Civil Service Reference Books

Civil Service Reference Books are the ones you need to follow. Because along with current affairs, Gk you need to read reference books to expand your horizons. Because the syllabus is very vast and you can cover them using good reference books.

Importance of Civil Service Reference Books

Like discussed, Civil Services have a very vast syllabus. And the study material is available both online and offline. Online materials consists of Current affairs, GK(Indian and World), English, Journals like( Yojana, Kurukshetra). But offline books include the reference books. Along with NCERT Books.

So before jumping into the book ocean you need to know the syllabus for the Exam.

Here is the List of Books, managed according to the papers.

Preliminary Books 

Paper I:

• India’s struggle For Independence by Bipan Chandra
• History NCERT’s Modern India ( Old)
• Geography of India by Gopal Singh
• Certificate Physical and Human Geography by G. C. Leong
• Our Constitution by Subhash Kashyap
• Our Parliament by Subhash Kashyap
• Constitution of India by D.D.Basu
• NCERT’s Economic Development of India
• Indian Economy by Gaurav Datt/Ashwani Mahajan
• Economic Survey of India
• Science Reporter
• NCERT 6th to 10th
• Yojana, Kurukshetra

Paper II(CSAT)

• Quantitative Aptitude by R. S. Agrawal
• Reasoning by R. S. Agrawal
• High school Grammar & Comprehension by Pal & Suri /Wrein Martin
• 8-10th Books of Mathematics & Geometry

MAINS

G.S Paper I

• NCERT’s Geography, History, Sociology
• Wonder than was India by A. L. Basham
• Modern India by Sumit Sarkar
• World History by L.N. Mukherjee
• Geography of India by Khullar
• Certificate Physical & Human Geography by G.C. Leong
• Human Geography by Majid Hussain

G.S Paper II

• Polity & Governance by M. Laxmikanth
• Indian Polity & Constitution by Wizards’s
• Our Constitution by Subhash Kashyap
• Our Parliament by Subhash Kashyap
• Constitution of India by D.D. Basu
• India’s Foreign Policy by V.P. Dutt.
• EPW Magazine and World Focus

G.S Paper III

• Internal Security in India by Bajpai
• Envisioning an Empowered Nation by APJ Abdul Kalam
• Indian Economy by Datta Sundaram
• Indian Economy by Mishra & Puri
• Economic Survey of India
• Science Reporter

G.S Paper IV

• Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude by Sqn. Ldr. Shashikant Shetye (Retd.)(Prithvi Publications)
• An introduction to Ethics by William Lillie
• Ethics in Governance by Ramesh Arora
• ARC Report by Govt of India

These are the most renowned books by famous authors and good journals. Remember these books are suggestive not exhaustive.