UPSC Books

GENERAL STUDIES I

• HISTORY
• INDIAN ART AND CULTURE  BY NITIN SINGHANIA
• HISTORY OF MORDERN INDIA BY BIPAN CHANDRA
• INDIA'S STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE BY BIPAN CHANDRA
• INDIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE BY BIPIN CHANDRA
• INDIA AFTER GANDHI BY RAMACHANDRA GUHA
• HISTORY OF THE WORLD BY ARJUN DEV AND INDIRA ARJUN DEV 
• CONTEMPORARY WORLD (OLD NCERT)

• SOCIAL ISSUES
• NCERT SOCIOLOGY CLASS IX
• SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN INDIA BY RAM AHUJA

• GEOGRAPHY
• PRINCIPLES OF GENERAL GEOGRAPHY CLASS IX NCERT
• ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD CLASS XI  NCERT
• PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA CLASS XII  NCERT
• ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY CLASS IX NCERT
• CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA CLASS XII NCERT
• ORIENT BLACKSWAN ATLAS
• GEOGRAPHY AND YOU MONTHLY MAGAZINE

GENERAL STUDIES II

• INDIAN POLITY
• INDIAN POLITY BY LAXMIKANT or
• INTRODUCTION TO THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA BY DD BASU
• OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM BY SUBHASH KASHYAP
• MAJOR POLITICAL SYSTEM BY GHAI
• DEMOCRACY AT WORK CLASS 12 NCERT
• NEWSPAPER UPDATES

• PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
• FROM GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNANCE BY KULDEEP MATHUR
• SOCIAL THEORY AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
• INDIA YEAR BOOK
• YOJANA
• ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS COMMISSION REPORTS ON
• GOOD GOVERNANCE
• CITIZEN CENTRIC ADMINISTRATION
• PROMOTING E GOVERNANCE
• CRISIS MANAGEMENT
• INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• RETHINKING INDIA'S FOREIGN POLICY BY RAJIV SIKRI
• THE HINDU NEWSPAPER
• INDIAN EXPRESS RELEVANT ARTICLES
• FRONTLINE
• WORLD FOCUS
• WEBSITE OF
• IDSA
• cfr.org
• pin.in

GENERAL STUDIES III

• INDIAN ECONOMY
• INDIAN ECONOMY PERFORMANCE AND POLICY BY UMA KAPILA
• INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CLASS 11 NCERT
• INTRODUCTORY MACROECONOMICS CLASS 12 NCERT
• ECONOMIC SURVEY OF INDIA AND INDIA YEAR BOOK
• YOJANA
• EPW EDITORIAL
• ARTHAPEDIA.COM
• ECONOMICS DICTIONARY PENGUIN SERIES
• SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
• THE HINDU
• SCIENCE REPORTER
• WEBSITES OF MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FOREST
• WEBSITES OF MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
• WEBSITE OF DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

• SECURITY ISSUES
• HINDU
• INDIAN EXPRESS
• FRONTLINE
• MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
• ARC REPORTS ON
• COMBATING TERRORISM
• CONFLICT RESOLUTION

GENERAL STUDIES IV

• ARC REPORTS ON ETHICS IN GOVERNANCE
• UNDP WEBSITE ON ETHICS
• BUSINESS ETHICS TEXT BOOK XLRI
• WEBSITE OF TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL
• NEWS LETTERS OF TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL
• cecedusat (audio , video lectures)
• Ethics in public life
• Probity in public life

Also check:

• Political Science Book list

• Prelims Book list

• Must read books for UPSC.

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