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Which books and other notes which are more effective in preparation for the IAS should I follow? Please, list name of such books and site link.

The best books for Indian Administrative Services examination preparation:

Indian Polity by Laxmikant.

Geography by G.C Leong, Savinder Singh.

History by Bipan Chandra.

Economics by Ramesh Singh.

Mrunal is a good website for Self study aspirants. First try to complete NCERT books of these subjects from 6th to 12th.

Here are the books best suited for IAS Exam preparation.

Indian Economy for Civil Services Examination (English) 6th Edition (Paperback)
Rs. 378


Trishna's CSAT: Supercourse in English Language Comprehension and Reading Comprehension (English) 1st Edition (Paperback)
Rs. 215


General Studies for Civil Services Preliminary Examination Paper - 1 (2016) (English) 1st Edition (Paperback)
Rs. 1,250


General Studies for Civil Services Preliminary Examination (Paper 2) 2016 (English) 1st Edition (Paperback)
Rs. 740

Some of the important books for CSE Preparation are:

Environment by Shanker IAS academy.

Geography by Savinder Singh.

NCERT and NIOS books.

Polity and governance by Laxmikant.

History --Spectrum and Bipan Chandra.

Notes are available at xaam.in and shashidthakur123.wordpress.com.

Below were the best books for preparing CIVIL Services (IAS) examination:

-->Quantitative Apitude by R.S. Aggarwal( for prelims)

-->Current Affairs – Any standard Newspaper( Eg: Hindu)

-->Indian History – India Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra;
NCERT Books(XI&XII)

-->Indian Economy – Plus One, Plus Two Books, Pratiyogita Darpan

-->General Science – Tata Mc Graw Hill Guide

-->Geography – Spectrum

-->Indian Polity – Constitution of India by Bakshi.

Apart from the above books try to write mock exams also.

NCERT books of class 6 to 10 for all subjects are the best books recommend for IAS exam. Those below mentioned books are so useful for IAS exam.

1.History Of Modern India – Bipan Chandra. (History)
2.India’s Struggle For Independence – Bipan Chandra. (History)
3.India’s Ancient Past – R.S. Sharma. (History)
4.History Of Medieval India – Satish Chandra. (History)
5.The Wonder That Was India – A.L. Bhasham. (Culture)
6.Indian Art and Culture – Nitin Singhania. (Culture)
7.Geography of India – Majid Husain. (Geography)
8.Oxford School Atlas – Oxford. (Geography)
9.Certificate Physical and Human Geography – Goh Cheng Leong. (Geography)
10.Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations – M. Laxmikanth. (Polity)
11.Indian Economy – Ramesh Singh. (Economy)
Economic Survey. (Economy)
12.Science and Technology in India – TMH. (Science and Technology)
13.Environmental Studies: From Crisis to Cure – Rajagopalan. (Environment)
14.Environment for Civil Services Prelims and Mains – Khuller. (Environment)
15.India Year Book (Current Affairs)
16.Manorama Yearbook. (Current Affairs)
17.CSAT Paper – 2 Manual by MHE or CSAT-II by Arihant (CSAT – Paper 2)
18.Analytical Reasoning – M. K. Pandey (CSAT – Paper 2: Analytical Reasoning)
19.Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning – R. S.Aggarwal (CSAT Paper 2: Reasoning)