Part-A (Syllabus up to 10+2), Updated on 20/12/2025.
I. SOCIAL SCIENCE
- HISTORY
i. Indian History
(a) Ancient Indian History
The earliest societies: hunting and gathering as a way of life and its implications; introduction to stone tools and their use.
Prehistory and human civilisation: Palaeolithic Age, Mesolithic Age, Neolithic Age; Copper Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age.
Indus Valley Civilization: principal archaeological sites, urban planning, internal and external trade, artistic achievements, industries and crafts, social stratification.
Pre-Vedic and Vedic culture; religious movements; Mauryan Empire; Shakas, Kushanas, Satavahanas.
Sangam Age: Cholas, Pandyas, Cheras.
Gupta Age; Post-Gupta Age: Harshavardhana.
(b) Medieval Indian History
Turkish invasions: Muhammad bin Qasim, Mahmud of Ghazni, Muhammad Ghori.
Delhi Sultanate: Mamluk (Slave), Khilji, Tughlaq, Sayyad, Lodi dynasties.
Religious movements: Sufi movement, Chishti order.
Bhakti movement: Shankara, Ramanujacharya, Madhvacharya, Namdev, Gnyaneshwar, Kabir, Guru Nanak, Ravidas, Tulsidas, Surdas, Mirabai, Chaitanya.
Mughal Empire; Maratha Empire; rise of Sikh Empire.
(c) Modern Indian History
Arrival of European companies; Governors-General of Bengal; Viceroys of India.
Provincial autonomous states and conflicts with European trading companies.
Economic impact of British rule; land settlements; Revolt of 1857.
Social and religious reform movements.
Freedom movement: INC, Partition of Bengal, Swadeshi and Swaraj, Muslim League, Lucknow Pact, Home Rule League, Champaran, Kheda and Ahmedabad Satyagraha, Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh, Khilafat and Non-Cooperation movements, Swaraj Party, Simon Commission, Nehru Report, Jinnah Formula, Bardoli Satyagraha, Lahore Session, Dandi March and Gandhiji’s eleven demands, Civil Disobedience, Round Table Conferences, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Communal Award, Poona Pact, revolutionary movements of Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad, Subhas Chandra Bose, provincial elections, August Proposal, demand for Pakistan, Cripps Mission, Quit India Movement, C. Rajagopalachari Formula, Wavell Plan, Shimla Conference, Cabinet Mission, Mountbatten Plan.
Constitutional development: Regulating Act 1773, Pitt’s India Act 1784, Charter Acts (1793, 1813, 1833, 1853), Government of India Act 1858, Indian Councils Acts (1861, 1892, 1909), Government of India Act 1935, Cripps Mission 1942, Cabinet Mission 1946, Indian Independence Act 1947.
ii. European History
French Revolution; Industrial Revolution; unification of Germany and Italy; First World War; League of Nations; Russian Revolution and Socialism; Fascism in Italy; Nazism in Germany; Second World War; United Nations Organization.
- GEOGRAPHY
India: size and location; India and the world; India’s neighbours.
Physical features of India: Himalayan Mountains, Northern Plains, Peninsular Plateau, Indian Desert, Coastal Plains, Islands.
Drainage: concept; drainage system of India; Himalayan rivers (Ganga and Brahmaputra); Peninsular rivers (Narmada, Tapti, Godavari, Mahanadi, Krishna, Kaveri).
Climate: concept; climatic controls; latitude, altitude, pressure and winds (excluding jet streams and western cyclonic disturbances); seasons; distribution of rainfall; monsoon as a unifying bond.
Natural vegetation and wildlife: tropical evergreen, tropical deciduous, thorn forests and shrubs, mountain forests, mangrove forests.
Population: size, distribution by numbers and density; growth and population change.
India’s physical environment, resources and economy: resources and development; forest and wildlife resources; water resources; agriculture; minerals and energy resources; manufacturing industries; lifelines of the national economy; multipurpose river projects.
Universe and solar system; lithosphere; rocks and their types; volcanoes; earthquakes; landforms.
Agriculture and food crops; cropping pattern; forests; minerals; sources of power; industries and occupations; transport and communication; rainwater harvesting; land use pattern; land degradation and conservation measures; types of farming.
- ECONOMICS
Development and its goals; income and non-income criteria; national development; public facilities; sustainability.
Sectors of Indian economy: primary, secondary, tertiary; organised and unorganised; public and private sectors.
Money and credit: medium of exchange; modern money; banking; credit situations; terms of credit; formal credit; self-help groups.
Globalisation and Indian economy: production across countries; foreign trade; WTO; impact of globalisation; fair globalisation.
Understanding economic development; consumer rights; food security; poverty challenges.
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
Democracy: meaning and need.
Constitutional design: South Africa; Indian Constitution and its values.
Electoral politics; working of institutions; democratic rights.
Constituent Assembly; Preamble; Fundamental Rights and Duties; DPSP.
Parliament; Prime Minister and Council of Ministers; President; Vice-President; judiciary; state legislatures; Chief Minister; Governor.
Citizenship; centre-state relations; emergency provisions; constitutional amendments; budget; Election Commission; Panchayats and Municipalities; political parties; Finance Commission; CAG; Attorney General; anti-defection law; official language; CBI; caste; patriarchy; planned economy; social movements.
Power sharing; federalism; decentralisation; gender, religion and caste; political parties; outcomes of democracy.
II. MATHEMATICS
Number systems; real numbers; integers; rational and irrational numbers; laws of exponents; HCF and LCM; fractions, decimals, percentages.
Algebra: expressions, identities, polynomials, linear and quadratic equations, arithmetic progression.
Ratio and proportion; geometry; triangles; quadrilaterals; circles; constructions; mensuration; coordinate geometry.
Trigonometry and applications; statistics; probability; work and time; time and distance.
III. SCIENCE
Food and nutrition; materials; separation; plants; body movements; living organisms; motion; light; electricity; magnets; air; heat; acids, bases and salts; physical and chemical changes; respiration; reproduction; adolescence; force and pressure; friction; sound; chemical effects of electric current; natural phenomena; environment; matter; life processes; heredity and evolution; electricity; magnetism.
IV. ENGLISH
Reading comprehension; grammar; vocabulary; tenses; voice; narration; idioms; sentence correction; transformation; one-word substitution.
V. HINDI
भाषा-व्याकरण एवं लिपि का परिचय; वर्ण विचार एवं व्याकरणिक खंड; शब्द विचार।
शब्दों का वर्गीकरण – तत्सम, तद्भव, देशज, विदेशी; रचना, प्रयोग और अर्थ के आधार पर।
विकारी शब्द – संज्ञा, सर्वनाम, क्रिया, विशेषण।
अविकारी शब्द – क्रिया-विशेषण, संबंध बोधक, समुच्चय बोधक, विस्मयादिबोधक।
पद परिचय; शब्द शक्तियाँ; शब्द रूपांतरण – लिंग, वचन, कारक, काल, वाच्य।
संधि, समास, उपसर्ग, प्रत्यय।
वाक्य विचार एवं अर्थ विचार – पर्यायवाची, विलोम, समानार्थी, वाक्यांश के लिए एक शब्द।
विराम चिन्ह; शब्द एवं वाक्य शुद्धि; मुहावरे, लोकोक्तियाँ और अलंकार।
VI. COMPUTERS / INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Computer fundamentals; components; operating system; troubleshooting; networking; internet; cyber security; MS Word, Spreadsheet, Presentation; e-Governance; MIS.
Part-B (General Awareness)
General knowledge including Himachal Pradesh; current affairs; everyday science; logical reasoning; Hindi (Matric level); English (Matric level).
Qualification
Essential Qualification
The candidate should have passed the 10+2 examination or its equivalent from a recognized Board of School Education or University.
Desirable Qualifications
Knowledge of the customs, manners, and dialects of Himachal Pradesh and suitability for appointment under the peculiar conditions prevailing in the State.
Knowledge of computer applications.
Mode of Selection
Computer Based Test or written screening test of 120 marks.
Duration of the test will be one and a half hours, as decided by the Aayog.
Scope of Syllabus
The objective type screening test will consist of 120 multiple choice questions.
Each question will carry one mark.
Syllabus
i) Subjects or fields up to the level of prescribed essential qualification as notified in the advertisement.
Total questions: 85
ii) General studies components.
Total questions: 35