Books For General Studies Preliminary IAS (General Studies)
Subject- Indian History
History books of Classes XI and XII - NCERT
Freedom Struggle (NET) - Bipin Chandra
Subject- World Geography - including Indian Geography
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
Atlas
Subject -Indian Polity
Introduction to Indian Constitution - D.D. Basu Related
Subject- Indian Economy
Evolution of Indian Economy - NCERT
Indian Economy - Dutt and Sundharam.
Indian Economy - Mishra and Puri
Subject - General Science
NCERT books on Science.
Science and Technology supplements in the Newspapers and magazines.
Subject -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 - Spectrum
Subject -General 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 calculation is the basic requirement for this topic.
Main (General Studies)
Subject- History of Modern India
India's struggle for Independence - Bipan Chandra and others.
Modern India - NCERT.
Freedom Struggle (NBT) - Bipan Chandra
Modern India - IGNOU
If one is hard pressed for time, he/she may
skip the Modern India and Freedom Struggle.
Subject -Indian Culture
Art and Culture portions of history books and Gazetteer of India.
Culture Chapter (s) in the India Year Book.
Encyclopaedia 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 brought out by Publications Division of Ministry of Information and broadcasting and National Book Trust.
Subject- 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 - Spectrum
Subject -Statistics
Book on Statistics (Class XI) - NCERT
Subject -Indian Polity and Constitution
Introduction to the Constitution of India - D.D. Basu.
Our Parliament - S.C. Kashyap
Subject -Indian 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.
Subject -Science and Technology
Science and Technology section of the Wednesday edition of the newspaper 'The Hindu'.
Science and Technology Published by the Spectrum.
Yozna contains science and environment related topics.
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