Recommended Book List for UPSC CAPF Exam

CAPF Exam has two parts :
1. Objective ( General Awareness , Reasoning ,  Quantitative Aptitude ) 
2. Subjective ( Essay , Precis , Report , Grammar )



Following books are to be used :


1. Quantitative Aptitude 

Quantitative Aptitude - R S Aggrawal

2. Reasoning Aptitude

Modern Approach to Reasoning - R S Aggrawal

3. English Subjective

Current English Grammar and Usage with Composition - R P Sinha ( Oxford Publication)

4. One Current Affairs Magazine

 Pratiyogita Darpan , Civil Service Chronicle etc.

( Any one of your choice as per availability)

5. History Of India

TMH GS Manual

NCERT History Books Class 6 – 12

Tamil Nadu State Class 11 book History Medieval

India’s struggle for Independence – Bipan Chandra

6. Indian and World Geography

Class 11 NCERT  – India Physical Geography and World Physical Geography

Class 12 NCERT -  Human geography and India Human Geography

7. Indian Polity and Governance

Indian Polity – Laxmikanth

Introduction to Indian Constitution – D D Basu

8. Economics

Indian Economy – Ramesh Singh

Newspaper for current economic developments.

9. General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate

Covered in Geography part.

NIOS material on Ecology and Biodiversity.

Newspaper

10. General Science

TMH GS Manual

Class – 9 and 10 Science NCERT

Recommended Book List for UPSC and UP PSC Civil Service - HISTORY Optional

Recommended Book list of  - HISTORY

NCERT History Books Class 6 - 12th

Tata MacGraw Hill GS Manual 

IGNOU BA History Course Material ( for greater understanding )

Hemant Jha Notes

Ancient History
Ancient Past - R S Sharma

Medieval India
Sultanate part 1-  satish chandra
Mughal part 2 -  satish chandra

Tamil Nadu State History Book class - 11

Modern India
A brief history - Rajiv Ahir
modern india - Grover
Struggle for independence -  Bipin
India since independence - Bipin

World History
Modern world - Norman Lowe
Modern world history - jain and mathur 

World History - Krishna Reddy

Map work etc.

Any Atlas Book
Question paper book
History through map - Ensemble
Practice Map book

             

Recommended Book List for UPSC Civil Service General Studies (GS) Mains Papers

Recommended Book List  - GENERAL STUDIES

GS
GS mains papers solved previous years - Arihant
English mains papers - IAS
India Yearbook 2014

Paper - 1

This paper mainly deals with - History and Culture of India , Geography , Society.

History and Culture

NCERT History Books Class 6 - 12th

Indian Culture – Spectrum

Intro to indian Art - 11 NCERT

Ancient Past - R S Sharma

Tamil Nadu State History Book class - 11 (Medieval)

Struggle for independence - Biapn Chandra 
India after independence - Bipan Chandra

Geography

Physical Geo - world + India -11 NCERT

Certificate physical Geography – Goh Che Leong ( For further understanding)

Economic + Human - 12  NCERT

Terms and concepts - Majid Hussain

NIOS Geography material

Society

Indian Society - 12 NCERT

Social problems in India - Ram Ahuja

Paper - 2

This paper deals with - Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations

Constitution , Polity and Social justice

Indian Polity - Laxmikanth

Indian Politics - M P Singh

Intro to Constitution - D D Basu

Newspaper will be great source for this section

India Yearbook

International relations

Challenge and Strategy - Rajiv Sikri

Indias Foreign Policy - V N Khanna

Contemporary World Politics- ncert

International Organization- Spectrum

Paper - 3

This paper mainly deals with - Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management.

Technology

News Paper articles and current affairs magazines

NCERT -  Biology, Physics, Chemistry books ( for basic knowledge)

Economic Development

NCERT Class – 12 geography

TMH GS Manual

Indian economy - Ramesh Singh

Macroeconomics – ncert

Indian Economy- Pratiyogita Darpan ( optional )

India Yearbook

Bio-diversity, Environment and Disaster Management.

NCERT Class – 11 Geography

NIOS Material on Ecology and Biodiversity

Newspapers for current development

Security 

Newspaper editorials

2^nd  ARC Report
Coaching Materials

Paper - 4

This paper deals with - Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude.

Basic material has to be 2nd ARC report #4 

Vajiram and Insight handwritten notes. 

For moral thinkers, attitude, emotional intelligence topics, refer to Sriram printed notes.

Recommended Book List for UPSC Civil Services Prelims

1. One Current Affairs Magazine

 Pratiyogita Darpan , Civil Service Chronicle etc.

( Any one of your choice as per availability)

2. History Of India

TMH GS Manual

NCERT History Books Class 6 – 12

Tamil Nadu State Class 11 book History Medieval

India’s struggle for Independence – Bipan Chandra

3. Indian and World Geography

Class 11 NCERT  – India Physical Geography and World Physical Geography

Class 12 NCERT -  Human geography and India Human Geography

4. Indian Polity and Governance

Indian Polity – Laxmikanth

Introduction to Indian Constitution – D D Basu

5. Economics

Indian Economy – Ramesh Singh

Newspaper for current economic developments.

6. General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate

Covered in Geography part.

NIOS material on Ecology and Biodiversity.

Newspaper

7. General Science

TMH GS Manual

Class – 9 and 10 Science NCERT

Recommended Book List for Probationary Officer Exams ( SBI PO and IBPS PO )

There are 7 main topics in this exam :
1. Reasoning Ability
2. General Awareness
3. Quantitative Aptitude
4. English
5. Marketing
6. Computer Awareness
7. Banking Knowledge

Following are the books to be used for each section :

1. Reasoning Ability

A Modern Approach To Verbal And Non Verbal Reasoning - R. S. Aggarwal
Analytical Reasoning - M K Pandey ( BSC publication )
Syllogism -

2. General Awareness

Pratiyogita Darpan ( for current affairs monthly magazine )
Lucent General Knowledge
Tata McGraw Hill GS Manual

3. Quantitative Aptitude

Choose one of the two -
Quantitative Aptitude - R S Aggrawal OR  Fast Track Objective Arithmetic - Rajesh Verma
If you want to go higher level then only solve this book > Quantum Cat - Sarvesh Kumar Verma

4. English

Word Power made easy - Norman Lewis
Objective General English - SP Bakshi (Arihant Publication)
Current English Grammar and Usage with Composition - R P Sinha ( Oxford Publication)

5. Marketing Awareness

Objective Marketing Aptitude - Arihant

6. Computer Awareness

Objective Computer Awareness - Arihant

7. Banking Knowledge

Banking Awareness - Arihant

Recommended Book List for SSC CGL

There are 4 main parts in this exam :
1. Reasoning Ability
2. General Awareness
3. Quantitative Aptitude
4. English

Following are the books to be used for each section :

1. Reasoning Ability

A Modern Approach To Verbal And Non Verbal Reasoning - R. S. Aggarwal
Analytical Reasoning - M K Pandey ( BSC publication )

2. General Awareness

Pratiyogita Darpan ( for current affairs monthly magazine )
Lucent General Knowledge
Tata McGraw Hill GS Manual

3. Quantitative Aptitude

Choose one of the two -
Quantitative Aptitude - R S Aggrawal OR  Fast Track Objective Arithmetic - Rajesh Verma
If you want to go higher level then only solve this book > Quantum Cat - Sarvesh Kumar Verma

4. English

Word Power made easy - Norman Lewis
Objective General English - SP Bakshi (Arihant Publication)
Current English Grammar and Usage with Composition - R P Sinha ( Oxford Publication)