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Syllabus for the Exam
A] General Studies (Part I)
1. Current events of national and international importance History of India and Indian national movement.
2. Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social Economic Geography of India and the World.
3. Indian Polity and governance - Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy Rights, Issues etc.
4. Economic and social development - Sustainable
Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social sector initiatives
etc.
5. General issues on environmental ecology - Biodiversity
and Climate change that do not require subject specialization.
6. General science.
B] General Studies (Part II) C-SAT
1. Comprehension
2. Interpersonal skills including communication skills.
3. Logical reasoning and analytical ability.
4. Decision making and problem solving.
5. Basic numeracy-numbers and their relations,orders of magnitude etc (Class X level).
6. Data interpretation -(Charts, Graphs, Tables, Data sufficiency (Class X level).
7. English Language comprehension skills (Class X level).
C] Topics of Social Relevance
1. Social movements and contribution of social reformers.
2. Equity and Social Justice - Challenges and measures.
3. Different schemes for upliftment of all weaker sections.
4. Challenges of Social Transformation - Caste, Ethnic.
5. Community Development and Displacement.
6. Social changes in India.
- Nature of Examination
An Objective type (Multiple Choice Questions) examination as
per new pattern introduced at UPSC Preliminary Examination will be
conducted.
Total Marks : 200
Duration : 120 Mins(2 hours)
- Reference Books
Indian History :
1. NCERT Books for Stds. 10th, 11th and 12th (Ancient, Medieval and Modern India) - Old and New.
2. India's struggle for Independence - Bipan Chandra
3. Modern India - Grover and Grover
4. Modern India - S. N. Sen
5. Modern India - Spectrum Publication
Geography :
1.NCERT Books for Standard 6th to 12th.
2.Certificate Physical Geography - Goh Cheng Leong.
3.India Yearbook (Publication division).
4. for relevant statistical data.
5.Atlas (Standard) to study maps.
6. Pratiyogita Darpan and Wizard special issues.
Indian Politics :
1.NCERT Books for Standard11th and 12th.
2.Our Parliament - Subhash Kashyap.
3.Our Constitution - Subhash Kashyap.
4.Introduction to the Constitution of India - D. D. Basu.
5.Indian Constitution - P. M. Bakshi.
Indian Economy :
1.Evolution of Indian Economy - NCERT books.
2.Indian Economy - Dutta and Sundaran.
3.Economic survey of India.
4.Special issues of Pratiyogita Darpan.
5.Chronicle - Economy Watch Section.
6. ET classroom and special articles from Economic Time.
General Science :
1.NCERT Books for Standard 5th to 10th.
2.Tata McGraw Hill (TMH) Guide.
3.Science Reporter.
C-SAT :
1.Mental Ability - R. S. Agarwal.
2.Competition Success - Intelligent Test - W. N. Dandekar.
3.Ultimate In Mental Ability Test - Lt. Col. M. G. Diwan.
4.Word Power made Easy - N. Lewis.
5.Quantitative Aptitude for CAT - Arun Sharma.
6.How to read better and faster - Lewis.
7.Puzzles - S. Devi, George Summers
8.Non Verbal and Logical Reasoning - R. S. Agarwal
9.Quantitative Aptitude - R. S. Agarwal
10.C-SAT Manual 2011 - Pearson
11.C-SAT Manual - Tata McGraw Hill (TMH)
Current Affairs : Newspaper
The Hindu, Times of India, Indian Express, Maharashtra Times, Any Marathi Newspaper.
Current Affairs : Magazine
1.Civil Service Chronicle.
2.Wizard (Special Issues).
3.Pratiyogita Darpan (Special Issues), Frontline.
4.Special issues of Pratiyogita Darpan.
5.Yojana, Kurukshetra,Lokrajya, Science reporter, Down to Earth.
Topics of Social Relevance :
1.Idea of India - Sunil Khillan
2.Indian Society - S.C. Dube
3. Problems in India - Ram Ahuja
