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IAS Exam comprises of two successive stages: * Preliminary Examination: It is of objective type, which is a qualifying examination. * Main Examination: It consists of written examination and interview. Examination Papers:- Preliminary Examination The preliminary examination consists of two papers: * Paper I -- General Studies 150 marks * Paper II -- An Optional subject 300 marks Subjects for Paper II (one subject to be selected): Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Commerce, Economics, Electrical Engineering, Geography, Geology, Indian History, Law, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Medical Science, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology, Statistics, Zoology. Both the papers will be of objective type questions (multiple choice). The question papers are set in Hindi as well as in English. The course content for the optional subjects will be of the degree level. Each paper is of two hours duration. Blind candidates are allowed an extra time of 20 minutes for each paper. Main Examination It Consists of the following papers:- * Paper I - One Indian language (selected by the candidate) 300 marks * Paper II - English 300 marks * Paper III - Essay 200 marks * Paper IV&V - General Studies 300 marks each * Paper VI-IX - Any two subjects (optional papers to be selected by the candidate) with two papers each 300 marks for each. Each paper is of 3 hours duration.- Optional Papers: Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Commerce, Economics, Electrical Engineering, Geography, Geology, Indian History, Law, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Medical Science, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology, Statistics, Zoology. The following combinations not allowed are: * Political Science & International Relations and Public Administration * Commerce and Management * Anthropology and Sociology * Maths and Statistics * Agriculture and Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science * Management and Public Administration * Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science and Medical Science * Any two branches of engineering. Interview:- The final stage of selection is the interview which is conducted in April/May every year. Candidate will be asked questions on matters of general interest. The object is to assess the personal suitability and judge the mental caliber of the candidate. The candidate must exhibit an intelligent interest in events happening around him so that he appears to be a complete personality. There is also a medical test, especially rigid for IPS. Out of the final candidates selected top rankers are appointed as IAS officers. Once appointed, all probationary officers of the All India and Central Services undergo a compulsory foundation training.
Welcome to IAS Preparation Tips Section. Here you will find Useful Tips & Tricks to crack IAS 2012 Exam. IAS Preparation Tips & Tricks:- Self Motivation:- The candidates who have been preparing for the IAS competitive exams should be motivating themselves often. The IAS competitors must have deep knowledge. They must be clear with the techniques they have known and should be an expert in the time management too. The self motivated people are the people who have interest in knowing the new things and capable of spending their time in knowing the unknown things. Persistence:- Persistence is trying the target without any back steps in simple words, cyclic attempts. Sometimes when we are studying, some hurdles may come in the form of distressed mind, annoyed circumstances and the family problems too. These hurdles will happen in the unexpected situations too. Commitment:- If you ask some of the civil service competitors, they will tell that they are said by their parents to become a collector or any civil service officers. Those candidates may not win in the race. The candidates who are contributing with their own interest only will have enough commitment to win in the race to get the IAS rank. Communication skills:- Communication skill is telling the things clear and listenable to the listeners. A man is known as the expert with excellent communication skill if he has the skill of telling the things they want to express to the listeners even if he uses his native language or in English. Honesty:- When the IAS officers are ought to take the solid decisions for several situations to get the people to live comfortably, it is most needed that the decisions should be honest decisions. Taking the honest decisions will be sensible too. Self Confidence:- This factor would be familiar with most probably all of us. Getting the top ranks in the IAS exam has been considered as climbing on the Himalaya Mountains in our society. If someone made that you are trying to become an IAS officer, then the words you hear will be, "you can't get the job in the first attempt for sure, IAS exams are for the genius people and not for you, Only the CBSE students can get the IAS jobs" etc., But, the fact is, any one tries for the IAS job with persistence, consistent attempts and clear minded studies will get the job even in his first attempt. There are living examples for this sentence.
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Recommended Books for IAS Interview Books:-
Recommended Books for IAS Geography:- Paper - I
Paper - II PAPER - II : GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA
SECTION -B : HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: 1 Perspectives in Human Geography : Evolution of Geographic Thought by Majid Husain 2 Economic Geography : Economic Geography by Hertshorn & Alexander Economic and Social Geography - Made Simple by Rupa Publisher Agricultural Geography by Masjid Husain 3 Population Settlement Geography : Human Geography by Majid Husain Urbanization & Urban Systems in India by Ramachandran Economic and Social Geography - Made Simple, Rupa Publishers A Geography by Population by R.C. Chandna 4 Regional Planning: Regional Planning - by Chand & Puri 5 Environmental Geography: Environmental Geography by Savindra Singh Environmental Awareness by R.C.Chandna Environmental Geography by Saxena 6 Models, Theories and Laws in Human Geography : Economic and Social Geography - Made Simple, Rupa Publisher Political Geography by R.D.Dixit MAP QUESTIONS - Any School level atlas and the maps given in the above mentioned books. GENERAL STUDIES S.No. Name Author / Publisher 1 An Introduction to the Constitution of India D.D.Basu 2 Our Contitution Subash Kashyap 3 Perspectives on Indian Constitution Edited by Subash Kashyap 4 Biology for VIII-X Std NCERT 5 Physics for VIII-X Std NCERT 6 Chemistry for VIII-X Std NCERT 7 Anatomy & Physiology for Nurses Courses Evelyn Pearce 8 Know your body Reader's Digest 9 An Evolution of Indian Economy I.C.Dhingra (Sultan Chand & Co) 10 Indian Economy Dutt & Sundaram 11 Economic Survey of India Government of India 12 General Principles of World Geography Charles Farro 13 Monsoon Asia Charles Farro 14 Physical Geography of India for X - XII Std NCERT 15 Any Good School Atlas 16 Ancient India for XII Std NCERT 17 Medieval India for XII Std NCERT 18 Modern India Bipin Chandra 19 History of Modern India A.C.Banerjee 20 The Hindu & Times of India Newspapers 21 Frontline & Political & Economic weekly Periodicals 22 Yojana & World Focus Periodicals 23 Statistical Methods S.C.Gupta Pratiyogita Darpan Extra English Series for General studies ( Good one ) Magazine :
Recommended Books for IAS History
BOOKS ON ANCIENT INDIA : 1. Wonder that was India - A.L. Bhashem. 2. Ancient India Social and Culture - Luniya 3. Ancient India - an introductory outline - D.N.Jha. 4. An Advanced History of India - R.C. Majumda, H.C. Raychaudhurai, - Kalikinkar Datta 5. Ancient India - L.Mukherjee
BOOKS ON MEDIVAL INDIA 1. Advanced study in the History of Medival India - Volume I, II, III J.L. Mehta 2. Medival India - Volume I & II Satish Chandra 3. Wonder that was India - Rizzvi 4. Medival India - L. Mukherjee
BOOKS ON MODERN INDIA 1. Modern Indian History - Groover & Grooover. 2. A struggle for Independence - Bipin Chandra 3. Freedom Struggle - Bipinchandra 4. Modern India - L. Mukherjee NCERT BOOKS VIII, IX, X,XI,XII History
HISTORY BOOKS GUIDE 1. Indian History - Krishna Reddy 2. Indian History - Agnihotri 3. Competition Wizard Workbook. 4. IGNOU Material 5. Y.D.Mishra REFERENCE BOOKS OVERALL :
BOOKS ON ANCIENT INDIA * NCERT (11th) * The Advanced History of India - Majumdar, Raychaudhuri & Datta * The wonder that was India - A. L Bashaon * Indus Civilization - (a) IGNOU booklet no. 2 * The rise of civilization of India and Pakistan - Bridget and Raymond Allchin * Ancient India in historical outline (Revised and enlarged edition - 98) - D.N. Jha * Mauryan : Ashoka and the decline of mouryan empire - Romila Thapar * Indian Feudalism - R.S. Sharma BOOKS ON MEDIEVAL INDIA * NCERT (11th) * The Advanced History of India - Majumdar, Raychaudhuri & Datta * Social life and cultural life of both Delhi Sultanate and Mughal India - J.L. Mehta * A history of South India - K. A. Nilakanta Shastri * IGNOU material (specially on agriculture and agrarian relations and culture) BOOKS ON MODERN INDIA * NCERT (12th) * A new look into the modern Indian history - B.L Grover * Freedom struggle - Bipin Chandra, Varun Dey and Amlesh Tripathy (NBT) * India's struggle for independence - Bipin Chandra * Modern India - Sumit Sarkar * IGNOU material (specially on freedom struggle) Recommended Books for IAS General Studies:- 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 Books on 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 Books on 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 Enviornment And Tata Energy Research Institute National journal - Kurukshetra, Yojana etc. Down to earth Books on 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 Books on Social and National Issues : Social Problem - Ram Ahuja Social Welfare Magazine - Published by ministry of social welfare Yojana/Kurukshetra IIPa Journal Books on 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 Books on Science & Technology: NCERT : (10 level) : Science, (+2 level) : Biology. Popular Science Series (CSIR) Reports Of the Ministry of Science and Technology Yojana Science Reporter Science and Technology in India - Spectrum Books on Statistics: (NCERT +1 level) Elementary Statistics S.C.Gupta : Statistical Methods Books on 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 Pearson General Studies Manual