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Title- Manohar Pandey General Studies Paper 1 2020

Description- For UPSC Prelims Paper 1

Edition- 2020

Language- English

Binding- Paperback

Publisher- Arihant Publications (India) Ltd.

Price- 1530/-

No. of Pages = 1664

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ABOUT PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION:  

The Examination shall comprise of two compulsory Papers of 200 marks each. 

 (i) Both the question papers will be of the objective type (multiple choice questions) and each will be of two hours duration.  

(ii) The General Studies Paper-II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination will be a qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.  

(iii) The question papers will be set both in Hindi and English.  

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.

Paper II-(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 X level), 
• Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. — Class X level); 

Note 1 : Paper-II of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination will be a qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%. 

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 Civil Services (Prelim) Examination for the purpose of evaluation. Therefore a candidate will be disqualified in case he/she does not appear in both the papers of Civil Services (Prelim) Examination. 

About the Book

 

This book is prepared by keeping in mind the requirements of Civil Services Examination Aspirants
mainly for UPSC Prelims Paper 1 as this book covers the topics relevant to UPSC Prelims Paper 1 Syllabus. We found following things in the book:

1. Solved Papers of UPSC Prelims P-1 (2016-2019)
2. History of India & Indian National Movement
3. India & World Geography
4. Indian Polity & Governance
5. Indian Economy
6. General Science & Science and Technology
7. General Knowledge & Computer Technology
8. Current Affairs
9. Three Crack Sets

This book contains concise theory of every section whether it is history, geography, polity, economy or biology. And apart from theory this book gives us questions at the end of every section for better practice and preparation. Question Material of this book includes:

(i) Topicwise Questions

(ii) Sectionwise Questions

(iii) Previous Year Questions.

Presentation of text is very nice as the content is organised in very lucid and eye catchy manner. 

Visualizations of the book are awesome as we have maps, tables, flow charts, pictures, figures & diagrams inside the book which makes it easy to us to read this book in a familiar way.

About the Publisher

Since its Start with a Set of Books for IIT JEE in 1997, Arihant currently publishes more than 3000 + Titles for Engineering, Medical, Competitive Entrances, School Curriculum, ITI, Polytechnic and Government Recruitments. Arihant Books are tailor made for examination based on latest prescribed patterns and practices.

Study Guides, Resource Books, Previous Year Solved Papers and Practice Papers, Arihant publishes everything that a Student might need during their preparation for School or Competitive Exams. Authentic Content, Detailed Solutions and Latest Question Patterns has been Hallmark of every Arihant’s Book.

Headquartered at Meerut, Uttar Pradesh with Coprorate Office in Daryagnj, New Delhi. To cater needs of Students across nation, Arihant operates via it’s 23 Sales & Support offices across India.

Hindi Edition Also Available

REVIEW: Buy or Not ?

This book is best in all aspects as it covers all those topics which are required for UPSC Prelims P-1 preparation. If you are a beginner then you can buy and study from it as you will know, How to prepare, What to prepare for the exams?, then you can move on some standard books like M. Laxmikant for Indian Polity, Poonam Dalal for Ancient & Medieval Indian History, Majid Hussain for Indian Geography, GC Leong for Physical World Geography, Nitin Singhania for Indian Art & Culture and so on.

You can also use this book as a revision material for your preparations as the theory inside the book is more than just a summary and less than the detailed text.

Overall this book by Manohar Pandey is very good to checkout as it not only useful for UPSC Exams but it can also proves useful for other competitive exams such as SSC CGL, Railways and all those in which questions from General Studies' Section are asked.

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