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The General Studies Paper I of the 2016 Civil Services Preliminary examination showed an increasing importance of questions based on current affairs and events.This revised and updated 2017 edition of our popular GS manual has been conceived and developed by our team of distinguished experts keeping in mind the above trend and direction of the examination.Salient Features• The Current Events section has been considerably enriched and updated supported by carefully selected 70 MCQs with explanation. This is in line with the trends of the 2016 Preliminary paper.• A new section titled ` Latest Schemes and Policies of the Government’ has been introduced. It schemes/projects like UDAY, MUDRA, Mausam, Jan Dhan Yojana, etc.• The traditional sections like General Science, Indian Polity and Governance, Economic and Social Development, Environment and Science and Technology have been updated with the latest developments and new MCQs added wherever relevant.• The History of India section has been enriched with elements of Indian heritage and culture. • Solved Preliminary Papers 2011-2016 with explanatory notesAbout the AuthorsMajid Husain is formerly Professor and Head, Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. A prolific writer, Prof Husain has authored more than 45 books.D R Khullar is retired Principal, Government Post Graduate College, Kalka. A renowned author of 40 books, Mr Khullar has taught Geography for more than 4 decades. N K Bajaj is formerly Head of Physics Dept, St Stephen’s College, University of Delhi. A popular author, Dr Bajaj has close to 4 decades of teaching experience.N D Arora is formerly Associate Professor, PGDAV College, University of Delhi. A popular author with over a dozen books, Dr Arora has 40 years of teaching experience.Ashok Kumar Singh is a well known educational consultant, author and mentor. Mr Singh has guided a number of Civil Services aspirants to success in the last three decades.A R Khan is a popular educational consultant, author and mentor. Dr Khan has been teaching General Studies to IAS aspirants since 1992 and has guided a number of aspirants to success.S Maitra is Associate Professor of Economics, H C College, University of Calcutta and Guest Professor, Civil Services Study Centre, Administrative Training Institute, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata. S B Husain is Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Al- Falah School of Engineering and Technology, Dhauj. Dr Husain has published research papers in international and national journals.Vimal Rarh is Assistant Professor, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi. She has expertise in e-learning and educational technologies and has around 15 years of teaching experience.Dushyant K Sharma is Professor, SMS Govt. Model Science College, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. Dr Sharma has authored 2 books and has contributed several research papers.K K Sharma is an Educational Consultant and popular author of “IAS Planner” & “IAS Success Planner” series.