Tuesday, 17 May 2016

SNMIASACADEMY | LIST OF BOOKS FOR PCS MAINS

PCS mains is a subjective type paper. Students who write mains generally do have basic knowledge of the concepts since they have cleared prelims. As only general studies paper has been left in mains there has to be concrete and in-depth knowledge of the syllabus and its sources.

From the previous exams it can easily be concluded that there is a fine blend of current and conventional in the G.S. papers. Subject wise strategy has to be prepared. Both GS II and GS III are based purely on current model. Hence the focus should be on specific modules that comprises of paper


BOOK LIST

PAPER – 1

1.               Compulsory Punjabi paper – should be studied from +2 class grammar __________ or Super Book.
2.               English compulsory – Reading comprehension from baron and Grammar from Wren & Martin

3.               Essay – from SNM Essay Booklet.

4.               G.S. I – It is conventional part
(i)                 Sources – NCERTs of +1, +2 for History, Geography and Sociology
(ii)               Arjun Dev – Sociology
(iii)             D.R. Khullar – World Geography
(iv)             Spectrum – History

5.                  G.S. II
(i)                 Current Constitution and Polity from journals of IIPA
(ii)               IR – Rajiv Sikri
(iii)             S.N.M. Booklets of IR, Governance I and Governance 2
(iv)             Current Issues and Affairs – Unique Publications, Author Nidhi Soni & Manmeet Thapar

6.                  GS – III (Current)
(i)  Indian Economy – Basic concepts from Sanjeev Verma, Current from www.snmiascademy/blog
(ii)               Statistics – Garrett
(iii)             Security – Issues can be bet prepared from S.N.M. Booklet and BLOGS
(iv)             Current Affairs & Issues – Unique Publication, Author Nidhi Soni & Manmeet Thapar

GS – IV

1.                  Environment – Barucha
2.                  Science and Technology – Tata McGraw Hills Science and Technology
3.                  Decision Making – Access Publication
4.                  S.N.M. Booklet on Ethics

Note: It is essential to supplement the books with good newspapers


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