The Pearson Engineering Services Examination Manual

Preface

Part A INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL ABILITY TEST OF ESE

Chapter 1: About the Examination

â™Â£ About ESE â™Â£ About the General Ability Test (GAT) Paper â™Â£ Format of the Part-A: General English â™Â£ Format of the Part-B: General Studies â™Â£ Creative Time Management

Part B GENERAL STUDIES

Section A General Knowledge

Chapter 1: International Organizations

â™Â£ United nations (UN) â™Â£ Organizations of the UN â™Â£ The Commonwealth â™Â£ The non-aligned Movement (NAM) â™Â£ South asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) â™Â£ Other World Organizations â™Â£ Important Treaties â™Â£ Multiple-Choice Questions

Chapter 2: National Insignia and Other Facts

â™Â£ National Insignia â™Â£ General Elections and Political Parties â™Â£ Record Makers (India) â™Â£ World Records Held by India â™Â£ India's Superlatives â™Â£ Multiple-Choice Questions

Chapter 3: Environment and Bioshpere

â™Â£ Community and Ecosystem Dynamics â™Â£ The Biosphere â™Â£ Important Phenomena in Biosphere â™Â£ Ecosystems as Environmental Support Systems â™Â£ Multiple-Choice Questions

Chapter 4: Science and Technology

â™Â£ Technology Policy Statement (TPS) â™Â£ Science and Technology (S&T) Activities in India â™Â£ India's Missile Programme â™Â£ India's Space Programme â™Â£ India's Atomic Research â™Â£ India's Oceanographic Research Programme â™Â£ Medical Research and Advancement

Chapter 5: Defence and Security

â™Â£ Defence and Security â™Â£ Multiple-Choice Questions

Chapter 6: National Awards, Culture and Literature

â™Â£ National Awards â™Â£ Cultural and Literary Activities â™Â£ Multiple-Choice Questions

Chapter 7: Population of India

â™Â£ Census â™Â£ Multiple-Choice Questions

Chapter 8: Miscellaneous

â™Â£ Various Sciences â™Â£ Scientific Instruments â™Â£ Systems of Measurement â™Â£ Number System â™Â£ Inventions and Discoveries â™Â£ Scientific Concepts and Theories â™Â£ Languages â™Â£ Books-General â™Â£ Books-Short Notes â™Â£ World's Great Personalities (Who's Who) â™Â£ Well Known Freedom Fighters â™Â£ Prominent Economists â™Â£ Schools of Thought â™Â£ International Awards and Honours â™Â£ Religions of the World â™Â£ Sports â™Â£ Abbreviations â™Â£ Famous Assassinations in the World â™Â£ Deaths Under Suspicious Circumstances â™Â£ List of People Who Survived Assassinations Attempts â™Â£ Important Political Parties â™Â£ International Airlines of the World â™Â£ Miscellaneous Information â™Â£ Multiple-Choice Questions â™Â£ ESE-Block (MCQs from Previous Years' Papers)

Section B Geography

Chapter 1: General Geography

â™Â£ The Universe â™Â£ Solar System â™Â£ Basic Knowledge about the Earth â™Â£ Atmosphere â™Â£ Lithosphere â™Â£ Hydrosphere

Chapter 2: World Geography

â™Â£ The World We Live In â™Â£ A Glossary of Geographical Terms â™Â£ Some More Information â™Â£ Multiple-Choice Questions

Chapter 3: Indian Geography

â™Â£ Location, Dimensions and Frontiers â™Â£ Physical Features â™Â£ Islands â™Â£ Soils â™Â£ The River Systems of India â™Â£ Climate â™Â£ Agriculture â™Â£ Mineral Resources of India â™Â£ Indian States and Union Territories â™Â£ National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries â™Â£ Important Monuments: India â™Â£ Indian Tribes and their Habitat â™Â£ Multiple-Choice Questions â™Â£ ESE-Block (MCQs from Previous Years' Papers)

Section C History of India

Chapter 1: Ancient India

â™Â£ Introduction â™Â£ Ancient India

Chapter 2: Medieval India

â™Â£ The Sultanate of Delhi (1206-1526) â™Â£ The Mughal Dynasty (1526-1540 and 1555-1857) â™Â£ Hindu Dynasty

Chapter 3: Modern India

â™Â£ East India Company and British Rule â™Â£ British Rule â™Â£ Viceroys of India â™Â£ Later Mughals after Farukh Siyar (1719-1862) â™Â£ The Nawabs of Bengal (1717-1949)

Chapter 4: Indian Freedom Struggle

â™Â£ First War of Independence â™Â£ British Rule After the 1857 Revolt â™Â£ The Indigo Revolt of 1859-60 â™Â£ The Indian National Congress â™Â£ Partition of Bengal â™Â£ Swadeshi Movement (1905) â™Â£ Muslim League (1906) â™Â£ Swaraj â™Â£ Surat Congress â™Â£ Morley-Minto Reforms (1909) â™Â£ Home Rule Movement (1915-1916) â™Â£ Lucknow Pact (1916) â™Â£ August Declaration of 1917 â™Â£ The Gandhian Era (1918-1947) â™Â£ Rowlatt Act (1919) â™Â£ Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (13 April, 1919) â™Â£ Khilafat Movement (1920) â™Â£ Non-Cooperation Movement (1920) â™Â£ Chauri Chaura Incident (1922) â™Â£ Swaraj Party (1922) â™Â£ Simon Commission (1927) â™Â£ Lahore Session (1929) â™Â£ Dandi March (1930) â™Â£ The First Round Table Conference (1930) â™Â£ Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931) â™Â£ The Second Round Table Conference (1931) â™Â£ The Communal Award (1932) â™Â£ Poona Pact (1932) â™Â£ The Third Round Table Conference (1932) â™Â£ The Government of India Act, 1935 â™Â£ Demand for Pakistan (1940) â™Â£ Quit India Movement (1942-1945) â™Â£ Gandhiji's Fast â™Â£ Cabinet Mission Plan â™Â£ Azad Hind Fauj â™Â£ Direct Action Campaign â™Â£ Interim Government â™Â£ Formation of Constituent Assembly â™Â£ Mountbatten Plan â™Â£ The Indian Independence Act 1947 â™Â£ Partition of India â™Â£ Multiple-Choice Questions â™Â£ ESE-Block (MCQs from Previous Years' Papers)

Section D Indian Polity

Chapter 1: Ancient India

â™Â£ Drafting of the Constitution â™Â£ State Council of Ministers â™Â£ The State Legislature â™Â£ The State Judiciary â™Â£ Miscellaneous Constitutional Provisions â™Â£ Multiple-Choice Questions â™Â£ ESE-Block (MCQs from Previous Years' Papers)

Section E Life Sciences

Chapter 1: Biology

â™Â£ The Science of Life â™Â£ Classification â™Â£ Basic Cell Biology â™Â£ Genetics â™Â£ Tissue Classification and Histology â™Â£ Nutrition â™Â£ Respiration â™Â£ The Transport System in Organisms â™Â£ Skeletal and Muscular Systems â™Â£ Reproduction â™Â£ Excretion, Osmoregulation and Thermoregulation â™Â£ Neurology â™Â£ Sense Organs â™Â£ Health and Diseases â™Â£ Multiple-Choice Questions â™Â£ ESE-Block (MCQs from Previous Years' Papers)

Section F Indian Economy

Chapter 1: Indian Economy

â™Â£ Planning in India â™Â£ Currency System â™Â£ Public Finance â™Â£ Banking System â™Â£ Disinvestment â™Â£ Stock Exchanges â™Â£ Mints and Presses â™Â£ Industrial Finance Institutions â™Â£ Industries â™Â£ Postal Services â™Â£Telecommunications â™Â£ Indian Railways â™Â£ Shipping â™Â£ Air Transport â™Â£ Road Networks in India â™Â£ Media â™Â£ ESE-Block (MCQs from Previous Years' Papers)

Part C GENERAL ENGLISH

Section A Important Study Material

Chapter 1: Vocabulary Resources

â™Â£ Introduction â™Â£ Word List â™Â£ List of Words Commonly Confused and Misused â™Â£ List of Compound Words â™Â£ List of Foreign Words and Phrases â™Â£ List of Phobias â™Â£ Terms for Wedding Anniversaries â™Â£ List of Animal Related Words Offsprings (Young Ones) of Animals/Birds â™Â£ Male/Female â™Â£ Words Denoting Sounds Made by Animals/Birds â™Â£ List of Words for Specific Places

Chapter 2: Grammar Resources

â™Â£ Rules of English Grammar

Section B Correct English Usage Test

Chapter 1: Spotting Errors

â™Â£ Format of the Questions â™Â£ Accuracy Booster Zone (ABZ) â™Â£ Speed Maximizing Sector (SMS)

Chapter 2: Sentence Improvement

â™Â£ Format of the Questions â™Â£ Accuracy Building Zone (ABZ) â™Â£ Speed Maximizing Sector (SMS) â™Â£ ESE-Block (MCQs from Previous Years' Papers) â™Â£ ESE-Block (MCQs from Previous Years' Papers)

Section C Vocabulary Tests

Chapter 1: Test of Synonyms

â™Â£ Format of the Questions â™Â£ Accuracy Building Zone (ABZ) â™Â£ Speed Maximizing Sector (SMS)

Chapter 2: Test of Antonyms

â™Â£ Format of the Questions â™Â£ Accuracy Building Zone (ABZ) â™Â£ Speed Maximizing Sector (SMS)â™Â£ ESE-Block (MCQs from Previous Years' Papers)

Section D English Proficiency Tests

Chapter 1: Rearrangement of Jumbled Words in Sentences

â™Â£ Format of the Questions â™Â£ Accuracy Building Zone (ABZ) â™Â£ Speed Maximizing Sector (SMS)

Chapter 2: Rearrangement of Jumbled Sentences in Paragraphs

â™Â£ Format of the Questions â™Â£ Accuracy Building Zone (ABZ) â™Â£ Speed Maximizing Sector (SMS)

Chapter 3: Sentence Completion

â™Â£ Format of the Questions â™Â£ Accuracy Building Zone (ABZ) â™Â£ Speed Maximizing Sector (SMS)â™Â£ ESE-Block (MCQs from Previous Years' Papers)

Section E Comprehension Ability Test

Chapter 1: Reading Comprehension

â™Â£ Introduction â™Â£ Social Studies and Humanities â™Â£ Socio-Economic and Political â™Â£ Scienceâ™Â£ ESE-Block (MCQs from Previous Years' Papers)

Chapter 2: Cloze Test

â™Â£ Introduction to Cloze Test â™Â£ Format of the Questions â™Â£ Accuracy Building Zone (ABZ)â™Â£ Speed Maximizing Sector (SMS) â™Â£ ESE-Block (MCQs from Previous Years' Papers)

Part D ORIGINAL PAPER 2012

Original Paper 2012