Books list for study -civil service (IAS) Prelims Exam

1. NCERT Books

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

# History

      spectrum

# Art and culture

      Nitin singhania

# Geography

      G C Leong

# Environment and Ecology

      NCERT class 12 Bio last part

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

• Ramesh singh-economics
• Pratiyogita Darpan (Latest Edition) 
• Economic survey [2009-10]

4. GK Books

• budget
• 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 
• The Hindu
• Economic survey

7. Prelims Guide

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

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.