To apply for the civil services exams you should have a complete understanding about the exam process, and then your preparation will be more focused when you know exactly what the examiner is expecting. Following are some tips which will help you in cracking the examination:

A thorough analysis of the previous year's papers and the recent trends

Start reading daily news papers

Start preparation of analytics question and mind teasers daily 1 hr.

You can also use good side social websites such facebook there are many IAS IPS CIVIL Services pages which you can like and get some benefits for regular news and updates.

Buy RS Agerwal Book for Math.

You can also go for latest Edition of civil services publication from times.

You history should be most power full.