About Prelims Test Series
UPSC is known for surprises. Aspirants might read everything, yet they may miss exactly what UPSC demands from them. General Studies Prelims test series has been designed keeping in mind the pattern of the actual Civils examination. In fact, we seek to simulate the type of surprises that the UPSC may actually conjure up in this year’s exam.
Moreover, topic-wise distribution of marks in mock papers would be same as the possibilities that exist in the case of actual paper. We also provide detailed analysis of the questions.
Civil Services Preliminary Test Series
Components
CSP Test Series comprises of 20 Mock Test papers as follows:
14 Sectional Tests of GS Paper I.
4 Comprehensive Mock tests of General Studies Paper I
2 Mock tests of General Studies Paper II (CSAT)
Comprehensive Test
Each Paper 1 test would consist of 100 questions and Paper 2(CSAT) would consist of 80 questions along with detailed explanations.
Reference sources for Mocks:
Polity
-Class IX and X NCERT: Democratic Politics
- 11th NCERT: Indian Constitution at Work
- Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth
- Introduction to the Constitution of India: D DBasu
- Our Political System: Subhash Kashyap
- Constitution of India by P.M. Bakshi
- Punchi Commission Report on Centre-State Relations
Geography
General
-Class 11 Physical Geography—Chapters 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Indian
-NCERT Geography (Class 8)—Resources and development (Go through whole book)
-NCERT Geography (Class XI)—India: Physical Environment (Ch.1-6, appendices 1-5)
-NCERT Geography (Class XII)—India: People and Economy (Ch. 1, 5, 6, 7, 10)
History and Art & Culture
-Old NCERT Class XI, XII: History
-NCERT art and culture (11th and 12th)
-Contemporary World History by Arjun Dev
-CCRT website: http://ccrtindia.gov.in/index.php
-TN BOARD HISTORY, Class XI
-India’s struggle for Independence – Bipin Chandra
-A Brief History of Modern India – Spectrum Publications
-Indian Culture Chapter of India Year Book
Economy
Basic economics concepts
-Microeconomics Class 11—Chapters 1,
-Macroeconomics Class 11—Chapters 2, 3, 5, 6, Terminology
Demographics
-Geography Class 12 (India ) Chapter 1 (Population)
Social development
-Economics for Class 9—Ch2 (population as a resource, human resource development)
-Geography Class 12 (India: People and Economy ) Ch3 (Human development)
-Economics for Class XI (Indian Economic Development)—Chapter 5( Human capital)
Poverty & inclusion
-NCERT Economics for Class 9—Ch. 3 (Poverty & inclusion)
-NCERT Class XI-- Ch. 4 (poverty)
-NCERT Economics for Class XI (Indian Economic Development)—Ch. 9 (sustainable development)
-NCERT Geography (Class XII)—India: People and Economy
-Ch.9 (Sustainable development and planning)
Ecology & Environment
General issues on environment & ecology
-Science (Class 8)—Ch7
-Science (Class 9)—Ch14
-Science (Class 10)—Ch15, 16
-Fundamental of Physical Geography (Class XI)—Ch12, 15, 16
-Biology (Class 12)—Ch13, 14, 15, 16
-India: Physical Environment (class 12)—Ch5,
-Down to Earth magazine
-Ecology and Environment – P D Sharma
Science
-Class 9 Science Chapters 1-15
-Class 10 Science Chapters 1-16
-India Year Book
-Manorama Year Book
-Science & Technology- Ashok Singh – TMH Publications
Newspaper and Magazines