Preliminary IAS (General Studies): Reference Books for Hindi Medium Students

Subject Indian History

- History books of Classes XI and XII - NCERT
- Bharat ka Swatantrata Sangharsh (NET) - Bipin Chandra
- Adhunik Bharat: Sumit Sarkar

Subject World Geography - including Indian Geography

- Principles of Geography (Class XII-Part I, II)
- General Geography of India (Class XII) Part I - NCERT
- Geography of India - Resources and Regional Development Part II (Class XII) -
NCERT
- Khullar : India- A Comprehnsive Geography (Only if you get enough time)
- Physical Geography - Leong (If you get enough time)
- Atlas

Subject Indian Polity

- Introduction to Indian Constitution - D.D. Basu
- Our Constitution & Our OParliament- Subhash Kashyap
- Development of Indian Constitution: Subhash Kashyap

Subject Indian Economy

- Evolution of Indian Economy - NCERT
- Indian Economy - Dutt and Sundharam.
- Pratiyogita Darpan: Special Issue on Economy

Subject General Science

- NCERT books on Science.
- Samanya Vigyan: Sardar Singh (Sahitya Series)
- Science & Technology: Spectrum

Subject Current Events of National and International importance.

- One major National Daily – Hindustan or Navbharat Times or Jansatta and if you can
read The Times of India or The Hindu also.
- News weeklies like India Today or/Outlook
- One Good Competitive Magazine like Pratiyogita Darpan, Chronicle etc.
- India Year Book
- Chronicle Year Book

Subject General Mental Ability

- No special preparation is required in this area. But some practice may be done from
any exercise books or quantitative aptitude. In fact, an intelligent calculation is the basic
requirement for this topic. However You can see (NCERT +1 level) Elementary Statistics
and S.C.Gupta : Statistical Methods and
Pratiyogita Kiran
(selected short formulas related to the syllabus)

Main (General Studies)

Subject History of Modern India
- India's struggle for Independence - Bipan Chandra and others.
- Modern India - NCERT.
- Freedom Struggle (NBT) - Bipan Chandra
- Modern India - IGNOU
o Development of Indian Constitution by Subhash Chandra will help a lot for this section
and Freedom Struggle & Modern India (IGNOU) can be skipped if time constraint is
there.

Subject Indian Culture

- Art and Culture portions of history books and Gazetteer of India.
- Culture Chapter (s) in the India Year Book.
- Books on culture / cultural topics brought out by Publications Division of Ministry of
Information and broadcasting and National Book Trust.
- Please concentrate on first two only and other should be referred only if time permits.
Instead any special issue on culture can be consulted

Subject Current Affairs

- At least one major national newspaper - Hindustan or Navbharat Times or Jansatta
and if you can read The Times of India or The Hindu also: Reading Editorials and
relevant articles is must.
- Newsweeklies like India Today or/Outlook
- Any Good Competitive Magazine like Pratiyogita Darpan, Chronicle etc.
- Current Affairs and News Analysis of BBC.
- Current events - Spectrum

Subject Statistics
- Book on Statistics (Class XI) - NCERT
- S.C.Gupta : Statistical Methods

Subject Indian Polity and Constitution

- Introduction to the Constitution of India - D.D. Basu.
- Our Constitution & Our OParliament- Subhash Kashyap
- Development of Indian Constitution: Subhash Kashyap

Subject Indian Geography and Economy

- Indian Geography (Class XI and XII) - NCERT
- Yozna
- Indian Economy - Dutt and Sundharam
- Pratiyogita Darpan’s Special Issue on Economy
- The editorial page of the Economic Times.

Subject Science and Technology

- Science and Technology Published by the Spectrum.
- Yozna contains science and environment related topics.