UPSC CSE Booklist PDF

Booklist for UPSC CSE Note : This is a sample booklist for UPSC CSE. Your selection of books may vary depending on your preference. However below are the books widely recommended by toppers. Subject faculties will best guide and thr...

Booklist for UPSC CSE Note : This is a sample booklist for UPSC CSE. Your selection of books may vary depending on your preference. However below are the books widely recommended by toppers. Subject faculties will best guide and throw more light on making notes with respect to every subject Ancient History and Medieval History: Old NCERT Ancient India – R S Sharma Medieval India – Satish Chandra New NCERT Our pasts – I Our pasts – II Themes – I Themes – II New TamilNadu History Textbook - Class XI Art & Culture: New TN History textbook 6th-12th new NCERT history textbooks (this will not include 12th Fine arts textbook on painting) Introduction to Indian art (NCERT class 11th) Living Craft Traditions of India (NCERT class 12th) Indian Culture by Nitin Singhania CCRT – to supplement above sources Modern India History: Our past III (Both part 1 & part 2 --NCERT class VIII) www.insightsonindia.com instacourses.insightsonindia.com  Themes in Indian History – III (NCERT Class XII) A brief History of Modern India – Spectrum Publication India’s struggle for independence – Bipin Chandra Geography: World Geography: Our Environment - Class VII The Earth Our Habitat - Class VI Fundamentals of Physical Geography (NCERT Class XI) Fundamentals of Human Geography (NCERT Class XII) Goh Cheng Leong - Certificate Physical and Human Geography Indian Geography: Resource and Development - Class VIII Contemporary India - II - Class X India Physical Environment (NCERT Class XI) India - People and Economy (NCERT Class XII) Current affairs: Down to Earth Magazine Polity: Democratic Politics – IX Democratic Politics, II. Class X Indian Constitution at Work (NCERT Class XI) LAXMIKANTH – Indian Polity Insights Secure Synopsis Economy: Economics - NCERT Class IX Understanding Economic Development (NCERT Class 10th) Indian Economic Development (NCERT Class XI) Introductory Macroeconomics (NCERT Class XII) RAMESH SINGH –Indian Economy Ecology & Environment: www.insightsonindia.com instacourses.insightsonindia.com  12th Biology NCERT- Chapter No 13,14,15,16 11th Chemistry NCERT - Chapter No 14 Geography NCERTs - Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Chapters from Std 8-11 ICSE Environment Education Std 10(Especially for Mains) Science and technology Class VI to Class X Class XI – Chemistry: Unit 14 Class XI – Biology: Units 4 & 5 Class XII – Chemistry: Unit 16 Class XII – Biology: Units 8, 9 & 10 ce & Technology Current affairs: The Hindu S&T Section Post-Independence India: Politics in India since Independence, NCERT Class 12th India since independence - Bipin Chandra World History: Themes in World History: NCERT Class XI History of the World by Arjun Dev Mastering Modern World History – Norman Lowe Indian Society: NCERT Class XI – Sociology: Understanding Society NCERT Class XII – Indian Society NCERT Class XII – Social Change and Development in India Insights Secure Synopsis Governance: Any Basic standard material or Handouts (you can refer Insights secure synopsis also) 2nd ARC reports (selective) Three Year Action Agenda, 2017- 18 to 2019-20 – NITI Aayog Strategy for New India @ 75 – NITI Aayog www.insightsonindia.com instacourses.insightsonindia.com Social justice: Any Basic standard material or Handouts (you can refer Insights secure synopsis also) Yojana Kurukshetra Three Year Action Agenda, 2017-18 to 2019-20 – NITI Aayog Strategy for New India @ 75 – NITI Aayog International Relations: Class 12th Political Science- Contemporary World Politics Challenge and Strategy: Rethinking India's Foreign Policy by Rajiv Sikri Ministry of External Affairs website (Selective Reading) Insights Secure Synopsis Observer Research Foundation (ORF) (Selective Reading) Ethics: Any standard book like (A Practical Approach to Ethics Integrity and Aptitude By D.K Balaji Or Lexicon for Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude) 2nd ARC Reports (Selective Reading) Newspaper for contemporary examples Agriculture: Any Basic standard material or Handouts (you can refer Insights Secure Synopsis also) Yojana & Kurukshetra (Selective Reading) Down to Earth (Selective Reading) Disaster and disaster management: Any Basic standard material or Handouts (you can refer Insights Secure Synopsis also) NDMA guidelines (Selective Reading) Internal security: www.insightsonindia.com instacourses.insightsonindia.com  Any Basic standard material or Handouts (you can refer Insights Secure Synopsis also) Challenges to Internal Security of India by Ashok Kumar IPS IDSA Website (Selective Reading) Ministry of Home Affairs Website (Selective Reading) www.insightsonindia.com instacourses.insightsonindia.com