UPSC Books list

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UPSC Books – Best Books For IAS Prelims

There are two papers in Prelims (GS 1 and CSAT) and both are of objective type with negative marking. The best IAS books for Prelims are given below:

General Studies Paper – I
  • Current events of national and international importance.
  • History of India and Indian National Movement.
  • Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.
  • Indian Polity and Governance – Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.
  • Economic and Social Development – Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector initiatives, etc.
  • General issues on Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change – that do not require subject specialisation
  • General Science

CSAT/ General Studies Paper- II
  • Comprehension
  • Interpersonal skills including communication skills
  • Logical reasoning and analytical ability
  • Decision-making and problem solving
  • General mental ability
  • Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) – Class X level)
  • Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. – Class X level)

History                           
  1. India’s Struggle for Independence – Bipan Chandra
  2. Facets of Indian Culture – Spectrum
  3. NCERT XI (Ancient & Medieval)
  4. NCERT XII (Modern Indian History)
Geography               
  1. Certificate Physical Geography – G C Leong
  2. NCERT VI – X (Old Syllabus)
  3. NCERT XI, XII (New Syllabus)
  4. World Atlas
 Indian Polity 
  1. Indian Polity – M Laxmikanth
  2. NCERT IX-XII
Economics
  1. Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
  2. Economic Development & Policies in India – Jain & Ohri
  3. NCERT XI
International Relations
  1. NCERT XII (Contemporary World Politics)
  2. Current Affairs
Environment and Biodiversity
      1. Shankar IAS book
General Science
  1. General Science books – IX and X standard
  2. The Hindu (Note down and read about the latest scientific terms, discoveries and inventions frequently mentioned in news)
  3. Google and YouTube
Govt Schemes  
  1. Govt schemes compilation by the website Civils Daily
General Trivia (Eg: Global groupings, Reports, Institutions, Rankings etc)
  1. Any coaching material
  2. Google
Current Affairs
The Hindu
Civils Daily
ForumIAS

CSAT

  1. Tata McGraw Hill CSAT Manual
  2. CSAT II – Arihant
  3. Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning – R S Aggarwal

UPSC Books – Best Books For IAS Mains

Candidates who clear the Prelims reach the Mains stage of the IAS Exam. There are 9 theory papers in UPSC 2020 out of which two papers are on the optional subject. Candidates should follow the important IAS general studies Mains books for the best preparation.
Given below are the best General studies books for the UPSC Mains:

History, Indian Heritage & Culture [GS Paper 1]
  1. An Introduction to Indian Art Part 1: Textbook in Fine Arts for Class XI
  2. India’s Struggle for Independence by Bipan Chandra
  3. India after Independence by Bipan Chandra
  4. History of Medieval India by Satish Chandra
  5. Ancient India by R.S Sharma

Geography [GS Paper 1]
  1. Geography of India by Majid Husain
  2. World Geography by Majid Husain
  3. World Atlas
  4. Certificate Physical and Human Geography – G C Leong
  5. Fundamentals of Physical Geography NCERT Class 11

Polity & International Relations [GS Paper 2]
  1. Indian Polity by M. Laxmikanth
  2. Introduction to the Constitution of India by DD Basu
  3. India’s Foreign Policy by Rajiv Sikri

Economy [GS Paper 3]
  1. Indian Economy – Ramesh Singh

Ethics [GS Paper 4]
  1. Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude for Civil Services Main Examination by Subba Rao and P.N. Roy Chaudary


The list of books:

Geography
  1. Fundamentals of Physical Geography XI NCERT
  2. India: Physical Environment XI NCERT
  3. Fundamentals of Human Geography XII NCERT
  4. India: People and Economy XII NCERT
  5. Certificate Physical and Human Geography: GC Leong
  6. PMFIAS (Excellent resource for understanding complex topics)
  7. Google and YouTube
 History 
  1. Old NCERT by RS Sharma (Ancient History of India)
  2. Old NCERT by Satish Chandra (Selective Reading) (Medieval History of India)
  3. A Brief history of Modern India- Spectrum Publications (Modern History)
  4. India’s Struggle for Independence – Bipan Chandra (Selective Reading)
  5. NCERT by Bipan Chandra (For the period 1700s to 1857)
Polity
  1. Indian Polity by Laxmikanth
Economy
  1. Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
  2. Mrunal.org articles
  3. Macroeconomics – NCERT Class XII
  4. Indian Economic Development – NCERT Class XI
  5. Economic Survey (Selective reading from Prelims perspective)
  6. The Hindu
Internet for understanding concepts (Arthapedia, Google, Youtube)
Indian Art and Culture
  1. An Introduction to Indian Art – Class XI NCERT
  2. Chapters related to culture in Ancient and Medieval India NCERTs
  3. Centre for Cultural Resource and Training (CCRT) material
  4. Heritage Crafts: Living Craft Traditions of India -NCERT

https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-books-for-UPSC


Gs 1 History - NCERT, Spectrum Freedom struggle, Nitin Sangwan Notes, Art and culture - class 11 intro to fine art and ancient and mediaeval India class 11 Geography - ncerts - class 11 and 12 important Videos by Ms rajtanil (Mrunal videos) GC Leong book PMF IAS Atlas GS 2 NCERT, Lakshmikanth , current affairs, editorials, PIBs and PRS, Vision IAS notes, 2nd ARC sixth report (summary), 1, 4, 9, 10, 11 and 12 reports (summary), Niti Aayog three year action agenda, budget and economic surveys (summaries), ministry of external affairs website PDFs etc. GS 3 ECONOMY ncerts, Sanjeev Varma book, current affairs, budget and economic surveys, investopedia, arthapedia Environment NCERT Xll biology last 4 chaps Shankar IAS environment Current affairs Pmf ias Ashok Kumar and Vipul book 2nd arc third report crisis management NDMA guidelines Science and tech Vision IAS and editorials GS 4 2nd arc 4 and 12th report Lexicon book on ethics PRELIMS PT 365 GOVT SCHEMES PREVIOUS QUESTION PAPERS



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