CIVIL SERVICES (PRELIMINARY) EXAMINATION General Studies II

The Civil Services Examination is one that has undergone changes over the decades – sometimes apparent, sometimes subtle. It is bound to continue to do so, in keeping with changing circumstances in work environment. This means that aspirants should be ready with conceptual understanding and the ability to apply these concepts, rather than just proficiency with question types. That is the objective that these series of books serve, unlike that of format driven practice that other books focus on. Topics are handled in a comprehensive manner, beginning from the basics and progressing in a step-by-step manner. This allows the student ample opportunity to grasp the finer points of concepts, and to practice applicative techniques in a focused manner. These books are, therefore, a complete course in specific topics, and will help the student prepare for any changes in format, or in question types, in the actual examination.
This series of books comprises numerous chapters, each of which begins with a concise presentation of the required fundamental concepts of that topic. The chapters are also organised in a systematic manner facilitating easy understanding of later topics after covering the earlier ones. The optimum method to use this book is to work out the chapters in the order that they are given rather than going back and forth between chapters. The detailed explanation given for each of these chapters will help you understand the concepts and also helps you get a good idea about the different models of questions that can be asked in the examination. Followed by this, the summary of each chapter
is given, which is useful for the quick recap of what has been covered in the chapter. After the summary, a set of questions that have appeared in the previous years have been given. This is useful for getting an idea about the type of questions that can be asked in the civil services entrance examination. This is followed with the practice exercises which have been designed keeping the examination requirements in view.