The Ultimate UPSC booklist and web resources | All aspirants need is this | Manuj Jindal IAS
00:00 Intro
01:24 GS 1
14:53 GS 2
18:52 GS 3
24:52 GS 4
Booklist:
GS 1
History:
Ancient History:
Old NCERT
• Ancient India - R S Sharma (Old NCERT)
Medieval History
• Medieval India - Satish Chandra (Old NCERT)
New NCERT
• Our pasts - I
• Our pasts - II
• Themes - I
• Themes - II
New TamilNadu History Textbook - Class XI
Art & Culture
• New TN History textbook
• 6th-12th new NCERT history textbooks ALL except Fine Arts book specifically for painting
• Introduction to Indian art (NCERT class 11th)
• Living Craft Traditions of India (NCERT class 12th)
• Indian Culture by Nitin Singhania
• CCRT - to supplement above sources
ccrtindia.gov.in/
Modern India History
• Our past III (Both part 1 & part 2 -NCERT class VIII)
• Themes in Indian History - III (NCERT Class XII)
• A brief History of Modern India - Spectrum Publication
• India’s struggle for independence - Bipin Chandra
Post-Independence India
• Politics in India since Independence, NCERT Class 12th
• India since independence - Bipin Chandra
· India After Gandhi by Guha
World History
• Themes in World History: NCERT Class XI
• History of the World by Arjun Dev
· Vision IAS notes on World History
Indian Society
• NCERT Class XI - Sociology: Understanding Society
• NCERT Class XII - Indian Society
• NCERT Class XII - Social Change and Development in India
Geography
Physical Geography:
• Our Environment - Class VII
• The Earth Our Habitat - Class VI
• Fundamentals of Physical Geography (NCERT Class XI)
• Fundamentals of Human Geography (NCERT Class XII)
• Goh Cheng Leong - Certificate Physical and Human Geography
Atlas by Oxford
Indian Geography
• Resource and Development - Class VIII
• Contemporary India - II - Class X
• India Physical Environment (NCERT Class XI)
• India - People and Economy (NCERT Class XII)
GS 2
Polity
• Democratic Politics - IX
• Democratic Politics, II. Class X
• Indian Constitution at Work (NCERT Class XI)
• LAXMIKANTH - Indian Polity
Governance
• Handouts by VisionIAS and InsightsonIndia
• 2nd ARC reports (selective)
· Law Commission Reports selective
• Three Year Action Agenda, 2017- 18 to 2019-20 - NITI Aayog
• Strategy for New India @ 75 - NITI Aayog
Social justice
• Any Basic standard material or Handouts
• Yojana
• Kurukshetra
• Three Year Action Agenda, 2017-18 to 2019-20 - NITI Aayog
• Strategy for New India @ 75 - NITI Aayog
International Relations
• Class 12th Political Science- Contemporary World Politics
• Challenge and Strategy: Rethinking India’s Foreign Policy by Rajiv Sikri
• Ministry of External Affairs website (Selective Reading)
• Observer Research Foundation (ORF) (Selective Reading)
GS 3:
Economy
• Economics - NCERT Class IX
• Understanding Economic Development (NCERT Class 10th)
• Indian Economic Development (NCERT Class XI)
• Introductory Macroeconomics (NCERT Class XII)
• Nitin Singhania-Indian Economy
Ecology & Environment
• 12th Biology NCERT- Chapter No 13,14,15,16
• 11th Chemistry NCERT - Chapter No 14
• Geography NCERTs - Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Chapters from Std 8-11
• ICSE Environment Education Std 10(Especially for Mains)
Essentials of Ecology by Miller
PMFIAS Notes on Environment
Science and technology
• Class VI to ClassX
• Class XI - Chemistry: Unit 14
• Class XI - Biology: Units 4 & 5
• Class XII - Chemistry: Unit 16
• Class XII - Biology: Units 8, 9 & 10
Agriculture
• Any Basic standard material or Handouts
• Yojana & Kurukshetra (Selective Reading)
• Down to Earth (Selective Reading)
Disaster and disaster management
• Any Basic standard material or Handouts
• NDMA guidelines (Selective Reading)
Internal security
• Any Basic standard material or Handouts
• Challenges to Internal Security of India by Ashok Kumar IPS
• IDSA Website (Selective Reading)
• Ministry of Home Affairs Website (Selective Reading)
General Studies 4
Ethics
• Any standard book like (A Practical Approach to Ethics Integrity and Aptitude By D.K Balaji Or Lexicon for Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude)
• 2nd ARC Reports (Selective Reading)
• Newspaper for contemporary examples
· Michael Sandel on Ethics KZread
Other good sources:
YT Amit SenGupta
YT Shivin
YT Khan Academy USA
Govt Ministry Websites
ARC Reports
Law Commission Reports
PRS Legislative White Papers
GK Today
Vision IAS booklets - Value Added Section on their website
InsightsonIndia current affairs and online answer writing tool
Also, forgot to mention MRUNAL for Economics revision purposes
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