Books/ source to refer

PSC Prelims Preparation Books to Refer

1. CURRENT AFFAIRS:

Important Sources (Follow any one newspaper for news items (preferably The Hindu); one for editorial (best Indian Express); and one Business newspaper  – only editorials (best is Live mint).

• The Hindu

• The Indian Express

• Press Information Bureau (keep checking the Features section for imp articles and our weekly PIB Gist)

• PRS (only for recent Bills and articles related to them)

• IDSA: Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis (keep checking every 2-3 days for in-depth IR articles)

• Yojana and Kurukshetra (no need to read all articles – read selectively)

• LokSabha and RajyaSabha Debates

OR

• Baba’s Monthly Magazine; Yojana, RSTV and PIB Gist (If you refer to this alone, you will only need to read a daily newspaper)

2. HISTORY

Modern India

 

• NCERT – Class 8^th (New) – ‘Our Pasts – III’

• NCERT-Class 12^th ‘Modern India’ (OLD)

• Tamil Nadu Edition- Class 12^th

OR

• Spectrum Modern India – Rajiv Ahir

Reference Book: India’s Struggle for Independence – Bipan Chandra; Plassey to Partition by SekharBandyopadhyay

 

• NCERT – Class 7^th (New) –‘Our Pasts –II’

• NCERT – Class 11^th ‘Medieval India’ (OLD)- Satish Chandra

• Ancient and Medieval India –  PoonamDalalDahiya

NCERT– Class 11^th ‘Ancient India’ (OLD)- R.S. Sharma

• NCERT– Class 12^th ‘Themes in Indian History- Part I’ (NEW)- Chapters 1 to 6

• Ancient and Medieval India –  PoonamDalalDahiya

NOTE: Most part of ‘Culture’ section overlaps with Ancient and Medieval History. Apart from the above mentioned books, you can refer the below link for more information on Culture.

You need to study CCRT Website –  CCRT ; Performing Arts and Literary Arts

 

3. GEOGRAPHY

• NCERT Social Science, Class 6^th (New) ‘The Earth Our Habitat’

• NCERT Social Science, Class 7^th (New) ‘Our Environment’

• NCERT Social Science, Class 8^th (New) ‘ Resource and Development’

• NCERT Social Science, Class 9^th (New) ‘Contemporary India’

• NCERT Social Science, Class 10th (New) ‘Contemporary India-Part II’

• NCERT – Class 11^th (New)
  • Fundamentals of Physical Geography
  • India physical environment

• NCERT – Class 12^th (New)
  • Fundamentals of Human Geography
  • India – People and Economy

• Atlas: Orient BlackSwan School Atlas (or) Oxford School Atlas

Reference Book: Certificate Physical and Indian Geography – Goh Cheng Leong; OLD NCERT Geography – Class 11^th and 12^th (if you can find them  )

4. POLITY

• NCERT – 6^th to 8^th (for basic understanding)

• NCERT- Class 9^th to 12^th (for understanding more on democracy and federalism)

• Indian Polity – M Laxmikanth

Reference Book: Introduction to Indian Constitution – D.D.Basu

5. ECONOMICS

Macroeconomics- Class 12^th , NCERT

• NCERT 11^th – Indian Economic Development

• NCERT- Class 9^thand 10^th (for basics)

• Indian Economy – Ramesh Singh-Selective (Chapters on)

• Introduction (GDP, GNP, growth etc.)
• Evolution of the Indian economy
• Banking
• Inflation & Business Cycle
• Agriculture
• India and the Global Economy (include chapters relating to it)
• Human development
• Technology and environment

6. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

 

• The Hindu-Monday Edition (not technical news, only application based science & Tech)

• NCERT- Class 6^th to 10^th

• NCERT – Biology – 11^th (Unit IV & V only – read basic concepts not technical details)

• NCERT Biology – 12^th (Chapters 4, 5 and rest from 7 to 16 – all important – read line by line except technical details)

• NCERT – Biology – 12^th (OLD) – Chapter 9 onwards

• NCERT – Physics – 11^th (Chap 1,5 & 8) and 12^th (Chap 15 only)

• NCERT – Chemistry – 11^th (Chap 1 & 14 only) and 12^th (Chap 14 & 16 only)

• Science reporter- Selectively

 7. ENVIRONMENT

ICSE Board- Environmental studies- Class 10^th and 11^th

• NCERT- Geography Books (in 6^th to 12^th there are lot of chapters on Environment)

• Science NCERT books mentioned above

• Shankar IAS Notes

• Current affairs

• downtoearth.org.in

Reference material : Shankar IAS notes on Environment

8. SOCIAL ISSUES & NEW POLICIES/SCHEMES

vikaspedia.in (lists all schemes Ministry and sector wise with details)

• India yearbook

• NCERT books mentioned above

• Current affairs (also keep checking our weekly PIB Gists – very important)