Admission Procedure/Eligibility Conditions

GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASI{TRA
STATE TNSTITUTE FOR ADMINISTR,ATIVE CAREERS, ( S I A C )
( Pre.I.A,S.Training Centre ),
Hazarirnal Somani Marg,opp.CST station,Mumbai-1
Iei^022- 22fr7 A9 zlFax No. 0 22-22}6rc7 I
website- www.siac.org. i n.
IMPORTANT
missio n proced,ure/eligibility conditionsl
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Bachelor's degree completed in any faculty of a recognized University.
Medicai graduates should hrave completed intennship'
Domieile of Maharashtra (Centificate Essential )
Age lirnits: Gen- 21 ta 32 Yr., 0BC-21 to 35 Yr. , SCi ST- 2',1 to 37 Yr.
(As per UPSC rules) As on 1nt August
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A.*fvertisernent of SIAC in August for Entrance Examination.
( t-eading newspaper.* of every district of Mahanashtra .)
Entc'anee Exarnination wiBl be held on Novemben
Syllabus as per UPSC, CIVIL $ERVICES PREt-lMlNlARY EXAMINATION
Candidates may apply online by using the website- www.siAgorg.i0.
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Gen-Rs. 300/- Category-1 SCI/( bV D.D.of natioa'lalize bank in favour
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Training period is '11 months , The number of seats -100 + 10 {Minority)
il.lq fees for Training Prograrnme. Cnly deposlt refundable caution nloney
Rs.500/- for !*ihr*n7 and R*"100/- for SIAC l-lostel aoccmmodation.
An Hx-SIAC canoidate who has availed of the benefii of coaching for prelirns or
Mains in SiA.C will nc*- be eligible.
Fuli tirne candidates uyiil not be allovued to co any other courses ljob
sin'lurltaneously.
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facilities, Reading Ror:nt faciNities ,lnternet tacillties
Ciasses : Ciasses cr Generai $tudies /Aptitude Test and ail optional subjects
cf Civil Services l\4ain Hxamination"
l-irnited [-.iostei accCIfi']!"rrodation will be availabie for boys /girls residing
out of Mumbai on merit.
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s-r.a.c.ENTRANCE EXAMINATTOF{
Subiects/Paper
Marks
Section-l General Studies
100
Section-ll CSAT
100
Paper one General
Studies Total Marks
Duration of
Examination
2 Hours
200
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The questions will be of murltiple choices, objective type.
> Allwrong
answers will
carry
0.33 % negative Marks.
SYLLABUS
Section-
I : ( GENERAL STUDIES )
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Current events of National and lnternational lmportance
Flistory of lndia and lndian National Movement
Indian and World Geography - Physical, Social, Economic Geography of
lndia and the World.
lndian Polity and Governance - Constitution, Political System, Panchayati
Raj, Public Policy, Rights lssues, etc.
Economic and Social Development - Sustainable Development, Poverty,
lnclusion, Demographics, Social Sector lnitiatives, etc.
General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate
Change - that do not require subject specialization
General Science.
Section- ll : ( CSAT
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Comprehension
lnterpersonal skills including communication skills;
Logical reasoning and analytical ability
Decision making and problem solving
General n'lental abilitY
Basic Numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc.)
(Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency
etc" -Class X level)
English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level).
Union Public Service Commission
CIVIL SER\rICES EXAMINA.TION,
(Commission's website - h ttp I l/www. upsc. gov.in)
LIST OF BOOKS
GENERAL STUDIES PAPER _I
Examination
Preliim [xam
Readins for SIAC Entrance Test and UPSCTCTY!! 19ry! :es rrelrm
Publication
Author
Name of The Books
Su
Sr No
Purchase any one guide
The Pearson GENERAL STUDIES
PAPHR-I
^AM Preliminary
(for Civil Services
I
Examination)
McGraw-Hill's
General Studies 2014 PaPer -l
(for Civit Services Prelims Exam)
2
Spectrum Handbook of General
studies 2014
(for Civit Serviees Frelims Exqrn)
Unique Quintessence of General
4
Studies 2014
(For Civil Services Prelim Exam)
General $cience;
NCERT Books Science
1
2 Science and TechnologY
supplements in the newsPaper's
and Maqazines,
Current events of National and
lnternational lmPortance :
Magazines: anv one
1
1) Competition Wizard
2) Civil Services Chronicle
(Eng./Hindi)
3) Civil Services Time
5
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II
Edgar Thorpe/
Showick Thorpe
Pearson ,Publication
Tara Chand
R. Varama
VlcGraw Hill
Education (lndia)
Pvt. Ltd.
New Delhi
Spectrum Pub.
S. Sen
Unique publication
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NEW$PAPEBS-:
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IV
V
The l-lindu , Times of lndia,
The Economics Tirnes
2 lndia Year book
J Manorama Year book
lndian Economy
lndian EconomY
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2 lndian EconomY NCERT Books
Economic Survey
lndian HistorY:
l-hsto, NCERT Books of class Vll
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Xll (Enqlish or Hindi)
lndian & word geograPhY :
l{e f nf Books of class Vll-Xll
z Atlas
Govt. oI lnola rup
Dutt&Sundh.l
Ramesh singh
N.U.t.K.
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2
VII
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vill.
lndian polity:
lntroduction to lndian Constitution
lndian Politv(for civil services qIArn)
General Mental Ability
Quantitative Aptitude
Eanlnrrrr and Enrlirnnrnenf
Question Papers booklet
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N.C.E,R.T
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VI
S. Chand Pub.
McGraw Hill Pub.
D.D.Basu/ PYlee
ItI. Laxmikant
R.S. Agganrual
P.D. Sharnna
UPSC,Civil Services Pnetiminary Ex am Solved paper
lr/cGraw Hill Edu.
S. Chand & Com.
Rastoqi Pub.
New Vishal Affizard/
Arihant
GENEIL\I STUDIES (CSAN - PAPER
-II
SuggestedReadingforSIACEntranceTestarrd[JPSC,CivilservicesPrelimExamination
Sr No
1
l.larne of The Books
Author
Publication
ffiSTUDIES
Edgar ThorPe
Pearson Publlcatlon
McGraw Hill Education serles
General Studies zAM PaPer -ll
Arun Sharma,
Bhagat,
McGraw Hill
Education (lndia)
Pvt. Ltd.
New Delhi
J. K. ChoPra
Unique Publication
Uma Kant
SinEh
Arihant Publications
PAPER-II 2A14
(tor eivil Services PreliminarY
2
(csAr)
For Civil Services Prelim Exams'
Unique Quintessence oT utvll
Services APtitude Test PaPer -ll
(For civil services Preiim Exam)
6
6
General Studies PaPer-Z
Upkar's Useful Books & lata
MLCraw Hill's ToPic wise Useful
Upkar Pub.
Upkar's C$AT -Gtvli uervlces
/Danar-ll \
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rlEtlllllllaly
CSAT l-ogical Reasontng ano
Analytical AbititY
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2
Multi-Dimensional tteasontng
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Data lnterPretatlon Analysls 6'
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Givil Services Sctence anCI
TechnologY
Cornprehension and Hrecls vvtltrrrg
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Q
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English Language ComPrenensrorl
Skills Class-X level-
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4
uantitative APtitucte
R.S. Agganrual
R.$. Aggarwal
S
Cand Pub
Upkar PuDllcatlon
Ashok GuPta
Upkar
Virnal Kumar
Upkar
Sinqh
Upkar
R.S.Aggarwat
S.Chand ruo.
Ren & martin
Pal & Suri
S. Cand Pub'