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Earths Interior

The interior of the earth is composed of three layers.

1. Crust which is divided into upper and lower by the Conard Discontinuity.
2. Mantle which is divided into upper and lower by the Reptite Discontinuity.
3. Core which is divided into  upper and lower by the Transition or Lehman Discontinuity.
4. Crust and mantle is separated by the Moho discontinuit.
5. Mantle and core is separated by the Gutenberg discontinuity.

Factors that contributed to the unity of India

This is part of the series in Modern Indian History that is added to GS I in the new syllabus.

India as a young nation after Independence had to strive for the Unity of India. The global Intellegentsia was skeptical of the survival of India as the divisive forces and the factors that contribute to fragmentation were largeand they outnumbered the reasons and factors of India's unity and existence. Yet India has withstood the test of time against all odds and is considered by  historians and researchers of democracy as an exception as India was reeling under poverty, communal-ism, caste-ism, underdevelopment, linguistic and regional exclusiveness, Inequality etc. We will be considering the factors that unite India in this article.

Sci & Tech : Mobile Technology Generations

Telecommunications have grown leaps and bounds from telephones to portable radio phones to cellular phones( first generation to fifth Generation). The below document gives an overview about all the generations.

Generations of mobile wireless technology pdf download

SCi & Tech : Electromagnetic Spectrum

The electromagnetic (EM) spectrum is the range of all types of EM radiation. Radiation is energy that travels and spreads out as it goes – the visible light that comes from a lamp in your house and the radio waves that come from a radio station are two types of electromagnetic radiation. The other types of EM radiation that make up the electromagnetic spectrum are microwaves, infrared light, ultraviolet light, X-rays and gamma-rays.

Preparing for the Civil Service Exam : Book by IAS toppers

Preparing for the Civil Service Exam : Book by IAS toppers

Prelims are over and its time for Mains. Preparation tips and strategy for Civil services by the toppers themselves.

Reading between the lines by IAS toppers

Preparing for the new CSM Pattern

Hi Folks,

Please find below the pattern analysis and book list article published in the Employment news.

Pattern analysis

Book List

CSP 2013 Answer keys

Answers Keys for CSP 2013 from Vajiram and CL.

Except two or three questions the answer keys seem to be legit.

CSP 2013 Paper 1 Answer Keys


CSP 2013 Paper 2 Answer Keys


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History Notes for revision

Here are a few documents that can be used for revision during the exams. Click the links below.

Ancient India:

Medieval India:

Modern India:


Disclaimer: All are collected by me from internet and the credit goes to the original uploader/owner.

Medieval India - An Overview

Modern India Lectures

Modern India - Part 1

Modern India - Part 2

Modern India - Part 3

Modern India - Part 4

 

Fodder for GS

Sustainable Food security in an era of climate change

Ramachandra Guha views of India

Modern India - Partition of India and Pakistan

Indian History by Romila Thapar

Book List for History Optional

Well here are the books you can refer for History Main Optional paper.

Paper 1 : Ancient and Medieval India.
Ancient India : RS Sharma(old ncert) or DN JHA. Follow any one as most of the contents are same.

Medieval India :  Satish Chandra (or)
An advanced study in the history of medieval India : JL Mehta

Paper 2: Modern India and World History.
Modern India by Bipan Chandra(covers almost the entire syllabus)
Indias struggle for Independance : Bipan chandra et al. (A more elaborate book focussing on freedom struggle alone)
Modern Indian History by grover (A guide kind of book prepared with Civil service in mind)

A history of Modern World : Jain and Mathur can be supplemented with Mastering world history by Norman Lowe

The above books are more than sufficient for the exams.

How to prepare for Geography

For the last few years, UPSC is notorious among aspirants for not asking direct questions in almost all optional papers and GS. This is certainly true if one looks at the Geography Questions for 2012. So how to prepare? the key here is understanding the concepts thoroughly and correlating the same with news articles.

e.g) nuclear energy : Comes under the energy. In this case you should be able to environment, allied industries, pros and cons of nuclear energy, opposition to nuclear energy etc.

Consider the following question asked in 2012.

Comment on the viability of Malwa region to develop as a hub for food processing industries.

In this case you will have to correlate climate, existing industries, transport, agriculture of surrounding areas etc and NO BOOK teaches you this. you would have learnt all these vegetation , rainfall, industries etc but under separate topics. you couls answer this question only if you are thorough with your concets and rote learning will never help you and UPSC is keen on "Never give an edge to coaching institutes"  and the Questions asked are vey dynamic.

So here are the book list:

paper 1:
physical geography : Savindra Singh.
Human geograhy, Models and theories : Majid Hussein.

Paper 2:
India : DR Khullar or RC Tiwari or any other book that you find it easy as the questions here are all almost dynamic.

Above all as a rule, have an atlas by your side while you prepare geography .