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NEET UG test series & preparation

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2020: Mains test paper

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CSE Mains 2020 Essay
CSE Mains 2020 GS I
CSE Mains 2020 GS II
CSE Mains 2020 GS III
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Books & Syllabus

Books for UPSC prelims and mains exam... Read full

Books for UPSC Prelims Exam

Polity

  • NCERT books for Indian Polity (Especially “Indian Constitution at work”)
  • Indian Polity by Laxmikanth
  • DD Basu’s Constitution of India
  • The Constitution of India by P. M. Bakshi
  • Unacademy Notes on Polity

Economy

  • Economy NCERTs (Especially XI and XII)
  • Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
  • Budget and Economic Survey
  • Unacademy Notes on Economy

Ancient History of India

  • Old NCERT by RS Sharma
  • India’s Ancient Past (Crucial for ancient history) R S Sharma
  • Unacademy Notes on Ancient India

Medieval History of India

  • Old NCERT by Satish Chandra
  • History of Medieval India by VD Mahajan
  • Unacademy Notes on Medieval India

Modern History

  • India’s Struggle for Independence – Bipan Chandra
  • A Brief history of Modern India- Spectrum Publications
  • Unacademy Notes on Modern India

Indian Art and Culture

  • Class XI and class XII NCERT (Fine Arts and Heritage)
  • Centre for Cultural Resource and Training (CCRT) material
  • Unacademy Notes on Art and Culture

Environment and Biodiversity

  • ICSE Board Environment books
  • Unacademy Notes on Environment

Science and Technology

  • Science NCERT (Class 6th to 10th)
  • Unacademy Notes on Science and Technology

Geography

  • Fundamentals of Physical Geography (XI NCERT)
  • India: Physical Environment (XI NCERT)
  • Fundamentals of Human Geography (XII NCERT)
  • India: People and Economy (XII NCERT)
  • Certificate Physical and Human Geography: GC Leong
  • Unacademy Notes on Indian Geography, Physical Geography and Human and Economic Geography

Current Affairs

  • The Hindu
  • Indian Express
  • Down to Earth
  • Science Reporter
  • AIR News
  • Unacademy Monthly Articulate and Current Affairs videos

Books for UPSC Mains Exam

Essay

  • Contemporary Essays by Ramesh Singh.
  • 151 Essays for UPSC Mains.
  • A Compendium of Essays.

General Studies Paper I

  • The Wonder That Was India – A.L. Basham.
  • India’s Ancient Past – R.S. Sharma.
  • Indian Art and Culture – Nitin Singhania.
  • History of Modern India – Bipin Chandra.
  • India’s Struggle for Independence – Bipin Chandra.
  • Facets of Indian Culture- Spectrum
  • A New Look at Modern Indian History- BL Grover
  • From Plassey to Partition and After by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay.
  • India Since Independence- Bipin Chandra.
  • Geography of India – Majid Husain.
  • Oxford School Atlas – Oxford.
  • Certificate Physical and Human Geography – Goh Cheng Leong.
  • Physical geography- Savinder Singh.
  • Geography of INDIA –by Dr. Khullar.
  • The Social Problem of India- by Ram Ahuja

General Studies Paper II

  • Indian Polity by Laxmikant
  • Constitution of India: DD Basu
  • The Constitution of India by P. M. Bakshi
  • Governance in India: Laxmikant
  • 2nd ARC Report for Public Administration and Governance
  • India’s Foreign Policy by V N Khanna.
  • International Relations by Rajiv Sikri.
  • India and the World by Surendra Kumar.
  • Pax Indica by Shashi Tharoor.

General Studies Paper III

  • Budget and Economic Survey
  • Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
  • Ecology & Environmental by P.D. Sharma.
  • Chronicle Special Issue by Chronicle magazine.
  • India’s National Security: A Reader.
  • Challenges to Internal Security of India

General Studies Paper IV

  • ARC Reports
  • Ethics, integrity and aptitude by Lexicon Publications.
  • Ethics, integrity and aptitude by G.Subbarao.
  • Lexicon by Chronicle.
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Frequently asked questions

Get answers to the most common queries related to the NEET UG Examination Preparation.

Q. Which Optional Subject to Choose?

Answer: Choice of optional subject is very crucial step in the preparation of civil service examination. Right selection of optional subject brings major difference in the chances of getting the selection in the mains examination. Now to question is what is right optional... Read full

Q. How important is Role of Online Coaching in Civil Service Preparation?

Answer: Civil Services preparation is based on hard work as well as smart work. Before starting the preparation, every aspirant has this question of whether to join... Read full

Q. Is the General Studies Paper-II of qualifying nature? How much Cut-off Marks prescribed by UPSC for this Paper?

Answer: The General Studies Paper-II is of qualifying nature. The minimum qualifying marks in this Paper according to the Examination Rules is 33% of total marks.

Q. Can a candidate write the Civil Service (Main) Examination in English and take the interview in any other Indian language?

Answer: The candidate has to submit the language medium for the interview at the time of filling up of the Detailed Application Form (DAF). The candidates who opted to write the Civil Services (Main) Examination in English, may choose either English or Hindi or any other Indian Language opted by them for the compulsory Indian Language Paper in the Civil Services (Main) Examination. The candidates will have to choose either English or Hindi as medium of Interview in case they are exempted from the compulsory Indian Language Paper.

Q. What are the Cut-off Marks for the compulsory language Papers?

Answer: According to the UPSC Examination rules the minimum qualifying marks in each of the two Qualifying Papers i.e., English and Indian Languages is at present 25%.

Q. Is the Indian language Paper compulsory for candidates who belong to the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim?

Answer: The Paper A on Indian Language is not compulsory for candidates who belong to the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim. For such candidates the option for Indian Language will automatically be disabled in the Online Application.

Answer:

Choice of optional subject is very crucial step in the preparation of civil service examination. Right selection of optional subject brings major difference in the chances of getting the selection in the mains examination. Now to question is what is right optional for any candidate? This question can be answered by considering the following factors sincerely:

  1. Graduation subject of the candidates:
    Most of the candidates are comfortable and good in the understanding and reproducing their graduation subject, be it engineering subject or any other subject. For these kinds of candidates, this choice of graduation subject becomes fruitful and they are able to score good marks in mains. Candidates have spent lots of time in reading their graduation subjects so it will give them little edge in the examination to deal with difficult and out of the box questions. Now for candidates who are not comfortable with their graduation subjects must consider other factors mentioned below.
  1. Subject of Interest:
    Some of the candidates find interest in reading and understanding some of the subjects. These subjects can be taken as optional subject because for optional subject a student has to spent lots of time thus it is required that the student have some interest in the subject. Without and interest they will not be able to comprehend the concepts with ease and also cannot spend such long time with the subject.
  1. Subject having overlapping syllabus with general studies:
    Most of the optional subjects such as Political Science, Geography, History etc. have syllabus which overlaps with large portion of General Studies syllabus. Candidates can cover the syllabus in less time and they may also find the process less burdensome. Thus candidates should also consider this factor.
  1. Understanding Syllabus:
    Before deciding any subject as optional subject, candidates must go through the syllabus of the respective subject as mentioned in the notification released by UPSC. Students should look for length of the syllabus and also look for the availability of study material and required guidance.   
  1. Analysing Previous Year Questions (PYQs):
    Analysis of the PYQs for the selected options of optional subjects is very necessary. PYQs can be seen as a guide for candidates to understand the kind of questions asked and the to know the level of understanding one must possess to deal with such questions. Hence candidates may know that they will be able to cover the syllabus to the extent that it will be sufficient to fulfil the demand of the type of questions asked, or not.

Hence before selecting any optional candidate must give time to consider all these factors. Optional subject should not be selected in any hurry because any wrong choice can lead to loss of a good attempt. Therefore, careful consideration of optional subject is crucial for scoring good marks in mains and for ultimately getting good rank in Civil Service exam.

Answer:

Civil Services preparation is based on hard work as well as smart work. Before starting the preparation, every aspirant has this question of whether to join any coaching or not. Most of aspirants are confused between online coaching and offline coaching. Let’s first try to decide whether joining any coaching is necessary for civil service preparation or not.

Joining any coaching is not the necessary condition for selection in the examination but coaching institutes provides the required guidance to the aspirants so that they do not waste their time and energy in wrong direction, as already mentioned earlier the examination demands smart work.

It is evident that changing time demands changing approach, same is in the case of civil services preparations through coaching. Time bound changes introduced the online coaching mode, which makes learning more reliable and accessible. Due to the increasing dynamism and complexity in the pattern of questions in the exam, online learning became more important now a days, which is also aided by the conditions created by the pandemic situation.

Now the question is, does online Coaching mode is better than offline coaching mode? the answer will be yes. This yes can be justified through following arguments:

  1. Online classes can be accessed from anywhere and anytime as per the student’s choice, as one only needs internet connection for it and nothing else. People who cannot afford to come to places like New Delhi etc. can also get the desired learning experience. Unacademy is solely working in this direction constantly.
  2. Online mode is cheaper than most of the offline coaching institutes, thus people with weaker financial condition can also afford online learning. As almost all the courses on Unacademy are cheaper than any other online as well as offline coaching.
  3. In case of online mode lectures of faculties can be accessed any time form anywhere and lectures can be watched again and again as per student’s convenience. Similarly, in Unacademy lectures can be watched multiple times and with only one subscription, large amount of top-class content can be made available.
  4. For those who are working professionals distance learning and online education is very convenient. Unacademy is a boon for these kind of candidates as the myth that one has to come to Delhi to prepare for civil services, has been busted by the Unacademy. Now many of the successful students have been the student of programmes of Unacademy.
  5. Uninterrupted learning can be achieved as there is less disturbance in online classes.

The decision to choose right learning platform is very important for getting right content and for getting guidance in right direction. Unacademy presents perfect example of being such institute. Moreover, the issues like lack of good teachers, no direct interaction etc. are being successfully resolved by Unacademy as it provide best faculties available for respective subjects.

The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) regularly conducts the RRB NTPC examination for recruitment across vacant posts in various railway departments. The examination is conducted in several stages. After clearing the CBT1 and CBT2 stages, candidates must clear the typing skill test and the Computer-based Aptitude Test (CBAT). Successful candidates are called for document verification and a medical examination. Candidates are selected after they clear the medical test. 

RRB NTPC CBT Exam Analysis 2022

The overall difficulty level of the exam is given below.

Section

Good Attempts

Difficulty Level of the exam

Mathematics

22-24

Easy to Moderate

Reasoning Ability

24-26

Easy

General Awareness

28-30

Moderate

Overall Good Attempts

74-78

Easy to Moderate

Section-wise difficulty level 

The section-wise difficulty level is explained below.

General Intelligence and Reasoning

The difficulty level is given below.

Topics

No. of Questions asked in the exam

Difficulty Level of the exam

Seating Arrangement

3-4

Easy

Odd One Out

1-2

Easy

Series

2-3

Easy

Statement and Conclusions

3-4

Easy

Distance Directions

1

Easy

Syllogism

–

Easy

Oder – Ranking

–

Easy

Coding and Decoding

–

Easy

Non-Verbal

–

Easy

Calendar

–

Easy

Blood Relation

1

Easy

Venn Diagram

1

Easy

Paper Folding Image

1

Easy

Missing Term

1

Easy

Counting Figure

2-3

Easy-Moderate

Misc.

2-3

Easy

Total Questions

30

Easy

Mathematics

The difficulty level is given below.

Topics

No. Of Questions asked

Difficulty Level of the exam

Ratio

2

Easy

Average

3-4

Easy

Number System

1-2

Easy

Simplification

2-3

Easy

Time and Work

2

Easy

Time, Speed and Distance

1

Easy

Simple and Compound Interest

2

Easy

Profit and Loss

2

Easy

LCM and HCF

4-5

Easy

Geometry

1

Easy-Moderate

Mensuration

3

Easy

Trigonometry

4

Easy

Percentage

2

Easy

Algebra

–

–

DI (Tabular)

–

–

Total 

30

Easy-Moderate

General Awareness

The difficulty level is given below.

Topic

Number of questions

Level

History

5-6

Easy to Moderate

Geography

2-3

Easy to Moderate

Polity

2-3

Easy to Moderate

Static GK

2-3

Easy to Moderate

Current Affairs

10-12

Easy to Moderate

Science

7-8

Easy to Moderate

Total

40

Easy to Moderate

RRB NTPC CBT 2 Exam Analysis 2022 for Level 6 and 4

The section-wise analysis is given below.

General Awareness

The difficulty level is given below.

Topic

No of Questions asked

Difficulty Level of the exam

History

4

Moderate

Geography

2

Easy

Economics

4

Easy

Polity

4

Moderate

Static

8

Moderate

Biology

8

Easy to Moderate

Chemistry

5

Moderate

Physics

3

Easy to Moderate

Computers

4

Easy

Current Affairs (Last 1 year)

8

Easy to Moderate

Total

50

Moderate

 Mathematics

The difficulty level is given below.

Topic

No of Questions asked

Difficulty Level of the exam

SI/ CI

3

Moderate

Mensuration

1

Easy

Ratio and Proportion

3

Easy

Percentage

2

Easy to Moderate

Profit/Loss

3

Easy

Geometry

2

Easy to Moderate

Number System

5

Easy to Moderate

Simplification

3

Easy

Time and Work

3

Easy to Moderate

Statistics

2

Easy

Time, Speed and Distance

3

Easy

Average

–

–

Trigonometry

1

Easy

DI (Tabular)

4

Easy to Moderate

Total

35

Easy to Moderate

General Intelligence and Reasoning

The difficulty level is given below.

Topic

No of Questions asked

Difficulty Level of the exam

Coding-Decoding

4

Easy

Question & Statement

3

Easy to Moderate

Series

4

Easy to Moderate

Venn Diagram

2

Easy to Moderate

Puzzle

4

Easy

Blood Relation

3

Moderate

Statement & Assumptions

1

Moderate

Statement & Conclusion

2

Easy to Moderate

Syllogism

–

Easy to Moderate

Analogy

5

Easy

Mathematical Operations

3

Moderate

Odd one out

4

Easy to Moderate

Total

35

Easy to Moderate

NTPC CBT 2 Analysis 2022: Overall Difficulty

The overall difficulty level of the examination is mentioned below.

Section

No. of Questions asked in the exam

Good Attempts

Difficulty Level of the exam

 Level

Mathematics

50

32-32

Easy

General Awareness

35

28-30

Easy to Moderate

General Intelligence & Reasoning

35

25-28

Moderate

Total

120

85-90

Easy to Moderate

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Frequently Asked Questions

Get the most common frequently asked questions on RRB NTPC CBT Exam Analysis.

Question: What is the difficulty level of the RRB NTPC Examination?

Answer: The difficulty level varies at different stages. Overall, the difficulty level is moderate.

Question: How many questions are asked in the RRB NTPC CBT-1 examination?

Answer: In CBT 1, 100 questions are asked.

Question: Is negative marking applicable in the RRB NTPC Examination?

Answer: Yes, negative marking is applicable in both CBT 1 and CBT 2. 

Question: What is the importance of RRB NTPC CBT 2 Exam Analysis?

Answer: It helps candidates understand the difficulty level of the examination, focus on important topics, and prepa...Read full

Question: What are the minimum qualifying marks for the RRB NTPC Exam?

Answer: The category-wise minimum qualifying marks are mentioned below.  ...Read full