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Subject: UPSC after M.Sc (Chemistry)
Date: 5-Oct-2008
Question: I AM AN STUDENT OF IIT DELHI CURRENTLY DOING M.SC. (CHEMISTRY ). I DON'T WANT TO TAKE OF JOB AFTER THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO GIVE UPSC ENTRANCE EXAM. BUT I HAVE HEARD FROM MANY PEOPLE THAT CHEMISTRY IS NOT A GOOD OPTIONAL.
Answer: You can very well appear for UPSC exams with chemistry as your subject. Just go through the syllabus well and try to solve the previous years question papers.

Following books may help you while preparing:

  • Gaseous state, Thermodynamics, Phase rule, solutions, Colligative properties, Electro Chemistry, Catalysis, Colloids - Principals of physical chemistry - Puri, Sharma & Pathawa
  • Chemical kinetics - Advance physical chemistry - Gurdeep Raj
  • Photo chemistry - A text book of physical chemistry (Vol. - IV) - K.L. Kapoor
  • Advance physical chemistry - Gurdeep Raj.
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
  • Bonding and shape of organic molecules, Stereo chemistry of carbon compound - Reactions and reagents - O.P. Agarwal
  • A guide to mechanism in organic chemistry - Peter Sykes
  • Rest all the chapters - A text book of organic chemistry - Bahl & Bahl
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
  • Atomic Structure - Principle of physical chemistry - Puri, Sharma & Pathwa
  • Advance inorganic chemistry - J.D. Lee Chemical Periodicity, Chemical bonding,Coordination compound - Selected topics in inorganic chemistry - Maden, Malik, Tuli
  • Theoretical principles of inorganic chemistry - G.S. Manku,
  • Extradiction of metals, Principle of inorganic chemistry - Puri, Sharma, Jauhar.
  • Rest all the chapters - An advance inorganic chemistry - J.D. Lee
  • Pollution and its control - A text book of environmental chemistry and pollution - S.S. Dara.

The student is required to keep the following things in mind:

  • Your approach has to be simple, standard and to the point;
  • You require to practice the numerical problems rigorously and you must have a clear knowledge of reaction mechanisms, as the questions are increasingly being asked straight and factual.
  • In Pericyclic Reaction section, a greater emphasis has to be on diagrams rather than on theoretical explanation and practice name reactions thoroughly from standard sources.
  • The orientation of orbitals and molecular orbital diagrams are necessary.
  • In re-agent section also, your approach has to be completely factual

Hope this helps
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