Prelims Syllabus : 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

General Knowledge (Current Affairs) General Science Geography Polity History Mental Ability

Reference Books : General Knowledge : Read Regular Papers and Competitive Magazines (Udyoga sopanam,Yojana,Competetive Sucesses..etc) and also watch national news chanels. General Science: Read Read Read Read 5 to 10th classes science text books (Telugu medium) 5 to 10th classes science NCERT text books( English Medium) Science & Tech Topics in Daily News Papers Yojana,Spectrum,Civil Services Chronicle,Udyoga Sopanam

Polity: Read 10,11,12 classes POLITY text books (Telugu medium) Read 5 to 10th classes POLITY NCERT text books( English Medium) Read Telugu Academy B.A 2nd year text books (Indian Politics & Governament) History: Read Read Read Read NCERT 11,12 classes History Books(English) 11,12 history text books (Telugu) Modern India- Bipin Chandra (Both in English and Telugu) Andhrula Charitra B.S.L.Hanumantha Rao

Geography: Read NCERT 10,11,12 Geography books and also in Telugu Books Telugu Academy Geography Books India Year Book Mental Ability: Quantitative Aptitude R.S.Agarwal (Both Verbal and Non-Verbal)

Reference Books for IAS General Studies Preliminary Examination 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 An Introduction to the Constitution of India D.D.Basu Perspectives on Indian Constitution Edited by Subash Kashyap Biology for VIII-X Std NCERT Physics for VIII-X Std NCERT Chemistry for VIII-X Std NCERT Anatomy & Physiology for Nurses Courses Evelyn Pearce Know your body Reader s Digest An Evolution of Indian Economy I.C.Dhingra (Sultan Chand & Co)

9 Indian Economy Dutt & Sundaram 10 Economic Survey of India Government of India 11 General Principles of World Geography Charles Farro 12 Monsoon Asia Charles Farro 13 Physical Geography of India for VII XII Std NCERT 14 Good School Atlas:Oxford 15 Ancient India for VII-XII Std NCERT 16 Medieval India for VII-XII Std NCERT 17 Modern India Bipin Chandra 18 History of Modern India A.C.Banerjee 19 The Hindu & Times of India Newspapers 20 Frontline and Political & Economic weekly Periodicals 21 Yojana & World Focus Periodicals 22 Statistical Methods S.C.Gupta 1. Indian History India Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra; NCERT Books ( XI & XII ) 2. Geography Spectrum 3. Indian Polity Constitution of India by Bakshi 4. Indian Economy Plus One, Plus Two Books, Pratiyogita Darpan 5. General Science Tata Mc Graw Hill Guide 6. Mental Ability Quantitative Apitude by R.S. Aggarwal 7. Current Affairs Some magazines and Newspapers i. The Hindu/The Times of India ii. Frontline iii. Civil Service Chronicle iv. Chanakya v. Competition WIZARD vi. Civil Services Today 8. Guides 1. Tata Mc Graw Hill 2. Spectrum 3. Unique Topic Wise Reference On General Studies Indian History & Culture: NCERT (+ 2 level) Ancient India, Medieval India, Modern India. Publication Division : Gazetteer of India (Vol 2 History & Culture) Gandhi Nehru Tagore & Ambedkar Gopal Krishna Bipin Chandra Modern India A.C.Banerjee History of Modern India Raghavan Aiyer Mahatma Gandhi i Geography: NCERT : Physical Geography of India for X XII Std A Good School Atlas Sharma & Cotinho : Economic and Commercial Geography of India. Khullar : India- A Comprehnsive Geography Charles Farro : General Principles of World Geography Charles Farro : Monsoon Asia Reports published by Centre for Science and Enviorn ment And Tata Energy Research Institute National journal Kurukshetra, Yojana etc. Down to earth Indian Economy: NCERT (+1 level) Evolution of Indian Economy(I C Dhingra). Mishra & Puri or Dutt & Sundaram Indian Economy Economic Survey The Economic Times,Business Standard

Yojana Social and National Issues : Social Problem Ram Ahuja Social Welfare Magazine Published by ministry of social welfare Yojana/Kurukshetra IIPa Journal Indian Polity: NCERT (+1 level) Indian Political System N.L. Madan : Bhartiya Rajya Vyavastha D.D. Basu Indian Constitution Kashyap Constitution of India Publication Division Subhash C. Kashyap : Our Parliament P.M. Bakshi Indian Constitution Our Constitution : Subhash C. kashyap Perspective on Constitution : S.C. Kashyap Frontline Magazine IIPa Journal Science NCERT : Popular Reports Science Science & Technology: (10 level) : Science, (+2 level) : Biology. Science Series (CSIR) Of the Ministry of Science and Technology Yojana Reporter and Technology in India Spectrum

Statistics: (NCERT +1 level) Elementary Statistics S.C.Gupta : Statistical Methods India and the World : Journal of peace Studies World Focus Strategic Analysis South Asian Journal Other Books for General Studies: 1. India Year Book latest 2. One competitive Magazine 3. Guides like Tata Mc Graw Hill, Spectrum or Unique For General Reference 4. The Pearsonl General Studies Manual IAS Papers : Mostly Suggested books for Geography Exam google_protectAndRun("ads_core.google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_ren der_ad); Books for Geography Preliminary Exam : 1. 6th to 12th NCERT Books fo Geography. 2. Certificate of Physical Geography Goh Cheng Leong. 3. Physical Geography -Savindra Singh 4.Physica Geography Made simple series Rupa Publications 5. Economic & Commercial Geography Made Simple Series Rupa Publications. 6. Human and Economic Geography Leong & Norgan 7. Human Geography Majid Hussain. 8. Geographical thoughts Majid Hussain. 9. Field Work 11 th NCERT. 10. Cartography R.L. Singh 11 Geography of India Gopal Singh

12. Economic & Commercial Geography of India 13. Orient longman Atlas. 14. TTK Atlas 15. Dictionary of Geography Penguin 16. Spectrum guide for Geography. 17. Siddhartha Preliminary Question Bank. 18.Geography Guide Narmadeshwar Prasad. Books for Geography Main Exam : For Paper I

C.B. Memoria

* Physical geography Savinder Singh * The Earth s dynamic surface K. Sidhartha * Physical geography Strahler & Strahler * Climatology D.S. Lal * Physical geography made simple Rupa * Oceanography Sharma & Vital * Biogeography Savinder Singh * Evolution of geographical thoughts Majid Hussain and Adhikari * Economic geography K. Sidhartha * Economic and social geography made simple Rupa * Urban geography K. Sidhartha * Human geography Majid Hussain Geography of population R.C. Chandra * Regional Planning in India hand & Puri * Political geography Dixit For Paper II

* Physical environment NCERT * NCERT Class XII * India: Physical aspects K Sidhartha Geography of India Mamoria * Agricultural geography Majid Hussain * Agricultural problems in India Sadhu and Singh * Economic & Commercial geography of India Mamoria * India s urbanisation and urban systems R. Ramachandran * Regional planning in India Chand and Puri * Political geography Dixit * India: political aspects K. Sidhartha Other Books : PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY * NCERT Vol -1 HUMAN AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY * The Cultural Landscape INDIAN GEOGRAPHY * * * * * * Indian geography Rammorthy Gopalakrishnan Physical geography of India S.M. Mathur General geography NCERT Mineral of India NBT (Wadia) Resources and regional development NCERT Catography R.L. Singh Rubeistein

* World regional geography Fellnan * Work book K. Siddhartha and S. Mukherjee * Question Bank Surendra Singh, 1000