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              UPSC Civil Services Examination Reference Books  
      For Prelims Examination : 
      PAPER – I 
         6th to 12th NCERT Books of History, Geography, Science, Political Science, Sociology, 
        Economics 
         From Plassey to Partition – A History Of Modern India    
         A Brief History of Modern India – Spectrum Publications  
         The Indian Economy – Sanjiv Verma  
         Indian Economy : For Civil Services Examinations 5th Edition (2013) – Ramesh Singh  
         Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations 4th Edition – M Laxmikanth  
         Certified Physical and Human Geography – Goh Cheng Leong 
         Environment & Ecology- Majid Husain  
          India Year Book – Publication Division, Govt. of India   
         For Current Affairs- The Hindu, Indian Express (Newspapers), Yojana, Kurukshetra, Science 
        Reporter (Magazines) 
       
      PAPER – II 
         Cracking the CSAT Civil Services Aptitude Test with Solved Papers  
         Tata Mcgraw Hill Manual of GS Paper-II – 2017 
         CSAT Paper – 2 Manual by TMH or CSAT-II – Arihant (CSAT – Paper 2) 
         Analytical Reasoning – M. K. Pandey (CSAT – Paper 2: Analytical Reasoning) 
         Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning – R. S.Aggarwal (CSAT Paper 2: Reasoning) 
         
         
       
      For Mains Examination : 
       1)  Essay –  
            Selected Contemporary Essays – Saumitra Mohan 
            Essays for Civil Services – Pulkit Khare 
       2)  General Studies Paper 1 –  
            India Since Independence – new edition (Bipan Chandra)  
            India’s Struggle For Independence – Bipan Chandra 
            Geography of India- Majid Hussain 
            India After Gandhi: The History Of The World’s Largest Democracy 
            Mastering Modern World History – New Edition – Norman Lowe  
            Trends in Indian Culture and Heritage: For Civil Services 
            The Gazetteer of India: History and Culture Vol II 
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            History of the World from the Late Nineteenth to the Early Twenty First Century – Arjun 
           Dev   
            Certified Physical and Human Geography – Goh Cheng Leong 
            Social Problems in India 2 Edition – Ram Ahuja 
            Facets of Indian Culture – Spectrum  
         
       3)  General Studies Paper 2 – 
            Shorter Constitution Of India (Set of 2 Volumes) 14th Editon – D.D.Basu  
            Introduction to the Constitution of India 
             Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations 5th Edition – Laxmikanth 
            Select Constitutions: 16th Edition – S Chand 
            India’s Foreign Policy – Muchkund Dubey 
            Challenge And Strategy : Rethinking India’s Foreign Policy – Rajiv Sikri 
            Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution – Review 
            Public Institutions in India: Performance and Design – PRATAPA BHANU MEHTA 
            Indian Social System – Ram Ahuja 
            
            
       4)  General Studies Paper 3 – 
            Economic Survey  
            The Indian Economy – Sanjiv Verma 
            Indian Economy : For Civil Services Examinations 5th Edition (2013) – Ramesh Singh 
            India’s National Security – A Reader  
            Challenges to Internal Security of India 
         
       5)  General Studies Paper 4 – 
            Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude - Lexicon 
            Ethics In Governance 
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
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