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which book should i use to prepare for upsc indian forest service? how should i prepare for zoology which book should I use for it (as my optional subject)?


You 3rd Jan, 2021
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chandni deb 3rd Jan, 2021

Dear Aspirant,

given below are some of the recommended books you can use while preparing for Indian Forest Services,

  • Principles and Practice of Silviculture by L.S. Khanna
  • Theory and Practice of Silviculture Systems by Ram Prakash, L S Khanna (but wasn’t able to revise) and K. Manikandan and S. Prabhu
  • Indian Forestry by K. Manikandan and S. Prabhu
  • Forest Management byPrakash Ram
  • Agroforestry: Indian Perspective byL. K. Jha

For Zoology some of the recommended books are listed below,

  • Modern Zoology by Ramesh Gupta
  • Organic Evolution (Evolutionary Biology) by Veer Bala Rastogi
  • Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology
  • Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology
  • Cell Biology by CB Powar
  • Genetics by PK Gupta
  1. The first step for preparation is be thorough of the syllabus and exam patter
  2. Following which start going through and practicing from previous years question papers
  3. While studying try to make notes as you do so while doing revision you just go through your notes instead
Ronak Gala Student Expert 3rd Jan, 2021

Hello,

Here is the list of some references books for you to prepare Indian forest service -

• NCERT for all subjects

• Indian art of and culture by Nitin Singhania

• Modern indian from spectrum - Rajiv ahir

• Modern indian - Bipin chandra

• National journala like yojana, Kurukshetra

• Indian economy by sanjiv verma

• Indian economy by Ramesh singh

• Our constitution by subhash kashyap

• Indian Polity by M Laxmikant

• the Hindu newspaper

Zoology books -

• Modern textbook of zoology for vertebrates and invertebrates by RL kotpal

• Biochemistry - Lehninger

• Cell biology  - CB powar

• I genetics by Russel

• Introduction to Embryology by AK berry

• ecology and environment by PD sharma

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