Reference Books for IAS General Studies Preliminary Examination

1 An Introduction to the Constitution of India D.D.Basu 2 Perspectives on Indian Constitution Edited by Subash Kashyap 3 Biology for VIII-X Std NCERT 4 Physics for VIII-X Std NCERT 5 Chemistry for VIII-X Std NCERT 6 Anatomy & Physiology for Nurses Courses Evelyn Pearce 7 Know your body Readers Digest 8 An Evolution of Indian Economy I.C.Dhingra (Sultan Chand & Co) 9 Indian Economy Dutt & Sundaram 10 Economic Survey of India Government of India 11 General Principles of World Geography Charles Farro 12 Monsoon Asia Charles Farro 13 Physical Geography of India for VII XII Std NCERT 14 Good School Atlas:Oxford 15 Ancient India for VII-XII Std NCERT 16 Medieval India for VII-XII Std NCERT 17 Modern India Bipin Chandra 18 History of Modern India A.C.Banerjee 19 The Hindu & Times of India Newspapers 20 Frontline and Political & Economic weekly Periodicals 21 Yojana & World Focus Periodicals 22 Statistical Methods S.C.Gupta 1. Indian History India Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra; NCERT Books ( XI & XII ) 2. Geography Spectrum 3. Indian Polity Constitution of India by Bakshi 4. Indian Economy Plus One, Plus Two Books, Pratiyogita Darpan 5. General Science Tata Mc Graw Hill Guide 6. Mental Ability Quantitative Apitude by R.S. Aggarwal 7. Current Affairs Some magazines and Newspapers i. The Hindu/The Times of India ii. Frontline iii. Civil Service Chronicle iv. Chanakya v. Competition WIZARD vi. Civil Services Today 8. Guides 1. Tata Mc Graw Hill 2. Spectrum 3. Unique

Topic Wise Reference On General Studies Indian History & Culture: NCERT (+ 2 level) Ancient India, Medieval India, Modern India. Publication Division : Gazetteer of India (Vol 2 History & Culture) Gandhi Nehru Tagore & Ambedkar Gopal Krishna Bipin Chandra Modern India A.C.Banerjee History of Modern India Raghavan Aiyer Mahatma Gandhi i Geography: NCERT : Physical Geography of India for X XII Std A Good School Atlas Sharma & Cotinho : Economic and Commercial Geography of India. Khullar : India- A Comprehnsive Geography Charles Farro : General Principles of World Geography Charles Farro : Monsoon Asia Reports published by Centre for Science and Enviornment And Tata Energy Research Institute National journal Kurukshetra, Yojana etc. Down to earth Indian Economy: NCERT (+1 level)Evolution of Indian Economy(I C Dhingra). Mishra & Puri or Dutt & Sundaram Indian Economy Economic Survey The Economic Times,Business Standard Yojana Social and National Issues : Social Problem Ram Ahuja Social Welfare Magazine Published by ministry of social welfare Yojana/Kurukshetra IIPa Journal Indian Polity: NCERT (+1 level)Indian Political System N.L. Madan : Bhartiya Rajya Vyavastha D.D. BasuIndian Constitution KashyapConstitution of India Publication DivisionSubhash C. Kashyap : Our Parliament P.M. BakshiIndian Constitution Our Constitution : Subhash C. kashyap Perspective on Constitution : S.C. Kashyap Frontline Magazine IIPa Journal Science & Technology: NCERT : (10 level) : Science, (+2 level) : Biology. Popular Science Series (CSIR) Reports Of the Ministry of Science and Technology Yojana Science Reporter Science and Technology in India Spectrum

Statistics: (NCERT +1 level) Elementary Statistics S.C.Gupta : Statistical Methods India and the World : Journal of peace Studies World Focus Strategic Analysis South Asian Journal Other Books for General Studies: 1. India Year Book latest 2. One competitive Magazine 3. Guides like Tata Mc Graw Hill, Spectrum or Unique For General Reference 4. The Pearsonl General Studies Manual

IAS Papers : Mostly Suggested books for Geography Exam

google_protectAndRun("ads_core.google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad); Books for Geography Preliminary Exam : 1. 6th to 12th NCERT Books fo Geography. 2. Certificate of Physical Geography Goh Cheng Leong. 3. Physical Geography -Savindra Singh 4.Physica Geography Made simple series Rupa Publications 5. Economic & Commercial Geography Made Simple Series Rupa Publications. 6. Human and Economic Geography Leong & Norgan 7. Human Geography Majid Hussain. 8. Geographical thoughts Majid Hussain. 9. Field Work 11 th NCERT. 10. Cartography R.L. Singh 11 Geography of India Gopal Singh 12. Economic & Commercial Geography of India C.B. Memoria 13. Orient longman Atlas. 14. TTK Atlas 15. Dictionary of Geography Penguin 16. Spectrum guide for Geography. 17. Siddhartha Preliminary Question Bank. 18.Geography Guide Narmadeshwar Prasad. Books for Geography Main Exam : For Paper I * Physical geography Savinder Singh * The Earths dynamic surface K. Sidhartha * Physical geography Strahler & Strahler * Climatology D.S. Lal * Physical geography made simple Rupa * Oceanography Sharma & Vital * Biogeography Savinder Singh

* Evolution of geographical thoughts Majid Hussain and Adhikari * Economic geography K. Sidhartha * Economic and social geography made simple Rupa * Urban geography K. Sidhartha * Human geography Majid Hussain Geography of population R.C. Chandra * Regional Planning in India hand & Puri * Political geography Dixit For Paper II * Physical environment NCERT * NCERT Class XII * India: Physical aspects K Sidhartha Geography of India Mamoria * Agricultural geography Majid Hussain * Agricultural problems in India Sadhu and Singh * Economic & Commercial geography of India Mamoria * Indias urbanisation and urban systems R. Ramachandran * Regional planning in India Chand and Puri * Political geography Dixit * India: political aspects K. Sidhartha

Other Books : PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY * NCERT Vol -1 HUMAN AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY * The Cultural Landscape Rubeistein INDIAN GEOGRAPHY * Indian geography Rammorthy Gopalakrishnan * Physical geography of India S.M. Mathur * General geography NCERT * Mineral of India NBT (Wadia) * Resources and regional development NCERT * Catography R.L. Singh * World regional geography Fellnan * Work book K. Siddhartha and S. Mukherjee * Question Bank Surendra Singh, 1000

We have compiled for you a list of IAS books for general studies to help you in your prepration for the IAS and other services under the UPSC. General studies is a vast subjects so it helps to know the best books for the ias exam.

REFERENCE BOOKS FOR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION: General Studies

Download NCERT Books Free 1. Indian History - India Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra; NCERT Books ( XI & XII ) 2. Geography - Spectrum 3. Indian Polity - Constitution of India by Bakshi 4. Indian Economy - Plus One, Plus Two Books, Pratiyogita Darpan 5. General Science - Tata Mc Graw Hill Guide 6. Mental Ability - Quantitative Apitude by R.S. Aggarwal 7. Current Affairs - Some magazines and Newspapers i. The Hindu/The Times of India ii. Frontline iii. Civil Service Chronicle iv. Chanakya v. Competition WIZARD vi. Civil Services Today 8. Guides 1. Tata Mc Graw Hill 2. Spectrum 3. Unique

Topic Wise Reference On General Studies

Books on Indian History & Culture: NCERT (+ 2 level) Ancient India, Medieval India, Modern India. Publication Division : Gazetteer of India (Vol 2 : History & Culture) Gandhi Nehru Tagore & Ambedkar Gopal Krishna Bipin Chandra - Modern India A.C.Banerjee - History of Modern India Raghavan Aiyer Mahatma Gandhi Books on Geography: NCERT : Physical Geography of India for X - XII Std A Good School Atlas Sharma & Cotinho : Economic and Commercial Geography of India. Khullar : India- A Comprehnsive Geography Charles Farro : General Principles of World Geography Charles Farro : Monsoon Asia Reports published by Centre for Science and Enviornment And Tata Energy Research Institute National journal - Kurukshetra, Yojana etc. Down to earth Books on Indian Economy: NCERT (+1 level)Evolution of Indian Economy(I C Dhingra). Mishra & Puri or Dutt & Sundaram - Indian Economy Economic Survey The Economic Times,Business Standard Yojana Books on Social and National Issues : Social Problem - Ram Ahuja Social Welfare Magazine - Published by ministry of social welfare Yojana/Kurukshetra

IIPa Journal Books on Indian Polity: NCERT (+1 level)Indian Political System N.L. Madan : Bhartiya Rajya Vyavastha D.D. BasuIndian Constitution KashyapConstitution of India Publication DivisionSubhash C. Kashyap : Our Parliament P.M. BakshiIndian Constitution Our Constitution : Subhash C. kashyap Perspective on Constitution : S.C. Kashyap Frontline Magazine IIPa Journal Books on Science & Technology: NCERT : (10 level) : Science, (+2 level) : Biology. Popular Science Series (CSIR) Reports Of the Ministry of Science and Technology Yojana Science Reporter Science and Technology in India - Spectrum Books on Statistics: (NCERT +1 level) Elementary Statistics S.C.Gupta : Statistical Methods Books on India and the World : Journal of peace Studies World Focus Strategic Analysis South Asian Journal Other Books for General Studies: 1. India Year Book latest 2. One competitive Magazine 3. Guides like Tata Mc Graw Hill, Spectrum or Unique For General Reference 4. The Pearson General Studies Manual