Mastering Essay & Answer Writing for UPSC Civil Services IAS/ IPS & State PSC Main Exam+A Brief History of Modern India (2019-2020 Edition) by … Geography; Indian Edition(Set of 3 books)

Mastering Essay & Answer Writing for UPSC Civil Services IAS/ IPS & State PSC Main Exam

Mastering essay & answer writing for UPSC Civil Services IAS/ IPS & state PSC main exam is authored by a former IRS Officer and a Bestselling author. The book contains the decades of experience of Civil Services with the expertise of the author. It prepares you to write best answers and essays in the IAS/PCs Mains Examination. The book explains the purpose of the essay Paper and elucidates the methodologies to write essays on any topic. It explains the structure of the essay for all six types of essays with a special Chapter dedicated exclusively for philosophical topics. It expounds the techniques of brainstorming and mind-mapping to prepare the readers for spontaneous essay writing on any topic. The best practices of essay writing explained in the book helps you fetch additional marks in examination. The book investigates the common mistakes and provides their step-by-step resolution. In addition, the books provide dozens of Model essays to learn and practice. It provides a large number of quotations, anecdotes, stories, poems and studies that can make your essay stand apart. The answers to the 4 General Studies Papers are very critical to score high in the main exam. The book provides a lot of tips, ideas & suggestions to achieve that perfectness required for a best answer.

A Brief History of Modern India (2019-2020 Edition) by Spectrum Books

This book brings together various aspects of the turbulent period (from arrival of the Europeans on Indian soil and the establishment of British rule in India to the day India won independence and the early years of freedom) in a systematic and succinct manner: major and important details and milestones are effectively discussed while several relevant but little known details are also highlighted.It is not just the mainstream freedom struggle that has been considered; the disparate efforts—small but significant— of several groups have also been discussed. The political and socio-economic developments that have influenced the growth of modern India have been dealt with in independent chapters.

Certificate Physical And Human Geography; Indian Edition

p> Be it climate change, types of natural vegetation, mountain chains, desserts, climatic patterns, glaciers, minerals or other natural phenomenon, Certificate Physical and Human Geography is a natural companion book to know and learn from.

Elementary details of most topics that comprise of physical and human geography have been covered in an easy to understand language, with many photographs, illustrations and maps offering detailed explanation, wherever required.

Much of geographical knowledge that one needs to possess is there in this book. And for it, the book is highly relied upon by students appearing for competitive admission examinations or those aspiring to make the grades at competitive examinations held for many government openings by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

The book is divided into two main sections. The first one deals with physical geography, where in-depth information about existing land masses, oceans, types of winds, rivers, glaciation, mountain types, groundwater, rainfall and its global patterns and such existing natural phenomenon is presented in a well illustrated manner that makes reading a pleasure. It also has information on Earth’s crust and the various natural forces present in our world. There is a detailed section on earthquakes and volcanoes too.

The second section details about the existing global climatic zones of Savanna, Steppe, Mediterranean, Equatorial and Tropical Monsoon Climate. Aspects of Human Geography spread over these varied climatic zones, the types of agriculture practiced, the urban centers, mineral wealth and the developed industrial belts have also been included.

At the end of each topic, a set of relevant questions have been put for practice and making a self-analysis about having obtained clarity of the subject presented.

The book is considered very helpful by aspirants appearing for preliminary examination of Civil Services and other prestigious competitive examination that test general knowledge, which includes knowledge about geography.

Certificate Physical and Human Geography was first published in 1984 and has been popular ever since.

About the Author

Professor Goh Cheng Leong is a well known Geographer who has written many books on the subject.