what is the best book to start with for studying for IAS entrance exams?
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6th Dec, 2018
Hello,
You can refer to the following books to prepare for General Studies Paper 1 and 2.
- Spectrum’s A Brief History of Modern India, by Rajiv Ahir
- India’s Ancient Past, by R.S. Sharma
- A history of Medieval India, by Chandra Satish
- Indian Art and Culture, by Nitin Singhania
- NCERT Class 6th to 12th
- Indian Polity, by Laxmikanth
- Introduction to Constitution of India, by Durga Das Basu
- Certificate Physical & Human Geography, by Goh Cheng Leong
- Geography of India, by Majid Hussain
- Oxford School Atlas
- NCERT Class 6th to 12th
- Indian Economy- Ramesh Singh
- Economic Survey of India, by Ministry of Finance
- The Lexicon for Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude by Niraj Kumar
- NCERT Class 9th to 12th
- Manorama Yearbook
- Yojana Magazine
- Newspapers: Hindu or Indian Express
- Yojana, Kurukshetra, Frontline and the newspapers like Indian Express, The Hindu
- Analytical Reasoning – MK Pandey
- Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning– RS.Aggarwal
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6th Jun, 2017
You can prefer given below books for IAS preparation.
Economy -March of the Indian economy - I.C Dingra heed publications
History - Spectrum publications
Art and culture- Spectrum / NIOS
Polity - DD basu lexis nexis
Geography - leong - oxford very useful for physical geography
General science - 6to10 Ncerts
Environment and ecology - shankar
Hindu and Yojana for current affairs . Read daily hindu .
Economy -March of the Indian economy - I.C Dingra heed publications
History - Spectrum publications
Art and culture- Spectrum / NIOS
Polity - DD basu lexis nexis
Geography - leong - oxford very useful for physical geography
General science - 6to10 Ncerts
Environment and ecology - shankar
Hindu and Yojana for current affairs . Read daily hindu .
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