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No. 13018/4/2008-AIS-l Government  of India Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions Department of Personnel & Training Subject:  Civil Services Preliminary Examination - 2011. From Civil Service Examination-2011, Preliminary Examination would consist of Paper I and Paper II.  The syllabus and pattern of the Preliminary Examination would be as under:- (Paper I) (200 marks) Duration: Two hrs • Current events of national and international importance • History of India and Indian national movement • Indian and World Geography - physical, social, economic geography of India and the world • Indian Polity and governance - constitution, political system, panchayati Raj, public Policy, Rights Issues, etc. • Economic and social development - sustainable development, poverty, inclusion, demographics, social sector Initiatives, etc. • General issues on environmental ecology, bio-diversity and climate Change - that do not require subject specialization • General

ECONOMICS Peter Diamond and Dale Mortensen of the United States and British-Cypriot Christopher Pissarides won the 2010 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for work on why supply and demand do not always meet in the labour market and elsewhere. PHYSICS Andre Geim of the Netherlands and Russian-British national Konstantin Novoselov won the 2010 Nobel Physics Prize on Tuesday for their pioneering work on graphene, a form of carbon which conducts electricity. MEDICINE Robert Edwards, the British scientist whose pioneering research with his late colleague Patrick Steptoe led to the birth of the world's first “test-tube baby'' in 1978, has won 2010 Nobel Prize for medicine. LITERATURE  Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature on October 7. CHEMISTRY The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010 was awarded jointly to Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki "for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis" . PEACE  20

The India-Canada Agreement for Cooperation in Peaceful Uses of Nuclear-Energy which was signed  [June 27, 2010] provides for cooperation in areas as design, construction, maintenance, sharing of operating experience and decommissioning of nuclear reactors, supply of uranium, projects in third countries, nuclear fuel cycle and nuclear waste management. The two countries may promote cooperation in the development and use of nuclear energy applications in the fields of agriculture, health care, industry and environment; and nuclear safety, radiation safety and environmental protection. 2. India and Canada are friendly States with comprehensive capabilities in advanced nuclear technologies. They recognize that nuclear energy is a safe, environment friendly and sustainable source of energy. Taking into account their respective strengths with regard to Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) and CANDU Reactors, there is considerable scope for joint work between the two countries. India-Cana

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Prelims General studies question paper http://www.upsc.gov.in/questionpaper/csp2009/GENERAL_STUDIES.pdf Mains General studies question papers http://www.upsc.gov.in/questionpaper/2009/cs(m)2009/GENERAL_STUDIES_I.pdf http://www.upsc.gov.in/questionpaper/2009/cs(m)2009/GENERAL_STUDIES_II.pdf Mains History optional question papers http://www.upsc.gov.in/questionpaper/2009/cs(m)2009/HISTORY_I.pdf http://www.upsc.gov.in/questionpaper/2009/cs(m)2009/HISTORY_II.pdf Mains Public administration question papers http://www.upsc.gov.in/questionpaper/2009/cs(m)2009/PUBLIC_ADMN_I.pdf http://www.upsc.gov.in/questionpaper/2009/cs(m)2009/PUBLIC_ADMN_II.pdf Mains Sociology question papers http://www.upsc.gov.in/questionpaper/2009/cs(m)2009/SOCIOLOGY_I.pdf http://www.upsc.gov.in/questionpaper/2009/cs(m)2009/SOCIOLOGY_II.pdf for more optionals quetion papers check out http://www.upsc.gov.in/