The Civil Services Examination (CSE) is a nationwide competitive examination in India conducted by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment to various Civil Services of the Government of India,

including the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Revenue Service (IRS


the Examination has the Following Phases that are :
Stage I: Preliminary examination - A qualifying test advertisied in May and held in August each year. Results are published in mid-October
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Stage II: Main examination - Held in December every year. Results are usually published in the second week of March.

Stage III: Personality Test (interview) - held in April/May each year. Final results are usually announced in May

the names of Some Good books for the Civil Service Examination is as Follow

History Of Modern India – Bipan Chandra. (History)
India’s Struggle For Independence – Bipan Chandra. (History)
India’s Ancient Past – R.S. Sharma. (History)
History Of Medieval India – Satish Chandra. (History)
The Wonder That Was India – A.L. Bhasham. (Culture)
Indian Art and Culture – Nitin Singhania. (Culture)
Geography of India – Majid Husain. (Geography)
Oxford School Atlas – Oxford. (Geography)
Certificate Physical and Human Geography – Goh Cheng Leong. (Geography)
Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations – M. Laxmikanth. (Polity)
Indian Economy – Ramesh Singh. (Economy)
Economic Survey. (Economy)
Science and Technology in India – TMH. (Science and Technology)
Environmental Studies: From Crisis to Cure – Rajagopalan. (Environment)
Environment for Civil Services Prelims and Mains – Khuller. (Environment)
India Year Book (Current Affairs)
Manorama Yearbook. (Current Affairs)
CSAT Paper – 2 Manual by TMH or CSAT-II – Arihant (CSAT – Paper 2)
Analytical Reasoning – M. K. Pandey (CSAT – Paper 2: Analytical Reasoning)
Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning – R. S.Aggarwal (CSAT Paper 2: Reasoning)