This document provides a list of recommended reading materials for the UPSC Prelims exam divided into the following subjects: History, Geography, Polity, Economics, Science and Technology, Environment, and Social Issues & New Policies. For each subject, multiple textbooks and resources are listed, primarily NCERT textbooks from classes 6 through 12 covering topics such as Indian history, geography, polity, economics, science, and environment. Other recommended books include India's Struggle for Independence and Plassey to Partition for history, and Indian Economy and M. Laxmikanth's guide for polity and economics. The India Yearbook is also recommended for the social issues and new policies section.
This document provides a list of recommended reading materials for the UPSC Prelims exam divided into the following subjects: History, Geography, Polity, Economics, Science and Technology, Environment, and Social Issues & New Policies. For each subject, multiple textbooks and resources are listed, primarily NCERT textbooks from classes 6 through 12 covering topics such as Indian history, geography, polity, economics, science, and environment. Other recommended books include India's Struggle for Independence and Plassey to Partition for history, and Indian Economy and M. Laxmikanth's guide for polity and economics. The India Yearbook is also recommended for the social issues and new policies section.
This document provides a list of recommended reading materials for the UPSC Prelims exam divided into the following subjects: History, Geography, Polity, Economics, Science and Technology, Environment, and Social Issues & New Policies. For each subject, multiple textbooks and resources are listed, primarily NCERT textbooks from classes 6 through 12 covering topics such as Indian history, geography, polity, economics, science, and environment. Other recommended books include India's Struggle for Independence and Plassey to Partition for history, and Indian Economy and M. Laxmikanth's guide for polity and economics. The India Yearbook is also recommended for the social issues and new policies section.
This document provides a list of recommended reading materials for the UPSC Prelims exam divided into the following subjects: History, Geography, Polity, Economics, Science and Technology, Environment, and Social Issues & New Policies. For each subject, multiple textbooks and resources are listed, primarily NCERT textbooks from classes 6 through 12 covering topics such as Indian history, geography, polity, economics, science, and environment. Other recommended books include India's Struggle for Independence and Plassey to Partition for history, and Indian Economy and M. Laxmikanth's guide for polity and economics. The India Yearbook is also recommended for the social issues and new policies section.
1. HISTORY 1.1 MODERN INDIAN HISTORY 1.1.1 NCERT – Class 8 (New) – ‘Our Pasts – III’ 1.1.2 NCERT-Class 12 ‘Modern India’ (OLD) 1.1.3 Tamil Nadu Edition- Class 12 1.1.4 Spectrum Modern India – Rajiv Ahir 1.1.5 India’s Struggle for Independence – Bipan Chandra; 1.1.6 Plassey to Partition- Sekhar Bandyopadhyay 1.1.7 1.1.8 1.2 MEDIEVAL INDIAN HISTORY 1.2.1 NCERT – Class 7 (New) –‘Our Pasts –II’ 1.2.2 NCERT – Class 11 ‘Medieval India’ (OLD)- Satish Chandra 1.2.3 Tamil Nadu Edition-Class 11 1.2.4 Ancient and Medieval India – Poonam Dalal Dahiya 1.2.5 1.3 ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY 1.3.1 NCERT– Class 11 ‘Ancient India’ (OLD)- R.S. Sharma 1.3.2 NCERT– Class 12 ‘Themes in Indian History- Part I’ (NEW)- Chapters 1 to 6 1.3.3 Tamil Nadu Edition – Class 11 1.3.4 Ancient and Medieval India – Poonam Dalal Dahiya 1.3.5 2. GEOGRAPHY 2.1 NCERT Social Science, Class 6 (New) ‘The Earth Our Habitat’ 2.2 NCERT Social Science, Class 7 (New) ‘Our Environment’ 2.3 NCERT Social Science, Class 8 (New) ‘ Resource and Development’ 2.4 NCERT Social Science, Class 9 (New) ‘Contemporary India’ 2.5 NCERT Social Science, Class 10th (New) ‘Contemporary India-Part II’ 2.6 NCERT – Class 11 (New) Fundamentals of Physical Geography India physical environment 2.7 NCERT – Class 12 (New) Fundamentals of Human Geography India – People and Economy 2.8 Orient Black Swan School Atlas 1 PRELIMS 2019-HP30
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Goh Cheng Leong 2.10 3. POLITY 3.1 NCERT 6 3.2 NCERT 7 3.3 NCERT 8 3.4 NCERT 9 3.5 NCERT 10 3.6 NCERT 11 3.7 NCERT 12 3.8 M. LAXMIKANTH 5TH 3.9 DD BASU- INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN CONSTITUTION 3.10 4. ECONOMICS 4.1 Macroeconomics- Class 12 , NCERT 4.2 NCERT 11 – Indian Economic Development 4.3 NCERT- Class 9 4.4 NCERT -Class 10 4.5 Indian Economy – Ramesh Singh-Selective: 4.5.1 Introduction (GDP, GNP, growth etc.) 4.5.2 Evolution of the Indian economy 4.5.3 Banking 4.5.4 Inflation & Business Cycle 4.5.5 Agriculture 4.5.6 India and the Global Economy 4.5.7 Human development 4.5.8 Technology and environment 4.6 5. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 5.1 NCERT 6-10 OVERVIEW 5.2 NCERT – Biology – 11 (Unit IV & V ) 5.3 NCERT Biology – 12 (Chapters 4, 5 and rest from 7 to 16) 5.4 NCERT – Biology – 12 (OLD) – Chapter 9 onwards 5.5 NCERT – Physics – 11 (Chap 1,5 & 8) and 12 (Chap 15 only)
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5.6 NCERT – Chemistry – 11 (Chap 1 & 14 only)
and 12 (Chap 14 & 16 only) 5.7 6. ENVIRONMENT 6.1 ICSE Board- Environmental studies- Class 10 and 11 6.2 SHANKAR IAS ENVIRONMENT 6.3 7. SOCIAL ISSUES & NEW POLICIES AND SCHEMES 7.1 INDIA YEAR BOOK 2018 7.2 INDIA YEAR BOOK 2019