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While preparing the Union Public Service Commission i.e. UPSC CSE, selecting the study material is a major task. Nowadays many books and study materials are available online. It is very important to shortlist the study material. There are books related to NCERT and subjects here, which have been described by teachers and UPSC aspirants for the preparation of UPSC.
NCERT books for prelims exam:
Books related to history
- History of ancient India (Class 11) – R.K. S. Sharma
- History of medieval India (Class 12) – Satish Chandra
- History of modern India (Class 12) – Bipin Chandra
Geography, books related to polity
- Geography (Class 11th and 12th)
- Indian polity (Class 11th, 12th)
- Economics (Class 11th, 12th))
In addition to NCERT, necessary books
- Indian politics: M. Laxmikant
- Indian Economy: Ramesh Singh
- Geography of India: Majid Hussain
History of india
- History of ancient India – R.K. S. Sharma
- History of medieval India – Satish Chandra
- History of modern India – Bipin Chandra
World history
- World History (Class 12th)
- Indian Art and Culture: Nitin Singhania
- Environment and Ecology: Dr. R. S. Sharma
- Atlas: for better understanding of geography
- India Yearbook: Book of Publication Department, Government of India
- Population and Disaster Management: IGNOU Material
- Second ARC Report:
- The Wonder That Waz India: A. l. Basham
- India’s struggle for freedom: Bipin Chandra
- Introduction to constitution: DD Basu
You can download all the books from class 6 to 12 in PDF for free by visiting NCERT official website ncert.nic.in.
Books related to optional subject
Agriculture
- Agronomy, Yellamanand Reddy
- Soil Science – D.K. Slave or Brady
- Genetics, BD Singh
- Pest Science – Vasant Raj and David
Anthropology
- N. Hasnain: Tribal India
- Harskovits: Cultural Anthropology
- Surendra Nath: Forensic Anthropology
- Harskovits: Cultural Anthropology
- Stein and Rowe: Introduction to Physical Anthropology
Botany
- Classification: Nair and Dutta
- Embryology: Bhojwani and Bhatnagar
- Physiology and Biochemistry: Salisbury and Ross or Fritz and Nogal
- Economic Botany: Kochhar or Verma
Chemistry
- Theoretical principle of inorganic chemistry – GS Manku
- Extraction of metals, principles of inorganic chemistry – Puri, Sharma, Johar Physical
- Chemistry – Gurdeep Raj
- Guide for mechanism in organic chemistry – Peter Cyx
Economics
- International Economics – Bo Sodrreston
- National Income Accounts – Bakerman
- Banking – SB Gupta
- International Business – Bo Sodrrston
History
- History of modern India – Shekhar Bandopadhyay/Bipin Chandra
- The ancient past of India – R.S. Surprise of Sharma Bharat – A.L. Basham
- The collapse of Ashok and Maurya – Romila Thapar
- India’s freedom struggle – Bipan Chandra and others
Management
- Financial: Pandey/Chandra/Khan and Jain/Beerly
- Economics: Any Good Economics Book
- Operations: Adams/Taha
- Organizational Design: Khandwala; Madhukar Shukla
Maths
- Simple Different EQS:- MD Resing Lumina, Golden Series-NP Bali
- Real Analysis – Shantinarayan, Royden
- Liney Programming – SD Sharma
- Solid system – Kazemio
Electrical engineering
- Modern Central Engineering – Ogata
- Electromagnetic waves and regions – R.N. Lion
- Survey and Level – TP Kantakar
- Heat conversion – Arora and Kundwar
Urdu
- Urdu Shayari’s Taukidi Mutala – Suenbul Nigar
- Urdu Nasar Ki Taukidi Mutala – Suenbul Nigar
- Urdu Adab Date – Nurul Hasan Naqvi
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