Which subjects are compulsory for UPSC Civil Services Examination? Suggest few good books for preparation. Guide me on how to approach for these kind of exams.

i am student of final year electronics and telecom engineering from mumbai university .
i want to give exam of UPSC (for IPS or IAS ).
Which subjects are compulsory and which subjects should i choose as optional (which are bases on engineering studies )?
also suggest me books for preparation.
also guide me how to approach for these kind of exams.

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Dear Aspirant

In the upsc exam their is compulsory subjects

And the subjects are English and g.k

These are the compulsory subjects

So dear you have to prepare for these subjects must

Then you can think for other subject

And also in pre subjects both these subjects are coming

And for g.k you can purchase the lucent book

And for the english you can go for s.p bakshi book

Of arihant publications

Best of luck

there is no compulsory subjects. you have to choose 2 subjects from the option.
based on your knowledge and interest you can choose any 2.
there are 25 subjects in the options.
these optional subjects are only in main exam not in prelims.
you must clear prelims to write main exam
prelims has
english
gk
reasoning
aptitude

check the attached files.

dear friend,

general studies is compulsory in this the following subjects are included

1.General Science
2.Current events of national and international importance
3.History of India
4.Indian and World Geography
5.Indian Polity and Economy
6.General Mental Ability

for more detail visit http://upsc.gov.in/exams/notificatio.../sec3-syll.htm


Tips :

you can start for UPSC by study 6th to 12th NCERT books.
read books on History ,increase your general knowledge, continuous reading news papers and magazines. concentrate on English.
solving Previous year question papers is most requisite part of preparation.

for Question papers visit
http://www.onestopias.com/
http://www.jagranjosh.com/
http://www.upscportal.com/civilservices/papers


Good Luck...........

General studies, CSAT in prelims are compulsory. for mains general studies, english language, essay are compulsory
CSAT:
TATA MCGRAW HILL publications
quantitative book by abhijit guha
GS:
pearson publications
India year book
Indian economy s.chand publication
Indain polity by lakshmikanth