UPSC PREPARATION

1.GENERAL STUDIES-1

A. HISTORY
 NCERT books 6-12
 Freedom Struggle-A Brief History of Modern India—SPECTRUM
 Post-Independence India-Nitin Sangawan Notes
 World History-VISION IAS NOTES
B. ART AND CULTURE
 NCERT 11-An Introduction to Indian Art
 Indian Art and culture by Nitin Singhania(Supplement)
 Old Ncert 11-Ancient India by RS Sharma
 Old Ncert 12-Medieval India by Satish Chandra

C. GEOGRAPHY
 New Ncert 6-10(brief) and 11-12(Important)
 Geography Vidoes by Ms.Rajtanil(Mrunal website)
 Certificate Phy and Human Geo—GC Leong
 PMF IAS(WEBSITE)
 ATLAS
D. REMAINING TOPIC IN GS-1
 Indian Society and Diversity of India
 Women,population,urbanization,poverty and development issues
 Effects of globalisation on indian Society
 Social empowerment,communalism,regionalism&secularism
ALL CAN BE COVERED FROM VISION IAS NOTES ,CURRENT AFFAIRS
MATERIALS AND TEST SERIES

2. GENERAL STUDIES 2

E. CONSTITUTION AND POLITY

 New Ncert 6-12(brief)
 Indian Polity by LAXMIKANTH(important)
 Current Affairs-Editorials in newspapers,VISION IAS,PIB AND PRS(abt
parliament)
 2nd ARC SIXTH REPORT-LOCAL GOVERNANCE
 VISION IAS NOTES—PRESSURE GRPS,NGOS
F. GOVERNANCE
 2nd ARC Reports-1(RTI),4(ETHICS AND GOVERNANCE),9,10,11,12—Summary
 VISION IAS NOTES
 Current Affairs-Editorials in newspapers, VISION IAS,PIB AND PRS(abt
parliament)
G. SOCIAL JUSTICE
 Govt.Policies and interventions
 Welfare schemes and bodies constituted for vulnerable Sections
 Social Sectors/Services relating to health,edu,hr
 Poverty and hunger
 ALL THE ABOVE TOPICS CAN BE COVERED FROM CURRENT
AFFAIRS(Editorials in newspapers, VISION IAS,PIB )
 NITI AaYogs—Three Year AGEnda(QUOTE THEM IN ANSWERS)
 BUDGET And Economic Survey—Summaries(Quote them)
H. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
 Vision IAS current Affairs material(Important)
 Editorials
 External Ministry Website
1. GENERAL STUDIES 3

I. ECONOMY
 Ncert 11-12 (***)
 Indian Economy—Sanjeev Verma/Ramesh Singha
 Current Affairs-Editorials in newspapers, VISION IAS,PIB (***)
 Budget and Economic Survey summaries(***)
 WEBSITESINVESTOPEDIA,ARTHAPEDIA
J. ENVIRONMENT
 NCERT Bio 12—(last 4 chapters(13-16)(****)
 Shankar IAS Environment(BRIEF)
 Current Affairs-Editorials in newspapers, VISION IAS,PIB (**)
 PMF IAS—WEBSITE(CONCEPTUAL CLARITY)
K. INTERNAL SECURITY
 Internal Security and Disaster MGNT.—ashok kumar and vipul
 Current Affairs-Editorials in newspapers, VISION IAS
L. DISASTER MNGT.
 2nd ARC Third Report—CRISIS MGNT.(****)
 NDMA Guidelines(******)
 Current Affairs- VISION IAS
 M. SCIENCE AND TECH
 Current Affairs- VISION IAS,
 Editorials
2. GENERAL STUDIES-4
N. ETHICS
 2nd ARC Fourth Report-Ethics and Governance(****)
 2nd ARC Twelfth Report-CITIZEN CENTRIC ADMINISTRATION’
 Lexicon for ethics,Integrity&Aptitude by—Chronicle/DK BALAJI SIR BOOK

OTHER RESOURCES

 Newspapers,PIB,PRS
 Unacademy
 Insights of India
 Mrunal.org
 ClearIAS
 PMF IAS,Investopedia,Arthapedia

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 Vision IAS PT 365

 Any Compilation on Govt.schems---(Insight Compilation)
 Previous Years Papers
 CSAT