HPAS PRELIMS BOOKS (PAPER - II)

HPAS 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 HPAS 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 100 objective type (Multiple choices) questions.

Syllabus of Paper-II (CSAT)

• Comprehension
• Interpersonal skills including communication skills
• Logical reasoning and analytical ability
• Decision making and problem solving
• General mental ability
• Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc. (Class X level)
• Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. (Class X level)
• English Language comprehension skills (Class X level)

Analysis of HPAS-2014 Paper II (CSAT)

• Reasoning - 42
• Basic Numeracy - 23
• English Language - 15
• Psychology - 20

How to Prepare

HPAS Paper-II (CSAT) Exam being more practice oriented, it’s always better to select books with quality problems. Paper-II (CSAT) contains 100 questions and indeed it is a lengthy paper and one need to focus on speed and error-free calculations. Fortunately HPAS 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

• Essential Book - Quantitative Aptitude by R.S. Aggarwal
• Additional Book - Quantitative Aptitude Quantum CAT by Arihant (Best book for Quality Problems)

Reasoning

• Essential Book - Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning By R.S. Aggarwal

Data interpretation

• Essential Book - Data Interpretationfor the CAT by Arun Sharma

Psychology

• Essential Book - NCERT Psychology TextBook for Class XI
• Essential Book - NCERT Psychology TextBook For Class XII
• MCQ Book - MCQs IN Psychology by Himalaya Publishing House
• MCQ Book - Objective Psychology by RPH Editorial Board

English Language Comprehension

• Essential Book - Proficiency in Reading Comprehension by Arihant

There are many books in the market covering all 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

• Cracking the CSAT Paper-2 by Arihant Experts
• General Studies Paper 2 (2016) by McGraw Hill
• General Studies Paper-2 (2016) by Access Publishing

Hindi Medium

• Cracking the CSAT Paper-2 by Arihant Experts
• General Studies Paper-2 (2016) by Access Publishing

HPAS PRELIMS PLAN & BOOKS (PAPER - I )

Paper - I

Indian Polity - M. Laxmikanth (12 days)

Indian Economy - Ramesh Singh (8 days)

Geography - NCERT 11th n 12th (8 days) OR GISTof NCERT + Goh Cheng Leong (3 days) + Maps (1 days)

History - Bipin chandra or Spectrum Book (8 days)

Science - 8th to 10th NCERT OR GIST Of NCERT  (10 days)

Environment - Shankar IAS Academy Book (10 days)

Current - GKToday Jan to May + India 2016 Yearbook OR ManoramaYearbook (15 days)

Himachal GK - Jagmohan Balokhra (5 days...only selected topics) + Economic Survey (5 days)

Ancient History + Medieval History + Geography - Arhihant or Lucent (5 days)

MCQ books (if one have much time) - Pearson or TataMcGraw Hill or Arihant  

MCQ books (if one have less time) - Arhihant or Lucent or Dhillon

HPAS - List of MCQ books for Prelims

Paper -1

If you have more time to read then these books have much of theory and many MCQs :

1. The Pearson General Studies  (Recommended)

  

2. McGraw Hill General Studies

3. Arihant General Studies

If you have less time to read then these books have only MCQs : 



1. Arhihant - Manohar Pandey  (Recommended)

2. Lucent Publications 

HPAS 2014 Prelims - Himachal GK Section Analysis

Himachal GK - 21 questions

• History -6
• Geography -5
• Polity & Schemes -3
• Cultural – 2
• Census -2
• Economy Survey - 1
• Other -2

HPAS - Prelims Cutoff Comparisons

Hot Water Springs in Himachal

• Manikaran  – Kullu
• Kasol - Kullu
• Khirganga – Kullu
• Vashishta – Kullu
• Kalath –Kullu
• Tattapani – Mandi
• Jeori – Kinnaur

HPAS (2014) - INTERVIEW MARKS

HPAS (2014) Prelims - Cutoff

General - 190.67

SC of HP - 146

ST of HP - 164

OBC of HP - 172.67

Genral Ex-Servicemen - 107.33

HPAS (MAIN) EXAMINATION - DRAFT SYLLABUS

Himachal Peaks - Height - District

Himachal Glaciers - District

·        Bara Shigri                                                      L & S

·        Chhota Shigri                                                 L & S

·        Chandra                                                          L & S

·        Bhaga                                                              L & S

·        The Lady of Keylong                                      L & S

·        Sonapani                                                        L & S

·        Perad                                                              L & S

·        Miyar                                                              L & S

·        Mukkila                                                          L & S

·        Kulti                                                                L & S

·        Taragiri                                                           L & S

·        Samundari                                                     L & S

·        Sissu                                                               L & S

·        Gangstang                                                      L & S

·        Gyephang                                                       L & S

·        Dibibokri Glacier                                           L & S

·        Dhaka                                                             L & S

·        Parbati                                                            Kullu

·        Beas Kund                                                      Kullu

·        Saraumga                                                       Kullu

·        Dudhon                                                          Kullu

·        Bhadal                                                            Kangra

·        Chander Nahan                                             Shimla

HPAS - CSAT 2014

Himachal Rivers - Entry and Leaving Locations

First in Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Rivers - Origins

Himachal Rivers - Vedic , Sanskrit & Greek Names

Plan for 120 days for HPAS Prelims and books to study

Polity - Laxmikant (15 days)

Economy - Ramesh Singh (15 days)

Geography - NCERT 11th n 12th (8 days) + Goh Cheng Leong (5 days) + Maps (2 days)

History - Bipin chandra Modern history of India(7 days) + Ancient NCERT (4 days) + Mediaval NCERT (4 days)

Science - 6th to 10th NCERT (15 days....3 days for each class)

Environment - Shankar IAS Academy Book (15 days)

Current - GKToday Jan to May (15 days....3 days for each month)

Himachal GK - Jagmohan Balokhra (10 days...only selected topics) + Economic Survey (5 days)

Quant & Reasoning - Daily 2 hr.

Himachal Museums - Place

·        Shimla State Museum                                              Inveraram Building (Shimla)

·        Bhuri Singh Museum                                               Chamba (Chamba)

·        Uruswati Himalayan Folk Art Museum                  Naggar (Kullu)

·        HPTDC Museum                                                      Naggar Castle (Kullu)

·        Shri Chandra Mani Kashyap Museum                    Mandi (Mandi)

·        Museum of Himachal Culture and Folk Art           Manali (Kullu)

·        Kangra Art Gallery                                                   Dharamshala (Kangra)

·        Nicholas Roerich Art Gallery                                 Naggar (Kullu)

·        Sobha Singh Art Gallery                                          Andretta (Kangra)

·        Library of Tibetan Work and Archives                   Dharamshala (Kangra)

·        Naam Art Gallery                                                     Dharamshala (Kangra)

·        Photo Art Gallery                                                     Shimla (Shimla)

Himachal Census 2011 (Compiled Data)

     

Himachal Census (2011 & 2001)