Concept Index

How to use this index

• Revise a subject by sweeping its concept block, then jump to the owner note for anything you are unsure of via the card's parent edge.
• For a "learn more" link in an app, follow the parent edge from the card to its owner note (see 01 integration with a backend).
• A concept you expect but do not find is a coverage flag; check the coverage maps under README.

Polity and governance

The constitutional spine, the bodies, the parliamentary devices, and the security and human-rights concepts. Owners are the notes under paper-1/polity/.

• Constitutional foundations: concept preamble, concept fundamental rights, concept directive principles, concept fundamental duties, concept basic structure, concept judicial review, concept writs, concept public interest litigation.
• Schedules and special provisions: concept seventh schedule, concept fifth schedule, concept sixth schedule, concept eighth schedule, concept ninth schedule, concept eleventh and twelfth schedules, concept article 370 abrogation, concept article 371 special provisions.
• Federalism and emergency: concept emergency provisions, concept presidents rule, concept article 356 misuse, concept inter state council, concept zonal councils, concept finance commission, concept delimitation.
• Parliamentary devices: concept money bill, concept money bill vs finance bill, concept ordinance, concept joint sitting, concept no confidence motion, concept confidence motion, concept censure motion, concept adjournment motion, concept calling attention motion, concept privilege motion, concept cut motions, concept zero hour, concept question hour, concept starred vs unstarred questions, concept quorum, concept point of order, concept private members bill, concept short duration discussion, concept prorogation and dissolution, concept vote on account.
• Bodies and law officers: concept constitutional vs statutory bodies, concept election commission, concept state election commission, concept upsc, concept state public service commission, concept cag, concept attorney general, concept solicitor general, concept central vigilance commission, concept central information commission, concept lokpal, concept lokayukta, concept central administrative tribunal, concept collegium system.
• Anti-defection and parties: concept anti defection law, concept whip, concept recognised political party.
• Human rights and internal security (the CAPF lens): concept afspa, concept uapa, concept nhrc, concept state human rights commission, concept geneva conventions, concept principle of non refoulement, concept national commission for women, concept national commission for minorities, concept national commission for scheduled castes, concept national commission for scheduled tribes, concept national commission for backward classes, concept national commission for protection of child rights, concept national commission for safai karamcharis, concept special officer for linguistic minorities.

Internal security, forces and defence (the CAPF lens)

The five CAPFs, the auxiliary forces, the security architecture, and strategic concepts. Owners are exam-info/the-five-forces, the deep-notes/ security set, and paper-1/polity/human-rights-and-internal-security.

• The forces: concept central armed police forces overview, concept central industrial security force, concept railway protection force, concept assam rifles, concept national security guard, concept special protection group, concept special frontier force, concept indian coast guard.
• Architecture and doctrine: concept national security council, concept nia, concept natgrid, concept multi agency centre, concept coastal security architecture, concept one border one force, concept line of actual control management, concept loc vs lac, concept sagar doctrine.
• Non-proliferation and export-control regimes: concept nuclear non proliferation treaty, concept comprehensive test ban treaty, concept nuclear suppliers group, concept missile technology control regime, concept wassenaar arrangement, concept australia group, concept chemical weapons convention, concept financial action task force.

History

Ancient, medieval and modern India, with the freedom struggle dense set. Owners are the notes under paper-1/history/.

• Ancient: concept harappan civilisation, concept four vedas, concept second urbanisation, concept sixteen mahajanapadas, concept buddhism, concept jainism, concept eightfold path, concept mauryan administration, concept mauryan art and pillars, concept ashokan edicts, concept satavahana dynasty, concept kushana empire, concept gandhara and mathura art, concept gupta golden age, concept harsha empire, concept nalanda and takshashila, concept sangam literature, concept chola administration.
• Medieval: concept iqta system, concept market reforms alauddin, concept bahmani kingdom, concept vijayanagara empire, concept ashtadiggajas, concept bhakti movement, concept sufi movement, concept mansabdari system, concept zabt system, concept jizya, concept din i ilahi, concept dravidian temple architecture, concept indo islamic architecture.
• Modern, colonial structure: concept regulating act 1773, concept pitts india act 1784, concept charter act 1813, concept charter act 1833, concept charter act 1853, concept government of india act 1858, concept indian councils act 1861, concept indian councils act 1892, concept morley minto reforms, concept montagu chelmsford reforms, concept government of india act 1935, concept indian independence act 1947, concept doctrine of lapse, concept ryotwari mahalwari permanent settlement, concept vernacular press act, concept ilbert bill.
• Modern, the freedom struggle: concept revolt of 1857, concept formation of indian national congress, concept surat split, concept swadeshi movement, concept home rule league, concept lucknow pact, concept rowlatt act, concept jallianwala bagh massacre, concept non cooperation movement, concept swaraj party, concept simon commission, concept nehru report, concept dandi march, concept civil disobedience movement, concept round table conferences, concept communal award, concept poona pact, concept gandhi irwin pact, concept august offer, concept cripps mission, concept quit india movement, concept indian national army, concept cabinet mission plan, concept mountbatten plan, concept partition of india.

Geography

Physical, Indian and world geography, plus oceanography. Owners are the notes under paper-1/geography/.

• Geomorphology and earth: concept earths interior, concept earthquake waves, concept plate tectonics, concept continental drift, concept isostasy, concept fold mountains, concept fault and rift valley, concept volcanic landforms, concept rock cycle, concept weathering, concept erosion and deposition, concept fluvial landforms, concept glacial landforms, concept aeolian landforms, concept karst landforms, concept deccan traps.
• Climatology: concept atmosphere layers, concept insolation and heat budget, concept atmospheric pressure belts, concept planetary winds, concept local and seasonal winds, concept jet streams, concept coriolis effect, concept humidity and condensation, concept types of rainfall, concept temperature inversion, concept isohyet and isobar, concept tropical cyclones, concept western disturbances, concept monsoon, concept el nino and la nina, concept indian ocean dipole.
• Oceanography: concept ocean currents, concept ocean salinity, concept ocean temperature and thermocline, concept tides, concept tsunami, concept coral reefs, concept great barrier reef.
• Indian physical geography: concept the himalayas, concept peninsular block, concept peninsular plateau, concept indo gangetic plain, concept coastal plains of india, concept indian desert, concept western ghats, concept eastern ghats, concept duns and bhabar, concept doab, concept himalayan vs peninsular rivers, concept multipurpose river projects.
• Soils, climate zones and biomes: concept soil formation, concept alluvial soil, concept black cotton soil, concept red soil, concept laterite soil, concept biomes, concept equatorial rainforest, concept tropical monsoon climate, concept mediterranean climate, concept tundra and taiga.
• Resources and location: concept coal fields of india, concept iron ore belts, concept cropping seasons, concept latitudes and longitudes.

Economy

Macro, money and banking, fiscal, markets, external sector and indices. Owners are the notes under paper-1/economy/.

• National income and growth: concept gdp and gnp, concept purchasing power parity, concept demographic dividend, concept engels law, concept kuznets curve, concept laffer curve, concept lorenz curve, concept gini coefficient.
• Money and banking: concept rbi functions, concept monetary policy, concept monetary policy committee, concept repo rate, concept bank rate, concept crr and slr, concept cash reserve and money multiplier, concept open market operations, concept liquidity adjustment facility, concept marginal standing facility, concept standing deposit facility, concept base rate and mclr, concept lender of last resort, concept money supply and aggregates, concept types of banks in india, concept payment banks, concept nbfc, concept priority sector lending, concept npa and twin balance sheet, concept basel norms, concept deposit insurance dicgc, concept cbdc e rupee, concept upi and digital payments, concept financial inclusion.
• Fiscal and taxation: concept fiscal vs monetary policy, concept fiscal deficit, concept primary deficit, concept revenue vs capital expenditure, concept revenue vs capital receipts, concept fiscal responsibility act, concept direct vs indirect tax, concept gst, concept gst council, concept gst slabs, concept cess and surcharge, concept tax buoyancy, concept tax to gdp ratio, concept revenue neutral rate, concept finance commission vs planning commission.
• Markets, inflation and external sector: concept inflation, concept sebi, concept capital market instruments, concept money market instruments, concept government securities, concept bond yield and price, concept ipo and primary market, concept stock exchanges and indices, concept mutual funds, concept balance of payments, concept current account deficit, concept twin deficit, concept trade balance, concept foreign exchange reserves, concept external debt, concept fdi vs fii, concept devaluation vs depreciation, concept effective exchange rate, concept current vs capital account convertibility, concept special drawing rights, concept insolvency and bankruptcy code, concept disinvestment, concept ease of doing business.
• Agriculture, poverty and development: concept minimum support price, concept green revolution, concept white revolution, concept genetically modified crops, concept biofuels, concept poverty line, concept human development index, concept multidimensional poverty index, concept niti aayog.

General Science

Physics, chemistry, biology, health and emerging technology at NCERT and everyday level. Owners are the notes under paper-1/general-science/.

• Physics: concept newtons laws, concept laws of motion applications, concept archimedes principle, concept doppler effect, concept total internal reflection, concept electromagnetic spectrum, concept radioactivity, concept nuclear fission and fusion, concept superconductors, concept semiconductors, concept lasers, concept optical fibre, concept ultrasound and sonar.
• Chemistry: concept acids bases and salts, concept ph scale, concept catalysts, concept alloys, concept fuel cells and hydrogen.
• Biology and health: concept dna and rna, concept enzymes, concept photosynthesis, concept vitamins and deficiencies, concept vaccines and immunity, concept monoclonal antibodies, concept stem cells, concept polymerase chain reaction, concept crispr.
• Environment and emerging technology: concept greenhouse effect, concept ozone depletion, concept artificial intelligence, concept blockchain, concept quantum computing, concept nanotechnology, concept internet of things, concept gps and navic.

International relations and organisations

Multilateral bodies, groupings and India's foreign-policy doctrines. Owners are paper-1/current-events/international-organisations-and-india and the durable international-relations thematic note.

• Bodies and groupings: concept united nations system, concept g20, concept brics, concept sco, concept quad, concept bimstec, concept indian ocean rim association, concept international solar alliance.
• Doctrines and connectivity: concept act east policy, concept neighbourhood first, concept two plus two dialogue, concept chabahar port, concept golden quadrilateral, concept indus waters treaty.

Related

• master index (the authoritative catalogue of every module)
• this page groups cards; README documents the machine-readable YAML
• PIPELINE concept dictionary (how a concept card is built and kept faithful)
• README (the coverage maps that flag missing cards)
• scheme index, organisation index (the sibling categorised indexes)
• how to use this wiki (the navigation guide)