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UPSC Prelims Exam: Booklist, Source, Material and Strategy

UPSC Prelims Exam: Booklist, Source, Material and Strategy


by jag Pravesh IAS


History, Art & Culture:


NCERT History (Old) of Classes 6,7,8, 11 and 12. 


Tamil Nadu Board History of Classes 11 and 12.(optional; if you have time you can go through this)


Spectrum A Brief History Of Modern India(Its a MUST)


NCERT An Introduction to Indian Art (Class 11).


Nitin Singhania Hand Written Notes on Art & Culture.


Geography

NCERT Class 11 & 12 Geography Textbooks 


The Orient Blackswan School Atlas(open atlas whenever you feel bored)


Certificate Physical and Human Geography (G C Leong) (for basic concepts of geography)


Refer to Geography videos of Mrunal Youtube Channel https://goo.gl/zLNKbn (very good videos if you are a beginner, download ppt from mrunal.org under download section and revise them thoroughly)


Polity

Indian Polity 5th Edition (Laxmikanth)


Refer to kalyan sir site for videos; Watch all 56 vidoes if you are a beginner (http://onlineias.kalyansir.net/p/videos.html) 


Refer to Constitution of India App for bare Acts.


Ecology & Environment

NCERT Class 12 Biology (Only 4 chapters on Ecology)


NCERT Class 11 Chemistry (Environmental Chemistry chapter only)


Environment by Shankar IAS Academy


Economics

NCERT Class 12: Introductory Macroeconomics


NCERT Class 11: Indian Economic Development


Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh (Read strictly according to syllabus, not cover to cover)


You may refer to Sriram IAS Academy Economics Book


Watch Investopedia video explanations of different concepts (Google ‘Economics Terminology + Investopedia’)


Current Affairs

Refer to any monthly current affair magazine of any one coaching institute. Highlight important parts and revise multiple times(i followed VisionIAS)


Any one newspaper(The Hindu or The Indian Express)


General Science

NCERT Science Books of Class 11 and 12 (skip if have strong Science background)


So this is the only book list you will ever need to crack UPSC Prelims. Do not refer to any other book. Rather revise these limited books as many times as you can. You must have your basic concepts thoroughly clear.

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