Science & Tech : A Comprehensive Manual For Civil Services Exam

Description

Key Features:

Comprehensive coverage of all major areas of science and technology today

Balances global and national focus

Scientific basis of key topics explained concisely

Takes an integrated multidimensional approach to technology including political, economic and ethical issues

Emerging areas like wireless communication, latest generation of WMD’s, NANO technologies etc covered

Provides guidance on the topic for all stages of the civil services examination from the preliminary to the interview

Comprehensive lists of key terminologies

Table of Content:

PART I: GENERAL ASPECT

1. Role of Science and Technology in India

2. Science and Technology in India

3. Institutional Structure for Science and Technology in India

4. Science and Technology Education and Research in India

PART II: ENERGY

5. Energy Sector and Policy

6. Fossil Energy Resources

7. Electric Power

8. Non-Conventional Sources of Energy

9. Energy Conservation

PART III: NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY

10.Nuclear Energy

11.Nuclear Fusion

12.Non-Energy Aspects of Nuclear Technology

13.India’s Nuclear Program

PART IV: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

14.Computer Technologies

15.Computer Software

16.Computer Networks

17.Security Issues in IT

18.Supercomputer Technology

19.Recent Advances in IT

20.IT Industry in India

21.IT and Government in India

22.Communication Technology

23.Wireless Communication

24.Telecommunications in India

25.Television and Entertainment Technologies

PART VI: SPACE

26.Space Technology

27.Space Programme in India

PART VII: MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY

28.Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies

29.Superconductivity

30.Laser and Photonics

PART VIII: ENVIRONMENT

31.Global Environmental Issues

32.Environment and India

33.Earth Sciences in India

34.Meteorological Science

PART IX: DEFENCE

35.Nuclear and other Weapons of Mass Destruction

36.Defence Technology in India

PART X: BIOTECHNOLOGY

37.Biotechnology

38.Applications of Biotechnology

39.Biotechnology in India

APPENDIX 1: Science Policy Resolution

APPENDIX 2: Glossary of IT Terms

APPENDIX 3: Glossary of Biotechnology Terms

APPENDIX 4: Glossary of Concepts in Environment

APPENDIX 5: Acronyms and Abbreviations