Ordered it on 25th November, received it on 27th morning. I have ordered both Paper- 1 (this one) and Paper- 2 books. I'm still in college and I don't go for coaching or anything and I started preparing recently. So, I thought I should start my journey from this book. It was priced 971 and when i checked two days later, it was priced 1026 (I did get 8% discount though).
About this book:
- It is big and tad heavy.
- Print and paper quality are average but good enough.
- Simple language.
- Prac...

Its a thick book, which gives you a detailed overview of all the topic for the exam. This is not a substitute or a quick guide to success for the Civil Services exam but its a good book to fill the gaps of your NCERT reading. Read it along with the latest NCERT books and it will help you cover the basic syllabus for the exam.

FOR THE PREPARATION OF PAPER-1, ONE RELIABLE MANUAL BOOK IS RECOMMENDED AND HERE IN THIS RESPECT THIS PRODUCT STANDS HELPFUL...OF COURSE, I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE ARIHANT MANUAL ALSO...THESE BOOKS ARE UNDOUBTEDLY BENEFICIAL ALONG WITH OTHER REFERENCE BOOKS LIKE NCERT, MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS ETC...

This book is very useful.
It has very detailed content which will help you to study in a very efficient and effective manner.
I recommend this book to all UPSC aspirants.

The book covers every topic nicely for CSAT Paper-I. The authors have provided a comprehensive material, which will be helpful for Mains too.

The areas where the book lags:
1) Though lots of topics are covered, their flow is not fluid for readers.
2) Highlighting and emphasizing important areas are not there. The topics which require more details are as same as the ones that doesn't, which makes us to rely on other sources.
3) Presentation is poor. Eg: Less diagrams for Geography, No flowc...

this book must be supplemented to ncerts.first one has to complete ncerts and after that this book will help a lot....THIS BOOK HAS COVERED TOPICS LUCIDLY BUT NOT MORE THAN NCERTS.It is important to read core and handy books for polity,history,geography,economy separately..

A very Good book for preperations of UPSC general studies paper 1 and is a complete package for UPSC general studies paper 1.
latest edition, have some spelling mistakes, good paper quality and etc.
overall a good book.

I ordered this book on popular suggestion.
It is indeed a concise book for a good start for UPSC preparation.
Certainly it is not fully sufficient for the Prelims examination, because some more intricate details are needed which I have heard to be present in similar books from other publishers.

For a beginning it is a nice book.

after going through this book i have found that this book is good for beginners. all sections of the book are explained properly with every detail is furnished. political section of the book is very precisely explained with suitable examples, but the medieval history is not up to the mark which is a downfall of the book, other sections are well explained.

TMH has always been providing civil services aspirants with great reading material. The Indian Polity by Laxmikanth is a hit and so is this book. It contains all the general topics covered in the syllabus and also has good MCQs. It would have been better if they'd have provided explanations for all the answers because doubts remain at places. But all in all, a good book. A must-have for all the IAS aspirants.