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Which are the best books for wbcs preliminary exam???????????

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WBCS Prelims: The current trend of setting the GS paper in the WBCS Preliminary Exam, candidates have no option but to bank upon chosen optional subjects while making reasonable amount of preparation for all areas of GS. Besides, it is wise to prepare these areas from the view-point of the WBCS Main Examination. The areas to be taken care of are Modern India, Polity, Indian Economy, Indian Geography, Current Events and General Science.
One of the major problems encountered by the WBCS candidates is due to the vastness of the terrain of the GS Prelims. It can be resolved by dividing the areas into - Core areas, Important areas and Optional areas.


CORE AREAS:
Current Affairs , Indian Polity and Modern Indian history must form the foundation of your preparation on which no compromises should be made. Not only the majority of questions in prelims are asked from these areas but they also form significant portion of Mains G.S. Paper. The question paper analysis of last 4 years shows that current affairs section is getting more and more important every year. This makes regular reading and compilation of newspapers indispensable .Various competition magazine are not at all sufficient; they can only supplement your daily self-made newspaper notes.
IMPORTANT AREAS:
After the core areas, next on the list of priority are Indian Economy, Geography and Ancient & Medieval history. In case of Geography, physical geography especially Indian physical geography is very important. Economics along with basic concepts, study of Economic Survey and relevant chapters of INDIA Year Book would be helpful.

OPTIONAL AREAS:
These are those tricky areas such as Science and Technology etc. which on ultimate cost-benefit analysis should come later on the list of priorities. Obviously the academic background of the student would play an important role in it. For students having a non-science background, there is a note of caution. The analysis of previous papers points to the fact that the questions related to these areas are becoming more specialized and less general. Hence it is advisable to do only basic minimum on these areas. Also it should be kept in mind that you would be able to attempt questions successfully only if you had revised these areas thoroughly. For this NCERT unto 10th standard would be suffice.

Same is true for General Mental Ability wherein questions are becoming tougher year after year. Here student should analyze his/her own strengths and weaknesses. For those who are not comfortable with mental ability can put it last on his/her list of priorities.
The questions in the Preliminary examination are objective in nature. Therefore, general tendency to do intelligent guesswork when you don’t know the precise answer.

Study Material for WBCS Preliminar mainly based on NCERT Text Books, Year Book, Competitive Magazines etc. Click on the respective links for details.

Geography of India
General Science
History of India
Indian Economy
Indian Polityy
Indian National Movement
Mantal Ability
Current Events
English Composition

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Which are the best books for wbcs preliminary exam???????????

Exam Pattern for WBCS(West Bengal Civil Service) Exam:-

1. Preliminary Exam.
2. Mains Exam.

Syllabus for Preliminary Exam


The Total marks for this Exam will be 200.
Total Duration for this Exam will be 2 hours and 30 minutes.

In this Section questions will be asked from the following sections and their Marks for Each Section is as Follows:-

• English Composition - It will be of 25 Marks.
• General Science - It will be of 25 Marks.
• Current Events on National and International news - It will be 25 of marks.
• History of India - It will be of 25 Marks.
• Geography of India with related to west Bengal - It will be of 25 marks.
• Indian Politics and Economics - It will be of 25 Marks.
• Indian National Movement - It will be of 25 Marks.
• General Mental Ability - It will be of 25 Marks.

Syllabus for Mains Exam


In this Exam,there will be 5 compulsary Paper and two Optional Paper.
Each paper will be of 100 marks.
Each paper will be of 3 hours.


PAPER I
Bengali/Hindi/Urd/Nepali - It will be of 40 Marks.
Precis Writing - It will be of 20 Marks.
Com[position - It will be of 20 Marks.
Translation from English to Bengali/Hindi/Urdu/Nepali - It will be of 20 Marks.





PAPER II
English Essay - It will be of 40 Marks.
Precis Writing - It will be of 20 Marks.
Composition - It will be of 20 Marks.
Translation - It will be of 20 Marks.


PAPER III
General Knowledge - It will be of 50 Marks.
Current Affairs - It will be of 50 Marks.


PAPER IV
Constitution of Indian - It will be of 50 Marks.
Five years Plan - It will be of 50 Marks.


PAPER V
Numerical Ability - It will be of 50 Marks.
Quantitative Aptitude - It will be of 50 Marks.


Optional Paper


In this Paper you will have to select any two paper from the list below:-


Bengali,English,Hindi,Sanskrit,Pali,Arabic,Persian ,French,Urdu,
Comparative Literature,Agriculture,Anaimal Husbandry & Veterianry Science,Anthropolgy,Botany,Chemistry,Economics,Com merce,Civil Engineering,Geography,Geology,History,Law,Mathemat ics,Management,
Mechanical Engineering,Electrical Engineering,Physics,Sociology,
Statistics,Zoology.


The best Book for this Exam will be :-

• Political Theory - O.P.Gauba.
• Indian Administration - S.R.Maheswari.
• International Relations - V.N.Khanna.
• English Comprehension - K.P.Thakur.
• Reasoning - R.S.Agarwal.
• Numerical Analysis - S.S.Sastry.
• An Advanced History of India - Al Mazumdar.
• Text Book of Geology - P.K.Mukherjee.
• Indian Geography - Rammorthy Gopal Krishnan.
• Indian Economy - Mishra and Puri.

WHICH BOOK IS THE BEST FOR PRELIMINARY EXAM

Hello..

Yes ..I will give you the Best books for WBCS exam given below --


They are :::


FOR BOTANY ::

<> Pathology - Singh

<> Microbiology - J.Powers

<> Plant Anatomy --- B.P.Pandey

<> Cell Biology --- Dr.Biotics


FOR AGRICULTURE :::

<> Soil science --- D.K.DAS

<> Genetics -- B.D Singh

<> Plant Breeding --- B.D Singh

<> Introduction to Horticulture --- Kumar



FOR CHEMISTRY ::

<> INORGANIC CHEMISTRY --- J D LEE

<> ORGANIC CHEMISTRY --- WADE

<> ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY --- HELMET ..

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2.UPSC PORTAL IAS
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3.CRACK CIVIL SERVICES
R.S.-253

4.IAS PRELIMINARY GENERAL
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R.S.-175

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