UPSC Prelims Preparation Books to Refer for IAS

1. CURRENT AFFAIRS– UPSC Prelims Preparation Books to Refer for IAS

Important Sources (Follow any one newspaper for news items (preferably The Hindu); one for editorial (best Indian Express); and one Business newspaper – only editorials (best is Livemint). UPSC Prelims Preparation Books to Refer for IAS

The Hindu
The Indian Express
Press Information Bureau (keep checking the Features section for imp articles and our weekly PIB Gist)
PRS (only for recent Bills and articles related to them)
IDSA: Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis (keep checking every 2-3 days for in-depth IR articles)
Yojana and Kurukshetra (no need to read all articles – read selectively)
LokSabha and RajyaSabha Debates

2. HISTORY

Modern India

NCERT – Class 8^th (New) – ‘Our Pasts – III’
NCERT-Class 12^th ‘Modern India’ (OLD)
Tamil Nadu Edition- Class 12^th

Spectrum Modern India – Rajiv Ahir

Reference Book: India’s Struggle for Independence – Bipan Chandra; Plassey to Partition by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay. UPSC Prelims Preparation Books to Refer for IAS

Medieval India

NCERT – Class 7^th (New) –‘Our Pasts –II’
NCERT – Class 11^th ‘Medieval India’ (OLD)- Satish Chandra

Tamil Nadu Edition-Class 11^th
Ancient and Medieval India – Poonam Dalal Dahiya. UPSC Prelims Preparation Books to Refer for IAS

Ancient India

NCERT– Class 11^th ‘Ancient India’ (OLD)- R.S. Sharma
NCERT– Class 12^th ‘Themes in Indian History- Part I’ (NEW)- Chapters 1 to 6

Tamil Nadu Edition – Class 11^th
Ancient and Medieval India – Poonam Dalal Dahiya

NOTE: Most part of ‘Culture’ section overlaps with Ancient and Medieval History. Apart from the above mentioned books, you can refer the below link for more information on Culture

3. GEOGRAPHY

NCERT Social Science, Class 6^th (New) ‘The Earth Our Habitat’
NCERT Social Science, Class 7^th (New) ‘Our Environment’
NCERT Social Science, Class 8^th (New) ‘ Resource and Development’
NCERT Social Science, Class 9^th (New) ‘Contemporary India’
NCERT Social Science, Class 10th (New) ‘Contemporary India-Part II’
NCERT – Class 11^th (New)
- Fundamentals of Physical Geography
- India physical environment
NCERT – Class 12^th (New)
- Fundamentals of Human Geography
- India – People and Economy
Atlas: Orient BlackSwan School Atlas (or) Oxford School Atlas UPSC Prelims Preparation Books to Refer for IAS. UPSC Prelims Preparation Books to Refer for IAS

4. POLITY

NCERT – 6^th to 8^th (for basic understanding)
NCERT- Class 9^th to 12^th(for understanding more on democracy and federalism)
Indian Polity – M Laxmikanth

Reference Book: Introduction to Indian Constitution – D.D.Basu

5. ECONOMICS

Macroeconomics- Class 12^th , NCERT
NCERT 11^th– Indian Economic Development
NCERT- Class 9^thand 10^th (for basics)
Indian Economy – Ramesh Singh-Selective UPSC Prelims Preparation Books to Refer for IAS

6. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The Hindu-Monday Edition (not technical news, only application based science & Tech)
NCERT- Class 6^th to 10^th
NCERT – Biology – 11^th (Unit IV & V only – read basic concepts not technical details)
NCERT Biology – 12^th (Chapters 4, 5 and rest from 7 to 16 – all important – read line by line except technical details)
NCERT – Biology – 12^th (OLD) – Chapter 9 onwards
NCERT – Physics – 11^th (Chap 1,5 & 8) and 12^th(Chap 15 only)
NCERT – Chemistry – 11^th (Chap 1 & 14 only) and 12^th (Chap 14 & 16 only)
Science reporter- Selectively UPSC Prelims Preparation Books to Refer for IAS

7. ENVIRONMENT

ICSE Board- Environmental studies- Class 10^th and 11^th
NCERT- Geography Books (in 6^th to 12^th there are lot of chapters on Environment)
Science NCERT books mentioned above
Shankar IAS Notes
Current affairs
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