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Which book is best for IAS prelims preparation in 2-3 months?

There is no short cut rule to appear and qualify in Civil Service examination.

One can only qualify in Prelims in 2-3 months if you have better understanding of the syllabus and know the basic of it.

So, I cannot help you in this, but Prelims 365 and other study materials in the market are only to revise in the short time period.

For more information about the examination visit at www.upsc.gov.in.

Sorry, no such books available in the market after reading which you can guarantee to qualify in Civil Service Preliminary examination.

It is tough nut to crack and to possible to qualify in it if you are naive to the preparation.

So, if you have prepared for the examination and now want to appear in the examination then revision of all the subject and go through current affairs magazine published by various institutions are sufficient.

To get detail information about the examination visit at www.upsc.gov.in.

Books:

1. Cracking the CSAT Paper 2
Mridula Sharma, 2020,

2. Indian Economy
Ramesh Singh,

3. Indian Polity
M. Laxmikanth, 2013,

4. Indian Art and Culture
Nitin Singhania, 2015,

5. History of Modern India
Bipan Chandra, 2001.

Subject UPSC Books

1. Indian Polity Indian Polity – M Laxmikanth NCERT IX-XII.

2. Economics Indian Economy by Nitin Singhania Economic Development & Policies in India – Jain & Ohri NCERT XI.

3. International Relations NCERT XII (Contemporary World Politics) Current Affairs.

Preliminary examination is conducted in two paper.

Paper I of General Studies and Paper II of CSAT.

One need to revise all the subjects as well as topics in the remaining days and solve maximum practice set.

For CSAT you need to solve 5 years PYQs. To get more information about the examination visit at www.upsc.gov.in.

The best books for IAS prelims preparation in 2-3 months is that Polity Books for UPSC to cover this subject. To revise polity, consider only the NCERTs along with Indian Polity by M. Laximanth.

The most important books for Indian Administrative Services preparation is given below:-

:-NCERT XI (Ancient & Medieval)
:-NCERT XII (Modern Indian History)
:-NCERT VI – X (Old Syllabus)
:-NCERT XI, XII (New Syllabus)
:-Indian Economy by Nitin Singhania
:-NCERT XII (Contemporary World Politics)