We’ve uploaded the list of books / sources required to prepare for KPSC mains. This is a comprehensive list and covers most of the topics required for Gazetted Probationers mains examination.
The current list is for English medium students. A comprehensive list of books / sources for Kannada medium is put up here.
We are also working on putting up detailed study material list (book / chapter wise, PDFs of notes which are not available otherwise ) for students which will be available to our existing class room students / mains test series candidate at our office (Hariprasad’s Institute for Competitive Studies).
KPSC Study material:-
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General Studies – 1
- Section 1
- Unit 1
- WikiPedia.com
- NCERT Ancient India Text Book
- Chronicle History Special.
- GK Today – Art and Architecture module, Ancient History Module
- Religions of India – Ambition IAS notes.
- Unit 2
- Spectrum series – History of Modern India by Rajiv Ahir
- Post Independence India by Bipan Chandra
- Unit 3,4,5,6
- Ambition IAS notes / Suryanath Kamath / Palaksha
- Section 2
- Ambition IAS notes,
- Lakshmikanth – Indian Polity
- Section 3
- Ramesh Singh,
- Ambition IAS notes,
- Indian Economic Survey
- Karnataka Economic Survey (Ambition IAS compilation)
- R S Aggarwal – Quantitative aptitude
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General Studies – 2
- Section 1
- NCERT 10th, 11th and 12th
- Geography of Karnataka by Ranganath
- Section 2
- Indian Polity by Laxmikanth
- Section 3
- 1 – Laxmikanth, Awasti Maheshwari
- 2 – Awasti Maheshwari, Ramesh K Arora
- 3 – Laxmikanth
- 4,5 – Stefen Robins
- 6 – Awasti Maheshwari, Laxmikanth, Ramesh K Arora, 2nd ARC Recommendation
- 7 – Cosmos Book Hive : Concentrate on S.E Asia / SAARC, WikiPedia
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General Studies – 3
- Section 1
- 1 – “Science, Technology and Innovation Policy”, E-Governance Programme, Digital India Program
- 2,3 – Ambition IAS notes
- 4 – Beta Publication : 9th & 10th ICSE Text Books
- 5 –
- 6 – Skill India Mission, GOI Websites, GOI Education Programs
- 7 – Bio Fuel Policy of India / Karnataka, Food Procession Policy
- Section 2
- 1 – Beta Publication : 9th & 10th ICSE Text Books
- 2 – Wikipedia, Inland Waterways Policies
- 3, 4, 5 –
- 6 – Ramesh Singh – Agriculture Programs
- 7 –
- Section 3
- 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 Beta Publication : 9th & 10th ICSE Text Books
- 2 – Geography notes.
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General Studies – 4
- Ethics – Arihant
- Access Publishing (G. Subba Rao, P.N.Roy Chowdhury)