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Recommended Books for UPSC Civil Service Prelims

Paper I - General Studies
1.

History (Indian History and Indian National Movement)

Essential:
NCERT books IX, X, XI, XII
Modern India by Bipin Chandra
Additional:
History of Modern India by A.C Banerjee
2.

Geography (Indian and World Geography)

Essential:
NCERT books IX, X, XI, XII
General Principals of World Geography by Charles Farro

School Atlas
Additional:
Certificate Course in Geography by Goh Cheng Leong
3.

Economics (Indian Economics and Economic Theory)

Essential:
An Evolution of Indian Economy by I.C. Dhingra
Economic Survey of India by Govt. of India
Economic Dictionary by Penguin
Additional:
Indian Economy by Dutta and Sundara
Indian Economy by Mishra and Puri
Economic Dictionary by Collins
4.

Polity (Indian Constitution)

Essential:
An Introduction to the Constitution of India by D.D. Basu
Additional:
Our Constitution by Dr. Subhash Kashyap
5.

General Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology)

Essential
NCERT books IX, X

Additional:
Anatomy & Physiology by Evelyn Pearce
6.

Environment (Ecology, Bio-diversity, Climate Change)

Essential:
Biology and Geography NCERT Books plus current events on Environmental Issues

7.

Current Affairs

Essential:
Hindu and Economic Times Newspapers
Frontline, Political & Economic Weeks Periodicals
Additional:
India Year book

Paper II Aptitude

1.

Numeracy

Essential:
NCERT Mathematics VII, IX, X
2.

Data Interpretation

Essential:
Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency by Tyra and Kundan
3.

English Comprehension and Communication

Essential:
Objective General English by R.S. Agarwal
4.

Logical Reasoning

Essential:
A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning by R.S. Agarwal
Additional:
A new Approach to Reasoning by Sijwali and Sijwali

Quick Study Lists

We all need to remember a lot of facts, names, dates, places, events for the UPSC General Studies.

This page is a collection of such Lists:

Recommended Books for UPSC Civil Services Prelims

People
Awards, Honors, Records and Achievements.

Literature and Press

Famous Books by Indian Authors, Foreign Authors, Indian
Newspapers

Sports
Indian trophies, International sports trophies, and more

History
Topics in Indian History, time lines, events, dates

Indian Geography
Power Plants in India, UNESCO World Heritage Sites in
India, Historic Monuments in India

Indian Polity
Constitution of India, Committees, Laws, Government

Science
Scientific Names of Common Animals, Plants

General Awareness
All General Awareness topics relevant for UPSC

Prelim
Paper 1
India's struggle For Independence
Bipan Chandra
NCERT
Modern India ( Old)
Geography NCERT
Std. 10th 12th
Geography of India
Gopal Singh
Certificate Physical and Human Geography
G. C. Leong
Our Constitution
Subhash Kashyap
Our Parliament
Subhash Kashyap
Constitution of India
D.D.Basu
NCERT
Economic Development of India
Indian Economy
Dutta Sundaram/Mishra Puri
Economic Survey of India
Science Reporter
Science NCERT
6th to 10th
Chronicle, Wizard, Frontline, Yojana
PRITHVI Notes & Exercises
-

Paper 2
Quantitative Aptitude
R. S. Agrawal
Reasoning
R. S. Agrawal
Highschool Grammer & Comprehension
Pal & Suri /Wrein Martin
8-10th Books of Mathematics & Geometry
N.D.A., C.D.S. Past Year Question Papers
PRITHVI Notes & Exercises
-

Main
General Studies
Paper 1
History of Modern India and Indian Culture
India's struggle For Independence
Bipan Chandra
NCERT
Modern India ( Old)
Culture of India
NBT
Geography of India
NCERT
Std. 10th 12th
Balbharati
Std. 10th
Geography of India
Gopal Singh
India Year Book
Constitution of India and Indian Polity
Our Constitution
Subhash Kashyap
Our Parliament
Subhash Kashyap
Constitution of India
D.D.Basu
Constitution of India
B.L. Fadia
Current National Issues and Topics of Social Relevance
PRITHVI Current Events
The Hindu
Frontline
Social Issues
Social Issues in India
Ram Ahuja
PRITHVI Current Events

Paper 2
India & World
PRITHVI Current Events
The Hindu
Frontline
India's Economic Interaction with the World
NCERT
Economic Development of India

Indian Economy
Dutta Sundaram / Mishra Puri
Indian Economy
Uma Kapila
Economic Survey of India
International Affairs and Institutions
PRITHVI Current Events
The Hindu
Frontline
Developments in the Field of Science & Technology, IT and space
S & T - Spectrum / M n M
Science Reporter
Newspaper Supplements
Statistical analysis, graphs and diagrams
Practice of Old Question Papers
NCERT

Geography (Optional)
List of Books / References
NCERT
Std. 9th 12th
Atlas
TTK/ Orient Longman/ Oxford
Physical Geography
Savindra Singh
Modern Physical Geography
A. N. Strahlar
Climatology
D. S. Lal
Oceanography
Vattal & Sharma
Environmental Geography
Savindra Singh/ Saxena
Geography made simple
Rupa Publication (Both Volumes)
Human Geography
Majjid Hussain
Regional planning
Mishra
Economic Geography
K Siddharth
Geography of India
Khullar

Geography of population
Chandana
Urbanization and urban system
Ramchandran
Regional planning in India
Chand & Puri
Economic and Commercial Geography of India
C. B. Mamoria
The Hindu survey of Environment, Agriculture, Industry
Magazines
Yojana, Kurukshetra, Down to Earth.