Mechanical Engineering as optional

My friend, Raveesh Gupta , AIR-16, CSE 2011 had cracked the Mechanical engineering optional by scoring 435 marks in it..His views can be read on the link given below..I am re-producing just the list of books here too...

• Mechanics of Rigid Bodies – No particular book – questions are of the same nature as asked in the engineering entrance examinations, and are of much simpler level – may use any XI standard book on Mechanics (Arihant etc.)
• Mechanics of Deformable Bodies – B.C.Punmia (Mechanics of Materials) (many also recommend Sadhu Singh)
• Engineering Materials – Relevant chapters of the book on Manufacturing by E.Paul De Garmo (many recommend V.Raghavan)
• Theory of Machines – S.S.Rattan (Sharma and Aggarwal for Machine Design)
• Manufacturing Processes – E.Paul De Garmo (some inputs from Hazra Chowdhary as well)
• Manufacturing Management – E.Paul De Garmo, various “free view” snippets from Google books*
• Thermodynamics – P.K.Nag
• Gas Dynamics & Turbines – S.M.Yahya
• Heat Transfer – J.P.Holman
• I.C.Engines – Mathur & Sharma (Ganeshan, or Obert might be as useful)
• Steam Engineering – P.K.Nag
• RAC – C.P.Arora

Source: http://raveeshgupta.blogspot.in/2012/10/mechanical-engineering-as-optional.html

Maths for CSE

For Mathematics, the following links provide immense views on how to crack the exam.


Prakash Rajpurohit, AIR-2, CSE 2009, Marks: 427/600

http://prakashrajpurohit.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/mathematics-part-1/

http://prakashrajpurohit.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/mathematics-part-2/

http://prakashrajpurohit.wordpress.com/2010/06/20/mathematics-solutions/


Kashish Mittal, AIR-58, CSE 2010 

http://kashishmittal.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/strategy-for-mathematics/

Electrical Engineering for CSE

For electrical engineering, AIR-2 in CSE 2009 Prakash Rajpurohit's blog provides a booklist. He had scored 418 marks in electrical engineering in CSE 2009.

http://prakashrajpurohit.wordpress.com/2010/08/07/electrical-engg-strategy/

Prince Dhawan, AIR-3, CSE 2011

http://princedhawan.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/strategy-for-electrical-engineering/


Supreet Singh Gulati's blog

http://piedhornbill.blogspot.in/2008/08/electrical-engineering-mains.html

Measures taken by RBI to address Exchange Rate Volatility

The market perception of likely tapering of US Quantitative Easing has triggered outflows of portfolio investment, particularly from the debt segment. Consequently, the Rupee has depreciated markedly in the last six weeks. Countries with large current account deficits, such as India, have been particularly affected despite their relatively promising economic fundamentals. The exchange rate pressure also evidences that the demand for foreign currency has increased vis-a-vis that of the Rupee in part because of the improving domestic liquidity situation.

Against this backdrop, and the need to restore stability to the foreign exchange market, the following measures are announced:

1. The Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate is recalibrated with immediate effect to be 300 basis points above the policy repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF). Consequently, the MSF rate will now be 10.25 per cent.
2. Accordingly, the Bank Rate also stands adjusted to 10.25 per cent with immediate effect.
3. The overall allocation of funds under the LAF will be limited to 1.0 per cent of the Net Demand and Time Liabilities (NDTL) of the banking system, reckoned as Rs.75,000 crore for this purpose. 
4. The overall limit for access to LAF by each individual bank is set at 0.5 per cent of its own NDTL outstanding as on the last Friday of the second preceding fortnight.
5. Currently, banks are allowed to maintain their Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) prescribed by the RBI on an average daily basis during a reporting fortnight, with a minimum of 70 per cent of the required CRR on a daily basis. Effective from July 27, 2013, banks will be required to maintain a minimum daily CRR balance of 99 per cent of the requirement.

2014 CSE exam aspirants

For those appearing in Civil Services Exam 2014, focus just on mains preparation as the preliminary exam would be held pretty late next year, i.e 24 August 2014. The gap between mains and prelims is less than 4 months ( starts 14 Dec 2014) , so focus on making notes and completing your preparation for the optional as well as static parts of GS. The time after prelims should be spent only on current GS and revision.

UPSC time-table for all exams next year can be seen at:

http://upsc.gov.in/exams/calendar/2014/approved-ANNUAL%20PROGRAMME-%202014.pdf

Chemistry optional for CSE

For Chemistry optional, Abhijeet Agarwal's blog should be read as a bible. He is AIR-24 in CSE 2009 exam and had scored 391 marks in Chemistry. The blog not only delineates the chapters of each book to be studied but also has volumes of notes compiled and made by him. It is the most comprehensive blog you can find on Civil Services preparation for Chemistry as well as Physics.

Chemistry Paper- 1

http://abhijeetagrawal.blogspot.in/2010/08/tips-for-chemistry-paper-1.html

http://abhijeetagrawal.blogspot.in/2010/07/strategy-for-chemistry-paper-1.html

http://abhijeetagrawal.blogspot.in/2010/07/strategy-for-chemistry-paper-1_14.html


Chemistry Paper-2

http://abhijeetagrawal.blogspot.in/2010/06/my-strategy-for-chemistry-paper-2.html

http://abhijeetagrawal.blogspot.in/2010/06/chemistry-paper-2-continued.html

http://abhijeetagrawal.blogspot.in/2011/09/chemistry-paper-2-revealed.html

Chemistry Notes

http://abhijeetagrawal.blogspot.in/2011/09/my-handwritten-notes-of-chemistry-paper.html

Physics optional for Civil Services

I did not have Physics optional myself, but this is an attempt to compile the information available across the internet from various toppers over the years to make it accessible to those who do not know about stalwarts like Supreet Singh Gulati Sir ( AIR-2,CSE 2007), whose notes have become legendary in the Physics community in Delhi. You can also buy the xerox copies of his notes (costs around 700 rupees) from "Jawahar Book Depot" in Ber Sarai, New Delhi.

Supreet Singh Gulati - AIR-2, CSE 2007 

http://piedhornbill.blogspot.in/2008/08/physics-mains-part-i.html

http://piedhornbill.blogspot.in/2008/08/physics-mains-part-ii.html

http://piedhornbill.blogspot.in/2008/08/physics-mains-part-iii.html

http://piedhornbill.blogspot.in/2008/08/physics-mains-part-iv.html

http://piedhornbill.blogspot.in/2009/07/physics-mains-part-v.html   ( Has solutions to CSE 2007 exam from the topper himself)

[Links to how a topper solves the paper and scores P1 :208/300 +P2: 170/300  :
http://www.scribd.com/doc/156386529/physics-cse-paper-solution-2-by-supreet-singh-gulati-ias-rank-2
http://www.scribd.com/doc/156379034/Physics-paper-solution-by-Supreet-Singh-Gulati
]

Kashish Mittal - AIR 58, CSE 2010

http://kashishmittal.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/strategy-for-physics/

Abhijeet Agarwal, AIR-24, CSE 2009

http://abhijeetagrawal.blogspot.in/search/label/Physics

P.S. If you know of any other blogs which would be useful to other aspirants, please let me know so that this post can be updated.