Most Important Topics to study for UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist Prelims 2023

Paper I - General Studies (Common for all streams)

• National and international current affairs.

• Indian and World Geography - Social, Physical, and Economic Geography of India and the World.

• History of India and the Indian National Movement

• Economic and Social Development – Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector initiatives, etc.

• Indian Polity and Governance -Political System, Constitution, Panchayati Raj, Rights Issues, Public Policy, etc. 

• General issues on Biodiversity, Environmental Ecology, and Climate Change 

Paper II - Geology/Hydrogeology

• Physical Geology 

• Mineralogy 

• Structural Geology

• Igneous Petrology 

• Sedimentology 

• Metamorphic Petrology 

• Paleontology 

• Economic Geology

• Stratigraphy  

• Hydrogeology 

Paper II - Geophysics

• Solid Earth Geophysics

• Electromagnetism

• Mathematical Methods in Geophysics 

• Geophysical Prospecting 

• Nuclear Physics and Radiometry

• Remote Sensing and Thermodynamics  

Paper II - Chemistry

• Chemical periodicity

• Acids and bases

• Chemical bonding and structure

• Kinetic theory and the gaseous state 

• Solutions of non-electrolytes

• Chemical thermodynamics and chemical equilibrium  

• Electrochemistry 

• Types of organic reactions 

• Stereochemistry