Also please tell the best books for its preparation

Helo aspirant., Its good to know that you wanted to be a civil servant. Have patience while preparing for this exam as you would face a lot of difficulties in this journey. I have mentioned the link below, you can go through it . It is the book written by Mrs ila tripathi. She has explained very well about how to prepare for ias exam .tbis book is available free on Kindle just go through it. I hope it may help you. click here

Hi Simran,

Kindly specify the exam you are talking about so that we can help you further. I have listed below the names of a few books designed to guide students through the competitive exams:

IAS/ State Public Service Commision exams:

• History: History of Modern India by Bipan Chandra, India’s Struggle for Independence by Bipan Chandra
• Geography: Geography of India by Majid Hussian
• Culture: Facets of Indian Culture by Kalpana Rajaram and R Vidya
• Polity: Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth
• Economy: Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
• Indian Society: Social Problem in India by Ram Ahuja
• Governance: Governance in India by M Laxmikanth
• Foreign Policy: Pax Indica by Shashi Tharoor, India’s Foreign Policy by Muchkund Dubey
• Current Affairs: Manorama Yearbook
• Analytical Reasoning: RS Aggarwal's Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning
• Essay Paper: India After Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha
• Grammar - English Grammar book by Wren & Martin

For SBI PO or other bank exams - CWE IBPS by Kalinjar Publications

For NDA - The Pearson Guide to Mathematics, Manorama Year Book, Objective General English by R S Agarwal and Vikas Agarwal

For CDS - Arihant CDS by Satyajeet Rawat and Brijesh Tripathi

Hello,

Please specify the name of the exam so we can mention the best books that are available for the same.

Hello Simran,
In competitive exams for government jobs, generally questions are asked from Quantitative aptitude, English Language, Reasoning, General Awareness. Kindly mention you are preparing for which exam so I can recommend you the books accordingly.
Good Luck!