ECONOMICS OPTIONAL TEST SERIES for UPSC MAINS 2018

COURSE DESCRIPTION TEST SERIES for OPTIONAL SUBJECTS is a highly targeted course most suitable

for aspirants appearing in Mains 2018 or targeting Mains 2019. It is not suitable for beginners.

GOAL The aim of this course is:

Maximum , in accordance with the evolving UPSC trend

in simulated exam environment

students' through evaluation + feedback + test discussion

Overall, help students .

OTHER SUBJECTS AVAILABLE

coverage of themes and issues

Answer Writing practice

Improve learning

outperform in Optional subject paper in Mains 2018

across all these themes Name Test Series for CS (Pre) Exam 2016

12 Full length Tests in Paper I (General Studies) & Paper II (CSAT)

Type of Tests Number of Tests

-length tests – Paper I (GS) 8

-length tests – Paper II (CSAT) 4

Fee Details Rs 8,500

Course Name Test Series for CS (Pre) Exam 2016

Description 12 Full length Tests in Paper I (General Studies) & Paper II (CSAT)

Type of Tests Number of Tests

Full-length tests – Paper I (GS) 8

Full-length tests – Paper II (CSAT) 4

Fee Details Rs 8,500

011-2331 7293

2331 8135/ 36

2373 8906/ 07

TARGETED COURSES

(FOR MAIN EXAM)

INFORMATION LEAF &

FEE SCHEDULE

Head Office & New Delhi Campus : 309, Kanchanjunga Building, Barakhamba Road, Connaught Place, New Delhi – 110 001

Students will be given a Test Series Schedule outlining the themes and areas, from Paper I & Paper II, to be

examined in each test.

Students will give the tests at Rau's IAS centre under strict discipline.

All tests will be evaluated thoroughly with detailed feedback; and model answers will be provided by the

educators

According to the schedule, students will then be called for a detailed test discussion.

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HOW IT WILL WORK?

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FEATURES

Evaluated Answer Booklet with proper feedback.

Answer Structure with Model Answers

thSTARTING 07 July, 2018 (Saturday)

DURATION 3 months (1 test and 1 discussion every once a week)

Tests will be conducted in Sit-Down format at Study Circle's campuses at Delhi, Bengaluru and Jaipur.

IMPORTANT

I. To apply for admission to the above course, fill-up the “REGISTRATION FORM” and send the same to us by E-mail, by

post or contact us personally along with :

(i) 1 passport size photograph (ii) UPSC Roll No. (iii) Photocopy of ID with address proof

II. The fee can be paid through any of the following modes – Cash, Credit/ Debit Card, Demand Draft (favouring ''RAU'S

IAS STUDY CIRCLE” payable at "NEW DELHI") or via Electronic Transfer ( RTGS / NEFT). The bank details for

Electronic Transfer are as follows :

Account/Beneficiary Name : Rau's IAS Study Circle

Account Number : 911020065270788

Bank Name & Branch : Axis Bank, Statesman House, 148 Barakhamba Road, New Delhi - 110 001, India.

IFSC Code : UTIB0000007

In case of Electronic Transfer, send a scanned copy of the receipt of transaction along with the filled up “REGISTRATION

FORM” to the following email address : info@rauias.com

III. The Study Circle has its branches only at Bengaluru (Phone : 080-25535536-37) and Jaipur (Phone : 0141- 6450676,

7877036167).

IV. All the above charges are inclusive of Service Tax, as applicable.

V. The Study Circle may, in its discretion, change the faculty, time-table, duration or the venue of the sitting/session.

ONLINE OPTION

Students can also appear for the tests from their home and send us the answer copy for evaluation.

Soft copies of Evaluated Answer booklet and Answer Structure with Model Answers will be emailed.

Test Discussions videos will be made available to them.

full-length

12 &

TESTSthematic

12TESTSDiscussions

PROGRAM

FEE

INR 12,000/-

Discounted at 50% for Rau's studentsEx

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

Head Office & New Delhi Campus : 309, Kanchanjunga Building, Barakhamba Road, Connaught Place, New Delhi – 110 001

Phone Nos. : 23317293, 23318135/36, 23738906/07

APPLICANT'S INFORMATION

1. First Name

2. Last Name

3. Date of Birth

4. Gender

5. Medium in which you prose to take classes & tests

6. E-mail ID

7. Mobile Number

10. SCANCODE / STUDENT ID(for Rau’s Ex-Student)

11. Mention the Optional

Optional Test Series (Sit down) Optional Test Series (Online)

Date : Signature

N.B. : The decision taken by the Study Circle on your above application shall be final and binding.

8. Permanent Address

9. UPSC Roll No.

Date

Registration Form

OPTIONAL TEST SERIES (M)

Male Female

Month Year

English Hindi

Receipt Amount (`)

Cash/Card/NEFT/DD & Date

Receipt No.

Batch : Month & Year

Student ID

MENTION THE CENTRE IN WHICH YOU PROPOSE TO TAKE THE CLASSES & TESTS

NEW DELHI BENGALURU JAIPUR

The rationale behind this test series schedule is to provide adequate emphasis in order to maximise the

efficiency of the candidate. The modus operandi is :

TEST from 09.00 AM to 12.00 PM

After the test, there will be a Dialogue Discussion by the faculty on the same day at 12.30PM in order

to develop the analytical skills of the candidate to ensure command on the given topic(s).

The schedule of the tests & the discussions is given below:

TEST MAJOR TOPICS SYLLABUS TO BE COVERED UNDER THE TOPIC

Thematic

Test-1

07/07/2018

Advanced Micro

Economics

(Paper - I)

(a) Marshallian and Walrasiam Approaches to Price determination.

(b) Markets Structure: Monopolistic Competition, Duopoly,

Oligopoly.

(c) Alternative Distribution Theories: Ricardo, Kaldor, Kalecki

(d) Modern Welfare Criteria: Pareto Hicks & Scitovsky, Arrow's

Impossibility Theorem, A.K. Sen's Social Welfare Function.

Thematic

Test-1I

14/07/2018

Advanced Macro

Economics

(Paper - I)

(a) Approaches to Employment, Income and Interest Rate

determination: Classical, Keynes, New classical and Neo

Classical Synthesis (IS-LM curve),

(b) Theories of Interest Rate determination and Interest Rate

Structure.

Money and Banking

(Paper - I)

(a) Demand for and Supply of Money:

Money Multiplier

Quantity Theory of Money (Fisher, Pigou and Friedman)

Keynes's Theory on Demand for Money

(b) Goals and Instruments of Monetary Management in Closed and

Open Economies.

(c) Relation between the Central Bank and the Treasury. Proposal

for ceiling on growth rate of money.

Thematic

Test-III

21/07/2018

Public Finance

including

(I) financing of

development

projects in a

market driven

(a) Public Finance and its Role in Market Economy:

In stabilization of supply,

Allocation of resources, and

In distribution and development.

(b) Sources of Government revenue:

economy,

(II) Welfare effects

of public

financing the

social welfare

programmes

(Paper - I)

Forms of Taxes and Subsidies, their incidence and effects.

Limits to taxation,

Loans, crowding-out effects and limits to borrowings.

(c) Public Expenditure and its effects.

(d) Role of public finance with a changing role of Markets and

Planning,

(e) Financing of Development Projects including financing models

for Private-Public-Private Partnership projects

(f) Welfare indicators and measures of growth – Human

Development Indices. The basic needs approach.

Thematic

Test-IV

28/07/2018

International

Economics

(Paper - I)

(a) Economic Development and International Trade: Trade as an

engine of Growth and theories of under-development in an

open economy.

(b) Old and New Theories of International Trade

Comparative Advantage

Terms of Trade and Offer Curve.

Product Cycle and Strategic Trade Theories.

(c) Forms of Protection: tariff and quota.

(d) Balance of Payments Adjustments: Alternative Approaches.

Price versus income, income adjustments under fixed

exchange rates,

Theories of Policy Mix

Exchange rate adjustments under capital mobility

Floating Rates and their Implications for Developing

Countries: Currency Boards.

BOP, adjustments and Policy Coordination in open economy

macro-model.

Speculative attacks

Trade Blocks and Monetary Unions.

(e) WTO: TRIMS, TRIPS, Domestic Measures, Different Rounds of

WTO talks.

Thematic

Test-V

04/08/2018

Growth and

Development

(Paper - I)

(a) Theories of growth:

Harrod's model,

Lewis model of development with surplus labour

Balanced and Unbalanced growth,

Human Capital and Economic Growth

Research and Development and Economic Growth

(b) Process of Economic Development of Less developed countries:

Myrdal and Kuznets on economic development and

structural change:

Role of Agriculture in Economic Development of less

developed countries.

(c) Role of Investment including foreign investment, and

Multinationals in economic development

(d) Human face of development

(e) Development and Environmental Sustainability – Renewable and

Non Renewable Resources, Environmental Degradation,

Intergenerational equity development.

FLT

Test-VI

11/08/2018

Complete Syllabus

Test Covering all the Topics of Paper - I

Thematic

Test-VII

18/08/2018

Indian Economy in

Pre-Independence

Era

(Paper - II)

(a) Land System and its changes (b) Commercialization of

agriculture

(c) Drain theory (d) Laissez faire theory and critique (e)

Manufacture and Transport: Jute, Cotton (f) Railways (g)

Money and Credit

Thematic

Test-VIII

25/08/2018

Indian Economy

after Independence:

Pre-Liberalization

Era

(Paper - II)

(a) Development Strategy and Planning process during Pre-

Liberalization Era

(b) Contribution of Indian Thinkers including Vakil, Gadgil and

V.K.R.V. Rao.

(c) National and Per capita income: patterns, trends, aggregate and

Sectoral composition and changes there in.

(d) Broad factors determining National Income and distribution,

Measures of poverty, Trends in poverty and inequality.

(e) Agriculture:

Land Reforms and land tenure system

Green Revolution

capital formation in agriculture

(f) Industry Trends in composition and growth

(g) Role of public and private sector

(h) Small scale and cottage industries.

Thematic

Test-IX

01/09/2018

Indian Economy

after Independence:

Post-Liberalization

Era-I

(Paper - II)

(a) Economic Reforms and New Economic Policy (NEP)

(b) Planning

Transition from central Planning to indicative planning

Relation between planning and markets for growth

Decentralized planning including 73rd and 74th

Constitutional amendments.

(c) New Economic Policy and Employment:

Employment and poverty,

Rural wages,

Employment Generation,

Poverty alleviation schemes,

(d) New Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.

Thematic

Test-X

08/09/2018

Indian Economy

after Independence:

Post-Liberalization

Era-II

(Paper - II)

(a) New Economic Reform and Agriculture:

Agriculture and WTO

Food processing,

Subsidies

Agricultural prices

Public distribution system

Impact of public expenditure on agricultural growth.

(b) New Economic Policy and Industry:

Strategy of industrialization

Privatization

Disinvestments

Role of foreign direct investment and multinationals.

(c) New Economic Policy and Trade:

Intellectual property rights

Implications of TRIPS, TRIMS, GATS

New EXIM policy

Thematic

Test-XI

15/09/2018

Indian Economy

after Independence:

Post-Liberalization

Era-III

(Paper - II)

(a) New Exchange Rate Regime:

Partial and full convertibility, Capital account convertibility.

(b) New Economic Policy and Monetary system.

Role of RBI under the new regime

(c) New Economic Policy and Public Finance:

Fiscal Responsibility Act,

(d) Finance Commissions and Fiscal Federalism and Fiscal

Consolidation

Thematic

Test-XII

22/09/2018

Complete Syllabus

Test Covering all the Topics of Paper - II

INTERPRETATION OF DIFFERENT“WORDS” USED IN QUESTIONS

1. Account for : Give reasons

2. Account of : Focus on description

3. Assess : Establish the strengths and weaknesses of the features mentioned.

4. Comment : Write your view point or description based on your observations.

5. Compare : Present the similarities and differences between the features

mentioned.

6. Discuss : Present a thorough analysis of the question by examining all sides

of the arguments.

7. Distinguish between : Draw clear distinctions between the features mentioned.

8. Elucidate : Clarify/explain probably what is obscure or different.

9. Evaluate/Critically

Evaluate/Review :

Present a judgement as to the relative value of the features

mentioned.

10. Examine/

Critically examine :

State clearly the pros and cons of the issue raised. Your final

decision must be supported by evidence and the reasons why you

have rejected alternatives explained.

11. Explain : Give reasons.

12. Highlight : Focus on important features/points

13. Illustrate : Focus on examples including the data.

14. Interpret :

Present an explanation of the facts, Facts are mere inputs and can

be comprehended differently. And marks depend on how

differently you comprehend.

15. Role : Focus on the contribution and conclude with your analytical view

point.

16. Significance/Importance : Focus on the importance, contribution and consequences with

greater focus on positive aspects.

17. To what extent : Weigh up the arguments and state the relative importance of the

feature mentioned.

18. Trace : An outline of what has been asked in the given question with focus

on its evolution.