Indian Civil Services Examination ~ Books I Like

Friday, May 1, 2009

Indian Civil Services Examination

The Indian Civil Services Examination is the entrance test used by the Indian government to select candidates for the following posts namely, Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and 21 other posts. To the exam a candidate must qualify for the eligibility rules.

It consists of two rounds

* Civil Services Preliminary Examination -It consists of two papers of multiple-choice questions carrying a maximum of 450 marks. The first one is on General Studies and the next one one of the optional subjects chosen by the candidate. Candidates can choose to take the exam in either English or Hindi.

* Civil Services Main Exam - The candidates are expected to clear both the written exam & the subsequent interview. The written exam consists of nine papers for a grand total of 2300.

A few handy books that are a great study aid are

* Physics for Civil service exams
* Indian Polity for UPSC
* Science and Tech for Civil Service Exam
* Mock test papers

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