WBCS_BOOKLIST

 *#WBCS_BOOKLIST  #WBCS  #wbcs2023*

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Start with a good GS MANUAL

1) General Studies Paper -I 2021 (UPSC) Arihant, Manohar Pandey

2) WBCS GS MANUAL - Nitin Singhania Sir

SUBJECT WISE

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#HISTORY

1) Ancient & Medieval India - Poonam Dalal Dahiya

2) Modern India - Sonali Bansal, Snehil Tripathi

3) Spectrum - A brief History of Modern India - Rajiv Ahir 

#GEOGRAPHY

1) Geography of India [ Gist of NCERT ] - Mahesh Kumar Barnwal

2) Geography - India & West Bengal - Kartick Chandra Mondal

3) Geography of India Majid Husain / Khullar **

(** only to be used selectively as reference books) 

4) Human Geography - Majid Husain *

* only to be used as reference 

#POLITY

1) Lakshmikant 

#INDIAN_ECONOMY

1) Economy by Nitin singhania sir 

2) Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh **

** as reference book 

3) Pratiyogita Darpan Spl edition Indian Economy ( Exam oriented Series)*

* For Current affairs, Budget & Economic Survey on Indian Economy

4) Arihant Mag book ( specific chapters related to RBI & Money market) 

#ENGLISH

[ OBJECTIVE ENGLISH FOR WBCS PRELIMS ]

1) Objective English by SP Bakshi 

2) English Grammar - PK Dey Sarkar

#ARITHMETIC & #REASONING

1) RS Agarwal - Basic practice for beginners

2) SSC CGL Maths by Rakesh Yadav 

3) Kirans SSC Mathematics

4) Kiran SSC Reasoning

#PRACTICE_BOOKS

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UPSC Pre 25 yrs solved * Disha publication

Or

UPSC Pre 25 yrs solved * Arihant Publication

14000 plus Arihant objective question

WBCS Scanner

Disha 11000 plus

Dhankar 11000 

#science 

1) Shankar ias academy - environment

2) Encyclopedia of General Science

3) Mag Book Arihant series 

#Special_mention *** [ SPECIAL REFERENCE BOOKS ]

1) INDIAN  HISTORY - Krishna Reddy

2) WBCS GS MANUAL by Nitin Singhania sir &

3) Indian Economy by Nitin singhania sir 

4) Lakshmikant - Indian Polity 

5) Geography by Majid Husain / Gist of NCERT By Barnwal Or 

Geography - Periyar ( Anyone) 

These books are very important. 

👉 Always Focus on Standard Text Books

👉 Read each book multiple times

👉 Revision is the key 

👉 Don't rely on coaching Institute notes. 

👉 Don't Trust anyone sharing lucrative short cuts. 

👉 There is no Short cuts to success

👉 Remember you are preparing for Civil service to become Future Executive Magistrates / Asst Commissioners / Deputy Superintendent of Police etc 

👉 So be serious and prepare accordingly

👉 Be Smart, learn to identify what to read & what not to read. 

👉 Have a Time Table

👉 Trust only Standard Text Books & Previous years Questions only 

#Arithmetic & #Reasoning ( Advanced Practice) 

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1) Arithmetic & Reasoning - Advanced Maths Rakesh Yadav

2) Kirans SSC reasoning

3) Kirans ssc cgl maths

#Current_Affairs

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1) Pratiyogita Darpan quarterly issue

2) Pratiyogita darpan monthly issue

3) PD Year book 

Other Sources

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Mrunal Economy videos

Regularly read newspapers

The Hindu Or  The Telegraph Or  The Times or The Indian Express

(** Any Two) 

For Mains, regular practice writing composition, essays, letters, translation etc. 

The Following is an updated list of WBCS Books & may be revised from time to time by me at my discretion. 

Best Wishes ❤

Abhirup Bhattacharjee(WBCS  2019)

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