UPSC Books Review

Philosophy is among the favorite optional subjects of Civil Services aspirants though classroom coaching is not extensively available for the subject through out India like History or Public Administration. The subject can be covered without any classroom coaching, if the candidate is focused and … [Read more...] about Philosophy Optional Paper: Books to read for Civil Services Main Exam

The Public Administration is one of the favorite optional subjects of Civil Services Aspirants. As the paper includes many topics covered in Indian Polity for Prelims/GS Mains, the preparation as an optional subject becomes rather easy. Around 3000-4000 candidates take Pub Ad each year as their … [Read more...] about Public Administration Optional Paper: Books to read for Civil Services Main Exam

Sociology has turned out as a crucial part of GS paper well as an optional paper in Civil Services Examination. Being considered as one of the easiest and generalist optional, around 3000-4000 candidates take Sociology each year as their optional subject for mains. An in-depth understanding of … [Read more...] about Sociology Optional Paper: Books to read for Civil Services Main Exam

India Year Book (titled as India 2016, India 2017, India 2018 ... etc) is released by Publication Division, under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. It is one of the most useful books for IAS exam preparation. In this post let's see how you should cover the important … [Read more...] about India Year Book – 18 Important chapters that should not be missed

To get a quick understanding of the essential books for UPSC Preparation, ClearIAS.com has published three main lists so far: (1) IAS Prelims + Mains Books, (2) IAS Prelims Books and (3) IAS Mains Books. These three lists were prepared to select the useful books available in Amazon. In this post, we … [Read more...] about IAS Books Flipkart Online Book Store: Recommended

Earlier, the process of collecting the essential books for Civil Service Exam itself was a cumbersome process. Leave the book collection part, not everyone knew the names of the recommended books for IAS preparation. Difficulties in collecting IAS books Only those candidates who had the … [Read more...] about Civil Service Exam Books : Flipkart Turns Favorite For Many

Which are the most recommended books to study Economics Optional paper? Read to know. Civil Services Economics (optional subject in mains) requires vast but focused reading. As optional subject requires an understanding at an honors degree level, graduation or PG level textbooks should turn … [Read more...] about Economics Optional Paper: Books to read for Civil Services Mains Exam

UPSC Civil Services Mains Agriculture Optional Subject consists of 2 papers. Each paper is of 250 marks, making a total of 500 marks. Recommended Books for Agriculture – Civil Services Books – Mains Exam Plant Breeding Genetics Physiology Introduction To Horticulture Handbook … [Read more...] about Agriculture Optional Paper: Books to read for Civil Services Main Exam

In the Civil Services exam, General Studies (GS) until 2012 had 2 papers, but the revised pattern proposed in 2013 has 4 GS papers, making it the determining factor. GS questions can be from conventional topics or current affairs topics. While there are a lot of books available in the market for … [Read more...] about General Studies – Civil Services Books – Mains Exam