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BOOK LIST FORIAS PRELIMS

EXAMINATION

NCERT BOOKSSUBJECT

History

Geography

Indian Polity

Science

Indian Economy

Art and Culture

Environment

BOOK

OLD NCERTs: Ancient India RS SharmaMedieval India Sathish Chandra Modern

India Bipan ChandraNew NCERTs: 9th to 12th Standard New

NCERTs Themes in Indian History

Geography NCERTs 6th to 12thContemporary India (9th and 10th

standard) Fundamentals of PhysicalGeography

(11th Standard) India Physical environment(11th Standard) Fundamentals of HumanGeography (12th Standard) India People

and Economy (12th Standard)

Political Science NCERTs (11th and 12thStandard) Indian Constitution at WorkPolitics in India Since Independence

Science NCERTs (6th to 12th Standard)

Economy 11th and 12th NCERTs Microand Macroeconomics Indian Economic

Development

Art and Culture NCERTs (11th Standard)Introduction to Indian Art

Science Biology 12th Standard NCERT

(Last four Chapters 13 to 16)

Primary Reference

Brief History of Modern India(Spectrum)

Certificate Physical and Human

Geography by Goh Cheng Leong

Indian Polity - Laxmikanth

Hindu Newspaper Science and TechWeekly Column (Sunday)

Indian Economy - Ramesh Singh

Indian Art and Culture By NitinSinghania

Shankar IAS Environment Material (Act,

Policies and Convention)

The Hindu or Indian Express

Yojana

India Year Book - PIB Publication

History

Geography

Indian Polity

Science

Indian Economy

Art and Culture

Environment

Current Affairs

Magazine

Year Book

SUBJECT PRIMARY

MATERIAL

Secondary Reference

SUBJECT

REFERENCE

MATERIAL

Geography

Environment

Current Affairs

Magazines

School Atlas - Oxford

or Orient BlackSwan

School Atlas

IGNOU Environment

notes.

Live Mint, Economic

Times, Business

Standard

Kurukshetra Frontline

Economic and Political

Weekly