Dear Nikita,

Thank you for your query. The following are the list of the booklets of Tina Dabi for IAS Preparation:

1. Polity-Laxmikant
2. Medieval History-NCERT
3. Economics- Macro-Economics 12th NCERT
4. Geography- Class 11th and 12th NCERT
5. GK-Hindu+Insights on India+Monthly Magazine
6. Science- NCERT 6th to 10th
7. Modern History-Chapters from 12th NCERT
8. Environment- Shankar IAS
9. Other stuff – Budget+ Eco survey selectively + Indian Year Book Selectively
10. Economics- Sriram Printed Notes

All the best

Hello Aspirant,

I am enlisting down some books which would be very helpful to you for your IAS preparation :-

@History

• India's Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra
• NCERT Textbook of Class 11th and 12th

@Geography

• Certificate Physical Geography by GC Leong
• NCERT Textbook of Class 11th and 12th
• World Atlas

@Indian Polity

• India Polity by M. Lakshmikanth
• NCERT textbook of Class 11th and 12th

@Economy

• Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
• Economic Development Policies in India by Jain and Hari
• NCERT textbook of Class 11th

@International Relations

• NCERT textbook of Class 12th
• Current affairs

@CSAT

• Tata McGraw Hill CSAT Manual
• CSAT II by Arihant Publication
• Verbal and Non-verbal reasoning by RS Agarwal

I hop this information helps you.

Good Luck!!

Hello aspirant,

Below is the list of some of the colleges which offer BA course:

• MCC - Madras Christian College
• Alagappa Government Arts College
• Delhi University
• Agra College
• Aliah University - AU
• ABV Government Degree College
• Academy of Sanskrit Research
• Andhra University
• Acharya Nagarjuna University
• Acharya Brojendra Nath Seal College

Below is the list of some of the IAS coaching institutes:

• Vajiram and Ravi IAS Coaching in Delhi.
• Plutus IAS  Coaching in Delhi
• Shankar IAS Academy in Chennai
• Analog IAS Institute

Thank you.

Hi,

The eligibility to become an IAS is you should have passed graduation from any stream.

To do a course to get pilot license after 12th the eligibility is 10+2passed from a recognized board with minimum 50% of marks and a minimum age of 17 years.

So a 12th repeater can apply to pilot course. And to a IAS course also but to apply for IAS he has to complete graduation.

Hope it helps.

Dear aspirant,

Never forsakeyour campus interview for any other thing always keep a job as a backup in case you are not able to do well in the exam which you want to give.

having a job as a backup is a plus point. If respective of the exam you are going for as enjoy the learning experience will be wide and can be used in many other places like CAT exam.

In your case if you prepare for the exam then you must go for both the exam and the interviews get one job as a backup and keep your focus on exam preparation.

Thank you.

Hello,

You can go through the following steps in order to initiate your UPSC preparation;

Be well acquainted with UPSC Syllabus,learn it by heart this is the first and most important step to crack this exam, to know what to read and what to skip.

Have an integrated approach for both Preliminary and Mains while preparing, never ever make a differentiation between prelims and mains, because nowadays what's happening is even in prelims, UPSC frame questions based on Mains syllabus.

Make a timetable,set targets on a daily,weekly and monthly basis,that's the only way to complete this extensive syllabus.

Another equally important thing is to start reading any newspaper like The Hindu, or Indian Express on a regular basis to be updated as well as gaining knowledge which shall be highly useful to you in future exam preparation part. Put a more emphasis on editorial part, it will not only broaden your perspective but help a lot in answer writing,and make sure whatever opinion you form it should be well balanced. You can also make notes of this,it'll be very useful in answer writing.

When it comes to reading books ,start with basics, for each subject, you can do with NCERTs for this. This will build your foundation strong,as you progress, move on to other relevant books as mentioned below;

For Prelims, refer the following books:

History ;

NCERT Class XI and XII
India's Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra
For Indian Culture, refer art and culture by Nitin Singhania

Geography ;

NCERT Class VI to XII
GC Leong's Physical Geography
World Atlas

Economics ;

NCERT Class XI
Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh

International Relations & Polity ;

NCERT XII Political Science with current affairs
Indian Polity by Laxmikanth

CSAT ;

Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by RS Agarwal
M Tyra's Quicker Maths

Coming to Mains Exam, you can refer the following books for four General Studies Paper;

GS I - For History , Class XI NCERT book with India's struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra,India after Independence by Bipan Chandra,History of Medieval India by Satish Chandra

For Geography refer World Geography and Geography of India by Majid Hussain, GC Leong's Physical and Human Geography with NCERT Class XI book.

For GS II - Polity and International Relations , refer Indian Polity by Lamikanth,India's Foreign Policy by Rajiv Sikri

For GS III - For Economics refer Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh, read ARC report along with Economic Survey and Fiscal Budget.

For GS IV - For Ethics refer a book named Lexicon by Niraj Kumar, also you can go through study material of IGNOU.

Remember to keep resources minimal always, read one book many a times instead of many a book one time

Start practicing answer writing in advance, even in a little way, Writing mains is a huge task, for nine paper it requires immense practice along with knowledge. There are many sites which provide questions on daily basis you can avail that. Try to give a holistic viewpoint while answer writing by providing political,economical and social aspect. You can use Insights,IASBaba to name a few,from the vision is site you'll get answer copies of toppers so do go through them to get an overall idea about format in the form of introduction,body,conclusion.

Practice previous year question paper which you can get from the site of UPSC,in addition mock papers, and test series which you can get it from any of the sites exclusively dedicated to UPSC, it's highly important to evaluate your performance while doing so. You can take the help of the Internet, there are many good websites and YouTube too can help you a lot in this preparation process.

Dear Aspirant,

Hello,

When it comes to eligibility for UPSC candidates needs to have passed or appearing in the final year of graduation in any discipline from a recognized university. There's no minimum aggregate required in this case.

Now,one thing you've to understand that there's nothing like a quick thing whether it comes to graduation stream or even UPSC , it takes one year to prepare for UPSC exam and another one to appear. No matter in which field you do graduation, it's going to take 3-4 year and more in case of medical.

UPSC is more humanities oriented, so if you've inclination towards any of the subjects among Political Science/Public Administration/History/Geography/Economics/Law etc you can pursue.

If you don't want to go for any of the above option,then it's best you think about your areas of interest and go ahead with that, for instance there're many engineering students who have in the past graduated,gained some work experiences and thereafter appeared for UPSC, and it's also good to have a back up plan, you should do what suit you, if you're determined from this stage only to go for UPSC, then the sooner you start preparation the better it is, you can also qualify in your first attempt with single-minded focus and dedication.

Hii!
The average starting salary of an IAS officer ranges from INR 56,100 to INR 132,000 per month. But, as he completes his training and as the years pass, he gains experience, the salary on an average can reach upto INR 250,000 per month.
But, this may vary accordingly.
Hope this helps.
Good luck !