GENERAL STUDIES - PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

Title
History - Ancient, Medieval & Moder
Geography
General Science
India's Struggle for Independence
Certificate Physical Geography
Economic Survey
Economics
Indian Polity
Governance in India
A Brief History of Modern India
The Hindu Speaks on Scientific Facts
Volume 1 & 2
Atlas
Environment

Author / Publications
NCERT 11th & 12th
NCERT 6th to 12th
NCERT 9th & 10th
Bipan Chandra
Gohcheng Leong
Ministry of Finance
Ramesh Singh
Lakshmi Kanth
Lakshmi Kanth
Spectrum Publications
Hindu Publications
Orient Black Swan School Atlas /
Oxford School Atlas / TTK School Atlas
SIA Book

CSAT - PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

S.No
1

Title
Objective Arithmetic

Quantitative Aptitude

Verbal Reasoning

Reading comprehension

Data Interpretation

Author / Publications
Arihant-Rajesh verma
R.S Agarwal
Arihant Publications & R.S. Agarwal
Wren & Martin
Arun Sharma

GENERAL STUDIES - MAIN EXAMINATION

Title
Indias Struggle for Independence
A Brief History of Modern India
Indian Polity
Current Affairs
Social issues

Author / Publications
Bipan Chandra
Spectrum Publications
Lakshmi Kanth & Class notes
The Hindu & Civilspedia Magazine (Released
by SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY)
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 ChandraIndias 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 Raus 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 Indias 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: Indias Economic Development

Mishra and Puri: Indian Economy

Dutt & sunderam: Indian Economy

Relevant Economic Survey

12th Five Year Plan Document

Bimal Jalan: Indias 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 Raus IAS UPSC Syllabus for Civil Services

ExamEnvironment and Bio-diversity

NCERT: Indias 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 Worlds 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)