Tips to prepare for IAS exam

Guys, can you give me some good tips for the preparation of the IAS (Indian Administrative Service) examination?????????

[Quick Sam]

To crack the IAS (Indian Administrative Service) examination you should start your preparation as earlier as you can do. You should understand the complete syllabus. Following are some tips which will help you in cracking the exam:

Choose the right optional subject
Get the right study material
Solve all the example questions!
Fresh mind before preparation and during the last minutes in exam!
Time management!
Try solving past year's question papers so that you have an idea of what to expect
Develop the habit of reading the newspaper regularly
Solve as much previous year papers as you can
Refer to basic grammar books to clear the concepts
Avoid cramming rather understand
Remove the fear within you
Do not lose hope
Spend one quality hour everyday!
Do not mug ever
Plan and study well
Study each subject specifically

Some good books:
1. NCERT Books
Indian History – Class XI & XII
Indian Geography – Class VI to XII
Science – Class IX & X

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

3. Indian Economy
Pratiyogita Darpan (Latest Edition) and Economic survey [2009-10]

4. GK Books
Manorama Year Book – 2010
India Year Book – 2010 (Publication Division)

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

6. Newspapers / Daily
Any Standard English Daily and a Tamil Daily

7. Prelims Guide
Any Standard Guide available in the market like Tata McGrawHill, Spectrum

8. Other Sources
Regular watching of TV News (NDTV, BBC, CNN, and DD) and reading general magazines like India Today, Outlook and Sunday Indian etc.

Give me name of some best books for preparation of Indian administrative service examination organized by union public service examination ?

[Arun Vats]

Here I am giving you name of some best books for preparation of Indian administrative service examination organized by union public service examination below

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

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

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

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

Books on Indian Polity:
NCERT (+1 level)—Indian Political System
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
Our Constitution : Subhash C. kashyap
Perspective on Constitution : S.C. Kashyap
Frontline Magazine
IIPa Journal

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
World Focus
Strategic Analysis
South Asian Journal

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


UPSC - Civil Services Aptitude Test: Test Paper II [Paperback]
RPH Editorial Board (Author)

Can you give me some good Tips to prepare for IAS exam??? Also provide me the syllabus of the same??????

[Kiran Chandar]

In the order to crack the IAS examination the candidate should be familiar with the current news and other happenings of the Indian economy. Here I m giving you some tips which will help you in getting success in the IAS examination:

You should improve writing skills as the exam includes important papers like English and Essay, in both the papers subjective questions are asked.
Study with the best authors’ books that cover almost entire portions of the subjects
You should solve previous years’ papers
Make the time for study
Than collect the material from the good institute notes
You should take up any of the top coaching institutes that prepare well to crack IPS.
Join free test of internet, many website provided free test
Also join the test series of any institute

This is the IAS exam syllabus:

General English
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)
Essay

General Studies
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
Economic and Social Development-Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc.
General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change – that do not require subject specialization
General Science.