UPSC BOOK LIST FOR ENGLISH MEDIUM

UPSC BOOK LIST

• HISTORY [ GS I ]
NCERT –
C–6 Our Past C–10 India and the contemporary World-II
C–7 Our Past II C–11 Themes in World history
C–8 Our Past III Part 1 & Part 2
C–12 Themes in Indian History
C–9 India and the contemporary
“Part 1,2 & 3”
World-I
OTHERS –
A brief history of Morden India, by Rajiv Ahir IPS
History of Morden India, by Bipin Chandra
India after Gandhi, by Ramachandra Guha

• SOCIAL SCIENCE [ GS I ]
NCERT –
C–6 Social & Political life I
C–11 Sociology : Understanding Society
C–7 Social & Political life II
C–8 Social & Political life III
C–12 Indian Society
Social change and development of India

OTHERS –

• ART AND CULTURE [ GS I ]

NCERT –
C–11 An Introduction to Indian art
Living craft traditions of India (chapter 9&10)

OTHERS –
Indian Art and Culture, by Nitin Singhaniya

• GEOGRAPHY [ GS I ]
NCERT –
C–6 The Earth our habitat
C–11 Fundamental of Physical geography
C–7 Our Environment
Indian: Physical Environment
C–8 Resource and Development
C–9 Contemporary India-I C–12 Fundamental of Human geography
C–10 Contemporary India-II India-People and Economics

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OTHERS –
Geography Of India, by Majid Husain
Certificate Physical and Human Geography, by GC Leong
Oxford Student Atlas

• POLITY [ GS II ]
NCERT –
C–9 Democratic Politics-I C–11 Political Theory
C–10 Democratic Politics-II C–12 Contemporary world politics
C–11 Indian Constitution at Work C–12 Politics in India since Independence
OTHERS –
Indian Polity, by M. Laxmikanth

• ECONOMICS [ GS III ]
NCERT –
C–9 Economics. C–12 Introductory Microeconomics
C–10 Understanding Economics Development C–12 Introductory Macroeconomics
C–11 Indian Economic Development
OTHERS –
Indian Economy, by Ramesh Singh

• SCIENCE [ GS III ]
NCERT –
C–6 Science C–11 Chemistry (chapter 14)
C–7 Science Biology (chapter 4,&5)
C–8 Science C–12 Chemistry (chapter 16)
C–9 Science Biology (chapter 8,9,&10)
C–10 Science
OTHERS –

• ECOLOGY [ GS III ]
NCERT –
C–12 Biology (chapter 13 to 16)
OTHERS –

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• OTHER BOOKS –

A book of Essays, by Spectrum books Ltd

Essays for Civil services and competitive examinations, by Pulkit Khare
ESSAY
GS I

Introduction to the constitution of India by Dr. Durga Das Basu

GS II

Environment, by Shankar IAS academy

Challenge to Internal Security of India, by Ashok Kumar IPS
GS III

Lexicon for Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude

GS IV
OTHER

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