Hello Manjeet!

The first step to clearing the UPSC Civil Service Examination would be to focus on the Preliminary examination. Success in the Preliminary examination is extremely important to get to the main exam.

You’ll find the Preliminary Syllabus for the UPSC Civil Service Exam here!

https://www.civilserviceindia.com/pdf_download.php?file=subject/pdf/prelims-syllabus.pdf

This exam has two papers. Each of them comprising of 200 marks and they include questions of the objective kind. The best way to prepare for these exams is –

• To go through the books pertaining to the syllabus thoroughly

• To solve a Previous year questions papers for the same exam.

• To solve sample model question papers for the exam.

This will not only help to retain what you’ve studies by repeated application, but will also help in polishing your time management skills. A very few number of people pass the prelims. Therefore your preparation should be almost perfect for this exam.

Then comes the main exam.

You will find the syllabus here.

https://www.civilserviceindia.com/UPSC-Notification-2018.pdf

The first part of the main exam, comprising of 1750 marks, consists of the written examination that has 9 papers in total but in the end only 7 papers will be taken into account while evaluating. So the best way would be focus on scoring well in those 7 papers, instead of trying to perfect all 9. The best way of preparation would be to follow the pattern of the prelims- reading the books thoroughly and solving question papers.

The final part of the UPSC Civil Service examination comprises of the interview of 275 marks. The interview is taken by experienced individuals who are going to assess your power of analysis, how alert you are mentally, will try to gauge the depth of your interest and will assess your leadership qualities. This will be through a question and answer pattern pertaining to your general interests. So make sure you are well versed about the your likes and interests. Even the littlest things.

I hope these steps help you and All the Best!

Hello,

I would like to mention some of the books mentioned by experts at careers360 for UPSC civil services exam below:

General Studies Paper I

• History of India and Indian National Movement
• Indian Polity and Governance - Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc
• Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World
• Economic and Social Development - Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector initiatives, etc
• Current events of national and international importance
• General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity, and Climate Change-that do not require subject specialization General Science

General Studies Paper II

• English Comprehension
• Logical Reasoning and Analytical Ability

Books for UPSC Civil Services Mains Exam

• General Studies Paper I (Indian Heritage and Culture, History, and Geography of the world and Science)
• General Studies Paper II (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice, and International Relations)
• General Studies Paper III (Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)
• General Studies IV (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude)

I would suggest you visit the careers360's link given below which has detailed info of the books.

The link for the same is:https://competition.careers360.com/articles/books-for-upsc-civil-services

Hope this helps and all the best!