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REFERENCE   BOOKS

REFERENCE BOOKS FOR IAS GENERAL STUDIES PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

    1.  Indian History – India Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra; NCERT Books ( XI & XII )
    2.  Geography – Spectrum
    3.  Indian Polity – Constitution of India by Bakshi
    4. Indian Economy – Plus One, Plus Two Books, Pratiyogita Darpan
    5. General Science – Tata Mc Graw Hill Guide
    6. Mental Ability – Quantitative Apitude by R.S. Aggarwal
    7. Current Affairs – Some magazines and Newspapers
      1. The Hindu/The Times of India
      2. Front line
      3. Civil Service Chronicle
      4. Pratiyogita Darpan
      5. Competition WIZARD
      6. Civil Services Today
    8. Guides
  1. Tata Mc Graw Hill
  2. Spectrum
  3. Unique

Topic Wise Reference On General Studies

INDIAN HISTORY & CULTURE :

NCERT (+ 2 level) — Ancient India, Medieval India, Modern India. Publication Division : Gazetteer of India (Vol 2 History & Culture) Gandhi Nehru Tagore & Ambedkar — Gopal Krishna Bipin Chandra – Modern India A.C.Banerjee – History of Modern India Raghavan Aiyer — Mahatma Gandhi

INDIAN ECONOMY :

NCERT (+1 level)—Evolution of Indian Economy(I C Dhingra). Mishra & Puri or Dutt & Sundaram – Indian Economy Economic Survey Economic Times, Business Standard Yojana

I GEOGRAPHY:

NCERT : Physical Geography of India for X – XII Std A Good School Atlas
Sharma & Cotinho : Economic and Commercial Geography of India.
Khullar :   India- A Comprehnsive Geography
Charles Farro :  General Principles of World Geography
Charles Farro :  Monsoon Asia Reports published by Centre for Science and Enviornment And Tata Energy Research Institute National journal – Kurukshetra, Yojana etc. Down to earth

SOCIAL AND NATIONAL ISSUES :

Social Problem – Ram Ahuja Social Welfare Magazine – Published by Ministry of Social Welfare Yojana/Kurukshetra IIPa Journal

INDIAN POLITY :

NCERT (+1 level)—Indian Political System N.L. Madan: Bhartiya Rajya Vyavastha D.D. Basu—Indian Constitution Kashyap—Constitution of India Publication Division—Subhash C. Kashyap: Our Parliament P.M. Bakshi—Indian Constitution Our Constitution: Subhash C. Kashyap Perspective on Constitution: S.C. Kashyap Frontline Magazine IIPa Journal

STATISTICS :

(NCERT +1 level) Elementary Statistics S.C.Gupta: Statistical Methods


INDIA AND THE WORLD :

Journal of Peace Studies World Focus Strategic Analysis South Asian Journal

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY :

NCERT :  (10 levels): Science, (+2 level): Biology. Popular Science Series (CSIR) Reports from the Ministry of Science and Technology Yojana Science Reporter Science and Technology in India – Spectrum

IAS Academy in Ludhiana OTHER BOOKS FOR GENERAL STUDIES:

    1.  India’s latest
    2. One competitive Magazine
    3. Guides like Tata McGraw Hill, Spectrum, and Unique For General Reference
    4. The Pearson General Studies Manual