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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 G

         OPTIONAL PAPERS FOR UPSC CSE Paper 6 and Paper 7 are optional papers for Mains written examination. PAPER 6 : 250 Marks PAPER 7 : 250 Marks Any one of the following subjects can be chosen as an optional paper. LIST OF PAPERS: Agriculture A.H.& Veterinary Science Anthropology Botany Chemistry Civil Engineering Commerce & Accountancy Economics Electrical Engineering Geography Geology History Law Management Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Medical Science Philosophy Physics Political Science & International Relations Psychology Public Administration Sociology Statistics Zoology                                   LITERATURE PAPERS Literature in the following languages can also be chosen as one of the optional subject. LIST OF PAPERS: Assamese Bengali Bodo Dogri Gujarati Hindi Kannada Kashmiri Konkani Maithili Malayalam Manipuri Marathi Nepali Oriya Punjabi Sanskrit Santhali Sindhi Tamil Telugu Urdu English