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I want to know the latest syllabus and books for ias exam

UPSC conducts civil service examination for the post of officers in IAS, IPS, etc. The exam consists of three stages. The first one is the CSAT, the second one is the main, and the third is the interview. The syllabus of all the exams is different and will vary according to the optional subject you take. The complete syllabus of the all the subjects is available in the official website of UPSC.

Originally Posted by Ajay kumar suryavanshi

I want to know the latest syllabus and books for ias exam

2012 Prelims Syllabus


As already mentioned, the Prelims is objective in nature and each question carries four choices out of which the candidate has to select one right option. The new CSAT or Prelims syllabus was introduced from the 2011 exam and is as follows.

(Paper 1) (200 marks) - Duration : Two hrs
•Current events of national and international importance
•History of India and Indian national movement
•Indian and World Geography- physical, social, economic geography of India and the world
•Indian Polity and governance constitution, political system, panchayati raj, public policy, Rights issues, etc.
•Economic and social development sustainable development, poverty, inclusion, demographics, social sector initiatives etc.
•General issues on environmental ecology, bio-diversity and climate change-that donot require subject specialization
•General science.

(Paper II) (200 marks) Duration : Two hrs
•Comprehension
•Interpersonal skills including communication skills
•Logical reasoning and analytical ability
•Decision making and problem solving
•General mental ability
•Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc. (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. Class X level)
•English language comprehension skills (Class X level)
•Questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level (last item in the Syllabus of Paper-II) will be tested through passages from English language only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper.
•The questions will be of multiple choice, objective type.

ALL THE BEST

Originally Posted by Ajay kumar suryavanshi

I want to know the latest syllabus and books for ias exam

TENTATIVE SYLLABUS AND RECOMMENDED BOOKS FOR IAS EXAM

I have attached the tentative syllabus of IAS exam in this post for your reference.. the topics followed in the exam will be more or less the same.. kindly check it over.. hope it helps for your preparation...

-> There are many books available in the market which helps you to prepare for the exam...

-> Some of the recommended books are as follows...

IAS UPSC Civil Service General Studies (Solved Paper)
Author: Expert Compilation
ISBN: 8183480144


General English For UPSC, IAS, IES, HCL, SAIL, BSNL, IOL, ONGC, Compet
Author: Gkp
ISBN: 8183553621


UPSC Portal: Current Affairs For IAS (PRE) 2011 (Part-II)
Author: Sachchida Nand Jha
ISBN: 9381362075


IAS Civil Service Examinatiion (UPSC)
Author: Kumud Ranjan Singh
ISBN: 818348509X


IAS PRE: Data Interpretation And Data Sufficiency
ISBN: 8192051765

-> Also attached the list of recommended books in this post for your reference.. check it out if needed...

-> To know more about upcoming IAS exam online CLICK HERE!!!

-> Any more queries, feel free to leave a post in our forum...

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Books to prepare for the exams are::

To keep updated with ‘current affairs’ you will require reading newspapers from at least one year back from the time of appearing for exam.

Other than books, you also need to prepare from a good atlas for ‘Geography’.

For ‘General Knowledge’, you must read ‘Competition Success Review” and collect facts.

Also, you can solve question papers of previous years’ preliminaries.

For ‘General Studies’ read political and business magazines as much as you can but within limit.

For ‘optional subject paper’, the most important thing is that you choose a subject about which you are very much confident.

Some other books are ::

General Studies For Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2012 (Paper 1)
by Tmh



General Studies For Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2012 (Paper 2)
by Arun Sharma, Madhukar Kumar Bhagat, Hari Mohan Prasad, Abhijit Guha
I have attached the syllabus of the exam i hope it will help you to prepare for the examination .



Crack CSAT 2011 - Paper 2
by Disha Experts

hi dear.........
the Books for preparation of IAS exam are as follows..........









the details exam information age , qualification & etc are as follows........



the syllabus are as follows.....



good luck..........

Originally Posted by Ajay kumar suryavanshi

I want to know the latest syllabus and books for ias exam

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)

I have attached the syllabus for IAS exam so please check out the syllabus.