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Myself Baji, I am in B.Tech 3rd year. I want to become an IPS officer. I want detail explanation about IPS like preliminary exam papers weightage of marks number of papers. Cut off marks and duration of exam mains paper weightage gap between preliminary and mains exam. Which books should be referred. Please mail me [email protected].

Here I'm giving you some good reference books for IPS officer exam:-

▶IAS Mains General Studies Chapterwise Solved Papers
by Siddharth Mittal
Publisher: Arihant Publications

▶CSAT: Interpersonal, Communication, Problem Solving and Decision Making Skills (Paper 2)
by Shalini Verma
Publisher: Pearson

▶UPSC Portal CSAT General Studies Manual: IAS Preliminary Examination 2013 (Paper - 1)
by Jha, Jha
Publisher: UPSC Portal

▶UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam: General Studies Solved Papers
by Edi. Board Pratiyogita Darpan
Publisher: Upkar Prakashan

▶UPSC Portal IAS General Studies Mains Examination Topic Wise Question Analysis
by UPSCportal Editorial Board
Publisher: UPSC Portal.

IPS stands for Indian Police Services. In order to become IPS officer, a candidate must clear all stages of Civil Services examination. There are three stages of this exam, preliminary, mains and interview.

>>Preliminary exam consists of two papers, General studies and CSAT. General studies papers consists of questions from History, Polity, Geography, Economics, current affairs and culture etc. You need to score minimum of 120 marks or more out of 200 marks in General studies paper to clear it. It is of two hours duration. CSAT paper is qualifying, you only need to score 33% marks.

>>Those who clear preliminary appear for mains exam. Mains exam is of 1750 marks. It consists of two compulsory language qualifying paper, Essay paper, four General studies paper, two optional paper. It is generally conducted after 4-5 months after preliminary exam. Last stage is interview of 275 marks.

Reference books:

>>Indian Polity by Laxmikant.

>>Geogrpahy by GC Leong.

>>History by Bipan Chandra.

>>Ecology by Shankar IAS academy.

>>Economy by Ramesh Singh.

>>Cover all NCERT books.

>>Read daily newspapers of last one year for current affairs.

Dear candidate,

To become IPS officer you have to prepare for union public service commission exam
Reference books for IPS exam are-

1. General Studies For Civil Services Preliminary Examination TMH. (GS Problem Solving)
2. IPS (Pre.) Solved Papers General Studies with CSAT Papers Arihant
3. IPS Prelims 20 Years General Studies Topic-Wise Solved Papers Disha publication

You can solve previous years question papers.

Thank you.

List of reference books for Civil Services examination:

1. Our Constitution by Subash C Kashyap.

2. India's Ancient Sharma by R.S Sharma.

3. Indian Economy: Ramesh Singh.

4. Indian Polity by M. Laxmikant.

5. Modern Indian History by Bipan Chandra.

6. Geography by G C Leong etc.

Preliminary Paper structure: 100 questions of 200 marks. Civil Services Aptitude test paper is qualifying, you just need to score 33% marks in it. Cut off marks varies every year. To be on safe side, in 2017 you can aim to score more than 130 marks.

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Myself Baji, I am in B.Tech 3rd year. I want to become an IPS officer. I want detail explanation about IPS like preliminary exam papers weightage of marks number of papers. Cut off marks and duration of exam mains paper weightage gap between preliminary and mains exam. Which books should be referred. Please mail me [email protected].

Books for IPS Examination :-

UPSC Portal CSAT Comprehensive Manual IAS Preliminary Examination Guide
by Sachchida Nand Jha
Publisher: Upscportal Publications

UPSC PORTAL: English Language Comprehension Skills
by UPSCportal Editorial Board
Publisher: Upsc Portal

The Pearson CSAT Manual 2013: Civil Services Aptitude Test for the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination
by Edgar Thorpe, Showick Thorpe
Publisher: Pearson

CSAT General Studies for Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2013
by TMH
Publisher: Tata McGraw Hill's

UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam: General Studies Solved Papers
by Edi. Board Pratiyogita Darpan
Publisher: Upkar Prakashan