Book List for General Studies | UPSC

S. No.

TITLE

AUTHOR

EDITION

1.

Ancient India

NCERT - XI (R.S. Sharma)

Old Edition

2.

Medieval India

NCERT - XI (Satish Chandra)

Old Edition

3.

An Introduction to Fine Arts

NCERT - XI

New Edition

4.

Modern India

NCERT - XII (Bipin Chandra)

Old Edition

5.

Themes in Indian History - Part I, II & III

NCERT - XII

New Edition

6.

India's Struggle for Independence

Bipin Chandra

New Edition

7.

From Plassey to Partition and after

Shekhar Bandyopadhyay

New Edition

8.

A New Look at Modern Indian History

B L Grover & Alka Mehta

New Edition

9.

India after Gandhi

Ramachandra Guha

New Edition

10.

The Wonder that was India

A L Basham

New Edition

S. No.

TITLE

AUTHOR

EDITION

1.

India and the Contemporary World - I & II

NCERT - IX & X

New Edition

2.

Mastering Modern World History

Norman Lowe

New Edition

3.

A History of the Modern World

Jain & Mathur

New Edition

S. No.

TITLE

AUTHOR

EDITION

1.

Land and People - Part I, II & III

NCERT - VI, VII & VIII

Old Edition

2.

Fundamentals of Physical Geography

NCERT - XI

New Edition

3.

India: Physical Environment

NCERT - XI

New Edition

4.

Fundamentals of Human Geography

NCERT - XII

Old Edition

5.

India: People and Economy

NCERT - XII

New Edition

6.

Certificate Physical & Human Geography

Goh Cheng Leong

New Edition

7.

India: A Comprehensive Geography

D R Khullar

New Edition

8.

World Geography

Majid Hussain

New Edition

S. No.

TITLE

AUTHOR

EDITION

1.

Land and People - Part I, II & III

NCERT - VI, VII & VIII

Old Edition

2.

Fundamentals of Physical Geography

NCERT - XI

New Edition

3.

India: Physical Environment

NCERT - XI

New Edition

4.

Fundamentals of Human Geography

NCERT - XII

Old Edition

5.

India: People and Economy

NCERT - XII

New Edition

6.

Certificate Physical & Human Geography

Goh Cheng Leong

New Edition

7.

India: A Comprehensive Geography

D R Khullar

New Edition

8.

World Geography

Majid Hussain

New Edition

S. No.

TITLE

AUTHOR

EDITION

1.

Democratic Politics - I & II

NCERT - IX & X

New Edition

2.

Indian Constitution at Work

NCERT - XI

New Edition

3.

Political Theory

NCERT - XI

New Edition

4.

Introduction to the Constitution of India

D D Basu

New Edition

5.

Our Constitution

Subash Kashyap

New Edition

6.

Indian Polity

M Laxmikanth

New Edition

7.

From Government to Governance

Kuldeep Mathur

New Edition

8.

Governance in India

M Laxmikanth

New Edition

S. No.

TITLE

AUTHOR

EDITION

1.

Contemporary World Politics

NCERT - XII

New Edition

2.

India's Foreign Policy

V P Dutt

New Edition

3.

Rethinking India's Foreign Policy

Rajiv Sikri

New Edition

S. No.

TITLE

AUTHOR

EDITION

1.

Indian Economic Development

NCERT - XI

New Edition

2.

Introductory Macroeconomics

NCERT - XII

New Edition

3.

Indian Economy Since Independence

Uma Kapila

New Edition

4.

March of the Indian Economy

I C Dhingra

New Edition

5.

Economic Survey (2014, 15, 16, 17)

Chief Economic Advisor

New Edition

S. No.

TITLE

AUTHOR

EDITION

1.

Science

NCERT -VI to X

New Edition

2.

Developments in Science & Technology

Spectrum

New Edition

3.

Our Environment

NCERT - VII

New Edition

4.

Environment and Biodiversity

NIOS

New Edition

S. No.

TITLE

AUTHOR

EDITION

1.

Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude

G Subba Rao

New Edition

2.

The Lexicon for Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude

Niraj Kumar

New Edition

3.

Ethics, Integrity & Values in Public Services

Ramesh K Arora

New Edition