Books For Basics
1. POLITY
▪ Stage 1 – Our Constitution at work (NCERT)
▪ Stage 2 – Indian Polity by Laxmikanth – Prelims focus
▪ Stage 3 – Our Political System by Subhash C. Kashyap – Mains Focus
2. GEOGRAPHY
.Stage 1 – NCERTs of class XI & XII
▪ Stage 2 – GC Leong
3. ECONOMY
▪ Stage 1 – Indian Economic Development & Macro Economics (NCERTs)
▪ Stage 2 – Sanjiv Verma /any basic book
▪ Daily Newspaper – pick terms and learn more
4. HISTORY
▪ Stage 1 – Old NCERTs for Ancient, Medieval & Modern History
▪ Stage 2 – Read new NCERTs for Themes
5. ENVIROMENT
▪ Stage 1 – ICSE books
▪ Stage 2 – Environment by Shankaran IAS
or
Environment for civil services – Tata McGraw hill
6. ETHICS
▪ Stage 1 – Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude by Subbarao and PN Roy Choudhary
or
Lexicon for Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude
▪ Stage 2 – Ethics in Governance – Second ARC Report
▪ Additional knowledge – Harvard University video series – Justice with Michael Sandel
7. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
▪ Spectrum or Tata McGraw Hill
8.SOCIAL ISSUES
▪ Indian Society by Ram Ahuja
9.CURRENT AFFAIRS
▪ The Indian Express (Delhi Edition)
▪ The Hindu
▪ The Economic Times