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The Preliminary Examination shall now comprise of two compulsory Papers of 200 marks each and of two hours duration each.
Detailed below is the new syllabus and pattern of the Preliminary Examination, which is brought to the notice of the prospective candidates intending to appear at the Civil Services Examination (CSE) in 2011 onwards.
GS (General Studies)
Paper I - 200 marks
Duration: Two hours
- Current events of national and international importance
- History of India and Indian National Movement
- Indian and World Geography Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.
- Indian Polity and Governance – Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.
- Economic and Social Development – Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc.
- General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialization
- General Science
CSAT (Civil Service Aptitude Test)
Paper I - 200 marks
Duration: Two hours
- Comprehension
- Interpersonal skills including communication skills
- Logical reasoning and analytical ability
- Decision making and Problem solving
- General mental ability
- Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc, class 10th level)
- Data Interpretation (Charts, Graphs, Tables, Data sufficiency etc. - class 10th level)
- English language comprehensions skills – class 10th level
General Studies & CSAT individual module Fee: 3300/- (Inc. Service Tax)
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TOPIC- GEOGRAPHY• Physical Geography - Goh-Cheng Leong , NCERT (11 std) New Version• Economic Geography- Made simple part - 1 ( 11 Std Old Version)• Social Geography/ India - 11th class N.C.E.R.T (11 & 12 Std ) 4 NCERT• Indian Agriculture & National Resources- 12th class (N.C.E.R.T.) & INDIA 2012,Hindu Survey
TOPIC- HISTORY Ancient India- (Old N.C.E.R.T.) Medival India- (Old N.C.E.R.T.)General Trend :- • Harappan Culture, (chapter 7) • Aryans and Age of Rig Veda (chapter 8) Late Vedic (chapter 9) • Jainism & Buddhism (chapter 10) • Magadhan Empire (chapter 11)Buddha (chapter 13) • Maurya (chapter 14, 15 & 16) • Satavahans (chapter 17)Cultural development in India (chapter 11) • Mughals & Afgans (chapter 12) Deccan (chapter 14) Mughals Empire (chapter 15) Economic and social life Mughal (chapter 16, 17, 18 & 19)Indian National Movement:- (Old N.C.E.R.T. XII) Nature and Character of the 19th century growth of Nationalism and Independence and National Movement. Book VIIIth class N.C.E.R.T. (All chapter) & XII Class N.C.E.R.T.
TOPIC - INDIAN POLITY AND GOVERNANCE•Political System & Constitution of India- Panchayati Raj, Current Polity (election, Article and Act, Center and State Relation, Parliamentary terms) Book Our Constitution- Subhas Kashyap or D.D. Basu & A.R. Desai• Our Parliament- Subhas Kashyap • 11th class N.C.E.R.T.• Hindu Editorial (News Paper Special Issue ) & India Year Book 2012(Publication Division) Democratic Politics - II (NCERT ,Class - X) Indian Constitution at Work (Class XI, New)
TOPIC- ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSustainable development, poverty, inclusion, demographic, social sector initiatives, Economic development in India.Book Indian Ecomonic development (NCERT, Class xi),Understanding Development (NCERT , Class X) Resources and Development (NCERT, Class VIII)• Economy Survey 2012 (Government of India) • India 2012 (Year Book) Ch. 1, 4, 7, 11, 12, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25 & 30• Budget (Union Budget /Rail Budget) Special Issue YOJANA (March Issue 2012)
TOPIC- GENERAL SCIENCE • Physics, Chemistry & Biology Required Book:- • 8 to 10th Std. N.C.E.R.T. and What, Why, How.(Series)
TOPIC- ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY AND BIO-DIVERSITY Fundamental of environmental realms, Principle of ecology ,Conservation and preservation approaches, Causes and Consequences of climate change.Book : Environment & Development (NCERT ) India Environment (NCERT, Class XI)Environmental( Botkin &Killer) Hindu Environment Survey 2011, IGNOU ( An Introduction the Environment – NEV - 001
TOPIC - CURRENT EVENTS Daily updating change, Sports, National & International Boundary dispute, Resources - discovery, Science & Technology, Nuclear Space Research, Computer, Disasters, WTO, WHO, Persons in News. Reference : Hindu News Paper , Manorama Year Book , India Year Book , Monthly Magazine (Yojana) Periodicals & Civil Services Times Magazine
Test Details Test for Gs + CSAT are 19. * These are framed on New UPSC pattern * Test enrolment can be taken without class enrolment * Details of answer will be provided after the test along with key * Result of the test will be displayed within 10 days * Test Discussion for the conducted tests will be held as per schedule. * Fee : 5100 /- Concession Ex students : 2550/-
POSTAL PRELIMS TEST SERIES AVAILABLE
19 Test Paper with explanation note along with 10 small booklets
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