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Preliminary IAS (General Studies)
Subject Indian History Good books
History books of Classes XI and XII - NCERT
Freedom Struggle (NET) - Bipin Chandra
Subject World Geography - including Indian GeographyGood
books
Principles of Geography (Class XII-Part I, II) General Geography
of India (Class XII) Part I - NCERT Geography of India - Resources
and Regional Development Part II (Class
XII) - NCERT Physical Geography - Leong Atlas
Subject Indian Polity Good book
Introduction to Indian Constitution - D.D. Basu Related
Subject Indian Economy Good books
Evolution of Indian Economy - NCERT Indian Economy - Dutt and
Sundharam. Indian Economy - Mishra and Puri
Subject General Science Good books
NCERT books on Science.
Science and Technology supplements in the Newspapers and
magazines.
Subject Current Events of National and International
importance.Good books
One major National Daily - Either The Times of India or The
Hindu. Newsweeklies like India Today or/and Outlook
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Current Events - Spectrum
Subject General Mental Ability Good books
No special preparation is required in this area. But some
practice may bedone from any exercise books or quantitative
aptitude. In fact, anintelligent calculation is the basic
requirement for this topic.
Main(General Studies)Subject History of Modern India Good
books
India's struggle for Independence - Bipan Chandra and others.
Modern India - NCERT. Freedom Struggle (NBT) - Bipan Chandra Modern
India - IGNOU
o If one is hard pressed for time, he/she mayskip the Modern
India and Freedom Struggle.
Subject Indian Culture Good books
Art and Culture portions of history books and Gazetteer of
India. Culture Chapter (s) in the India Year Book. Encyclopaedia of
Indian Culture. A good library invariably has more than
one encyclopaedia on Indian Art and Culture selected notes may
be takenfrom it. Books on culture / cultural topics brought out by
Publications Division of
Ministry of Information and broadcasting and National Book
Trust.
Subject Current AffairsGood books
At least one major national newspaper - either The Times of
India or TheHindu
Newsweeklies like India Today or/and Outlook
Current Affairs and News Analysis of BBC. Current events -
Spectrum
Subject Statistics Good book
Book on Statistics (Class XI) - NCERT
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Subject Indian Polity and ConstitutionGood books
Introduction to the Constitution of India - D.D. Basu. Our
Parliament - S.C. Kashyap
Subject Indian Geography and EconomyGood books
Indian Geography (Class XI and XII) - NCERT Yozna Indian Economy
- Dutt and Sundharam/Mishra and Puri The editorial page of the
Economic Times.
Subject Science and Technology Good books
Science and Technology section of the Wednesday edition of
thenewspaper 'The Hindu'.
Science and Technology Published by the Spectrum. Yozna contains
science and environment related topics.
