UPSC Exams

Books For Basics

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

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