General Studies- Paper 1 (Coaching Class Notes in Hindi)हिंदी में सामान्य अध्ययन सामग्री- सिविल सेवा परीक्षा (आईएएस) के लिये

General Studies- Paper 1 (Coaching Class Notes in Hindi)

As I was a student of English medium, It was very difficult for me to identify good quality, free and non copyrighted study material for general studies. A very thanks to Facebook group admin Rajesh kumar for sharing the material with such generosity. I know the writting is not soo good , i would definately try to get my friends notes scanned who secured a decent rank in 2014 . It may take some time till then please   I am sharing the following links for various subjects such as:-

GEOGRAPHY TOPICS

Geography handwritten notes- भूगोल हस्तलिखित नोट्स

topic covered are:-

1-World physical geography-

• Geo morphology(in both 1st and 2nd part)
• Climatology(In second part)
• Oceanography (in second part)

2-Agriculture-

• Land reforms, the
• Irrigation(canal, pond and tank along with techniques),
• Cropping patterns,
• crop intensity,
• post harvestmanagement(storage, transport,marketing,IT in agricultural development)

3-Disaster and Disaster management

• definition,
• types- flood,landslide,Drought,Earthquakes,Tsunamis,Cyclones,
• DPAP,
• Disaster Management,
• Financial Resources

4-Distribution of Natural Resources

5-Industries

Sample Notes Image

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HISTORY TOPICS

Indian art and culture -Class notes

SOCIOLOGY TOPICS

Social issues- Class notes

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BOOKS AND OTHER SOURCES SUGGESTIONS 

There are many books in the market for English medium students but the problem for Hindi medium students is that they are very few books  which are really related to  UPSC syllabus .I will be considering each topic for paper 1 one by one:-

Indian history

Hindi medium students are Generaly very strong in history topic but still I would be suggesting few sources for those who are relatively new to UPSC preparation

Indian history for maIns examination consist of mainly three topics which are as follow:-

a)Indian art and culture –

 There are very few book, infact i would like to say there is only one relavant book named  as Bharatiya Kala, Sanskriti Evam Virasat: Civil Sewa Pariksha Hetu 

The book is great for civil services but the problem with it is that it’s specifically written for civil services exam and thus it seems like to be a copy pasted material. Here we need to understand that we need not to have a phd in Indian culture we just need to qualify the exam and for that this book is good source for covering the syllabus systematically. You can always include the notes provided for notes but they are coaching notes which might not be considered complete.

b)Modern Indian history or India’s struggle for independence:-

This is the most important topic not only for preliminary exam but even for the mains examination. There are many books in the market and every tom,dick & harry has written a book on the said topic, but here the strength lies with- the old is gold and thus i would like to suggest you that you should not be distracted by the copy paste writers and should follow the original writings such as :-

Bipin Chandra in Adhunik Bharat Ka Itihas or

You could follow Sekhar Bandopadhya’s  Palassi se Vibhajan Tak: Adhunik Bharat Ka Itihas

c)Post Independence

It’s a recently added topic to the mains syllabus and there are only two books for the said topic…. yaaa you are right

Bharat: Gandhi Ke Baad by Ramchandra Guha &

Azadi Ke Baad Ka Bharat by Bipin Chandra

The Biggest problem with both the books is that they are not at all related to UPSC syllabus ( Atleast whats UPSC has asked in the past 3 years) and are soo bulky .Thus i would suggest you that for this topic specifically don’t follow any book. I would try my level best to get some really gud quality notes for this topic.

If any of the above link is not working please let me know by Contacting me or just send a email to ratendrapal@gmail.com

It’s very difficult for Hindi medium students to find good quality material for civil services examination . There are several websites which are catering to the needs of English medium students and providing daily current affair notes of The Hindu ,Indian Express and pib but not a single one of them providing it for the Hindi medium students.

Internet has played a crucial role after the introduction of recent changes in the civil services examination pattern.

Hindi medium students are forced to study the Hindu and develop their own notes in Hindi , as those notes available in the market are basically  Google translation of The Hindu or Indian Express

Presently I am busy with my Mains examination so could not promise any regular availability of good quality Hindu notes in Hindi but definitely after Mains examination I will try to produce daily updates of Hindu in Hindi with the help of some Hindi medium toppers.

There are some other notes of coaching institutes of delhi   which I cannot upload due to copyright due to copyright , so I will ask you  to please Summit your email address  in the comments I will for sure upload  them email links

I am not asking You to subscribe to my website, I will just send the links for those notes .

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Current affairs of 24 September- the hindu and Indian express

Skill India Mission

National Sample Survey report 2011 -12  on education and vocational training stated that person in the age group of 15 years to 59 years have  2.2 % formal vocational training and 8.6 %  informal vocational training (which merely comprised the passing down of hereditary skills or on the job training)

·         Rural males- driving & Motor Mechanic works

·         urban males- computer trades

·         rural female -textile related work

·         Urban Females - computer trades

 It has been reported that rate of vocational training and barely increased between 2004 to 2005

National skill policy of 2009 created a national skill development coordination board.

Skill India campaign launched by Modi target training 40 crore people by 2022.

Naya Daur

Urdu magazine of Uttar Pradesh State government

Unique Identification System For Elephants

·         This will help in tracking the migratory paths, previous moments and age of the elephant

·         It will ensure the protection of the elephants from poachers

·         Project elephant- 1992

Rare Indian Purple Frog

·         It is endangered and endemic to South Western Ghats

·         Tribal people who consume the tadpole on a large-scale have endangered the flagship species for the conservation of Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot region

Different Types Of Calander

·         Vikram calendar

·         Saka era

·         Georgian calendar

·         Lunar calendar

·         Solar calendar

Government Draft Encryption Policy

Its goal is of ensuring privacy and promoting Internet security

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Current affair 25 september from the hindu and indian express

National government planning to wind up JNNURM

AMRUT -Atal Mission for Rejuvenation And Urban Transformation

Union Ministry of mines

• Is planning to use Remote Sensing data for controlling illegal mines
• Earth observation satellites are already used to estimate the kind of mineral and the extent of the present in an area this information is used for exploration along with the aerial Survey of mineral rich areas

Lord Venkateswara temple-

Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala is located in Andhra Pradesh .The Temple is dedicated to Lord Venkateswara, an incarnation of Vishnu

Sedition laws in India

Section 124a has been used widely to curb the dimensions of right to speech such as Aseem Trivedi a cartoonist was arrested and Kashmiri students in Meerut University were suspended

UNSC Reform by the United Nations general assembly

• G4 leaders (India, Brazil, Japan and Germany) are fighting for the extension of permanent seat of United Nation Security Council
• The moment has arrived for the extension of the security council so as to better reflect current economic and political reality
• There are objection against the G4 members such as:-

 Italy is hostile to the idea of German inclusion

China is opposed to Japan's entry

Pakistan is against India’s inclusion

 Brazil has opposition from other Latin American countries

• India with its well depth in Islamic matter can provide the necessary strategic flexibility to the global crisis of Islamic state
• the current Refugee crisis in Europe also provide an opportunity for India to show its strength of ancient civilization and show how it managed the East Bengal crisis of the early 1970

Serial Murder Of Secular Blogger’s In Bangladesh

• By the extremist groups which want the government to revoke the Bangladeshi citizenship of Writers listing them as Enemies of Islam and non- believer
• Murder of blogger Avijeet Roy
• Secular bloggers are victim of an ongoing conflict between the ruling Elite and violent islamist

World Bank report on South Asia urbanisation

• Has reported that Indian urbanisation is Messy and hidden .
• Its 30.9 % but the share of population living in urban like featuring is 55.3 % as per the index
• Population growth has been maximum outside the fringes of the official administrative boundary areas
• They have urban characteristics but fall short on criteria required to be classified officially as urban

Constitution of Nepal

• The seventh constitution in 67 year history
• it is divided into 8 parts and 305 article
• Main features are :-

1. State Authority which is invested in the Nepali people
2. Nepal is an independent ,Sovenir .inclusive ,democratic & socialist Republican state citizenship
3. Religious freedom -right to religious freedom
4. International treaties
5. The federal executive
6. The federal legislature
7. The judiciary
8. National Security Council

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MPPCS PRELIMINARY GS PAPER 1 OLD PAPERS / PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTION PAPERS & ANSWSER KEYS

PREVIOUS YEAR PAPERS OF MPPCS PRELIMINARY EXAM

2014-

2013-MPPCS GENERAL STUDIES PAPER1MPPCS CSAT PAPER II

2012-MPPCS GENERAL STUDIES PAPER1

MPPCS CSAT PAPER II

2011-

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APFC - Assistant provident fund commissioner UPSC exam question papers download

Following are the links for Old APFC Examinations conducted by UPSC.
You could attempt them online after few days as civils team is working hard to develop the free online live test Series for all the Civil Services Examination

APFC 2002 EXAM PAPER

APFC 2004 EXAM PAPER

APFC 2012 EXAM PAPER

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Harrapan Art and architecture- TOWN PLANNING , SEALS , SCLUPTURES AND POTTERY

·         Also known as the bronze age

·         Architecture refers to designing of and construction of buildings where are the sculpture is a three-dimensional work of art

·         In architecture ,various types of materials are used that is a stone , wood, glass, metal  etc .where as sculpture is made of single piece of material.

·         Architecture involves study of engineering And Engineering Mathematics and depends upon measurements, where as sculpture involves creativity and imagination , may not depend on measurements.

I-SEALS

·         Are a square or rectangular or circular or triangular piece of material mainly stone with an average size of 2”x2” .dominantly square seals were found on them ,we find pictographic scripts along with animal Impressions which are yet to be deciphered.

·         Seals are made up of steatite (a river soft stone ) . Evidences of Copper Gold and Ivory seals has also been found in some instances

·         5 signs or symbols on an average are present on a seal

·         Direction of writing is right to left

·         Seals are decorated with animal motif such as Unicorn bull , rhinoceros ,tiger ,elephant, goat, buffalo, etc (except cow)

·         Inscription of human figure are present on both side of the seals,even in some cases they are present on all 3 sides.

 Significance /purpose of seal

·         mainly used as unit of trade and Commerce

·         Also used as amulets for productive and spiritual purpose(mainly Copper),dead bodies found had a hole for wearing them

·         Also used as an educational tool

·         Example Pashupati seals and Unicorn seals

II -Terracotta figures (sculptures)

·         Terracotta are fired baked clay

·         These figures are handmade using punching methods

·         For example mother goddess ,toys cards with wheels, birds and animals etc

III-Bronze sculptures

·         Bronze casting was practised on a wide  scale under Harappan art

·         The technique used for Casting is known as  “lost wax technique”

·         Under this technique at first wax figures are covered with a coating of clay and allowed to dry. Then it is heated and molten wax is allowed to drain out through a tiny hole at the bottom of the clay cover .the hollow mould is then filled with bronze or any other metal . Once the metal is cooled the clay is removed

·         Evacuations where it was prominent

1.       Kalibangan presently Rajasthan

2.      Daimabad  presently Maharashtra

3.      Harappa

Example -Bronze dancing girl

 It is a naked girl wearing only ornaments which include bangles , armlets  & necklace the left hand is on the hip. It is made using lost wax technique

Others stone sculpture

·         Bearded priest

·         Male torso (red sandstone)

IV-  POTTERY

·         Red and black pottery(painted pottery)

·         It consists of mainly wheel made wares. Very few are handmade

·         The more common is plain pottery

·         Under red and black pottery red colour was used to paint the background and black colour to draw design of trees, birds, animals, human figures and other geometrical patterns

Uses of pottery

·         For household purpose (storage of water ,food grains )

·         For decoration -miniature vessel used for decoration

·         Used for perforated pottery

·         Large hole at the bottom and small holes all over the wall and was probably used for straining liquor .

V-ORNAMENTS

·         They are made up of a large variety of material ranging from precious metals, gemstones, bone and even baked clay

·         Necklace armlets and finger rings were common and worn by both males and females .while women wore a earings and anklets evidences of dead bodies Burried along with ornaments have also been found.

·         Harrapans were also conscious of fashion ( as different hairstyles ,wearing of a beard etc have been found

·         Cinnabar was used as a Cosmetic lipstick, Face paints and even eyeliner were also known to them.

·         Spinning of cotton and wool was common among Harappan

VI- EXTENSIVE TOWN PLANNING

·         Houses were build of baked bricks, of fixed size.

·         Use of stone and wood in building has also been found

·         The concept of two storied houses were also present

·         Public Bath was a common feature example great bath at Mohenjo Daro ,it had galleries and rooms on all sides.

·         Granaries was another important creation which used to be located in Citadel .there construction was so intelligent that strategic conduct and platform can be found.

·         Drainage system of Harappa was note worthy .there was a temporary cover to drains,underground

·         Roads use to cut at right angles

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