West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS) is the dream career of thousands of aspirants in the country. West Bengal State Public Service Commission (PSC) is the agency that takes care of the entire recruitment process.
In your West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS) preparation is very important to read the right books for respective subjects. Here we have recommended important books relevant for the WBCS Preliminary and Main exam preparation.
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History and National Movement
Geography of India and West Bengal
Geography of India and West Bengal is an important topic in WBCS prelims and mains examination. Approximately 20-22 questions are asked in Prelims on Indian Geography and approximately 3-5 questions are in Prelims on West Bengal Geography and 100 questions are asked in the Mains exam on Geography of India and West Bengal every year.
Geography of India and West Bengal are playing a more important role in WBCS Prelims and Mains exam for deciding to cut off marks. For the preparation of Geography, you can refer the following books:
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Indian Economy
Indian Polity
Indian Polity is an important topic in WBCS prelims and mains examination. Approximately 10-15 questions are asked in Prelims and 100 questions are asked in the Mains exam on Indian Polity every year.
Indian Polity playing a more important role in the WBCS Mains exam for deciding to cut off marks. For the preparation of Indian Polity, you can refer the following books:
Science & Technology
General Science is an important topic in WBCS prelims and mains examination. Approximately 22-27 questions are asked in Prelims on General Science every year. In the main exam, every year approximately 65-75 questions are asked on General Science, approximately 25-35 questions are on advanced Science & Technology and approximately 15-30 questions are asked on Environment Science. For the preparation both Prelims and Main of Science & Technology, you can refer the following books:
Mathematics & Reasoning
Arithmetic and Test of Reasoning are an important topic in WBCS prelims and mains examination. Approximately 25 questions are asked in Prelims and 200 questions are asked in the Mains exam on Arithmetic and Test of Reasoning every year.
Arithmetic and Test of Reasoning are playing a more important role in WBCS Prelims and Mains exam for deciding to cut off marks. For the preparation of Arithmetic and Test of Reasoning, you can refer the following books:
English
English is an important paper in WBCS prelims and mains examination. Approximately 25 objective questions are asked in Prelims on General English every year. In the Main exam, 5 questions (total 200 marks) asked from Letter writing, Drafting of Report, Précis Writing, Composition and Translation on English every year. For the preparation of Objective English for prelims and Descriptive English for main exam you can refer the following books:
- Objective General English by S. P. Bakshi (Prelims)
- Higher English Grammar and Composition by P.K. De Sarkar (Prelims & Main)
- Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis (Prelims & Main)
Bengali/Hindi/Nepali
Bengali/Hindi/Nepali is an important paper in the WBCS mains examination. In the Main exam, 5 questions (total 200 marks) asked from Letter writing, Drafting of Report, Précis Writing, Composition and Translation on English every year. For the preparation of descriptive Bengal/Hindi/Nepali for the main exam you can refer the following books:
Current Affairs
Current Affairs is an important topic in WBCS prelims and mains examination. Approximately 25 questions are asked in Prelims and 35-45 questions are asked in the Mains exam on the last 1 year’s Current Affairs every year.
Current Affairs is playing a more important role in WBCS Prelims and Mains exam for deciding to cut off marks. For the preparation of Current Affairs, you can refer the following resources:
- Pratiyogita Darpan Monthly Magazine (Prelims & Main)
- VisionIAS Monthly Magazine (Prelims & Main)
- Exam Prostuti’s Quick Revision Current Affairs (Prelims & Main)
Additional
Apart from subject wise books, we are recommended to guide books for the overall guide and General Knowledge book. In the preliminary exam, 3-5 questions and Main exam 30-40 questions are asked on General Knowledge. You can refer the following resources: