Lucent's Objective General Knowledge UPSC Civil Services, Combined Defence Services (C15), National Defence Academy (1A) Railway Recruitment Boards (Riis) Special Class Railway Apprentices (SCR), Indian Forest Services (1F5), Indian Economic Services (IES), Bank Probationary Officers (PO. /T.0./A.0.} LLC, GLC. (A.A.O.} RBI Grade ‘A’ and ‘B, Bank Clerk and other Administrative Officers Examinations. B genunity sé ay genuig copy of this book har wD Holege queer on Ge Vey h lower part of the sticker, Lucent Publication in BOLI @ Lucent Publication ‘New Bypass Road, Ashochak Paina-800 016 (Bihar)CONTENTS iti History z3, ‘Ancient India + 1, Harappan/Indus Civilization 2. Vedic Culture 3.1. Mahajanapada Period 3.11, Religious Movements 4. Maurya Period 5.1. Post-Maurya/Pre-Gupta Period 51. The Sangam Period 6. Gupta Period 7. Post Gupta Period /Vardhana Dynasty 8. Miscellaneous (Ancient India) Mediayal India - 9. Farly-Medieval Period I. North India (Rajputa Period) Il. South India (Cholas and Others) 10. Sultanate Period I. The Delhi Sultanate 10, Sultanate Period Il. Vijayanagar & Other Kingdoms 11. Religious Movements in 15th-16th Centuries 1. Bhakti Movement Il. Sufi Movement 12. Mughal Period 13, Maratha State & Maratha Confederacy 14. The Advent of the Europeans 15. Miscellaneous(Medieval India) Modern India : 16. Expansion of British Power (In the context of Bengal, Mysore, Punjab etc) 17. Economic Impact of British Rule 181, Socio- Religious Movements in 19th-20th Centuries 18.11, Caste, Tribal, Peasant and Trade Union Movements 19. Freedom Struggle |. The Revolt of 1857 Il. Moderate Phase III, Extremist Phase 19.1V. The Gandhian Era (1917-47), 20. Miscellaneous (Moder India) Fin Polity rein 1 Constitutional Development of lndia2, Constituent Assembly 3. Salient Features ofthe Constitution 4 Soureesot the Constitution 5 The Preamble 6 Parts, Articles and Schedules ofthe Continuation 7, Union ad te tesencey Giizenship 9. Fundamental Rights 10.1 Directive Priniplosof State Poley 1. Fundamental Duties i. tne Orton Executive I The President I. The Vice-President Il. The Prime Minister. The Cowell of Misstos 12 he se y General, Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) ete 18. The Union Lagislaturel. The Parhamest lL kop ‘Sabha (The Council of States) Il]. Lok Sabha (The House of the People) IV. Officers of Parliament : ‘Speaker (Lok Sabha), Chaleman (Rajya Sabha) V. Sessions fe Siting, Paslamertaty Procesdinga Vi Peilamontery Ronse es 14, The Union Judiciary ‘Supreme Court 1a, The State Precutive | Governor Il The Chiet Minises The Cornet of Minister 16, The Advocate General ete 17. The State Legislature! Vidhan Parishad (ihe Lentcenes Cone TL. Vidhan Sabha (The Legislative Assembly) I. Officers: Speaker (Vidhan Sabha) Chessman iden Pacches, 18, The tate Judiciary : High Courts 19. Special Provisions relating to Janna Kashmir Local Covercrrene 1. Municpality Il. Panchayati Raj 2, Cente-State Relations 22, Puc Service Commission 23, Bacon Goren sion 24, Oficial Language 25. Emergency Provisions 2 Consitutional Amendenents 27, Order of Peeedones 2 National Insignia Symbols (National Flag, National Anthem, Notional Song ete) 29, Miscellanious Bian Economy 183 1. Nature of Indian Economy 2. National Income in India 3, Planning in India 4. Population of India 5. Natural Resources of India (Land, Forest, Minerals etc.) 6 Infrastructure (Energy, Teansportantion, Communication ek) 7, Social Sectors (Poverty, Unemployment, Development & Employment Programines, Population Growth, Human Developmentete) §. Agriculture. Industry 10. Money 11. Banking 12, Public Finance (Indian Fiscal System, Indian ‘Tax Structure, Centre State Financial Relation, Black Money etc.) 13. Foreign Trade 14, International Organisations (IME IBRD/ World Bank etc. ) 15, Miscellaneous _—Giegraphy 109-344 1, Physical Geography: 1. Our Universe 2. Interior of Earth 3. Longitude and Latitude 4, Period, Epoch and Era 5. Earthquake And Volcano 6. Mountain, Plateau And Rocks 7. Weathering And Erosion 8. World Landforms 9. Rivers, Lakes And Falls 2. Oceanograplty : 1. Reliefs Of Ocean Basins 2. Ocean Current 3. Salinity 4 Ocean ‘Tides 5. Ocean Deposits 6. Continent And Continental Shelf7, Seas And Ocean 8, Ocean Temperature 9. Coral Reefs 10, Islands And Lakes 11. River And Water Falls 12. Straits, Canals and Passes’. World Climate : 1. Atmospheric ‘Composition 2. Temperature 3. Humidity 4. Albedo and Air Mass 5. Cloud 6, El Nino, La Nina and Southern Oscillation 7. Air Pressure 8. Winds 9. Cyclone and Anticyclone 10. Climate And Wheather 12. Precipitation 4. Natural Resources : 1, Natural Vegetation 2. World Grassland 3. Enviromental Geography 4, Natural Regions 5. Fisheries 6, Soll 7. Deserts5. Economic Geography: 1. World Mineral Resources 2: World Energy Resources 3, World Agriculture 4. World Industries 6. Population : 1. Human Geography 2. World Population 3. World Tribes 4. Settlement 5. Transportation 6. Models & Principles 7. Regional Geography : 1. Developing Country 2, Developed Country 8. Geography of India: 1. Physical Features of India 2. Passes Of India 3. Rivers And Lakes Of India 4. Soils Of India 5. Vegetations of India 6 Indian Climate 7. Minerals in India 8. Energy Resources In India 9. Agriculture Of India 10. Irrigation In India 11. Industry In India 12. Indian Population 13. Transport System In India 14, MiscellaneousFeology and Environment 35 eit Science 36 577 ‘Physics : 1. Mechanics 2, Heat 3. Sound 4. Light 5. Electricity and Magnetism 6. Modem Physics 7. Electronic devices and communication system Computer : 1. General Introduction 2. Development of Computer 3. Input and Output Device 4. Memory 5: Personal Computer 6, Design Tools and Programming Languages 7. Data Representation and Number System 8. Software 9, Data Communication 10. Internet It: Microsoft Windows 12. Microsoft Office _"Ehemsitry :1. Nature and composition of substances 2. Atomic structure 3, Radioactivity 4. Chemical Bonding '5. Oxidation and Reduction 6. Acids, Bases and Sale 7. Properties of Gases 8, Catalysis 9, Thermodynamics and Energetics 10. Petiodic classification of element 11. Solutions 12. Electrolytes & Electrochemistry 13. Surface Chemistry 14. Metals and Their Compounds 15. Non-Metals and Their Compounds 16. Hydrocarbons And Its Derivatives 17. Biomolecules 18, Chemistry in Every Day Life “Biology =1-Botany and Branches2, Classification of Plant Kingdom 3, Micro Organism4. Taxonomy of Angiosperm ', Morphology of Plant 6, Plant Phisiology 7. Plant 8. Plant Tissue 8, Plant Disease 10. Branch of Zoology 1. Classification of Animal Kingdom 12. Fiuman Physiology 13. Human 14, Cytology 15. Animal Tissue 16. Health, Disease & Nutrition 17. Genetics 18, Evolution 19. Ecology 20, Pollution 21. Scientist : Their Contribution in Biology 22. Biodiversity and Wild Life 23. Biotechnology Miscellaneous 573-626 1 Personalities 2, Abbreviations 3. National and Intemational Organisations 4. Books and Authors 5, Awards and. ‘Honours 6. Dates, Days and Years 7. Sports