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Booklist for Civil Services Preliminary Examination

In this article we will be talking about booklist for UPSC Prelims Exam

Indian Polity

First we will go to Polity and Indian Polity by Laxmikant is more than enough to cover Indian polity for
preliminary examination. The book has given all the concepts in a very objective and concise manner
specially the flow of the book is very nice, so you will be able to read it easily and everything given in point
wise manner which make it easy to remember for exam.

Geography

For Geography we will prefer Class11th & 12th NCERT and Certificate Physical & Human Geography by G.C.
Leong are more than sufficient. However if you are not able to understand concepts from this book you
should always refer to Youtube for an animated explanation or some other books available in the market as
well.

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History

Ancient History Class XI NCERT by Ram Sharan Sharma, Modern History by Spectrum & Indian Struggle for
Independence by Bipin Chandra and for Medieval History Class XI NCERT by Satish Chandra are more than
sufficient. We will recommend you for History is that you should always make your notes because History is
more of facts that you have to remember and it will be better because when you have compiled your own
notes remove the unimportant parts and taking in only the important parts relevant from the exam point of
UPSC.

Indian Art & Culture

For this part the book by Nitin Singhania is very good because he has very well compiled the all the part
which can be asked in Civil Service Exam. You cam also refer to Spectrum book if required.

Economics

Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh is a good book to cover the basic part as well as the parts related to the
economic development. Economic Survey is also very essential for this part because many things are directly
asked from the economic survey every year. You can also study Sriram's IAS economics notes for some
concepts as well as Newspapers / Current Affairs part very carefully because what questions are asking UPSC
are generally related to what all is actually going around.

Environmental Science

We prefer Shankar's IAS Environment notes because they have very well compiled everything and all the
environmental issues which are asked in the UPSC exam then you should also do current affairs this topics.

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For Science you should refer NCERT but at same time we would say that it is not easy to do NCERT of all 6th
to 12th, so if you don't want to go for that you can look for any well compiled material available in the market
or online. Do not skip Current Affairs for this section also because questions are generally asked the concepts
behind what is happening around.
So, for all above topics the Current Affairs part is very important and we think that these
suggested books are more than sufficient and if you are able to cover all these books then you are
ready to give preliminary examination 2018. And specially for the people who are giving this exam
first time, we would recommend you to get restricted to these resources so that you are able to
prepare yourself well. Otherwise those who are giving this exam again we must have covered
these books already and they are just doing value addition.

Book List
Reference: UPSC Topper - Vandana Garg Rathore (AIR - 95)
► Indian Polity by Laxmikant
► Certificate Physical & Human Geography by G.C. Leong
► Modern History by Spectrum
► Indian Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra
► Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
► Economic Survey
► Indian Art & Culture by Nitin Singhania
► Shankar's IAS Environment notes
► Download NCERT Books

Important Current Affairs Sources Links

PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU
LOK SABHA TV
RAJYA SABHA TV
ALL INDIA RADIO
BBC HINDI
DAINIK JAGRAN
DAINIK BHASKAR
ECONOMIC TIMES
BUSINESS STANDARD (HINDI)
JANSATTA
All the best for your exam.
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- Choose - Go Science & Technology Read Yojana magazine

Reading Comprehension Read Hindu Newspaper
तैयारी कैसे कर? Environment and Ecology Read NCERT Books
Current Affairs Fill Online Application Form
िसिवल सेवा परी ा (An Introduction)
Indian Polity Strategy How to fill DAF
नये छा तैयारी कैसे कर
Economics Avoid Mistakes in Exam
घर पर यूपीएससी की तै यारी कैसे कर
Economics Optional How to crack in first attempt
िमशन यूपीएससी: चरणब रणनीित
Sociology Optional How to Prepare Preliminary
सीसैट (CSAT) की तै यारी कैसे कर
Modern Indian History How To Choose Optional
अ र पूछे जाने वाले तथा उ र
Ancient Indian History Score Good Marks
तैयारी शु करने का सही समय
Law Optional How to write answers in Main
मु परी ा की तै यारी कैसे करे
Law for Judicial and UPSC How to write Essay in Main
िहं दी मा म के िलये पु क सू ची
World History Last Minute Tip for Prelims
90 िदनों म तैयारी कैसे कर।
सबसे ो रं ग वै क क िवषय
Physics Optional Other Resources
Management Optional Booklist for Prelims - 2018
10 सव े वैक क िवषय
Essay for (Main) Things you should know
पु कों और नोट् स का मह
Geography Optional
सफलता हे तु से -इ ू वमट िट
History Optional
सािह वैक क िवषय के िलए उ र कैसे
िलख? Psychology Optional

मानिच ों से िव भूगोल की तैयारी Medieval Indian History

नीित, अखंडता एवं अिभ मता की तै यारी Anthropology Optional

अिनवाय भारतीय भाषा की तै यारी Medical Science Optional

आिथक सव ण की तै यारी कैसे कर Public Administration Optional

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