APSC Prelims 2020 GS Paper – Suggest Topics for Science & Technology, Defence & Security Section
Basic Science
- Ammeter, Anemometer, Calorimeter, Electrometer, Ellipsometer, Eudiometer, Gravimeter, Hydrometer, Magnetograph, Manometer, Spectrogram, Spectrometer, seismometer
New Technology – New Mobile technology, cloud technology, super computer, 4G, Long-Term Evolution (LTE),
- 5G, VoIP, IoT, Blockchain, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Data analytics, Hyperloop, LED
Internet Technology – AJAX, CACHE/CACHING. HTML5, HTTPS, SSL, XML, HTTP cookie (web cookie, Internet cookie, browser cookie, or simply cookie)
Basic Computer
- USB, Smart devices, Accessories
- Common terms related to Computer, MS word, MS Excel
- Antivirus, Cyber Security terms & Virus
- OS, S/w, H/W, Input/ Out put devices
- Super computers, Scientists & Inventions
Environmental Science
- Pollution Basics – causes, components, Effects
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) – the worst climate pollution, Sulfur oxides (SOx), Nitrogen oxides (NOx), Carbon monoxide (CO)
- The WHO Guidelines – PM10 pollution – PM 2.5 and PM 10 levels
Biological Science – Human body, disease & causes
Defence & Security –
- Intelligence Agencies ISI, RAW, CIA, MI6, IB, CBI
- Defence Army institutes – Army’s Counter-Insurgency Warfare School, Vairengte, Mizoram, Army War College, Mhow, Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun, Officers Training Academy –Chennai and Gaya (new), National Defence Academy (NDA),Pune
- Joint Military/Naval Exercises
All Missiles, Aircraft carries & Submarines
- Akash surface-to-air missile., Nag antitank missile., Prithvi-I: surface-to-surface ballistic missile,
- Agni-V, VI : Four-stage Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)- minimum range of 5,500 km
- BrahMos : cruise missile, Nirbhay: long-range subsonic cruise missile, Barak 8 : long-range surface-to-air missile, Trishul: surface-to-air missile
- INS ships, carriers