which is the best books for ias preliminary exam

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which is the best books for ias preliminary exam

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Rakesh Kumar 7th Mar, 2020

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Shudhanshu Gupta Student Expert 7th Mar, 2020

Hello.
For IAS prelims exam the first priority which you should give on NCERT books if you have done with these book then you can refer some of the mentioned popular books:

For history: India's struggle for independence by -bipan Chandra.
Facets of Indian culture -spectrum.
For geography: certificate physical geography -GC leong.
For Indian polity: Indian polity -M laxmikant
For Economic: Indian economy -ramesh singh.
For CSAT: tata MCgraw Hill CSAT manual, CSAT II -Arihant.

best of luck.

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