General Studies for Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2019 Paper II

999 Pages·2019·38.264 MB·English

by  Edgar Thorpe, Showick Thorpe

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General Studies
Paper-II
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General Studies
Paper-II
2019
For Civil Services Preliminary Examination
Edgar Thorpe
Showick Thorpe
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Contents
Preface xiii APTITUDE BUILDING FOR
Acknowledgements xv
THE ‘GENERAL STUDIES’
About the Examination xvi
Five- year Analysis of the General
1 BUILDING BLOCKS FOR SUCCESS 2.3
Studies (2014−2018) xviii
Build on Your Open-Mindedness 2.3
Build on Your Competence 2.3
PREVIOUS YEARS’ PAPERS Build on Your Ability to Question 2.3
Build on Your Supportive Nature 2.3
1 ANALYSIS OF THE Build on Your Ability to Give 2.3
GENERAL STUDIES (PAPER-II) 2018 1.3 Build on Your Need to be Challenged 2.3
Detailed Analysis 1.3 Build on Your Creativity 2.4
Solved General Studies Paper-II (2018) 1.4 Build on Your Ability to Balance 2.4
Build on Your Prosperity 2.4
2 ANALYSIS OF THE Build on Your Success 2.4
GENERAL STUDIES (PAPER-II) 2017 1.18 Build on Your Ability to be Just and Fair 2.4
Activities and Checklists 2.5
Detailed Analysis 1.18
Solved General Studies Paper-II (2017) 1.19
2 CREATIVE TIME MANAGEMENT 2.27
3 ANALYSIS OF THE
Creative Time Management 2.27
GENERAL STUDIES (PAPER-II) 2016 1.31
Detailed Analysis 1.31
3 DISCOVERING YOUR PERSONALITY 2.32
Solved General Studies Paper-II (2016) 1.32
Discovering Your Personality 2.32
4 ANALYSIS OF THE Discover Yourself 2.32
GENERAL STUDIES (PAPER-II) 2015 1.44 What is ‘Personality’ Exactly? 2.32
Is Personality Nature or Nurtured? 2.33
Detailed Analysis 1.44
Solved General Studies Paper-II (2015) 1.45 Small Changes for Big Results 2.33
Activities and Checklists 2.34
5 ANALYSIS OF THE Developing Your Personality 2.41
GENERAL STUDIES (PAPER-II) 2014 1.58 Leadership and Personality Types 2.41
Assessment of Leadership and
Detailed Analysis 1.58
Personality Tendencies 2.43
Solved General Studies Paper-II (2014) 1.59
Understanding Your Scores 2.45
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viii  ➤ Contents
READING COMPREHENSION LOGICAL REASONING AND
ANALYTICAL ABILITY
1 READING COMPREHENSION 3.3
SECTION 1 LOGICAL REASONING
Introduction 3.3
Social Studies and Humanities 3.5 1 STATEMENT 5.5
Practice Exercises 3.8 Deductive Logic 5.5
Explanations 3.81 Multiple Choice Questions 5.9
Socio-Economic and Political 3.94 Explanations 5.22
Practice Exercises 3.98
2 NUMBER OF ELEMENTS
Explanations 3.133 IN A FIGURE 5.31
Science 3.139
Multiple Choice Questions 5.31
Additional Exercise 3.196 Explanations 5.34
Explanations 3.247
3 LOGICAL DIAGRAMS 5.38
Multiple Choice Questions 5.40
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS,
Explanations 5.45
COMMUNICATION SKILLS, DECISION
SECTION 2 ANALYTICAL REASONING
MAKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING
1 ANALYTICAL REASONING 5.51
1 INTERPERSONAL SKILLS AND
Analytical Reasoning 5.51
COMMUNICATION SKILLS 4.3
Tips for Solving Analytical Reasoning Problems 5.51
Development of Interpersonal Skills 4.3
Symmetrical Relationships 5.51
Decision Making and Problem Solving 4.15
Puzzles on Building Pairs/Teams 5.52
Solved Illustrations 4.25 Location Quandaries 5.54
Practice Exercise 1 4.35 Distribution Dilemmas 5.55
Explanations 4.41 Fixing Schedules 5.56
Practice Exercise 2 4.43 CATCH-22 Connections 5.57
Other Common Problems 5.57
Explanations 4.50
Multiple Choice Questions 5.59
Practice Exercise 3 4.53
Explanations 5.67
Explanations 4.59
Practice Exercise 4 4.61
GENERAL MENTAL APTITUDE
Explanations 4.67
SECTION 1 MENTAL ABILITY
Practice Exercise 5 4.70
(CONVENTIONAL TYPE)
Explanations 4.74
Practice Exercise 6 4.76 1 SERIES COMPLETION 6.5
Explanations 4.81 Series Completion 6.5
Number Series 6.6
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Contents  ➤  ix
Alpha-Numeric Series 6.7 3 AGE, TIME AND CALENDAR 6.85
Multiple Choice Questions 6.7
Age, Time and Calendar 6.85
Explanations 6.11
Multiple Choice Questions 6.85
Explanations 6.87
2 CLASSIFICATION 6.15
Odd Man Out/Classification 6.15 4 INSERTING THE MISSING
Number Classification 6.15 CHARACTERS 6.89
Word Classification 6.16
Inserting the Missing Characters 6.89
Multiple Choice Questions 6.16
Multiple Choice Questions 6.89
Explanations 6.19
Explanations 6.94
3 ANALOGY 6.21
5 MATHEMATICAL
Analogy Questions 6.21 OPERATIONS 6.97
Word Analogy 6.21
Mathematical Operations 6.97
Multiple Choice Questions 6.22
Multiple Choice Questions 6.97
Explanations 6.26
Explanations 6.98
4 CODING/DECODING 6.29
6 SITTING ARRANGEMENTS 6.100
Coding/Decoding 6.29
Seating Arrangement 6.100
Multiple Choice Questions 6.29
Multiple Choice Questions 6.100
Explanations 6.36
Explanations 6.103
5 BLOOD AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS 6.44
SECTION 3 MENTAL ABILITY
Multiple Choice Questions 6.46
(NON-VERBAL TYPE)
Explanations 6.48
1 TEST OF NON-VERBAL
6 SENSE OF DIRECTIONS 6.52
ABILITY 6.109
Direction Questions 6.52
Non-verbal Reasoning 6.109
Multiple Choice Questions 6.53
Series Completion 6.109
Explanations 6.56
Analogies 6.110
Classification 6.111
SECTION 2 MENTAL ABILITY
Arranging of Figures in Sequence 6.111
(EVOLVED TYPE)
Pattern Comparison and
1 RANK AND SEQUENCE 6.67 Pattern Completion 6.111
Mirror Reflection 6.112
Rank and Sequence 6.67
Finding Hidden Figures 6.112
Multiple Choice Questions 6.68
Blocks and Squares 6.112
Explanations 6.71
Cubes and Dices 6.113
2 POSITION OF DIGITS, ALPHABETS Making Figures From
Broken Pieces 6.113
AND MEANINGFUL WORDS 6.74
Clock Movements 6.113
Position of Digits, Alphabets and
Practice Exercise 6.114
Meaningful Words 6.74
Practice Exercise (Mixed) 6.118
Multiple Choice Questions 6.76
Explanations 6.80
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