India: Economy, Five Year Plans, New Economic Reforms, Planning Commission and Niti Aayog, Financial Institutions, Agriculture – Major Crops, Green Revolution, Minerals. Direct and indirect taxes in India, GST in India –rationale and structure of GST, benefits of GST. 

 INDIAN CONSTITUTION (5 Marks) 

Constituent Assembly-Preamble-Citizenship- Fundamental Rights, Writs -Habeas Corpus, Mandamus, Prohibition, Certiorari and Quo warranto. Directive Principles of State Policy- Fundamental Duties- Structure of Governments- Union Executive, Parliament and Judiciary- State Executive, Legislature and Judiciary- Local Self Government Institutions (LSGIs)- Important Constitutional Amendments (42, 44, 52, 73, 74, 86, 91, 97, 101, 102, 103, 104)- Constitutional Authorities and their functions – Comptroller and Auditor General, Attorney General, Advocate General, Election Commission of India, State Election Commission, Union Public Service Commission, State Public Service Commission- Finance Commission- State Finance Commission GST Council- Distribution of legislative powers- Union List- State List–Concurrent List- Services under the Union and the States- Tribunals-National Commission for Scheduled Castes- National Commission for Scheduled Tribes- National Commission for Backward Classes- Official Language-Regional Languages-Language of the Supreme Court, High Courts, etc-Special directives relating to languages  

• Kerala Governance and System of Administration – (10 Marks)  

Kerala State Civil Service- Quasi-judicial bodies, various Commissions, Basic facts of socio-economic development- Planning Board-Commercial Planning and Policies- Disaster Management- Watershed Management- Employment and Labour-National Rural Employment Programmes– Land Reforms- Social Welfare and Security- Protection of Women, Children and Senior Citizens Population, Literacy, E-governance, Delegated Legislation and its controls – Legislative and Judicial controls- Constitutional law remedies against Administrative Arbitrariness- Administrative Discretion and its Controls – Administrative Adjudication-Principles of Natural Justice. 

• Life Science and Public Health (6 Marks)  

1. Basic facts of Human Body 2. Vitamins and Minerals and their Deficiency Diseases 3. Communicable Diseases and Causative Organisms, Preventive and Remedial Measures 4. Kerala – Welfare activities in Health Sector 5. Lifestyle Diseases. 6. Basic Health Facts 7. Environment and Environmental Hazards 

• Physics (3 Marks) 

 1) Branches of Physics –Matter – Units, Measurements – Physical Quantities. 2) Motion – Newton’s Laws of Motion – Third law – Momentum – Projectile Motion – Uses of Third Law – Achievements in space missions in India – ISRO. 3) Light- Lens, Mirrors – Problems based on r = 2f – Different phenomena of Light – Rainbow – Colours of different materials – Electromagnetic Spectrum – IR rays- UV rays – X rays – Photoelectric Effect. 4) Sound – Different types of Waves – Velocity of Sound in different media – Resonance – Reverberation. 5) Force – Different types of Forces – Friction – Advantages and disadvantages of Friction – Liquid Pressure – Buoyant Force – Archimedes Principle – Pascal’s law – Density – Relative density- Adhesive Cohesive forces- Capillarity – Viscous force – Surface tension. 6) Gravitation – Centripetal Force – Centrifugal Force – Escape Velocity, Satellites – Escape Velocity – Weight Mass – value of ‘g’- ‘g’ in different places. 7) Heat – Temperature – Different types of thermometers – Humidity – Relative Humidity. 8) Work – Energy – Power – Simple problems relating to Work, Energy, Power, Levers – Different types of Levers.  

• Chemistry (3 Marks)  

2. 1. Atom – Molecule – States of Matter – Allotropy – Gas laws – Aqua regia. 2. Elements – Periodic Table-Metals & Non metals-Chemical Physical changes- Chemical reactions-Solutions, Mixtures, Compounds. 3. Metals-Non metals – Alloys – Acids, Bases – pH value – Alkaloids.  

• Arts, Sports, Literature and Culture (5 Marks)  

• Arts 1. Important Audio Visual Art Forms of Kerala- Famous Places, Institutions, Personalities, Artistes and Writers related to origin, development, extension, and practice of these Art Forms.  

• Sports 1. Famous Sports personalities of Kerala, India and World – their Sports Events, achievements and awards. 2. Important Awards – Corresponding Fields , Winners 3. Famous Trophies – Related Events and Sports Items. 4. Number of Players in Important Sports Items. 5. Important Terms associated with various Sports and Games. 6. Olympics – Basic Facts, Venues / Countries, Famous Performances and Personalities- India in Olympics-Winter Olympics & Para Olympics. 7. Asian Games, Afro-Asian Games, CommonWealth Games, SAF Games – Venues, Countries, Performance of India, other facts. 8. National Games. 9. Games – Events, Players, Achievements. 10. National Sports / Games, Events of various Countries 

• Literature 1. Malayalam – Important Literary Movements – Icons and their first works. 2. Main works of Literature related to each movement and their authors. 3. Writers – Pen name and Nick name. 4. Famous Works and Characters. 5. Famous Quotes – Books and Authors. 6. Beginning of Journalism in Kerala – Pioneers, Journals and Publications. 7. Famous Awards/ Honours – Writers and their works. 8. Malayalam Writers who won the Jnanpith Award and related facts. 9. Malayalam Cinema – Origin, Development, Milestones, Pioneers, National Awards. 

• Culture 1. Kerala – Important Celebrations -Places associated with such Celebrations, Important Festivals. 2. Kerala – Cultural Centres, Worship Places, Cultural Leaders and their Contributions. 

Basics of Computer (3 Marks)