UPSC Exams

Books For Basics

Books For Basics

1. POLITY

▪ Stage 1 – Our Constitution at work (NCERT)
▪ Stage 2 – Indian Polity by Laxmikanth – Prelims focus

▪ Stage 3 – Our Political System by Subhash C. Kashyap – Mains Focus

2. GEOGRAPHY

.Stage 1 – NCERTs of class XI & XII
▪ Stage 2 – GC Leong

3. ECONOMY

▪ Stage 1 – Indian Economic Development & Macro Economics (NCERTs)
▪ Stage 2 – Sanjiv Verma /any basic book

▪ Daily Newspaper – pick terms and learn more

4. HISTORY​

▪ Stage 1 – Old NCERTs for Ancient, Medieval & Modern History
▪ Stage 2 – Read new NCERTs for Themes

5. ENVIROMENT

▪ Stage 1 – ICSE books
▪ Stage 2 – Environment by Shankaran IAS

                                         or

                    Environment for civil services – Tata McGraw hill

6. ETHICS​

▪ Stage 1 – Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude by Subbarao and PN Roy Choudhary
                                                or

                     Lexicon for Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude

▪ Stage 2 – Ethics in Governance – Second ARC Report

▪ Additional knowledge – Harvard University video series – Justice with Michael Sandel

7. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY​

▪ Spectrum or Tata McGraw Hill

8.SOCIAL ISSUES​

▪ Indian Society by Ram Ahuja

9.CURRENT AFFAIRS​

▪ The Indian Express (Delhi Edition)
▪ The Hindu

▪ The Economic Times