Book List For UPSC

A) History of India and Indian National Movement.

1) Indian Freedom Struggle : Bipin Chandra (old NCERT) for 1700 to 1857
2) Indian Freedom Struggle : Spectrum
3) Indian ancient history : R. S. Sharma (old NCERT)
4) Indian Medival history : Satish Chandra (old NCERT)
5) Culture : An Introduction to Indian Art (Class XIth NCERT)
6) Culture : Heritage Art (Class XIIth NCERT)

B) Indian and World Geography - Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the
World.
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7) Geography : Fundamentals of Physical Geography (Class XI NCERT), ICSE (Class XII )
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8) Geography : Physical environment of India (Class XI NCERT)
9) Geography : Fundamentals of Human Geography (Class XIIth NCERT)
10) Geography : Indian People and Economy (Class XIIth NCERT)
11) Geography : Certificate Physical and Human Geography GC Leong (only last chapter on
biomes)

C) Indian Polity and Governance - Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy,
Rights Issues, etc.
12) Indian Polity M Laxmikanth

D) Economic and Social Development - Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion,

Demographics, Social Sector initiatives, etc.
13) Economic : Indian economic development (Class XIth NCERT)
14) Economic : Macroeconomics : Class XIIth
15) Economic : Ramesh Singh
16) Economic : Economic Survey of India

E) General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change

17) Environment : Biology (Class XIIth NCERT) ( last 4 Chapters)
18) Environment : P. D. Sharma

F) General Science
19) NCERT CLASS IXth & Xth

G) Current Affairs
20) The Hindu
21) Indian Express Explained