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
Hindi Medium
