Best Books for IAS Prelims and Mains Exam

Can you give me name of some best books for the preparation of IAS Prelims and Mains Exam

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Here I am giving you name of some best books for the preparation of IAS Prelims and Mains Exam

The books to be referred for IAS prelims are-

Our Constitution - Subhash Kashyap
India's struggle for independence- Bipan Chandra
Yojana
Oxford Atlas India
India Year Book
Geography of India - D.R.Khullar
Certificate Physical and Human Geography - Goh Cheng Leong
Indian Economy- Dutt and Sundaram
Human Geography - Majid Hussain
Social Problem - Ram Ahuja
Journal of peace Studies
World Focus
Sharma & Cotinho : Economic and Commercial Geography of India.
Khullar : India- A Comprehnsive Geography.

Kurukshetra
Tata McGraw Hill’s (TMH) GS Manual for prelims.
Manorama Year Book
An Introduction to the Constitution of India by DD Basu,
Our Constitution by Subhash Kashyap,
India’s Constitution by MV Pylee
India’s Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra
Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations by Laxmikanth
Indian Economy : For Civil Services Examinations 5th Edition by Ramesh Singh:

IAS Mains exam pattern ::
The Main examination will comprise of seven papers in all.
PAPER-I: English 300 marks (Section 1 Essay-200 Marks
Section 2 English Comprehension & English Précis-100 Marks)
PAPER-II: General Studies- I: Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society-250 Marks
PAPER-III: General Studies- II: Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations-250 Marks
PAPER-IV: General Studies-III: Technology, Economic Development, Bio diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management-250 marks
PAPER-V: General Studies- IV: Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude-250 Marks
PAPER-VI : Optional Subject Papers I 250 Marks
PAPER VII: Optional Subject Papers II 250 Marks
Personality Test (Interview)- 275 Marks

Which of the Books to be referred for IAS exam for the preparation of General Studies Subject???

Here I am suggesting you some of the books to be referred for IAS exam for the preparation of General Studies Subject

Topic Wise Reference on General Studies

Books on Indian History & Culture:
Gandhi Nehru Tagore & Ambedkar — Gopal Krishna
Bipin Chandra - Modern India
A.C.Banerjee - History of Modern India Raghavan Aiyer — Mahatma Gandhi
NCERT (+ 2 level) — Ancient India, Medieval India, Modern India.
Publication Division : Gazetteer of India (Vol 2 : History & Culture)

Books on Geography:
NCERT : Physical Geography of India for X - XII Std
Charles Farro : General Principles of World Geography
Charles Farro : Monsoon Asia Reports published by Centre for Science and Enviornment And Tata Energy Research Institute
National journal - Kurukshetra, Yojana etc.
Down to earth
A Good School Atlas
Sharma & Cotinho : Economic and Commercial Geography of India.
Khullar : India- A Comprehnsive Geography

Books on Indian Economy:
Economic Survey
The Economic Times,Business Standard
Yojana
NCERT (+1 level)—Evolution of Indian Economy(I C Dhingra).
Mishra & Puri or Dutt & Sundaram - Indian Economy

Books on Social and National Issues :
IIPa Journal
Social Problem - Ram Ahuja
Social Welfare Magazine - Published by ministry of social welfare
Yojana/Kurukshetra

Books on Indian Polity:
NCERT (+1 level)—Indian Political System
P.M. Bakshi—Indian Constitution
Our Constitution : Subhash C. kashyap
Perspective on Constitution : S.C. Kashyap
Frontline Magazine
IIPa Journal
N.L. Madan : Bhartiya Rajya Vyavastha
D.D. Basu—Indian Constitution
Kashyap—Constitution of India
Publication Division—Subhash C. Kashyap : Our Parliament

Books on Science & Technology:
Reports Of the Ministry of Science and Technology Yojana
Science Reporter
NCERT : (10 level) : Science, (+2 level) : Biology.
Popular Science Series (CSIR)
Science and Technology in India – Spectrum

Books on Statistics:
(NCERT +1 level) Elementary Statistics
S.C.Gupta : Statistical Methods

Books on India and the World :
Strategic Analysis
South Asian Journal
Journal of peace Studies
World Focus

Other Books for General Studies:
India Year Book latest
One competitive Magazine
Guides like Tata Mc Graw Hill, Spectrum or Unique for General Reference 4. The Pearson General Studies Manual

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Can you give me name of some best books for preparation of Indian administrative service examination of UPSC ??

Here I am giving you name of some best books for preparation of Indian administrative service examination of UPSC..

NCERT Books
Indian History – Class XI & XII
Indian Geography – Class VI to XII
Science – Class IX & X

Indian Polity [constitution]
Indian polity - by Laxmikanth (TMH publications)
Introduction to constitution of India – D.D. Basu
Indian Constitution – P.N. Bakshi /

Indian Economy
Pratiyogita Darpan (Latest Edition) and Economic survey

GK Books
Manorama Year Book
India Year Book

Magazines
Frontline (For Mains & Interview)
Competition wizard/Civil Services Chronicle / Civil Service Times (Any 1)
Yojana [Published by Publication Division]

CSAT: IAS Preliminary Examination Question Papers with Answers, 2006 - 2012
Author: UPSC Portal




IAS Preliminary Examination CSAT Papers 2006-2013 (Paper 1 & 2) [Paperback]
Editorial Board (Author)

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Give me name of some best books for preparation of Indian administrative service examination of UPSC ?

Here I am giving you name of some best books for preparation of Indian administrative service examination of UPSC below ..

General Studies :
Modern India by Bipin Chandra
History of modern India Raghavan Aiyer
Social Problem by Ram Ahuja
Indian Constitution by D D Basu
Statistical Methods by S C Gupta

Maths Books :

Complex Analysis by GK Ranganth
Numerical Analysis by V Rajaraman , SS Shari
Linear Algebra by K C Prasad , K B Datta
Calculus by Santhi Narayan
Vectror Analysis by Shantinarayan

Chemistry Books :
A guide to mechanism in organic Chemistry by Pater Sykes
Atomic Structure by Puri , Sharma & Pathwa
Principals of physical chemistry by Puri , sharma & Pathawa
Photo Chemistry by K L Kapoor

Botany Books :
Cell Biology by De robertis & Ambrose
Genetics by Strickberger
Embryology by Bhojwani & Bhartnagar
Plant Anatomy by Esau

UPSC IAS PRE: English Grammar and Usage
Upscportal

C02-Upsc Mains:G.S. Papers Hindi(2012)
UPSC Portal

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Sir which are the esstional books for i a s prelims? And also send some book names which are very good refer books for i a s prelims both paper 1 and paper 2

Hello sir I am doing preparation for Indian Administrative Service exam so would you please give me list of Books for IAS exam preparation?

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Reference books for preliminary examination:
Indian History - India Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra; NCERT Books ( XI & XII )
Geography - Spectrum
Indian Polity - Constitution of India by Bakshi
Indian Economy - Plus One, Plus Two Books, Pratiyogita Darpan
General Science - Tata Mc Graw Hill Guide
Mental Ability - Quantitative Apitude by R.S. Aggarwal

Current Affairs - Some magazines and Newspapers
The Hindu/The Times of India
Frontline
Civil Service Chronicle
Chanakya
Competition WIZARD
Civil Services Today
Civil Services India

Guides
Tata Mc Graw Hill
Spectrum
Unique

IAS Books for Mains exam:

Contemporay Essays by Ramesh Singh OR 151 ESSAYS For UPSC Mains (Essay Paper)
India After Gandhi – Ramchandra Guha (History – GS1)
Norman Lowe OR History of Modern World – Jain and Mathur (World History – GS1)
Social Problems In India – Ram Ahuja. (Indian Society – GS1)
IAS Mains General Studies Paper 2 (Arihant Manual – GS2)
Governance in India for CSE. (Governance – GS2)
Pax Indica – Shashi Tharoor. (Foreign Policy – GS2)
India and the World by Surendra Kumar. (Foreign Policy – GS2)
IAS Mains General Studies – GS3. (Arihant Manual – GS3)
India’s National Security: A Reader. (Internal Security – GS3)
Challenges to Internal Security of India. (Internal Security – GS3)
Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude for Civil Services Mains. ( Ethics – GS4)
IAS Mains General Studies – Ethics. ( Arihant Manual – GS4)

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