ACIO GA - GK General Awareness Strategy & Previous Paper

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[Studyplan] ACIO: General Awareness, History, Geography, Science,

Current A airs preparation, previous paper, Job pro le for Assistant
Central Intelligence O cer (ACIO) exam
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1.
Special Eligibility
2.
How was the ACIO 2012 paper?
3.
Static (theory) vs Current
4.
History
5.
1.
Ancient: Minimum topics
2.
Medieval: Minimum topics
3.
Modern (British Raj) Min.Topix
4.
World history
5.
Culture
Science (theory)
1.
Science (Current Affairs)
2.
Space/ISRO/NASA
3.
Defense
4.
Environment
6.
Polity
7.
Geography
1.
Indian Geography Min.Topix
2.
World Geography- Min.Topix
3.
Physical Geography Min.Topix
8.
Economy
9.
International Affairs/events
10.
Misc.GK/PIN/Awards/sports
11.
Sports
12.
Maths Reasoning English
13.
ACIO Job-Profile
1.
ACIO Training
2.
First Job Posting
3.
ACIO medial / physical standards
4.
ACIO Promotion
14.
Computer certificate
15.
Epilogue
16.
Appendix: Download material for ACIO
Special Eligibility
All the conditions are given in the ACIO-2013 Notification itself (click me).
(https://files.secureserver.net/0sGU2wRbBYzM4n) However Id like to point out some important
ones:
1. For ACIO, the candidate must be Graduate on or before 12th August 2013. (Seems they
copied the graduation-deadline concept from SSC-CGL 2013, because in ACIO-2012
notification was silent about this.)
2. There is no reservation for physically handicapped (HH, OH, VH) persons.
3. Those already in Government service/ PSU/Autonomous bodies: youll need to show NOC
from your employer, when youre called for ACIO interview.
4. Computer certificate is desirable (and not compulsory) [plz scroll down to the end part for
more on computer certificate.]
5. The Candidates willing to serve anywhere in India need to apply only.
So how is the ACIO paper?
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/97816112@N02/9457927829/)
Based on the ACIO 2012 question paper [courtesy of Mr.Chandradev (
)]
paper I
MCQs on GA/GK + Maths + Reasoning
100m
Paper II
English Descriptive
50m
Duration: Total 1 hour and 40 minutes

From that question paper, we can see certain peculiarities about ACIO exam:
1. Theyre asking world history.
2. Theyre asking Business GK.
3. Permutation-combination-probability (PCP), Geometric progression is asked. (Most govt
recruitment exams have stopped asking those topics)
Other than that, Maths/reasoning/Current-affairs =should not give any surprises to serious
players from SSC/government exams.
Static (theory) vs Current

Based on 2012s Paper:
static (theory)
current affairs based
polity
International affairs
Geography
12
Misc.GK/PIN/Sports
History
18
Economy*
10
Sci (theory)
13
Defense-Space-Sci.tech
Aptitude (Maths + Reasoning)
21
total
70
total
30
*in Economy they only asked current based Qs. hence Economy put under current.
As you can see 70 Static (Theory) + 30 Current =total 100 questions: meaning, your primary
focus should be on the static portion.
History
ACIO in exam, history has 4 subparts: Ancient, Medieval, Modern and World History
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Preparation Source:
1. Lucents General Knowlege book (http://www.flipkart.com/generalknowledge-english-5th/p/itmdzdhqkvynadhq?
pid=9788192933566&affid=mrunalrugm) OR
2. If youve General Studies(GS) Manual (of any brand, any edition)- if
you already have then use it, otherwise there is no need for
specifically getting GS Manual for this exam
(NCERT wont be of much help because ACIO MCQs need GK type coverage.)
Ancient: Minimum topics

Minimum topics= they dont guarantee success, they only guarantee that if you fail- you wont
be very far away from the cutoffs. For any topic, when I say (IGNORE): it means I havent seen
MCQs from those topics coming in recent times. But I cant guarantee that nothing will be asked
from it! So, If the time permits, do read those topics after youre done with syllabus.
1. Harappa Sites
1. (ignore) Who found them (Bisht, Mazumadar, Joshi etc.)
2. Where are they located (Which Indian or Paki state?)
3. What are the main features of the given site? (e.g. Surkotada =horse)
4. ^reverse of above question: what was found where? (Where was horse evidence found?)
5. society, religion and economy
6. (ignore) why decline/destroyed
2. Vedic Period (1500-1000 before Christ)
1. (ignore) Vedic religion: Indra/Purandar etc.
2. Vedic literature
i. Where is there in four vedas?
ii. What are the features of Upnishad, Aranyak, Smriti, Darshan, Upvedas
3. (ignore) Vedic administration: Sabha-Samiti etc.
3.Buddh and Jain

When it comes to Ancient history, Buddism-Jainism= most favorite topic for examiner. Prepare
them parallel so you dont mix up answers
Buddhism: prepare following
Jainism
Buddha: real name, parents, spouse, birth year+place, death

year+age+place
same for
Mahavir
3 pillar (Tri-ratna), 4 truths, 8 fold path + symbols associated with

Buddhas life
5 doctrines
3 sects
2 sects
literature (Tripitaka, Milindpanho etc)
same
council, chairman, patron and result
same
famous places
same
patron kings
same
4. Maurya
1. Mahajanpada vs capitals: only famous names (e.g. Magadha, Kashi, Kuru, Gandhara)
2. (ignore) Mauryan Administration
3. Only 3 Mauryan Kings: Chandragupta Maurya, Bindusara, Asoka (and prepare the Greek
travellars/ambassador/envoys/kings associated with them. But ignore the chillar-kings
like Bimbisara- Ajatshatru, Udayin, Shisunag and Nanda
4. Only 3 Main Kings after Maurya: Pushyamitra, RudraDaman, Kanishka
5. Focus on Asokas edicts, their location, content, labels used for him (e.g. Piyadass)
6. (culture) Mauryan Caves and art (Yaksha-Yakshini)
7. (culture) famous writer during Mauryan time
5. Gupta
1. 2 Main kings: Samudragupta and Vikramaditya
2. (ignore) Gupta Administration
3. Harshavardhan and Huien Tsang
4. Pala-Pallav-Pratihar-Rahstrakuta= only their culture contribution (e.g. temple, univ.,caves)
6. South India
1. (culture) Sangam litt. particularly Manimekalai, Tolkapiyam
2. Chera-Chaula-Pandya=their emblem/symbol
Medieval: Minimum topics

1. Important Wars (who fought with whom, when and what was the result + some of them are
from modern history)
1. two Tarai battles
2. three Panipat battles
3. three Anglo Maratha wars
4. three Anglo-French wars
5. Two Anglo-Sikh wars
6. Plassey
7. Buxar
8. Bedera
9. Burmese
10. Afghan
2. Delhi Sultanate
1. Qutubuddin Aibak
3. Mughal and their policy / work/ constructions
2. Iltutmish
1. Babar
3. Razia Sultan
2. Humayun
4. Balban
3. Sher Shah (although not a Mughal)
5. Alauddin Khilji and his policies
4. Akbar
6. Mohd. Tuglaq and his #epicfail
5. Jahangir
7. Firoz Shah Tughlaq and his policy
6. Shah Jahan
8. Sikandar Lodhi
7. Aurungzeb
9. Ibrahim Lodhi
4. Maratha: Shivaji, his administration and the three Anglo Maratha wars
5. (ignore) Vijayanagar empire (Harihar and Bukka)
6. culture
1. S.India Temple and features: Gopuram, Garbhagriha, Hoysala temple etc.
2. N.India:
i. Poets-patron kings, main books
ii. Mosques, tombs, gates, forts etc.: where are they located and who built them?
3. Travelers (incl. Ancient) + envoys: mainly Megasthenes, Fa-Hien, Al-Baruni, Huien Tsang,
Marco Polo, Ibn Batuta, Nicolo Conti, Wiliam Hawkins, Thoms Roe, Tavernier, Bernier.
7. Religion
1. Bhakti saints
2. Sufi Saints particularly Khwaja Muinuddin Chisty
3. Sikhism, Gurus particularly Nanak, Arjan Dev and Gobind Singh
Modern (British Raj)

1. Entry of Europeans: where did they setup factory and under whose rule? + their conflicts
with Native rules (e.g Siraz-ud daula, Tipu Sultan)
2. Important Gov.Gen/Viceroys and their policies (in Lucents GK
(http://www.flipkart.com/general-knowledge-english-5th/p/itmdzdhqkvynadhq?
pid=9788192933566&affid=mrunalrugm) this is given @Page 134 onwards + also given in the
last pages of Spectrums Brief History of Modern India)
1. Hastings
2. Cornwallis
3. Wellesley
4. Bentick
5. Metcalfe; Aukland; Hardinge (each of them only did 1 or 2 imp things)
6. Canning
7. Mayo
8. Lytton (Badass#2)
9. Ripon
10. Landsdown
11. Curzon (Badass#1 and UPSCs Role Model)
12. Minto
13. Chelmsford
The Viceroys after Chelmsford, should be prepared with focus on how they handled Gandhi and
Partition of India:
14. Irwin
15. Willingdon
16. Linlithgow
17. Wavell
18. Mountbatten
19. C. Rajagopalachari (only the fact that he was 1st and last Indian governor general of free
India)
3. Revolts (Lucents GK (http://www.flipkart.com/general-knowledge-english5th/p/itmdzdhqkvynadhq?pid=9788192933566&affid=mrunalrugm) Page 95 onwards)
1. 1857 (although it has become too clichd, rarely MCQ coming from here)
2. Peasant revolts and their leaders+reasons: mainly Indigo, Deccan, Ramosi, Chamran,
Kheda, Moplah, Tebhaga, Telengana and Eka
3. tribal revolts and leaders+reasons: mainly Rampa, Munda, Naga and Tana Bhagat
4. Others mainly Sanyasi, Pagal Panthi and Kuka

4. Culture
1. Books and authors (Dadabhai, RC Dutt, Gandhi, Bankim etc)
2. Newspaper-language-owner
3. various org. and their founders: Mainly Brahmo, Sadharan Brahmo, Namdhari, Radha
Swami, Arya Samaj, Prarthana, Deccan Edu., Theosophical, Ramkrishan Mission, Servents
of India, Purna Seva Sadan, Satya Sodhak, Aravipuram, Justice party, Bahishkrit Hitkarini,
Self-Respect, Harijan Sevak, Derozio, Tattvabodhini, Wahabi, DEoband, Aligarh,
4. Reformers: Roy, Vivekanand, Sahjanand, Saraswati, Kesab Chandra etc.
5. education reform: Hunter, Sadler, Macaulay and Sargeant
5. Freedom Struggle
1. Congress
i. GK related to Congress Sessions: prominent chairmen, resolution etc. (given on Page
133 of Lucents GK (http://www.flipkart.com/general-knowledge-english5th/p/itmdzdhqkvynadhq?pid=9788192933566&affid=mrunalrugm))
ii. Moderate, Extremist and their leader, Surat Split
iii. Swaraj Party, Nehru Report
iv. Congress Ministries vs Muslim League
2. Revolutionaries: org.-leaders-members and conspiracy-cases + INA and its trials + RIN
munity
3. Home Rule Besant and Tilak and Lucknow Pact
4. Gandhi:
i. Champaran, Abad, Kheda;
ii. NCM, Khilafat, CDM, QIM
iii. Gandhi-Irwin, Gandhi-Amebedkar, Gandhi-Bose
5. British response:
i. Reforms: Morley Minto; Montague-Chelmsford
ii. Thuggary: Rowlett, Jalliyanwala, Simon, RTC, Communal award
iii. Acts: 1909, 1919, 1935 and 1947;
iv. Partition related: Linlithgow offer, Wavell plan, Cabinet Mission , Cripps Mission
6. finally the important freedom fighters and their contribution (depending on the
remaining time before exam)
Observe the questions from 2012s ACIO paper
Entry of Europeans and Before 1857
After 1857
1. Under an agreement with which of the
following countries did Subhas Chandra Bose
organize the Indian soldiers, taken as
prisoners by the AXIS Powers, Into the Azad
1. The Treaty of Srirangapatnam was
Hind Fauj?
signed in 1792 between Tipu Sultan
i. China
and
ii. Germany
i. Dalhousie
iii. Italy
ii. Cornwallis
iv. Japan
iii. Warren Hastings

iv. Lord Clive
2. Battle of Jamrud was fought between
2. Who was the first Muslim president of Indian

National Congress?
i. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Sikhs and Afghans in April 1837 in
ii. Badraddin Tayabji
which Afghans were defeated but an
iii. Maulana Abdul Kalam Aza
important Sikh general was killed.
iv. Syed Ahmed Khan
Who was this Sikh general?
3. Three Round Table Conferences were
A. Jorawar Singh
organized by British Government between
B. Mahan Singh
1930 and 1932 to discuss the constitutional
C. Hari Singh Nalw
reform in India. In which Round Table
D. Diwan Bhiwani Das
Conference did the Congress attend?

i. First
ii. Second
iii. Third
iv. All the three
World history
Again, a unique feature of ACIO, because most government exams dont touch world history
as far as MCQs are concerned.
Go through Chapter 2 of Lucents GK Book. With more emphasis on medieval and modern
world history.
Observe the questions from 2012s paper:
Medieval World History (500-1500AD)
Modern (After 1500AD)

1. Who founded the Young
Italy movement, the
1. Who was the first European to sail around the Cape of
anchor organization
Good Hope in 1488?
behind the unification of
a. Bartolommeo Dias
Italy in the nineteenth
b. Ferdinand Magellan
century?
c. Columbus
a. Count Cavour
d. James cook
b. Garibaldi
2. Northern Africa was divided between two Muslim

Caliphates at around 1000 AD. While northwestern Africa
(essentially, modern Morocco) and southern Spain were
c. Giuseppe Mazzini
d. Red Shirts
2. Who was the
ruled by the Umayyads, which Caliphate ruled over what
Commander in Chief
is now modern Tunisia, Libya and Egypt?
of Confederate States in
a. Hafsid
the American Civil war
b. Idrisid
(1861-65).
c. Fatimid
a. Abraham Lincoln
d. Aghlabid
b. Jefferson Davis
3. Where was the battle of Badr fought in which Muslims led

by Muhammad defeated Quraish of Mecca decisively on
March 13, 624 AD?
c. Robert E Lee
d. James Longstreet
3. On which date US
a. 80 miles south west of Medina
dropped the first atom
b. outskirts of Mecca
bomb on Hiroshima?
c. Jerusalem
a. August 9, 1945
d. Mount Arafat
b. May 8, 1945
c. July 26,1945
d. August 6,1945
Culture
While preparing for Ancient/Medieval/Modern history, youll come across culture-religionart-music-dance-painting type information + use NIOS culture material for filling up the
details (Free download @bottom).
Although from 2012s ACIO paper, it seems less about culture and more about religion:
4. Which religious leader established four

mathas in India?
1. What is the total number of Zodiac
constellation (Nakshatra) in Indian
astrology?
A. 12
B. 15
C. 18
D. 27
2. Who established Ramkrishna
Mission?
A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B. Shivanand
C. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
D. Vivekananda
3. In which year was Guru Nanak Dev
born?
A. 1242 AD
B. 1358 AD
C. 1469 AD
D. 1542 AD
A. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
B. Shankaracharya
C. Vivekananda
D. Ramanuja
5. Who was the first Christian missionary to India?
A. Thomas the Apostle
B. John Breeden
C. Richard Knill
D. St George
6. In which part of ancient India was Kharoshthi
script in use between 3rd century BC and 3rd
century AD.
A. Magadh region
B. Central region
C. Southern region
D. Gandhar region
7. Who among the following four is the odd man
out?
A. Abanindranath Tagore
B. J S Swaminathan
C. Akbar Padamsee
D. Javed Akhtar
This concludes the history preparation, keep in mind that one time reading= useless. Youve to
revise history multiple times.
Science (theory)
from ACIO 2012 paper, we can see that ~20% is science and ~20% is aptitude. For Science,
theory, start with NCERT (for physics, chemistry, biology and environment): Free download
@bottom
Class
Chapters (PHYSICS)
Chemistry
Biology
4, 13, 14 and 15
5 and 6
1,2,10,11 and 12
11 to 16
3 to 6
2, 8, 9 and 10
8 to 12
1 to 4
5,6,7 and 13
10
10, 12 and 13
1 to 5
6 to 11
11
Physics textbook ch.1
12
Biology textbook Ch.11 and 12
after that use Lucents GK book for filling up the gaps left in NCERT about GK related to chemical
compound-uses, inventions-inventors, SI-CI units, diseases etc. (if youve general studies manual
that will also work).
1. SI-CI units; conversation from one unit to another (only the major
ones, not everything)
2. Scalar vs vector quantity
3. Laws of Newton + Gravity (ignore the equations)
4. satellite: orbit speed, escape velocity, geostationary
5. capillary examples
6. friction example, benefits
7. centrifugal vs petal
8. example of 3 types of levers
9. gravity- its value, where is it min-max, + vs Moon
10. Archimedes principles application
11. interrelation among heat, pressure, height, volume (difficult to cook
on mountain etc)
12. pendulum- fast in winter, slow in summer (ignore the equation
though)
PHYSICS
13. electromagnetic waves

14. sounds: infra, ultra, audible, echo distance, Doppler, Mach
1. heat: thermometer types, normal body temp in degree F and Celsius;
conduction-convection-radiation; fusion-sublimation, AC,
thermodynamics laws; three parts of flame; safety matchstick
15. light: use of convex vs concave mirror, examples of refraction,
examples of total internal reflection, rainbow, eye-defects and
correction, telescope vs microscope
16. Electricity: ohms law, instruments: galvanometer, voltmeter,
ammeter, fuse, transformer, dynamo, motor; conductor vs insulator;
17. Magnet: diamagnetic, ferromagnetic, compass
18. Nuke: fission, chain reaction, hydrogen bomb, use of moderator,
control rod and coolant, heavy water
19. + various instruments and inventions given on page 466 onwards in
Lucents GK book (only focus on major/big/important things)
2. ignore the chemical formulas, equations
3. uses of Acid, base, salt (given on page 488 onwards)
4. chemical compound and their common name (e.g. caustic
soda=sodium hydroxide)
5. carbon: graphite, diamond
6. colloid examples
CHEMISTRY
7. various fuel and their composition

8. rubber vulcanization
9. types of coal
10. metal: their ores and alloys, glass colors (page 498 onwards)
11. water: soft and hard; soap-detergent principles
12. uses of ammonia, nitrogen, phosphorus etc.
1. branches of biology
2. ignore kingdom, family and classification for zoology or botany (cost
benefit not good)
3. cells: various parts and functions, difference in animal vs plant cell,

prokaryotic vs eukaryotic
4. DNA-RNA: scientists, structure, function
5. genetic disease given from pg522 onwards
6. virus-bacteria: difference, characters
7. plants: parthenocarpy (Papaya); hormone functions (given on
8. zoology: difference in amphibian, reptile, marine, birds and mammals
BIOLOGY
(given on 539 onwards)

9. blood: function of RBC, WBC, platelet + their disease; bloodgroup, rhfactor, paternity
10. digestion: function of liver, gall bladder, intestine, stomach, saliva,
pancreas; enzymes and their effects
11. human hormone: function + disease (give on page 554 onwards)
12. heart (normal rates of BP, artery vs vein) , lung, kidney : basic function
and diseases
13. vitamins and nutrients: function + disease (pg. 560 onwards)
14. various disease and who causes them (virus, bacteria, protozoa, fungi
etc) and whether theyre communicable or not + vaccines*
*for more on disease etc. go through my public health articles

1. [Public Health] Current Affairs 2012-13: Government schemes, Policies, Yearbook stuff (Part
1 of 3) (http://mrunal.org/2013/04/public-health-current-affairs-2012-13-governmentschemes-policies-yearbook-stuff-part-1-of-3.html)
2. [Public Health] Current Affairs 2012-13: Diseases, Drugs and Research (Part 2 of 3)
(http://mrunal.org/2013/04/public-health-current-affairs-2012-13-diseases-drugs-andresearch-part-2-of-3.html)
3. [Public Health] Current Affairs 2012-13: Mock Questions (Part 3 of 3)
(http://mrunal.org/2013/04/public-health-current-affairs-2012-13-mock-questions-part-3-of3.html)
Observe the following questions from ACIO 2012 paper to gauge what type of information
you should focus during study:
physics
1. At which point of Earth there is no
2. A Theodolite is used for measuring
gravity?
a. oceanic temperature variation
a. At North and South Pole
b. celestial distances
b. At equator
c. river water flow
c. On the ocean surface
d. angles in horizontal and vertical
d. At centre of the Earth
planes.
Chemistry
1. What is the main Chemical
component of Vinegar?
a. Acetic acid
3. Which of the following substances is most commonly

used for cloud seeding (artificial rains)?
b. Citric Acid
a. Magnesium hydroxide
c. Tartaric acid
b. Potassium Chloride
d. Nitric acid
c. Silver iodide
2. German Silver is an alloy of?

a. Copper, Zinc and Nickel.
b. Silver, Copper and
d. Zinc Sulphate
4. The gases used in normal welding process are
Carbon
c. Silver, Zinc and
Aluminium
d. Aluminum, Zinc and
a. Oxygen and Hydrogen

b. Oxygen, Hydrogen and Acetylene
c. Acetylene and Nitrogen
d. Oxygen and Acetylene
Cobalt
Biology / Botany / Agriculture

human related
plant related
4. What is meant by Sulphur Shower?
1. Which is the only internal organ of human

body capable of regenerating its lost tissues?
a. Lungs
a. Sulphuric acid rain due to air

pollution
b. Shower of yellow pollen from
conifers in spring
b. Kidney
c. An industrial process to treat
c. Liver
d. Brain
porcelain with Sulphuric acid

d. Release of hydrogen sulphide from
2. Which of the following is the basic structural

and functional unit of a kidney?
industries
5. Which gas is released from paddy
a. Lymphocyte
fields?
b. Nephron
a. Carbon dioxide
c. Lobule
b. Methane
d. Neuron
c. Ammonia
3. Alteration of consciousness during deep sea

diving is known as
d. Hydrogen Sulphide
6. Which of these is not a micronutrient
a. Raptures of the deep
essential for plant growth and health?
b. Martini Effect
a. Manganese
c. Nitrogen Narcosis
b. Iodine
d. All the three
c. Boron
d. Zinc
Science (Current A airs)

Current affairs related to science=also known as Science & Tech- be it space, IT, electronics,
nano-tech, bio-tech, noble prizes, physics, medicine etc. lot of coverage given on mrunal.org/snt
(http://www.mrunal.org/snt)
Youll also find such topics regularly in magazines and newspapers.
1. Why was CERN, the largest particle physic laboratory located near Geneva in news recently?
i. For discovery of Neutrino, a new subatomic particle
ii. For discovering Higgs Boson, a new subatomic particle.
iii. Because of differences among the member nations over finance liabilities.
iv. Major breakdown in the laboratory
2. What is the present permissible power density value for mobile towers operating at 1800
MHz?
i. 4.5 watt/metre
ii. 9 watt/metre
iii. 13.5 watt/metre
iv. 18 watt/metre
Space/ISRO/NASA
Space-technology related compilation for 2012 upto March 2013, already given on following on
following page
mrunal.org/2013/04/space-tech-current-affairs-compilation-2012-13-for-ssc-cgl-upsc-csat
(http://mrunal.org/2013/04/space-tech-current-affairs-compilation-2012-13-for-ssc-cgl-upsccsat.html)
Copy paste it in MS Word and keep updating it with latest developments from newspapersmagazines, and revise.
1. Where did NASAs land rover
2. Indias Mars Orbiter Mission is likely to be launched
Curiosity landed on Mars on
in November 2013. What kind of rocket will be used
August 5/6, 2012?
by ISRO for this mission.
i. Sea of Tranquility
i. Geo Synchronous Launch Vehicle (GSLV)
ii. Gale Crater
ii. Agni III
iii. Fast Mountain
iii. Extended Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
iv. Rover Desert
iv. SLY III
Defense
Defense related compilation for 2012 upto March 2013, already given on following on following
page
mrunal.org/2013/03/defense-current-affairs-compilation-2012-13-missiles-joint-exercisesoperations-organizations (http://mrunal.org/2013/03/defense-current-affairs-compilation-201213-missiles-joint-exercises-operations-organizations.html)
Copy paste it in MS Word and keep updating it with latest developments from newspapersmagazines, and revise.
1. Indias DRDO has developed a pilotless

target aircraft. What is its name?
i. Tejas
3. What is the name of Indias first
ii. Nag
indigenously developed nuclear
iii. Agni III
submarine?
iv. Lakshya 2
2. Which of the following is not matched
correctly?
i. INS Sindhughosh
ii. K 15
iii. INS Arihant
i. US CIA
iv. INS Vikramditya
ii. UK MI 6
iii. France Mossad
iv. India R&AW
Environment
Given the depth of environment related questions asked in 2012, NCERTs will be more than
sufficient. (Meaning NIOS studymaterial for environment-biodiversity= not a high priority thing.)
List of NCERT chapters to be studied (free download @bottom)
class
subject
chapters
geography
geo.
1 to 6
10
11
12
science
7, 16 to 18
geo.
sci.
7 and 18
geo
science
14
Geo.
sci.
14 to 16
geo(Physical)
15 and 16
geo (India)
4 and 5
economy
9 (Sustainable development)
Biology
13 to 16
chemistry
14
+ prepare the list of famous wildlife sanctuaries, national parks, biodiversity hotspots (from
Indian Geography point of view). Observe the following questions from ACIO 2012 paper to
gauge what type of information you should focus during study:
1. What is the significance of Ozone layer in
2. Which of the following is not a
atmosphere?
greenhouse gas(GHG)?
a. It maintains the cycle of seasons
a. Oxygen
b. It causes timely arrival of Monsoon
b. Carbon dioxide
c. It filers the ultraviolet rays of the sun
c. Water vapour
d. It prevents the global warming
d. Methane
^yes only two question, but still cost: benefit of preparing environment is quite good.
(Compared to the amount of random data youve to mugup to get 2 correct answers in Person
in News (PIN)/Misc.GK MCQs)
Polity
(http://www.flipkart.com/indian-polity-4th/p/itmdmmsnbhqfwj3a?
pid=9781259064128&affid=mrunalrugm)
I assume you already have Indian Polity by M.Laxmikanth
(http://www.flipkart.com/indian-polity-4th/p/itmdmmsnbhqfwj3a?
pid=9781259064128&affid=mrunalrugm), use it. Then polity = piece
of cake.
If youre not preparing for any exam except ACIO and dont want to
invest in Laxmikanth then go with Lucents GK
(http://www.flipkart.com/general-knowledge-english5th/p/itmdzdhqkvynadhq?pid=9788192933566&affid=mrunalrugm) + NIOS Polity material.
(NIOS material download given @bottom)
Union vs State topics

Study parallel-topics of Union vs. State for example
1. Prez, VP then immediately State governor
2. PM then immediately CM
3. Parliament (+budget making) vs State assembly (+Panchayati Raj)
4. SC vs HC
5. Attorney Gen =>Advocate General
6. UPSC =>State PSC
7. The list (union-state-concurrent)
8. and so on
^That way youll remember details without mixing up answers.
Basics of Constitution
Making of constitution, Preamble, Funda.rights/duties, DPSP, amendment, which feature was
borrowed from which country and so on.
Bodies
Do various bodies at once e.g. planning comm, NDC, NCW, National commissions for SC, ST,
backward classes and so on. Since ACIO is GK type exam, you should focus on info such as how
many members in each body, what is their age limit/ can they be reappointed, who selects
them, who are the current chairman of such bodies (for PIN question)
Observe the questions asked in ACIO-2012 paper:
1. Who was the Chairman

of Drafting Committee
of Indian Constitution?
a. Dr Rajendra Prasad
b. K M Munsi
c. N G S Ayanger
d. B R Ambedkar
2. What is the Quorum
laid down to constitute
a meeting of either of
4. In which session of the year, President addresses both the
the Houses of
Houses of Parliament?
Parliament?
a. First session (Budget)
a. one-tenth of the
b. Second session (Monsoon)
total number of
c. Third session (winter)
members of that
d. none of the above
House
b. one-fourth of the
5. Which of the following States do not have bicameral

legislature?
total number of
a. Bihar
members of that
b. Uttar Pradesh
House
c. Madhya Pradesh
c. one-fifth of the total

number of
d. Maharashtra
6. What fraction of Legislative Council Members are
members of that
nominated by Governor on the advice of Cabinet from
House
amongst those having excelled in the fields of science ,arts,
d. one-half of the total
literature, cooperative movement or social science?
number of
a. 1/3
members of that
b. 1/6
House
3. Who has the authority
c. 1/12
d. 1/4
to call a joint session of

the two Houses of
Parliament?
a. Prime Minister
b. President
c. Speaker of Lok
Sabha
d. Chairman of Rajya
Sabha
^6 questions but all of them can be solved effortlessly, IF you revise polity often. Hence
polity=No excuse topic.
Geography
Subtopic
Content
# of Qs in ACIO
2012
Indian
Topics related to India (e.g. industry, drainage etc.)
World
longest/largest lakes-rivers, mountains, famous cities,

country-capital etc.
Physical
Universe, earth, atmosphere, weather, climate etc.
Indian Geography
If you look @2012s paper, its just GK stuff about state borders, river-tributaries and hill
stations. Always check the map simultaneously whenever you come across any location based
info- If you try to mugup the list of states from which Ganga river passes=It wont go in long
term memory, unless you see the course of river in the map of India.
Source:
1. NCERT textbooks (There is plenty of GK lying around in them + it contains lot of maps,
photos = easier to remember things.) Free download @Bottom

2. India 2011: last chapter on States and union territories (free download @bottom).
3. Lucents GK (http://www.flipkart.com/general-knowledge-english-5th/p/itmdzdhqkvynadhq?
pid=9788192933566&affid=mrunalrugm) or any other book or General Studies manual for
filling up the missing GK details from NCERT. e.g. hill stations, list of tiger sanctuaries etc. (if
youve general studies manual- that is also fine.)
Indian Geography-Minimum topics

Minimum topics dont assure success, they only assure that if you fail- youll not be very far away
from the cutoffs.
1. Mountain:
1. Which states do they cover (e.g Khasi-Garo-Jantia hills)
2. highest peaks
3. Mountain passes (Nathu-la etc.)
4. Which of them are young mountain/fold mountain etc.?
2. rivers
1. Where do they start?
2. Which states do they cover?
3. In which sea do they end?
4. list of their tributaries
5. Any water fall?
6. Any dams? If yes then which states get benefit from it?
7. Any national inland waterway on them?
3. States
1. Administrative
i. CENSUS-2011 related GK (highest-lowest in literacy, sex ratio etc.) use Google for this.
+ State with maximum ST population in absolute numbers and in percentages. etc.
ii. state capitals (especially for North East); where is state high court; in case of
UT/islands which HC has jurisdiction (under polity)
iii. do they come under 5th or 6th schedule (under polity)
iv. CM of North Eastern states (under Person in News)
2. border: with neighboring states and countries; state with largest area, longest coastline,
max no. of district
3. agro
i. soil-crop-cropping seasons (use the NCERT zipfile for Agriculture given @bottom)
4. Trade and Transport
i. mines/minerals (only the very prominent names. dont go in all details)
ii. famous industrial / handicraft cities
iii. towns of export excellence (especially those recently added)
iv. If it is a costal state: name of major ports?
v. Any famous airport?
vi. National highway: shortest and longest
5. culture
i. Any important fairs / cultural events-dances/festivals?
ii. Famous tourist places hill stations, temples, monuments, mosques, minar, caves etc?
iii. Any sites included in UNESCO world heritage list? (use google)
6. environment
i. Any biodiversity hotspot?
ii. Any famous wildlife parks / sanctuaries?
iii. Any rare species found?
iv. Any place famous for migratory birds?
Observe The Questions from 2012s paper:
1. In which of the following states is the construction
4. Which of the followings not a
site of proposed Tipaimukh dam located?
hill station in South India?
1. Mizoram
1. Ooty
2. Assam
2. Kodaikanal
3. Manipur
3. Munnar
4. Nagaland
4. Coimbatore
2. The capitals of Manipur , Mizoram and Arunachal
5. Which of the following states
Pradesh respectively are
shares border with China?
1. Imphal, Aizawl and Itanagar
1. West Bengal
2. Itanagar , Aizawl and Imphal
2. Himachal Pradesh
3. Kohima, Shillong and Agartala
3. Nagalnd
4. Imphal, Itanagar and Aizawl
4. Uttar Pradesh
3. Which of the following is not a tributary of Krishna
6. Which of the following is not a
river?
land locked state?
1. Tungbhadra
1. Bihar
2. Bhima
2. Chhattisgarh
3. Koyna
3. Mizoram
4. Godavari
4. Orissa
World Geography- Minimum list

1. Mountain range in each continent and highest peak
2. longest, largest rivers: countries covered by them
3. fresh water lakes; water falls : countries they belong to (just top 3-5 names)
4. cold and hot deserts of the world: countries covered by them
5. landlocked countries in Europe and Asia
6. Location of famous grassland (Veld, Prairies, Pampas etc.), tribes (Pigmy, Masai etc.) and
winds.
7. famous borders (e.g. Durand line, 38th parallel etc)
8. Capitals of Middle East, European and South East Asian countries
9. famous cities-their nick names/specialty; on which river theyre located
10. famous monuments / heritage sites (Angkor Wat, Machu Pichu etc)
11. famous strait and which sea do they join (e.g Palk, Berring, Gibralter etc)
12. Places in current affairs: South China sea, Gwadar port, Senkaku/Diaoyu island etc. Dont do
Ph.D on any topic, just bare minimum coverage from basic-GK. For example Gwadar port=in
Pakistan and China giving money for its development. Thats all.
Observe the World geography questions from ACIO-2012 paper
1. Where is Titicaca, the highest lake in

the world, located?
a. Russia and Central Asian countries
b. US and Canada border
c. South Africa
d. Peru and Bolivia border
2. In which country is the Great Victoria
Desert located?
3. What is Wakhan Corridor?

a. North Eastern extremity of Afghanistan
b. Part of the border between India and
China in Ladakh region
c. A passage between Iran and Afghanistan
d. Narrow strip joining Bangladesh with
Myanmar
a. Namibia
b. Argentina
c. Mongolia
d. Australia
Physical Geography
In 2012- just two questions were asked but still in terms of cost: benefit, physical geography
is still quite good. (Compared to the amount of random-data youve to mugup for two PIN or
two Business GK questions).
Confine your prep only to NCERTs, free download @bottom
In other GK books or magazines, they explain physical geography without showing any
diagram/chart=very difficult to memorize.
Minimum topics for physical geography

1. Universe: basics of planets-their moons, asteroid, comet, stars etc. (just do highschool level
coverage, dont put lot of time here on individual planet)
2. layers of atmosphere: their sequence, uses (Ionosphere, stratosphere etc)
3. layers of earth-core, SIAL, SIMA, discontinuity
4. main terms associated with volcanos and earthquakes
5. longitude, latitude, timezone, coriolls effect
6. climate: how altitude, distance from sea affect temp.; axis-tilt-seasons-day n night; albedo,
ozone, aurora
7. types of soils and rocks- what crops/minerals do they have
Observe the questions asked in 2012:
1. Which of the following is not caused by
2. Which of the following is not a gaseous
movement of tectonic plates?
planet in the Solar system?
a. Earthquakes
a. Jupiter
b. Volcanic eruptions
b. Saturn
c. Ocean current
c. Venus
d. Oceanic trench formation
d. Neptune
Economy
Economy: From 2012s paper, we can see theyre only interested in number based current
affairs on Economy, noting about theory/concepts/definitions. (Observe the questions asked
below). Some of the number based current affairs has been covered in my economic survey
articles. But by and large I avoid touching absolute numbers while writing about economy.
Therefore mrunal.org/economy (http://www.mrunal.org/economy) is not much useful for ACIO
type MCQs. You may ignore NCERT, NIOS and Ramesh Singh (http://www.flipkart.com/indianeconomy-civil-services-examinations-5th/p/itmdfgb8bvemvqvw?
pid=9781259064289&affid=mrunalrugm) for the same reason.
For such number based current affairs of Economy, consult competitive-magazines, newspaper.
Business GK means various companies, their product launches, merger-acquisitions,
owners/CEO/MD, HQ of MNCs etc. For example nowadays Jet-Etihad deal is in news, so who is
the chief of Jet Airway (or reverse: Naresh Goyal is chairman of which airline? Etihad is from
which country? What is the FDI limit in Aviation?)
refer to Mrunal.org/PIN (http://Mrunal.org/pin) for such compilations of persons in news (PIN)
and bizGK.
Indian Economy
Business-GK
1. SEBI has decided to introduce Basic
Services Demat Account (BSDA), what

is the maximum value of securities in a
1. Which of the following companies is
BSDA at any point of time?
posing a stiff competition to Swedens
A. Rs 5 lakh
Ericsson to become the worlds largest
B. Rs 4 lakh
telecom equipment manufacturer?
C. Rs 3 lakh
A. Samsung
D. Rs 2 lakh
B. Huawei
2. In the last one decade, which among the

following sectors has attracted the
highest foreign direct investment inflows
into India?
C. Nokia
D. Panasonic
2. Which business house has promoted Essar
group of companies?
A. Computer hardware and software
A. Ruias
B. Services sector
B. Ambanis
C. Automobile sector
C. Goenkas
D. Telecommunication
D. Kanorias
3. What is the estimated size of Indian
3. In which country is the headquarters of
economy for 2012-11 (GDP in US
Nestle Company located?
Dollars).
A. Sweden
A. one trillion
B. Switzerland
B. two trillion
C. Germany
C. three trillion
D. Netherlands
D. four trillion
4. What percentage of Indias GDP in 2011-
4. Which family owns the Hero group of

Companies in India?
12 was contributed by Agriculture and
A. Hindujas
allied sectors.
B. Firodias
A. 20%
C. Munjals
B. 14%
D. Mansingh
C. 54%
5. Which mobile operating system today has
D. 34%
the largest share in global smartphone
5. What was Indias crude import bill (in US
market?
Dollars) in 2011.12 and its percentile
A. Android OS
share to total imports?
B. BlackBerry OS
A. $150 billion, 32%
C. Apple iOS
B. $56 billion, 26%
D. Nokia OS
C. $475 billions, 80%

D. $250 billion,51%
International A airs/events
Whether it is CDS, CAPF or ACIO, they do ask a few questions on international affairs/events.
Goto library, read whatever competitive magazine you get (CST, Pratiyogita, Chronicle,
Wizard) and note down important names/details (all such magazines have something called
International diary of events or World this month etc. giving the details of international
events) -focus should be on places in news and persons in news
Important: When you maintain a note, dont write anything that can be remembered as
such. For example, Julian Assange is the founder of wikileaks= this can be remembered even
without keeping a note.
Observe the questions from 2012s paper:
Current
Static
1. Which of the following countries in the Middle East is

facing a civil war between the Government forces and
rebel insurgents?
a. Syria
1. In which city is the
b. Egypt
headquarters of World
c. Tunisia
Trade Organisation (WTO)
d. Jordon
located?
2. In which country, there has been a spate of insider
a. New York
killing in which NATO soldiers have been killed by their
b. Geneva
comrades in local police and Army?
c. Rome
a. Pakistan
d. Paris
b. Iraq
2. Which countrys lower house
c. Afghanistan
of Parliament is known as
d. Iran
Wolesi Jirga?
3. Which country announced in August 2012 its decision
a. Afghanistan
to grant political asylum to the Wikileaks founder Julian
b. Bangladesh
Assange.
c. Pakistan
a. Great Britain
d. Iran
b. China
c. Ecuador
d. Belgium
Misc.GK/PIN/Awards/sports
Can be further classified into
static
current
1. location of various national

institutes; regional HQ of
Army, airforce, Railways etc.
2. Various days (e.g. AIDS day,
1. Awards (Magsaysay, Nobel, Pravasi Bharatiya etc)

2. books-authors
a. winners of Booker, Pulitzer
Environment Day etc.)
b. including Indian authors if their book shortlisted
3. Abbreviations and full forms

4. First Speaker, First finance
ministry, First CJI, First Army
for Booker
3. Persons in news (PIN): Foreign Prez/PM; chief guest
of 26th Jan. Parade, Indian diaspora especially in
chief etc.
USA, chiefs of army-navy-airforce, supreme court,
5. Old autobiography/famous
various national bodies etc.
books of some author that

was written years ago.
cost: benefit is not very good, very
few questions come from here.
Anyways, youll find the data in
Lucents GK book.
strategy given below
Ive published Person in News compilation from 2012 to March 2013 click me
(http://mrunal.org/2013/02/misc-gk-persons-in-news-2012-13-sports-books-awards-for-ssccgl-sbi-po-upsc-csat.html)
Copy paste it in MS Word file
Goto library, read whatever competitive magazine you get (CST, Pratiyoigta, Chronicle,
Wizard) and note down important names/details.
Observe the questions asked in ACIO 2012s paper:
institutes
days
Where are Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology,

Indira Gandhi Centre Atomic Research and Vikram
Sarabhai Space Research Centre respectively
located?
How do you observe every year the

first Monday of October?
i. Hyderabad, Tarapur and Sriharikota

ii. chennai, Tarapur and Thiruvanantpuram
i. Environment Day
ii. World Habitat Day
iii. World Diabetes Day
iii. Hyderabad , Kalpakkam and Thiruvanantpuram
iv. UNO Day
iv. Chennai, Tarapur and Sriharikota

Abbreviations
PIN
What does NSAB stand for in Indian context?
Mohammed Morsi, Fracois Hollande

and Bashar al-Assad are the current
Presidents respectively of which
countries?
i. National Society for Animal Breeders
i. Jordon, Germany and Syria
i. National Support Activity for Bhutan

ii. National Spiritual Assembly of Buddhists
i. Egypt, Canada and Iraq
iii. National Security Advisory Board
ii. Qatar, France and Lebanon

iii. Egypt, France and Syria
Sports
Can be classified into
static
current
1. grand slams- who defeated whom
2. Cricket: world cup, t-20, under-19 and womens
world cups: who defeated whom in the final match
1. Who started Modern-olympics,

how many rings, what colors,
how many games etc.
2. various terms associated with
individual sport
3. for team based sports: no. of
players in each team, length
and where was it hosted?; ICC cricketer of the year

3. Athletics: venues, mascots, winners for
a. Olympics (Summer and winter)
b. National games
c. Asiad
d. Commonwealth
4. Hockey, Boxing, shooting, wrestling, Badminton,
and width of ground, time
Billiard, Golf, football and chess: main tournament
limits etc
and who won + if any Indian participated.

5. awards: Rajiv Gandhi khel ratna, Dronacharya,
Arjun; ICC cricketer of the year; golden boot for
football etc.
Cost: benefit not very good.
need to prepare.
So, how to prepare the current affairs on sports?

Goto library, read whatever competitive magazine you get (CST, Pratiyoigta, Chronicle,
Wizard) and note down important names/details
but keep in mind that all such magazines/websites provide too many details/ball by ball
commentary you just need to maintain a brief MS word file containing important
events/names/awards/mascots/venues only. otherwise itll become very difficult to revise
entire content from original source on the night before the exam.
Observe the questions from ACIO 2012 paper:
3. Who have been selected for Rajiv

Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2012?
1. In London Olympic Games 2012, which
country won the highest number of medals?
A. Great Britain
B. China
C. Republic of Korea
D. United States of America
2. Who won the Gold Medal in 100 metres race
in London Olympics 2012.
A. Justin Gatlin
B. Yohan Blake
C. Tyson Gay
D. Usain Bolt
A. Rajyabardhan Singh Rathor

(Shooting) and Baichung Bhuti
(Football)
B. Gagan Naran (Shooting) and Saina
Nehwa (Badminton)
C. Vijay K (shooting) and Yogeshwar
Dutt (Wrestling)
D. Mary Kom (Boxing) and
Vishwanatha Anand (Chess)
4. Wimbledon Tournament is associated
with which game?
A. Football
B. Golf
C. Tennis
D. Badminton
Maths Reasoning English Essay
Already covered under separate article:

http://mrunal.org/2013/08/studyplan-acio-aptitude-maths-reasoning-and-english-essay-forassistant-central-intelligence-officer-acio-exam.html (http://mrunal.org/2013/08/studyplan-acioaptitude-maths-reasoning-and-english-essay-for-assistant-central-intelligence-officer-acioexam.html)
Note: Your interviewers read your essay before/during your interview. A good essay will give
them a good impression about u even before u enter the room.
ACIO Job-Pro le
Im copy pasting this, based on the inputs by Mr.Deepak, an ACIO himself.
<start of copy paste>
In a way, job satisfying. Pay is ok, work is ok, frustrating at times, but still manageable. Not much
social life, real life Tiger has no time for Katrina. He is not Ek THA but Ek HI Tiger. Work
environment is not what you expect from an intelligence organization. It is as inefficient as any
sarkari office, if not more. But still it is successful ONLY because of max 10% dedicated officers
at lower level (ACIO) and higher level (IPS). Patriotism is slightly less than Army, but 100 times
more than (State)Police. Zero tolerance towards terrorism. Youll learn that when you join. As of
now, (I have) no plans to leave but I dont see myself continuing more than 3yrs (in this job). My
intention is to give as much info to the ACIO aspirants, as I am legally allowed to, so that
1. They can come in mentally prepared and know what to expect from this job.
2. They know their rights and strengths. (Regarding leaving job, getting No Objection
Certificates (NOC) to write other exams etc.) Because no one will tell them these later on. I
do this because no one gave me this info when I joined and I faced difficulties.
3. Im not discouraging anyone from joining. Im trying to give people an idea of what lies
ahead so that they are not overwhelmed later. If some guy who lives in a fantasy of johnny
depps and james bonds cant digest it, not my problem. I have seen people coming in with
high expectations only to end up disappointed. (Therefore Im providing) both positives and
negatives. Although, I admit, negatives seem more in number.
4. After posting, youll have ample free time, but in a difficult situation, it is difficult to enter in a
studious mindset. But serious candidates will clear UPSC even in such situations. I have
given the (following) picture from an average candidates viewpoint.
ACIO Training
Initial training (phase 1)
Your initial training in Shivpuri will be mostly physical. Running for 1.5 KMS in the morning,
followed by 2 hours of exercise. Then classes-totally useless 5th standard stuff taught.
Utterly useless. Again, exercise in the evening and bed by 10.30PM. This is for 2 months in
Shivpuri. Salary in hand (during training): 20,000/- to 25000/-.
Good news is, most of your salary will stay in your bank account as you will not have to
spend on anything except food (mess fees- 5 thousand per month).
Save this money, it will be useful if you want to pay the bond amount and leave in the first
few months of job posting. You will more or less enjoy this period of training and make good
friends. For UPSC candidates, bad news. NO TIME TO STUDY AT ALL! NOT EVEN 30 minutes
per day!
Trainees get holidays to write other exams (Ex:UPSC mains) during the training period if they
give a written request. This will be good news to those who have training during 2013 mains.
Second training (phase 2)

Second training in Delhi. Theory classes from morning till evening. NO PHYSICAL TRAINING.
Some lectures by IPS officers are worth listening to, rest are crap.
You will be allowed to roam around in Delhi in the evening. This is for 2 months also. UPSC
candidates, here also, no time to study.
Salary in hand: same as in shivpuri( 20 25 thousand). you will enjoy this period of training
too, have fun with friends you have made in Shivpuri. But sadly, you will not have any more
fun in IB for 3 MORE YEARS.
First Job Posting

now getting to the SERIOUS STAGE. This stage will teach you a lot about yourself. You will go
through some seriously tough circumstances. Enough build-up, here it isFIRST JOB POSTING: 99% border area, (kashmir or northEast)
(Although) I found out that from recent years (2009 perhaps) ACIO recruits need not
compulsorily undergo border posting after joining. Lucky buggers. They are safe in mainland
India, and will have a work atmosphere of a typical sarkari office. So that depressing and
scary picture i gave is nothing to worry about now. But they will have to serve in the border
at SOME TIME in their career. Border posting wont be too big a problem for an acio with 3
4 years service unlike a fresh ACIO recruit. having said this, a very small portion of new
recruits are posted in the border for a year or so.
women candidates are treated with slight leniency during posting. They may choose NOT to
serve in the border initially. Boys, sorry about that.
Superiors are arrogant, subordinates are kaam-chors. You will be given accommodation
in police quarters. There is danger at work, but nothing to be scared of as long as you dont
do anything STUPID.
You will have to go and collect info from people whenever your superior (DCIO) asks you to.
He might make your life difficult. You WILL be very lonely. You will have no friends to help
you, no one to care about you. No one will teach you how to collect info. you will have to
learn on your own. You will feel that your work is useless. You will have ZERO power. Even
police constable will have 10 times more power than you. Aap bas naam ke hi OFFICER
honge. You will be not be given ANY important work. you will feel useless No desh seva and
all.
But good thing is, No one will punish you if you are unable to collect info. You WILL be
yelled at by your superior, but he CANNOT do anything more. DONT DO ANYTHING STUPID
THERE. YOU MAY DIE. The police and army people will know who you are (IB guy) and they
WILL NOT cooperate with you. You will go through hell. Most of the time, you will not know
what to do.
On the bright side, you will not have too much work. You will have time to study. But most
probably, you will be so depressed that you WILL NOT be able to study. This will go on for 3
years. 80 90 % of people pay the bond amount (60,000 rupees) and quit before the first
year, Good thing is, IB will not create problems if you want to leave. you can even quit one
month after your job posting if you find it difficult. No one can stop you from leaving your
job, so dont worry. Just keep the bond amount (60,000/-) ready.
Also, NOC certificate to write other exams will be given without much problem. you will have
to write a letter to your boss. He will have to compulsorily give permission within 15 days.
but permission will be given only if the job you are applying for is of higher pay grade than
ACIO-II
If you survive the 3 years IN HELL, you will be given the actual IB training. James Bond
ishtyle!! Your job will 90% be in your home state. You will do ACTUAL IB work. chasing
terrorists, keeping country safe and things like that.
You can take your spouse with you during posting, except Kashmir. Spouses might not be
allowed there. Enquire during training to be fully sure.
ACIO medial / physical standards

We have guys who wear glasses. So if your vision can be corrected by wearing glasses, that
must not be a problem. Youre fine. relax.
I have seen candidates worrying about things, even little things, and it is understandable. I
will say something to clear the doubts of all those people- its not army or air force. It is IB, a
police job. medical aur baaki sab test bas naam ke hi hain.
(When you get selected) your offer letter will have info in detail. But if you hav a serious
condition like asthma, heart problem or low/high BP etc. Get test done PROPERLY and tell IB
about it when they ask u. Because during posting in border area, medical help may not be
readily available.
(Some more info from other sources)
1. IB men usually dont carry guns (unless on deputation in CRPF, SPG etc.)
2. IB men cannot arrest people by themselves.
3. IB men cannot tell everyone that I work in IB.
4. In Tier-III city you get more than 35000 Salary per month as an ACIO-II.
Promotion
ACIO II => ACIO I =>DCIO (Gazetted officer) => Additional Director of IB => Joint Deputy
director of IB.
In the span of around 8-14 years, youll be a DCIO. (different sources tell different number
about how many years it takes to get DCIO promotion.)

DCIO= Pay Band-3 of Rs.15600-39100 with Grade Pay of Rs.5400/- (=salary roughly the
same as Junior scale IAS.)
Although vacancies are low as you move up in the hierarchy, so not everyone gets every
promotion. Most people retire at the DCIO or Additional Direct level.
Deputation
You can also get deputed to CRPF, SPG, RAW, Airport protection but youve to pass
departmental exams.
You may even get opportunity to work in foreign country.
end of copy paste
Computer certi cate

This year IBPS PO/MT first said computer certificate necessary but then they reverted the
notification so for IBPS, the computer certificate is no longer necessary.
Although ACIO notification says Knowledge of computers is desirable qualification.
(Sometimes in PSU recruitments, they say the same.)
For some State PCS exam, computer certificate is compulsory (e.g. Gujarat).
So as a tool of career-backup/precaution, you should get a computer-certificate. (Unless
youre a computer engineer).
You may be proficient in computers as such (without any degree), but that doesnt hold any
value in government recruitment, unless youve a fancy paper certificate as proof.
Question is where to get the certificate that is both cheap and legit?
CCC (Course on computer concepts) by National Institute of Electronics and
Information Technology (NIELIT earlier known as DOEACC) it is an autonomous body
under Ministry of communication and IT, hence the certificate is legit for all
government exams. (exam fees around Rs.360)
They take exam every month, just an easy MCQs test about computer hardware, software,
MS office and windows. For more details refer to
http://nielit.in/education/faq/ccc.htm (http://nielit.in/education/faq/ccc.htm)
^please dont take this lightly thik hai, Ill see It later after ACIO exam is over. Because when
ACIO is over, some new exam will come and youll get busy with that. It will only hurt you when
you cannot appear for xyz exam or get less profile score than others only because you dont
have the certificate. So these things need to be done parallel. (Same goes the for various
distance education /PG programs of IGNOU: sooner you enroll =better)
Epilogue
Epilogue/summary/unwanted advice/whatever Ill repeat the same tape-recorder

1. In the daytime=read for general awareness, in the night after dinner=practice aptitude.
Because after dinner, body starts feeling sleepy and brain starts losing concentration. But if
youre moving your hand (by writing the Maths/reasoning sums)=>then brain has to
concentrate.
2. Revision is essential for General awareness. Whatever you read keep a target of revising
it multiple times. Otherwise, you wont be able to recall the exact details in the exam.
3. Dont waste time in day-dreaming, facebook, orkut, random net surfing, chatting, TV,
cricket, weddings of distant relatives/college batch mates etc. Time-pass activities will
always be there, but once you cross the age-limit, there is no restart button. (This rule
applies to all competitive exams.)
4. Avoid Piecemeal preparation e.g. ACIO-exam is over so now Im in vacation mood, Ill
resume preparation only if I get interview call OR if some new job-notification comes=Bad
Idea. Current affairs preparation must be continued even after the exam is over and keep
doing it until youre selected for this exam (or whatever other dream job youre planning for).
and thanks Mr.csl80 and Mr.Chandradeo for their inputs about the exam, previous paper and
trends.
Appendix: Download material for ACIO

1. ACIO Previous Years Question paper 2012: click me
(https://files.secureserver.net/0sARvLdTxHOplJ)
NCERT Downloads
Go to following link: https://files.secureserver.net/0fHCh0CLd6Az63
(https://files.secureserver.net/0fHCh0CLd6Az63)
youll find the material organized in various folders. Click on individual folder and download zip
files. Here is the description about the contents of individual folder:
Folder
History
Comment
NCERT History=not much useful for ACIO because it doesnt contain
consolidated GK.+NIOS Culture material= should be used.
Science
Contains class 7 to 10 NCERT Science in three zips: physics, chemistry,

biology.+NIOS Science material. (although there will be lot of overlapping so
you may avoid if youre running out of time.)
EnB
Contains selective chapters from class 6 to 12 from science and geography

textbooks that are relevant for Environment and biodiversity.+NIOS material for
environment and biodiversity EnB. (you may avoid this)
Economy
Not much usefull for ACIO (becase we saw that in 2012 they only asked current
affairs).Contains NCERT class 11 + NCERT 12 Macro economics+NIOS economy
material.
Geography
Important for ACIO. Contains NCERT class 6 to 12 in five zip folders: physical,
India, World, Agro and glossary.+NIOS material on geography (although lot of
overlapping so you may avoid NIOS)
India yearbook
Earlier government used to upload free PDF files for India yearbook (e.g. India 2010, India
2011 etc.)
But for the Review Officer prelims, you should prepare a few static topics for it, from MCQ
point of view. so, just download the India 2011 edition click me
(https://files.secureserver.net/0s7OobL0vlSx5o)
And read chapter following chapters
30. State and UT (for geography related GK stuff)
then if time permits, also read chapter
1.Land and the People (for GK)
2.National Symbols (for GK)
3.The Polity (for polity)
20 Justice and Law (for polity segment)
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[Studyplan] ACIO: General Awareness, History, Geography, Science,

Studyplan (http://mrunal.org/category/studyplan) / 2 years Ago /

How was the ACIO 2012 paper?

Static (theory) vs Current

Ancient: Minimum topics

Medieval: Minimum topics

Modern (British Raj) Min.Topix

Science (Current Affairs)

Indian Geography Min.Topix

World Geography- Min.Topix

Physical Geography Min.Topix

Maths Reasoning English

First Job Posting

ACIO medial / physical standards

Appendix: Download material for ACIO

So how is the ACIO paper?

MCQs on GA/GK + Maths + Reasoning

Duration: Total 1 hour and 40 minutes

Static (theory) vs Current

current affairs based

Aptitude (Maths + Reasoning)

Ancient: Minimum topics

3.Buddh and Jain

Buddha: real name, parents, spouse, birth year+place, death

3 pillar (Tri-ratna), 4 truths, 8 fold path + symbols associated with

literature (Tripitaka, Milindpanho etc)

council, chairman, patron and result

Medieval: Minimum topics

3. Mughal and their policy / work/ constructions

3. Sher Shah (although not a Mughal)

5. Alauddin Khilji and his policies

6. Mohd. Tuglaq and his #epicfail

7. Firoz Shah Tughlaq and his policy

Modern (British Raj)

4. Others mainly Sanyasi, Pagal Panthi and Kuka

Entry of Europeans and Before 1857

1. The Treaty of Srirangapatnam was

signed in 1792 between Tipu Sultan

iii. Warren Hastings

2. Who was the first Muslim president of Indian

Sikhs and Afghans in April 1837 in

ii. Badraddin Tayabji

which Afghans were defeated but an

iii. Maulana Abdul Kalam Aza

important Sikh general was killed.

iv. Syed Ahmed Khan

Who was this Sikh general?

3. Three Round Table Conferences were

organized by British Government between

1930 and 1932 to discuss the constitutional

C. Hari Singh Nalw

reform in India. In which Round Table

D. Diwan Bhiwani Das

Conference did the Congress attend?

Medieval World History (500-1500AD)

Modern (After 1500AD)

1. Who was the first European to sail around the Cape of

Good Hope in 1488?

behind the unification of

Italy in the nineteenth

2. Northern Africa was divided between two Muslim

ruled by the Umayyads, which Caliphate ruled over what