IAS Prelims Syllabus & Resources: General Studies Paper II

Published on 8 March 2017 by

We had recently shared the syllabus and resources for IAS Prelims General Studies Paper I. In the following article, we are providing you with the syllabus and resources for General Studies Paper II.

The GS Paper II, like GS Paper I is for 200 marks and a duration of 2 hours. However, this paper is qualifying in nature. The candidates are required to secure 33% minimum to qualify for this. The paper will be of multiple choice, objective type.

 

IAS Prelims General Studies Paper II Syllabus and Resources

IAS Prelims – Syllabus:

  1. Comprehension, Interpersonal & Communication Skills

IAS Prelims – Resources:

Read a variety of text. Newspapers (The Hindu), Novels and Magazines.

Previous year UPSC CSE Prelims Question Papers (From 2011 to 2016)

 

  1. Logical reasoning and analytical ability

IAS Prelims – Resources:

Analytical Reasoning by M.K. Pandey (BSC Publication)

A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non-verbal Reasoning by R. S. Aggarwal

A New Approach to Reasoning (Verbal, Nonverbal and Analytical) by B. S. Sijwalii

Previous year UPSC CSE Prelims Question Papers (From 2011 to 2016)

 

  1. Decision making and problem-solving

(very few questions asked from this section from 2013)

IAS Prelims – Resources:

Previous year UPSC CSE Prelims Question Papers (From 2011 to 2016)

 

  1. Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data Interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency, etc. – Class X Level).

IAS Prelims – Resources:

NCERT Class VII to XI Mathematics Textbook

Fast Track Objective Arithmetic by Rajesh Verma

Previous year UPSC CSE Prelims Question Papers (From 2011 to 2016)

 

Click here to check out the General Studies Paper I Syllabus and Resources.
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