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SUBJECTS

NCERT BOOK FOR UPSC

1.

POLITY

*       NCERT CLASS IX – POLITICAL SCIENCE: DEMOCRATIC POLITICS PART – I

*       NCERT CLASS X – POLITICAL SCIENCE: DEMOCRATIC POLITICS PART – II

*       NCERT CLASS XI – POLITICAL SCIENCE: INDIAN CONSTITUTION AT WORK

*       NCERT CLASS XI – POLITICAL SCIENCE: POLITICAL THEORY

*       NCERT CLASS XII – POLITICAL SCIENCE I: CONTEMPORARY WORLD POLITICS

*      NCERT CLASS XII – POLITICAL SCIENCE II: POLITICS IN

INDIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE

2.

HISTORY

*       NCERT CLASS VI – OUR PAST

*       NCERT CLASS VII – OUR PAST -I

*       NCERT CLASS VIII – OUR PAST II AND III

*       NCERT CLASS IX – INDIA AND THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – I

*       NCERT CLASS X – INDIA AND THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD – II

*       NCERT CLASS XI – THEMES IN WORLD HISTORY

*       NCERT CLASS XII – THEMES IN INDIAN HISTORY – I

*       NCERT CLASS XII – THEMES IN INDIAN HISTORY – II

*      NCERT CLASS XII – THEMES IN INDIAN HISTORY – III

3.

ART & CULTURE

*       NCERT CLASS XI – AN INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN ART,

*      NCERT CLASS XI – LIVING CRAFT TRADITIONS OF INDIA

4.

GEOGRAPHY

*       NCERT CLASS VI – THE EARTH OUR HABITAT

*       NCERT CLASS VII – OUR ENVIRONMENT

*       NCERT CLASS VIII – RESOURCE AND DEVELOPMENT

*       NCERT CLASS IX – CONTEMPORARY INDIA – I

*       NCERT CLASS X – CONTEMPORARY INDIA – II

*       NCERT CLASS XI – FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

*       NCERT CLASS XI – INDIA – PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

*       NCERT CLASS XII – FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

*      NCERT CLASS XII – INDIA – PEOPLE AND ECONOMY

5.

ECONOMY

*       NCERT CLASS IX – ECONOMICS

*       NCERT CLASS X – UNDERSTANDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

*       NCERT CLASS XI – INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

*       NCERT CLASS XII – INTRODUCTORY MICROECONOMICS

*      NCERT CLASS XII – INTRODUCTORY MACROECONOMICS

 6. 

ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY

*      BIOLOGY: NCERT CLASS XII

ANALYSE UPSC PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION PAPERS

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PAPER

BOOKSLIST

UPSC CSE PRELIMS

1.

GENERAL STUDIES (PAPER I)

*       INDIA’S STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE BY BIPAN CHANDRA

*       CERTIFICATE OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY BY GC LEONG

*       INDIAN POLITY BY M LAXMIKANTH

*       INDIAN ECONOMY BY RAMESH SINGH

*       CURRENT AFFAIRS – THE HINDU, YOJNA MAGAZINE, KURUKSHETRA MAGAZINE

*       OXFORD WORLD ATLAS

*       INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS –

*       NCERT XII (CONTEMPORARY WORLD POLITICS)

*       CURRENT AFFAIRS

*       INDIAN CULTURE- SPECTRUM

2.

CSAT

*       VERBAL & NON-VERBAL REASONING – RS AGARWAL

*       TMH CSAT MANUAL

*       QUICKER MATHS BY M.TYRA

*       ENGLISH GRAMMAR & COMPOSITION WREN & MARTIN

UPSC CSE MAINS

1.

ESSAY

*       MASTERING ESSAY & ANSWER WRITING BY DR. AWDHESH SINGH.

*       ESSAYS FOR CIVIL SERVICES AND OTHER COMPETITIVE

EXAMINATIONS.

2.

GENERAL STUDIES – 1

*       INDIA’S STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE BY BIPAN CHANDRA

*       INDIA AFTER INDEPENDENCE BY BIPAN CHANDRA

*       ANCIENT INDIA BY RS SHARMA

*       HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL INDIA BY SATISH CHANDRA

*       FROM PLASSEY TO PARTITION AND AFTER BY SEKHAR BANDYOPADHYAY

*       INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN ART FOR CLASS XI (NCERT)

*       GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA – MAJID HUSSAIN

*       WORLD GEOGRAPHY- MAJID HUSSAIN

*       OXFORD ATLAS

*       CENTRAL PHYSICAL AND HUMAN GEOGRAPHY BY GC LEONG

*       GEOGRAPHY NCERTS (CLASS XI AND XII)

3.

GENERAL STUDIES – 2

*       INDIAN POLITY BY M LAXMIKANTH

*       CONSTITUTION OF INDIA BY DD BASU

*       INDIA’S FOREIGN POLICY BY RAJIV SIKRI

4.

GENERAL STUDIES – 3

*       INDIAN ECONOMY BY RAMESH SINGH

5.

GENERAL STUDIES – 4

*       ETHICS, INTEGRITY & APTITUDE BY SUBBA RAO AND PN RAO CHAUDHRY

1.

INDIAN POLITY BY M LAXMIKANTH(LATEST EDITION)

2.

SPECTRUM – A BRIEF HISTORY OF MODERN INDIA: RAJIV AHIR,

3.

NCERTS: 6TH -10TH (ALL RELEVANT LIKE SOCIAL SCIENCE, SCIENCE ETC.)

11TH AND 12TH (READ ALMOST EVERYTHING ON SOCIAL SCIENCE, SELECTIVE READING OF

SCIENCES LIKE LAST 4 CHAPTER OF 12TH CLASS BIO NCERT ETC)

4.

INDIA AFTER GANDHI OR INDIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE

5.

CERTIFICATE PHYSICAL AND HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: GC LEONG GOOD SOLID THEORETICAL BACKGROUND:

*      PART-1 IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT

*      PART-2: READ THE FIRST 2 CHAPTERS I.E. WEATHER AND CLIMATE

6.

ATLAS: OXFORD OR BLACK SWAN

7.

INDIAN ECONOMY BY SANJIV VERMA OR RAMESH SINGH

8.

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY:

*      MAINLY CURRENT AFFAIRS RELATED ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

9.

ECONOMIC SURVEY(LATEST EDITION FEB,2020)

10.

LEXICON OR ASHOK KUMAR OR DK BALAJI : ETHICS

TONNES OF OTHER MATERIAL TO BE REFERRED TO:

*      SUBJECTS LIKE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, WORLD HISTORY, IR, CSAT-II ETC.

*      THE HINDU

*      YOJANA

*      COACHING MATERIAL IN THE MARKET

*      PYQS

*      IF YOU DON’T LIKE READING YOU CAN IGNORE ALL THE PREVIOUS 10 BOOKS AS IT WILL BE COVERED IN THE VISHNU IAS ACADEMY PCM MENTORSHIP BATCH SOON…..