY

PTS-8

• PRESIDENT

• VICE-PRESIDENT
• PRIME MINISTER
• CENTRAL COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
• CABINET COMMITTESS
• PARLIAMENT
• PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTESS
• PARLIAMENTARY FORUMS
• PARLIAMENTARY GROUPS
• SUPREME COURT
• JUDICAL REVIEW
• JUDICAL ACTIVISM
• PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION
• GOVERNOR
• CHIEF MINISTERS
• STATE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
• STATE LEGISLATURE
• HIGH COURT
• SUBORDINATE COURTS
• SPECIAL STATUS OF JAMMU & KASHMIR
• SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR SOME STATE
• CURRENT

19 JULY

PTS-9

• PANCHAYATI RAJ

• MUNICIPALITIES
• UNION TERRITORIES
• SCHEDULED AND TRIBAL AREAS
• ELECTION COMMISSION
• UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
• STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
• FINANCE COMMISSION
• NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR SC’S
• NATIOANL COMMISSION FOR ST’S
• SPECIAL OFFICER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES
• COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL OF INDIA
• ATTORNEY GENERAL OF INDIA
• ADVOCATE GENERAL OF THE STATE
• NITI AAYOG
• NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
• STATE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
• CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION
• STATE INFORMATION COMMISSION
• CENTRAL VIGILANCE COMMISSION
• CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
• LOKPAL AND LOKAYUKTAS
• CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES
• OFFICAL LANGUAGE
• PUBLIC SERVICES
• TRIBUNALS
• RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT
• AUTHORITATIVE TEXT OF THE CONSTITUTION IN HINDI LANGUAGE
• SPECIAL PROVISIONS ELATING TO CERTAIN CLASSES
• POLITICAL PARTIES
• ELECTIONS
• VOTING BEHAVIOUR
• ELECTION LAWS
• ELECTORAL REFORMS
• ANTI-DEFECTION LAW
• PRESSURE GROUPS
• NATIONAL INTEGRATION
• FOREIGN POLITY
• NATIONAL COMMISSION TO REVIEW THE WORKING OF THE CONSTITUTION
• RISE OF REGIONALISM AND COALITION POLITICS
• ARMED CHALLENGES TO THE INDIAN STATE SINCE INDEPENDENCE
• CURRENT

23 JULY

PTS-10

GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD 

I) MAJOR NATURAL REGIONS : CHARACTERISTICS, ECONOMIC BASE AND HUMAN ADAPTATION.

 II) REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY OF DEVELOPED COUNTRIES : CANADA, U.S.A., WESTERN EUROPE, RUSSIA, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.

III) REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES : S.E. ASIA, S.W. ASIA, CHINA, SOUTHERN AFRICA AND BRAZIL.

 IV) REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY OF SOUTH ASIA.

CURRENT

26 JULY

PTS-11

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

I) GEOMORPHOLOGY ORIGIN OF THE EARTH; GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALE; INTERIOR OF THE EARTH; TYPES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF ROCKS; FOLDING AND FAULTING; VOLCANOES; EARTHQUAKES; WEATHERING; LANDFORMS CAUSED BY FLUVIAL, AEOLIAN AND GLACIAL ACTIONS.

II) CLIMATOLOGY STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF ATMOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE; PRESSURE BELTS AND WIND SYSTEMS; CLOUDS AND RAINFALL TYPES; CYCLONES AND ANTICYCLONES; MAJOR CLIMATIC TYPES.

III) OCEANOGRAPHY OCEAN RELIEF; TEMPERATURE; SALINITY; OCEAN DEPOSITS; OCEAN CURRENTS, EL NINO AND LA NINO; WAVES AND TIDES.

 IV) BIOGEOGRAPHY ORIGIN AND TYPES OF SOILS; MAJOR BIOMES OF THE WORLD; ECOSYSTEM AND FOOD CHAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND CONSERVATION.

V) CURRENT

29 JULY

PTS-12

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

 I) MAN AND ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIP GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; CONCEPTS OF DETERMINISM AND POSSIBILISM. II) POPULATION RACES OF MANKIND AND TRIBES; GROWTH AND DISTRIBUTION OF WORLD POPULATION; MIGRATION; POPULATION PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

 III) ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES FOOD GATHERING AND HUNTING; PASTORAL HERDING; FISHING AND FORESTRY; TYPES OF AGRICULTURE-SHIFTING, SUBSISTENCE, COMMERCIAL AND PLANTATION; MINING, POWER; MANUFACTURING –LOCATIONAL FACTORS OF TEXTILE, IRON AND STEEL, SUGAR AND FERTILIZER INDUSTRIES; TERTIARY ACTIVITIES-TRADE, TRANSPORT, COMMUNICATION AND SERVICES.

 IV) SETTLEMENTS ORIGIN, TYPES AND PATTERNS OF RURAL SETTLEMENTS; PROCESSES OF URBANISATION; MORPHOLOGY AND FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF TOWNS; MILLION-CITIES AND MEGACITIES.

GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA

I) PHYSICAL SETTING LANDFORMS, DRAINAGE, CLIMATE, SOILS AND NATURAL VEGETATION.

 II) ECONOMIC BASE MINERALS & ENERGY RESOURCES, AQUATIC RESOURCES, FOREST RESOURCES; IRRIGATION, AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES; TRADE AND COMMERCE.

 III) POPULATION GROWTH, DISTRIBUTION AND DENSITY; DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS.

 IV) ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES AND REGIONAL PLANNING.

V) CURRENT

1 AUGUST

PTS-13

• COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE
• SOLAR SYSTEM – HEAT BALANCE & TEMPERATURE
• ECOLOGY

• FUNCTIONS OF ECOSYSTEM
• TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM
• AQUATIC ECOSTSTEM
• ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
• RENEWABLE ENERGY
• ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
• ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
• BIODIVERSITY

• INDIA AND CLIMATE CHANGE

• CLIMATE CHANGE ORGANISATIONS
• AGRICULTURE
• ACTS AND POLICIES

• CURRENT

5AUGUST

PTS-14

• INDIAN BIODIVERSITY
• SCHEDULE ANIMALS OF WPA, 1972
• ANIMAL DIVERSITY OF INDIA
• PLANT DIVERSITY OF INDIA
• MARINE ORGANISM
• PROTECTED AREA NETWORK
• CONSERVATION EFFORTS
• CLIMATE CHANGE
• OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
• OZONE DEPLETION
• IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE- INDIA
• MITIGATION STRATEGIES
• INSTITUTION AND MEASURES
• ENVIRONMENTAL ARGANISATIONS
• INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL  CONVENTIONS
• ENVIRONMENT ISSUES AND HEALTH EFFECTS
• CURRENT

8 AUGUST

PTS-15

PUNJAB-2

12 AUGUST

PTS-16

• INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS

• GROWTH , DEVELOPMENT AND HAPPINESS
• EVOLUTION OF THE INDIAN ECONOMY
• ECONOMIC PLANNING
• PLANNING IN INDIA
• ECONOMIC REFORMS
• INFLATION AND BUSINESS CYCLE
• AGRICULTURE AND FOOD MANAGEMENT
• INDUSTRY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
• SERVICES SECTOR
• CURRENT

16 AUGUST

PTS-17

• INDIAN FINANCIAL MARKET

• BANKING IN INDIA
• INSURANCE IN INDIA
• SECURITY MARKET IN INDIA
• EXTERNAL SECTOR IN INDIA
• INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORGANISATIONS AND INDIA
• TAX STRUCTURE IN INDIA
• PUBLIC FINANCE IN INDIA
• SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE: INDIA AND THE WORLD
• HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA
• CURRENT

20 AUGUST

PTS-18

STATE OF MATTER

STRUCTURE OF ATOM

LIFE ON EARTH – EVOLUTION, MARINE & TERRESTRIAL LIFE

HUMAN BODY AND LIFE PROCESSES , NUTRITION, DISEASES – ITS CAUSES & PREVENTION, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, LIFESTYLE DISEASES

PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES, MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH, IMMUNISATION & VACCINATION, HIV- AIDS, TB, POLIO ETC

23 AUGUST

PTS-19

1. FORCE – LAWS OF MOTION & GRAVTATION.
2. ARCHIMEDES PRINCIPLE.
3. ENERGY – KINECTIC & POTENTIAL.
4. SOUND – PROPAGARION & REFLECTION – CONCEPTS & APPLICATION
5. ELECTRIC CURRENT – CONCEPTS & APPLICATIONS
6. COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATION – CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS

27 AUGUST

PTS-20

PUNJAB-3

1 SEPTEMBER

PTS-21

• GS  + CURRENT

06 SEPTEMBER

PTS-22

• GS  + CURRENT

10 SEPTEMBER

PTS-23

• GS + CURRENT

13 SEPTEMBER

PTS-24

• GS + CURRENT

20 SEPTEMBER

PTS- 25

• GS+CURRENT