Hello, I'm Shoaib, i want to know which books are highly recommend for upsc exams preparation. Now I'm in graduation 1st year, I'm thinking to begins, but I don't know which books is better and save my time. Can someone help me please. Thanks you.
The best prep books for UPSC exams are as follows:
1. Ancient History: ‘Ancient India’ by RS Sharma (Old NCERT)
2. Medieval History: History of Medieval India by Satish Chandra (Old NCERT)
3. Modern History: ‘A Brief History of Modern India’ by Spectrum as well as ‘Concise History of Modern India’ by Sujata Menon
4. Indian Culture: ‘Facets of Indian Culture’ by Spectrum
5. Indian Geography: NCERT books, Oxford Atlas for maps
6. Political Science- Indian Polity by Laxmikanth, An Introduction to the Constitution of India by D. D. Basu, The Constitution of India by P. M. Bakshi, Old NCERT
7. Economics- Class 11 and 12 ncert, Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh, Indian Economy by Mishra and Puri, Current Economic Survey
8. Science and Technology - newspapers and official websites like ISRO etc
9. Environment - Newspapers, online materials
10 Current affairs - Newspapers, GK books