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Hello Sir,
I am preparing for the Civil Services Examinations.
I am a B.Tech graduate. Kindly guide me about
the books for the preparation.
Reply to me urgently.

Dear first and fore most thing you must do is Take the pattern of the Preliminary Examination. It consists of 2 papers in Prelims.

Paper I : General Studies

Paper II : CSAT

From the News coming from the sources CSAT paper has been of Only qualifying nature and you need score 33% of marks in CSAT.

List of Best books to crack the UPSC Civil's Prelims Examination :

<> Quantitative Aptitude by " R.S Agarwal "

<> NCERT Books

<> Economic Survey

<> Manorama Year book

<> History -- Bipin Chandra

<> Indian Polity by " D.D Basu "

<> Geography by " Charles Farro "

<> General Sciences by " Evelyn Pearce"

<> Economics by "' I.C Dhingra " .

Suitable Books for preparation of Civil Service Examination:


@ Class VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII (Polity, Maths, Science, Geography, History, Political Science, Economics) - Recommended

@ For Current Affairs - Manorama Year Book

@ Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh

@ Geography of India by Majid Husain

@ Modern History of India by Bipan Chandra

@ Science and Technology in India by TMH

@ For Reasoning (Verbal and Non Verbal) by R.S.Agarwal

@ Indian Polity for Civil Services Examination by M.Laxmikanth

@ Indian Struggle for Independence by Bipan Chandra

@ UPSC Civil Services (Prelim) Exam Preparation in 60 days by Rakesh Dwivedi

@ General Studies for Civil Services Prelim Examination by TMH

@ Quantitative Aptitude by R.S.Agarwal

Books for Civil Service Examination:

-> Trishna's CSAT: Supercourse in English Language Comprehension and Reading Comprehension English 1st Edition
Author: TIME
Publisher: Pearson India
Rs. 218

-> General Studies for Civil Services Preliminary Examination Paper - 1 2014 English 1st Edition
Author: MHE
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education India Pvt Ltd
Rs. 997

-> Indian Polity English 4th Edition
Author: M Laxmikanth
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education India Private Limited
Rs. 359

-> General Studies Paper 1 for Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2015 English 1st Edition
Author: MHE
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education India Private Limited
Rs. 1,000

-> Indian Economy for Civil Services Examination English 6th Edition
Author: Ramesh Singh
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education India Private Limited
Rs. 419

-> Indian and World Geography English 2nd Edition
Author: Majid Husain
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education India Private Limited
Rs. 340

List of good books for preparation of Civil Service Exams for B.Tech graduate:

For History :
NCERT books for History from 6th class to 12th class.
A Brief History of Modern India by Rajiv Ahir

Geography :
NCERT books XI, XII
Certificate Physical and Human Geography – Goh Cheng Leong

Economics :
Macro Economics – NCERT 12th
Indian Economy by Mishra and Puri

Polity :
An Introduction to the Constitution of India by D.D. Basu
Indian polity by Laxmikanth
The Constitution of India by P. M. Bakshi

Science & Technology :
NCERT books IX, X
Hindu S&T collection

Environment :
Environmental studies by beta publications (ICSE Xth std)
Environmental Studies for Undergraduate Courses by Erach Bharucha

Newspapers :
The Hindu
The Indian Express

Please find the attachment for complete syllabus

For the preparation of civil service exam, the following books will help he/she to get good score.

BOOKS :

* History of Modern India - Bipan chandra.

* Facets of Indian culture - Spectrum.

* Geography of India - Masjid Husain.

* Indian Economy - Ramesh singh.

* Indian year book (Current affairs).

* Analytical Reasoning - M.K.Pandey.

* Verbal & Non-verbal Reasoning - R S Agarwal.

* Environmental studies from crisis to cure - Rajagopalan.

* Oxford school Atlas - Oxford.

* Indian polity - Laxmikanth.

* General studies - MHE.

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Hello Sir,
I am preparing for the Civil Services Examinations.
I am a B.Tech graduate. Kindly guide me about
the books for the preparation.
Reply to me urgently.

Books for Civil Service examination :-

IAS PRE: Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency
by Upscportal
Publisher: Upscportal.com
Price: Rs. 225

UPSC IAS PRE: English Grammar and Usage
by Upscportal
Publisher: UPSCPORTAL Publications
Price: Rs. 220

UPSC PORTAL: English Language Comprehension Skills
by UPSCportal Editorial Board
Publisher: Upsc Portal
Price: Rs. 150

UPSC Portal General Knowledge Manual
by UPSCportal Editorial Board
Publisher: Upscportal.com
Price: Rs. 150

Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations
by M. Laxmikanth
Publisher: Tata Mcgraw Hill Education Private Limited
Price: Rs. 410

Modern Indian History
by Tarique Mohammad
Publisher: Tata Mcgraw Hill Education Private Limited
Price: Rs. 250

Objective General Studies For UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination
by A. R. Khan
Publisher: Tata Mcgraw Hill Education Private Limited
Price: Rs. 180

Basic Numeracy
by Upscportal
Publisher: UPSC Portal
Price: Rs. 240

UPSC Portal: General Mental Ability Logical Reasoning & Analytical Ability
by Sachchida Nand Jha
Publisher: UPSC Portal Publications
Price: Rs. 230

Books for Civil Service examination :-


UPSC PORTAL: English Language Comprehension Skills
by UPSCportal Editorial Board
Publisher: Upsc Portal
Price: Rs. 150


Indian and World Geography English 2nd Edition
Author: Majid Husain
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education India Private Limited
Rs. 340


IAS PRE: Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency
by Upscportal
Publisher: Upscportal.com
Price: Rs. 225


Trishna's CSAT: Supercourse in English Language Comprehension and Reading Comprehension English 1st Edition
Author: TIME
Publisher: Pearson India
Rs. 218


Indian Economy for Civil Services Examination English 6th Edition
Author: Ramesh Singh
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education India Private Limited
Rs. 419


Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations
by M. Laxmikanth
Publisher: Tata Mcgraw Hill Education Private Limited
Price: Rs. 410


Objective General Studies For UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination
by A. R. Khan
Publisher: Tata Mcgraw Hill Education Private Limited
Price: Rs. 180

There are various books for the preparation of civil services examination they are
1.Indian economy by Ramesh singh
2.Indian polity by Laksmikanth
3.India's struggle for independence by Bipin chandra