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tell me the best books that cover the whole syllabus of IAS exam

please tell the subject in which you want the syllabus,
for general paper tata macgrahals book and pearson publishers book for general studies are goos books,
you can also follow pratiyogitha darpan

you can apply for the postal course of brilliant tutorials ,it covers the entire syllabus and is an very good material also,
you can also follow the regular editions of career launcher magazines ,they release good materials
all the best

the names of bboks and courses are mention in below-

History- NCERT books of class XI and XII, Freedom Struggle (published by National Book Trust)
Geography- Class XII books of Geography (NCERT), a good atlas.
Indian Polity- Introduction to the Indian Constitution.
Indian Economy- NCERT and other books on Evolution of the Indian Economy.
General Science- NCERT books on science, a science magazine or newspaper supplements on science.
Current Events- A national newspaper, The Competition Master, newsmagazines.
General Mental Ability- Do the Quantitative Aptitude published in The Competition Master, past test papers.

hey friend,
untill or unless you will not says your subjects,
then how can i will answer you.
but you can use pratiyogita darpan.

o k
all the best.

well dear friend here are some of teh important tips given below which i think you will like to follow for high score in IAS exams:---
About Preliminary Exam preparation,
one paper is optional i.e. your choice
One paper is compulsory i.e. General Studies.

how to prepare for General Studies(GS) paper. if one wants to have command over GS, then he has to prepare 8 major area i.e.
History
Geography
Polity
Science
Economy
Mental Abiltiy
Current Affairs
General Knowledge.
For all the above topics, best way to start is from Basics i.e. NCERT Books of Class 6th to Class 12th.
For History - NCERT + Spectrums Modern India
Geography - NCERT + GoCheng leong + a good atlas like orient longman/oxford.
Polity - NCERT + any good guide book like laxmikanth's indian polity/ Jojo mathews's Indian constitution and polity.
Science - i think Ncert class 6th to class 12th is more than enough.
Economy - NCERT class 11th and 12th + pratiyogita darpan's special issue on indian economy + Read and make notes of newspaper about current economy.
Mental Ability - R.s.Agarwal.
Current Affairs - one has to be thorough with newspaper readings of atleast one year back from the date of exam.
General Knowledge - India year book + Manorama year book or Chronicle year book.

if one is thorough with the above topics from the above materials, then he/she will definitely crack this exam easily.
so good luck to you ....
i hope with these tips in mind you will surely crack the exam....
byee take care....

dear friend
visit the website
www.civilserviceindia.com › Subject
you will get number of suggestions about books for the IAS exams
all the best

A single book cannot cover all the syllabus.. For IAS u have to prepare with many books... For general studies paper, u can refer NCERT books... This will cover 80% of general studies topics....

dear friend, Books For IAS Exam are as given below-

Organisational Design: Khandwala; Madhukar Shukla
Organisational Behaviour: Luthans and Robbins- for some portions Blanchart is also good.
Strategic Cost Management: Business Today supplements
Economics: Any good economics book
Management: Terry and Franklin; Koontz and Donnel; Koontz and Weihrich
Strategic Management: Michael Porter
Marketing: Kotler and any one Indian author book(Saxena/Ramaswami etc.)
Financial: Pandey/Chandra/Khan & Jain/Bearley
Operations: Adams/Taha
HRD: Mammoria/Monappa/Prasad/Flippo
Fundamentals of Statistics (2 Vol.)- A M Goon, M K Gupta and B Dass Gupta
An Outline of Statistical Theory (2 Vol.) -A M Goon, M K Gupta and B .Dass Gupta
Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics-A C Gupta and V K Kapoor
Fundamentals of Applied Statistics-S C Gupta and V K Kapoor
Sampling Techniques-William G. Cochran
Sampling Theory of Surveys with applications - B. V Sukhatme & B V Sukhatme.

i am first year student .I want to prepare the civil service exam.So which book i will prepared? tell me

I m preparing for the IAS exam so please tell me from which book i should prepare.

Originally Posted by rednam

please tell the subject in which you want the syllabus,
for general paper tata macgrahals book and pearson publishers book for general studies are goos books,
you can also follow pratiyogitha darpan

i want in G.K
i m frm arts field
so plz suggests me syallabus for I.A.S preparation

hey friend there are some books which are recommended by some experts, you can buy it online on :-

http://upscportal.com/civilservices/book/Year-Books-on-Current-Affairs-by-IAS-Mantra-and-Srishti-IAS

buy these books and prepare well for the exam...........

all the best

No other book is as usefull as books of "Upkar Prakashan" and "Pratyogita Darpan" they are the best books for preparation of Civil Service examinations.

They have wide range of collections for covering each and every aspect of Civil service examinations.Infact some considered that preparetion of such entrance is incomplete without studing from "Upkar Prakashan" and "Pratyogita Darpan" .

"Upkar Prakashan" and "Pratyogita Darpan" make there study materials by taking contents from more then 200 books for the purpose.Its Editorial board is infact conssists of contributions of Civil Service toppers and best educators for the service.

They are among the first chioce of students for Civil service exams and one of the most selling book for the purpose.

Best of Luck

i dont have any information abt ias, can any one give ......wen is d exam ,,how 2 apply for it

I am proud of sHAH fAESAL

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I am proud of sHAH fAESAL

We all are proud of him.

A MBBS from from Shrinagar, who has toppes IAS this year.

This year Total 875 candidates has been selected for IAS out of which 680 are MAle candidates and rest of 195 Female, and Shah Faesal has topped all among them.

Hats Off to Him !

Want to chat with him, you can do so here.

Regards
~Faiyaz~

i dont have any information abt ias, can any one give ......wen is d exam ,,how 2 apply for it

you can get all the information about it at
www.upscportal.com

hey friend the whole information is available in the mentioned below link :-

http://www.rxpgonline.com/article674.html

dude which is the best competition magazine available

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dude which is the best competition magazine available

Followings are the India's Best Magazines for preparation of any type of Competitive Exam in India:-

Competitive Science Vision.
By- Editorial board of Pratyogita Darpan.

Pratyogita Darpan and Upkar Prakashan has Various types of publications for different types of competetive Exams.

Magazines of MTG Publications.

Competition Master.

Competition special publication of India Today. For example- Mathematics Today etc.

Reader's Digest.


Regards
~Faiyaz~

hi friend. I am B.E first year student my dept is EEE

i am an architect but from childhood i want to be an ips officer . will u plz let me know abt which subject i have to chose in ias examand how can i prepare in best manner

hello friends i am a student of B.TECH. so plz tell me how i can prepare for IAS

plz tell me which magazine should i prefer for ias preparation

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plz tell me which magazine should i prefer for ias preparation

Magazines of Pratyogita Darpan are the best for every Civil Service aspirants.

And its new edition Competetive science vision is runing in TOP.

You can download some free E-Magazines and checkout other details from here- http://emagazine.pdgroup.in/

Besides these, magazine of MTG and India Today has also benchmark in the world of competetion.

Regards

~Faiyaz~

dear friend ,

first of all you have to be very focussed to prepare for it as it involves the evaluation of the overall knowledge of the candidates in the field of humanity .

i think arihant publications and upkar publications might help you the max. .
i can provide you the link which will surely help you alot dear . it is

http://www.upscportal.com

feel free to post as many doubts as you can, we are here to solve your doubts as much as possible.

regards
~satish

hi everyone,
I have completed my B.E.(2009) in computer science and presently working.Planning to take up IAS exams.Please guide me in choosing my optionals and how to start with.

Hi
I am Garima, and am working with the World Bank in Washington DC as of now. I am very keen to prepare for the civil services. But skeptical on the idea of working and studying and tht too not in India. Please suggest how should i go about planning my preparation.
Please be frank in your suggest so that I am not left in a false impression of the effort required and my situation.
Thank you

Can I choose Marathi language for essay in mains if I am going to give remaining papers in English?

can you please tell me which magazine and books are useful for economics for the IAS examinations?

i m 1st year student of B.E(EEE). i don't know how to prepare for I.A.S.plz suggest me some books by which i can improve my G.K.

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i m 1st year student of B.E(EEE). i don't know how to prepare for I.A.S.plz suggest me some books by which i can improve my G.K.

For GK Manorma Year book is one of the Best option.

Beside this Pratyogita Darpan, Arihant Publication and Upkar Prakashan Launches there Special GK Edition for IAS, NDA etc.....

So, go to market and ask for them, before buying first check out which best suits your requirement, otherwise all of the above mentioned are best Books in country for preparetion of any Entrance exam.

hi friend,you need to give us the which subject,well i am giving you some maths books:
Modern Algebra - A. R. Vashisth
Algebra - J. N. Sharma and S. N. Goyal
Linear Algebra - Schaum Series (Lipshutz) or Sharma and Vashisth
Matrices - Schaum Series (Frank Ayres) or Vashisth
Calculus - I. A. Menon
Coordinate Geometry - R. L. Soni
Differential Calculus - Gorakh Prasad
Analytical Solid Geometry - Shanti Narayanan
Text Book of Coordinate Geometry - Rai Ballabh
Mechanism - D. S. Mathur
Statistical Mechanism - Carson Horg .
Solid Mechanism - Kazmioo
Mathematics Dictionary - James
Differential Equations - Schaum Series (Frank Ayres) or N.M. Kapur or Raisinghania
Numerical Analysis - S.S. Sastry
Complex Analysis - Schaum Series or J.N. Sharma
Operations Research - Kanti Swaroop or Manmohan
All The Best.

Dear friend,
Best books to prepare for IAS exam is
all the NCERT Books for basic concepts ,
For current affairs News paper,
For testing your preparation previous year question papers.

Dear friend,
Best books to prepare for IAS exam is
all the NCERT Books for basic concepts ,
For current affairs News paper,
For testing your preparation previous year question papers.

hi friend
the list of the usefull books for the IAS exam are as follow
Algebra - J. N. Sharma and S. N. Goyal
Linear Algebra - Schaum Series (Lipshutz) or Sharma and Vashisth
Matrices - Schaum Series (Frank Ayres) or Vashisth
Calculus - I. A. Menon
Coordinate Geometry - R. L. Soni
Differential Calculus - Gorakh Prasad
Analytical Solid Geometry - Shanti Narayanan
Text Book of Coordinate Geometry - Rai Ballabh
Mechanism - D. S. Mathur
Statistical Mechanism - Carson Horg .
Solid Mechanism - Kazmioo
Mathematics Dictionary - James
Differential Equations - Schaum Series (Frank Ayres) or N.M. Kapur or Raisinghania
Numerical Analysis - S.S. Sastry
Complex Analysis - Schaum Series or J.N. Sharma
Operations Research - Kanti Swaroop or Manmohan

Thankyou friends for your suggesion

hello dear

you have not mention in which subject do you want to appear in IAS exam.

but commonly i can say you that you must read text books carefully.then you go through with reference books.NCRT reference books are very good for IAS exam...

all the best..........

hi,i am preeti have completed my msc biotechnology and i want to prepare for an ias exam so please suggest me which subject shall i take for an optional and how to prepare.

hi, this is sravananaina, i have completed MSc (organic) and i want to be ias, please suggest me which subject is suitable to take for an optional and tell me the way of preparation?

hello friend
The best book for the preparation of the IAS exam are the books of NCERT..

Also follow the books of Pratyogita Darpan and Upkar Prakashan ,these books have lots of information regarding the preparation of the IAS exams

You can also follow the books of Magazines of MTG Publications.

Best Wishes for your future.....

dear friend
i think every book is good .everything depend on u. u must purchase any ias related book.then carefully u complete it.solve it's question paper.and i think u will be sucessful.
best of luck.

hi, i am btech first year student.dept is eee. i want to prepare for ias.can u suggest which optional subject is better to prepare?
by nandu

hi, i done my graduation and now i want to prepare for ias by geography can u suggest which book is better for preparation of ias i studying also XI and XII standard NCERT book of geography

for IAS you should take the books of the made esy publication made easy provide the complete material for the preparation for the IAS.you can also buy that material after that there will be no need for more booke for the IAS ok dear

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Which subject is more easy to crack the ias exam?

Hi, this is Banu here!
I've finished my BE in Electronics and communication and presently working in an MNC, Bangalore.
I'm much eager in IAS from childhood and have nobody to guide me.
How should i start? should i join any coaching centre? If yes, can somebody suggest me any good place in bangalore? If no, kindly tell me how i should prepare.
And what subjects i should take for preliminary? Kindly help me out and i'm badly in need of a guidance. I'l never forget this help of yours in myh lifetime!
Many thanks in advance!!!