Hello,

There are a lot of books as KAS has a very lengthy syllabus. I will suggest you few books here, pls refer to them:

First of all refer to NCERT books from classes 6-12. Apart from these books refer to the history, geography, climate and environment of Kerala.

General Studies -1

(A) History - India and Kerala

1) Ancient and Medieval Period

2) Modern Period

A Brief History of Modern India – Spectrum

3) Kerala History - 18th century and onwards.

Oxford Student Atlas –For Map Study.

Previous year KAS question papers (javascript%3A;)

PAPER I

(General Studies I)

(A) History (India and Kerala)

1)Ancient and Medieval Period

India’s Ancient Past (NCERT Text Book)

History of Medieval India ( NCERT Text Book)

Selected topics from Indian Art and Culture – Nitin Singhania.

Summit IAS pdf notes for Ancient & Medieval History

2) Modern Period

A Brief History of Modern India – Spectrum

3) Kerala History (from 18th century)

kerala Charithram and kearala charithra shilpikal by A.Sreedhara Menon.

Unacademy classes by Mansoor Ali

(B) History of the World (from mid 18 th century)

NCERT Textbook of Class 9, Class 10, last Chapter of Class 11

SUMMIT IAS world history for KAS pdf

(C) Cultural Heritage of Kerala

kerala samsakaram by A.Sreedhara Menon

(D) Indian Constitution

Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations by Laxmikanth

(E) Reasoning, Mental Ability

Previous year PSC questions

(F) Geography

Fundamentals of Physical Geography Class 11 NCERT

Certificate Physical and Human Geography – Goh Cheng Leong

Oxford Student Atlas –For Map Study.

PAPER II

(General Studies II)

(A) Economy and Planning

Indian Economic Development(only Macro Economics Class 12 NCERT) Indian & Kerala Economy for KAS by (Noushad chengodan)

(B) Science and Technology

Selected topics from vision IAS Science and Technology PT365 or Insight PT 365 Exclusive

Summit IAS Science and Technology pdf for KAS.

Current affairs classes by Mansoor Ali (unacademy)

Environment

Selected topics from Environment – Shankar IAS Academy.

Environment notes by Summit IAS Academy for KAS.

(C) Current Events

Current affairs classes by Mansoor Ali (unacademy)

Daily Quizzes from KAS Study materials Telegram channel.

(D) Language Proficiency – English

Previous year PSC questions

(E)Language Proficiency – Malayalam

Previous year PSC questions

Note: Any standard PSC Rank file is also required.

KAS Best exam Books Name Plise send me sir

Hello,

Books to prepare for KAS Prelims and Mains examination are given below:

Ancient India by D.D.Kausambi’s Historical Outline

English Grammar by Wren and Martin
Indian History :
India Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra
Modern India Spectrum publications
NCERT Books ( XI & XII )
Indian Polity :
Indian constitution DD Basu
Indian polity by Laxmikant

Geography :

Spectrum Publication. Geography of Karnataka

NCERT books

Fundamentals of Physical Geography class 11

India Physical Geography Class 11

Human Geography class 12

Indian People and economy Class 12

Current Affairs :

Newspapers

Prajavaani

The Hindu

Competition WIZARD

Sparda Spoorthi

Sparda chaithra.

Economy:

Understanding economic development Class X

Indian Economic development class 11

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All NCERTs and State Governement text books. Almost 60% of questions come from here

Best books for preparation :

Books for Preliminary Exam and Main exam:

Ancient India by D.D.Kausambi’s Historical Outline

Arts and culture Class11

English Grammar by

Wren and Martin

R.P.Sharma

General Science :

Tata Mc Graw Hill

Spectrum

Sparda Spoorthi

Science Class 8,9 and 10

Indian History :

India Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra

Modern India Spectrum publications

NCERT Books ( XI & XII )

History of Karnataka by Ranganath

Karnataka Handbook.

Indian Polity :