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Best Books for UPSC Main Exam | Best Books for IAS Mains
The best books for UPSC civil services main examination are almost similar to the Preliminary exam’s books. But there is some topic that is not getting covered in those books, so you have to prefer some more books for IAS Mains.
1) Ethics, integrity &aptitude for civil services main exam by Subba Rao & P N Roy Choudhary: Click here
2) Environmental studies: From crisis to cure by Rajagopalan: Click here
3) Environment by Shankar IAS: Click here
4) Indian economy by Ramesh Singh: Click here
5) Indian economy by Pratiyogita darpan: Click here
6) Indian’s foreign policy by V N Khanna: Click here
7) The constitution of India by P M Bakshi: Click here
8) Indian polity by M Laxmikant: Click here
9) Indian & world geography by Majid Hussain: Click here
10) Certificate human and physical geography by Goh Cheng Leong: Click here
11) World history by Arjun Dev: Click here
12) India after Gandhi by Ramchandra Guha: Click here
13) Social Problems in India by Ram Ahuja: Click here
14) History of modern world by Jain & Mathur: Click here
15) India’s struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra: Click here
To score more is not a difficult task if you are following the correct strategies and to choose the good book is the first step in the path of a meaningful preparation. In this matter, we have decided to help you, and we have researched for best books for IAS Mains that you can choose.
This article will introduce some best books for UPSC main exam 2022; you can prefer to score well in mains along with the preliminary examination. Follow this article and go ahead towards your bright future.
General Study Paper-I
Subject | Book’s name | Author/ publication | Details |
History, heritage & culture | History of modern world | Jain & Mathur | These books will help you to score good in UPSC civil services mains examination 2018. You can cover modern, medieval and ancient history, art and culture in India and also world history and social problems in India. These books have detailed description for each topic. |
India’s struggle for independence | Bipin Chandra | ||
Social problems in India | Ram Ahuja | ||
India after Gandhi | Ramchandra Guha | ||
World history | Arjun Dev | ||
Geography of the world & society | Certificate human and physical geography | Goh cheng leong | These books are best to prepare for IAS mains. The topper students prefer these books and you can get good marks by choosing these books for preparation. |
Geography of India | Khullar | ||
Indian & world geography | Majid Hussain |
General Study Paper-II
Subject | Book’s name | Author/ publication | Details |
Polity, governance, constitution and social justice | Indian polity | Laxmikant | These books will cover the topic like Indian polity, the constitution of India from introduction to in depth knowledge. |
The constitution of India | P M Bakshi | ||
Introduction to constitution of India | D C Basu | ||
International relations | Indian’s foreign policy | V N Khanna | To learn the international relations and foreign policies you can prefer these books. |
Challenge & strategies- rethinking India’s foreign policy | Rajiv Sikri |
General Study Paper-III
Subject | Book’s name | Author/ publication | Details |
Economy | Indian economy | Pratiyogita darpan | From basic to deep knowledge about Indian economy you can get from these books. |
Indian economy | Ramesh Singh | ||
Science & technology | Science & technology | TMH publication | Books from these publications are best to prepare for UPSC mains exam. |
Science & technology | Spectrum publication | ||
Ecology & environment & Agriculture | Ecology & environmental | P D Sharma | The study about ecology , environment and agriculture you can find from these books. These books are good to score high in UPSC mains. |
Environment | Shankar IAS | ||
Environmental studies: From crisis to cure | Rajgopalan | ||
Security & disaster management | Internet security & disaster management | Ashok kumar | Best books for IAS main examination preparation |
General Study Paper-IV
Subject | Book’s name | Author/ publication | Details |
Ethics, integrity & aptitude | Ethics, integrity & aptitude for civil services main exam | Subba Rao & P N Roy choudhary | The book consists of details about ethics, integrity and aptitude. |
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