How to Prepare for Civil Services Exam? List of best books for the preparation of same?

sir how can i prepare for UPSC examm.. and which books should i go through

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Hello
preparation for civil services is simple but only through planning.
Maintain confident levels till the interview , plan subjects wisely according to the time and date of exam
try to learn each and every point in the subject
read news papers daily up to date,for further assistance please browse net and websites .
All the best

About Civil Services Examination

This exam is conducted every year by UPSC and the scheme of the exam is as under;

The whole examination is comprised of two stages.

1. Preliminary Examination
This is also called Civil Services Aptitude Test and is common test for all applicants.
This contains questions from General studies(History, Geography, Politics, Economics and social development, General Science) English Mathematical Aptitude etc.

2. Main Exam and Interview
Those who qualify Preliminary exam are called for Main exam and on the basis of marks in Main exam, candidates are called for Interview. The total marks of Main exam and Interviw are sum up to produce final result.

The Main examination will contain following papers
1. Essay type Indian Language Qualifying Paper (300 marks)
2. English Qualifying Paper (300 marks)
3. General Essay type paper (200 marks)
4. General Studies (Paper-I & II 300 marks each)
5. Optional subject-I(Paper-I & II 300 marks each)
6. Optional subject-II(Paper-I&II 300 marks each)

The subject for optional paper are as under.
You can choose any two of them. The choice is completely yours.

Agriculture
Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
Anthropology
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce and Accountancy
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Geography
Geology
History
Law
Management
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Science
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science and International Relations
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology

But following combinations of two optional subjects are not permissible
- Political Science & International Relations and Public Administration;
- Commerce & Accountancy and Management;
- Anthropology and Sociology;
- Mathematics and Statistics;
- Agriculture and Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science.
- Management and Public Administration;
- Any two engineering subjects
- Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science and Medical Science.

You should obtain the syllabus of these subjects from www.upsc.gov.in

How to Prepare?:
First of all you are required to select the proper optional subjects
based on your knowledge a interests.

The preparation should be started with the General studies paper(Main) and syllabus of CSAT.
once you are done with a good quantity of the above, then you should start preparing for optional subjects and then the remaining papers of Main exam.

It is quite difficult to do the preparation without proper guidance
so you should consult some students who are already preparing for this and some coaching institute study material.

The list of standard books can be obtained at www.upscportal.com

Basically Civil Service Exam is having General Studies One paper and Optional Subjects is 2nd Paper.

In General Studies, You will find syllabus Like Indian History, Geography, Indian Polity, General Science ,Current Affairs, Mental Ability and Indian Economy etc.

For Indian History:-



Indian Struggle for Independence By Bipin Chandra, xi and xii NCERT Books

For Indian Geography:-



Geography Of India by Kalpana Rajaram Publisher Spectrum India

For Indian Polity :-



Constitution of India by Bakshi

For Indian Economy:-



Pratiyogita Darpan For Indian Economy

For Mental Ability :-

Quantitative Apitude by R.S. Aggarwal

And last The current Affairs you need to go for Manorama Year Books, Magazines, Newspapers Etc.

for different books visit upscportal.com/civilservices/books

here is the list of the different books.
Indian History - India Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra; NCERT Books ( XI & XII )
Geography - Spectrum
Indian Polity - Constitution of India by Bakshi
Indian Economy - Plus One, Plus Two Books, Pratiyogita Darpan
General Science - Tata Mc Graw Hill Guide
Mental Ability - Quantitative Apitude by R.S. Aggarwal

Current Affairs - Some magazines and Newspapers
The Hindu/The Times of India
Frontline
Civil Service Chronicle
Chanakya
Competition WIZARD
Civil Services Today

Guides
Tata Mc Graw Hill
Spectrum
Unique

REFERENCE BOOKS FOR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION :

1. Indian Administration - Ramesh K. Arora & Rajni Goyal.
2. Indian Administration - S.R. Maheswari.
3. Administrative Theory - Avasti & Avasti
4. Public Administration - Avasti & Maheswari.
5. Administrative Thinkers - R. Prasad and Prasad.
6. Administrative Thinkers - S.R. Maheswari.
7. Public Administration - Sadan and Sharma
8. Local Government - S.R. Maheswari.
9. New Horizons of Public Administration - Mohit Bhattacharya.
10. Public Administration Theory and concepts - Rumki Basu
11. Public Administration (Manual) (TATA MC Graw Hill) - Laxmikanth.
12. Indian Constitution - D.D. Basup (or) Pandey.
13. Public Administration and Public Affairs - Nicholas Henry.
14. Modern Public Administration - Nigro and Nigro.


REFERENCE BOOKS OVERALL :


Public administration in theory and practice - M.P. Sharma and B.L Sadan
Public administration - Mohit Bhattacharya
Modern public administration - Nigro and Nigro
Theories and principles of administration : Administrative thinkers - Prasad & Prasad
Principles of management - Terry and Frankline
Administrative Behaviors: Managing organizational behavior - Paul Hersey & Kenneth Blanchard
Personal Administration - Public personal administration - O. Glennstal
Financial administration: Financial administration of India - M.J.K. Thavaray
Comparative administration : public administration a comparative perspective - Ferrel Heady or Comparative public administration - Ramesh
Control over administration : Public administration - Avasthi & Maheswari
Central administration in India: Central administration - A. Avasthi
Civil Services in India : Indian administration - S.R. Maheswari, State
District and local administration: State administration - J.D. Shukla
District administration -- S. S. Khera
Local Government in India - S.R. Maheshwari
Laxmikant's guide (for clearing conepts)
IGNOU Study Materials
IJPA articles on relevant topics
Current News Papers

Dear friend

to clear the examination of the civil service you must have to follow some rules which are given below:

Hard and smart way of study
approach to good knowledge of books
update your self with the current affairs
study magazines and another general knowledge books
try to increase your problem solving skills

the best books for preparation of civil service are


the constitution of india by bakshi
geography of india by spectrum publishers
pratiyogita darpan

My Dear Aspirant

For the Preparation of the civil services exam

You need to follow the steps:

First purchase some good books of good publishers

And good writers because with out good books good preparation is not possible

Then make a time table and give proper time to each subject

And then follow the time table

And work hard according to the time table

And do daily practice in regular intervals

And here is some books for the exam:

For the preparation of g.k the lucent book is best

For the preparation of the past gk and on the other hand for the current gk the

Pratiyogita darpan book is best and also read daily news paper

And for the preparation of English R.S Aggarwal book is best

Also take help from the s.p bakshi book too

Best of luck

Hi,As far as Prepare for Civil Services Exam is concern preparation for civil services is simple but only through planning.Maintain confident levels till the interview , plan subjects wisely according to the time and date of exam try to learn each and every point in the subject to crack the civil service exam candidate must be hard worker and must have a strong will power to crack it. To crack the civil service exam candidate should be prepare according to the following criteriatime management is most importantcandidate should be update himself/herself with the current affairscandidate should be have relevant knowledge of englishEXAM PATTERN:-1)PRELIMINARY EXAM2)MAIN EXAM3)INTERVIEWPRELIMINARY EXAM:-IT CONSISTS OF 2 PAPERS , EACH HAVING TIME LIMIT 120 MINUTES.PAPER 1 CONSISTS OF:- Indian history and national movements, geography, current events, general science, Indian polity and government, economics etc.PAPER 2 CONSISTS OF:- Comprehension, Reasoning, Problem Solving, Decision Making, General Ability, English language etc.MAIN EXAM:-IT CONSISTS OF 9 PAPERS EACH HAVING TIME LIMIT 180 MINUTES.PAPER 1:- Indian languagePAPER 2:- EnglishPAPER 3:- EssayPAPER 4 & 5:- Two papers on general studiesPAPER 6, 7, 8 & 9 :- Four papers on any of theoptional subject according to your choiceELEGIBLETY CRITERIA:-#. Educational QualificationThe candidate must hold any degree in any discipline from any recognized universityFinal year degree students are also eligibleDegree obtained by distance education/open university is also eligible if the university is a recognized university#.Age limitGeneral 21-30 yrsSC/ST 21-35 yrsPH 21-40 yrs#.Number of attempts permittedGeneral 4OBC 7PH 7SC/ST No Limit#.Nationality should be IndianIMPORTANT DATES---*. notification 02/02/2013,*. last date of submission: 04/03/2013*. Date of prelim exam. 19/05/2013Good Luck.....