CGPSC Syllabus 2023: Chhattisgarh public service commission will release the official notification for CGPSC 2023 examination. This recruitment process consists of pre and main exams followed by an interview. The aspiring candidates need to prepare well to clear this highly competitive exam. The first step of a successful preparation is to know the CGPSC syllabus 2023. Knowing and understanding the syllabus will help the candidates make a perfect strategy for their exam preparation. Complete syllabus of CGPSC exam is provided in this post.
CGPSC Syllabus 2023
There are two rounds of written exams to be held in the CGPSC recruitment i.e. preliminary test and main exam. Candidates have to clear the pre-exam to take part in the main exam. The syllabus for both preliminary and main exam is given below.
CGPSC Preliminary Exam Syllabus 2023
General Studies Part (I): History of India and Indian National Movement, Indian Philosophy, Art, Literature & Culture, General Science & Technology, Indian Economy, Constitution of India & Polity, Physical, Social & Economic Geography of India, Environment, Current Affairs & Sports.
General Studies Part (II): Current Affairs of Chhattisgarh, Industry in Chhattisgarh, Energy, Water and Mineral Resource of Chhattisgarh, Administrative Structure, Local Government and Panchayati raj of Chhattisgarh, Economy, Forest and Agriculture of Chhattisgarh, Tribes, Special Traditions, Teej and Festivals of Chhattisgarh, Literature, Music, Dance, Art and Culture, Idioms and Proverbs, Puzzle/riddle, Singing of Chhatisgarh, Geography, Climate, Physical status, Census, Archeological and Tourist Centres of Chhattisgarh, History of Chhattisgarh,& Contribution of Chhattisgarh in Freedom Movement
Aptitude Test: Interpersonal skills including communication skill, Logical reasoning and analytical ability, Knowledge of Chhattisgarhi Language, Knowledge of Hindi Language and Chhattisgarhi, Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc.), data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc – Class 10th level), General mental ability, Decision making, and problem solving.
For Main Exam
Question Paper 1 – Language
- General Hindi: Language understanding, short writing, antonyms, synonyms, idiom and phrases, letter writing, history of Hindi literature, word correction, etc.
- General Sanskrit: letter writing, reading comprehension, unseen passage, translation Hindi to Sanskrit and Sanskrit to Hindi, pronouns, etc.
- Chhattisgarh Language: Knowledge of Chhattisgarhi language, History and development of Chhattisgarhi language, Main literature and writers of Chhattisgarhi language, Chhattisgarhi grammar, Hindi to Chhattisgarhi and Chhattisgarhi to Hindi Administrative dictionary.
- General English: Comprehension, Precise Writing, Re arrangement and Correction of Sentences, Synonyms, Antonyms, Filling the Blanks, Correction of Spellings, Vocabulary and usage, Idioms and Phrases, Tenses, Prepositions, Active Voice and Passive voice, Parts of Speech, Translation – English to Hindi, Letter writing.
Questions Paper 2 – Essay
- Problems of National Level
- Problems Relating to the State of Chhattisgarh
Questions Paper 3 – History, Constitution and Public Administration
- History of India: Indus Civilization, Vedic Civilization, Jainism and Buddhism, Rise of magadh Empire, mauryan polity and economy, gupta empire, development of art, architecture, literature & science in gupta, vakataka period, bhakti movement, sufism etc.
- Indian National Movement: Rise of Nationalism, The Revolt of 1857, Establishment of Indian National Congress, Partition of Bengal and Swadeshi Movement, Rise and Growth of Communalism, Revolutionary Movements, Home Rule Movement, Gandhian Movements, Workers, Peasant and Tribal Movements, Quit India Movement, Indian National Army etc.
- History of Chhattisgarh & Constitution of Chhattisgarh National Movement: History of Chhattisgarh from Vedic age to Gupta Period, Major dynasties like Rajarshitulya Kula, Nala, Sharabhpuriyas, Pandu, Somvanshis, etc. The Kalchuris and their Administration, Chhattisgarh under the Marathas, Former princely states of Chhattisgarh and Zamindaris, etc.
- Constitution of India: Historical background of Indian Constitution (1773-1950), Salient Features of Constitution, Preamble, Nature of Constitution, Part III-Fundamental Rights, Part IV- Directive Principles of State Policy, Right to Constitutional Remedies, (writs), Judicial Review and Judicial Activism, Fundamental Duties, The Union- Executive, Parliament, Supreme Court, Attorney General, The State- Executive, Legislative, High Courts, Advocate General and Subordinate Courts, Relations between the Union and the States- Distribution of legislative powers, administrative relations, financial relations, Services under the Union and the States. All India Services, Union and State Public Service Commissions, etc.
- Public Administration: Public Administration -Meaning, Scope, Nature and Importance. Public Administration and Private Administration under Liberalization. New Public Administration, Development Administration and Comparative Public Administration, New dimensions of Public Administration. State vs. Bazar. Rule of Law, Organization Principles, Approaches, structure. Management- leadership, policy formulation, decision making theory. Tools of Administrative Management- Co-ordination, Delegation, Communication, Supervision and Motivation, Administrative Reforms, Good Governance, Bureaucracy, District Administration, Theory of Natural Justice. Control over Administration in India-Parliamentary, Financial, Judicial and Executive Control, etc.
Questions Paper 4 – Science, Technology & Environment
- Chemistry: Rate of chemical reaction and chemical equilibrium – Preliminary knowledge of rate of chemical reaction. Fast and slow chemical reactions. Reversible and irreversible chemical reactions. Reversible reaction and dynamic nature of equilibrium. Acids and bases. PH scale [simple numerical questions. Exothermic and endothermic reactions. Some important chemical compounds – properties and uses. Method of production manufactures [water, washing soda, baking soda bleaching powder and plaster of Paris] preparation of building material-lime cement glass and steel etc.
- Physics: Source of Energy -Conventional and new sources of energy, source of solar energy, causes of origin of energy in the Sun, solar heating devices, solar cooker solar cell, wind energy, biogas, fossil fuels, ideal fuel properties of ideal fuel. Nuclear energy, nuclear Fission, Fusion, chain reaction, nuclear reactor, uses and harms of nuclear energy. General information about CREDA. Light-nature of light reflection of light, laws of reflection, reflection from plane and curved surface, image formation by plane convex and concave mirror, relation between focal length and radius of curvature, determination of focal length of concave mirror by single pin method, etc.
- Biology: Animal nutrition – Types of nutrition, autotrophic nutrition, neterotrophic nutrition, holozoic, parasitic, saphrophytic, symbiotic, insectivorons. Important terms of nutrition process. Digestion in unicellulor cellanimal [amoeba] and multicellulor animal grasshopper. Human digestive system and digestive process. Photosynthesis – steps of the process, light reaction and dark reaction. Factors influencing Photosynthesis. Experiments related to photosynthesis. Respiration – Definition, respiratory organs of animals breathing and respiration, etc.
- Environment: Bio-diversity and its conservation – General introduction – definition, species and genetic diversity, Bio-geographic classification of India, Importance of Bio-Diversity- Constructive and Destructive application, Importance of social, moral and alternative vision, Global, National and Local level Bio-diversity, India as a wide procurement prices, etc.
- Technology: National policy of science and technology and changes in the policy from time to time, purpose of technology. Space programme in India and its applications with special reference to industrial, agricultural and other rural developmental activities, INSAT and IRS systems. Role of Information Technology in Rural India, basic knowledge of computers, computers in communication and broadcasting, software development for economic growth. Broad applications of IT, etc.
Questions Paper 5 – Economics & Geography
- Indian Economics: National and per capita income, Structural changes in the Indian Economy (GDP and workforce), Changes in the role of Public and Private Sectors and their shares in the total plan outlay of the latest plan, Economic Reforms, problems of poverty and unemployment, magnitude and measures initiative to ameliorate them etc.
- Planning in India: Indian Planning – Objectives, Priorities, Planning Commission and its functions. Specific objectives of the latest Five Year Plan, evaluation and problems. Bharat Nirman Yojna, MNREGA, Procedure in financial matters in Constitution of India, Financial relation between Union and States, Comptroller & Auditor – General of India.
- Geography of Chhattisgarh: Physical features, location & extent, Physical Divisions and Drainage System, Climate, soil types, Vegetation and their importance, flora and fauna. Human Features Population Growth, Density and Distribution. Infant and Maternal Mortality rate, etc.
- Economics of Chhattisgarh: Demographic features and social backwardness of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward classes and Minorities, Literacy and occupation structure, changes in the sectoral distribution of income and employment. Socio, Political and Economic empowerment of Women. Child Labour problem, etc.
- Agriculture, Forest, Industry & Natural Resource of Chhattisgarh: Agriculture and Forest in Chhattisgarh, Structure of Agriculture output. Administered prices including minimum support and procurement prices. Public distribution system in Chhattisgarh, cropping pattern, means of irrigation and their importance, modernization of agriculture, agricultural problems and planning, etc.
Questions Paper 6 – Mathematics & Reasoning Ability
- Rational Numbers: Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of rational number, simultaneous equation, finding the rational number between two rational numbers. Commercial mathematics, factorization, LCM and HCF, etc.
- Coordinate Geometry: Distance between two points, area of triangle, proportional division of a line (section formula), relation between arc, radius and central angle, measure of angle in sexagesimal, etc.
- Computer: Binary digit system, change of binary number to decimal number and decimal number to binary number. Algorithm method – meaning and quality, indefinite, definite, input and output, Averages – arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means, median, mode, pie-chart etc.
- Data Analysis: Mathematical operations basic numeracy, data interpretation and analysis of data. Applied Mathematics – profit and loss, percentage, interest and average, time, speed, distance, river and boat.
- Logical Reasoning: Analog test, odd word, odd pair of words, coding and decoding test, relation test, alphabet test, mathematical operations, logical analysis of words, inserting the missing number or word, assertion and reason.
Questions Paper 7 – Philosophy & Sociology
- Indian Philosophy and Yoga: Nature or philosophy, its relation with life, science and culture, nature and scope of philosophy and religion. Unity and universality of religions, religious tolerance and secularism, comparative study of Indian and western philosophy, yoga philosophy, etc.
- Sociology: Sociology-meaning, scope and nature , importance of its study, relation with other social science, primary concepts – society, community, association, institution, social group, folkways and more, individual and society – social interactions, status and role, culture and personality, socialization, Hindu social organization, etc.
- Tribes of Chhattisgarh: Tribal social organization, tribal development, tribal problems, the constitutional safeguards, SC, ST and OBC of Chhattisgarh, etc.
- Art of Chhattisgarh: Folk arts of Chhattisgarh, Folk literature and prominent folk arts of Chhattisgarh, folk legend, folk theater, idioms and proverb, puzzle/ riddle, singing, literary, Music, etc.
- Culture of Chhattisgarh: Folk culture, chief fairs and festivals of Chhattisgarh, major archaeological center, national part, sanctuaries and waterfalls, caves of Bastar, prominent saints of Chhatisgarh.