The Ultimate UPSC booklist and web resources | All aspirants need is this | Manuj Jindal IAS
00:00 Intro 01:24 GS 1 14:53 GS 2 18:52 GS 3 24:52 GS 4 Booklist: GS 1 History: Ancient History: Old NCERT • Ancient India – R S Sharma (Old NCERT) Medieval History • Medieval India – Satish Chandra (Old NCERT) New NCERT • Our pasts – I • Our pasts – II • Themes – I • Themes – II New TamilNadu History Textbook – Class XI Art & Culture • New TN History textbook • 6th-12th new NCERT history textbooks ALL except Fine Arts book specifically for painting • Introduction to Indian art (NCERT class 11th) • Living Craft Traditions of India (NCERT class 12th) • Indian Culture by Nitin Singhania • CCRT – to supplement above sources https://ccrtindia.gov.in/ Modern India History • Our past III (Both part 1 & part 2 –NCERT class VIII) • Themes in Indian History – III (NCERT Class XII) • A brief History of Modern India – Spectrum Publication • India’s struggle for independence – Bipin Chandra Post-Independence India • Politics in India since Independence, NCERT Class 12th • India since independence – Bipin Chandra · India After Gandhi by Guha World History • Themes in World History: NCERT Class XI • History of the World by Arjun Dev · Vision IAS notes on World History Indian Society • NCERT Class XI – Sociology: Understanding Society • NCERT Class XII – Indian Society • NCERT Class XII – Social Change and Development in India Geography Physical Geography: • Our Environment – Class VII • The Earth Our Habitat – Class VI • Fundamentals of Physical Geography (NCERT Class XI) • Fundamentals of Human Geography (NCERT Class XII) • Goh Cheng Leong – Certificate Physical and Human Geography Atlas by Oxford Indian Geography • Resource and Development – Class VIII • Contemporary India – II – Class X • India Physical Environment (NCERT Class XI) • India – People and Economy (NCERT Class XII) GS 2 Polity • Democratic Politics – IX • Democratic Politics, II. Class X • Indian Constitution at Work (NCERT Class XI) • LAXMIKANTH – Indian Polity Governance • Handouts by VisionIAS and InsightsonIndia • 2nd ARC reports (selective) · Law Commission Reports selective • Three Year Action Agenda, 2017- 18 to 2019-20 – NITI Aayog • Strategy for New India @ 75 – NITI Aayog Social justice • Any Basic standard material or Handouts • Yojana • Kurukshetra • Three Year Action Agenda, 2017-18 to 2019-20 – NITI Aayog • Strategy for New India @ 75 – NITI Aayog International Relations • Class 12th Political Science- Contemporary World Politics • Challenge and Strategy: Rethinking India’s Foreign Policy by Rajiv Sikri • Ministry of External Affairs website (Selective Reading) • Observer Research Foundation (ORF) (Selective Reading) GS 3: Economy • Economics – NCERT Class IX • Understanding Economic Development (NCERT Class 10th) • Indian Economic Development (NCERT Class XI) • Introductory Macroeconomics (NCERT Class XII) • Nitin Singhania–Indian Economy Ecology & Environment • 12th Biology NCERT- Chapter No 13,14,15,16 • 11th Chemistry NCERT – Chapter No 14 • Geography NCERTs – Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Chapters from Std 8-11 • ICSE Environment Education Std 10(Especially for Mains) Essentials of Ecology by Miller PMFIAS Notes on Environment Science and technology • Class VI to ClassX • Class XI – Chemistry: Unit 14 • Class XI – Biology: Units 4 & 5 • Class XII – Chemistry: Unit 16 • Class XII – Biology: Units 8, 9 & 10 Agriculture • Any Basic standard material or Handouts • Yojana & Kurukshetra (Selective Reading) • Down to Earth (Selective Reading) Disaster and disaster management • Any Basic standard material or Handouts • NDMA guidelines (Selective Reading) Internal security • Any Basic standard material or Handouts • Challenges to Internal Security of India by Ashok Kumar IPS • IDSA Website (Selective Reading) • Ministry of Home Affairs Website (Selective Reading) General Studies 4 Ethics • Any standard book like (A Practical Approach to Ethics Integrity and Aptitude By D.K Balaji Or Lexicon for Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude) • 2nd ARC Reports (Selective Reading) • Newspaper for contemporary examples · Michael Sandel on Ethics YouTube Other good sources: YT Amit SenGupta YT Shivin YT Khan Academy USA Govt Ministry Websites ARC Reports Law Commission Reports PRS Legislative White Papers GK Today Vision IAS booklets – Value Added Section on their website InsightsonIndia current affairs and online answer writing tool Also, forgot to mention MRUNAL for Economics revision purposes
