List Of Books For UPSC Civil Services Examination:

Recommended Books for UPSC Civil Service Prelims:

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Paper I - General Studies

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1. History (Indian History and Indian National Movement)

Novice:

NCERT Books

1. Class VI – Our Past

2. Class VII – Our Past -I

3. Class VIII – Our Past II and III

4. Class IX: Contemporary India

5. Class IX: India and Contemporary World I

6. Class X: Contemporary India

7. Class X: India and Contemporary World II

 

Modern India by Bipin Chandra

Spectrum modern India

Advanced:

Class XI and XII NCERT Books

5. Class XI: Themes in World History

6. Class XII: Themes in India History I

7. Class XII: Themes in India History II

8. Class XII: Themes in India History III

 

India’s Struggle for Independence – Bipan Chandra

History of Modern India by A.C Banerjee

 

2. Geography (Indian and World Geography)

Novice:

NCERT Books of Geography

1. Class VI – The Earth Our Habitat

2. Class VII – Our Environment

3. Class VIII – Resource and Development

4. Class IX – Contemporary India – I

5. Class X – Contemporary India – II

6. Class XI – Fundamentals of Physical Geography

7. Class XI – India – Physical Environment

Advanced:

Class XII NCERT Books of Geography

1. Class XII: Fundamentals of Human Geography

2. Class XII – India – People and Economy

School Atlas: Oxford Publication or Orient Longman Publication

A Comprehensive Geography of India by D.R. Khullar

Human Geography by Majid Hussain

India: Publication Division, Government of India

Certificate Course in Geography by Goh Cheng Leong

 

3. Economics (Indian Economics and Economic Theory)

Novice:

Class XI and XII NCERT Books of Economics

1. Class XI: Indian Economic Development

2. Class XII: Introductory Microeconomics

3. Class XII: Macroeconomics

Advanced:

4. Indian Economy: Ruddar Dutt and K.P.M. Sundaram

5. Indian Economy: S.K. Mishra and V.K. Puri

6. Economic Survey of India: Publication Division, Government of India

7. Annual Budget: Publication Division, Government of India

8. India: Publication Division, Government of India

9. Indian Economy: Pratiyogita Darpan

 

4. Polity (Indian Constitution)

Novice:

Class XI and XII NCERT Books of Political Science

1. Class XI: Political Theory

2. Class XII: Indian Constitution at Work

Advanced:

3. Introduction to Indian Constitution by D.D. Basu

4. Our Constitution by Subhash C Kashyap

5. Our Parliament by Subhash C Kashyap

6. Perspectives on Indian Constitution Edited by Subash C Kashyap

7. Indian Constitution (Bare Act): P.M. Bakshi

8. Indian Polity: Pratiyogita Darpan

9. Indian Polity: Laxmi kant

 

5. General Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology)

Novice:

Class IX and X NCERT Books of Science

1. Class IX: Science

2. Class X: Science

Advanced:

Class XI and XII NCERT Books of Biology

3. Class XI: Biology

4. Class XII: Biology

Science: Tata McGraw Hill

 

6. Environment (Ecology, Bio-diversity, Climate Change)

Biology and Geography NCERT Books alongwith current events on Environmental and Climate Change Issues

 

Advanced:

Shankar IAS Environment

 

7. Art and Culture:

Novice:

Class XI and XII NCERT Books

1. Class XI: An Introduction to Indian Art-Part I

2. Class XII: An Introduction to Indian Art-Part II

Advanced:

NCERT Books

1. Class XI – Living Craft Traditions of India

2. Class XII- Craft Traditions of India: Past, Present, Future

Indian Art and Culture By Nithin Singhania

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8. Current Affairs

Newspapers

1. The Hindu

2. Indian Express (Delhi Edition)

3. The Economic Times

4. The Times of India

Periodicals

1. Frontline

2. Yojana: Publication Division, Government of India

3.Kurukshetra: Publication Division, Government of India

 

Competitive Magazines

1. Follow Any one Current Affairs Magazine (Monthly) – Vision/Insights/Focus Magazine

 

Web resources:

1. www.pib.nic.in

2. www.mrunal.org

3.www.insightsias.com

4. www.gktoday.in

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Paper II – CSAT

 

1. Numeracy

1. NCERT Mathematics VII, IX, X

2. Quantitative Aptitude : R.S.Agarwal

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2. Data Interpretation

Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency by Tyra and Kundan

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3. English Comprehension and Communication

Objective General English by R.S. Agarwal

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4. Logical Reasoning

A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning by R.S. Agarwal

A new Approach to Reasoning by Sijwali and Sijwali

 

 

UPSC Civil Services Prelims Previous Year Solved Papers:

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1. 29 Previous Years UPSC Civil Services IAS Prelims Topic-wise Solved Papers 1 & 2 (1995 - 2023) 14th Edition- By Mrunal Patel (Published by Disha Publication)