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Sunday, 6 January 2013

Analysis of General Studies and suggestions according to it.

Analysis of previous two years papers :

*.History has doubled in its importance from 2010 to 2012. Any sort of ‘predictability’ helps the coaching classes and senior players, and UPSC hates both of them. Most of us would have thought: history will decrease and S&T will remain steady. So, UPSC does the reverse. Besides, it is my personal opinion, this year History + Polity given heavy emphasis to reverse the “Science and Engineer graduates-friendly” trends of last two years.

*.Polity increased by more than double. 8% in 2011 and 18% in 2012. And curiously, as the number of questions increased, the difficulty level of each question decreased!

*.Geography remained “steady”11% of the paper for last two years.
*.Economy declined.
*.Science and technology declined : almost halved : From18% in 2011 to 9% in 2012! – To make room for the increased number of History and Polity Questions
*.Just like Geography, the Yearbook stuff also remained:Steady 9% of the paper, for last two years.*.You can do more data interpretation on your own.

1.HISTORY
A.Ancient and Medieval
1. Dhrupad, one of the major traditions of India that has been kept alive for centuries
2.Distinguish between Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyamdances
3.hand gesture called ‘Bhumisparsha Mudra’. It symbolizes
4.religion of early Vedic Aryans was
5.Sufi mystics were known to pursue which of the following practices
6.guilds (Shreni) of ancient Indiathat played a very important role
7.scientific progress of ancient India
8.common to both Buddhism and Jainism?
9.Nagara, the Dravida and the VesaraQuestions Mostly related to religion and culture.They had asked about Jainism in2011’s paper as well.Thankfully, No dates, places or name of kings though.

Modern India (Freedom Struggle)
1.Ryotwari settlement
2.Rowlatt act aimed at
3.Contribution made by dadabhai naoroji
4.Principal feature(s) of the government of india act, 1919
5.National social conference was formed. What was the reason for its formation?
6.Parties were established by dr. B. R. Ambedkar
7.Gandhi undertook fast unto death in 1932
8.Lahore session of the indian national congress (1929) is very important
9.Regarding brahmo samaj
10.Things introduced into india by the english
11.Congress ministries resignedin the seven provinces in 1939

Even with the lousiest half-hearted preparation, one could solve question number 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11 from reading NCERTs, GS Manual and Bipin Chandra.

Polity1.
Duty of the President of India to cause to be laid
2.Deadlock between the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha calls
3.Importance of the office of theComptroller and Auditor General (CAG)
4.Prime Minister of India, at the time of his/her appointment
5.Delimitation Commission, consider the following statements :
6.Distribution of powers between the Centre and the States
7.Fundamental Duties of citizens
8.Autonomy of the Supreme Court of India
9.Special powers have been conferred on the Rajya Sabha
10.Recommendations of the Thirteenth Finance Commission
11.Parliamentary control over public finance in India
12.Provisions of the Constitutionof India have a bearing on Education
13.Adjournment motion
14.Directive Principles of State Policy
15.Union Territories are not represented in the Rajya Sabha.
16.Office of the Lok Sabha Speaker
17.Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
18.Panchayat (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996

Environment & Biodiversity (enb)
1.National Biodiversity Authority (NBA)
2.National Green Tribunal Act,
3.Biopesticides
4.Biomass gasification
5.Lead, ingested or inhaled, is a health hazard
6.Chlorofluorocarbons, known as ozone-depleting substances
7.Protected areas in India are local people not
8.Pollinating agent/agents
9.Carbon dioxide in the air is slowly raising the temperature
10.Acidification of oceans is increasing. Why
11.Category of endangered species
12.Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
13.Antelopes Oryx and Chiru
14.Threats to the biodiversity of a geographical are
15.Black-necked crane
16.Carbon sequestration/storage in the soil
17.Phytoplankton of an ocean iscompletely destroyed for some reason
18.Vultures which used to be very common in Indian countryside
19.Government of India encourages the cultivation ofsea buckthorn
20.Wetlands of India, consider the following statements
21.Resistance to the introduction of Bt brinjal in India
22.Prospects for which genetically engineered plants have been created.
Almost 1/4th of the paper (25%) is “limits of current affairs”, ThisSea buckthorn initiative happened in 2010 (according to MoEF public notification)and UPSC has asked this in 2012.*.Anyways most of the questions- not really tough, provided that you had been following
1.TheNOS study-material
2.Science and Geography NCERTs
3.The Hindu S&T
4.Website of Ministry of Environment and Forest (www.moef.nic.in)
5.General Studies Manual.
6.My EnB series articles (vultures, Phytoplanktons)

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