By Suresh Parmar Sir             
                               An Institute for Civil Services Since -2010 
                                     UPSC | CIVIL SERVICES EXAM 
                                    BOOK LIST | GENERAL STUDIES 
                                     PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 
             HISTORY: 
                •  NCERT Books (OLD) – Class XI, XII Ancient, Medieval & Modern 
                •  NCERT Book (NEW) - Introduction to Indian Art (Class XI Fine Arts) 
                •  NCERT Book (NEW) – Crafts traditions of India (Class XI) 
                •  Freedom Struggle: Bipin Chandra & others (Delhi Uni.) 
                •  Spectrum Books on: Modern India & Indian Culture  
                •  Indian Art & Culture by Nitin Singhania  
             POLITY & GOVERNANCE: 
                •  NCERT Books (NEW) – Class XI TO XII 
                •  Indian Polity by M. Laxmikanth 
                •  Daily News Papers & Monthly Magazines 
             ECONOMY:   
                •  NCERT Books (NEW) – Class X. XI.XII 
                •  Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh 
                •  Economic Survey of India (Latest) 
                •  India Year Book (Latest) 
                •  Daily News Papers & Monthly Magazines 
             GEOGRAPHY: 
                •  NCERT Books (NEW) – Class VI to XII 
                •  Physical & Human Geography by Goh Chens Leong (G C LEONG) 
                •  Geography of India – Majid Hussain  
                •  OXFORD School Atlas – by OXFORD 
                •  Monthly Yojana / Kurukshetra Magazines  
                •  Daily News Papers 
             ECOLOGY & ENVIRENMENT | BIODIVERSITY:  
                •  ALL NCERT of “GEOGRAPHY” 
                •  NCERT Class XII Biology Only Last 05 Chapters 
                •  Any Authentic Guide (Only One is Enough) 
                •  Daily News Papers / Monthly Magazines 
             SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT | PUBLIC POLCY & RIGHT ISSUES: 
                •  Daily News Papers & Monthly Magazine (Any One) 
                •  Official Website of Govt & Institutions 
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                                         By Suresh Parmar Sir             
                               An Institute for Civil Services Since -2010 
             SCIENCE:   
                •  NCERT Books (NEW) – Class 07th to 12th  
                •  Daily News Papers / Monthly Magazines 
                •  Latest Year India Year Book 
             CURRENT AFFAIRS: 
                •  Daily News Paper: The Hindu OR Indian Express 
                •  Monthly Magazines: Yojana OR Kurukshetra  
                •  Any One Monthly Competitive Magazine for UPSC – CSE 
             WEBSITES | BLOGS: 
                •  Pib.nic.in 
                •  Insightsonindia 
                •  Iasbaba 
                •  Mrunal.org 
                •  Prsindia.org 
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