How can I read to be an IAS officer

Hello


Follow the below tips to prepare well for your UPSC CSE examination :-

To start your preparation first of all go well through syllabus , you can check the complete syllabus at
https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-syllabus

Top books which you can follow for UPSC examination preparation are listed below subject wise:-

HISTORY

*NCERT XI (Ancient & Medieval)
*NCERT XII (Modern Indian History)
*Facets of Indian Culture Spectrum
*From Plassey to Partition - A History of Modern India

Indian Art & Culture

*Indian Art & Culture - Nitin Singhania

Polity

*NCERT IX-XII
*Indian Polity M Laxmikanth

Geography

*NCERT VI X (Old Syllabus)
*NCERT XI, XII (New Syllabus)
*Certificate Physical Geography G C Leong
World Atlas

Economics

NCERT XI
*The Indian Economy Sanjiv Verma
*Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
*Economic Development & Policies in India Jain & Ohri

Environment

*Class XII Biology (last 5 chapters)
*Environment by Shankar IAS Academy

International Relations

*NCERT XII (Contemporary World Politics)
*Current Affairs ( read newspaper )

To get the complete list of books go through
https://competition.careers360.com/articles/books-for-upsc-ias

*Make a routine or a time table and try to give at least 8 hours to studies , keep short breaks of 20 to 25 minutes after every 2 hours

*Read newspaper daily and keep yourself updated with the current affairs

*Choose your optional subject wisely , choose the subject you have interest in.

*Make short notes after completing each chapter

*Revise :- there's no point of preparing for the exam if you couldn't recall anything in the UPSC Examination so you should stress on revision as well.

*Solve previous year question papers and mock test papers ;- You should solve these , it will give you idea of types of questions asked and their difficulty level and will help you a lot.

*Also work on your communication skills and personality development as it plays an important role in your interview round

For more tips go through

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Thankyou

Hello Sohan,

You have to read at least 7-8 hours daily and revise daily,

Below i am sharing the books to refer and read Important for IAS Exams.

Indian polity by Laxmikanth

GC LEONG for geography

SANJEEV VERMA for economics

A brief history of modern India by spectrum

6-10 class NCERTs of all the related topics like science, geography, social sciences etc. 11-12 class NCERTs (art and culture, modern history among others), read selective chapters.

Apart from these five sources, you DONT need to purchase any book. There is a lot of other material which one needs to read selectively though.

Selective reading of economic survey.

Environment and ecology notes by Shankar IAS

International relations of Vajiram

The Hindu daily

Yojana every month

Lexicon/G Subba Rao for ethics

Small topics like disaster management, security, irrigation, left wing extremism, cyber security can be covered from internet sources like Mrunal, Wikipedia, Unacademy - The Free Education Revolution! etc. No need to buy books

Solve PYQs from Upsc website (5-10 years).

Get some MCQ booklet for practice (can be avoided if you are joining a test series)

Avoid reading India year book, Manorama year book, Penguin year book, Ostrich year book etc. Waste of time. Cost benefit ratio is bad.

Take care of your optional, till the time it is not removed by UPSC.

Don't buy any book for CSAT-2, if you are good at it, you won't need it. If you're bad with numbers and reasoning, it won't help.

Buy how to crack CSE interview book by Madhukar Bhagat.