General science for UPSC

Cover Page......Page 1 Title Page......Page 2 Copyright Page......Page 3 CONTENTS......Page 13 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION......Page 7 PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION......Page 8 ABOUT THE CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION......Page 10 PART-A Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change#ak4......Page 19 1. Biodiversity: The Biological Perspective......Page 20 Chemical Diversity in Biological Systems......Page 129 Chemical Threats to Biodiversity......Page 149 Saviours of Biodiversity......Page 166 PART-B Life Sciences......Page 224 Section–I: Biology......Page 225 1. Origin and Evolution of Life......Page 226 2. Cell Biology......Page 230 3. Genetics......Page 245 Section–II: Animal World......Page 269 4. Animal Tissues......Page 270 5. Biodiversity: Animals......Page 275 6. Animal Form and Function......Page 284 7. Health and Human Diseases......Page 337 8. Human Genetics......Page 343 9. Human Evolution......Page 355 10. Animal Welfare......Page 359 11. Plant Structure, Function and Reproduction......Page 451 12. Plant Physiological Processes......Page 468 13. Plant Metabolism......Page 479 14. Evolution and Systematics......Page 489 15. Plants and Human......Page 502 1. Fundamentals of Physics......Page 603 2. Information Technology......Page 717 Introduction—The Magical World of Chemistry......Page 869 1. It’s All About Matter......Page 872 2. The Building Blocks of Matter......Page 889 3. The Language of Chemistry......Page 902 4. Acids And Bases: The Instant Attraction......Page 909 5. Metals and Non-metals......Page 920 6. Elements In Regular Order: The Periodic Table......Page 933 7. Carbon and Its Compounds......Page 953 8. Some Branches of Chemistry......Page 974 9. Chemistry in Everyday Life......Page 991 Appendix-I......Page 1114 Appendix-II......Page 1116 Appendix-III......Page 1118 Appendix-IV......Page 1121 Appendix-V......Page 1124 Appendix-VI......Page 1131 Back Cover......Page 1133