which books are enough for UPSC prelims?












UPSC‒CSE (Union Public Service Commission‒Civil Service Examination) is the toughest and highly valuable examination in India. You can clear this examination through proper guidelines and persistence of continuous preparation. In this article we suggest some basic and standard book list for UPSC prelims. You can go with some other authors compilation also. Below mentioned book list are not recommended by UPSC. This book list are one of the suggestions for your preparation. UPSC wouldn't recommend any standard books for the examination.





GENERAL STUDIES ‒ PRELIMINARY

BOOK LIST:

 
1.INDIAN HISTORY:

Basic Books: 6th to 10th standard NCERT Books
Standard Books:  11th and 12th NCERT Books

2.INDIAN POLITY:

Basic Books:  6th to 10th NCERT Books, 11th NCERT or Tamil Nadu SCERT Books(New)
Standard Books:  M Laxmikanth


3.GEOGRAPHY:

Basic and Standard:  6th to 12th NCERT Books or Tamil Nadu SCERT Books(New)
                                  Certificate Physical and Human Geography by Goh Cheng Leong
                                  OXFORD Atlas (student atlas).

4.INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT:

Basic Books:  NCERT Books or Tamil Nadu SCERT Books(New)
Standard Books:  India's struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra   

5.INDIAN ECONOMY:

Basic Books:  NCERT Books
Standard Books:  Shankar IAS Academy Book

6.ENVIRONMENT:

Shankar IAS Academy Book

7.INDIAN ART AND CULTURE:

NCERT Books

8.GENERAL SCIENCE:

6th to 10th NCERT Books or Tamil Nadu SCERT Books
The HINDU - Newspaper

9.INDIA YEAR BOOK:

Government of India Publication

10.CURRENT AFFAIRS:

The HINDU Newspaper
PIB India website
YOJANA - Magazine
KURUKSHETRA - Magazine
             or
iasparliament website - current affairs compilation 
    





 

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