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UPSC CSE Prelims] Essential Books For UPSC Civil Services Examination : Prelims (GS/CSAT

UPSC CSE Prelims] Essential Books For UPSC Civil Services Examination : Prelims (GS/CSAT)


Essential Books For UPSC Civil Services Examination : Prelims (GS/CSAT)

Paper I : General Studies ( GS)

History, Culture, Freedom Struggle :

A History of Ancient and Early Medieval  /Here  / India's Ancient Past New /Here /  The Wonder That Was India /Here (Ancient History)


History Of Medieval India /Here (Medieval History)


From Plassey to Partition : A History of Modern India / Here/ History of Modern India /Here (Modern History)


India’s Struggle For Independence – Bipan Chandra / Here (History)


Facets of Indian Culture – Spectrum / Here (Culture)


Trends in Indian Culture and Heritage / Here (Culture)


Vajiram & Ravi - Indian Art And Culture  (Culture)


Geography:   

Certificate Physical and Human Geography – Goh Cheng Leong /Here ( Physical Geography)


Geography of India – Majid Husain /Here / India: A Comprehensive Geography - D.R.Khullar / Here (Indian Geography)


World Geogarphy - Majid Hussain /Here (World Geography)


The Orient BlackSwan School Atlas /Here / Oxford School Atlas by Oxford University Press / Here


Indian Polity :  

Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations – M. Laxmikanth /Here (Polity)


Introduction to the Constitution of India - Durga Das Basu / Here(Poilty)


Economic & Social Development :  

Indian Economy – Ramesh Singh /Here  (Economy)


The Indian Economy : For UPSC and State Civil Services Pre & Main Exams  - Sanjiv Verma / Here  (Economy)


Economic Survey (2014-15) / Here(Economy)


Yojna & Kurukshetra


Environment & Biodiversity :

Environmental Studies from Crisis to Cure 2nd Edition – R.Rajagoplan / Here (Environment)


Ecology and Environment - P. D. Sharma / Here (Environment)


Environment & Ecology - Biodiversity, Climate Change and Disaster Management - Majid Hussain / Here (Environment)


Environment by Shankar IAS Academy 


Tata MacGrawHill General Studies Manual : English/Here /Hindi /Here


The Economics Times


General Science :  

Science and Technology in India – Kalpana Rajaram : Spectrum /Here (Science and Technology)


Tata MacGrawHill General Studies Manual : English / Hindi


Current Affairs : 

India Year Book 2015 / Here In Hindi Bharat 2015 (Current Affairs)


Newspapers : The Hindu, The Indian Express, Frontline 


Megazines : Civil Services Times

General Studies Manuals : (Choose one of them)

Tata MacGraw Hill General Studies Manual / Here [English]


Tata MacGraw Hill General Studies  Manual / Here [Hindi]


General Studies Manual Paper - I  Publisher: Arihant / Here


The Pearson General Studies Paper IPublisher: Pearson/ Here


General Studies - 2015 (Paper 1) Publisher: Unique / Here


Spectrum's Handbook for General Studies 24th Edition / Here


Paper II: Aptitude Test (CSAT)

Analytical Reasoning – M. K. Pandey / Here (CSAT – Paper 2 : Analytical Reasoning)


Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning – R. S.Aggarwal / Here (CSAT Paper 2 : Reasoning)


Fast Track Objective Arithmetic - Rajesh Kumar / Here / Quantum CAT : Quantitative Aptitude - Sarvesh K Verma / Here(Quantitative Aptitude) 


Objective General English - SP Bakshi /Here / Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension - Arun Sharma /Here (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) / Here (CSAT Manaul)


CSAT : Paper - 2 Manual by TMH Hindi / Here (Hindi) 


CSAT : Paper – 2 Manaul by Arihant / Here / Hindi (CSAT Manual)



IAS Previous Question Papers / Practice Sets :

IAS Prelims 19 Years General Studies Topic-Wise Solved Papers (1995-2013) - Disha / Here 


IAS Prelims CSAT 101 Speed Tests Practice Workbook with 10 Practice Sets (Paper 2) - Disha /Here


15 Practice Sets - CSAT Paper-2 (Civil Services Aptitude Test)- English / Here 


 Crack Civil Services General Studies IAS Prelims (CSAT) - Paper 1 & 2 - set of 2 books - Disha / Here


IAS (Pre.) Solved Papers General Studies wih CSAT 2013 – Arihant 


14000+ Objective Questions - General Studies - Arihant / Here 


Important Links :

Books for UPSC Civil Services Mains GS


Books for UPSC Civil Services Mains Optional Subjects




Useful IAS Books and Magazines For Free Download and Reference

NCERT Books Download.


Yojana Magazine Download.


Kurukshetra Magazine.


Pratiyogita Darpan Magazine.


IGNOU Books.


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