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Dear sir/madam.

i m akhil & about to start preparing for upsc (ips) exam. I m a BCA graduate, As i m new to this so, plz tel me some books subject wise for my best preparation. I will be very thankful..

Since u are a new bee to UPSC field, so i m providing the link for full information on civil service.
www.upscportal.gov.in.

hi friend,
iam giving you the best link from which you can see the book name which can help you in IPS exam-http://www.onestopias.com/books/

Hi,

Book list for preparation of civil services examination are as follows: -

REFERENCE BOOKS FOR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION: General Studies

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

i. The Hindu/The Times of India
ii. Frontline
iii. Civil Service Chronicle
iv. Chanakya
v. Competition WIZARD
vi. Civil Services Today


8. Guides

1. Tata Mc Graw Hill
2. Spectrum
3. Unique


Topic Wise Reference On General Studies
Books on Indian History & Culture:
NCERT (+ 2 level) — Ancient India, Medieval India, Modern India.
Publication Division : Gazetteer of India (Vol 2 : History & Culture)
Gandhi Nehru Tagore & Ambedkar — Gopal Krishna
Bipin Chandra - Modern India
A.C.Banerjee - History of Modern India Raghavan Aiyer — Mahatma Gandhi

Books on Geography:
NCERT : Physical Geography of India for X - XII Std
A Good School Atlas
Sharma & Cotinho : Economic and Commercial Geography of India.
Khullar : India- A Comprehnsive Geography
Charles Farro : General Principles of World Geography
Charles Farro : Monsoon Asia Reports published by Centre for Science and Enviornment And Tata Energy Research Institute
National journal - Kurukshetra, Yojana etc.
Down to earth

Books on Indian Economy:
NCERT (+1 level)—Evolution of Indian Economy(I C Dhingra).
Mishra & Puri or Dutt & Sundaram - Indian Economy
Economic Survey
The Economic Times,Business Standard
Yojana

Books on Social and National Issues :
Social Problem - Ram Ahuja
Social Welfare Magazine - Published by ministry of social welfare
Yojana/Kurukshetra
IIPa Journal

Books on Indian Polity:
NCERT (+1 level)—Indian Political System
N.L. Madan : Bhartiya Rajya Vyavastha
D.D. Basu—Indian Constitution
Kashyap—Constitution of India
Publication Division—Subhash C. Kashyap : Our Parliament
P.M. Bakshi—Indian Constitution
Our Constitution : Subhash C. kashyap
Perspective on Constitution : S.C. Kashyap
Frontline Magazine
IIPa Journal

Books on Science & Technology:
NCERT : (10 level) : Science, (+2 level) : Biology.
Popular Science Series (CSIR)
Reports Of the Ministry of Science and Technology Yojana
Science Reporter
Science and Technology in India - Spectrum


Books on Statistics:
(NCERT +1 level) Elementary Statistics
S.C.Gupta : Statistical Methods

Books on India and the World :
Journal of peace Studies
World Focus
Strategic Analysis
South Asian Journal

Other Books for General Studies:
1. India Year Book latest
2. One competitive Magazine
3. Guides like Tata Mc Graw Hill, Spectrum or Unique For General Reference 4. The Pearson General Studies Manual

Prepare according to the above books....... Good Luck

Thank you Surender sir n Bhawna mam.
ur support is appreciable & i will look forword for ur contenious help.

best regards ; Akhila Nand
Take care..

thank you so much buddy...

can u also suggest me any subject which can be easier for me to learn quickly for my mains exam and how should i prepare thay, as i m a bca grduate.??

thank you

you have not mentioned the elective subjects

however still i giving a list of some books for common subjects

like
General studies
Year books -- manorama etc.

NCERT books for all subjects
Geography, history,
chemistry, Physics
maths , social sciences

etc... from school level 8th to +2 level

you will also
need to read magazines and newspapers daily... at least three

and practice writing as much as you can in formats like view/counter view/ critical analysis etc.
The economist
TOI HT HINDU >>> CHRONiCLE etc.

All subjects question papers book is available on the market.
The books are:
UPSC PRE: Samanya Adyayan Solved Papers In Hindi
the question papers books are published by Tata MacGraw Hill publication, the best book.

Civil Services BooksCivil Services Books For Statistics

Civil Services Books For General Studies

Civil Services Books For Maths

Civil Services Books For Pali

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Civil Services Books For Economics

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Civil Services Books For Law

Civil Services Books For Political Science

Civil Services Books For Psychology

Civil Services Books For Zoology

Civil Services Books For Civil Engineering

You need to know the day to day happenings in the world in all fields so that you will be able to attend the exam with confidence. To know this you should read all sort of books based on all current and previous happenings of the world i.e. national and international news

Hi i am new to preparation for civil services. I would like to know what would be the best book for General Studies (not current affairs, yearbook etc) As in one book that would cover Indian History, Polity, admin and geography. I have been reecommended tata mcgraw hill to be a good book to begin with and would like your reviews.
An early reply would be useful

can u please tell me wen the preliminary exams will be conducted will they be conducted yearly once or twice?

hello sir/madam

as i'm going fr public administration in mains can u please suggest me a good book fr it.

is it sufficient to read ncert books from 8th to 12th general studies.

could you please refer me some books of history as i have choosed history my optional?
and please tell me that NCERT books would be sufficent for ias exam??

when they will announce the exam dates for ias and ips

when they will announce ias and ips examination dates

when they will announce ips and ias examination dates?

plz tell me about referance books Education I and Educatron II.

Pankaj Roy, Agartala.

hello sir i am muni babu.E at present i am under prelims coaching... in mains i would like to opt to geography.. i want to start mains parallel to prelims.. so please kindly suggest me the standard books for geography

hello sir! will u plz tell me the names of some good books for the preperation for physics and psychology for the civil service exams.
i would be very thankful if u can do so a little bit fast.

i am a student of electronics and communication engineering, second year..... can i go for ias exam..... can anyone tell me the procedure to opt for subjects n all related information to this exam....plzzzzzzzzz.... help me....

please suggest sociology books for mains exam..

just to start civils preparation,from where to start and suggest me the books also

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just to start civils preparation,from where to start and suggest me the books also

hello

list of books is provided in the attachment below............

the attachment contains all books for Preparation for---

>>Preliminary exam

>>mains exam


selection process


>>Preliminary exam

>>mains exam

>>Interview



hope this helps you..........

with regards
roknits

i have jst complete my 12th non medical .so firstly plz tell me that ias preliminary test k liye mjhe particular subject choose krna pdega kya and kitne subject choose krne honge???????????plz guide me plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz