PCS Prelims [ Books List ]

Recommended Books for PCS Prelims Paper – I

• IAS Previous Year's Solved Papers - Disha Experts | Arihant 

• India's Ancient Past - R.S. Sharma | R.C. Majumdar

• History of Medieval India - Chandra Satish | Upinder Singh

• Modern History - Bipan Chandra | Rajeev Ahir 

• Indian Art and Culture - Nitin Singhania | Alok S Jha

• Geography - Majid Husain | Goh Cheng Leong

• Atlas - Oxford | Orient

• Science -  Arihant | McGraw Hill 

• Economy - Ramesh Singh | Sanjiv Verma

• Polity - M. Laxmikanth | D. D. Basu

• Environment - Shankar | R. Rajagopalan 

• Punjab GK - Sadda Punjab | Know Your State

• MCQs - Arihant 

• GS Manual - McGraw Hill | Manohar Pandey 

Recommended Books for PCS Prelims Paper – II

Basic numeracy

• Essential Book - Quantitative Aptitude by R.S. Aggarwal
• Additional Book - Quantitative Aptitude Quantum CAT by Arihant (Best book for Quality Problems)

Reasoning

• Essential Book - Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning By R.S. Aggarwal

Data interpretation

• Essential Book - Data Interpretationfor the CAT by Arun Sharma

English Language Comprehension

• Essential Book - Proficiency in Reading Comprehension by Arihant