1 Economy and Planning 59 PYQs
2 Agriculture and Land 21 PYQs
- 2.1 Major Crops, different types of irrigation and irrigation systems, storage, transport and marketing of agricultural produce. Issues in Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry and Animal Husbandry. 11 PYQs
- 2.2 Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices. PYQs
- 2.3 Food processing and related industries in India. 5 PYQs
- 2.4 Land reforms in India since independence. 5 PYQs
3 Economy and Planning 8 PYQs
4 Science, Environment and Security 59 PYQs
- 4.1 Science and Technology developments and applications in everyday life. Achievements of Indians in science and technology, indigenisation of technology. 11 PYQs
- 4.2 Awareness in fields of ICT and Space Technology, Computers, Energy resources, nano-technology, microbiology, bio-technology. 5 PYQs
- 4.3 Environmental security and Ecosystems, Conservation of wildlife, Biodiversity. 3 PYQs
- 4.4 Disaster management. 7 PYQs
- 4.5 Challenges of International Security โ Issues of Nuclear proliferation, Causes and spread of extremism. 15 PYQs
- 4.6 Basics of cyber security, money laundering and human trafficking. 8 PYQs
- 4.7 India's internal security challenges โ Terrorism, corruption, insurgency and organised crimes. 10 PYQs