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
Paper I : General Studies ( GS)
History, Culture, Freedom Struggle :
- A History of Ancient and Early Medieval / India's Ancient Past New / The Wonder That Was India (Ancient History)
- History Of Medieval India (Medieval History)
- From Plassey to Partition : A History of Modern India / History of Modern India (Modern History)
- India’s Struggle For Independence – Bipan Chandra. (History)
- Facts of Indian Culture – Spectrum. (Culture)
- Certificate Physical and Human Geography – Goh Cheng Leong. ( Physical Geography)
- Geography of India – Majid Husain / India: A Comprehensive Geography - D.R.Khullar / (Indian Geography)
- World Geogarphy - Majid Hussain (World Geography)
- The Orient BlackSwan School Atlas / Oxford School Atlas by Oxford University Press
- Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations – M. Laxmikanth. (Polity)
- Introduction to the Constitution of India - Durga Das Basu (Poilty)
- Indian Economy – Ramesh Singh. (Economy)
- The Indian Economy : For UPSC and State Civil Services Preliminary and Main Exams Or Here - Sanjiv Verma (Economy)
- Economic Survey (2013-14). (Economy)
- Yojna & Kurukshetra
Environment & Biodiversity :
- Environmental Studies from Crisis to Cure 2nd Edition – R.Rajagoplan. (Environment)
- Tata MacGrawHill General Studies Manual : English / Hindi
- Science and Technology in India – Kalpana Rajaram : Spectrum. (Science and Technology)
- Tata MacGrawHill General Studies Manual : English / Hindi
- India Year Book 2015. (Current Affairs)
- Newspapers : The Hindu, The Indian Express, Frontline
General Studies Manuals : (Choose one of them)
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]
- Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning – R. S.Aggarwal (CSAT Paper 2 : Reasoning)
- 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)
- CSAT : Paper – 2 Manual by TMH (English)(CSAT Manual)
- CSAT : Paper - 2 Manual by TMH (Hindi)
IAS Manuals and Previous Question Papers
- General Studies For Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2014 – TMH. (GS Problem Solving)
- UPSC Civil Services Prelims in 60 days – Rakesh Dwivedi. (Revision)
- IAS Prelims 19 Years General Studies Topic-Wise Solved Papers (1995-2013) – Disha.
- 14000+ Objective Questions - General Studies - Arihant
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