Pearson is privileged to collaborate on the 11th edition of WBCS Scanner with the esteemed authors. The new edition has been thoroughly updated, revised, and designed to suit the needs of West Bengal Civil Services aspirants, as always. The pedagogy of the books have been mapped with the WBCS curriculum framework and is completely as per the students’ needs.
The volumes are segregated into Prelims (Volume 1) and Mains (Volume 2). Volume 1 contains questions of prelims from 1999 – 2023 along with the answer keys. Volume 2 contains questions of Mains from 2014-2022. This edition includes Optional papers along with Urdu, Nepali and Santhali languages in the Language unit.
Features:
1. Updated and revised with 2023 Prelims and 2022 Mains solved papers
2. Trend Analysis included for all the subjects
3. Segregation based on years and topics
4. All questions with answer keys and special sections like Mathematics and Mental Ability with detailed solutions
About the Author
Sutapa Kar is presently working as a Lady Extension officer of Mass Education under the Mass Education & Library Services Department, Govt of West Bengal. She is the Honorary Executive Director of Academic Association, which imparts career guidance and pre-recruitment training for WBCS and other PSC examination. She is also a renowned writer of books on different competitive exams. She co-authored the following books- General Science and Science and Technology, WBCS Test Series- 2020, WBCS Test Series-2021, WBCS Test Series-2021 (Bengali Edition), Miscellaneous Manual, TET Interview Strategy, Food and Supply Test Series, Police Constable Test Series, TET Test Series, Concise Current Affairs Yearbook, Clerkship Guide, Gr-D Guide and many more.
Samim Sarkar is presently working as an Assistant Commissioner of Revenue, Goods and Services Tax (under Finance Revenue Department) Government of West Bengal and is posted at Salt Lake GST Building. He previously cleared West Bengal Civil Service examination consecutively thrice in 2004, 2005 and 2006. He started his career as Revenue Officer in Land & Land Reforms Department. Before joining government job, he was the Honorary Director of Academic Association, which imparts career guidance and pre-recruitment training for WBCS, Misc, Police, Army exam.
He is also a renowned writer of books on different competitive exams. He authored the following books-General Science and Science and Technology, WBCS Test Series- 2020, WBCS Test Series-2021, WBCS Test Series-2021 (Bengali Edition). He is also the author of best-selling books ‘WBCS Scanner’ and WBCS Planner. Some other books are Miscellaneous Manual, Winning Strategy for Personality Test, TET Interview Strategy, Food and Supply Test Series, Police Constable Test Series, TET Test Series, Concise Current Affairs Yearbook-2020, Concise Current Affairs Yearbook-2021, Clerkship Guide, Gr-D Guide and so on. Samim Sarkar is also a well-known columnist on competitive examination and career counselling in leading newspapers and magazines.
Content –
Volume 1: Previous Years Question papers of Prelims (1999-2022)
Unit 1: English
Unit 2: History of India and Indian National Movement
Unit 3: Geography of India (with reference to West Bengal Geography)
Unit 4: General Science Biology Physics Chemistry
Unit 5: Indian Polity
Unit 6: Indian Economy
Unit 7: General Knowledge
Unit 8: General Mental Ability
Volume 2: Previous Year Question Papers of Mains (2014-2022)
Unit 1: Language (Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Nepalese, Santhali)
Unit 2: English
Unit 3: General Studies – I Indian History with special emphasis on National Movement Geography of India with special reference to West Bengal
Unit 4: General Studies – II Science and Technology, Environment, General Knowledge, and Current Affairs
Unit 5: Polity and Economy The Constitution of India Indian Economy including role and functions of Reserve Bank of India
Unit 6: Arithmetic and Test of Reasoning
Unit 7: Optional Papers