Hello readers,for every civil service aspirant who aims at serving the country and making positive changes the syllabus for "general studies" is common be it UPSC exam or a state PSC exam.It's very important to follow right books in order to be accurate in answering papers.Since the syllabus of civil services exam is vast,it's important to decide the book list and stick to it for the purpose of preparing it aptly.
Below is the list of books suggested by topper of Civil Services Exam ,AKSHAT JAIN,AIR 2 in UPSC CSE 2018.
- FOR MAINS EXAM
GS1 - History
* New NCERTs VI-XII
* Freedom Struggle - A brief history of modern India (Spectrum)
* Post-Independence India - Nitin Sangwan Notes
* World History - Vision IAS notes
GS1 - Art and Culture
* NCERT Class XI - An introduction to Indian art.
* Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania
* Old NCERT Class XI - Ancient India by RS SHARMA
* Old NCERT Class XI - Medieval India by SATISH CHANDRA
GS1 - Geography
* New NCERT Class VI-XII
* Geography Videos by Mr. Rajtanil (Available on Mrunal)
* Certificate Physical and Human Geography by GC Leong
* PMF IAS
* Atlas
GS1 - REMAINING TOPICS
*Indian Society and Diversity of India
*Women, Population, Urbanization, Poverty and Development Issues
*Effects of Globalisation on Indian Society
* Social Empowerment, Communalism, Regionalism and Secularism)
Covered from Vision IAS Current Affairs materials and test series
GS2 - Constitution and Polity
* New NCERT Class VI-XII
* Indian Polity by Laxmikanth
* Current Affairs - Editorials, Vision IAS, PIB and PRS
* 2nd ARC Sixth Report - Local Governance
* Vision IAS notes for topics like Pressure Group and NGOs
GS2 - Governance
* 2nd ARC Reports (From ARC website) - 1st (Report on RTI) ,4th ( Ethics & Governance) ,9th ,10th ,11th & 12th.
* Vision IAS notes (Available Online)
* Current Affairs - Editorials, Vision IAS materials, PIB and PRS.
GS2 - Social Justice
*Government Policies and Intervention
* Welfare schemes and body constituted for vulnerable section
*Social Sector/Services related to Health, Education and Human Resources
* Issues related to Poverty and Hunger
- Current Affairs - Editorials, Vision IAS material, PIB and PRS
- NITI Aayog - Three-year action agenda
- Budget (Only summaries for the year on which you're appearing for exam)
- Economic survey (Only summaries for the year on which you're appearing for exam)
GS2 - International Relation
- Vision IAS Current Affairs Material
- Editorials
- Ministry of External Affairs Website
GS3 - Economy
- NCERTs IX-XII
- Indian Economy by Sanjeev Verma
- Current Affairs - Editorials, Vision IAS material, PIB and PRS
- Budget and Economic surveys (Summaries)
- Online Websites like Investopedia and Arthapedia
GS3 - Environment
- NCERT Biology Class XII - Last 4 Chapters ( No.13th to no.16th)
- Shankar IAS Environment
- Current Affairs - Editorials, Vision IAS, PIB and PRS
- PMF IAS
GS3 - Internal Security
- Internal Security and Disaster Management by Ashok Kumar and Vipul
- Current Affairs - Vision IAS material, Editorials
GS3 - Disaster Management
- 2nd ARC Third Report - Crisis Management
- NDMA Guidelines (Available Online)
- Current Affairs - Vision IAS material
GS3 - Science and Technology
- Vision IAS material (Only most important topics)
- Editorials
GS4 - Ethics
- 2nd ARC Fourth Report - Ethics in Governance
- 2nd ARC Twelfth report - Citizen Centric Administration
- Lexicon for Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude by Chronicle
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✅ WHENEVER IN NEED FOR ANY CLARIFICATION AND DOUBT CLEARANCE FOLLOW THESE:
1.Google search topic name & write UPSC in end.
2. Newspapers (preferably Editorial page of The Hindu.Indian Express etc),PIB, PRS
3.Unacademy
4.Insights on India
5. Mrunal.org
6.Clear IAS
7. PMF IAS
8.Investopedia
9.Arthapedia
10.Videos on YouTube.
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For Prelims Exam -
- Basic books stated above for Mains exam remains the same.
- PT 365 of Vision IAS.
- Any compilation of Government Scheme( e.g. Insight Compilation).
- Previous Year Papers.
