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Who is best for upsc - old ncert or new ncert please tell me difference between them


Sumit shaury 29th May, 2020
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 29th May, 2020

Hi

For subjects like history  old ncert is better but for subjects like geography,  polity etc new NCERT is better as many things have changed now and new NCERT has updated information

Top books for your UPSC examination are listed below subject wise:-

HISTORY

NCERT XI (Ancient & Medieval)
NCERT XII (Modern Indian History)
Facets of Indian Culture Spectrum
From Plassey to Partition - A History of Modern India

Indian Art & Culture

Indian Art & Culture - Nitin Singhania

Polity

NCERT IX-XII
Indian Polity M Laxmikanth

Geography

NCERT VI X (Old Syllabus)
NCERT XI, XII (New Syllabus)
Certificate Physical Geography G C Leong
World Atlas

Economics

NCERT XI
The Indian Economy Sanjiv Verma
Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
Economic Development & Policies in India Jain & Ohri

Environment

Class XII Biology (last 5 chapters)
Environment by Shankar IAS Academy
Environment & Ecology: Biodiversity, Climate Change and Disaster Management - General Studies for Civil Services (Main) Examination - Paper II and IV - Majid Hussain

International Relations

NCERT XII (Contemporary World Politics)
Current Affairs ( read newspaper as well)

To get the complete list ofgof books go through
https://competition.careers360.com/articles/books-for-upsc-ias

Thankyou

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