General Studies For Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2012 (Paper 1) by TMH

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Form this With a publishing history spanning 27 years, Tata McGraw-Hill’s General Studies Manual for the civil services preliminary examination (Paper I) is an established bestseller. Its yearly, updated edition is eagerly awaited by thousands of aspirants. For this 2012 edition, the authorship team of eminent academicians and experts have thoroughly analyzed the syllabus and the trend of questions asked in the 2011 examination. The contents has accordingly been revised and updated. This updated manual (renamed General Studies Paper I) now aims to fully meet the needs of the aspirants as per the new syllabus and guidelines prescribed by the UPSC. A new fresh reader-friendly presentation makes this authoritative manual all the more indispensable for aspirants appearing for the civil services examination in 2012.

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Table Of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Prehistoric Period
3. Harappan Civilization
4. South India
5. Iron Age
6. The Vedic Age
7. Pre-Mauryan Period:(Sixth Century BC to Fourth Century BC)
8. The Mauryan Empire(321-185 BC)
9. India After the Mauryas(200 BC-AD 300)
10. The Age of the Guptas
11. The Successors of Guptas: The Age of Smaller Kingdoms
12. Harshavardhan(AD 606-647)
13. Early Medieval India
14. The Cultural Trends
15. Polity in Northern India Continued
16. Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries: The Delhi Sultanate
17. The Post-Sultanate Period
18. The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries: The Age of Vijayanagar and the Bahmanis
19. Source Material
20. Religion
21. Influence on Architecture , Painting and Music
22. The Mughal Empire
23. Decline of the Mughal Empire(1706-61)
24. Cultural Developments during the Mughal Era
25. The Europeans in India
26. British Expansion in India
27. Consolidation of British Power(1818-57)
28. British Policies and Administration
29. Cultural Encounter and Social Change: First half of the 19th Century
30. Resistance to British Rule
31. Reorganisation of the British Empire in India
32. Cultural Encounter and Social Change in the Second Half of the 19th Century-II
Indian National Movement
1. Indian Freedom struggle
2. Pre-Congress Nationalist Organisations
3. The Indian National Congress(1885-1905)
4. Early Nationalists
5. Rise of Militant Nationalism
6. Swadeshi Movement
7. Rise of Revolutionary Terrorism
8. Surat Split of 1907
9. Indian Councils Act of 1909
10. Separatist Trends in Indian Nationalists Politics: The Muslim League
11. First World War and Freedom Struggle
12. Gandhi and His Thought
13. Rowlatt Act
14. The Non-cooperation Movement(1920-22)
15. Emergence of Communists
16. Subhash Chandra Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru
17. Simon Commission and Nehru Report
18. Revolutionary Terrorism
19. Peasant Movements
20. Lahore Congress and Purna Swaraj
21. Civil Disobedience Movement (1930-31)
22. First Round Table Conference and Gandhi-Irwin Pact
23. Second Round Table Conference
24. Civil Disobedience Resumed(1932-34)
25. Growth of Socialist forces
26. Separatist Trends: Muslim League Tactics and Growth of Communalism
27. Indian Freedom Struggle
28. Congress Crisis and Formation of Forward Bloc
29. Quit India Movement
30. Indian National Army and Netaji
31. Development under Wavell
32. The Eve of Independence
33. Indenpendence and Partition(1945-47)
Indian and World Geography
Part-I World Geography
1. Introduction
2. Branches of Geography
3. Origin of the Earth
4. The Earth and Its Position in the Solar System
5. The Atmosphere
6. The Hydrosphere
7. The Lithosphere
8. Human Geography
9. Economic Geography
10. Glossary of Geographical Terms
Part-II Indian Geography
1. Introduction
2. Physiography
3. Drainage
4. Climate
5. Soils
6. Natural Vegetation,Plant and Animal Life
7. Agriculture
8. Irrigation and Power
9. Mineral Resources
10. Industries
11. Transport and Communications
12. Foreign Trade
13. Social Aspects
14. Settlements
Indian Polity and Governance
1. The Constitution
2. The Making of The Indian Constitution
3. Territory
4. Citizenship
5. Amendment Process and Basic Structure Doctrine
6. Fundamental Right and Fundamental Duties
7. Directive Principles of States Policy
8. Rights Issues
9. Political System in India
10. The Government of The States
11. The Legislature in India
12. The Judiciary in India
13. Union Territoriess
14. Federalism in India : Union States Relations
15. Zonal Councils
16. Civil Services Under the Union and the States
17. Key Functionaries
18. Official Language
19. Jammu and Kashmir
20. Funds
21. Indian Foreign Policy
22. Emergency Provisions
23. Rights Commissions
24. Grassroots Democracy: Municial Administration and Panchayati Raj
25. Public Policy
26. India as a Secular and Democratic State
27. Electoral System and Elections
Economic and Social Development
1. Economic Development
2. Social Development
3. Poverty and its Measurement
4. Inclusion
5. Demographics
6. Urbanisation
7. Gender and Development
8. The Land Issue
9. Sustainable Development
10. UN Millennium Development Goals
11. Government's initiatives in social sector
12. Non governmental agencies and development
Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate change
Part-I General issues on environmental ecology
1. Introduction
2. Enery resources
3. Environmental degradation
4. Depletion of natural resources
5. Anoxic waters
6. Solid and hazardous waste
7. Overpopulation
8. Conservation of Natural Resources
9. Pollution
Part-2 Biodiversity and climate change
Section-A Biological aspects of biodiversity
1. What is biodiversity
2. Biodiversity and Man
3. Threats to biodiversity
Section-B The chemical aspects of biodiversity
1. Chemicals: The essential components of biodiversity
2. Chemical threats to biodiversity
3. Saviours of biodiversity
Part 3 Climate change
1. Climate change
2. Climate cycles
3. Theories of climate change
4. Global warning
5. Ozone layer protection
General Science
Part-1 Physics
1. Physical quantities, standards and units
2. Mechanics and properties of matter
3. Heat
4. Wave Motion
5. Electromagnetic radiation
6. Light
7. Sound
8. Magnetism
9. Static electricity
10. Current electricity
11. Atomic physics
12. Nuclear physics
13. Astronomy and space science
Part -2 Biosciences: Botany and zoology
1. The study of life
2. Cell- the basic unit of life
3. Classifications of living organisms
4. Organisation of the living body
5. Nutrition
6. Respiration
7. The transport system
8. Excretion of metabolic wastes
9. Biocommunication
10. Muscle Movement
11. Skeletal system
12. Reproduction- perpetual of the species
13. Plant growth and development
14. Genetics- the science of heredity
15. Plant diseases
16. Human diseases and defence mechanism
17. Environmental biology- organisms in relation to their surroundings
18. Origin and evolution of life
19. Drug abuse and alcoholism
20. Animal husbandry
21. Plants and human welfare
Part-3 Chemistry
1. Introduction
2. Matter and its nature
3. Kinetic theory of matter
4. Chemical reactions and the chemical equations
5. Structure of the atom
6. Periodic table of elements
7. Chemical bonding
8. Oxidation and reduction
9. Oxygen and air
10. Hydrogen and water
11. Carbonn and its compounds
12. Nitrogen and its compounds
13. Acids , bases and salt
14. Occurrence of metals
15. Petroleum and natural gas
16. Iron and steel
17. Colloids , Micelles and nanotechnology
18. Agricultural chemistry
19. Medicinal chemistry
20. Food chemistry
21. Biochemistry and life processes
22. Polymers and plastics
23. Electrochemistry
24. Dyes
25. Biotechnology
26. International symbols for units
27. Carbohydrates
28. Proteins
29. Nucleoproteins and nucleic acids
30. Important bioactive compounds
31. Fats
32. Important laws governing gases, liquids and solutions
33. Bioterrorism
34. Themodynamics
35. Important concepts and topics
General Knowledge
1. National Symbols
2. A Profile of the states
3. A Profile of union territories
4. Defence set-up
5. Internal security
6. Atomic energy
7. Space programme
8. National institutions
9. Ministries and department of the central government
10. Languages of India
11. Indian literature
12. Dances of india
13. Indian theatre and drama
14. Music of india
15. Indian painting
16. Festivals of india
17. Cultural institutions
18. Monuments of india
19. Table of precedence in administration
20. Media and publishing
21. Countries of the world
22. Dependencies of the countries
23. Parliaments of countries
24. Symbols of countries
25. Geographical Landmarks(world)
26. Geographical Landmarks(india)
27. The united nations
28. The non-aligned movement
29. The commonwealth
30. European union
31. SAARC
32. Other international organisations
33. International treaties and agreements
34. Religion
35. Languages
36. Books and authors
37. Inventors and discoveries
38. Winners of important awards
39. Superlatives-world
40. Superlatives-india
41. Sobriquets
42. Riverside cities
43. Wonders of the world
44. India's world heritage sites
45. Famous sites- world
46. Famous sites- india
47. Firsts in the world
48. Firsts in india
49. Sports and games
50. Olympic games
51. Commonwealth games
52. Afro asian games
53. Asian games
54. SAF games
55. (A)World cup cricket
55.I World cup soccer
55.II World cup hockey tournament
Current Events
1. National events
2. Economic affairs
3. India and the world
4. International events
5. Science and technology
6. Awards and prizes
7. Persons in news
8. Places in news
9. Latest books and authors
10. Sports and games
11. Previous year's question papers
Question paper 2007
Answers
Question paper 2008
Answers
Question paper 2009
Answers
Question paper 2010
Answers
Question paper 2011
Answer
Question paper 2010
Answers
Question paper 2011
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Book:	General Studies For Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2012 (Paper 1)
Author:	TMH
ISBN:	0071332057
ISBN-13:	9780071332057,978-0071332057
Binding:	Paperback
Publishing Date:	2011
Publisher:	Tata Mc-graw Hill Publishing Co.ltd.-new Delhi
Edition:	1st
Number of Pages:	1340
Language:	English

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