Preliminary IAS (General Studies)
Subject Indian History
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History books of Classes XI and XII - NCERT
Freedom Struggle (NET) - Bipin Chandra
Subject
World
Good books
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Good books
Geography
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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 Good book
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Introduction to Indian Constitution - D.D. Basu Related
Subject Indian Economy Good books
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Evolution of Indian Economy - NCERT
Indian Economy - Dutt and Sundharam.
Indian Economy - Mishra and Puri
Subject General Science Good books
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NCERT books on Science.
Science and Technology supplements in the Newspapers and magazines.
Subject Current Events of National and International importance.
Good books
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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 Good books
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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 Good books
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India's struggle for Independence - Bipan Chandra and others.
Modern India - NCERT.
Freedom Struggle (NBT) - Bipan Chandra
Modern India - IGNOU
o If one is hard pressed for time, he/she may
skip the Modern India and Freedom Struggle.
Subject Indian Culture Good books
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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 Good books
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At least one major national newspaper - either The Times of India or The
Hindu
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Newsweeklies like India Today or/and Outlook
Current Affairs and News Analysis of BBC.
Current events - Spectrum
Subject Statistics Good book
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Book on Statistics (Class XI) - NCERT
Subject Indian Polity and Constitution Good books
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Introduction to the Constitution of India - D.D. Basu.
Our Parliament - S.C. Kashyap
Subject Indian Geography and Economy Good books
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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 Good books
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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.