Recommended Book List for UPSC Civil Service General Studies (GS) Mains Papers

Recommended Book List  - GENERAL STUDIES

GS
GS mains papers solved previous years - Arihant
English mains papers - IAS
India Yearbook 2014

Paper - 1

This paper mainly deals with - History and Culture of India , Geography , Society.

History and Culture

NCERT History Books Class 6 - 12th

Indian Culture – Spectrum

Intro to indian Art - 11 NCERT

Ancient Past - R S Sharma

Tamil Nadu State History Book class - 11 (Medieval)

Struggle for independence - Biapn Chandra 
India after independence - Bipan Chandra

Geography

Physical Geo - world + India -11 NCERT

Certificate physical Geography – Goh Che Leong ( For further understanding)

Economic + Human - 12  NCERT

Terms and concepts - Majid Hussain

NIOS Geography material

Society

Indian Society - 12 NCERT

Social problems in India - Ram Ahuja

Paper - 2

This paper deals with - Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations

Constitution , Polity and Social justice

Indian Polity - Laxmikanth

Indian Politics - M P Singh

Intro to Constitution - D D Basu

Newspaper will be great source for this section

India Yearbook

International relations

Challenge and Strategy - Rajiv Sikri

Indias Foreign Policy - V N Khanna

Contemporary World Politics- ncert

International Organization- Spectrum

Paper - 3

This paper mainly deals with - Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management.

Technology

News Paper articles and current affairs magazines

NCERT -  Biology, Physics, Chemistry books ( for basic knowledge)

Economic Development

NCERT Class – 12 geography

TMH GS Manual

Indian economy - Ramesh Singh

Macroeconomics – ncert

Indian Economy- Pratiyogita Darpan ( optional )

India Yearbook

Bio-diversity, Environment and Disaster Management.

NCERT Class – 11 Geography

NIOS Material on Ecology and Biodiversity

Newspapers for current development

Security 

Newspaper editorials

2^nd  ARC Report
Coaching Materials

Paper - 4

This paper deals with - Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude.

Basic material has to be 2nd ARC report #4 

Vajiram and Insight handwritten notes. 

For moral thinkers, attitude, emotional intelligence topics, refer to Sriram printed notes.