The Pearson CSAT Manual 2013

Preface
Acknowledgements
References and Suggested Readings

PRELIMINARIES

• START-UP-KIT 

1 Comparative Analysis of CSAT 2011 and 2012
2 Analysis of the CSAT 2012 (Paper I)
3 Analysis of the CSAT 2012 (Paper II)
4 Analysis of the CSAT 2011 (Paper I)
5 Analysis of the CSAT 2011 (Paper II)

PAPER I-GENERAL STUDIES

• ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY 

1 Ecology and Environment
2 Climate Change and Related Issues
3 Biodiversity
4 India's Natural Vegetation and Bio-diversity
5 Other Current Environmental Issues
6 Agrobiodiversity
7 India's Environmental Efforts
8 Data Tables
9 Short Notes
10 Question Bank

• GENERAL SCIENCE 

1 Biology
2 Chemistry
3 Physics
4 Earth and Space Sciences
5 Computers and Information Technology

• HISTORY AND CULTURE 

1 Ancient History
2 Medieval History
3 Modern History
4 Indian National Movement

• GEOGRAPHY 

1 General Geography
2 World Geography
3 Indian Geography

• INDIAN POLITY 

1 Indian Constitution
2 Indian Government and Administration

• ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 

1 Public Finance
2 Agriculture
3 Industry and Other Important Sectors
4 Demographics
5 Sustainable Development
6 Short Notes on Poverty and Unemployment
7 Other Social Sector Initiatives and Inclusions
8 Other Social Protection Programmes

PAPER II-GENERAL APTITUDE

• INTERPERSONAL SKILLS, COMMUNICATION SKILLS, DECISION MAKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING

1 Interpersonal Skills and Communication Skills

• ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION SKILLS

1 Reading Comprehension
2 Passage Comprehension

• NUMERICAL APTITUDE

1 Basic Numeracy
2 Data Interpretation
3 Data Sufficiency

• MENTAL APTITUDE

1 Mental Ability

• LOGICAL REASONING AND ANALYTICAL ABILITY

1 Logical Reasoning
2 Analytical Reasoning

ADVANTAGE PLUS

• CURRENT AFFAIRS

1 National Affairs
2 International Affairs
3 Sports
4 Miscellaneous Information