RPSC RAS Books 2021: Books For RAS Prelims & Mains

Today in this article, we will see some of the Best RAS Books, but before that, let’s have a quick peek into the RAS Exam.

Rajasthan Administrative Services is a state-level exam conducted by Rajasthan Public Service Commission every year to select officers to run the state administration.

Every year lakhs of students appear for the exam from the Rajasthan state and candidates from other states. Only a few students are selected who are judged based on 2-level of exams and the last interview round. 

Preparing for such a competitive exam would require strategic preparation from different books and a good RAS Coaching  as the syllabus is vast.

This article will discuss some of the best available RAS books in the market for the RAS exam to prepare from.

Books For RAS Pre-Exam

RAS pre is an objective paper consisting of 150 questions in all. We will cover several books here, books for RAS exam preparation in Hindi and English both.

So, let’s start our discussion for the books for RAS pre.

• It is important to start covering RBSC and NCERT books.

RBSC includes Rajasthan Adhyayan Books which is available in both Hindi and English.

NCERT books of class 11th and 12th of history and geography are required to be read.

• This point is only for those who don’t have much time left and want to prepare.

They can read Contemporary Rajasthan by Dr L.R. Bhalla and Rajasthan Aaj Tak by Dr. Dinesh & Pushpa Sharma. This is one of the most important book for the RAS exam preparation.

Now, we will talk about subject-wise books.

History  Books For RAS

History is a vast topic in itself as one has to cover the history of Rajasthan and India as well.

History of Rajasthan

1. The Ancient history of Rajasthan.
2. Important dynasties of Rajasthan.
3. The Modern History of Rajasthan (1707 – 1947).
4. Literature art culture and heritage of Rajasthan.
5. Historical battles of Rajasthan.

Read More: Best RAS Coaching In Jaipur 

History of India

There are mainly three parts in which the complete history of India can be divided into. These are:

1. Ancient history – NCERT book by R. S. Sharma.
2. Medieval history – NCERT book by Satish Chandra.
3. Modern history – NCERT book by Bipin Chandra.
4. There is a book named Spectrum – a brief history of Modern India available on Amazon.

Art and Culture of India

Indian art and culture by Nitin Singhania is a book for RAS exam preparation in Hindi and English.

Geography Books For RAS

Let us now see the books for RAS pre of geography.

As we have to cover the state and national geography, we will see them differently.

Rajasthan geography

1. Geography of Rajasthan – by Dr. L. R. Bhalla.
2. Maps of Rajasthan (Rajasthan Manchitravali) by Mural. This is equally useful for both Hindi and English medium students.

Indian Geography

 NCERT books of class 11th and 12th under which let us see different books of 11th and 12th.

The following books are from class 11th NCERT books.

1. Fundamentals of physical geography.
2. Indian physical environment.

The following books are from class 12th NCERT books.

1. Fundamentals of human geography.
2. India People and Economy.

Furthermore, there are a few books that are also available other than the NCERT ones.

1. Indian and World Geography by Majid Hussain.
2. A book on Environment by Shankar IAS book.

Polity Books For RAS

Now comes the turn of polity; this is an important topic for the RAS pre-exam.

There is a very famous book on Indian Polity by Laxmikant. There is no need to move away; just read this book as this is more than enough for the polity.

Economy

The Economy is also a good scoring topic for the RAS prelims.

Economy of Rajasthan

You can learn about the Rajasthan economy from Laxmi Narayan’s Economy of Rajasthan.

Economy of India

1. There are two NCERT books, i.e. Micro and Macro Economics. 
2. Economy book by Ramesh Singh.
3. You can see the economic survey to get more information on this topic.

Read More: Best RAS Coaching In Jaipur

Science and Technology

The pre-exam question comes from Science and Technology part. So, there is a book named Gist of NCERT available on Amazon that covers this topic.

Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude

Let us discuss books for reasoning and quantitative separately, one after other.

Reasoning

Reasoning by R. S. Agarwal is considered the best book that covers all the topics in a single book with many questions to practice from.

Quantitative aptitude

There is a book by R. S. Agarwal for this quantitative aptitude.

Till the point, we have discussed the books for RAS pre. Now in the next section, we would discuss the important books for RAS mains.

Books For RAS Mains

The RAS mains are considered one of the toughest exams to clear as it is descriptive, and there are several papers that a student has to appear in and clear the cut-off marks to be eligible for the RAS interview round. The marks obtained here are added for the final merit list of selection.

We will discuss various books paper-wise and unit-wise to make it easier to find the required book.

Read More: RAS Exam Pattern

Paper – 1 General Science

Unit-1 History

• History, art, literature of Rajasthan

There is a book by R. B. D for the history, art, culture of Rajasthan. Apart from this, there are several e-books available in the market for the same.

• Indian history

1. Ancient 

NCERT of ancient history by R. S. Sharma.

2. Medieval

NCERT book of medieval history by Satish Chandra.

3. Modern

Spectrum – a brief history of modern India.

1. You can study Ram Chandra’s India After Gandhi or India since Independence by Bipin Chandra for the post-independence period.
2. You can read Nitin Singhania’s book for Indian Art and Culture.

• History of the modern world

There is a book called History of Modern World by B V Rao. It is considered to be a great book for world history for the RAS Exam.

Unit-2 Economics

• You can buy a macro-economics NCERT book that is considered a good option for the Economy.
• Other than this, you can read Ramesh Singh’s Indian Economy.
• For Rajasthan’s Economy, Laxmi Narayan’s Rajasthan Economy is the best choice a student has with him.

Unit-3 sociology, management, accounting, and auditing

NCERT: Class XI

Introducing Sociology 

Understanding Society

NCERT: Class XII

Indian Society  

Social Change & Development in India

Books for RAS Mains Paper – 2 G. S

Unit-1 Administrative Ethics

• There is an e-book available, SS Bissa – Ethics in Governance.
• Lexicon/Subba Rao For Administrative Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude is available on an online platform such as Amazon.

Read More: RAS Exam Pattern

Unit-2 Science and Technology

• You can study from the Vision IAS e-book.
• There is an available online book for this purpose, that is, Environment – Shankar IAS book.

Unit 3: Earth Science (Geography & Geology)

For studying Indian and the world, you can refer to the following books.

• NCERT books of classes 11th and 12th.
• Indian and World geography – Majid Hussain.

For the Rajasthan state’s geography, you can refer to the following books.

• Dr L. R. Bhalla – Geography of Rajasthan.
• Mural – Maps of Rajasthan (Rajasthan Manchitravali). The book is equally good to go for both English and Hindi medium students.

Books for RAS mains exam G. S. paper – 3

Unit-1 Polity and current affairs

• Indian polity

We know very well that for Indian polity, Laxmikant is the best book and no other is in the queue.

• Current affairs

Vision IAS

Insight IAS

You can read newspapers and watch news channels for more updates and daily updates.

Unit-2 Concepts, Issues and Dynamics of Public Administration and Management

New Horizons of Public Administration by Mohit Bhattacharya is the best book for this unit.

Unit-3 Sports, Yoga

You can follow various Youtube channels and websites that give daily updates on the sports for yoga and sports.

You can also learn about different sports by manually searching on Google and Youtube. Most people are sports lovers and know about the basics of different sports so, this topic is not of that importance.

Books for RAS Mains Paper – 4 G. S 

This is the fourth and the last paper of the mains exam. It consists of General Hindi and General English papers.

General Hindi

For vyakran, you can study from RBSC books.

Apart from this, Lucent is the best book available offline for Samanya Hindi.

General English

E-books are available for Grammer.

Some books like Compulsory English and essential English Grammar are available on Amazon’s online platform.

Conclusion

In this article, we have discussed the top-quality books available in the market for the RAS exam. I also suggest a student or an aspirant join The Thought Tree for better preparation for the exam. T3 also provides a library for its students with all the books available there.

T3 has carved a niche for itself and has high-quality teachers and the town’s best study material and they have proved that they are the best RAS coaching in Jaipur.

I hope you have gained a decent knowledge of books, and this will surely help you in your preparation for the RAS exam.

All the best for your exam and your future.