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how to make an IAS officer and which book study . beacuse now i am part 2 student . So now in which book study to make a IAS officer ?


Shubham Kumar 2nd Jul, 2020
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 2nd Jul, 2020

Hello

HOW to be an IAS officer

If you want to become an IAS officer then first of all you need to be a graduate in any subject and then you need to appear in one of the toughest examination called UPSC, and it has 3 stages which are listed below :-


*The first stage of the exam is Preliminary examination (objective )


*The second stage, Mains (written).


*If you manage to clear both prelims and mains then you are to go through third stage i.e interview/personality test .


And if you managed to clear all the three rounds mentioned above, then congratulations you may become an ias officer


BOOKS

Top books which you can follow for UPSC examination preparation are listed below subject wise:-

HISTORY

NCERT XI (Ancient & Medieval)
NCERT XII (Modern Indian History)
Facets of Indian Culture Spectrum
From Plassey to Partition - A History of Modern India

Indian Art & Culture

Indian Art & Culture - Nitin Singhania

Polity

NCERT IX-XII
Indian Polity M Laxmikanth

Geography

NCERT VI X (Old Syllabus)
NCERT XI, XII (New Syllabus)
Certificate Physical Geography G C Leong
World Atlas

Economics

NCERT XI
The Indian Economy Sanjiv Verma
Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
Economic Development & Policies in India Jain & Ohri

Environment

Class XII Biology (last 5 chapters)
Environment by Shankar IAS Academy
Environment & Ecology: Biodiversity, ?Climate Change and Disaster Management - General Studies for Civil Services (Main) Examination - Paper II and IV - Majid Hussain

International Relations

NCERT XII (Contemporary World Politics)
Current Affairs ( read newspaper as well)

To get the complete list of books go through
https://competition.careers360.com/articles/books-for-upsc-ias

Thank you

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