Reference Books for the TNPSC Group 1

Reference Books for the TNPSC Group I
Exam preparation which you are looking for.
1.State Board books are considered as primary source of TNPSC Exam question setting for all Group Examination. So you should study following school text books.
i)Social Science Books - 6th to 10th Std
ii) Indian Culture - 12th Indian Culture Book
iii)Polity - 11th,12th Political Science
iv)Economy - 11th,12th Economics Books
v)Geography -11th,12th Geography Books
vi) Science Books - 6th to 10th Std, (Additional 11th,12th Botany and Zoology if you have time)

2.History
i)Prof.J.Dharmarajan's Tamilnadu History
ii)K.Venkadesan. India Freedom Struggle

3. Aptitude (50 marks in Group 1 Exam)
i)A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning by R.S. Agarwal
ii)Quantitative Aptitude by R.S.Agarwal
iii)Objective Arithmetic - R. S. Agarwal Indian Polity


4.Indian Economy
i)Pratiyogita Darban's Indian Economy & Ramesh Singh's Book

5. Current Affairs
i)The Hindu, Dinamani,
ii)Competitive Success Review/Civil Service Chronicle/Competition Wizard/Shankar IAS Acadamy's Civilpedia(any one of these magazine)
iii)Yojana/Thittam
6.Tamilndu Language and Culture (Mains Exam)


7. Geography
i)Oxford School Atlas
ii)Spectrum Publication -Indian Geography

8.Science & Technology
i)Science & Tech by Spectrum Publications

9.India Year Book by Government of India

10.English Test
i)Objective General English by R.S. Agarwal

11. i) Lakshmi Kanth - Indian Polity ( To buy this book online with more than 30 % discount and free delivery Click here)


12.Guide Books for General Studies (Not Important, if you study all the above mentioned books). Any one of the Guides like Tata Mc Graw Hill, Spectrum or Pearson