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HPPSC preparation
HPPSC State Civil Services Examination · conducted by Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission
Below are the general studies and general awareness subjects that HPPSC draws on, each broken into topics you can open as interactive knowledge maps — so you see how people, events and ideas connect instead of memorising them in isolation.
Himachal Pradesh state studies
Ancient Indian History
Subject overviewFrom the Indus Valley to the Guptas — civilisations, empires and religions of early India.
Medieval Indian History
Subject overviewSultanates, the Mughals, Vijayanagara and the Marathas — power and culture from 700 to 1750.
Modern Indian History
Subject overviewCompany rule, the national movement and independence — the story from 1757 to 1947.
- East India Company
- Indian Rebellion of 1857
- Indian National Congress
- Partition of Bengal (1905)
- Swadeshi movement
- Jallianwala Bagh massacre
- Non-cooperation movement
- Simon Commission
- Salt March
- Civil disobedience movement
- Government of India Act 1935
- Quit India Movement
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Subhas Chandra Bose
- Bhagat Singh
- B. R. Ambedkar
- Vallabhbhai Patel
- Partition of India
- Indian independence movement
Indian Art & Culture
Subject overviewDance, music, architecture and painting traditions that appear across GS and general awareness papers.
Indian Geography
Subject overviewPhysiography, rivers, climate, resources and agriculture of India.
Physical & World Geography
Subject overviewHow the Earth works — landforms, atmosphere, oceans and climate systems.
Indian Polity & Constitution
Subject overviewThe Constitution, institutions and governance of India.
- Constitution of India
- Preamble to the Constitution of India
- Fundamental rights in India
- Directive Principles of State Policy
- Fundamental Duties (India)
- Parliament of India
- Lok Sabha
- Rajya Sabha
- President of India
- Prime Minister of India
- Supreme Court of India
- Governor (India)
- Election Commission of India
- Comptroller and Auditor General of India
- Panchayati raj in India
- Basic structure doctrine
- Emergency (India)
- Amendment of the Constitution of India
Indian Economy
Subject overviewGrowth, money, budgets, planning and reforms of the Indian economy.
- Economy of India
- Reserve Bank of India
- Monetary policy
- Inflation
- Gross domestic product
- Goods and Services Tax (India)
- Union budget of India
- Five-Year Plans of India
- NITI Aayog
- Green Revolution in India
- Economic liberalisation in India
- Securities and Exchange Board of India
- Balance of payments
- Foreign direct investment
- Poverty in India
Environment & Ecology
Subject overviewEcosystems, biodiversity, climate change and India's conservation laws and programmes.
Science & Technology
Subject overviewSpace, nuclear, bio- and digital technologies, and India's achievements in each.
International Relations
Subject overviewIndia's foreign policy and the international groupings and institutions it works with.