An Introduction to the Constitution of India

D.D.Basu
Perspectives on Indian Constitution
Edited by Subash Kashyap
Biology for VIII-X Std
NCERT
Physics for VIII-X Std
NCERT
Chemistry for VIII-X Std
NCERT
Anatomy & Physiology for Nurses Courses
Evelyn Pearce
Know your body
Readers Digest
An Evolution of Indian Economy
I.C.Dhingra (Sultan Chand & Co)
Indian Economy
Dutt & Sundaram
Economic Survey of India
Government of India
General Principles of World Geography
Charles Farro

Monsoon Asia
Charles Farro
Physical Geography of India for VII XII Std
NCERT
Any Good School Atlas
Ancient India for VII-XII Std
NCERT
Medieval India for VII-XII Std
NCERT
Modern India
Bipin Chandra
History of Modern India
A.C.Banerjee
The Hindu & Times of India
Newspapers
Frontline and Political & Economic weekly
Periodicals
Yojana & World Focus
Periodicals
Statistical Methods
S.C.Gupta

IAS (Indian Administrative Services)

Eligibility Criteria
Educational
Qualification

Age

Genera
l

OBC

21-32 Years

21-35 Years

Graduate (any stream)

Graduate (any stream)

No. of Attempts

General

OBC

SC/ST
SC/ST

21-37 Years

Graduate (any stream)

Any number
of attempts
in the age
limit

Examination Pattern
IAS exam covers three stages:-

Stage-1 - Preliminary Examination

Paper-I (200 Marks)
S.No.

Duration : 2 Hrs.

Subject

1.

Indian History and Freedom Struggle

2.

World and Indian Geography : Physical, Social, Economic,

Political Geog.

3.

Indian Polity : (i) Constitution

4.

Indian Economy

5.

General Science : (i) Zoology (ii) Botany (iii) Physics and

Chemistry

6.

Bio diversity

7.

Ecology and Environment

8.

Current Events of National and International Importance

Paper-I (200 Marks)

S.No.

Duration : 2 Hrs.

Subject

1.

Decision Making & Problem Solving

2.

Interpersonal Skill & Communication Skill)

3.

Comprehension

4.

Administrative Analytical Reasoning

5.

Basic Numeracy

6.

General Mental Ability

7.

Data Interpretation

Note :

The questions will be multiple choice, objective type.

Correct Marking-2 Marks for each correct answer.

Negative Marking-0.33 Marks of the marks assigned to the Question.

Stage-II - Mains Examination

The main Examination is intended to assess the overall intellectual traits and depth of
understanding of candidates rather than merely the range of their information and
memory. The nature and standard of questions in the General Studies papers (Paper II to
Paper V) will be such that a well-educated person will be able to answer them without
any specialized study. The questions will be such as to test a candidate's general
awareness of a variety of subjects, which will have relevance for a career in Civil
Services. The questions are likely to test the candidate's basic understanding of all
relevant issues, and ability to analyze, and take a view on conflicting socio-economic
goals, objectives and demands. The candidates must give relevant, meaningful and
succinct answers. Syllabi of the papers of general studies included in the scheme of Civil
Services (Main) Examination are given as follows:-

Qualifying Papers
(300
Marks)

Paper-A

One language paper from list of eight schedule such as Hindi language.

(300
Marks)

Paper-B

English Language

Paper to be counted for Merit

S.No
.
1.

Paper

PAPER-I Essay:
Candidates
will
be
required to write an essay
on a specific topic. The
choice of subjects will be
given.
They
will
be
expected to keep closely
to the subject of the
essay to arrange their
ideas in orderly fashion,
and to write concisely.
Credit will be given for
effective
and
exact

Mark
s
200

Topic

expression.

2.

3.

4.

5.

PAPER-II
General Studies 2nd
Paper

PAPER-III
General Studies 1st Paper

PAPER-IV
General Studies 3rd Paper

PAPER-V
General Studies 4th Paper

250
I.

Indian Heritage and Culture

II.

World History

III.

World & Indian Geography

IV.

Social Issues

I.

Governance

II.

Constitution

III.

Political System

IV.

Social Justice

V.

International Relation

I.

Technology

II.

Economic Development

III.

Biodiversity

IV.

Environment

V.

Security

I.

Ethics

II.

Integrity

III.

Administrative Aptitude

250

250

250

6.

PAPER-VI
Optional Paper-I

250

7.

PAPER-VII

250

Optional Paper-II
Written Examination Total Marks= 1750

STAGE-III

Personality Test = 275

Total Marks : 2025

Most Popular And Scoring Optional Subjects

HISTORY

GEOGRAPHY

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

SOCIOLOGY

S.No
.

Subject

Strength of
Materials

Operations
Research

Book Name

Author

Strength of Materials

B.C. Punamia

Strength of Materials

Timoshenko

Strength of Materials

Rama Murtham

Operations Research

KantiSwarup

Buffa&Sarin

Industrial Engg.

Industrial Engg.

Production Engg.

Production Engg.

Kalpika Jain,
Amitabh Ghosh
& A.K. Malik
UC. Jindal,W.D.
Callister, I.P.
Singh

Material Science

Material Science

Machine Design

Machine Design

Shigley, V.B.

Bhandari

Mechanical
Vibration

Mechanical Vibration

Theory of
Machines

Theory of Machines

R.S. Khurmi,
Malik &Ghosh

Fluid Machinery

D.S. Kumar, R.K.

Bansal

Fluid Machinery

Grover

10

Refrigeration & Air

Conditioning

Refrigeration & Air Conditioning

C.P. Arora,
Domkundwar

11

Heat & Mass

Transfer

Heat & Mass Transfer

J.P. Hollman&
R.C. Sachdeva

Fluid Mechanics

Modi& Seth, R.K.

Bansal

12

Fluid Mechanics

13

Engg.
Thermodynamics

Engg. Thermodynamics

P.K. Nag

I.C. Engine

M.L. Mathur, R.P.

Sharma

Engg.
Mathematics

Engg. Mathematics

MADE EASY
Publications

16

Verbal &
Numerical Ability

Verbal & Numerical Ability

MADE EASY
Publications

17

Previous GATE
Solved Papers

Previous GATE Solved Papers

MADE EASY
Publications

18

Production
Engineering

A text book on
Production
Engineering

19

Engineering
Mechanics

A text book on Engineering

Mechanics

20

Engineering

14

I.C. Engine

15

Material Science & Metallurgy

Dr. Swadesh
Singh

Dr. U.C.Jindal

Dr. U.C.Jindal

Materials

21

Strength of
Materials

A text book on Strength of

Materials

Dr. U.C.Jindal

ME Mechanical Engineering Section 1: Engineering Mathematics Linear Algebra:

Matrix algebra, systems of linear equations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors.
Calculus: Functions of single variable, limit, continuity and differentiability, mean
value theorems, indeterminate forms; evaluation of definite and improper
integrals; double and triple integrals; partial derivatives, total derivative, Taylor
series (in one and two variables), maxima and minima, Fourier series; gradient,
divergence and curl, vector identities, directional derivatives, line, surface and
volume integrals, applications of Gauss, Stokes and Greens theorems.
Differential equations: First order equations (linear and nonlinear); higher order
linear differential equations with constant coefficients; Euler-Cauchy equation;
initial and boundary value problems; Laplace transforms; solutions of heat, wave
and Laplace's equations. Complex variables: Analytic functions; Cauchy-Riemann
equations; Cauchys integral theorem and integral formula; Taylor and Laurent
series. Probability and Statistics: Definitions of probability, sampling theorems,
conditional probability; mean, median, mode and standard deviation; random
variables, binomial, Poisson and normal distributions. Numerical Methods:
Numerical solutions of linear and non-linear algebraic equations; integration by
trapezoidal and Simpsons rules; single and multi-step methods for differential
equations. Section 2: Applied Mechanics and Design Engineering Mechanics:
Free-body diagrams and equilibrium; trusses and frames; virtual work;
kinematics and dynamics of particles and of rigid bodies in plane motion;
impulse and momentum (linear and angular) and energy formulations, collisions.
Mechanics of Materials: Stress and strain, elastic constants, Poisson's ratio;
Mohrs circle for plane stress and plane strain; thin cylinders; shear force and
bending moment diagrams; bending and shear stresses; deflection of beams;
torsion of circular shafts; Eulers theory of columns; energy methods; thermal
stresses; strain gauges and rosettes; testing of materials with universal testing
machine; testing of hardness and impact strength. Theory of Machines:
Displacement, velocity and acceleration analysis of plane mechanisms; dynamic
analysis of linkages; cams; gears and gear trains; flywheels and governors;
balancing of reciprocating and rotating masses; gyroscope. Vibrations: Free and
forced vibration of single degree of freedom systems, effect of damping;
vibration isolation; resonance; critical speeds of shafts. Machine Design: Design
for static and dynamic loading; failure theories; fatigue strength and the S-N
diagram; principles of the design of machine elements such as bolted, riveted
and welded joints; shafts, gears, rolling and sliding contact bearings, brakes and
clutches, springs. 36 of 72 Section 3: Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences Fluid
Mechanics: Fluid properties; fluid statics, manometry, buoyancy, forces on
submerged bodies, stability of floating bodies; control-volume analysis of mass,
momentum and energy; fluid acceleration; differential equations of continuity
and momentum; Bernoullis equation; dimensional analysis; viscous flow of

incompressible fluids, boundary layer, elementary turbulent flow, flow through

pipes, head losses in pipes, bends and fittings. Heat-Transfer: Modes of heat
transfer; one dimensional heat conduction, resistance concept and electrical
analogy, heat transfer through fins; unsteady heat conduction, lumped
parameter system, Heisler's charts; thermal boundary layer, dimensionless
parameters in free and forced convective heat transfer, heat transfer correlations
for flow over flat plates and through pipes, effect of turbulence; heat exchanger
performance, LMTD and NTU methods; radiative heat transfer, StefanBoltzmann
law, Wien's displacement law, black and grey surfaces, view factors, radiation
network analysis. Thermodynamics: Thermodynamic systems and processes;
properties of pure substances, behaviour of ideal and real gases; zeroth and first
laws of thermodynamics, calculation of work and heat in various processes;
second law of thermodynamics; thermodynamic property charts and tables,
availability and irreversibility; thermodynamic relations. Applications: Power
Engineering: Air and gas compressors; vapour and gas power cycles, concepts of
regeneration and reheat. I.C. Engines: Air-standard Otto, Diesel and dual cycles.
Refrigeration and air-conditioning: Vapour and gas refrigeration and heat pump
cycles; properties of moist air, psychrometric chart, basic psychrometric
processes. Turbomachinery: Impulse and reaction principles, velocity diagrams,
Pelton-wheel, Francis and Kaplan turbines. Section 4: Materials, Manufacturing
and Industrial Engineering Engineering Materials: Structure and properties of
engineering materials, phase diagrams, heat treatment, stress-strain diagrams
for engineering materials. Casting, Forming and Joining Processes: Different
types of castings, design of patterns, moulds and cores; solidification and
cooling; riser and gating design. Plastic deformation and yield criteria;
fundamentals of hot and cold working processes; load estimation for bulk
(forging, rolling, extrusion, drawing) and sheet (shearing, deep drawing, bending)
metal forming processes; principles of powder metallurgy. Principles of welding,
brazing, soldering and adhesive bonding. Machining and Machine Tool
Operations: Mechanics of machining; basic machine tools; single and multi-point
cutting tools, tool geometry and materials, tool life and wear; economics of
machining; principles of non-traditional machining processes; principles of work
holding, design of jigs and fixtures. Metrology and Inspection: Limits, fits and
tolerances; linear and angular measurements; comparators; gauge design;
interferometry; form and finish measurement; alignment and testing methods;
tolerance analysis in manufacturing and assembly. Computer Integrated
Manufacturing: Basic concepts of CAD/CAM and their integration tools. 37 of 72
Production Planning and Control: Forecasting models, aggregate production
planning, scheduling, materials requirement planning. Inventory Control:
Deterministic models; safety stock inventory control systems. Operations
Research: Linear programming, simplex method, transportation, assignment,
network flow models, simple queuing models, PERT and CPM.