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This document provides recommendations for important books to prepare for the UPSC Civil Services Examination, including: 1. For the UPSC Prelims exam, it recommends books on Indian history, culture, geography, economy, polity, and current affairs. 2. For the UPSC Mains exam, it recommends books for each of the General Studies papers and provides book suggestions for popular optional subjects like Political Science. 3. The book lists cover topics ranging from ancient, medieval and modern Indian history to the constitution, geography, environment, economy, and other social issues. NCERT texts are frequently referenced along with other standard reference works.

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This document provides recommendations for important books to prepare for the UPSC Civil Services Examination, including: 1. For the UPSC Prelims exam, it recommends books on Indian history, culture, geography, economy, polity, and current affairs. 2. For the UPSC Mains exam, it recommends books for each of the General Studies papers and provides book suggestions for popular optional subjects like Political Science. 3. The book lists cover topics ranging from ancient, medieval and modern Indian history to the constitution, geography, environment, economy, and other social issues. NCERT texts are frequently referenced along with other standard reference works.

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mportant Books for UPSC (IAS) Preparation: Prelims

1. A Brief History of Modern India by Rajiv Ahir


2. World History by Norman Lowe
Modern History
3. ‘Concise History of Modern India’ by Sujata
Menon

History & Indian Ancient History ‘Ancient India’ by RS Sharma (Old NCERT)
Culture History of Medieval India by Satish Chandra (Old
Medieval History
NCERT)
1.‘Facets of Indian Culture’ by Spectrum
Indian Culture 2. Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania
3. CCRT website
1. Certificate Physical and Human Geography
2. Maps Oxford School Atlas
3. NCERT Class XI – Fundamentals of Physical
Physical
Geography
Geography
4. NCERT Class XI – Physical Environment
5. Certificate Physical and Human Geography by
Geography
Goh Cheng Leong
Indian
India: Physical Environment (NCERT)
Geography
World 1. Fundamentals of Human Geography (NCERT)
Geography 2.Certificate Physical And Human Geography
1.India People and Economy (NCERT)
2.Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
3. Recent Economic Survey
4. Economy: NCERT Class XII – Introductory
Microeconomics
Economy Economy
5.Economy: NCERT Class XII – Introductory
Macroeconomics
6.Indian Economy Key Concepts by K
Sankarganesh (or) Sriram IAS Economy

1. Indian Polity by Laxmikanth


2.An Introduction to the Constitution of India by
Polity Polity D. D. Basu
3.The Constitution of India by P. M. Bakshi
4.Old NCERT books for Indian Polity
Daily, Monthly 1. The Hindu
Current Affairs & Weekly 2. PIB
Current Affairs 3. Jagran Josh
1. Notes by Shankar IAS
2. Daily Newspapers
3. ISRO website
Science & Tech Science & Tech
4. NCERT Science [for Basics]
5.Science & Technology by A. Singh

1. Recent Events on Climate change through


Newspapers
Environment & Environment & 2. NIOS Study Materials
Ecology Ecology 3. Science: Class XII – Biology
4.Environment booklet by Shankar IAS Academy

8. Other Miscellaneous Books


 Geography of India by M. Hussain
 History of Modern India by Bipin Chandra
 The Wonder that was India by Bhasham
 India’s Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra
 Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
 INDIA Yearbook 2019 PDF
 24 years IAS Prelims (CSAT) General Studies Solved Papers
 TMH GS Manua

Important Books for UPSC (IAS) Preparation: Mains


General Studies: IAS Mains Paper 1


- Ancient History by R.S Sharma (Old NCERT)

- Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania

- The modern history of Bipin Chandra (Old NCERT)

- The spectrum of modern India by Rajiv Ahir

- Politics in India since Independence (NCERT)

- India since Independence by Bipin Chandra (Old NCERT)

- World History NCERT by Arjun Dev (Old NCERT)

- Fundamentals of Physical Geography (NCERT)

- Fundamentals of Human Geography (NCERT)

- India: Physical Environment (NCERT)

- India People and Economy (NCERT)

- Indian Society (NCERT)

- Social Change and Development in India (NCERT)


 History of Modern India by Bipin Chandra
 Ancient India by RS Sharma\
 India After Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha
 Plassey to Partition by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay PDF
 A Brief History of Modern India Spectrum
 Facets of Indian Culture’ by Spectrum
 Social Problems in India by Ram Ahuja

General Studies: IAS Mains Paper 2


- Indian Constitution at Work (NCERT)

- Indian Polity by Laxmikanth

- Introduction to the Constitution of India by D.D. Basu

- Governance in India by Laxmikanth

- India Year Book

- Contemporary World Politics (NCERT)


 Governance in India by Laxmikanth
 Indian Polity by Laxmikanth
 Pax Indica
 Handbook of India’s International Relations by David Scott
 Challenge and Strategy: Rethinking India’s Foreign Policy by Rajiv Sikri
 International Relations by Pavneet Singh PDF
 Current Economic Survey
 NIOS Study Material for Environmental Studies

General Studies: IAS Mains Paper 3


- Indian Economy NCERTs of class 11th and 12th

- Indian Economy for Civil Services Exam by Ramesh Singh:

- Indian Economy by Uma Kapila

- Economic Survey and Fiscal Budget

- India People and Economy (NCERT)

- ARC Report on Disaster Management

- India Year Book

- For Science and Technology


 Indian Economy Key Concepts by Shankar Ganesh PDF
 Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
 Shankar IAS Environment
 Challenges to Internal Security of India by Ashok Kumar

General Studies: IAS Mains Paper 4


- IGNOU Study Material for Ethics Course

- Justice: What’s the right thing to do? - By Michael Sandel


- Psychology NCERT class 12th book

- Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude for Civil Services Examination by G. Subba Rao

- Lexicon for Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude for IAS General Studies by Niraj Kumar:

- Administrative Reforms Commission Report on Ethics:


 Lexicon for Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude for IAS General Studies Paper IV
 Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude for Civil Services Examination by G Subba Rao
 Previous Year Solved Papers
 Monthly Current Affairs
 UPSC Study Material
 Gist of Yojana

Books for UPSC (IAS) Mains Preparation: Optional Subjects


Political Science:
Books for Political Science Paper I
l India’s Struggle For Independence – Bipan Chandra
l An introduction to constitution – DD Basu
l An introduction to political theory – O P Gauba
l An Oxford companion to politics in India – Niraja Gopal Jayal and Pratap Bhanu Mehta
l A History Of Political Thought: Plato To Marx – Mukherjee and Sushila Ramaswamy
l Foundations of Indian political thought- V R Mehta
l A New Look at Modern Indian History – B L Grover & Alka Yagnik
l Indian Government & Politics – B L Fadia
Books for Political Science Paper II
l International organisations – Spectrum Books Publication
l International Relations – Khanna
l India’s foreign policy – V P Dutt
l Challenge and Strategy: Rethinking India’s Foreign Policy - Rajiv Sikri
l Does the Elephant Dance?: Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy- David M. Malone
l Global politics- Andrew Heywood
Books for other optional subjects will be available here shortly.

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