11 October 2016

PCS PRELIMS - PAPER 2 - SYLLABUS , ANALYSIS , BOOKS LIST

PCS Preliminary Exam General Studies Paper-II is popularly known as CSAT. General Studies Paper-II is also for 200 marks like the General Studies Paper-I of PCS Prelims Exam. Paper-II is comparatively easier and high-scoring than General Studies Paper-I. This paper shall be of 200 marks and in this paper there shall be 80 objective type (Multiple choices) questions.

Syllabus of Paper-II (CSAT)
  • Reading comprehension; Punjabi and English language comprehension, antonyms and synonyms, grammar and sentence formation.
  • Interpersonal skills including communication skills.
  • Logical reasoning, analytical and mental ability.
  • Basic numerical skills; numbers, magnitudes, percentages, numerical relation appreciation.
  • Data analysis; Graphic presentations, charts, tables, spreadsheets.
Analysis of PCS-2015 Paper II (CSAT)
  • English Language - 20
  • Punjabi Language - 19
  • Reasoning - 28
  • Basic Numeracy - 13
How to Prepare
PCS Paper-II (CSAT) Exam being more practice oriented, it’s always better to select books with quality problems. Paper-II (CSAT) contains 80 questions and indeed it is a lengthy paper and one need to focus on speed and error-free calculations. Fortunately PCS Prelims paper-II requires far less books compared to Paper-I. Here I list all the popular books for CSAT Paper-II. You don’t need to refer all of them and different people will like different books.
Basic numeracy
Reasoning
Data interpretation
Punjabi Language
  • Any Grammar Book - Class IX and X
English Language
  • Any Grammar Book - Class IX and X
There are many books in the market covering most of the topics in the Paper-II. These Books contain Comprehensive syllabus in one book with many sample questions for understanding and many practice questions. Difficult concepts are explained quite well to a beginner with non-Science background and Decision making, interpersonal skills, comprehension are also covered. By far the most popular books for CSAT are:
English Medium
Hindi Medium

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