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Recommended Books to Prepare for Preliminary Examination

This section lists the Prelims books which must be read by the UPSC Aspirant

Geography

  • NCERT – Class 11th (New)
    • Fundamentals of Physical Geography
    • India physical environment
  • NCERT – Class 12th (New)
    • Fundamentals of Human Geography
    • India – People and Economy

Reference Books:

  • Certificate Physical and Indian Geography – Goh Cheng Leong
  • OLD NCERT Geography – Class 11th and 12th

Indain Polity

  • NCERT- Class 9th to 12th

Reference Books

  • Indain Polity 5th Edition by M Laxmikanth

ECONOMICS

  • Macroeconomics- Class 12th NCERT
  • NCERT 11th – Indian Economic Development
  • NCERT- Class 9thand 10th (for basics)

Reference Books:

  • Indian Economy – Ramesh Singh

Environment and Biodiversity

  • Current affairs
  • ICSE Board- Environmental studies- Class 10th and 11th

Reference Books

  • Environment and Ecology – Biodiversity, Climate Change and Disaster Management – Majid Husain (Access Publishers)
  • Environment for Civil Services Prelims and Mains – by Khuller and Rao (McGraw Hill)

Science and Technology

  • NCERT books IX, X, XI, XII

Reference Books

  • General Science For Civil Services Preliminary Examinations – S.A.Majid
  • 1000 Plus Questions on General Science – TMH
  • Science and Technology in India – Kalpana Rajaram – Spectrum

History

Modern India:

  • NCERT – Class 8th (New) – ‘Our Pasts – III’,/li>
  • NCERT-Class 12th ‘Modern India’ (OLD)
  • Tamil Nadu Edition- Class 12th

Medieval India:

  • NCERT – Class 7th (New) –‘Our Pasts –II’
  • NCERT – Class 11th ‘Medieval India’ (OLD)- Satish Chandra
  • Tamil Nadu Edition-Class 11th
  • Ancient and Medieval India – Poonam Dalal Dahiya

    • Ancient India:

    • NCERT– Class 11th ‘Ancient India’ (OLD)- R.S. Sharma
    • NCERT– Class 12th ‘Themes in Indian History- Part I’ (NEW)- Chapters 1 to 6
    • Tamil Nadu Edition – Class 11th
    • Ancient and Medieval India – Poonam Dalal Dahiya

    Recommended Books for Civil Services Mains Exam

    This section lists all the importank Books which must be read by the UPSC Aspirant.

    Books for General Studies Paper-1

    (Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society)

    • India’s Struggle for Independence – Bipin Chandra
    • History Of Modern India – Bipin Chandra
    • Facets of Indian Culture by Spectrum
    • A History of Modern World by Ranjan Chakravarti
    • India Since Independence by Bipin Chandra
    • Indian and World Geography by Majid Hussain
    • Certificate Physical and Human Geography by Goh Cheng Leong
    • India’s Ancient Past by R. S. Sharma
    • History of Medieval India by Satish Chandra

    Books for General Studies Paper-2

    (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International Relations)

    • Indian Polity by Mr.Laxmikanth
    • Our Parliament by Subhash Kashyap
    • Our Constitution by Subhash Kashyap
    • International Relations in 21st Century by Pushpesh Pant

    Books for General Studies Paper-3

    (Technology, Economic Development, Bio diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)

    • Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
    • Indian Economy: Performance and Policies by Uma Kapila
    • Economic Survey
    • Environment & Ecology: Biodiversity, Climate Change & Disaster Management by Majid Hussain

    Books for General Studies Paper-4

    (Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude)

    • Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude for Civil Services Main Examination by Subba Rao

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