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5th July 2013 07:41 PM
Ashwinkumar9009
Re: Which Books to prepare for IAS Exam?

Civil Services Books For General Studies

Preliminary IAS (General Studies)

Subject Indian History
Good books


Subject World Geography - including Indian Geography
Good 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
Physical Geography - Leong
Atlas



Subject Indian Polity
Good book

Introduction to Indian Constitution - D.D. Basu Related


Subject Indian Economy
Good books

Evolution of Indian Economy - NCERT
Indian Economy - Dutt and Sundharam.
Indian Economy - Mishra and Puri

Subject General Science
Good books

NCERT books on Science.
Science and Technology supplements in the Newspapers and magazines.

Subject Current Events of National and International importance.
Good books

One major National Daily - Either The Times of India or The Hindu.
Newsweeklies like India Today or/and Outlook
Current Events - Spectrum

Subject General Mental Ability
Good books

No special preparation is required in this area. But some practice may be done from any exercise books or quantitative aptitude. In fact, an intelligent calculation is the basic requirement for this topic.

Main (General Studies)

Subject History of Modern India
Good books

India's struggle for Independence - Bipan Chandra and others.
Modern India - NCERT.
Freedom Struggle (NBT) - Bipan Chandra
Modern India - IGNOU

If one is hard pressed for time, he/she may
skip the Modern India and Freedom Struggle.



Subject Indian Culture
Good books

Art and Culture portions of history books and Gazetteer of India.
Culture Chapter (s) in the India Year Book.
Encyclopaedia of Indian Culture. A good library invariably has more than one encyclopaedia on Indian Art and Culture selected notes may be taken from it.
Books on culture / cultural topics brought out by Publications Division of Ministry of Information and broadcasting and National Book Trust.

Subject Current Affairs
Good books

At least one major national newspaper - either The Times of India or The Hindu
Newsweeklies like India Today or/and Outlook
Current Affairs and News Analysis of BBC.
Current events - Spectrum


Subject Statistics
Good book

Book on Statistics (Class XI) - NCERT

Subject Indian Polity and Constitution
Good books

Introduction to the Constitution of India - D.D. Basu.
Our Parliament - S.C. Kashyap

Subject Indian Geography and Economy
Good books

Indian Geography (Class XI and XII) - NCERT
Yozna
Indian Economy - Dutt and Sundharam/Mishra and Puri
The editorial page of the Economic Times.

Subject Science and Technology
Good books

Science and Technology section of the Wednesday edition of the newspaper 'The Hindu'.
Science and Technology Published by the Spectrum.
Yozna contains science and environment related topics.
30th June 2013 05:19 PM
luckyss
Re: Which Books to prepare for IAS Exam?

dear friend.....


Books to prepare for IAS Exam
---------------------------------


1.IAS PRE: Data Interpretation And Data Sufficiency
Publisher: Upscportal.com

2.UPSC IAS Civil Services Exam 2011 Syllabus
by
Gkp
Publisher: G. K. Publications Pvt. Lt

3.The Pearson Guide To English For The Combined Defence Services Examination
by
Edgar Thorpe , Showick Thorpe
Publisher: Pearson Education (2007)

4.General Studies Manual 2009 For UPSC Civil Service
by Edgar Thorpe
Publisher : dorling kindersley india
ISBN : 8131721337

5.IAS PRE: Data Interpretation And Data Sufficiency
Publisher: Upscportal.com

6.UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam: General Studies Solved Papers
by Edi. Board Pratiyogita Darpan
Publisher : upkar prakashan
ISBN : 8174820663

7.UPSC Civil Services (Pre) 17 years Botany
by Editorial Compilation
Publisher : Arihant
ISBN : 8183480098
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8.Civil Service Examination
by Student Aid Publications
Publisher : Student aid publications

9.UPSC Civil Services (Pre) 17 years Botany
by Editorial Compilation
Publisher : Arihant
ISBN : 8183480098

10.UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam: General Studies Solved Papers
by Edi. Board Pratiyogita Darpan
Publisher : upkar prakashan
ISBN : 8174820663
3rd February 2012 11:24 AM
sunilpati
Re: Which Books to prepare for IAS Exam?

Hi dear.......
The list of books that which you can prepare for IAS exam.....












For more details you can visit website of upsc....
http://www.upsc.gov.nic.in


Good luck...........
3rd February 2012 11:19 AM
Ashwinkumar Hallikar
Re: Which Books to prepare for IAS Exam?

listed below books are the most popular you can prepare from these books


Civil Service Examination
by Student Aid Publications
Publisher : Student aid publications


Civil Services Preliminary Exam: General Studies Solved Papers
by Edi. Board Pratiyogita Darpan
Publisher : upkar prakashan




General Studies Manual 2009 For UPSC Civil Service
by Edgar Thorpe
Publisher : dorling kindersley india



Civil Services Preliminary Examination Paper-I in 60 days
by Rakesh Dwivedi
Publisher : Tata mcgraw hill education private limited




UPSC Civil Services (Pre) 17 years Botany
by Editorial Compilation
Publisher : Arihant
ISBN : 8183480098


and many more books which you can refer

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3rd February 2012 10:06 AM
venkataprakash.v
Re: Which Books to prepare for IAS Exam?

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books
prepairation of ias exam
my dream is ias
Books for Preparation :-



UPSC Syllabus Civil Service Examination
by Student Aid Publications
Publisher : Student aid publications
ISBN : 8183202217




General Studies Manual 2009 For UPSC Civil Service
by Edgar Thorpe
Publisher : dorling kindersley india
ISBN : 8131721337




Indian Polity For Civil Services Examinations
by M. Laxmikanth
Publisher : Tata mcgraw hill education private limited
ISBN : 0070153167




UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam: General Studies Solved Papers
by Edi. Board Pratiyogita Darpan
Publisher : upkar prakashan
ISBN : 8174820663



UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination Paper-I in 60 days
by Rakesh Dwivedi
Publisher : Tata mcgraw hill education private limited
ISBN : 0071329250



UPSC Civil Services (Pre) 17 years Botany
by Editorial Compilation
Publisher : Arihant
ISBN : 8183480098
3rd February 2012 06:39 AM
BISWARUPYOGI
Re: Which Books to prepare for IAS Exam?

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books
prepairation of ias exam
my dream is ias
BEST BOOKS FOR IAS EXAM


IAS & PCS Sanyukat Arthshastra
Publisher: Arihant (2011)


IAS PRE: Data Interpretation And Data Sufficiency
Publisher: Upscportal.com


UPSC Portal: Current Affairs For IAS (PRE) 2011 (Part-II)
by
Sachchida Nand Jha
Publisher: Upscportal Publications (2011)


UPSC IAS Civil Services Exam 2011 Syllabus
by
Gkp
Publisher: G. K. Publications Pvt. Ltd


The Pearson Guide To English For The Combined Defence Services Examination
by
Edgar Thorpe , Showick Thorpe
Publisher: Pearson Education (2007)


Also i have attached the syllabus and Question paper of IAS exam.So please check it out.
2nd February 2012 10:43 PM
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