8/17/2019 What Are the Books That a IAS Aspirant Should Read

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What are the books that a IAS aspirant should read? 

Roman Saini, Started working in IAS since 1 September, 2014.

17.3k Views • Upvoted byReetam Singh, Space Systems Engineer,MEng,MRAeS, UPSC Civil

Aspirant andShiva Prudhvi Dhora Ravula, civil service aspirant

Not more than 10 books are needed to get a top 10 rank in this examination. If anyone hasmore than 30-40 books, more often than not, he will not get selected. he ! absol"te m"stare#

1. Indian polity by $axmikanth%. &' $()N& for geography 3. *+N(( (/+ for economics4. + brief history of modern India by spectr"m!. -10 class N'(s of all the related topics like science, geography, social

sciences etc. 11-1% class N'(s art and c"lt"re, modern history amongothers2, read selectie chapters. +part from these fie so"rces, yo" )N need to p"rchase any book. here is a lot of othermaterial which one needs to read selectiely tho"gh.

1. *electie reading of economic s"rey.%. (nironment and ecology notes by *hankar I+*3. International relations of a5iram4. he 6ind" daily !. 7o5ana eery month. $exicon8& *"bba ao for ethics9. *mall topics like disaster management, sec"rity, irrigation, left wing extremism,

cyber sec"rity can be coered from internet so"rces like /r"nal, :ikipedia, ;nacademy - he <ree (d"cation eol"tion= etc. No need to b"y books

>. *ole ?7@s from ;psc website !-10 years2.A. &et some /'@ booklet for practice can be aoided if yo" are 5oining a test

series210. +oid reading India year book, /anorama year book, ?eng"in year book,

)strich year book etc. :aste of time. 'ost benefit ratio is bad.11. ake care of yo"r optional, till the time it is not remoed by ;?*'.1%. onBt b"y any book for '*+-%, if yo" are good at it, yo" wonBt need it. If yo"Bre

 bad with n"mbers and reasoning, it wonBt help.13. C"y how to crack '*( interiew book by /adh"kar Chagat.

onBt to"ch anything else, apart from the aboe mentioned so"rce. I personally donBt likereading academics from the books and there are many s"ch people o"t there,incl"ding&a"ra /"n5al. <or them, I wo"ld say that rather than reading painf"lly boringtextbooks, yo" can watch awesome interactie lessons at ;nacademy - he <ree (d"cationeol"tion=