IPS Examination Preparation

Suggest some tips to prepare for the IPS entrance examination?

The IPS examination is of objective type. The examination can be written in either Hindi or English. The examination is divided in two parts: Preliminary and main Examination.
The questions are based on the following subjects:

Quantitative Aptitude
Verbal Ability
DI/DS
Reasoning Ability
General Awareness

Tips:

Prepare a time table for the study

Thoroughly read the examination pattern and allot the particular time for preparation of each subject

Aptitude section is the highest scoring subject. So, prepare well and practice a lot.

Reasoning and data interpretation sections are comparatively easy to understand and prepare

For General awareness section, read newspapers, magazines regularly.

After completing the syllabus, practice previous year question papers.

Books:

UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam General Studies
Upkars UPSC Central Police Forces Assistant Commandants

General Studies Manual: Before you get any other book for IPS get a GS manual as it covers all aspects of Paper 1 in good detail. It is also useful from revision point of view.

Modern History: India's Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra

Ancient and Medieval History: NCERT text books of class VIII to X

General Science: NCERT text books of class IX and X

Geography: NCERT text books class XI and XII + a good Atlas +Certificate Course in Physical Geography by Goh Cheng Leong

Indian Economy: Spectrum's books on Economy + Economic Survey for figures and analysis

Current Affairs: Manorama Year Book + The Hindu newspaper + a good magazine like Civil Services Chronicle

Polity: Our Constitution by Subhash Kashyap + bare constitution containing just the articles

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Please provide some good books referred for IPS Examination Preparation???

Here I suggest some good books referred to IPS Examination Preparation;

Manorama Yearbook 2015 (English) 50th Edition (Paperback) by Mammen Mathew

Quantitative Aptitude For Competitive Examinations (English) 7th Revised Edition (Paperback) by Aggarwal, R. S.|Author;

Indian Polity (English) 4th Edition (Paperback) by Laxmikanth M

General Studies for Civil Services Preliminary Examination Paper - 1 (2014) (English) 1st Edition (Paperback) by MHE A

Modern Approach To Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning (English) Revised Edition (Paperback) by R.S. Aggarwal

A Brief History of Modern India (English) (Paperback) by SPECTRUM

Indian Economy for Civil Services Examination (English) 6th Edition (Paperback) by Singh R

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