CSAT General Studies for Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2013 (Paper - 2) 1st Edition

In this revised and updated edition of Tata McGraw-Hill's General Studies Paper - II comes with plenty of aditional content that will further sharpen the preparation levels of aspirants. The nature and trend of the questions asked in the 2011 and 2012 examinations have been taken into consideration in the revision. The entire effort is to be synchronistic with the syllabus and provide only relevant theory and as much practice material as required for serious preparation. The content has been divided as per the prescribed syllabus into seven sections. An eighth section of practice papers has also been included.

The entire content has been divided as per the prescribed syllabus into EIGHT sections:
      1. The section on Comprehension is a collection of selected passages with thought provoking questions
      2. Interpersonal Skills including Communication Skills contains some introductory theory on the concept followed by examples and exercises
      3. The section on Logical Reasoning and Analytical Ability is again a judicious blend of theory and practice problems
      4. Decision Making and Problem Solving has theory, passages and questions based on realistic situations
      5. General Mental Ability has a basic introduction followed by illustrative examples and exercises
      6. Basic Numeracy and Data Interpretation contains theory, tips, examples and practice problems
      7. English Language Comprehension has passages to test English comprehension (Class X level)
      8. This section has 20 Practice Papers with solutions.

Whats new?

• Additional passages in Comprehension section and Decision Making and Problem Solving section
• 20 new Practice Papers based on the latest pattern with answer key and solutions
• Fully solved 2012 UPSC Paper II

Table of Contents
Comprehension
Interpersonal Skills Including Communication Skills
Introduction
      1. Basic Dimensions of Reading Skills (Part-A)
      2. High Frequency Word List
      3. Sentence Completion
      4. Analogies
      5. Basic Dimensions of Reading Skills (Part-B)
      6. Idioms and Phrases
      7. Sentence Correction
      8. Paragraph Jumbles
      9. Critical Reasoning or Paragraph Comprehension
Logical Reasoning and Analytical Ability
      1. Introduction to Logical Reasoning
      2. Logical Reasoning based on Arrangements
      3. Logical Reasoning based on Rankings
      4. Team Formations
      5. Quantitative Reasoning
      6. Sequences and Series
      7. Blood Relations
      8. Direction Test
      9. Puzzle Test
Decision Making and Problem Solving
General Mental Ability
Introduction
      1. Syllogisms
      2. Logical Deductions
      3. Statement and Conclusions
      4. Statement and Assumptions
      5. Assertion and Reason
      6. Statement Courses of Action
      7. Mathematical Operations
      8. Set Theory, Venn Diagrams and 61Network Diagrams
      9. Verbal Reasoning Based on Binary Logic
      10. Permutations and Combinations
      11. Probability
Basic Numeracy and Data Interpretation
      1. Number System and Number Series
      2. HCF and LCM of Numbers
      3. Fraction
      4. Simplification
      5. Percentage
      6. Average
      7. Ratio and Proportion
      8. Partnership and Share
      9. Mixtures
      10. Chain Rule
      11. Time, Work and Wages
      12. Pipes and Cisterns
      13. Profit, Loss and Discoun
      14. Simple Interest
      15. Time and Distance
      16. Trains
      17. Clocks
      18. Area of Plane Figures
      19. Data Interpretation
      20. Data Sufficiency
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English Language Comprehension Skills
      1. Objective Comprehension
      2. Miscellaneous Vocabulary
      3. Idioms and Phrases
      4. Substitution
      5. Analogy
Practice Test Papers
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Solved Papers
      Solved Paper 2011
      Solved Paper 2012