CGPSC ACF/FRO study plan

Map the General Studies syllabus into six sub-lists (ancient and medieval history, modern history and freedom struggle, world and Indian geography, polity and governance, economy, science-tech and current affairs) and rank each by your current confidence.

Read one standard forestry textbook chapter each on forest classification of India and on silvicultural systems, and write a one-page comparison of clear-felling versus shelterwood systems with two Indian examples.

Build a Chhattisgarh current-affairs log for the last six months covering schemes, appointments, awards and biodiversity news, with source and date for every entry.

Solve 40 mixed General Studies MCQs under timed conditions and tag every wrong answer to its sub-list.

Summarise the major dynasties of Chhattisgarh and their administrative and land-revenue features in a two-page timeline.

Explain the constitutional framework for forests: Article 48A, Article 51A(g), the 42nd Amendment transfer of forests to the Concurrent List, and the Fifth and Sixth Schedules.

Describe the silvicultural systems practised for sal, teak and bamboo, stating rotation age, regeneration method and tending operations for each.

Draft ten one-line definitions of forest management terms such as working plan, felling series, coupe, and sustained yield.

Prepare short notes on Indian physical geography: drainage systems, the Chhattisgarh plains and Bastar plateau, and the Mahanadi and Godavari basins.

Explain the constitutional and legal position of wildlife in India, including the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 schedules and protected area categories.

Describe in-situ and ex-situ conservation approaches and give two Chhattisgarh examples of each, such as Indravati or Kanger Valley for in-situ.

List ten Schedule I species found in Chhattisgarh with their habitat and primary threat.

Explain the principles of wildlife management: carrying capacity, habitat evaluation, population estimation methods and human-wildlife conflict mitigation.

Describe the ecology and management of at least two flagship species of central India, covering diet, home range and corridor needs.

Summarise the main provisions of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 and the role of the National and State Biodiversity Boards and Biodiversity Management Committees.

Explain ecosystem services, trophic levels and energy flow, and calculate a simple energy-transfer example across four trophic levels.

Explain climate change concepts: greenhouse gases, radiative forcing, carbon sequestration, and India's National Action Plan on Climate Change missions.

Describe the major soil orders of Chhattisgarh and the causes and remedies of soil acidity and laterite formation in the state.

Outline the package of practices for paddy, the state's principal crop, covering seed rate, nursery, transplanting, nutrient management and pest control.

Summarise horticultural crops suited to Chhattisgarh, including mango, cashew, litchi and medicinal plants, with agro-climatic zone for each.

Solve ten chain-survey and compass-survey numerical problems, showing the arithmetic for each.

Explain forest road alignment, culvert design basics and the use of topographic maps in forest engineering.

Summarise the Indian Forest Act, 1927, the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, clause by clause in note form.

Describe the structure of forest administration in Chhattisgarh from Principal Chief Conservator of Forests down to beat level, and the duties at each level.

Revise plant taxonomy and morphology: families Fabaceae, Poaceae, Solanaceae and Euphorbiaceae with diagnostic characters and local examples.

Revise animal physiology and classification topics most often tested, including digestion, respiration and the classification of mammals and birds.

Complete a full-length General Studies mock test and analyse errors by sub-list.

Update the Chhattisgarh current-affairs log with the latest two months and revise all earlier entries.

Practise 30 reasoning and mental-ability questions covering series, coding-decoding, blood relations and data interpretation, timed at one minute each.

Revise Hindi grammar rules for sandhi, samas, muhavare and paryayvachi, and English usage for synonyms, antonyms and error spotting.

Re-read all eight weeks of notes and rewrite any topic where recall fails without reference to source.

Attempt two sectional tests, one on forestry and wildlife and one on environment and agriculture, and review every wrong answer.