Must-Read Books For Civil Service Examination-2019
Civil service examination is conducted every year by the UPSC. The syllabus of the exam is vast, and thus it is not easy to crack the exam in the first attempt. IAS aspirants must be aware of the detailed syllabus of the preliminary and main exams. This would help to choose the right textbooks and reference books for the civil service examination. The following are the top recommended books for UPSC exams.
General Studies Paper I
The following are the list of prescribed textbooks for general studies paper.
General studies manual paper I written by Manohar Pandey is the prescribed textbook of general studies paper I of the civil service exam.
General Studies Paper For Preliminary exam is the textbook by Majid Husain, N D Arora, N.K Bajaj referred for preparing for civil service preliminary examination.
Indian History
The prescribed textbook for the History paper is History of Modern India written by Bipan Chandra. The other books to be referred for Indian history are
India’s Ancient Past written by R.S Sharma.
Brief History Of Modern India written by Rajive Ahir
Concise History of Modern India written by Sujata Menon
A book by Alka Mehta on Modern Indian History.
Indian Geography
The Atlas published by Oxford School
Geography of India-The book that covers the basic information on the Geography of India by Majid Husain.
Indian and World Geography – It includes explanatory notes and objective questions of UPSC preliminary examination.
Indian Politics
The book “Introduction to Indian constitution of India” written by D.D Basu helps to understand the constitution of India.
The book written by M. Laxmikanth on Indian polity covers the happenings of Indian politics.
Access Publishing has published a book on Indian polity which is to be referred for Civil service preliminary exam.
The above are some of the must-read books for preparing for the UPSC exams.
