General studies for civil services preliminary examination/ Edgar Thorpe, Showick Thorpre

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I PREVIOUS YEARS' PAPERS
I
SIX YEAR ANALYSIS OF THE
GENERAL STUDIES (2011-2016)
! Macro Analysis
! Micro Analysis
1 ANALYSIS OF THE
GENERAL STUDIES (PAPER-H) 2016
Detailed Analysis
Solved General Studies Paper-II (2016)
2 ANALYSIS OF THE
GENERAL STUDIES (PAPER-H) 2015
Detailed Analysis
Solved General Studies Paper-II (2015)
3 ANALYSIS OF THE
GENERAL STUDIES (PAPER-H) 2014
Detailed Analysis
Solved General Studies Paper-II (2014)
4 ANALYSIS OF THE
GENERAL STUDIES (PAPER-H) 2013
Detailed Analysis
Solved General Studies Paper-II (2013)
5 ANALYSIS OF THE
GENERAL STUDIES (PAPER-H) 2012
Detailed Analysis
Solved General Studies Paper-II (2012)
ANALYSIS OF THE
GENERAL STUDIES (PAPER-H) 2011
Detailed Analysis
Solved General Studies Paper-II (2011)
APTITUDE BUILDING FOR
THE 'GENERAL STUDIES'
BUILDING BLOCKS FOR SUCCESS
Build on Your Open-Mindedness
Build on Your Competence
Build on Your Ability to Question
Build on Your Supportive Nature
Build on Your Ability to Give
Build on Your Need to be Challenged
Build on Your Creativity
Build on Your Ability to Balance
Build on Your Prosperity
Build on Your Success
Build on Your Ability to be Just and Fair
Activities and Checklists
2 CREATIVE TIME MANAGEMENT
Creative Time Management
DISCOVERING YOUR PERSONALITY
Discovering Your Personality
Discover Yourself
WJiat is 'Personality' Exactly?
Is Personality Nature or Nurtured?
Small Changes for Big Results
Activities and Checklists
Developing Your Personality
Leadership and Personality Types
Assessment of Leadership and
Personality Tendencies
Understanding Your Scores
READING COMPREHENSION
1 READING COMPREHENSION
Introduction
Social Studies and Humanities
Practice Exercise
Explanations
Socio-Economic and Political
Practice Exercise
Explantitions
Science
Additional Exercise
Explanations
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS,
COMMUNICATION SKILLS, DECISION
MAKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING
1 INTERPERSONAL SKILLS AND
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Development of Interpersonal Skills
Decision Making and Problem Solving
Solved Illustrations
Practice Exercise 1
Explanations
Practice Exercise 2
Explanations
Practice Exercise 3
Explanations
Practice Exercise 4
Explanations
Practice Exercise 5
Explanations
Practice Exercise 6
Explanations
LOGICAL REASONING AND
ANALYTICAL ABILITY
SECTION 1 LOGICAL REASONING
1 STATEMENT
Deductive Logic
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
2 NUMBER OF ELEMENTS
IN A FIGURE
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
3 LOGICAL DIAGRAMS
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
SECTION 2 ANALYTICAL REASONING
I ANALYTICAL REASONING
Analytical Reasoning
Tips for Solving Analytical Reasoning Problems
Symmetrical Relationships
Puzzles on Building Pairs/Teams
Location Quandaries
Distribution Dilemmas
Fixing Schedules
CATCH-22 Connections
Other Common Problems
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
GENERAL MENTAL APTITUDE
SECTION I MENTAL ABILITY
(CONVENTIONAL TYPE)
1 SERIES COMPLETION
Series Completion
Number Series
Alpha-Numeric Series
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
CLASSIFICATION
Odd Man Out/Classification
Number Classification
Word Classification
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
ANALOGY
Analogy Questions
Word Analogy
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
CODING/DECODING
Coding/Decoding
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
BLOOD AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
SENSE OF DIRECTIONS
Direction Questions
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
SECTION 2 MENTAL ABILITY
(EVOLVED TYPE)
RANK AND SEQUENCE
Rank and Sequence
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
POSITION OF DIGITS, ALPHABETS
AND MEANINGFUL WORDS
Position of Digits, Alphabets and
Meaningful Words
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
AGE, TIME AND CALENDAR
Age, Time and Calendar
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
4 INSERTING THE MISSING
CHARACTERS
Inserting the Missing Characters
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
5 MATHEMATICAL OPERATIONS
Mathematical Operations
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
6 SITTING ARRANGEMENTS
Seating Arrangement
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
SECTION 3 MENTAL ABILITY
(NON-VERBAL TYPE)
1 TEST OF NON-VERBAL ABILITY
Non-verbal Reasoning
Series Completion
Analogies
Classification
Arranging of Figures in Sequence
Pattern Comparison and Pattern Completion
Mirror Reflection
Finding Hidden Figures
Blocks and Squares
Cubes and Dices
Making Figures From Broken Pieces
Clock Movements
Practice Exercise
Practice Exercise (Mixed)
NUMERICAL APTITUDE
SECTION 1 BASIC NUMERACY
1 NUMBER SYSTEM
Positive and Negative Numbers
Elementary Concepts of Number System
Test of Divisibility
Tables for Oral Calculations
Another Short-cut for Division and Multiplication
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
2 HCFAND LCM
Greatest Common Measure (GCM)
Least Common Multiple (LCM)
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
3 UNITARY METHOD
Various Types of Questions
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
4 SIMPLIFICATION
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
5 FRACTIONS AND DECIMALS
Fractions
Decimals
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
6 POWERS AND ROOTS
Squares
Exponents
Negative Exponents
Square Root
Cube Root
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
1 AVERAGE
Change in Average by Inclusion or
Deletion in Whole
Calculating the Middle Number
Finding the Number
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
8 PERCENTAGE
To Find How Much Per cent One Quantity
is of Another
Population Formula
Reduction in Consumption
Tax and Revenue
Effect of Deamess on a Salary
ElectionA'bte
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
9 RATIO AND PROPORTION
Ratio
Proportion
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
10 PROFIT AND LOSS
Terms and Formulae
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
11 MIXTURES AND ALLEGATIONS
Find the Proportion of Ingredients
Three Ingredients/Number of
Proportions Unlimited
Method of Linking
Mixing Ingredients
Butler Stealing Wine
Fineness of Gold
Interchange of Components
Pouring Liquids from one Vessel into Another
An Important Result
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
12 PARTNERSHIP
Working Partner/Sleeping Partner Example
Finding the Capital Contributed
Sharing the Rent
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
13 COMMERCIAL MATHEMATICS
Simple Interest
Compound Interest
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
14 TIME AND WORK
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
15 TIME AND DISTANCE
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
16 TRAINS, BOATS AND STREAMS
Trains Passing a Telegraph Post or Stationary Man
Train Crossing a Bridge or Passing a
Railway Station
Trains Running in Opposite Directions
Trains Running in the Same Direction
Train Passing a Man who is Walking
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
17 PIPES AND CISTERNS
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
18 RACES AND GAMES
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
19 CLOCKS AND CALENDARS
Clocks
Calendars
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
20 ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS AND
OPERATIONS
To Divide One Monomial by Another Monomial
Use of Algebra in the Simplification of Fractions
Addition or Subtraction of Like Terms
To Multiply a Polynomial by a Monomial
Principal Algebraic Expressions and Formulas
Cross-Multiplication Method for the
Solution of the Equations
Order of Performing Arithmetic Operations
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
21 PROGRESSION
Arithmetical Progressio.
Geometrical Progression
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
22 PERMUTATION AND COMBINATION
Fundamental Principles
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
23 PROBABILITY
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
24 STATISTICS
Important Definitions
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
25 GEOMETRICAL PROPERTIES
Key Points
Types ofTriangles
Geometric Propositions
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
26 AREA AND VOLUME
Square
Rectangle
Parallelogram
Right-angled Triangle
Acute-angled Triangle
Obtuse-angled Triangle
Trapezoid
Trapezium
Circle
Circular Sector
Circular Segment
Circular Ring
Circular Ring Sector
Cube
Prism
Pyramid
Cylinder
Portion of Cylinder
Hollow Cylinder
Cone
Sphere
Hollow Sphere
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
SECTION 2 DATA INTERPRETATION
1 DATA INTERPRETATION
Tables
Graphs
Multiple Choice Questions
Explanations
SECTION 3 DATA SUFFICIENCY
(NUMERICAL APTITUDE BASED)
1 DATA SUFFICIENCY
Original Information
Question Stem
The statements