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PreliminaryExamination
ThePreliminaryExaminationisoneofthetoughestexamsinIndiaandyoushouldnottakeitlightlyeventhoughitis
meanttoserveasascreeningtest.Thisexaminationisconductedaccordingtothefollowingpattern:
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PAPER
SUBJECT
DURATION
MARKS
QUESTIONTYPE
GeneralStudies
2hrs
150
ObjectiveType
II
OptionalSubject
2hrs
300
ObjectiveType
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CivilServicesPrelimExamPatern2011
SyllabusandPatternImportant
GeneralStudies:
GeneralScience
CurrentEventsofnationalandinternationalimportance
HistoryofIndiaandIndianNationalMovement
IndiaandWorldGeography
IndianPolityandEconomy
GeneralMentalAbility(Reasoning&Analyticalability)
OptionalSubjects:
Agriculture
AnimalHusbandry&VeterinaryScience
*Botany
Chemistry
CivilEngineering
*Commerce&Accountancy
Economics
ElectricalEngineering
*Geography
Geology
*IndianHistory
*Law
Mathematics
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*PublicAdministration
*Sociology
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BasicreadingsforPreliminary
1. NewspaperTheHindu
2. MagazinesCivilserviceschronicle,CompetitionWizardYojanaKurushetraFrontline
3. TextBooksNCERTtextbooksonscience&Tech,IndianHistory,
IndianGeography,IndianPolity,IndianEconomyfromstandardVIXII
4. GeneralMentalAbilityQuantitativeAptitudebyR.S.Agarwal
5. GeneralstudiesmanualTataMcGrawHillPub/SpectrumPub
6. IndianpolityP.LakshmiKanth
7. ModernIndianHistory"IndiasstruggleforIndependence"BipinChandra
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8. IndianEconomyPradhyogitaDarpan
9. ManoramaYearbookofpublicationdivision
10. IndianYearbookofpublicationdivision
11. AtlasOrientLongman
12. Previousyearssolvedquestions.
StrategyCCRR
1. CollectionofStudyMaterials
2. Consolidationoftopicsinstudymaterialsthatarecivilservicesexamoriented
3. Reading(ComprehensiveReading)
4. Revision(Periodical)
SWOTAnalysis
SWOTanalysiswillbeextremelyhelpfulinchoosinganoptional
Basedonyourareaofinterest,availabilityofstudymaterials&coachingfacilitiesavailableforanoptionalYoucan
chooseyourown.
1.Strengths
2.Weakness
3.Opportunities
4.Threats
HowtotackleNegativeMarking
1. Therewillbepenaltyforwringanswersmarkedbyacandidateintheobjectivetypequestionpaper
2. Therearefouralternativesfortheanswersforeveryquestion
3. Foreachquestionforwhichawronganswerhasbeengivenbythecandidate1/3ofthemarksassignedtothat
questionwillbedeductedaspenalty
4. Ifaquestionisleftblanktherewillbenopenaltyforthatquestion
5. Forexampleinanoptionalsubjectforprelimsthereare120MCQs
Ifyouanswer101questionsand80questionscorrect,but21questionsarewrong,thereforetherewillbe(807)x2
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