Revised and updated every year with the latest developments and events in every field, McGraw Hill’s General Studies Paper 1 Manual has served as a complete self-study guide for thousands of civil services aspirants for the past 33 years. The manual is systematically structured by treating each subject as a whole, and then organizing relevant information in such a way so as to cater to the specific needs of the readers. Each subject has been developed by a specialist trained in teaching that subject to the beginners. The multiple-choice questions have been accordingly framed as per the UPSC syllabus. The section on Current Events of national and international importance has been updated till August 2016, which gives a complete panorama of national and international affairs.SECTION A: HISTORY OF INDIA SECTION B: INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT SECTION C: INDIAN AND WORLD GEOGRAPHY SECTION D: INDIAN POLITY AND GOVERNANCE SECTION E: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SECTION F: ENVIRONMENTAL ECOLOGY, BIO-DIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE SECTION G: GENERAL SCIENCE SECTION H: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE SECTION I: CURRENT AFFAIRS SECTION J: PRACTICE TEST PAPERS SECTION K: PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTION PAPERS