Books required for the exam of Indian Police Service exam

I would like to know the books I can refer to for preparation for the Indian Police Service exam?

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UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam General Studies

Upkars UPSC Central Police Forces Assistant Commandants

Contemporay Essays by Ramesh Singh OR 151 ESSAYS for UPSC Mains (Essay Paper)

India after Gandhi – Ramchandra Guha (History – GS1)

Norman Lowe OR History of Modern World – Jain and Mathur (World History – GS1)

Social Problems In India – Ram Ahuja. (Indian Society – GS1)

IAS Mains General Studies Paper 2 (Arihant Manual – GS2)

Governance in India for CSE. (Governance – GS2)

Pax Indica – Shashi Tharoor. (Foreign Policy – GS2)

India and the World by Surendra Kumar. (Foreign Policy – GS2)

IPS Mains General Studies – GS3. (Arihant Manual – GS3)

India’s National Security: A Reader. (Internal Security – GS3)

Challenges to Internal Security of India. (Internal Security – GS3)

Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude for Civil Services Mains. ( Ethics – GS4)

IPS Mains General Studies – Ethics. ( Arihant Manual – GS4)

Structure of the IPS Entrance Exam

The IPS exam will have two parts. They are the Preliminary Examination and the Main Examination.

The preliminary will comprise of two papers:
The general studies paper – This paper will carry 150 marks.
CSAT

Syllabus of the IPS Entrance Exam

Applicants will have to prepare for all the subjects mentioned below. They must make it a point to cover all the required areas.
Quantitative Aptitude
Verbal Ability
DI/DS
Reasoning Ability
General Awareness

Both these papers will be of the objective category. Students can write the exam in Hindi or English. The syllabus will be of the graduate level.


The Main Examination will cover the following papers.
Paper I - One Indian language – This will carry 300 marks
Paper II – English – This will carry 300 marks
Paper III – Essay- This will carry 200 marks
Paper IV&V - General Studies - This will carry 300 marks
Paper VI-IX - Any two optional subjects – Each paper will carry 300 marks

Every one of these papers will have duration of 3 hours.