Recommended Book List for UPSC Civil Services Prelims

1. One Current Affairs Magazine

 Pratiyogita Darpan , Civil Service Chronicle etc.

( Any one of your choice as per availability)

2. History Of India

TMH GS Manual

NCERT History Books Class 6 – 12

Tamil Nadu State Class 11 book History Medieval

India’s struggle for Independence – Bipan Chandra

3. Indian and World Geography

Class 11 NCERT  – India Physical Geography and World Physical Geography

Class 12 NCERT -  Human geography and India Human Geography

4. Indian Polity and Governance

Indian Polity – Laxmikanth

Introduction to Indian Constitution – D D Basu

5. Economics

Indian Economy – Ramesh Singh

Newspaper for current economic developments.

6. General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate

Covered in Geography part.

NIOS material on Ecology and Biodiversity.

Newspaper

7. General Science

TMH GS Manual

Class – 9 and 10 Science NCERT