List Of Civil Services Books For General StudiesPreliminary IAS (General Studies)*.History books of Classes XI and XII – NCERT*.Freedom Struggle (NET) – Bipin ChandraWorld Geography – including Indian Geography Good books*.Principles of Geography (Class XII-Part I, II)*.General Geography of India (Class XII) Part I – NCERT*.Geography of India – Resources and Regional Development Part II (Class XII) – NCERT*.Physical Geography – Leong*.AtlasIndian Polity Good book*.Introduction to Indian Constitution – D.D.Basu RelatedIndian Economy*.Evolution of Indian Economy – NCERT*.Indian Economy – Dutt and Sundharam.*.Indian Economy – Mishra and PuriGeneral Science*.NCERT books on Science.*.Science and Technology supplements in the Newspapers and magazines.Current Events of National and International importance*.One major National Daily – Either The Times of India or The Hindu.*.Newsweeklies like India Today or/and Outlook*.Current Events – SpectrumGeneral Mental Ability*.No special preparation is required in this area. But some practice may be done from any exercise books or quantitative aptitude. In fact, an intelligent calculationis the basic requirement for this topic.Main (General Studies)History of Modern India*.India’s struggle for Independence – Bipan Chandra and others.*.Modern India – NCERT.*.Freedom Struggle (NBT) – Bipan Chandra*.Modern India – IGNOUNote: -If one is hard pressed for time, he/she may skip the Modern India and Freedom Struggle.Indian Culture*.Art and Culture portions of history books and Gazetteer of India.*.Culture Chapter (s) in the India Year Book.*.Encyclopedia of Indian Culture. A good library invariably has more than one encyclopaedia on Indian Art and Culture selected notes may be taken from it.*.Books on culture / cultural topics broughtout by Publications Division of Ministry ofInformation and broadcasting and National Book Trust.Current Affairs*.At least one major national newspaper – either The Times of India or The Hindu*.Newsweeklies like India Today or/and Outlook*.Current Affairs and News Analysis of BBC.*.Current events – SpectrumStatistics*.Book on Statistics (Class XI) – NCERTIndian Polity and Constitution*.Introduction to the Constitution of India – D.D. Basu.*.Our Parliament – S.C. KashyapIndian Geography and Economy*.Indian Geography (Class XI and XII) – NCERT*.Yozna*.Indian Economy – Dutt and Sundharam/Mishra and Puri*.The editorial page of the Economic Times.Science and Technology*.Science and Technology section of the Wednesday edition of the newspaper ‘The Hindu’.*.Science and Technology Published by theSpectrum.*.Yozna contains science and environment related topics.1. Indian History – India Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra; NCERT Books ( XI & XII )2. Geography – Spectrum3. Indian Polity – Constitution of India by Bakshi4. Indian Economy – Plus One, Plus Two Books, Pratiyogita Darpan5. General Science – Tata Mc Graw Hill Guide6. Mental Ability – Quantitative Apitude by R.S. Aggarwal7. Current Affairs – Some magazines and Newspapersi. The Hindu/The Times of Indiaii. Frontlineiii. Civil Service Chronicleiv. Chanakyav. Competition WIZARDvi. Civil Services Today8. Guides1. Tata Mc Graw Hill2. Spectrum3. UniqueBooks on Indian History & Culture:*.NCERT (+ 2 level): Ancient India, Medieval India, Modern India.*.Publication Division : Gazetteer of India (Vol 2 : History & Culture)*.Gandhi Nehru Tagore & Ambedkar : Gopal Krishna*.Bipin Chandra – Modern India*.A.C.Banerjee – History of Modern India Raghavan Aiyer : Mahatma GandhiBooks on Geography:*.NCERT : Physical Geography of India for X – XII Std*.A Good School Atlas*.Sharma & Cotinho : Economic and Commercial Geography of India.*.Khullar : India- A Comprehnsive Geography*.Charles Farro : General Principles of World Geography*.Charles Farro : Monsoon Asia Reports published by Centre for Science and Enviornment And Tata Energy Research Institute*.National journal – Kurukshetra, Yojana etc.*.Down to earthBooks on Indian Economy:*.NCERT (+1 level) : Evolution of Indian Economy(I C Dhingra).*.Mishra & Puri or Dutt & Sundaram – Indian Economy*.Economic Survey*.The Economic Times,Business Standard*.YojanaBooks on Social and National Issues :*.Social Problem – Ram Ahuja*.Social Welfare Magazine – Published by ministry of social welfare*.Yojana/Kurukshetra*.IIPa JournalBooks on Indian Polity:*.NCERT (+1 level) : Indian Political System*.N.L. Madan : Bhartiya Rajya Vyavastha*.D.D. Basu: Indian Constitution*.Kashyap: Constitution of India*.Publication Division : Subhash C. Kashyap: Our Parliament*.P.M. Bakshi: Indian Constitution*.Our Constitution : Subhash C. kashyap*.Perspective on Constitution : S.C. Kashyap*.Frontline Magazine*.IIPa JournalBooks on Science & Technology:*.NCERT : (10 level) : Science, (+2 level) : Biology.*.Popular Science Series (CSIR)*.Reports Of the Ministry of Science and Technology Yojana*.Science Reporter*.Science and Technology in India – Spectrum*.Books on Statistics:*.(NCERT +1 level) Elementary Statistics*.S.C.Gupta : Statistical MethodsBooks on India and the World :*.Journal of peace Studies*.World Focus*.Strategic Analysis*.South Asian JournalOther Books for General Studies:1. India Year Book latest2. One competitive Magazine3. Guides like Tata Mc Graw Hill, Spectrum or Unique For General Reference 4. The Pearson General Studies Manual.
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