Must
Have Books for UPSC IAS Preliminary Exam 2014
(
General Studies + CSAT)
Are you a first timer
willing to attempt CSAT 2014.
You attempt CSAT 12 or
CSAT 13 and want to make one last serious attempt of CSAT 2014.
When to start and where
to begin with for preparing CSAT 2014?
How many hours do i need
to study per day?
Can i prepare along with
my job?
Which books should i
refer for the preparation?
Whats the syllabus for
CSAT 2014?
Well guys these are the
kind of questions emerging in the minds of all UPSC IAS aspirants.
For all UPSC IAS
aspirants for CSAT 2014, the only real mantra for success will be regular
studies, time management and right set of books in your hand.Syllabus for CSAT
2014 stands unchanged. Its same as of CSAT 2012 and CSAT 2013
The books you refer play
a very important role in the outcome of your results. No point digging round
and round the subject. One must be really very very careful in selection of
their books for preparation of UPSC IAS CSAT Exams.We have listed down the set
of books for preparation of CSAT 2014 as followed by many successful IAS
students and recommended by most of them.
PAPER 1(GENERAL STUDIES)
1) Must
have books and Question Bank covering full syllabus for CSAT Paper 1 (2014)
This book is a must for ever civil services IAS aspirant and CSAT
2014. Its the well detailed book covering almost entire syllabus with indepth
information regarding all topics and most importantly it has topic wise
MCQs(Multiple Choice Questions) for practice for every topic. Hence student can
check his preparedness along with the studies.
This book is a question
bank of more than 14000 MCQs(Multiple Choice Questions). It will give you an
edge in better understanding of approaching the questions. All questions are
set topic wise. You must cover one topic from your study material and attempt the
MCQs from this book, this will bring you more clarity regarding your
preparation level and clearing your concepts.
2. Books on Indian
History
The syllabus for CSAT
prelims covers Indian history only after 1857 till Independence.
Best approach here will
be to start with NCERT books and then follow the below prescribed books.
Remember History is a
static subject. What has already happened is never going to change and hence
its easier to study and remember apart from some other dynamic subjects for
which you will need to get updated continuously. We will cover those dynamic
subjects and strategies to study them in upcoming posts.Like us on Facebook for
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This book provides with
extensive and exhaustive content you need to know for CSAT as well as Mains.
This is the kind of book students revise multiple number of times before
prelims and mains, and believe me students love reading it. It gives you in
depth knowledge about Indian History since 1857. All over its a very good read.
3. Geography Books
for CSAT 2014
Covers
all topics of the geography syllabus in entirety. Must be repeated multiple
times.
b)NCERTbooks
c) ModernAtlas(Oxford):
Along with above books the Atlas will prove to
be very handy for covering the subject easily.
4) Indian Polity:
Its the favourite subject
of most of the aspirants and if well prepared it will fetch you maximum marks.
Thinking of Indian Polity only two books comes into the mind of all successful
candidates.
The author has framed the
book with the sole purpose of Civil Services Exams. This book will be very
handy for both Prelims and Mains exams. Read it 3 to 4 times at least. Language
used is very easy to understand and interesting.
One the students
who already have gone through above book and still want an edge ahead on Indian
polity should go for DD Basu. This is a best book for any Indian Polity
enthusiasts and is recommended by multitude of people from different facets of
Law Gurus for novices. The language is standard and u may feel bit jittery in
the start but once u get the flow you will understand the gem of it.
5) Indian Economy:
For economy one must
begin with NCERT books(+2 level) and get the regular reading of newspapers
along with below prescribed book.
It
covers all the contents of the Indian Economy syllabus. Topic wise explanation
in simple and lucid manner is provided by the author.
6) Indian Culture:
In all Prelims few
questions from Indian Culture are definitely included. Moreover Indian Culture
has been specifically included in Mains now according to new syllabus.
Be it
Religions, Music, Dance, Drama, Architecture etc. the book will suffice your
entire need of Indian Culture syllabus both for Prelims and Mains.
Paper 2 CSAT
Paper 2 will test your general mental ability and aptitude, your
decision making skills, problem solving skills, risk taking skills and your
hold on English.
The one book covers
all the aspects of your CSAT paper except English. Also it contains all solved
papers of previous CSAT (paper 2) papers so that you can analyze what set of
questions get repeated and the pattern of the exam. This one book is more than
sufficient for preparing Paper 2
The book
is simple and very easy to understand and will cover all English part of your
Paper 2
All above prescribed
books are more than sufficient for your preparation of CSAT 2014.
Few things Civil Services
Aspirants must remember that just having these books decorated on your table
wont fetch you any results. One needs to have dedication and punctuality
combined with the passion to become an IAS officer and serving the nation. Your
zeal to win is directly proportional to your success.
We will be coming up with
further posts on best strategies to be followed while approaching towards CSAT
2014.
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