Booklist for Prelims (ANUDEEP )

The list of books:

Polity

Indian Polity by Laxmikanth

Economy

Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
Mrunal.org articles
Macroeconomics – NCERT Class XII
Indian Economic Development – NCERT Class XI
Economic Survey (Selective reading from Prelims perspective)
The Hindu
Internet for understanding concepts (Arthapedia, Google, Youtube)

Ancient History of India

Old NCERT by RS Sharma

Medieval History of India

Old NCERT by Satish Chandra (Selective Reading)

Modern History

A Brief history of Modern India- Spectrum Publications
India’s Struggle for Independence – Bipan Chandra (Selective Reading)
NCERT by Bipan Chandra (For the period 1700s to 1857)

Indian Art and Culture

An Introduction to Indian Art – Class XI NCERT
Chapters related to culture in Ancient and Medieval India NCERTs
Centre for Cultural Resource and Training (CCRT) material
Heritage Crafts: Living Craft Traditions of India -NCERT

Environment and Biodiversity

Shankar IAS book

General Science

General Science books – IX and X standard
The Hindu (Note down and read about the latest scientific terms, discoveries and inventions frequently mentioned in news)
Google and YouTube

Geography

Fundamentals of Physical Geography XI NCERT
India: Physical Environment XI NCERT
Fundamentals of Human Geography XII NCERT
India: People and Economy XII NCERT
Certificate Physical and Human Geography: GC Leong
PMFIAS (Excellent resource for understanding complex topics)
Google and YouTube

Govt Schemes

Govt schemes compilation by the website Civils Daily

General Trivia (Eg: Global groupings, Reports, Institutions, Rankings etc)

Any coaching material
Google

Current Affairs

The Hindu
Civils Daily
ForumIAS

Milan Tomic

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