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I am doing my BE 2nd year right now. I want to know the exact number of books to be studied for IPS exam and names of those books? If I study these number of books will I crack the exam?

There is no exact number of books and there is no surety that if you will read this and this book then you will clear Civil Services examination. You will have to refer to multiple books for different subjects for better understanding of subject. However, there are certain books for basic preparation of different subjects like:

>>Read all NCERT books for History, Political science, Geography and Economics right from standard 6th to standard 12th.

>>After completion of these books, you can study standard books like Polity by Laxmikant or DD Basu, History by Bipan Chandra, Economics by Ramesh Singh, Geography by GC Leong etc.

>>Read daily newspaper like The Hindu or Indian Express. Try to correlate what you have read in books with happening in India and outside world.

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I am doing my BE 2nd year right now. I want to know the exact number of books to be studied for IPS exam and names of those books? If I study these number of books will I crack the exam?

Best books for IPS exam


UPSC Portal CSAT Comprehensive Manual: IAS Preliminary Examination 2013 (Paper - 2)
by
Sachchida Nand Jha
Publisher: UPSC Portal


CSAT General Studies for Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2013 (Paper - 2)
by TMH
Publisher: Tata McGraw Hill Education


CSAT: Civil Services Aptitude Test (Paper II)
by
Madhukar Bhagat
Publisher: Tata Mcgraw Hill Education Private Limited


UPSC CSAT Civil Services Aptitude Test Syllabus Preliminary & Main
by
R. Gupta's
Publisher: Ramesh Publishing House


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


CSAT Conceptual Approach (Paper - 2
by
P. N. Roy Chowdhury
Publisher: Pearson

There is no any limited or particular books to appear or to qualify in UPSC Civil Service entrance examination.

But, you can pursue some most popular books recommended by previous qualifiers.

NCERT books from VI-XII of all subjects.

Indian Polity by Laxmikanth.

Indian Economy by Ramesh Sinha.

Indian History by Bipin Chandra.

The Hindu/ The Exprees or The Hindustan Times newspaper.

You need to follow these for preparation of examination. For syllabus and other details visit at www.upsc.gov.in.

Best Books recommended to prepare for IPS Examination:

There are many books to be followed to prepare for IPS Examination. I suggest you to refer many books but get the right content into the mind in order to score good marks in IPS Written Examination.

>> History of Modern India and India's struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra

>> Facts of Indian Culture by Spectrum

>> Indian Polity by M.Laxmikanth

>> Indian and World Geography for Civil Services Examination by D.R.Khullar

>> M.K Pandey book for Analytical Reasoning Subject

>> For Current Affairs Section - Manorama Year Book 2016 is best

>> Previous Year CSAT General Studies IAS/ IPS Prelims Topic wise solved papers by Disha Experts

>> NCERT Books - from 6th to 12th Class - Recommended

To crack IPS exam study these following Books.

* HISTORY - India’s Ancient Past - R.S. Sharma

* GEOGRAPHY - Indian and World Geography for Civil Services - D.R. Khullar

* CULTURE - Facts of Indian Culture - Spectrum

* POLITY AND ECONOMY - Indian Polity 4th Edition - M. Laxmikanth. (Polity)

* Analytical Reasoning -M. K. Pandey

* Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning R. S.Aggarwal

* India Year Book 2015 or Manorama Year Book(Current Affairs)

* Prepare General Studies sample papers.

The following are the some good books for preparation of IPS exam:-

->>IAS Prelims/CSAT Civil Services: 18 Years General Studies Topic-Wise Solved Papers (1995-2012)
by Disha Experts

->>Main General Studies Solved Papers (2001-2010)
by Sachchida Nand Jha


->>CSAT: Basic Numeracy (Paper - 2)
by Nishit K Sinha

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

->>UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination Paper-I In 60 Days
by
Rakesh Dwivedi.