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xaam.in http://www.xaam.in/p/a-must-have-book-for-mains-guidance.html CSA T Booklist Books for Prelims: PAPER – I 1. From Plassey to Partition – A History Of Modern India (A must buy in my opinion)or A Brief History o f Modern Ind ia – Spect rum Publications (For Mains, you should read the book by Bipan Chandra, but it is better if one can finish it before Prelims if you have more time) 2. The Indian Economy – Sanjiv Verma (this is for people who find economy difficult/dista steful -a must read before you hop for other books) 3. Indi an Economy : For Civil Services Examinations 5th Edition (2013) – Ramesh Singh (This book is now universally recommende d by every one – should be read only after reading the above book by Sanjiv V er ma) 4. Indi an Polity for Civil Services Examinations 4th Edi tion – Laxmikanth (For prelims you don’t have read any other book on Polity except this one. However, for Mains, you should read D D Basu as it helps you to form opinions to attempt some difficult questions in the exam) 5. Certified Physical and Human Geography – Goh Cheng Leong 6. Environment & Ecology: Biodiversity, Climate Change an d Disaster Management : General Studies for Civil Ser vices (Main) Examination – Paper II and IV (This is both for Prelims an d Mains ) 7. 1000 Plus Questions on Indian Polity: General Studies for Civil Services Preliminary Examination (Paper – 1) (Purely for Practice purpose – don’t expect questions from these books to appear in the exam) 8. General Studies for Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2013 (Again for Questions – buy any one) - Remember to buy the latest Editions!! 9. India 2013 – Publication Division, Govt. of Indi a (Buy the latest edition next year, or even this one will do) 10. Indian Polity Question Bank – TMH 11. General Science Question Bank – TMH 12. Geography (India+World) Question Bank – TMH 13. Social & Economic Development Question Bank – TMH 14. 14000+ MCQs For Paper-I Prelims PAPER – II Actually , you don’t need any special boo ks for Pape r- II if you ha ve some ba sic knowledge in Maths an d relatively good in basic English. But, for most beginners, especially from Arts/Comme rce background, some basic idea is needed on Paper – II, if not unnecessarily they start to think that Paper-II is full of Maths, reasoning and its is very difficult etc. 1. Cracking the CSAT Civil Services Aptitude Test with Solved Papers 2. Tata Mcgraw Hill Manual of GS Paper-II – 2014 Above boo ks must be re ad only af ter completely reading NCERT textboo ks:
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CSA T Booklist
Books for Prelims:PAPER – I
1. From Plassey to Partition – A History Of Modern India (A must buy inmy opinion)or A Brief History of Modern India – SpectrumPublications (For Mains, you should read the book by BipanChandra, but it is better if one can finish it before Prelims if you havemo re time)
2. The Indian Economy – Sanjiv Verma (this is for people who findeconomy difficult/distasteful -a must read before you hop for other books)
3. Indian Economy : For Civil Services Examinations 5th Edition (2013) –
Ra mesh Singh (This book is now universally recommended by everyone – should be read only after reading the above book by SanjivVer ma)
4. Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations 4th Edi tion –Laxmikanth (For prelims you don’t have read any other book on Polityexcept this one. However, for Mains, you should read D D Basu as ithelps you to form opinions to attempt some difficult q uestions in theexa m)
5. Certified Physical and Human Geography – Goh Cheng Leong
6. Env ironment & Ecology: Biodiversity, Climate Change an d Disaster Management : General Studies for CivilSer vices (Main) Examination – Paper II and IV (This is b oth for Prelims and Mains )
7. 1000 Plus Questions on Indian Polity: General Studies for Civil Services Preliminary Examination (Paper –1)(Purely for Practice purpose – don’t expect questions from these books to appear in the exam)
8. General Studies for Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2013 (Again for Questions – buy any one) -Re member to buy the latest Editions!!
9. Ind ia 2013 – Publication Division, Govt. of Indi a (Buy the latest edition next year, or even this one will do)
10. Indian Polity Question Bank – TMH
11. General Science Question Bank – TMH
12. Geography (India+World) Question Bank – TMH
13. Social & Economic Development Question Bank – TMH
14. 14 000+ MCQs For Paper-I Prelims
PAPER – II Actually, you don’t need any special books for Paper- II if you have some basic knowledge in Maths and relativelygood in basic English. But, for most beginners, especially from Arts/Commerce background, some basic idea isneeded on Paper – II, if not unnecessarily they start to think that Paper-II is full of Maths, reasoning and its is verydifficult etc.
1. Cracking the CSAT Civil Services Aptitude Test with Solved Papers
2. Tata Mcgraw Hill Manual of GS Paper-II – 2014
Above books must be read only after completely reading NCERT textbooks:
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Class VI to Class XII – Social Science – (Geography, Polity, History, Economics and Sociology – Class XI andXII)Class VI to X Science – for non-Science students + Class XII Biology last 5 chapters.
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