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    The document lists recommended books for studying history, world history, geography, and general studies for the IAS examination. For history of India, it suggests textbooks and books on various topics like administrative history, constitutional history, and India's freedom struggle. For world history, it recommends textbooks and books on topics like civilization, industrialization, European history. For geography, it provides a list of textbooks and reference books for both the preliminary and main examinations, covering physical, economic, human, and regional geography. It also includes some general suggestions for subjects like polity, economy, and current affairs.

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    1.Modern India (NCERT) Bipan Chandra 2.Modern India (Macmillan) Sumit Sarkar 3.

    Anatomy of the Raj (PPH) Suhash Chakravarty 4.The Raj Syndrome (Penguins) Suhash Chakravarty 5.VAIDs Fundamentals of History Series a.Administrative History Pravin Kumar b.Constitutional History Pravin Kumar c.Social History Pravin Kumar d.Freedom Struggle Pravin Kumar 6.Peasant Movements in India D.N. Dhanagare 7.Indias Struggle for Independence Bipan Chandra and others 8.Gandhi B.R. Nanda 9.Gandhi Judith Brown 10. Freedom Struggle (NbT) Bipan Chandra & others

    World History:

    1.The story of Civilization, Vol. 2 (NCERT) Arjun Dev 2.Contemporary World History (NCERT) Arjun Dev & others 3.The Mainstream of Civilization Strayer, Gatzke & Harbison 4.Western Civilizations Burns & others 5.Industry & Empire E.J. Hobsbawm 6.Age of Revolution E.J. Hobsbawm 7.Age of Capital E.J. Hobsbawm 8.Age of Empires E.J. Hobsbawm 9.Social basis of Democracy & Dictatorship B.J. Moore 10.Europe Since Napoleon David Thompson

    11.Europe Since 1815 W.C. Craig 12.Europe Since 1870 James Joll.

    Geography

    IAS Papers : Mostly Suggested books for Geography Exam

    Books for Geography Preliminary Exam :

    1. 6th to 12th NCERT Books for Geography. 2. Certificate of Physical Geography - Goh Cheng Leong. 3. Physical Geography -Savindra Singh 4.Physical Geography - Made simple series - Rupa Publications 5. Economic & Commercial Geography - Made Simple Series - Rupa Publications. 6. Human and Economic Geography - Leong & Norgan 7. Human Geography - Majid Hussain. 8. Geographical thoughts - Majid Hussain. 9. Field Work - 11 th NCERT. 10. Cartography - R.L. Singh 11. Geography of India - Gopal Singh 12. Economic & Commercial Geography of India - C.B. Memoria 13. Orient longman - Atlas. 14. TTK - Atlas 15. Dictionary of Geography - Penguin 16. Spectrum guide for Geography. 17. Siddhartha - Preliminary Question Bank. 18. Geography Guide - Narmadeshwar Prasad.

    Books for Geography Main Exam :

    For Paper - I

    1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

    Physical geography - Savinder Singh The Earths dynamic surface - K. Sidhartha Physical geography - Strahler & Strahler Climatology - D.S. Lal Physical geography made simple - Rupa Oceanography - Sharma & Vital Biogeography - Savinder Singh Evolution of geographical thoughts - Majid Hussain and Adhikari Economic geography - K. Sidhartha Economic and social geography made simple - Rupa Urban geography - K. Sidhartha Human geography - Majid Hussain Geography of population - R.C. Chandra Regional Planning in India - hand & Puri Political geography - Dixit

    For Paper - II

    1. 2. 3. 4.

    Physical environment - NCERT NCERT Class XII India: Physical aspects - K Sidhartha Geography of India - Mamoria

    5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

    Agricultural geography - Majid Hussain Agricultural problems in India - Sadhu and Singh Economic & Commercial geography of India - Mamoria Indias urbanisation and urban systems - R. Ramachandran Regional planning in India - Chand and Puri Political geography - Dixit India: political aspects - K. Sidhartha

    Other Books :

    Physical Geography

    1. 2. 3. 4.

    NCERT Vol -1 Physical Geography - Bunnett Certificate physical and human geography - Goh, Cheng Leong Physical Geography made simple

    Human and Economic Geography

    1. 2. 3. 4.

    Human and Economic Geography - NCERT Economic Geography, Economic and Social Geography made simple Penguim masters studies on geography The Cultural Landscape - Rubeistein

    Indian Geography

    1.

    Indian geography - Rammorthy Gopalakrishnan

    2. 3. 4.

    Physical geography of India - S.M. Mathur General geography - NCERT Mineral of India

    NBT (Wadia)

    a. b. c. d. e. f.

    Resources and regional development - NCERT Catography - R.L. Singh World regional geography - Fellnan Work book - K. Siddhartha and S. Mukherjee Question Bank - Surendra Singh, 1000 Geography quiz - Muthiah

    General Studies

    1. 2. 3.

    History Ancient, Medieval & Modern History NCERT (10-12) Modern History Spectrum Economics Collins Economics Dictionary, Current Year Economic Survey

    4. Geography NCERT (6-12th), Certificate Physical Geography by Gocheng Leong, Indian Geography by Khullar 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Mental Ability R.S.Agarwal Polity Lakshmikanth Current Affairs Hindu, Magazines General Knowledge India Year Book, Manorama Year Book Statistics Spectrum Guide Science & TechnologyGeography Books Paper - I

    Physical geography - Savinder Singh The Earth's dynamic surface - K. Sidhartha

    Physical geography - Strahler & Strahler Climatology - D.S. Lal Physical geography made simple - Rupa Oceanography - Sharma & Vital Biogeography - Savinder Singh Evolution of geographical thoughts - Majid Hussain and Adhikari Economic geography - K. Sidhartha Economic and social geography made simple - Rupa Urban geography - K. Sidhartha Human geography - Majid Hussain Geography of population - R.C. Chandra Regional Planning in India - hand & Puri Political geography - Dixit Geography Books Paper - II India: Physical aspects - K Sidhartha Geography of India - Mamoria Agricultural geography - Majid Hussain Agricultural problems in India - Sadhu and Singh Economic & Commercial geography of India - Mamoria India's urbanisation and urban systems - R. Ramachandran Regional planning in India - Chand and Puri Political geography - Dixit India: political aspects - K. Sidhartha

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