Essential Books For UPSC Civil Services Examination



 If you have the question “What are the books needed to clear IAS?” in your mind, we hope this post would clear all your doubts.

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Read all the NCERTs from 6th to 12th.

6th Standard
1) Geography - The Earth - Our Habitat 
2) History - Our Pasts - I 
3) Polity - Social and Political Life - I 

7th Standard
1) Geography - Our Environment 
2) History - Our Pasts - II 
3) Polity - Social and Political Life - II

8th Standard
1) Geography - Resources and Development
2) History - Our Pasts - III
3) Polity - Social and Political Life - III

9th Standard
1) Geography - Contemporary India - I 
2) History - India and the Contemporary World - I
3) Polity - Democratic Politics - I
4) Economics

10th Standard
1) Geography - Contemporary India - II
2) History - India and the Contemporary World - II 
3) Polity - Democratic Politics - II
4) Economics

11th Standard
1) Geography I - Physical Geography
2) Geography II - India - Physical Environment
3) History - Themes in World History
4) Polity I - Indian Constitution
5) Polity II - Political Theory
6) Economics - Indian Economic Development
7) Art & Culture – An Intro to Indian Art
8) Society – Sociology: Understanding Society

12th Standard
1) Geography I - Human Geography
2) Geography II - India - People and Economy
3) History I - Themes in Indian History (Ancient)
4) History II - Themes in Indian History (Medieval)
5) History III - Themes in Indian History (Modern)
6) Polity I - Contemporary World Politics
7) Polity II - Politics Since Independence
8) Introductory Macroeconomics 
9) Society : Indian Society 
10)Society : Social Change & Development in India

NOTE: You can download all the NCERTs as PDF using these links

After completing all the NCERTs, move to the Standard Books

Polity
  1. Indian Polity by Laxmikanth 

Economy
  1. Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh 



Ancient History of India
  1. Old NCERT by RS Sharma 
Download : English Medium
                    Hindi Medium

Medieval History of India
  1. Old NCERT by Satish Chandra (Selective Reading)
Download : English Medium
                    Hindi Medium

Modern History
  1. A Brief history of Modern India- Spectrum Publications


     2. India’s Struggle for Independence – Bipan Chandra (Selective Reading)
     3. NCERT by Bipan Chandra (For the period 1700s to 1857)

 Download : Hindi Medium
                    English Medium

Indian Art and Culture
  1. An Introduction to Indian Art – Class XI NCERT
Download : English Medium
                    Hindi Medium

      2. Art & Culture by Nithin Singhaniya 



Hindi Medium:



     3.Centre for Cultural Resource and Training (CCRT) material
Environment and Biodiversity
  1. Shankar IAS book 

   
      2. Arihant Publications (Concepts explained in simple terms)




Geography
  1. Certificate Physical and Human Geography: GC Leong



      2. PMFIAS (Excellent resource for understanding complex topics)

 Download : PMFIAS Geography

     3. Oxford Student Atlas for India




CSAT

          1. Civil Service Aptitude by McGraw Hill



         2. Craking the CSAT by Arihant



        3. Analytical Reasoning ( Additional material, buy if you want. It's not compulsory )



         4. Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning ( Additional material, buy if you want. It's not compulsory )



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  1. UnknownOctober 29, 2018 at 1:02 AM

    Thank you team for providing the links to download. It's easy to download NCERTs and buy those standard books through Amazon..

    Thank you again :)

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  2. UnknownOctober 29, 2018 at 2:46 AM

    Dear sir/mam
    What about the books for Ethics,Security&International Relation.
    And this above material is very very useful for us thankyou for that.

    ReplyDelete

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