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Summary AI is born, the news room has been reviewed.
High yield areas include history, geography, politics, economy and science.
Spadex missions and scumjet tests of ISRO highlight India’s technological progress.
Understanding economic policies and historical events is important for success.
With a few days to go to UPSC Prelims 2025, aspirants are gearing up to deal with the huge course, focusing strategically high yielding topics that can create a significant difference in their score. Given the competitive nature of the examination, it is important to give priority to those areas who have seen repeated questions or have been in the news recently. For general studies paper 1, major sectors include history, geography, politics, economy, science and technology and environment.
So here are the topics of high-top up general studies paper 1.
Topics:
1. AI Action Summit 2025: Established in Paris and co-chairmanship by India and France, the summit addressed the AI regime, morality and global cooperation, emphasized responsible AI development.
2. Expo 2025 Osaka: Japan hosted expo 2025 in Osaka with “designing Future Society for Lives”, focused on innovation, stability and global cooperation.
3. The 144th IOC Session: Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Covantry became the first woman and African, marking the historical leadership, selected as the IOC President during the 144th session in Greece.
4. Malian Protests 2025: Opposing mass protests in Mali against President Goeta’s rule, demanding democratic reforms and disintegration of political parties.
5. National Geospatial Mission: India launched the National Geospatial Mission to modernize land records and increase urban planning, to the development of efficient infrastructure.
Other important current affairs are the subject of India-Pakistan tension, India-Myanmar border fencing, G20 summit on digital economy, Indo-Australia Free Trade Agreement, ISRO’s Mars Mission (Mangal-3), United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), Estimates of India’s demand for electricity demand, Uniform Civil Code 2024, and RAM Temple.
Science Technology:
1. ISRO’s SpadX Mission: India’s Spadex Mission successfully demonstrated the autonomous satellite Docking, which is an important step towards establishing the Indian Anticash Station and furthering the future crew space mission.
2. International Year of Quantum Science and Technology: The United Nations declared 2025 as the international year of quantum science and technology to highlight quantum progress and promote global awareness of its transformative ability.
3. Scramjet Engine Ground Test: India performed a successful ground test of its scumjet engine, marking a significant milestone in developing hypersonic missiles, capable of speed of more than 5.
4. IIT Delhi’s ‘Jigyasa’ initiative: IIT Delhi started the ‘Jigyasa’ outreach program to bridge the gap between scientific research and the public, which promotes scientific curiosity and understands nationwide.
5. ISRO’s space ‘dogfite’ experiment: ISRO performed a high -speed satellite randezavas, showed advanced orbital control and strengthened India’s capabilities in space security and future defense applications.
Environment:
1. Environment Monitoring: Environment DNA (EDNA) is revolutionizing biodiversity map by identifying endangered species through genetic scars in water and soil.
2. Speculations and ecosystems: speculation of sympathy explains the development of species without geographical separation, while Woody has highlighted the encroachment of how the trees invading grasslands obstruct indigenous vegetarian houses.
3. Climate innovation: Estuition wants to combat climate change and glacier melt using concepts such as Chaiti carbon in esturine ecosystem and glacial geoenizering.
4. Pollution and Health Risk: Toxic pollutants such as trichlorithylene and peroclorithylene in groundwater and silicon dioxide in mining reduce serious health hazards, including overaxper, cancer, and silicosis.
5. Sustainable Technology: Initiatives such as the Green Tug Transition Program, Direct Air Capture System and atmospheric rivers and Ringwood Oceans monitor the initiative represent India’s progress in climate flexibility and innovation.
Additionally, familiarizing yourself with important new climate terms can also be highly beneficial. UPSC Prelims 2025.
Economics:
1. It is important to understand the basics of economy and economic growth, including macro and microeconomics.
2. Fiscal and monetary policies, including the RBI role in government borrowings and inflation, play an important role in shaping the economy.
3. Banking and financial systems, including NBFC rules and digital currencies, are important for economic stability.
4. India’s foreign trade and payment balance is affected by FDI, FPI and business relations.
5. MSP and Kisan affect agricultural policies, economy and livelihood of farmers, including credit cards.
6. Global Economic Institutions such as IMF, AIIB and WTO, as well as G20, give shape to framework, international economic cooperation and policy.
History:
For UPSC Prelims 2025, subjects of important history include ancient Indian history (Indus Valley Civilization, Vedic Age, Buddhism, Maurya Empire), Mediawell Indian History (Delhi Sultanate, Mughal Empire, Bhakti and Sufi Movements) and modern Indian History (British Rules, Indian National Movement, 1857). Additionally, art and culture and Indian history are important, including subjects such as Maurya Pillar inscription, temple architecture and Sangam literature.
Politics and Governance:
The recent developments in Indian politics include the Supreme Court’s decision on the Governor’s consent for state bills in 2024, which emphasizes constitutional processes. The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, now Uwmeed Act, introduces reforms for inclusive management of Waqf properties. Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025, updates immigration rules. Initiatives such as Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) assess local regime. Electoral reforms increase access to the PWD and the elderly through home voting, and Braille on EVMs. Digital governance proceeds on civil data with digital brand identity manual (DBIM) and Copenhagen Framework. Aadhaar certification rules, 2025, further identifying further identifies verification procedures.
These subjects are important to understand the developed landscape of Indian rule and are important for the preparation of UPSC Prelims 2025.
Geography:
For UPSC Prelims 2025, focus on geography topics including Physical Geography (Geomorphology, Climateology, Oceanography), Indian Geography (physiography, drainage, climate), and human and economic geography (population, agriculture, resources). Important maps subjects include states, cities, rivers and protected areas of India. Stay updated on current affairs such as climate change, natural disasters and global events. Practice map-based questions for better score.
