UPSC recommends 109 reserve candidates for Civil Services
Civil Services Exam 2018 Important Dates
| vents of Civil Services Exam 2018 | Prelims | Mains |
| Publication of official notification | 7th Feb 2018 | |
| The last date to submit application forms | 6th March 2018 | |
| Issuing of admit card | May 2018 | Nov 2018 |
| Exam Date | 3rd Jun 2018 | 1st October 2018 |
| Results declaration | Aug/Sept 2018 | Jan/Feb 2019 |
UPSC recommends 109 reserve candidates for Civil Services
(UPSC) has recommended 109 candidates, who were put on a reserve list by it, for appointment on remaining vacant posts of CSE, 2016.
A total of 1099 candidates were declared qualified by the UPSC for the 2016 examination in order of merit for appointment to IAS, IFS, IPS and other central services, as against 1,209 vacancies, results of which were declared on May 31 this year.
Civil Services Exam 2018 Application Form
Civil Services Application Process will be started from 7th February 2018. The competition is quite high every year, as many candidates apply for UPSC Civil Services Examination. Only those candidates who will score high as per the cut-off pattern will be eligible to take the Main Examination of UPSC Civil Services. The Main examination for UPSC Civil Services Exam 2018 will be scheduled in the month of December 2018.
Important Books for Pre Exam
- History Of Modern India – Bipan Chandra. (History)
- India’s Ancient Past – R.S. Sharma. (History)
- India’s Struggle For Independence – Bipan Chandra. (History)
- The Wonder That Was India – A.L. Bhasham. (Culture)
- History Of Medieval India – Satish Chandra. (History)
- Geography of India – Majid Husain. (Geography)
- Indian Art and Culture – Nitin Singhania. (Culture)
- Certificate Physical and Human Geography – Goh Cheng Leong. (Geography)
- Oxford School Atlas – Oxford. (Geography)
- Indian Economy – Ramesh Singh. (Economy)
- Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations – M. Laxmikanth. (Polity)
- Science and Technology in India – TMH. (Science and Technology)
- Economic Survey. (Economy)
- The environment for Civil Services Prelims and Mains – Khuller. (Environment)
- Environmental Studies: From Crisis to Cure – Rajagopalan. (Environment)
- Manorama Yearbook. (Current Affairs)
- India Year Book (Current Affairs)
- Analytical Reasoning – M. K. Pandey (CSAT – Paper 2: Analytical Reasoning)
- CSAT Paper – 2 Manual by TMH or CSAT-II – Arihant (CSAT – Paper 2)
- Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning – R. S.Aggarwal (CSAT Paper 2: Reasoning)
Important Books for Main Exam
- Essays for Civil Services – Pulkit Khare (Essay Paper)
- Norman Lowe OR History of Modern World – Jain and Mathur (World History – GS1)
- India After Gandhi – Ramchandra Guha (History – GS1)
- IAS Mains General Studies Paper 2 (Arihant Manual – GS2)
- Social Problems In India – Ram Ahuja. (Indian Society – GS1)
- Pax Indica – Shashi Tharoor. (Foreign Policy – GS2)
- Governance in India for CSE. (Governance – GS2)
- IAS Mains General Studies – GS3. (Arihant Manual – GS3)
- India and the World by Surendra Kumar. (Foreign Policy – GS2)
- Challenges to Internal Security of India. (Internal Security – GS3)
- India’s National Security: A Reader. (Internal Security – GS3)
- IAS Mains General Studies – Ethics. ( Arihant Manual – GS4)
- Lexicon for Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude. ( Ethics – GS4)
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