IMPORTANT BOOKS:-


Indian History and Culture:-

1    India’s Ancient Past – R.S. Sharma. (Ancient India – Text Book) 
2    History Of Medieval India – Satish Chandra. (Medieval India – Text Book)

3       History Of Modern India – Bipan Chandra. (Modern India – Text Book)

4     India’s Struggle For Independence – Bipan Chandra. (Modern India – Read like a story)

5      The Wonder That Was India – A.L. Bhasham. (Ancient India and Culture)

6      Indian Art and Culture – Nitin Singhania. (For quick reference – Culture)

7      Ancient and Medieval India – Poonam Dalal (For quick reference – Ancient and Medieval India)

8      Modern Indian History – Sonali Bansal (For quick reference – Modern India)

9      A Brief History of Modern India – Spectrum (For quick reference – Modern India)

Indian Geography and World Geography
  1. Oxford School Atlas – Oxford. (Geography)
  2. Geography of India – Majid Husain. (Indian Geography)
  3. World Geography – Majid Husain (World Geography)
  4. Physical Geography – Savindra Singh (Physical Geography)
  5. Human Geography – Majid Husain (Human Geography – Social and Economic)
  6. Certificate Physical and Human Geography – Goh Cheng Leong. (Physical and Human Geography)
Indian Polity and Constitution
  1. Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations – M. Laxmikanth. (Polity)
  2. Introduction to the Constitution of India – D. D. Basu (Constitution)

Indian Economy

  1. Indian Economy – Ramesh Singh. (Economy)
  2. Indian Economy Key Concepts – Shankarganesh (Concepts)
  3. The Indian Economy – Sanjiv Verma (Advanced Economy Topics)
  4. Economic Survey. (Indian Economy Trends and Statistics)

Science and Technology

  1. Science and Technology – Sheelwant Singh
  2. Science and Technology in India – Ravi P Agrahari.

Environment – Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change

  1. Environmental Studies: From Crisis to Cure – Rajagopalan. (Environment)
  2. Environment for Civil Services Prelims and Mains – Khuller. (Environment)
  3. Environment – Shankar

Current Affairs

  1. India Year Book (Current Affairs)
  2. Manorama Yearbook. (Current Affairs)
  3. ClearIAS Current Affairs Capsule [Monthly MCQs] (Current Affairs)

CSAT (For those weak in CSAT)

  1. Cracking the CSAT – Arihant (CSAT – Paper 2)
  2. Analytical Reasoning – M. K. Pandey (CSAT – Paper 2: Analytical Reasoning)
  3. Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning – R. S.Aggarwal (CSAT Paper 2: Reasoning)