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sir,
I am a student,studing btech (civil engg) second year.
I want to start my ias preparation from now.
so,kindly reccomend some books for ias prelims general studies
which could help me in my preparation.

your's faithfully
swagat chandan nayak

Originally Posted by swagat00

sir,
I am a student,studing btech (civil engg) second year.
I want to start my ias preparation from now.
so,kindly reccomend some books for ias prelims general studies
which could help me in my preparation.

your's faithfully
swagat chandan nayak

Very nice to hear from you that you are aspired to become a Civil servant
very good.

and as you're just a Second year B.Tech there is no need to practice the specially designed civil services aptitude test books from right now itself.

But as you have asked for time being there is nothing wrong to know about them I'll provide some details which I myself gathered for me to prepare for CSAT. i'm going to tell you now

so have a carefull look in to it.

Books that are good for CSAT are as follows.

->Our Constitution -Subash Kashyap.
->an introduction to the constitution of India-D.D Basu
->Constitution of India-P.M.Bakshi
->India's struggle for Independence-Bipan Chandra
->Geography of India-D.R.Khullar.
->Certificate Physical and Humanity Geography-Goh Cheng Leong
->Indian Economy-Dutt and Sundaram
->Indian Economy -Mishra and Puri
->NCERT Books

Journals which will fetch in CSAT preparation are
->Kurukshetra
->World Focus
->Yojana

News papers best for preparation are
->The Hindu
->The Times of India
->The Economic Times.

These are the best sources to prepare for your preparation there is nothing wrong in preparing

but you are only eligible for the examination after you complete your graduation or after getting the age of 21 years which ever is fast.

This is all about your question

Regards

~AdityA~

Originally Posted by swagat00

sir,
I am a student,studing btech (civil engg) second year.
I want to start my ias preparation from now.
so,kindly reccomend some books for ias prelims general studies
which could help me in my preparation.

your's faithfully
swagat chandan nayak

dear friend,

The book list for IS Preliminary Exam :-

1. Indian History - India Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra; NCERT Books ( XI & XII )
2. Geography - Spectrum
3. Indian Polity - Constitution of India by Bakshi
4. Indian Economy - Plus One, Plus Two Books, Pratiyogita Darpan
5. General Science - Tata Mc Graw Hill Guide
6. Mental Ability - Quantitative Apitude by R.S. Aggarwal
7. Current Affairs - Some magazines and Newspapers

thanks

sir,
I am a student,studying at IISER PUNE doing ms second year.
I want to start my ias preparation from now.
so,kindly reccomend some books for ias i m taking sociology and public administration in Hindi medium .
which could help me in my preparation.

your's faithfully

ANIL KUMAR MEENA

sir,
i am doing b.tech in applied electronics and instrumentation branch(2nd year). i am an ias aspirant and want to prepare from now.so kindly provide the necessary details about the exam pattern and please guide me in choosing the optional subjects along with required books.

roshni mishra

sir,
I am doing m.sc soil sci.(agriculture).i want to appear for civil services exam,but because of my research i have less time for preparation.plz suggest me time table n best books for preparation in limited time period.
mamata

sir,
i am a student of b.sc. from computer science 1st year . i want to prepair for ias exam.
so what should be my first step to prepair for ias exam. plz tell me

dear friend,

The book list for IS Preliminary Exam :-

1. Indian History - India Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra; NCERT Books ( XI & XII )
2. Geography - Spectrum
3. Indian Polity - Constitution of India by Bakshi
4. Indian Economy - Plus One, Plus Two Books, Pratiyogita Darpan
5. General Science - Tata Mc Graw Hill Guide
6. Mental Ability - Quantitative Apitude by R.S. Aggarwal
7. Current Affairs - Some magazines and Newspapers

~manoj~

sir plz provide me the name of books for the preparation of history mains ,its should be shortlisted not a list of so many history books

dear sir,
i am student of iiser kolkata(1st year).i want to preparation for ias.for current affairs in news paper what kind of thing we need to study.by;anand kumar

plz,for history optional (mains)i am refering ignou material for ancient,satish chandra for medieval,bipan chandra for modern and mukherji for world history.plz recommend any other books to refer other than mentioned above
for prelims and mains plz recommend books for geography (general studies)

Originally Posted by swagat00

sir,
I am a student,studing btech (civil engg) second year.
I want to start my ias preparation from now.
so,kindly reccomend some books for ias prelims general studies
which could help me in my preparation.

your's faithfully
swagat chandan nayak

Very nice to hear from you that you are aspired to become a Civil servant
very good.

and as you're just a Second year B.Tech there is no need to practice the specially designed civil services aptitude test books from right now itself.

But as you have asked for time being there is nothing wrong to know about them I'll provide some details which I myself gathered for me to prepare for CSAT. i'm going to tell you now

so have a carefull look in to it.

Books that are good for CSAT are as follows.

->Our Constitution -Subash Kashyap.
->an introduction to the constitution of India-D.D Basu
->Constitution of India-P.M.Bakshi
->India's struggle for Independence-Bipan Chandra
->Geography of India-D.R.Khullar.
->Certificate Physical and Humanity Geography-Goh Cheng Leong
->Indian Economy-Dutt and Sundaram
->Indian Economy -Mishra and Puri
->NCERT Books

Journals which will fetch in CSAT preparation are
->Kurukshetra
->World Focus
->Yojana

News papers best for preparation are
->The Hindu
->The Times of India
->The Economic Times.

These are the best sources to prepare for your preparation there is nothing wrong in preparing

but you are only eligible for the examination after you complete your graduation or after getting the age of 21 years which ever is fast.

This is all about your question

regards:
sathish

What are the best books for IPS exam for general studies in preliminary exam?

SIR,PLEASE TELL ME ABOUT SOME BOOKS FOR IAS PRELIMINARY EXAM IN HINDI MEDIUM.

What are the best books for IAS preliminary Exam for G.S.& CSAT in hindi medium.

I am a B.tech doing student with computer Science specialization.....in IInd year.
Please guide me .....how to prepare for IAS.....
I have no knowledge of the books .....which are best for preparation....

hai sir/mam,
i am g.sangeetha,studing 1st b.sc[it] in snsrcas.i sugess u to select me for ias exam subject,

Hi
Can anyone suggest good books for Sociology and Management for CSAT 2012 to be held in May 2012.

Thanks, Shambhunath Vishwakarma

sir i have complete my graduation and applied for civil service plz guide me how can i prepare for CS Pre test

Hello sir/mam,
I'm a first year student of b.com hons at SRCC. I want to become a civil servant.How and when should i start my preparation ? and what subjects can i choose as optionals ?

-Sethu.

SIR I WANT TO GIVE IAS PARLEIMS EXAM AND PLS TELL ME ABT BOOKS WRITTEN IN HINDI FOR PARLIMS PEPASTION.

Hello sir,
I did M.Sc Chemistry and Currently i m working in Pharmaceutical company,i would like to give IAS preliminary exam.so can you please suggest me what will the proper procedure? and required books.

sir ,i am an ias aspirant .my optional subjects are public admin and sociology.suggest some books for both prelim and
main.

yours faitffully,
BS IQBAL

I am 3rd yr IT student,please suggest me the books to be read at initial stage of my prep

hi friend,
Very nice to hear from you that you are aspired to become a Civil servant
very good.

and as you're just a Second year B.Tech there is no need to practice the specially designed civil services aptitude test books from right now itself.

But as you have asked for time being there is nothing wrong to know about them I'll provide some details which I myself gathered for me to prepare for CSAT. i'm going to tell you now

so have a carefull look in to it.

Books that are good for CSAT are as follows.

->Our Constitution -Subash Kashyap.
->an introduction to the constitution of India-D.D Basu
->Constitution of India-P.M.Bakshi
->India's struggle for Independence-Bipan Chandra
->Geography of India-D.R.Khullar.
->Certificate Physical and Humanity Geography-Goh Cheng Leong
->Indian Economy-Dutt and Sundaram
->Indian Economy -Mishra and Puri
->NCERT Books

Journals which will fetch in CSAT preparation are
->Kurukshetra
->World Focus
->Yojana

News papers best for preparation are
->The Hindu
->The Times of India
->The Economic Times.

These are the best sources to prepare for your preparation there is nothing wrong in preparing

but you are only eligible for the examination after you complete your graduation or after getting the age of 21 years which ever is fast.

This is all about your question

thank you

hello sir,
i am a student of btech chemical engineering...second year..
i want start my ias preparations now..
pls guide me how to prepare and recommend me tha books...

yours faithfully
Megha Saluja

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hello sir,
i am a student of btech chemical engineering...second year..
i want start my ias preparations now..
pls guide me how to prepare and recommend me tha books...

yours faithfully
Megha Saluja

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IAS Books

History

IAS Papers : Mostly Suggested books for History Exam

By contributor | February 10, 2008

1. What is History E.H. Carr
2. Historian’s Craft Marc Block
3. The Past and the present Lawrence Stone

Ancient India:

1. Ancient India (NCERT) Prof. R.S. Sharma
2. The Wonder That was India A.L. Basham
3. Ancient India - An Introductory Outline D.N. Jha
4. History of India, Vol. I Romila Thapar
5. Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India R.S. Sharma (only Conclusion)
6. Material culture & Social Formation in Ancient India R.S. Sharma
7. Indian Feudalism R.S. Sharma
8. Ashoka & Decline of the Maurya Romila Thapar
9. A History of South India K.A. Nilkantha Sastri
10. Ancient India and Indian Archaeology Archaeological Survey of India

Medieval India:

1. Medieval India (NCERT) Satish Chandra
2. Medieval India (Macmillan) Satish Chandra
3.The Wonder That was India (Vol.2) S.A.A. Rizvi
4.The Agrarian System of Mughal India 1556-1707 Irfan Habib
5.The Mughal Empire J.F. Richards
6.Urban Dynamics H.C. Verma
7.The Marathas Gordon

Modern India:

1.Modern India (NCERT) Bipan Chandra
2.Modern India (Macmillan) Sumit Sarkar
3.Anatomy of the Raj (PPH) Suhash Chakravarty
4.The Raj Syndrome (Penguins) Suhash Chakravarty
5.VAID’s Fundamentals of History Series
a.Administrative History Pravin Kumar
b.Constitutional History Pravin Kumar
c.Social History Pravin Kumar
d.Freedom Struggle Pravin Kumar
6.Peasant Movements in India D.N. Dhanagare
7.India’s Struggle for Independence Bipan Chandra and others
8.Gandhi B.R. Nanda
9.Gandhi Judith Brown
10. Freedom Struggle (NbT) Bipan Chandra & others

World History:

1.The story of Civilization, Vol. 2 (NCERT) Arjun Dev
2.Contemporary World History (NCERT) Arjun Dev & others
3.The Mainstream of Civilization Strayer, Gatzke & Harbison
4.Western Civilizations Burns & others
5.Industry & Empire E.J. Hobsbawm
6.Age of Revolution E.J. Hobsbawm
7.Age of Capital E.J. Hobsbawm
8.Age of Empires E.J. Hobsbawm
9.Social basis of Democracy & Dictatorship B.J. Moore
10.Europe Since Napoleon David Thompson
11.Europe Since 1815 W.C. Craig
12.Europe Since 1870 James Joll.

Geography

IAS Papers : Mostly Suggested books for Geography Exam

Books for Geography Preliminary Exam :

1. 6th to 12th NCERT Books for Geography.
2. Certificate of Physical Geography - Goh Cheng Leong.
3. Physical Geography -Savindra Singh
4.Physical Geography - Made simple series - Rupa Publications
5. Economic & Commercial Geography - Made Simple Series - Rupa Publications.
6. Human and Economic Geography - Leong & Norgan
7. Human Geography - Majid Hussain.
8. Geographical thoughts - Majid Hussain.
9. Field Work - 11 th NCERT.
10. Cartography - R.L. Singh
11. Geography of India - Gopal Singh
12. Economic & Commercial Geography of India - C.B. Memoria
13. Orient longman - Atlas.
14. TTK - Atlas
15. Dictionary of Geography - Penguin
16. Spectrum guide for Geography.
17. Siddhartha - Preliminary Question Bank.
18. Geography Guide - Narmadeshwar Prasad.

Books for Geography Main Exam :

For Paper - I

1. Physical geography - Savinder Singh
2. The Earth’s dynamic surface - K. Sidhartha
3. Physical geography - Strahler & Strahler
4. Climatology - D.S. Lal
5. Physical geography made simple - Rupa
6. Oceanography - Sharma & Vital
7. Biogeography - Savinder Singh
8. Evolution of geographical thoughts - Majid Hussain and Adhikari
9. Economic geography - K. Sidhartha
10. Economic and social geography made simple - Rupa
11. Urban geography - K. Sidhartha
12. Human geography - Majid Hussain
13. Geography of population - R.C. Chandra
14. Regional Planning in India - hand & Puri
15. Political geography - Dixit

For Paper - II

1. Physical environment - NCERT
2. NCERT Class XII
3. India: Physical aspects - K Sidhartha
4. Geography of India - Mamoria
5. Agricultural geography - Majid Hussain
6. Agricultural problems in India - Sadhu and Singh
7. Economic & Commercial geography of India - Mamoria
8. India’s urbanisation and urban systems - R. Ramachandran
9. Regional planning in India - Chand and Puri
10. Political geography - Dixit
11. India: political aspects - K. Sidhartha

Other Books :

Physical Geography

1. NCERT Vol -1
2. Physical Geography - Bunnett
3. Certificate physical and human geography - Goh, Cheng Leong
4. Physical Geography made simple

Human and Economic Geography

1. Human and Economic Geography - NCERT
2. Economic Geography, Economic and Social Geography made simple
3. Penguim masters studies on geography
4. The Cultural Landscape - Rubeistein

Indian Geography

1. Indian geography - Rammorthy Gopalakrishnan
2. Physical geography of India - S.M. Mathur
3. General geography - NCERT
4. Mineral of India

NBT (Wadia)

a. Resources and regional development - NCERT
b. Catography - R.L. Singh
c. World regional geography - Fellnan
d. Work book - K. Siddhartha and S. Mukherjee
e. Question Bank - Surendra Singh, 1000
f. Geography quiz - Muthiah

General Studies

1. History – Ancient, Medieval & Modern History – NCERT (10-12)
2. Modern History – Spectrum
3. Economics – Collins Economics Dictionary, Current Year Economic Survey
4. Geography – NCERT (6-12th), Certificate Physical Geography by Gocheng Leong, Indian Geography by Khullar
5. Mental Ability – R.S.Agarwal
6. Polity – Lakshmikanth
7. Current Affairs – Hindu, Magazines
8. General Knowledge – India Year Book, Manorama Year Book
9. Statistics – Spectrum Guide
10. Science & Technology

Public Administration

1. Public Administration – Avasthi Maheswari
2. New Horizons of Public Administration – Mohit Bhattacharya
3. Administrative thinkers – Prasad & Prasad
4. Indian Public Administration ; Institutions Issues – Ramesh K. Arora
5. Public Administration – Lakshmikanth
6. Public Administration & Public Affairs – Nicholas Henry
7. Public Administration Concepts & Theories – Rumki Basu
8. Organizational Behaviors – Stephen Robin
9. Public Administration – Sadana & Sharma
10. Journals of Indian Institute of Public Administration
11. Comparative Public Administration – Mohit Bhattacharya
12. Financial Administration – M.K.Thavaraj

i m doing b.com marketing hons....part-1......i decided 2 take management nd sociology as my subjects for ias...can u suggest me some books?....sugest me books also for general knowledge....thank you....ds is aaheli chakraborty

Dear aspirant,
General studies is the most important subject of the exam which is a deciding factor of the selection.

The selection of best books will play a great role in deciding your rank.
If you have a good collection of books then your preparation will be better.
At the same time your hard work to finish the syllabus of optional subjects will play a great role in deciding your rank in the mains.

In order to have expert level knowledge of General studies the recommended books are:
General Studies Manual -McGraw Hill Publication
Arihant Publication
Upkar Publication
UPSC Portal books
Pratiyogita Darpan study material ,
Civil Services Chronicle,
Competition wizard for articles on important issues.

Civil services chronicle year book
Manorama year book

Believe you can and you will on the half way.
Please do visit this website for your queries related to any entrance exam.
Best of luck

Dear aspirant,
General studies is the most important subject of the exam which is a deciding factor of the selection.

The selection of best books will play a great role in deciding your rank.
If you have a good collection of books then your preparation will be better.
At the same time your hard work to finish the syllabus of optional subjects will play a great role in deciding your rank in the mains.

In order to have expert level knowledge of General studies the recommended books are:
General Studies Manual -McGraw Hill Publication
Arihant Publication
Upkar Publication
UPSC Portal books
Pratiyogita Darpan study material ,
Civil Services Chronicle,
Competition wizard for articles on important issues.

Civil services chronicle year book
Manorama year book

Believe you can and you will on the half way.
Please do visit this website for your queries related to any entrance exam.
Best of luck

Books that are good for CSAT are as follows.

->Our Constitution -Subash Kashyap.
->an introduction to the constitution of India-D.D Basu
->Constitution of India-P.M.Bakshi
->India's struggle for Independence-Bipan Chandra
->Geography of India-D.R.Khullar.
->Certificate Physical and Humanity Geography-Goh Cheng Leong
->Indian Economy-Dutt and Sundaram
->Indian Economy -Mishra and Puri
->NCERT Books

Journals which will fetch in CSAT preparation are
->Kurukshetra
->World Focus
->Yojana

News papers best for preparation are
->The Hindu
->The Times of India
->The Economic Times.

These are the best sources to prepare for your preparation there is nothing wrong in preparing

but you are only eligible for the examination after you complete your graduation or after getting the age of 21 years which ever is fast.

how can i prepare ias exam

how much maximum time need for ias exam

Originally Posted by swagat00

sir,
I am a student,studing btech (civil engg) second year.
I want to start my ias preparation from now.
so,kindly reccomend some books for ias prelims general studies
which could help me in my preparation.

your's faithfully
swagat chandan nayak

Dear IAS aspirant,

IAS Exam or Civil Services Exam is commenced by UPSC for the recruitment of the posts like IAS, IFS, IPS, etc.

Upcoming IAS Exam will be commenced on 26 May 2013.

However, Online Applications of IAS Exam is over now.

For filling Online Applications, candidates will have to log on to: http://upsconline.nic.in

You will have to crack three stages to qualify IAS Exam i.e.

>> Preliminary Exam (CSAT Exam)

>> Mains Exam

>> Personal Interview

Some of the best books for the preparation of IAS Preliminary Exam are:

Concise CSAT General Studies: Civil Services Preliminary Examination (Paper - 2) 1st Edition (Paperback) by Madhukar Kumar Bhagat
Price: Rs. 241


CSAT Civil Services Aptitude Test Capsule English (Set of 7 Books) (Paperback) by J. K. Chopra
Price: Rs. 755


IAS Prelims/CSAT Civil Services: 18 Years General Studies Topic-Wise Solved Papers (1995-2012) (Paperback) by Disha Experts and 1 more variant
Price: Rs. 225


Crack Civil Services General Studies IAS Prelims CSAT, Paper - 1 and 2 (Set of 2 Books) (Paperback) by Disha Experts
Price: Rs. 833


Governance in India for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination (Paper - I) 1st Edition (Paperback) by M. Laxmikanth
Price: Rs. 236


General Studies for Civil Services Preliminary Examinations (Paper - 1) (Paperback) by Manohar Pandey
Price: Rs. 866

These are good books of General studies for IAS Exam--

• Including Indian Geography books
• Principles of Geography (Class XII-Part I, II)
• General Geography of India (Class XII) Part I - NCERT
• Geography of India - Resources and Regional Development Part II (Class XII) - NCERT
• Introduction to Indian Constitution - D.D. Basu Related
• Evolution of Indian Economy - NCERT
• Indian Economy - Dutt and Sundharam.
• Indian Economy - Mishra and Puri
• Current Events - Spectrum
• Our Parliament - S.C. Kashyap
• The Hindu newspaper
• Hindustan Times newspaper
• Pratiyogita Darpan
• Chronicle