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

books, as mentioned below:

General Science: 9th and 10th Standards

History: 11th and 12th Standards
Geography: 11th and 12th Standards
Economics: 11th and 12th Standards
Art & Culture: 11th standard

General Studies - Paper I (Main Examination)

Indian Heritage & 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

Tarachand - History of Freedom Movement in India, Vol- I to IV, (Publications
Division).
Surendernath Sen: 1857 (Publications Division)
Ancient India-Collection of Article (Publications Division)
NBT- Freedom Struggle
Bipan Chandra: Indias Struggle for Independence
Bipan Chandra-Post Independence India
Sumit Sarkar-Modem India
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
Physical Geography : Savindra Singh
Geomorphology : Savindra Singh
Oceanography : Sharma and Vatal (NCERT)
Economics and Social Geography: Rupa Publications
Environmental Geography: Savindra Singh
Survey of Indian Agriculture : The Hindu Publications.
Survey of Indian Economy: The Hindu Publications

India Year Book : Publications Division

Oxford School Atlas
General Studies - Paper II (Main Examination)
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
NCERT : Contemporary World Politics (12th Standard)
General Studies - Paper III (Main Examination)
Governance, Constitution & Polity
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
Indian Economy
NCERT: Indias Economic Development
Mishra and Puri: Indian Economy
Relevant Economic Survey
12th Five Year Plan Document
Bimal Jalan: Indias Economic Policy
Bimal Jalan: Emerging India- Economics, Politics and Reforms.
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/English
Environment 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)
Security
Annual Reports of Ministry of Home Affairs, Defence and External Affairs
General Studies - Paper IV (Main Examination)
Ethics and Integrity

Mohit Bhattacharya- New Horizons of Public Administration

Nicholas Henry- Public Administration and Public Affairs
S.R. Maheshwari and Awasthi -Public Administration
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