General Studies.

INDIAN HISTORY

1. Ancient India, Medieval India –NCERT books
2. Modern India- NCERT book by Bipin Chandra
3. India Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra
4. Modern India –Grover &Grover
5. IGNOU – Freedom movement part only
6. SYNERGYIAS’s Hand Book on Modern India by O.P.Siddharth
7. SYNERGYIAS’s Modern India Question Papers by O.P.Siddharth

GEOGRAPHY

1. Geography Books All NCERT books from VI – XII Std
From Class IX- XII compulsory
2. Geography of India - Gopal Singh
3. Economic & Commercial Geography of India - C.B. Mamoria
4. One School Atlas. Orient Longman or Oxford

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:

1. NCERT School books
2. Science (X std) Biology XI &XII
3. Science &Technology
4. Physics XII std
5. Tata Mc Graw Hill Guide Science Part &Questions
6. Popular Science Series (CSIR)
7. Reports of the Ministry of Science and Technology & Yojana
8. Science Reporter
9. Official Web Sites of CSIR and its Associated Organisations

POLITY

1. Indian Political System- NCERT (+1 level)—
2. Indian Constitution D.D. Basu
3. Indian Constitution by M.V.Pylee
4. Publication Division: Our Constitution of India- Kashyap
5. Publication Division— Our Parliament by C. Kashyap
6. Indian Constitution - P.M. Bakshi
7. Perspective on Constitution: S.C. Kashyap
8. Frontline Magazine

ECONOMY

1. NCERT (+1 level)—Evolution of Indian Economy by C Dhingra).
2.Mishra & Puri or Dutt & Sundaram - Indian Economy
3.Economic Survey
4.The Economic Times, Business Standard
5.National journal - Kurukshetra, Yojana etc.

MENTAL ABILITY

1. Any one of the Mental Ability Guide.
2. Mental Ability - Quantitative Aptitude by R.S. Agarwal
3. Statistical Part.
NCERT (XI Std) Elementary Statistics
S.C.Gupta: Statistical Methods
Spectrum Mains guide.

Note from SYNERGYIAS. After the introduction of Negative marking system Mental Ability acquires greater importance. After answering WELL KNOWN QUESTIONS candidates can try to answer these questions in the remaining time. So till then, the usually less important topic for Prelims now gets importance
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Some magazines and Newspapers

1. The Hindu/ The Times of India
2. Frontline
3. The Economic Times
4. Any One Competitive Magazine
Civil Service Chronicle
Chanakya
Competition WIZARD

Yojana/ Kurukshetra
Civil Services Today
Civil Services Times
SYNERGYIAS’ Weekly Current Affairs
SYNERGYIAS’S Questions on Current Affairs
3. India & World
Journal of Peace Studies
World Focus
Strategic Analysis
South Asian Journal
The Hindu


SUGGESTED READINGS

GENERAL STUDIES:

HISTORY:
1. Ancient India - NCERT - 11th standard book - RAM SHARAN SHARMA
2. Medieval India - NCERT – 11th Standard Book - SATISH CHANDRA
3. Modern India - NCERT - - BIPAN CHANDRA
4. Modern India - Modern Indian History - GROVER & GROVER
5. India’s struggle for Independence - BIPAN CHANDRA
6. Modern India - SUMIT SARKAR
7. Modern India - SPECTROM PUBLICATION

GEOGRAPHY:

1. Text book of Geography - NCERT 11th Std.
2. Fundamentals of Human Geography - NCERT 12th Std.
3. Fundamentals of Physical Geography - NCERT 11th Std.
4. India – People & Economy - NCERT 12th Std.
5. Atlas – Orient Longman
6. Certificate physical and Human Geography - GOHCHENGLEONG
7. India Resources and Regional Development - NCERT 12th Std.

INDIAN POLITY:

1. Introduction to the Constitution of India - D.D. BASU
2. India’s Constitution - M.V. PYLEE
3. Indian Polity - LAXIMIKANT
4. The Constitution of India - P.M. BAKSHI
5. Our Parliament - SUBASH C.KASHYAP
6. Our Constitution - ”

GENERAL SCIENCE:

1. Biology - NCERT 10th, 11th and 12th Std.
2. Physics - NCERT 11th & 12th Std.
3. Chemistry - NCERT 11th Std.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:

1. Publications of CSIR, ISRO,
2. Science and Technology - Spectrum guide
3. Official Websites of ISRO, AEC, Dept. of S&T
4. The Hindu (Newspaper)
5. Annual Reports of ISRO, AEC

INDIAN ECONOMY:

1. Introduction to Indian Economy -
2. Indian Economy - Uma Kapila (or)
3. Indian Economy - Madan Lal Dhingra (or)
4. Indian Economy - Dutt & Sundaram
5. Prathiyogita Darpan - Magazine
6. Economic Survey -
7. The Hindu (Newspaper)
8. The Economic times (Newspaper)
9. Official website of Planning Commission of India

BOOKS IN GENERAL:

1. India Year book
2. CSR year Book
3. General Studies Manual - TATA Mcgraw Hills
4. International Organisations - Spectrum guide
5. Ecology and Environment - P.D. Sharma
6. UPSC past years Questions bank