TRT/DSC SCHOOL ASSISTANT SOCIAL STUDIES SYLLABUS:-
Part – I
General Knowledge and Current Affairs
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Part – II
Perspectives In Education (Marks: 10)
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Part – III
Social Studies Content (Marks: 44)
GEOGRAPHY
1. Maps:
reading analysis, different kinds of Maps and making of maps- Globe as the model
of earth.
2. The Solar System and the Earth:
Origin and Evolution of the Solar System –Galaxy –
The Earth as member of the Solar System, Solar Energy from the Sun, Origin of the
Earth, Rotation and Revolution of the Earth and its effects, Latitudes and Longitudes –
Standard Time and International Date Line.
3. The Earth:
Interior of the Earth – Structure, Temperature, Pressure and Density of
the Earth’s interior, Major Rock types and their characteristics (Igneous Rocks,
Sedimentary Rocks and Metamorphic Rocks).
4. Major Landforms:
Mountains, Plateaus and Plains, Formation, Classification and
distribution of Major Landforms of the World, Geomorphic process: Types of Rocks, Rock
Weathering, Mass wasting, Erosion and deposition, Origin and distribution of Plateaus in
the World, Classification of Plains, Formation and types of Soils and its distribution in the
World.
5. Polar Regions –
Seasons, the people of Tundra Regions.
6. Climatology (Weather and Climate):
Atmosphere – Composition and Structure,
Insolation – Factors influencing Insolation, Temperature – Factors Controlling
Temperature, Distribution of Temperature and Inversion ofTemperature, Pressure –
Global Pressure Belts, Winds – Planetary, Seasonal, Local, Humidity and Precipitation
– Rain: Types and Distribution of Rainfall, Weather Reports.
7. Volcanoes:
Types and Distribution of Volcanoes in the World.
8. Earthquakes:
Causes and Effects of Earthquakes, Distribution of Earthquakes.
9. Natural Realms of the Earth:
Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere and Biosphere.
10. Ground water:
Tanks, building of tanks – decline of tanks and fishing in tanks.-
ground water level or water table – rocks and ground water in Telangana- recharging
of ground water – quality of ground water and use of ground water.
11. Forests,
Minerals and Mining – description and distribution- status of forests in Telanganatribal use of forests-forest products- economic importance and trade- deforestationforest conservation- (social forestry) –forest rights Act.
12. Major Natural Regions of the World:
The Equatorial Region, The Tropical Hot Deserts
Region, The Savannas or the Tropical Grasslands Region, The Temperate Grasslands
Region (Steppes), The Monsoon Lands, The Mediterranean Region, The Taiga Region and
The Tundra Region.
13. Continents:
Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Australia and
Antarctica – with reference to Location and Extent, Physical features, Climate, Natural
Vegetation and Wild life, Population, Agriculture, Minerals and Industries, Transportation
and Trade.
14. World Population:
Population Growth and Density, Factors influencing the distribution of
World Population, Population distribution patterns, Population problems in developing
and developed countries.
15. Geography of India and Telangana:
Location and Extent, Physical features – Relief and
Drainage, Climate, Natural Vegetation, Soils, Irrigation, Power, Population, Minerals and
Industries, Transportation and Communication, Sea Ports and Towns, International
Trade, Places of Interest.
16. Natural Hazards:
Floods, Drought, Cyclones, Tsunamis, Volcanoes, Earthquakes,
Landslides.
HISTORY
1. Study of the Past:
Pre-historic Age, Proto-historic Age, Historic Age.
2. Bronze Age Civilization.
3. Early Iron Age Societies:
Impact of Iron Age and the Growth of Civilization, Early Iron
Civilization in India, The Ancient Chinese Civilization, Persian Civilization, Greek
Civilization, Roman Civilization, Judaism and Christianity, The Early African Civilizations
and the Early American Civilizations.
4. The Medieval World:
Main Features of Medieval Europe, Political Developments –
Feudalism, The Holy Roman Empire, The Rise of Islam and the spread of Islam, India in
Medieval Ages, Asia in the Medieval times – China and Japan.
5. Ancient Indian Civilization:
Indus Valley Civilization (Harappan Culture), Aryan
Civilization – Early Vedic and Later Vedic Civilization.
6. Political and Religious Developments of 6th century B.C.
7. India:
The Mahajanapadas, The Mauryas, Andhra Satavahanas, The Persian and Greek
Invasions, Magadha, Sangam age, Kushans.
8. India from 300 A.D. to 800 A.D:
The Gupta Empire, The Pushyabhuti Dynasty
(Harshavardhana).
9. Deccan and South Indian Kingdoms:
The Chalukyas, the Pallavas, the Cholas, the
Rashtrakutas, the Yadavas.
10. The Muslim Invasions in India:
The Condition of India on the Eve of Arab Invasions,
Turkish Invasions, Ghaznavids Raids and its results, Effects of MuslimInvasions.
11. Delhi Sultanate:
The Slaves, The Khiljis, The Tughlaqs, The Sayyids and the Lodis,
Downfall of Delhi Sultanate, Sufi Movement and Bhakthi Movement and Influence of Islam on
Indian Culture.
12. The South Indian Kingdoms:
The Kakatiyas, The Vijayanagara Empire, The Bahmani
Kingdom, Golconda Kingdom – Qutubshahis and Asafjahis.
13. Mughal Empire:
Conditions of India on the eve of Babur’s Invasion, Babur, Humayun,
Shershah, Akbar, Jahangir, Shahjahan, Aurangajeb, The reasons for the downfall of Mughal
Empire, The rise of Marathas, History of the Sikhs.
14. Advent of Europeans:
Portuguese, Dutch, French, English, Anglo-French Rivalry –
Carnatic Wars, Establishment of British Empire in India, The first war of Indian Independence,
The Governor Generals and the Viceroys, The Socio-Religious Movements of the 19th Century –
Brahma Samaj, Arya Samaj, Rama Krishna Mission, Theosophical Society, Aligarh Movement,
Satya Sodhak Samaj (a) Movements among Muslims for Social Reforms.
15. Cultural Heritage of India and Intellectual Awakening:
Growth and Development of
Early Cultures and Racial synthesis, Characteristic features of Indian History, Art and
Architecture, Development of Education and Philosophy, Cultural Unity and Bhakthi Movement,
Development of National Consciousness, Impact of AlienCultures in India, Conquest of India by
British and Impact of British Rule, impactof colonialism in India, Impact of English Education,
Impact of Revolt of 1857 A.D.
16. India between 1858 – 1947:
Political, Economic and Social Policies in India, British
Policy towards Indian Princess, British Policies towards neighbouring countries.
17. Changes in Economic and Social sectors during the British period:
Agriculture, Famines
in India between 1858 – 1947, Rise of New Classes in Indian Society.
18. Rise of Nationalism –
Freedom Movement: Causes for the Rise of Nationalism, The
Birth of Indian National Congress, The Age of Moderates and the Age of Extremists,
Vandemataram Movement (Swadeshi Movement 1905-11), India during the First World war,
Home Rule Movement, Mahatma Gandhi and Indian National Movement, Different stages of
Freedom Movement, Quit India Movement, Mountbatten Plan, Integration of Princely States,
Liberation of Frenchand Portuguese Colonial possessions in India.
19. Independent India –
the first thirty years 1947 – 1977- First General ElectionsElection Procedure- One party domination in political system- Demand for State
Reorganization- State Re Organization Act, 1956- SRC- State are organization commission- social
and Economic change- Foreign policy and Wars- anti- Hindi agitation- Green RevolutionRegional Parties and Regional Movements- Bangladesh war- Emergency.
20. Emerging Political Trends (1977-2007)-
Return of Democracy after emergency- Elections
– 1977- End of Emergency- some important parties of 1970s BLD, Congress, CPI(M), DMK, Jan
Sangh, SAD- Regional party- Telangana- Assam movement- the Punjab Agitation- The new
initiatives of Rajiv Gandhi Era- Rise of Communalism and Corruption in High places- the Era of
coalition politics- Mandal, Mandir, Market.
21. Post –
War World and India- After world war-II- UNO- Cold war (1945-1991)- Proxy
war- Military alliances- Arms and space race- NAM- West Asian Conflicts- Growth of
Nationalism in middle east- Peace movements- Collapse of the USSR.
22. Social Movements in our times:
Civil rights and other movements of 1960s- Human
Rights Movements in the USSR- Anti-nuclear and Anti- war movements- Globalization,
marginalized people and environmental movements- Greenpeace Movement in Europe- Bhopal
Gas Disaster related movements- Silent Valley Movement 1973-85- Movement against damsNarmada river- Movement of women for social Justice- Aadavallu Ekamaite- Social mobilization
on human rights- Meria paibi Movement.
23. Land lords and tenants under the British and Nizams-
Freedom movement in Hyderabad
State.
24. The Movement for the Formation of Telangana State:
The merger of Hyderabad with
India- The Gentlemen’s Agreement- Mulki rules- 1969 Agitation- Movements in 1990s- In the
process of achieving Telangana- Withdrawal of announcement- Telangana achieved –Prof. Jaya
Shanker.
25. The Modern World:
Beginning of Modern Age, Renaissance, Development in Science,
The Reformation Movement, Rise of Nation States, Struggle againstAbsolute Monarchies.
26. Changing Cultural Traditions in Europe 1300-1800:
The Ancient and Medieval World in
Europe- Medieval Asia- Beginning of Modern era- Humanism- Artists and RealismArchitecture- The Printing Press- A New Concept of Human Beings- The Aspirations of WomenReformation- Beginning of Modern Science- Exploration of Sea Routes- Renaissance in India
27. Democratic and Nationalist Revolutions 17th and 18th 19th Centuries:
England- The
Civil War and the Glorious Revolution- American War of Independence 1774-1789-French
Revolution-Growing Middle Class- The Outbreak of the Revolution- France- Constitutional
Monarchy- The Reign of Terror- Directory of Rule –Nepolean -Unification of Germany Unification of Italy.
28. Capitalism and Industrial Revolution –
Social Change.
29. The Revolutionary Movements:
The Glorious Revolution, The American war of
Independence, The French Revolution of 1789.
30. Nationalist Movements:
Rise and fall of Napoleon, French Revolution of 1830 and
the 1848 Revolt, Unification of Germany and Italy, Socialist Movements –Rise of Working
class, Paris Commune of 1871
31. Imperialism:
Factors in the rise of Imperialism, Forms and Methods of Imperialism,
Scramble for Africa and Asia, Colonialism in America.
32. Contemporary World:
The First World war, League of Nations, The Russian Revolution of
1905 and 1917- Expansion of Democracy- in World.
33. The World upto World War II:
Rise of Fascism and Nazism, Militarism in Japan, U.S.A.
and U.S.S.R. after World War I, Turkey after World War I, Failure of League of Nations, Spanish
Civil war, World war II, The Nationalist Movements in Asia and Africa, Emergence of Latin
America.
34. The World after World War II:
Formation of Military Blocks, Role of independent Nations
of Asia and Africa in the World Affairs, Non-Alignment Movement, Roleof UNO in preserving
World Peace, Problems of Disarmament and NuclearWeapons, Prominent Personalities of
the World.
35. Developments in China 1911 to 1949 –
Nationalist Revolution of 1911 and Communist
Revolution of 1948.
CIVICS:
1. Family/Social Institutions:
Family, Marriage, Religion, Education, Economic and Political.
2. Community and Groups:
Types of Community and Groups, Community Development,
Civic life, Social evil in our Society, Evolution of Society, Culture and Society.
3. State:
Essential elements of State, Nation and State – Nation, Nationality,
Nationalism.
4. Our Government:
Local Self Government – Rural and Urban, Decentralization of powers,
District Administration, Role of Public Services, Govt. at Centre, State with reference to •
Executive – Executive Council in the Union Government andState, Government.
• Legislative – Indian Parliament, State Legislative Assembly, Legislation and
• Judiciary and interpretation of Laws – Independent Judiciary, Judiciary system in the
Country and State, Courts as watch dogs of Citizens Rights, Lok Adalats.
5. Citizenship Administration –
Citizen Charter, Central Vigilance Commission, Lok Ayukta,
Human Rights Commission, Good Governance – Right to Information Act, Information
Technology Act, e-Governance, People’s participation in Governance, Indian Constitution:
Historical background, Constituent Assembly, Drafting Committee, Sources of Indian
Constitution, Classification of Constitution, India as a Nation, Preamble, Salient features of
Indian Constitution, FundamentalRights and Directive Principles, Fundamental Duties, Rights
and Duties – Meaning, kinds of Rights and Duties, India as a Federation and Unitary State,
Unity in Diversity, National Integration.
6. Indian Democracy:
Meaning, Nature, Types of Democracy, Elections and Election
process, Major Political parties, Role of Political parties in Democracy, Presidential and
Parliamentary Democracy, Future of Democracy, Public opinion – Agencies of Public opinion,
Press, Media, Political parties, pressure groups. Democracy in village level, Local Self
Governments in urban areas.
7. Socialism:
Meaning, Definition, Characteristics of Socialism, Social barriers in India,
Socialism in practice – Challenges facing in our Country – Illiteracy, Regionalism,
Communalism, Child Rights, Law, Society and individual, Anti-Social Practices, Socialism and
Constitutional Provisions.
8. Secularism:
Need and Importance, India – Religious tolerance, Promotion of
Secularism in India.
9. Social Organization and inequities.
10. World Peace and Role of India:
India in the International Era, Foreign Policy, NonAlignment Movement (NAM) Policy, India and Common Wealth, India’s relations with super
powers, India and neighbours, India and SAARC, India’s leading rolein the World.
11. U.N.O. and contemporary World problems:
UNO – Organs and specialized Agencies,
functions, achievements, India’s Role in UN, Contemporary World problems, New
international Economic Order, Environmental Protection, Human Rights.
12. Traffic Education / Road Safety Education.
13. Women Protection Acts and Child Rights.
14. Culture and Communication-
Handicrafts and handlooms in Telangana Structural
Monuments- performing arts- and artists, Film and print media and sports: Nationalism and
Commerce.
ECONOMICS:
1. Economics –
Meaning, Definitions, Scope, Importance, Classification of Economics
(micro and macro) – Concepts of Economics – different types of goods, wealth, income,
utility, value, price, wants and welfare Basic Elements of Economics – Types of Utility,
Consumption, Production, Distribution, Scarcity, Economic agents. Factors of Production –
Land, Labour, Capital and Organization – Forms of Business Organization.
2. Consumption:
Cardinal and Ordinal Utility, The Law of diminishingMarginal Utility –
Limitations and Importance, Law of Equi-Marginal Utility Consumers Equilibrium, Importance
of the Law.
3. a) Theory of Demand:
Meaning, Determinants of Demand, Demand Schedule –
Individual and Market Demand Schedule, the Law of Demand, Demand Curve, Demand
function, Elasticity of Demand.
b) Supply: Theory of Production, Production function, factors of Production, Supply
schedule, Determinants of Supply, Supply function, Law of Supply, Supply Curve. Cost Curves
– Fixed and variable costs, money costs and real costs, total cost, average cost and
marginal cost –opportunity cost. Revenue – total, average and marginal revenue.
c) Theory of Value – Classification of Markets, Perfect Competition – features, Price
determination – Types of Imperfect competition – Monopoly, Oligopoly, Duopoly.
4. Theory of Distribution:
Distribution of Income – determination of factor. prices – rent,
wage, interest and profit, Types of Economics, Capitalistic, socialistic and Mixed economy.
5. National Income:
Definitions of National Income – Concepts – Gross National
Product – Net National Product – National Income at factor cost – Personal income –
Disposable income – Per capita income – Gross Domestic Product – Net Domestic
Product – Nominal and Real Gross National Product, Components of National income –
Consumption – Investment – Government expenditure – Exports minus Imports
(Y=C+I+G+X-M), National Income and Distribution – Standard of living, Human Development
Index, Economic inequalities and Poverty Line.
6. Revenue and Expenditure:
Types of Revenue, Taxation – Direct and Indirect
Taxes, Types of Taxes, System of Taxation – Progressive, regressive, Proportionate,
Cannons of Taxation, Effects of Taxes, Public Expenditure.
7. Budget:
Meaning, Definition, Central and Stage Budgets, Types of Budget –
Surplus, Balanced and Deficit, Classification of Revenue & Expenditure in Budget, Types of
Deficits.
8. Money:
Definition, Functions of Money, Classification of Money, supplyof Money.
9. Banking: Commercial Banks – functions, Central Bank – origin, functions,Reserve Bank
of India, Co-operative Rural Banks, Regional Rural Banks.
10. Inflation:
Meaning – Definition, Types of Inflation – Effects of Inflation,Measures
to control Inflation – Monitory and Physical Policies.
11. Economic Growth & Development:
Economic Growth, Economic Development –
Concept, Indicators, Factors influencing Economic Development, Economic development in
India.
12. a) Indian Economy:
Characteristics of Indian Economy before Independence, Indian
Economy since Independence – Organized and Unorganized Sectors.
b) Population – World Population, Population in India and Telangana – Birth and Death rate
– Occupational distribution of Population in India and Telangana.
c) Human Resource Development: Meaning of Human Resource Development – Role of
Education and Health in Economic Development, Human Development Index.
d) Agriculture sector in India: Importance, Characteristics of Indian agriculture, Causes of Low
Productivity, Measures to increase Agriculture Productivity in India, Land reforms in India,
Green Revolution, Agriculture Marketing, Agricultural Finance, Role of Banks in Agriculture
Development(Commercial Banks, NABARD, Co-operative Banks, Regional and Rural Banks).
e) Industrial Sector: Role of Industrial Sector in Indian Economy, Classification of Industries,
Industrial Growth, Industrial Policy Resolution – 1948, 1956 and 1991 New Economic Policy.
f) Tertiary Sector (Service Sector) – importance.
g) Problems of Indian Economy: Poverty, Unemployment, Regional Disparities, Inflation,
Income Inequalities – Lorenge Curve.
h) Planning: Meaning and Definition, Planning Commission, Five YearPlans in India – A brief
review, General and specific objectives of IndianFive Year Plans, Achievements and failures
of Five Year Plans.
13. Natural Calamities and Disaster Management
– Sustainable Development.
14. Technology and Livelihood.
Part IV (Marks – 16)
1. The nature and scope of social sciences and its historical development including the
contributions of social scientists and thinkers, significance of social sciences in school
curriculum, relation with social sciences and other school subjects.
2. Values, Aims and Objectives of teaching social sciences, academic standards/learning
outcomes in social sciences and instructional objectives in view of constructivist approach.
3. Social Sciences Curriculum: Construction, organisation and development of syllabus and
textbooks, NPE-1986, NCF-2005, NCFTE-2009, SCF-2011 and RTE Act-2009;
Constructivistic approach in social sciences
4. Instructional Strategies in Social Sciences: Approaches, methods, techniques, devices and
maxims of teaching social sciences with special reference to the topics in the social
sciences school curriculum, 5E-learning model, concept mapping.
5. Teaching – Learning of Geography, Economics, History and Political Science.
6. Planning for effective instruction in Social Sciences: Different, plans including microteaching and designing learning experiences.
7. Social Science Teacher: Qualities of a good social science teacher, roles and
responsibilities
8. Learning resources, Community resources and designing instructional material in Social
Sciences, Social Science, Laboratory, Library, Clubs and Museum, TLM, Edgardale’s
Cone of experiences, application of ICT in social science.
9. Evaluation in Social Sciences: Concept, purpose of evaluation, types of evaluation, tools
and techniques of evaluation, CCE, Scholastic – achievement test, grading, remedial
teaching for exceptional/ disabled children (CWSN).
10. Social Sciences in Everyday Life: Non – Formal Social Sciences education –
Contemporary Social issues and Susta