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_bSIN
100 _aSingh, Ashok Kumar
245 _aScience & Technology for Civil Services Examination
260 _aNew Delhi
_bMcGraw Hill Education (India) Pvt. Ltd,
_c2016
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504 _aPART 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
520 _aScience and Technology is emerging as a major section of the General Studies syllabus in the UPSC and state civil service examinations. Over the years, this section has undergone substantial changes and has become a lot more difficult for students to prepare. Questions have become even more sophistical requiring a greater breadth and depth of knowledge. This comprehensive book on science and technology takes an integrated view of the topic in the context of the syllabi for the civil services examinations. Details have been provided for most of the contemporary technology areas as well as several emerging areas like photonics. Institutional details in the field of Indian Science have been included at the appropriate level.
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650 _aTechnology
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