2011 CS Prelim Exam A test of comprehensive Knowledge Aloysi s !

avier "ope# The recent announcement of the new syllabus for Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2011 by the Union Ministry of Personnel, Public rievances an! Pensions is li"ely to create #itters amon$ as%irants& ' closer loo" at the syllabus an! %attern of the examination mentione! in the text only stresses the nee! for more focus on $eneral stu!ies an! revision of mathematics learne! at the secon!ary school level& 's%irants analy(in$ recent )uestion %a%ers of other examinations con!ucte! by the UPSC will have a better un!erstan!in$ of the new %attern an! syllabus& 'ccor!in$ to Union Ministry of Personnel, Public rievances an! Pensions, the Civil Services Preliminary examination will consist of two %a%ers with a total of *00 mar"s& This is !ifferent from the earlier %attern that ha! one o%tional sub#ect %a%er alon$ with a $eneral stu!ies %a%er& +ereafter, the civil services as%irants can be much more relaxe! in their a%%roach as the nee! for stu!yin$ an o%tional sub#ect has been !is%ense! with for the %reliminary& ,ut they have to com%lete two o%tional sub#ects for the main& So balancin$ the main an! %relims in the comin$ months will be the challen$e before them& The new %attern has force! coachin$ institutes to chan$e strate$y& The 'll -n!ia Civil Services Coachin$ Centre run by the State con!ucte! its entrance examination on .ctober /1& 0The selecte! can!i!ates will have s%ecial coachin$ sessions on com%rehension, inter%ersonal s"ills, lo$ical reasonin$ an! other similar new to%ics covere! in the new syllabus,1 sai! P& Prem"ala 2ani, %rinci%al of the centre& The strate$y for the new %attern will be !ifferent, she a!!s& Pa%er - is worth 200 mar"s an! has been allotte! two hours& Earlier the %attern was 130 mar"s for the $eneral stu!ies& -n %a%er -, can!i!ates will be teste! on their "nowle!$e of current events of national an! international im%ortance& Em%hasis will be on -n!ian history, -n!ian national movement, -n!ian an! worl! $eo$ra%hy, inclu!in$ the %hysical, social an! economic $eo$ra%hy of -n!ia an! the worl!& The can!i!ates can start %re%aration as soon as %ossible by rea!in$ news%a%ers an! other %erio!icals to enrich their "nowle!$e of current affairs& 4uestions on current affairs are li"ely to %lay a "ey role in scorin$ the re)uire! mar"s in the new %attern& 4uestions will also be as"e! on -n!ian %olity an! $overnance as well as the Constitution, the %olitical system, %anchayati ra#, %ublic %olicy an! ri$hts issues& '%art from 5CE2T boo"s, the Union $overnment %ublications that have information on latest !evelo%ments on these sub#ects are also im%ortant& -n!ia 2011 year boo" %ublishe! by the Publication 6ivision, Ministry of -nformation an! ,roa!castin$ may continue to be of use to answer a lar$e number of )uestions& 0The new system is $oin$ to i!entify the com%rehensive "nowle!$e of an as%irant an! his 7 her ability to a%%ly it in !ecision ma"in$& The focus will be more on testin$ the %ersonality of the can!i!ate,1 says 5an!a"umar, a civil servant&

Can!i!ates will have to %re%are for )uestions on economic an! social !evelo%ment, sustainable !evelo%ment, %overty, inclusion, !emo$ra%hics an! social sector initiatives& 5CE2T boo"s will %rovi!e a chun" of answers to )uestions %ertainin$ to $eneral issues on environmental ecolo$y, bio8!iversity, climate chan$e an! $eneral science& Can!i!ates are a!vise! to revise the class 9 En$lish lan$ua$e boo"s for En$lish lan$ua$e com%rehension s"ills of Pa%er --& '%%ro%riate - 5.U stu!y material on inter%ersonal s"ills, inclu!in$ communication s"ills may be useful& Stu!y material use! by as%irants of ban"in$ services are enou$h to tac"le )uestions on lo$ical reasonin$ an! analytical ability, !ecision ma"in$ an! %roblem solvin$ as well as $eneral mental ability& Class 9 boo"s of 5CE2T shoul! be stu!ie! in !etail for solvin$ )uestions on basic numeric s"ills such as numbers an! their relations, or!ers of ma$nitu!e an! !ata inter%retation& Solvin$ the %a%er is li"ely to be easy for the as%irants who $o thou$h the %revious )uestions as"e! by the UPSC for other examinations such as 56', %articularly those con!ucte! recently& S%en!in$ at least six hours a !ay for solvin$ such )uestions is crucial& 'nalysin$ the %revious )uestions of examinations con!ucte! by 2eserve ,an" of -n!ia an! other ban"s is also li"ely to throw li$ht on the new %attern of examination& Courtesy: The +in!u !t: 1&11&2010 6ream 6are ;in www&#eywin&com

<<<<<