The Personality Test:
The personality test will now carry only a weightage of 275 marks unlike the previous 300. It may also be noticed that the English and regional languages paper which carry 300 marks each will be only of qualifying nature and candidates are required only to pass these examinations which is normally possible without any specific preparation. Only comprehension and a sense of grammar have to be there.
A More careful examination of the General Studies paper would show that the Paper-II and Paper-III (General Studies 1 and 2) are more of continuation of the previous scheme with focus on ( i )Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society,(ii) Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and international Relations.
However, Paper IV and Paper V (General Studies 3 and 4)seems to be an altogether new introduction with specific themes identified as (1) Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management, and (2) Ethics, Integrity, Aptitude.
References:
As these subjects are introduced for the first time, it may not be easy to find references in these subjects. This gives new ground for coaching classes, etc. Besides, finding good text books on subjects like Technology, Biodiversity, Security and Disaster Management, etc. Though a lot of references are available on ethics in the business context, public management ethics has a very poor bibliography as of now. What would worry many candidates even with a background in applied philosophy could be the extreme subjectivity involved in these themes. However, there is no need to worry unduly as the difficulties are uniformly applicable to all aspirants. The list of subjects to choose from for the optional paper is given below.
Optional subjects:
A More careful examination of the General Studies paper would show that the Paper-II and Paper-III (General Studies 1 and 2) are more of continuation of the previous scheme with focus on ( i )Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society,(ii) Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and international Relations.
References:
As these subjects are introduced for the first time, it may not be easy to find references in these subjects. This gives new ground for coaching classes, etc. Besides, finding good text books on subjects like Technology, Biodiversity, Security and Disaster Management, etc. Though a lot of references are available on ethics in the business context, public management ethics has a very poor bibliography as of now. What would worry many candidates even with a background in applied philosophy could be the extreme subjectivity involved in these themes. However, there is no need to worry unduly as the difficulties are uniformly applicable to all aspirants. The list of subjects to choose from for the optional paper is given below.
Optional subjects:
- Agriculture.
- Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science.Anthropology.
- Botany.
- Chemistry.
- Civil Engineering.
- Commerce and Accountancy.
- Economics.
- Electrical Engineering.
- Geography.
- Geology.
- History.
- Law.
- Management.
- Mathematics.
- Mechanical Engineering.
- Medical Science.
- Philosophy.
- Physics.
- Political Science and International Relations.
- Psychology.
- Public Administration.
- Sociology.
- Statistics.
- Zoology.
- Literature of any one of Indian Languages.
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