SYLLABI FOR THE EXAMINATIONPART.A

PRELIMTNARYEXAMINATION -201s (23.08.2015)The Examination shall comprise two compulsory papers of 200 marks each.

Paper I - (200 marks) Duration : Two hoursqk Current events of national and international importance.,-k 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.-t 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 Sbience.

Paper II- (200 marks) Duration: Two hoursA 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 X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiencyetc.-ClassXlevel)

& English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level).Note 1 : Questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X

level (last item in the Syllabus of Paper II) will be tested throughpassages from English language only without providing Hindi translationthereof in the question paper.

Note 2 : The questions will be of multiple choice, objective type.

Note 3 : It is mandatory for the candidate to appear in both the Papers of CivilServices (Prelim) Examination for the purpose of evaluation. Thereforecandidate will be disqualified in case he/she does not appear in both thepapers of Civil Services (Prelim) Examination.

LIST OF PERIODICALS AVIAGAZINES/NEWS PAPERS

(il KURUKSHETRA(ii) YOJANA(iii) WORLD FOCUS(iv) FRONTLINE(v) ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WEEKLY

(vi) INDIA TODAY(vii) OUTLOOK(viii) TIMES(a PRATIYOGITA DARPAN(x) CHRONICLE(xi) COMPETITIVE SUCCESS REVIEW(xii) DOWN TO EARTH(xiii) CIVIL SERVICES UIT,TBS(xiv) READER'S DIGEST(>rv) THE HINDU & TIMES OF INDIA, ETC.,

Note:-1. Regular reading of the above Periodicals/News Papers isessential for answering the questions in both the Papers I & II.

Average, Percentage, Profit and loss, Ratio & Proportion, Time& Work , Time, Distance, Speed, LCM & HCF' Progression,mensuration & GeometrY etc.r.

3. UPSC Website - www.upsc.gov.ln (for getting previous yearquestion papersf

L Ft NATIONAL COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL RESERCH & TRAINING (N.C.E.R.T) BOOKS

(D ANCIENT INDIA FORVII-XII STD(iD MEDIEVAL INDIA FOR VII _XII STD(iii) PYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA FOR II-XII(iv) BIOLOGY FOR VIII.X STD(v) PHYSICS FOR VIII

- X STD

(vD CHEMISTRY FOR VIII-X STD,, BOOKS AUTHOR

(D INDIA 2OI4 / ZOI'-YEAR BOOK,UBLISHED BY MINISTRY OF INFORMATIONl. BROAD CASTING

(iD MANORAMA YEAR BOOK 2OI4 I2OI5

(iiD INDIAN HISTORY/.K. AGNIHOTRI ALLIED PUBLISHER NEW)ELHIi. KzuSHNA REDDY TATA MCGRAW HILL

(iv) PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY \. DASGUPTA / CHAND & CO, NEW DELHD

(v) GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF WORLDGEOGRAPHYVIAJID HUSAIN /CHARLES FARRO / RAWAT)ubl. NEWDELHI

(vi) AN EVOLUTION OF INDIANECONOMY .c. DHTNGRA(SULTAN CHAND & CO)

(viD INDIAN ECONOMY]IMAL K MOHANTY(.R. GUPTA)UTT & SUNDARAMJINGH _MCGRAW HILL EDUCATION

(viii) ECONOMIC SURVEY OF INDIA JOVERNMENT OF INDIA PUBLICATION

(ix) AN INTRODUCTION TO THECONSTITUTION OF INDIA).D. BASU;.A. PALEKAR

(x) PERSPECTIVES ON INDIANCONSITUTION ;UBASH KASHYAP

(xi) INDIAN POLITY FOR CIVISERVICES EXAMvL LAXMIKANTH - MCGRAW HILL]DUCATION

(xii)GENERAL STUDIES FOR CIVILSERVICES PRELIMINARYEXAMINATIONPAPERI&II

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(xiii) GOVERNANCE IN INDIA \4. LAXMIKANTH - MCGRAW HILL]DUCATION(xiv) MODERN INDIAN HISTORY TARIQUE - MCGRAW HILL EDUCATION

(xv) INDIAN AND WORLD GEOGRAPHY \4AJID HUSAIN . MCGRAW HILL]DUCATION

(xvi)GENERAL SCIENCE FOR CIVILSERVICES (PRELIMINARY)EXAMTNATION

IGEESHA _ LEXISNEXIS PUBLICATION

(xvii) INDIAN POLITY & GOVERNANCE IGEESHA -

LEXISNEXIS PUBLICATION

(xviii) BASIC NUMERACY FOR GENERALSTUDIES PAPER II (CSAT) ]HARMA - MCGRAW HILL EDUCATION(xix) CONCISE CSAT FOR GS PAPER II ]HAGT - MCGRAW HILL EDUCATION