Hi aspirant

thanks for asking your query as you are in second year engineering college and aspires to crack upsc therefore for that you have to be very consistent in your studies or preparation of upsc syllabus because you will be covering both upsc and engineering syllabus,be thorough with your portion you would get success.

Greetings,

• Make a proper timetable so that you can complete your syllabus in a timely manner.
• Start reading newspaper. It will really help you.
• Take syllabus and previous year papers of this exam and analyze them. Find out what is the nature of the exam, what kind of questions UPSC ask and what is the level of toughness. You will get a clear picture that will help you in the long term. This analysis will help you in developing an approach to reading books from this exam point of view.
• Start your preparation from NCERT books.

Here is the book-list for this exam-



The Books For IAS Prelims are-

• Current Affairs- Newspaper, Any monthly magazine ( you may skip at this stage and start when you are one year away from prelims examination)
• Ancient & Medieval History- NCERTS- Our Past I & II, Themes In Indian History I & II
• Modern Indian History- NCERTS- Our Past III, Themes In Indian History III, Spectrum book
• Indian Polity- Lakshmikant
• Indian Geography- 11th & 12th NCERTS, G C Leong, Atlas
• Indian Economy- 11th & 12th NCERTS, One standard book
• Indian Art & Culture- NCERT- Introduction to fine arts, Nitin Singhaniya book
• Environment & Ecology- Shankar IAS book
• Science & Technology- NCERTs, Current affairs

Booklist for GS mains-



Indian Culture NCERT- Introduction to fine arts, Nitin Singhaniya book



Modern Indian History NCERTS- Our Past III, Themes In Indian History III, Spectrum book



Indian Society 11th & 12th NCERT, Current Affairs



World History Arjun Dev



Geography 11th & 12th NCERTS, G C Leong, Atlas



Post-Independence India NCERT, Pradhan Mantri Series on Rajyasabha TV



Constitution Lakshmikant, Current affairs



Polity Lakshmikant, Current affairs



Governance Lakshmikant book on Governance, Current affairs



International Relations Current Affairs



Agriculture Sriram IAS notes, Current affairs



Economy Sriram IAS notes, current affairs



Science & Technology Current affairs



Environment Shankar IAS book, Currents affairs



Disaster management January 2017 Yojana



Internal security Book By Ashok Kumar IPS



Ethics Lexicon book



You are to complete the prelims part first. Try to cover those areas first which are common in both Prelims and Mains.



Now one important thing is when you are preparing for the UPSC Civil Services Examination, NCERT books play a crucial role in your preparation. In hypothetical language, these books are the backbone of your preparation

Hi Mahtab,



It is nice to hear that you have inclination towards civil services. See for an engineering student it is often more challenging as someone who is not used to Geology, Civics and History has to go through these subject and have agood knowledge of these. Your General knowledge should be up to date, So make a habit to read Newspapers daily. Some students opt for coaching by the 3rd of there graduation period to dedicatedly prepare for it. Lastly you need to prepare yourself for the interview round which is more important of all.



Good Luck !!