TY - BOOK AU - Thorpe, Edgar TI - General studies for civil services preliminary examination SN - 9789332576018 U1 - 001 PY - 2017/// CY - Utter Pradesh PB - Pearson N1 - paper 2; 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 ER -