Dear Aspirant

You can follow any book for preparation but keep one thing in your mind that you must follow the standard books because books are one of the main ingredients . The NCERT books are best books for subjects' introduction. Here are some best books list have a look ;

HISTORY
•Ancient History NCERT Class 11th by R.S. Sharma
•India’s Ancient Past by R.S. Sharma
•Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania

•Medieval History NCERT Class XI-XII
• History of Medieval India by Satish Chandra

•India’s Struggle for Independence – Bipan Chandra
•History of Modern India - Bipan Chandra
•NCERT XII (Modern Indian History)
•A brief history of Modern India - Spectrum

GEOGRAPHY
•Certificate Physical and Human Geography – G C Leong
•Fundamentals of Physical Geography NCERT Class 11
•Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
•Geography of India by Mazid Hussain
•Oxford Student Atlas
• Concise Geography by ALS
•Economic survey
•Introduction to Macroeconomics NCERT
•Indian Economic Development NCERT
• Introduction to Microeconomics NCERT
•Indian Budget
•India yearbook
•Niti Aayog Reports

CIVICS
•Indian polity by Laxmikant
• Constitution of India by DD Basu
•Indian Constitution by P.M. Bakshi
•Constitution of India Bare Act
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
• Environmental Studies Books of IGNOU and NOS
•Environment Book - Shankar IAS Academy
•Environment Book by DS Khullar

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
•Science and Technology by Ravi Agrahari
•Science and technology by Ashok Singh

And for current affairs you can follow newspaper -Indian express,The Hindu and others , magazines, websites.

Hey Karthik!

For UPSC CSE preparation nothing is better than NCERTs and some famous refrence books.

After completing your syllabus of upsc with NCERTs and refrence books you can definitely read Byju's notes but they are not sufficient for UPSC CSE preparation.


List of important NCERTs and Refrence Books for UPSC CSE

1.Class 6th - 12th NCERTs of Social Sciences ( it depends whether you want to study them or not but geography 6th -12th ncerts and economics 11th and 12th NCERTs are must).

2.Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania

3.Indian Polity by M. Laxmikant

4.History of Modern India by Bipin Chandra

5.Class 11th Fine Arts NCERT

6.Shankar IAS - Environment

7.Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh

8.India's struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra

9.Certificate Physical and Human Geography - GC Leong

10.RS Sharma book for Ancient History

11.Satish Chandra book for Mediaeval History

12.Don't forget to read newspapers.Choose any newspaper as per your convenience.You can also refer daily booklet for news editorials.

13.You can get all previous years papers on UPSC official website.

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Here is the list of some basic and important boos for UPSC CSE preparation.

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