NCERT Books
The basic concepts of different segments of General Studies are derived from NCERT books, as mentioned below:
- General Science: 9th and 10th Standard
- History: 11th and 12th Standards
- Geography: 11th and 12th Standards
- Economics: 11th and 12th Standards
- Art & Culture: 11th standard
General Studies - Paper I (Main Examination)
Indian Heritage & Culture
- Gazetteer of India – Volume II
- L. Basham: The wonder that was India
- S. A. A Rizvi : The wonder that was India (volume II)
- Books on Indian dance, painting, temples etc of Publications Divisions and National Book Trust (NBT)
Modern Indian History & Post Independent India
- NCERT: Modern India
- Tarachand – History of Freedom Movement in India, Vol- I to IV, (Publications Division).
- Surendernath Sen: 1857 (Publications Division)
- Ancient India-Collection of Article (Publications Division)
- NBT- Freedom Struggle
- Bipan Chandra: India’s Struggle for Independence
- Bipan Chandra-Post Independence India
- Sumit Sarkar-Modern India
- Gazetteer of India- Volume II
World History
- NCERT: The Story of Civilization (2 Volumes)
- NCERT: Contemporary World History
- L. Mukherji: A History of the World
Geography of the World
- NCERT books on Indian and world Geography
- Physical Geography : Savindra Singh
- Geomorphology : Savindra Singh
- Oceanography : Sharma and Vatal (NCERT)
- Economics and Social Geography: Rupa Publications
- Environmental Geography: Savindra Singh
- Survey of Indian Agriculture : The Hindu Publications.
- Survey of Indian Economy: The Hindu Publications
- India Year Book : Publications Division
General Studies - Paper II (Main Examination)
Governance, Constitution & Polity
- D.D. Basu: Indian Constitution.
- P.M. Bakshi: Indian Constitution
- S.C. Kashyap: Citizens and the Constitution (Publications Division)
- B.S. Baviskar & Ash Narain Roy Local Governance – A Global Perspective (Publications Division)
- S.C. Kashyap: Our Parliament (NBT)
- S.C. Kashyap: Our Constitution (NBT)
- S.C. Kashyap: Our Political System (NBT)
- M.R. Singh: Indian Federalism (NBT)
- Kuldeep Mathur: From Government to Governance (NBT)
International Relations
- Rajiv Sikri: Challenge and Strategy- Understanding India’s foreign policy
- C. Rajamohan: Crossing the Rubicon
- NCERT : Contemporary World Politics (12th Standard)
General Studies - Paper III (Main Examination)
Governance, Constitution & Polity
Science & Technology
- India Yearbook: brought out by Publications Division : Chapter on Science and Technology
- Annual Reports of the department of Space, Atomic Energy, Ministry of Environment etc
Indian Economy
- NCERT: India’s Economic Development
- Mishra and Puri: Indian Economy
- Relevant Economic Survey
- 12th Five Year Plan Document
- Bimal Jalan: India’s Economic Policy
- Bimal Jalan: Emerging India- Economics, Politics and Reforms.
- Any one Economic Newspaper like The Economic Times, Business Standard, Financial Express.
- Yojana which comes every month in Hindi, English, Assamese, Bangali, Gujarathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu
- Kurukshetra in Hindi/English
Environment and Bio-diversity
- NCERT: India’s Physical Environment
- Together, Towards a Safer India: CBSE Publication
- Encyclopedia of Disaster Management: S.L. Goel (Deep and Deep Publications)
Security
- Annual Reports of Ministry of Home Affairs, Defence and External Affairs
General Studies - Paper IV (Main Examination)
Ethics and Integrity
- Mohit Bhattacharya- New Horizons of Public Administration
- Nicholas Henry- Public Administration and Public Affairs
- S.R. Maheshwari and Awasthi -Public Administration
- Ramesh K Arora – Ethical Governance in Business and Government
- Ramesh K Arora – Ethics in Governance
- Ramesh K Arora & Tanjul Saxena – Ethics and Accountability in Government and Business