GENERAL STUDIES - PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

Title Author / Publications

History - Ancient, Medieval & Moder NCERT 11th & 12th

Geography NCERT 6th to 12th

General Science NCERT 9th & 10th

India's Struggle for Independence Bipan Chandra

Certificate Physical Geography Gohcheng Leong

Economic Survey Ministry of Finance

Economics Ramesh Singh

Indian Polity Lakshmi Kanth

Governance in India Lakshmi Kanth

A Brief History of Modern India Spectrum Publications

The Hindu Speaks on Scientific Facts

Volume 1 & 2 Hindu Publications

Atlas Orient Black Swan School Atlas /

Oxford School Atlas / TTK School Atlas

Environment SIA Book

CSAT - PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

S.No Title Author / Publications

1 Objective Arithmetic

Arihant-Rajesh verma

2 Quantitative Aptitude

R.S Agarwal

3 Verbal Reasoning

Arihant Publications & R.S. Agarwal

4 Reading comprehension

Wren & Martin

5 Data Interpretation

Arun Sharma

GENERAL STUDIES - MAIN EXAMINATION

Title Author / Publications

India’s Struggle for Independence Bipan Chandra

A Brief History of Modern India Spectrum Publications

Indian Polity Lakshmi Kanth & Class notes

Current Affairs

The Hindu & Civilspedia Magazine (Released

by SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY)

Social issues Ram Ahuja, Class notes

SUGGESTED READING

(BOOKS, PERIODICALS, NEWS)

NCERT BOOKS

The basic concepts of different segments of General Studies are derived from

NCERT books, as mentioned below:

� General Science: 9th and 10th standards

� Biology: 11th & 12th standards

� History: 11th and 12th standards

� Geography: 11th and 12th standards

� Economics: 11th and 12th standards

BOOKS LIST

General Studies - Paper I

Indian Heritage and Culture

� Gazetteer of India - Volume II

� L. Basham: The wonder that was India

� S. A. A Rizvi : The wonder that was India (volume II)

� Books on Indian dance, painting, temples etc of Publications Divisions and National

Book Trust (NBT)

Modern Indian History & Post-independent India

� NCERT: Modern India

� B.L. Grover: Modern India

� NBT : Freedom Struggle

� Bipan ChandraIndia’s Struggle for Independence

� Bipan Chandra: Post Independent India

� R.C. Guha: India after Gandhi

� Gazetteer of India: Volume II

World History

� NCERT: The Story of Civilization (2 Volumes)

� NCERT: Contemporary World History

� L. Mukherji: A History of the World

Geography of the World

� NCERT books on Indian and world Geography (11th & 12th Standards)

� G.C. Leong: Physical and Human Certificate Geography

� Survey of Indian Agriculture: The Hindu Publications.

� Survey of Indian Economy: The Hindu Publications50 Rau’s IAS – UPSC Syllabus for

Civil Services Exam.

� India Yearbook : Publications Division

Indian Society

� NCERT: Sociology (12th standard)

� S.C Dubey: Indian Society (NBT)

General Studies - Paper II

Governance, Constitution & Polity

� D.D. Basu: Indian Constitution.

� P.M. Bakshi: Indian Constitution

� S.C. Kashyap: Citizens and the Constitution (Publications Division)

� B.S. Baviskar & Ash Narain Roy Local Governance - A Global Perspective

(Publications Division)

� S.C. Kashyap: Our Parliament (NBT)

� S.C. Kashyap: Our Constitution (NBT)

� S.C. Kashyap: Our Political System (NBT)

� M.R. Singh: Indian Federalism (NBT)

� Kuldeep Mathur: From Government to Governance (NBT)

International Relations

� Rajiv Sikri: Challenge and Strategy- Understanding India’s foreign policy

� C. Rajamohan: Crossing the Rubicon

General Studies - Paper III

Science & Technology

� India Yearbook: brought out by Publications Division : Chapter on Science and

Technology

� Annual Reports of the department of Space, Atomic Energy, Ministry of Environment etc

� Economic Survey

Indian Economy

� NCERT: India’s Economic Development

� Mishra and Puri: Indian Economy

� Dutt & sunderam: Indian Economy

� Relevant Economic Survey

� 12th Five Year Plan Document

� Bimal Jalan: India’s Economy Challenges and Prospects

� Any one Economic Newspaper like The Economic Times, Business Standard, Financial

Express.

� Yojana which comes every month in Hindi, English, Assamese, Bangali, Gujarathi,

Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu

� Kurukshetra in Hindi/English51 Rau’s IAS – UPSC Syllabus for Civil Services

ExamEnvironment and Bio-diversity

� NCERT: India’s Physical Environment

� Together, Towards a Safer India: CBSE Publication

� Encyclopedia of Disaster Management: S.L. Goel (Deep and Deep Publications)

� Economic Survey

Security

� Annual Reports of Ministry of Home Affairs, Defence and External Affairs

General Studies - Paper IV

Ethics and Integrity

� NCERT: Psychology (11th & 12th standards)

� Ramesh K Arora - Ethical Governance in Business and Government

� Ramesh K Arora - Ethics in Governance

� Ramesh K Arora & Tanjul Saxena - Ethics and Accountability in Government and

Business

� Stephen Law: The World’s Greatest Thinkers

NEWSPAPERS

A regular study of newspapers with focus on issues before society and issues raised by Civic

society groups will be beneficial. All events of National and International Importance which

effect human lives at large are important from the point of view of General Studies.

� The Hindu

� The Times of India

MAGAZINES

� Pratiyogita Darpan

� Special Issues of Pratiyogita Darpan (latest issues in in History, Geography, Indian Polity

and Indian Economy)

� Frontline

� World Focus (for International Relations)

� The Economist (for International Relations)

� Down to Earth (for Science & Technology)

ELECTRONIC NEWS

� Doordarshan News

� Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha TV

� BBC World News (6:20 am to 7:00 am and 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm in Hindi)

� All India Radio News (9:00 pm to 9:30 pm in English)