Both Civil Service and Forest Service Examination consist of 3 stages as mentioned below:
Stage 1 - Preliminary Exam (Objective Type) Stage 2 - Mains Exam (Descriptive Type) Stage 3 - Interview (Oral)S.No. | BOOK | AUTHOR |
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1 | Indian Polity | Lakshmikanth Indian Polity book by Shankar IAS Academy |
2 | Indian History | Standard 11th and 12th Standard NCERT old edition |
3 | India’s struggle for Independence | Spectrum’s "A brief history of Modern India" |
4 | Geography | Standard 6th to 12th NCERT Certificate Physical and Human Geography by Goh Cheng Leong Oxford Student Atlas. |
5 | Indian Economy | Indian Economy & General Economics book by Shankar IAS Academy Economic Survey |
6 | General Science | Standard 9th and 10th Old NCERT Class Notes |
7 | Environment | Environment Book by Shankar IAS Academy |
8 | India Year Book | Publication Division, Government of India |
9 | Indian Art and Culture | NCERT Books Art and Culture book by Shankar IAS Academy |
10 | Current Affairs | www.iasparliament.com & civilispedia-current affairs Digital library |
11 | General Trends of Exams | Shankar IAS academy’s Blog |
S.No. | BOOK | AUTHOR |
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HISTORY AND CULTURE | ||
1 | Ancient India Medieval India Art and Culture |
Old NCERT Introduction to Fine Art NCERT Ancient & Medieval India book by Shankar IAS Academy |
2 | India’s Struggle for Independence | NCERT Spectrum’s A brief history of Modern India |
3 | India Since Independence or India After Gandhi |
Bipin Chandra or Ramchandra Guha |
4 | History of the World Contemporary World |
World History book by Shankar IAS Academy Old NCERT (by Arjun Dev) |
5 | Art and Culture Fine arts | Standard 12th NCERT |
SOCIETY IN INDIA | ||
1 | Indian Society | Standard 12th NCERT |
2 | Social Change and Development in India | Standard 12th NCERT |
3 | Indian Society | S.C.Dube / Relevant GOI Website |
GEOGRAPHY | ||
1 | Standard 11th & 12th NCERT | NCERT Class Notes |
S.No. | BOOK | AUTHOR |
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INDIAN POLITY | ||
1 | Indian Constitution at Work | Indian Polity by Shankar IAS Academy |
2 | Indian Polity | IAS Parliament Material |
GOVERNANCE | ||
1 | From Government to Governance | Kuldeep Mathur |
2 | 2nd ARC Report | Published by Government of India |
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | ||
1 | SIA Material | http://www.iasparliament.com/downloads/mainstorming-2019/bilateral-relations-i-392 |
2 | Newspaper | The Hindu |
S.No. | BOOK | AUTHOR |
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ECONOMY | ||
1 | Economic Survey | Government of India |
2 | Business Line - Newspaper (Editorial) | The Hindu group. |
3 | Indian Economy Since Independence | Uma Kapila |
INDIAN AGRICULTURE | ||
1 | Agriculture Topics | Agriculture Book by Shankar IAS Academy |
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | ||
1 | Newspaper | The Hindu |
2 | Science and Technology | Science and Technology Book by Shankar IAS Academy Class Notes |
ENVIRONMENT | ||
1 | Newspaper | The Hindu Environment Book by Shankar IAS Academy |
INTERNAL SECURITY ISSUES | ||
1 | Internal Security | Internal Security Book by Shankar IAS Academy News Paper Notes |
S.No. | BOOK | AUTHOR |
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1 | 2nd ARC Reports | Government of India |
2 | From Government to Governance | Kuldeep Mathur |
3 | Shankar IAS Academy Book and Class Notes |
S.No. | BOOK | AUTHOR |
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1 | Competitive Exams - A Success Guide | V Palanichamy IIS |
2 | Civil Services Exam - A Complete Guide | V Palanichamy IIS |
3 | At the Service of a Billion Plus | Shankar Ganesh Karuppiah |