Important topics for UPPCS pre 2018 HD

SCIENCE:- 1. Branches of Science (exp. Osteology – study of bones) 2. Person and Their Theories. (exp. Lemarc – “theory of inheritance of acquired Character”, Hugo – de-Breeg – “mutation Theory” , Beedal & Tatum – “one gene – one enzyme”. 3. Genetics – Mandel, genome Mapping, jumping gene, nitrogen base (ATGC). 4. DNA, RNA 5. Nitrogen fixation plants 6. Monozygotic and dizygotic twins. 7. Human Diseases & syndromes and its effect 8. Blood & Blood Groups 9. Enzymes and their work (exp. Trypsin – for digestive process, Ptyalin – found in saliva and used for digestion of starch and fat.) 10. Vitamin, their name and disease due to their deficiency ( exp. vit. B1 – thiamine – beri beri). 11. Hormones and gland. (exp: insulin – pancreases ) . 12. Viral, fungi and bacterial diseases (bacterial disease – cholera, TB etc.) 13. Chemical - disease (exp. Arsenic- 74 – identification of tumor ) 14. Plant and its disease (exp. Potato – Black Heart) 15. Important days (1/dec – world AIDS day). Environment 1. Index – rank of india ( exp. HDI – 131) 2. Bharat Stage (BS-5/4+/4 ) 3. Scientist and their Term ( exp. Ecosystem – Tanslay) 4. Food Chain/ web 5. Energy – Biomass Pyramid. 6. Important Terms:- Ecotone, Bionomics, Ecad Ecology, carbon credit, carbon footprint etc. 7. Atmosphere (troposphere, stratosphere etc, ozone etc) 8. Pollution - gases 9. Protocol (exp. Protocol, Montereal protocol etc) 10. Biodiversity 11. Biomes 12. Red Data Book of India (exp. The red panda, nilgiri tahr etc.) 13. National park, Wild Life Sanctuaries, Biosphere Reserve, UNESCO BIOSPHERE RESERVE, UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE, 14. Bird sanctuaries, Tiger reserve, Elephant Reserve etc. 15. Forest report. ECONOMics 1. GDP, NNP, Per Capita Income. ( Indian, UP and Ranking) 2. Agriculture (economic survey data, ranking, crops etc) 3. MSP (minimum support price) for various crops 4. Crops – maximum export, import, growth etc. 5. Crops – varieties (exp. Golden rice) 6. Agriculture budget 7. Govt schemes. 8. Industries 9. 5 yr plan ( 1st year plan – 1951-56:- Harrod Domar Model etc), max growth rate, various policies 10. Various committees (exp. Meera Seth Committee – Handloom, 1997 etc) 11. Primary Deficit, Revenue Deficit, Fiscal deficit 12. Institutions – year of formation ( exp. NABARD – 1982) 13. Sensex (exp. Dow Jones – New york) 14. Bank rate, SLR, CRR, MSF, REPO Rate,etc 15. Types of unemployment (exp. Structural Unemployment etc. 16. Industries – Place (exp. Hindalco (aluminum) – renukut ) Geography 1. Mountain Ranges (exp. Andes mountains – South America) 2. Valley - place (exp. Death Valley – California, USA) 3. Plateau – Place ( exp. Patagonian Plateau – South America) 4. Desert – Place (Exp. Sahara – North Africa) 5. GrassLands (exp. Pampas – Argentina ) 6. Countries and their Boundaries 7. Sea touching Countries (exp. Caspian sea: Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan ) 8. Territories and Their owners (exp. Greenland – Denmark) 9. Land Lock countries (ex