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  #2  
26th July 2014, 01:04 PM
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Re: IAS Preparation Books

List Of few Civil Services Books For IAS entrance exam is given below :

Preliminary IAS (General Studies)
Freedom Struggle (NET) – Bipin Chandra
History books of Classes XI and XII – NCERT

World Geography – including Indian Geography Good books
Principles of Geography (Class XII-Part I, II)
Physical Geography – Leong
Atlas
General Geography of India (Class XII) Part I – NCERT
Geography of India – Resources and Regional Development Part II (Class XII) – NCERT

Indian Polity Good book
Introduction to Indian Constitution – D.D. Basu Related

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

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

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

Main (General Studies)
History of Modern India
Freedom Struggle (NBT) – Bipan Chandra
Modern India – IGNOU
India’s struggle for Independence – Bipan Chandra and others.
Modern India – NCERT.

Indian Culture
Art and Culture portions of history books and Gazetteer of India.
Culture Chapter (s) in the India Year Book.
Books on culture / cultural topics brought out by Publications Division of Ministry of Information and broadcasting and National Book Trust.
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.

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

Statistics
Book on Statistics (Class XI) – NCERT

Indian Polity and Constitution
Our Parliament – S.C. Kashyap
Introduction to the Constitution of India – D.D. Basu.

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


Science and Technology
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.

1. Indian History – India Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra; NCERT Books ( XI & XII )

2. Geography – Spectrum

3. Indian Polity – Constitution of India by Bakshi

4. Indian Economy – Plus One, Plus Two Books, Pratiyogita Darpan

5. General Science – Tata Mc Graw Hill Guide

6. Mental Ability – Quantitative Apitude by R.S. Aggarwal

7. Current Affairs – Some magazines and Newspapers

i. The Hindu/The Times of India

ii. Frontline

iii. Civil Service Chronicle

iv. Chanakya

v. Competition WIZARD

vi. Civil Services Today

8. Guides

1. Tata Mc Graw Hill

2. Spectrum

3. Unique

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

Books on Geography:
NCERT : Physical Geography of India for X – XII Std
A Good School Atlas
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
Sharma & Cotinho : Economic and Commercial Geography of India.
Khullar : India- A Comprehnsive Geography
Charles Farro : General Principles of World Geography

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

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

Books on Indian Polity:
NCERT (+1 level) : Indian Political System
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
P.M. Bakshi: Indian Constitution

Books on Science & Technology:
NCERT : (10 level) : Science, (+2 level) : Biology.
Popular Science Series (CSIR)
Reports Of the Ministry of Science and Technology Yojana
Science Reporter
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 :
Journal of peace Studies
South Asian Journal
World Focus
Strategic Analysis
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23rd March 2015, 06:21 PM
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Re: IAS Preparation Books

As per your request, I am giving you good books for the Indian Administrative Services (IAS).

Paper I - General Studies

1. History (Indian History and Indian National Movement)

Essential:

NCERT books IX, X, XI, XII

Modern India by Bipin Chandra

Additional:

History of Modern India by A.C Banerjee

2. Geography (Indian and World Geography)

Essential:

NCERT books IX, X, XI, XII

General Principals of World Geography by Charles Farro

School Atlas

Additional:

Certificate Course in Geography by Goh Cheng Leong

3. Economics (Indian Economics and Economic Theory)

Essential:

An Evolution of Indian Economy by I.C. Dhingra

Economic Survey of India by Govt. of India

Economic Dictionary by Penguin

Additional:

Indian Economy by Dutta and Sundara

Indian Economy by Mishra and Puri

Economic Dictionary by Collins

4. Polity (Indian Constitution)

Essential:

An Introduction to the Constitution of India by D.D. Basu

Additional:

Our Constitution by Dr. Subhash Kashyap

5. General Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology)

Essential –

NCERT books IX, X

Additional:

Anatomy & Physiology by Evelyn Pearce

6. Environment (Ecology, Bio-diversity, Climate Change)

Essential:

Biology and Geography NCERT Books plus current events on Environmental Issues

7. Current Affairs

Essential:

Hindu and Economic Times Newspapers

Frontline, Political & Economic Weeks Periodicals

Additional:

India Year book



Paper II – Aptitude



1. Numeracy

Essential:

NCERT Mathematics VII, IX, X

2. Data Interpretation

Essential:

Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency by Tyra and Kundan

3. English Comprehension and Communication

Essential:

Objective General English by R.S. Agarwal

4. Logical Reasoning

Essential:

A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning by R.S. Agarwal


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