By:- shailesh

The Indian Civil Service serves as the backbone of India and carries great respect and responsibilities. India's best brains vie for entry into the Indian Civil Services as officers. Even though corporate jobs may offer the best of salaries and perks, a majority of youngsters and their parents still crave entry to the prestigious Indian Civil Services held by the UPSC. The very fact that a big share of every year's top posts in the civil services exams are bagged by professionals from various streams, shows that the IAS is still the dream job for many. Here is the Civil List links you would like to follow.

Civil Service Exam Pattern is as follows 1. Preliminary Exam.

Preliminary Exam have Two papers,
General Studies CSAT means Civil Service Aptitude Test(General Aptitude)

2.

MAINS

You must score at least 300 marks in Preliminary exam to appear mains

It consits of two paper and each paper of Two hrs..

(Paper 1) (200 marks) consists of Current events. History Geography Indian Polity and governance Economic and social development and General science.

It is of purely objective type and qualifying exam...

(Paper II) (200 marks) Comprehension Logical reasoning and analytical ability Decision making and problem solving General mental ability Basic numeracy(Class X level) English language comprehension skills (Class X level) It is of purely subjective type and followed by interview....

Agriculture Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science Anthropology Botany Chemistry Civil Engineering Commerce and Accountancy Economics Electrical Engineering Geography Geology History Law

Management Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Medical Science Philosophy Physics Political Science and International Relations Psychology Public Administration Sociology Statistics Zoology

candidate must pass graduation age 21 to 30 years

5 years relax for Sc/ST 3 years for OBC

4 times for general candidate 7 times for OBC Candidate no limits for SC/ST

for preparation you choose a good guide or institute proper response. prepare your self in good manner then you able to crack this.........

To Prepare your self or go for I.A.S coaching,many centers offers the I.A.S Coaching. Prepare topics like, Current Events History of India Geography General Science Comprehension Logical reasoning analytical ability Decision making problem solving General mental ability......etc.

For Current affairs

For Ecology

Competition Wizard-Current Affairs Books yojana . Economic Survey National Sample Survey Website http://www.wikipedia.org/

Indian Economy-Uma kapila Indian Economy-Dat and sundram Economics of development and planning -M.L.jingan NCERT-11,12Th Standard Economics Books Annual Survey of Agri,Industries-The Hindu yojana Kurukshetra Economic And Political Weekly (EPW)

NCERT reference books Science reporter Every week in Hindu Science and Technology Column. Discovery,India year book polity+other subjects Indian Constitution and Government-S.P.Varma(NCERT Publications) Democracy in India-rushiddin Khan (NCERT publications)

Old NCERT Books Ancient India-R.S.Sharma Midvale India-Satish Chandra Modren India-Bipin Chandra Telugu Academy History Books.

General Science

For History

NCERT 9Th-12Th standard Reference books India year book Prati Yogita darpun Atlas Famous Daily News Papers

For Geography

For Reasoning A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning by RS Agarwal Analytical Reasoning by MK Pandey(BSC Publications) For Quantitative Ability Mathematics text books from 6Th to 8Th Standard.(Especially for arts Students) Quantitative Aptitude by R.S.Agarwal Quicker Maths by M.K.Tyra(B.S.C Publications) Data Interpretation By K.Kundan(BSC Publications) For Reading Comprehension you must read several English papers and Novels.

For MAINS you only based on your Optional Subject Next is Interview.

Civils is an ocean of materials But Above materials are very useful for your Preparation.

Thank you