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CIVIL SERVICES - PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION - SELECTION (LEVEL 1)PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION


TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Announcement / Notification - 05.03.2013
Last date for the receipt of applications - The Online Applications can be filled up to 4th April 2013 till 11.59 pm after which the link will be disabled.
Examination Date - 26.05.2013.
Results - Only the candidates who qualify in the Preliminary Examination would be sent the detailed application form to apply for the Main Examination.

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION SUMMARY


The Preliminary Examination shall comprise two compulsory papers of 200 marks each.
Both the question papers will be of the objective type (multiple choice questions).
The question papers will be set both in Hindi and English.
However, questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level will be tested through passages from English Language only without providing Hindi
translation thereof in the question paper.
Each paper will be of two hours duration.
Blind candidates will however, be allowed an extra time of twenty minutes at each paper.
Textbooks and References
Syllabus:

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PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION - Paper I - Objective Type (Marks: 200

Duration: 2 hours)

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION - Paper II - Objective Type (Marks: 200

Duration: 2 hours)

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Penalty for wrong answers


THERE WILL BE PENALTY (NEGATIVE MARKING) FOR WRONG ANSWERS MARKED BY A CANDIDATE IN THE OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION PAPERS EXCEPT SOME OF THE
QUESTIONS WHERE THE NEGATIVE MARKING WILL BE IN-BUILT IN THE FORM OF DIFFERENT MARKS BEING AWARDED TO MOST APPROPRIATE AND NOT SO APPROPRIATE
ANSWER FOR SUCH QUESTIONS. For further details regarding negative marking, click here.

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION - PAPER I - OBJECTIVE TYPE

(Marks: 200

Duration: 2 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 specialisation.
General Science.

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION - PAPER II - OBJECTIVE TYPE

(Marks: 200

Duration: 2 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).
English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level).
Note 1: Questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level (last item in the Syllabus of Paper- II) will be tested through passages from English language only without
providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper.
Note 2: All the questions will be of Objective Type (Multiple Choice Questions).
Note 3: It is mandatory for the candidate to appear in both the papers of Civil Services (Prelims) 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 (Prelims) Examination.

TEXT BOOKS AND REFERENCES

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History

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Geography

Ancient India: RS Sharma (NCERT book Class XI)

Geography of India - D.R.Khullar

Medieval India: Satish Chandra (NCERT book Class XI)

Oxford India Atlas

Modern India (Contemporary India): Satish Chandra Mittal (NCERT Class

Certificate Physical and Human Geography - Goh Cheng Leong

XII)

NCERT Class VI to XII

India's Struggle for Independence- Bipan Chandra

Human Geography - Majid Hussain

Polity

Indian Economy

The Constitution of India: PM Bakshi

Indian Economy- Dutt and Sundaram

Indian Polity: Laxmikanth

Indian Economy - Mishra and Puri

Our Constitution - Subhash Kashyap

Economic Survey of India

An Introduction to the Constitution Of India - D.D.Basu

Journals & Magazines

Newspapers

Yojana

The Hindu

Kurukshetra

The Times of India

World Focus

The Economic Times

Frontline

Yearbooks and related references

Manorama Year Book

English Comprehension & Quantitative Aptitude

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary - Oxford University Press

Panorama Year Book

High School English Grammar and Composition - Wren and Martin

Pratiyogita Darpan

The Pearson Guide to Quantitative Aptitude - Nishit K Sinha

Wizard strategist 13 years solution of General Studies

Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations - Abhijit Guha

PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS


1. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one third (0.33) of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.
2. If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given answers happens to be correct and the penalty will be the same as mentioned above for
that question.

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3. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

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