TNPSC GROUP – 2 & 2A PRELIMS EXAM 2024 – WHERE TO STUDY
TNPSC Detailed Syllabus & Topics in Samacheer Textbooks
| PHYSICS | ||
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Nature of Universe |
6th Term (I) | Unit (1) – Universe & Solar System |
| 7th Term (III) | Unit (2) – Universe and Space | |
| 8th Term (III) | Unit (3) – Universe and Space Science | |
| 9th Full Book | Unit (9)- Universe | |
| 11th Geography | Unit (2) The Solar System & Earth | |
| General Scientific Laws | 6th to 10th Std – Scientific Laws | |
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Mechanics & Properties of matter |
6th Term (I) | Unit (3) – Matter Around us |
| 7th Term(I) | Unit (3) – Matter Around us | |
| 8th Term (I) | Unit (4) – Matter | |
| 9th Full Book | Unit (10) – Matter Around us | |
| 11th Physics Volume
(II) |
Unit (VII) – Properties of Matter | |
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Force, Motion |
6th Term (I) | Unit (2) – Force & Motion |
| 7th Term (I) | Unit (2) – Force & Motion | |
| 8th Term (I) | Unit (2) – Force & Pressure | |
| 9th Full Book | Unit (2) – Motion | |
| Unit (3) – Fluid | ||
| 10th Full Book | Unit (1) – Laws of Motion | |
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11th Volume (I) |
Unit (2) – Kinematics | |
| Unit (3) – Laws of Motion | ||
| Unit (5) – Motion of System of Particles & Rigid
Bodies |
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| 11th Volume (II) | Unit (10) – Oscillations | |
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Electricity & Magnetism |
6th Term (II) | Unit (2) – Electricity |
| 6th Term (III) | Unit (1) – Magnetism | |
| 7th Term (II) | Unit (2) – Electricity | |
| 8th Term (II) | Unit (2) – Electricity | |
| 8th Term (III) | Unit (2) – Magnetism | |
| 9th Full Book | Unit (4) – Electric Charge & Electric Current | |
| Unit (5) – Magnetism & Electromagnetism | ||
| 10th Full Book | Unit (4) – Electricity | |
| 11th Volume (1) | Unit (4) – Work, Energy, Power | |
| 12th Volume (I) | Unit (1) – Electrostatics | |
| CHEMISTRY | ||
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Elements & Compounds |
8th Term (III) | Unit (4) – Water |
| 9th Full Book | Unit (12) – Periodic Classification of Elements | |
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10th Full Book |
Unit (7)- Atoms & Molecules | |
| Unit (8) – Periodic Classification of Elements | ||
| 11th Volume (1) | Unit (3) – Periodic Classification of Elements | |
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Acids, Bases & salts |
8th Term (III) | Unit (5) – Acids and Bases |
| 9th Full Book | Unit (14) – Acids, Bases & salts | |
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10th Full Book |
Unit (9) – Solutions | |
| Unit (10) – Types of Chemical Reactions | ||
| Petroleum Products | 11th Automobile Engineering | Unit (3) – Fuels and Their Types |
| Fertilizers | ||
| Pesticides | ||
| 6th Term (III) | Unit (3) – Chemistry in Daily Life | |
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7th Term (III) |
Unit (3) – Polymer Chemistry | |
| Unit (4) – Chemistry in Daily Life | ||
| 8th Term (III) | Unit (6)- Chemistry in Everyday Life | |
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9th Full Book |
Unit (13).-Chemical Bonding | |
| Unit (15)-Carbon and its Compounds | ||
| Unit (16) – Applied Chemistry | ||
| 10th Full Book | Unit (11) – Carbon and its compounds | |
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY |
7th Term (III) | Unit (5) – Animals in Daily Life |
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8th Term (III) |
Unit (7)- Crop Production and Management | |
| Unit (8) -Conservation of Plants and Animals | ||
| BOTANY | ||
| Main Concepts of Life Science | ||
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The Cell |
6th Term (II) | Unit (5) – TheCell |
| 7th Term (II) | Unit (4) – Cell Biology | |
| 10th Full Book | Unit (16) – Plant and animal Hormones | |
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11th Volume (I) |
Unit (6) – Cell – The Unit of Life | |
| Unit (7)-Cell Cycle | ||
| Unit (8) – Bio Molecules | ||
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Plant Physiology |
7th Term (I) | Unit (5) – Reproduction & Modification in Plants |
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8th Term (I) |
Unit (8) – Organization of Life | |
| Unit (18) – Organization of Tissues | ||
| 9th Full Book | Unit (19) – Plant Physiology | |
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10th Full Book |
Unit (16) – Plant and Animal Hormones | |
| Unit (17) – Reproduction in Plants & Animals | ||
| 12th Volume (I) | Unit(6) – Asexual & Sexual Reproduction in plants | |
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Classification of Living Organism |
6th Term (I) |
Unit (4) – The Living World of Plants |
| Unit (5) – Living World of Animals | ||
| 7th Term (II) | Unit (5) – Basis of Classification | |
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8th Term (I) |
Unit (6) – Microorganisms | |
| Unit (7) – Plant Kingdom | ||
| 9th Full Book | Unit (17) – Animal Kingdom | |
| 10th Full Book | Unit (17). Reproduction in Plants & Animals | |
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11th Botany |
Unit (1) – Living World | |
| Unit (2)-Plant Kingdom | ||
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11th Zoology |
Unit (1) – Living World | |
| Unit (2) – Kingdom Animalia | ||
| Nutrition & Dietics Respiration – Green Revolution | 10th Full Book | Unit (14) – Transportation in Plants (upto 14.11) |
| 11th Botany Volume (II) | Unit (5) – Plant Physiology | |
| Unit (11) – Transport in Plants | ||
| Unit (12) – Mineral Nutrition | ||
| Unit (13) – Photosynthesis | ||
| Unit (14) – Respiration | ||
| Unit (15) – Plant Growth and Development | ||
| 11th Economics | Unit (8) – Indian Economy Before and After Independence
(8.7 Green Revolution) |
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| ZOOLOGY | ||
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Physiology Blood & Circulation |
6th Term (II) | Unit (6) – Human Organ System (6.4, 6.5) |
| 10th Full Book | Unit (14) – Circulation in Animals (14.12 – 14.18) | |
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11th Volume (I) |
Unit (5) – Digestion and Absorption | |
| Unit (6) – Respiration | ||
| Unit (7) – Body Fluid & Circulation | ||
| 11th Volume (II) | Unit (8) – Excretion | |
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Endocrine System |
8th Term (II) | Unit (6)-Reaching the age of Adolescence |
| 11th Volume (II) | Unit (11)-Chemical Coordination & Integration | |
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Reproduction |
9th Full Book | Unit (20) – Organ System in Animals |
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10th Full Book |
Unit (13)- Structural Organization of Animals [Read only
Reproduction & Circulation]. |
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| Unit (16) – Plant Animal Harmones
[16.2-16.2.7] |
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| Unit (17)-Reproduction in Animals (17.7) | ||
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12th Zoology |
Unit (1) – Reproduction in Organisms | |
| Unit (2) – Human Reproduction | ||
| Unit (3) – Reproductive Health | ||
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Genetics |
10th Full Book |
Unit (18) – Heredity |
| Unit (19) – Origin & Evolution of Life | ||
| Unit (20) – Breeding & Biotechnology | ||
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12th Zoology |
Unit (4)-Principles of Inheritan Variation | |
| Unit (5)- Molecular Genetics | ||
| Unit (6)-Evolution | ||
| Unit (10)-Applications Of Bio Technology | ||
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12-Botany |
Unit (2) Classical Genetics | |
| Unit (3)- Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance | ||
| Unit (4) Principles and Processes of Biotechnology | ||
| Unit (5)-Plant Tissue Culture | ||
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Health & Hygiene (Human Diseases) |
6 Term (1) | Unit (6)-Health & Hygiene |
| 7 Term (1) | Unit (6)-Health & Hygiene | |
| 9th Full Book | Unit (21)- Nutrition &Health | |
| 10″ Full Book | Unit (21) Health & Disease | |
| 11° Zoology
Volume (1) |
Unit (5)-Digestion And Absorption – 5.5, 5.7 | |
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12″ Zoology |
Unit 7- Human Health and Diseases | |
| Unit 8 Immunology | ||
| Unit 9-Microbes in Human Welfare | ||
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Miscellaneous |
11 Zoology Volume (II) | Unit (12)- Basic Medical Instruments and Techniques |
| Unit (13)- Trends in Economic Zoology | ||
| 12 Botany | Unit (10) Economically Useful Plants and Entrepreneurial
Botany |
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Environment & Ecology |
6″ Term (II) | Unit (4) – Air |
| 6 Term (III) | Unit (2)-Water Unit (4)-Our Environment | |
| 8 Term (II) | Unit (3)-Air | |
| 9th full book | Unit (24) Environmental science | |
| 10th Full book | Unit (22) Environmental Management | |
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12th Zoology |
Unit 11 – Organisms & Population | |
| Unit 12 Biodiversity & Conservation | ||
| Unit 13-Environmental Issues | ||
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12th Botany |
Unit (6)- Principles of Ecology | |
| Unit (7) – Ecosystem | ||
| Unit (8) – Environmental Issues | ||
| UNIT – III : GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA | ||
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Location – Physical Features (Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere) |
6th Term(I) | Unit (2) – Land & Oceans |
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6th Term (III) |
Unit (1) – Asia & Europe | |
| Unit (2) – Globe | ||
| 7th Term (I) | Unit (2) -Landforms | |
| 7th Term (III) | Unit (1) – Exploring Continents – North
America and South America |
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8th Term (III) |
Unit (2) – Exploring Continents | |
| (Africa, Australia and Antarctica) | ||
| 8th Full Book | Unit (3) – Hydrologic cycle | |
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9th Full Book |
Unit (1) -Lithosphere- I Endogenetic Process | |
| Unit (2) -Lithosphere-II- Exogenetic Process | ||
| Unit (3) – Atmosphere | ||
| Unit (4) – Hydrosphere | ||
| Unit (5) – Biosphere | ||
| 10th Full
Book |
Unit (1) – India Location Relief Drainage | |
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11th Geography |
Unit (1) – Fundamentals of Geography | |
| Unit (3) – Lithosphere -Endogenic Process | ||
| Unit (4) – Lithosphere – Exogenic Process | ||
| Unit (5) – Hydrosphere | ||
| Unit (6) – Atmosphere | ||
| Unit (7) – Biosphere | ||
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Monsoon, Rainfall, Weather, Climate. |
8th Term (1) | Unit (2) – Weather and Climate |
| 10th Full
Book |
Unit (2) – Climate & Natural Vegetation
of India |
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| 12th
Geography |
Unit (7) – Sustainable Development | |
| Resources (Water, Soil, Minerals, Natural Resources) | 6th Term(II) | Unit (1) – Resources |
| 7th Term (II) | Unit (1) – Resources | |
| 8th Term (1) | Unit (1) – Rock & Soil | |
| 8th Term (III) | Unit (1)- Industries | |
| 10th Full
Book |
Unit (4) – Resources & Industries | |
| 12th
Geography |
Unit (3) – Resources | |
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Forest, Wildlife, Agricultural Pattern |
10th Full
Book |
Unit (2) Natural Vegetation |
| 12th
Geography |
Unit (4) Economic Activities | |
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Transport & Communication |
7th Term (II) | Unit (2) – Tourism |
| 9th Full Book | Unit (7) Mapping Skills | |
| 10th Full
Book |
Unit (5) – India Population, Transport,
Communication, Trade |
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| 12th
Geography |
Unit (6)- Geoinformatics | |
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Social Geography [Population Density & Distribution, Racial, Linguistic Groups &
Major Tribes] |
7th Term (1) | Unit (3) – Population & Settlement |
| 8th Term (II) | Unit (1) – Migration and Urbanisation | |
| 9th Full Book | Unit (6) – Man & Environment | |
| 12th Geography | Unit (1) – Population Geography | |
| Unit (5) – Cultural and Political Geography | ||
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Natural Calamities & Disaster Management (Environmental Pollution, Reasons And Preventive Measures, Climate Change, Green Energy) |
6thTerm (III) | Unit (3) – Understanding Disaster |
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7th Term (III) |
Unit (3) – Natural Hazards –
Understanding of Disaster Management in Practice |
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| 8th Term (II) | Unit (2) – Hazards | |
| 9th Full Book | Unit (8) – Disaster Management | |
| 10th Volume
(II) |
Unit (7) – Human Geography of Tamilnadu | |
| 11th
Geography |
Unit (8)- Natural Disaster | |
| 12th
Geography |
Unit (8) – Man-Made Disasters, Public
Awareness for Disaster Risk Reduction |
| UNIT – IV: HISTORY AND CULTURE OF INDIA | ||
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Indus valley Civilization |
6th Term (1) |
Unit (1) – What is History? |
| Unit (2) – Human evolution | ||
| Unit (3) – Indus Civilization | ||
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9th Full Book |
Unit (1) – Evolution of Humans and Society –
Pre historic Period |
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| Unit (2) -Ancient Civilizations | ||
| 11th History
Volume (I) |
Unit (1) – Early India: from the Beginnings to
the Indus Civilization |
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Guptas |
6th Term (II) | Unit (3) – From Chiefdoms to Empire. |
| 6th Term (III) | Unit (3)-The Age Guptas and Vardhanas | |
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11th History Volume (I) |
Unit (4) – Emergence of State and Empire | |
| Unit (7) – The Guptas | ||
| Unit (8) – Harsha and Rise of Regional
kingdoms |
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| Unit (1)- Sources of Medieval India | ||
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Delhi Sultans |
7th Term(1) |
Unit (2) Emergence of New kingdoms in
North India |
| Unit (4) – The Delhi Sultanate | ||
| 11th History
Volume (I) |
Unit (10) – Advent of Arab and Turks | |
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Mughals and Marathas |
7th Term (II) |
Unit (2) – The Mughal Empire |
| Unit (3) – Rise of Marathas and Peshwas | ||
| 11th History Volume (II) | Unit (14) – The Mughal Empire | |
| Unit (15) – The Marathas | ||
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Age of Vijayanagaram and Bahmani – South Indian History |
7th Term (II) | Unit (1) – Vijayanagaram and Bahmani |
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11th History Volume (I) |
Unit (9) – Cultural Development in
South India |
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| Unit (11) – Later Cholas and Pandyas | ||
| 11th History
Volume (II) |
Unit (12) – Bahmani and Vijayanagar
kingdoms |
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Advent of European (Expansion, Consolidation,British Rule) |
8th Term (1) |
Unit (1) – Advent of Europeans |
| Unit (2) – From Trade to territory | ||
| Unit (3) – Rural Life and society | ||
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8th Term (III) |
Unit (1) – Urban changes during
the British period |
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| Unit (2) – Status of Women in
India through the ages |
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9th Full Book |
Unit (10) – Industrial Revolution (10.7) | |
| Unit (11) – Colonialism in Asia & Africa (11.3-
11.5) |
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11th History |
Unit (16) – The Coming of Europeans | |
| Unit (17)- Effect of British Rule | ||
| India as a Secular State,
Social Harmony |
8th Term (II) | Civics – Unit (1) –
Understanding Secularism |
| UNIT-V: INDIAN POLITY | ||
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Constitution of India- Preamble Salient Features, Citizenship Fundamental Rights, Duties, Union State & Union Territory |
6th Term (i) | Unit (2) – Achieving Equality |
| 6th Term (ii) | Civics – Unit (2) – The Constitution of
Indian |
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| 7th Term (i) | Unit (1) – Equality | |
| 8th Term (i) | Unit (2) – Citizen and Citizenship | |
| 10th Volume (I) | Civics Unit (1) – Indian Constitution | |
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11th Volume (I) |
Unit 3 -Basic Concepts of Political
Science – I |
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| Unit 4 – Basic Concepts of Political
Science – II |
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| 12th Volume (I) | Unit (1) – Indian Constitution | |
| Refer Annexure I – Constitutional Amendments (12th Volume (I)) | ||
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Union Executive, Union |
6th Term (iii) | Civics – Unit (2) – Local body |
| 7th Term (ii) | Unit (1) – State Government | |
| 8th Term (i) | Civics – Unit (1) – How the State
Government Works |
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| Legislature, State Legislature, Legislature local Governments |
9th Full Book |
Unit (4) – Forms of Government |
| Unit (5) – Local Self Government | ||
| Panchayat Raj |
10th Volume (I) |
Unit (2) – central Government |
| Unit (3) – State Government | ||
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11th Volume (I) |
Unit (6) – Forms of Government | |
| Unit (12) – Local Government | ||
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12th Volume (I) |
Unit (2) – Legislature | |
| Unit (3) – Executive | ||
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Spirit of Federalism: Center – State Relations |
12th Volume (I) | Unit (5) – Federalism in India |
| 6th Term (iii) | Civics – Unit (1) – Democracy | |
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7th Term (i) |
Civics- Unit (2) – Political Parties | |
| Unit (1)-Forms of Government and
Democracy |
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Election – Judiciary in India |
8th Term (III) | Unit (2) The Judiciary |
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9th Full Book |
Unit (2) – Election, Political Parties &
Pressure Groups |
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11th Volume (I) |
Unit (2) – State Unit | |
| Unit (5) – Democracy | ||
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11th Volume (II) |
Unit (10) – Public Opinion & Party
System |
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| Unit (11) – Election & Representation | ||
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12th Volume (I) |
Unit (4) – Indian Judiciary | |
| Unit (6) – Administrative Machinery in
India |
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| Annexure II – High Courts in India – (12th Full Book) | ||
| Rule of Law | Refer Laxmikanth 5th Edition- Indian Polity Page No: 7.5 | |
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Consumer Protection forms |
7th Term (III) | Unit (2) -Market and Consumer
Protection |
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12th Commerce |
Unit (16) – Consumerism | |
| Unit (17) – Consumer Protection Forms | ||
| Unit (18) – Grievance Redressal
Mechanism |
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Corruption in Public Life |
7th Term (III) | Unit (1) – Women Empowerment |
| 8th Full Book (Civics) | Unit (4) – Human Rights and UNO | |
| Anti Corruption Measures | 9th Full Book | Unit (3) – Human Rights |
| Lokpal & Lok Ayukta
Right to Information -Empowerment of Women-Human Rights Charter |
Refer Laxmikanth 5th Edition – Indian Polity |
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Miscellaneous |
8th Term (III) | Unit (1) – Defence & Foreign Policy |
| 11th Volume (1) | Unit (7)- Politic Thoughts | |
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11th Volume (II) |
Unit (8) – Political Ideologies Part (1) | |
| Unit (9) – Political Ideologies Part (II) | ||
| 12th Volume (1) | Unit (7)- Challenges of Nation Building | |
| UNIT-VI: INDIAN ECONOMY | ||
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Nature of Indian Economy-Five Year Plans -Planning Commission & Niti Ayog |
6th Term (II) | Unit (1) – Economics an Introduction |
| 7th Term (I) | Unit (1) – Production | |
| 8th Term
(III) |
Unit (1) – Public and Private Sectors | |
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11th Economy |
Unit (1)- Introduction to Micro-
Economic |
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| Unit (7) – Indian Economy | ||
| Unit (8) – Indian Economy-
Before and After Independence |
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| Unit (9)-Development Experiences
in India |
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12th Economy |
Unit (1) -Introduction to Macro
Economics |
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| Unit (11) -Economics of
Development & Planning |
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| Structure of Indian Economy &
Employment Generation – Land Reforms & Agriculture Application of Science & Technology in Agriculture – |
9th Full Book |
Unit (2) – Employment in India &
Tamil Nadu |
| Unit (5) – Migration | ||
| 10th Volume
(1) |
Unit (2) – Globalization and Trade | |
| 10th Volume
(II) |
Unit (3) – Food Security & Nutrition | |
| Industrial Growth- Rural Welfare Oriented Programmes –
Social Sector Problems – Population, Education, Health, Employment, Poverty. |
11th Economics |
Unit (10) – Rural Economy |
| Unit (9) – Development Experiences
in India |
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12th Economics |
Unit (3) Theories of Employment
and Income |
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| Unit (10) Environment Economics | ||
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Sources of Revenue Reserve Bank of India – Fiscal Policy and Monetary Policy – Finance Commission Resource Sharing between an Union and State Governments Goods and Service Tax |
7th Term
(III) |
Unit (1) – Tax and its importance |
| 8th Term (1) | Unit (1) Money Savings and
Investments |
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| 9th Full
Book |
Unit (3) – Money and Credit | |
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10th Full Book |
Unit (1) GDP and its Growth: an
Introduction |
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| Unit (4) -Government and Taxes | ||
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12th Economics |
Unit (2) – National Income | |
| Unit (4) – Consumptions and
Investment Function |
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| Unit (5) – Monetary Economics | ||
| Unit (6) – Banking | ||
| Unit (9)- Fiscal Economics |
| UNIT-VII: INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT | ||
| National Renaissance – Early uprising against British rule, INC, Emergence of National Leaders B.R.Ambedkar,
Bhagat Singh, Bharathiar,V.O. Chidambaranar, Jawaharlal Nehru, Kamarajar,Mahatma Gandhi, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Thanthai Periyar, Rajaji, Subash Chandra Bose and others. |
10th Full Book |
Unit (2) -2.3 (B) – Decolonization India – (National
Renaissance – 1857 revolt) |
| Unit (7) – Anti-Colonial Movements and Birth of
Nationalism |
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| Unit (8) – Nationalism Gandhian Phase | ||
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11th Volume (II) |
Unit (16) The Coming of The Europeans | |
| Unit (17) – Effects of British Rule | ||
| Unit (19)- Towards Modernity | ||
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12th Volume (I) |
Unit (1) – Rise of Nationalism in India | |
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Unit (2)- Rise of Extremism and Swadeshi Movement |
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Different Modes of Agitation Growth of Satyagraha and Militant Movements |
12th Volume (I) |
Unit (3)- Impact of World War I on Indian Freedom
Movement |
| Unit (4) Advent of Gandhi and Mass Mobilisation | ||
| Unit (5) – Period of Radicalism in Anti-imperialist
Struggles |
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| Unit (6) – Religion in
Nationalist Politics |
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| Communalism and Partition | 12th
Volume (I) |
Chapter (7)- Last Phase of Indian
National Movement |
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India After Independence |
8th Term (II) |
Unit (1) Educational Development
in India |
| Unit (2) – Development of Industries
in India |
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| Unit (3) – World War II (3.2-3.4) | ||
| 10th
Volume (I) |
Unit (4) – The World After World War II
(4.5-4.9) |
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12th Volume (I) |
Unit (8) – Reconstruction of Post-
Colonial India |
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| Unit (9) – Envisioning a new Socio-
Economic Order |
| UNIT-VIII: History, Culture, Heritage and Socio – Political Movements in Tamil Nadu | ||
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History of Tamil Society, Related Archaeological Discoveries |
6th Term (1) | Unit (4) – Ancient Cities of
Tamilagam |
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6th Term (III) |
Unit (1) The Sangam Age | |
| Unit (4) – South Indian Kingdoms | ||
| 7th Term (1) | Unit (3) – Later Cholas & Pandiyas | |
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7th Term (III) |
Unit (2) – Art and Architecture of
Tamil Nadu |
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| Unit (3) – Jainism, Buddhism and
Ajivika Philosophy in Tamil Nadu |
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9th Full Book |
Unit (3) – Early Tamil Society &
Culture |
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| Unit (7) – State & Society in
Medieval India |
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