SPECTRUM’S HANDBOOK FOR GENERAL STUDIES PAPER – II (2018 EDITION)

Introduction
Sample Tests

1. COMPREHENSION
? Orientation
? Reading the Passage
? Answering Questions
? Worked Examples
? Practice Exercises
? Answers with Explanatory Notes

2. INTERPERSONAL SKILLS INCLUDING COMMUNICATION SKILLS
? Orientation
? Interpersonal Skills
? Communication Skills
? Interpersonal Skills for Civil Servants
? Question Types
? Practice Exercises
? Answers with Explanatory Notes

3. LOGICAL REASONING AND ANALYTICAL ABILITY
? Orientation
? Basic Principles
? Worked Examples
? Practice Exercises
? Answers with Explanatory Notes

4. DECISION-MAKING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING
? Orientation
? Basic Ideas
? Question Types
? Practice Exercises
? Answers with Explanatory Notes

5. GENERAL MENTAL ABILITY
? Orientation
? Scope of this Section
? Series
? Analogy
? Classification/Odd-man-out
? Matrix and Other Patterns
? Coding / Decoding
? Direction Problems
? Ranking
? Blood Relations
? Figure Partition
? Building Designs
? Dices
? Images
? Embedded Figures
? Completing Patterns
? Figure Matrix
? Paper Cutting
? Paper Folding
? Practice Exercises
? Answers with Explanatory Notes

6. BASIC NUMERACY AND DATA INTERPRETATION
? Orientation
? Numbers and Fundamental Operations
? Fractions and Decimals
? HCF and LCM
? Indices, Roots and Surds
? Simplification
? Percentage
? Average
? Ratio and Proportion
? Unitary Method
? Time and Work, Work and Wages
? Pipes and Cisterns
? Time and Distance
? Boats and Streams
? Races and Games
? Profit and Loss
? Alligation and Mixtures
? Interest
? Discount
? Partnership
? Stocks, Shares and Debentures
? Calendars
? Clocks
? Algebraic Formulae and Equations
? Problems on Ages
? Permutation and Combination
? Probability
? Progressions
? Geometry
? Coordinate Geometry
? Mensuration: Area and Volume
? Heights and Distances(Basic Trigonometry)
? Logarithms
? Data Sufficiency
? Data Interpretation
? Practice Exercises
? Answers with Explanatory Notes

7. PRACTICE SESSION
I. Practice Exercise Sets
II. Practice Test Papers