List of books for IAS exams. Details about various stages in IAS recruitment?

Hi,

New to IAS Exam Preparation
Currently I am working and I am very much interested in writing the IAS Exams.
I got to know what are all the different stages and papers there in it .

I am planning to write it for next year 2014.

Could you please suggest me a way and list of books that I need to refer for proceeding in that ?


Thanks and Regards,
Chandru A

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There are preliminary and mains stage for IAS exam. You have to prepare in different way for both stage because prelims is objective type and mains is descriptive type paper.

The last stage is interview and personality test which will assess your personality. This stage also carries marks so you have to prepare for this stage properly.

Books IAS Examination:

-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:

-The Hindu/The Times of India

-Frontline

-Civil Service Chronicle

-Chanakya

-Competition WIZARD

-Civil Services Today

Dear friend the list of best books for IAS exam:-

- IAS (Pre.) Solved Papers General Studies wih CSAT
by Expert Compilations
Publisher: Arihant

- UPSC Portal Current Affairs For IAS (PRE)
by S. A. Majid
Publisher: UPSC Portal

- Guide To UPSC (IAS) Civil Services Preliminary Exam: General Studies
by Gkp
Publisher: G. K. Publications Pvt. Ltd

- UPSC Portal CSAT General Studies Manual: IAS Preliminary Examination
by Jha, Jha
Publisher: UPSC Portal

- UPSC Portal CSAT Comprehensive Manual: IAS Preliminary Examination
by Sachchida Nand Jha

- UPSC Portal IAS General Studies: Mains Examination Topic Wise Question Analysis
by Editorial Board - UPSC Portal
Publisher: UPSC Portal

- IAS PRE: Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency
by Upscportal
Publisher: Upscportal.com

Best of luck.........

Friend, some good books are :-

Competition Success

-Indian Economy � Plus One, Plus Two Books, Pratiyogita Darpan

-General Science � Tata Mc Graw Hill Guide

-Mental Ability � Quantitative Apitude by R.S. Aggarwal

Along with these ,you should read newspaper, listen news to be aware about current affairs.
ALL THE BEST.

dear friend,

1. NCERT Books

• Indian History � Class XI & XII
• Indian Geography � Class VI to XII
• Science � Class IX & X

2. Indian Polity [constitution]

• Indian polity - by Laxmikanth (TMH publications)
• Introduction to constitution of India � D.D. Basu
• Indian Constitution � P.N. Bakshi /

3. Indian Economy

• Pratiyogita Darpan (Latest Edition) and Economic survey [2009-10]

4. GK Books

• Manorama Year Book � 2010
• India Year Book � 2010 (Publication Division)

5. Magazines

• Frontline (For Mains & Interview)
• Competition wizard/Civil Services Chronicle / Civil Service Times (Any 1)
• Yojana [Published by Publication Division]

6. Newspapers / Daily

• Any Standard English Daily and a Tamil Daily

7. Prelims Guide

• Any Standard Guide available in the market like Tata McGrawHill, Spectrum

8. Other Sources

• Regular watching of TV News (NDTV, BBC, CNN, and DD) and reading general magazines like India Today, Outlook and Sunday Indian etc.

hope this answer will help you a lot....
regards
george