The document lists the NCERT books that cover the basic concepts for different segments of the General Studies exam for the civil services in India. It provides the titles of NCERT books and other publications that candidates should refer to for each paper of the General Studies exam, covering topics like Indian heritage and culture, history, geography, economics, science and technology, environment, and ethics. For example, for Indian heritage and culture, it recommends books on Indian dance, painting, temples from the Publications Division and National Book Trust of India.
The document lists the NCERT books that cover the basic concepts for different segments of the General Studies exam for the civil services in India. It provides the titles of NCERT books and other publications that candidates should refer to for each paper of the General Studies exam, covering topics like Indian heritage and culture, history, geography, economics, science and technology, environment, and ethics. For example, for Indian heritage and culture, it recommends books on Indian dance, painting, temples from the Publications Division and National Book Trust of India.
The document lists the NCERT books that cover the basic concepts for different segments of the General Studies exam for the civil services in India. It provides the titles of NCERT books and other publications that candidates should refer to for each paper of the General Studies exam, covering topics like Indian heritage and culture, history, geography, economics, science and technology, environment, and ethics. For example, for Indian heritage and culture, it recommends books on Indian dance, painting, temples from the Publications Division and National Book Trust of India.
The document lists the NCERT books that cover the basic concepts for different segments of the General Studies exam for the civil services in India. It provides the titles of NCERT books and other publications that candidates should refer to for each paper of the General Studies exam, covering topics like Indian heritage and culture, history, geography, economics, science and technology, environment, and ethics. For example, for Indian heritage and culture, it recommends books on Indian dance, painting, temples from the Publications Division and National Book Trust of India.
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The basic concepts of different segments of General Studies are derived from NCERT
books, as mentioned below:
General Science: 9th and 10th Standards
History: 11th and 12th Standards Geography: 11th and 12th Standards Economics: 11th and 12th Standards Art & Culture: 11th standard
General Studies - Paper I (Main Examination)
Indian Heritage & Culture
Gazetteer of India - Volume II
L. Basham: The wonder that was India S. A. A Rizvi : The wonder that was India (volume II) Books on Indian dance, painting, temples etc of Publications Divisions and National Book Trust (NBT) Modern Indian History & Post-independent India
NCERT: Modern India
Tarachand - History of Freedom Movement in India, Vol- I to IV, (Publications Division). Surendernath Sen: 1857 (Publications Division) Ancient India-Collection of Article (Publications Division) NBT- Freedom Struggle Bipan Chandra: Indias Struggle for Independence Bipan Chandra-Post Independence India Sumit Sarkar-Modem India Gazetteer of India- Volume II World History
NCERT: The Story of Civilization (2 Volumes)
NCERT: Contemporary World History L. Mukherji: A History of the World Geography of the World NCERT books on Indian and world Geography Physical Geography : Savindra Singh Geomorphology : Savindra Singh Oceanography : Sharma and Vatal (NCERT) Economics and Social Geography: Rupa Publications Environmental Geography: Savindra Singh Survey of Indian Agriculture : The Hindu Publications. Survey of Indian Economy: The Hindu Publications
India Year Book : Publications Division
Oxford School Atlas General Studies - Paper II (Main Examination) Governance, Constitution & Polity
D.D. Basu: Indian Constitution.
P.M. Bakshi: Indian Constitution S.C. Kashyap: Citizens and the Constitution (Publications Division) B.S. Baviskar & Ash Narain Roy Local Governance - A Global Perspective (Publications Division) S.C. Kashyap: Our Parliament (NBT) S.C. Kashyap: Our Constitution (NBT) S.C. Kashyap: Our Political System (NBT) M.R. Singh: Indian Federalism (NBT) Kuldeep Mathur: From Government to Governance (NBT) International Relations Rajiv Sikri: Challenge and Strategy- Understanding Indias foreign policy C. Rajamohan: Crossing the Rubicon NCERT : Contemporary World Politics (12th Standard) General Studies - Paper III (Main Examination) Governance, Constitution & Polity Science & Technology
India Yearbook: brought out by Publications Division : Chapter on Science and
Technology Annual Reports of the department of Space, Atomic Energy, Ministry of Environment etc Indian Economy NCERT: Indias Economic Development Mishra and Puri: Indian Economy Relevant Economic Survey 12th Five Year Plan Document Bimal Jalan: Indias Economic Policy Bimal Jalan: Emerging India- Economics, Politics and Reforms. Any one Economic Newspaper like The Economic Times, Business Standard, Financial Express. Yojana which comes every month in Hindi, English, Assamese, Bangali, Gujarathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu Kurukshetra in Hindi/English Environment and Bio-diversity NCERT: Indias Physical Environment
Together, Towards a Safer India: CBSE Publication
Encyclopedia of Disaster Management: S.L. Goel (Deep and Deep Publications) Security Annual Reports of Ministry of Home Affairs, Defence and External Affairs General Studies - Paper IV (Main Examination) Ethics and Integrity
Mohit Bhattacharya- New Horizons of Public Administration
Nicholas Henry- Public Administration and Public Affairs S.R. Maheshwari and Awasthi -Public Administration Ramesh K Arora - Ethical Governance in Business and Government Ramesh K Arora - Ethics in Governance Ramesh K Arora & Tanjul Saxena - Ethics and Accountability in Government and Business