GENERAL STUDIES-I

Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society

(i) History of India and Indian National Movement

NCERT Class 6 – Our past

NCERT Class 7 – Our Past I

NCERT Class 8- Our Past II & III

NCERT Class 12 – Themes in Indian History I, II & III

NIOS Art & Culture

Spectrum (Rajiv Ahir) – Modern India

From Plassey to Partition by Shekhar Bandopadhyay

NCERT (X) Ancient India                  ==>               R.S. Sharma

NCERT (XI) Medieval India              ==>               Satish Chandra

NCERT (XII) Modern India               ==>               Bipin Chandra

Old NCERT IX                                     ==>               History of Civilization

Old NCERT X                                      ==>               History of Civilization

NCERT Class XII                                 ==>               Contemporary World History

World history                                     ==>               Norman Lowe

(iii)India and World Geography

NCERT (XI)                                        ==>               Geography

NCERT (XII)                                       ==>               Geography

Physical and Human Geography  ==>               Goh Cheng Leong

Orient BlackSwan School Atlas     ==>               New Edition

GENERAL STUDIES-II

Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International Relations

(i)Indian Polity and Governance

Class 11 –                    NCERT Indian Constitution at Work 

                                   NCERT Political Theory

Class 12-                     NCERT Contemporary World Politics

                                    NCERT Politics In India Since Independence

Indian Polity (MH)                  ==>               Laxmikanth

Our Constitution                    ==>               Subhash Kashyap

Our Parliament                      ==>               Subhash Kashyap

Indian Polity                           ==>               M.Laxmikanth

Constitution of India             ==>               D.D. Basu

(ii)Social Issues

Social Problem                      ==>               Ram Ahuja

(iii)International Relations

IGNOU Booklets

Class 12-                   NCERT Contemporary World Politics

Class 12 –                   NCERT Politics In India Since Independence

India’s Foreign Policy             ==>               V P Dutt

Modi’s World                           ==>               C Rajamohan

GENERAL STUDIES-III

Technology, Economic Development, Bio diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management

(i) Economic and Social Development

NCERT XI                                  ==>               Indian Economic Development

Indian Economy                      ==>               Ramesh Singh

Indian Economy                      ==>               Dutta & Sundaram

Economy Survey                      ==>               Govt. of India

Budget                                      ==>               Govt. of India

(ii)Science and Technology

Science Reporter                     ==>               CSIR

NCERT (X) to NCERT (XII)       ==>               Science

(iii)Environment

Ecology and Environment      ==>               P D Sharma

(iv)Disaster Management

ARC Report

(v)Security issues

India’s Security                          ==>                Jasjith Singh

GENERAL STUDIES- IV

Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude

ARC Report                               ==>               Govt of India

Lexicon                                       ==>               Chronicle

NOTE:

Newspaper                                              The Hindu and Indian Express

Magazines                                                Yojana and Kurukshetra, IAS Edge Monthly