[Toppers Suggestion ]Essential Books For UPSC Civil Services Examination : Prelims (GS/CSAT)

The First thing to keep in mind while buying Books for UPSC Civil Service Prelims is ,  Prelims is not the only hurdle and there is only 3 month gap between pre and mains , So if you think I will first clear prelims and than in the 3 month gap study form mains , You Are Wrong

Following are the Books Studied by Previous Years Toppers ,You Can choose which you want to study .

Paper I : General Studies ( GS)

History, Culture, Freedom Struggle :

1. A History of Ancient and Early Medieval  / India's Ancient Past New /  The Wonder That Was India  (Ancient History)
2. History Of Medieval India  (Medieval History)
3. From Plassey to Partition : A History of Modern India / History of Modern India  (Modern History)
4. India’s Struggle For Independence – Bipan Chandra. (History)
5. Facts of Indian Culture – Spectrum. (Culture)

Geography:   

1. Certificate Physical and Human Geography – Goh Cheng Leong. ( Physical Geography)
   
2. Geography of India – Majid Husain / India: A Comprehensive Geography - D.R.Khullar / (Indian Geography)
3. World Geogarphy - Majid Hussain  (World Geography)
4. The Orient BlackSwan School Atlas / Oxford School Atlas  by Oxford University Press

Indian Polity :  [Any one of them , Preferably  Laxmikant]

1. Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations – M. Laxmikanth. (Polity)
2. Introduction to the Constitution of India - Durga Das Basu (Poilty)

Economic & Social Development :  

1. Indian Economy – Ramesh Singh. (Economy)
2. The Indian Economy : For UPSC and State Civil Services Preliminary and Main Exams  Or Here - Sanjiv Verma (Economy)
3. Economic Survey (2013-14). (Economy)
4. Yojna & Kurukshetra

Environment & Biodiversity :

1. Environmental Studies from Crisis to Cure 2nd Edition – R.Rajagoplan. (Environment)
2. Tata MacGrawHill General Studies Manual : English / Hindi

General Science :  

1. Science and Technology in India – Kalpana Rajaram : Spectrum. (Science and Technology)
2. Tata MacGrawHill General Studies Manual : English / Hindi

Current Affairs : 

1. India Year Book 2015. (Current Affairs)
2. Newspapers : The Hindu, The Indian Express, Frontline 

General Studies Manuals : (Choose one of them)

1. Tata MacGrawHill General Studies Manual [English]
2. Tata MacGrawHill General Studies  Manual [Hindi]

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Paper II: Aptitude Test (CSAT)

[ If Your are confident of getting the 33.33% qualifying marks in CSAT on your own ,no need of buying these books , just cover the basics from CSAT : Paper – 2 Manual by TMH]

1. Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning – R. S.Aggarwal (CSAT Paper 2 : Reasoning)
2. Objective General English - SP Bakshi  / Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension - Arun Sharma (English Lang & Reading Comprehension)

CSAT Manuals : (Very Important for Practice & Previous years Papers, So Choose one of them)

1. CSAT : Paper – 2 Manual by TMH  (English)(CSAT Manual)
2. CSAT : Paper - 2 Manual by TMH (Hindi) 

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IAS Manuals and Previous Question Papers

1. General Studies For Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2014 – TMH. (GS Problem Solving)
2. UPSC Civil Services Prelims in 60 days – Rakesh Dwivedi. (Revision)
3. IAS Prelims 19 Years General Studies Topic-Wise Solved Papers (1995-2013) – Disha.
4. 14000+ Objective Questions - General Studies - Arihant

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