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Categor ies Strategy for Civi l Services(IAS) Prel iminary
Examinati on 2012
Article Category: IAS Exam Preparation Tips, Tips and Strategy f or CSAT, Tips for IAS Prelims,Civil Services, CSAT
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The civil services preliminary examination for 2012 would be held on 20 May based
on the new pattern introduced by UPSC in 2011. The preliminary examination would
consist of two papers of two hours duration carrying 200 marks each. Paper-I is
General Studies and Paper-II is the Aptitude Test. It would be worthwhile to clarify
at the very outset that the number of questions for both the papers have not been
mentioned by the UPSC and thus subject to change. Preliminary examination 2011
consisted of 100 questions for Paper-I and 80 questions for Paper-II.
Paper-I
Paper-I being the General Studies consists of familiar areas like Current events of national and international importance, History of India and Indian National
Movement, Indian and World Geography, Indian Polity and Governance, Economic
and Social Development, General Science and General issues on Environmental
ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change. The students should pay special
attention to the Environment topic as this is a newly added topic and the number of
questions from this section will increase in the coming years. Students would do
well by going through the class XI and XII NCERT biology books which has some of
the chapters on Environment.
Radical Shift in Pattern
Last two years have seen a drastic change in the nature of questions asked in this
paper. The questions now being asked are very conceptual and not factual in
nature. Students would do well by keeping last ten years question papers with them
while preparing for this paper. A close comparison of the question papers will
reveal this difference to the students. The students should always keep this
difference in mind while preparing and should not be tempted to memorize too
many facts as it used to be in the case of prelims preparation earlier. Any disregard
for this cr itical difference will render the preparation futile and counterproductive.
Paper-II
Paper-II is the aptitude paper having topics like Comprehension, Logical reasoning
and analytical ability, Interpersonal skills including communication skills, Decision
making and problem solving, General mental ability, Basic numeracy, Data
interpretation, and English Language Comprehension skills. Here it is important to
make a distinction between Comprehension and English Language Comprehension.
Comprehension section tests the comprehension knowledge of the student so it will
be both in English and Hindi. 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 inthe question paper. This passage is relatively easier than the passage falling under
the comprehension section as it merely intends to check the basic English language
skill. The students should in no case leave or miss these passages in a hurry to
complete any other section as it is easier to score well in these passages. A general
and sound advice for Paper-II is regular practice even if it is only two hours every
day.
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Mathematics
The mathematics section for civil services preliminary examination (which includes
Logical reasoning and analytical ability, General mental ability, Basic numeracy,
Data interpretation) has a different flavor as compared to bank or management
exams. The questions are not too calculative in nature rather more conceptual so
once the student identifies the correct concept the question is solved. This was the
nature across all mathematics questions last year. Thus students are advised to
work more on the conceptual understanding than the speed. The detailed
preparation strategy for this section will be discussed in a separate article.
Decision Making
The questions on decision making are compulsory questions as there is no negative
marking rather the options have differential marking. For e,g option (a) may fetch
50% of the total score while option (b) 75% and option (c) 25% and option (d)
100%. Thus a student should not leave any of these questions as at worst it will
fetch 25% of the total marks assigned to the question. The questions in the decision
making section are of the common sense nature so the students should not waste
too much time in preparing for this section.
Comprehension
The distinction between two comprehension sections has already been made in this
article. The key to do well in the comprehension section is to strike a balance
between speed and accuracy. Neither of them should be sacrificed for the other.
While practicing comprehension students should keep in mind that they should
select passages from different areas like Science, Philosophy, Economics, Art and
Litterateur etc. This will equip them in dealing effectively with any kind of passagethat they might encounter in the examination. A suitable source for practicing
comprehension is picking up passages from any standard Year Book for civil
services or the ones that are available in the coaching material packages. The
detailed preparation strategy for this section will be discussed in a separate article.
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