Recommended Books

Subject	UPSC Book list
History	NCERT 11th Ancient and Medieval NCERT 12th Modern Indian History Indian Art & Cukture by Nitin Singhania India's Struggle for Independence - Bipin Chandra
Geography	NCERT VI-X Old Syllabus NCERT XI,XII New Syllabus World Atlas (Orient Black Swan) Certificate Physical Geography - G C leong
Indian Polity	NCERT IX-XII Indian Polity - M Laxmikanth NCERT XI Economic Development & Policies in India - Jain & Ohri
Economics	Indian Economy by Nitin Singhania
International Relations	Current Affairs NCERT XII (Contemporary World Politics)
CSAT	Tata McGraw Hill CSAT Manual Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning by R S Aggarwal
Solved Papers	IAS General Studies Prelim Solved Papers by Vishal Publications

Subject	UPSC Books
History,Indian Heritage & Culture [GS Paper 1]	Ancient India by RS Sharma India after Independence by Bipan Chandra History of Medieval India by Satish Chandra Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania India’s Struggle for Independence by Bipan Chandra
Geography [GS Paper 1]	Ancient India by RS Sharma India after Independence by Bipan Chandra History of Medieval India by Satish Chandra Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania India’s Struggle for Independence by Bipan Chandra
Polity & International Relations [GS Paper 2]	Introduction to the Constitution of India by DD Basu Indian Polity by M. Laxmikanth International Relations: Pushpesh Pant
Economy [GS Paper 3]	Environment and Disaster Management by Tata McGraw Hill Indian Economy – Nitin Singhania Challenges to Internal Security of India by Ashok Kumar
Ethics [GS Paper 4]	Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude for Civil Services Main Examination by Subba Rao and P.N. Roy Chaudary
Solved Papers	IAS General Studies Prelims Solved Papers – Vishal Publications

Subjects	UPSC Books
Agriculture	Agronomy By Yellamananda Reddy Soil Science – D.K Das Or Brady Genetics By B.D.Singh Entomology – Vasantha Raj & David Special Issue of Agriculture by The Hindu
Anthropology	N. Hasnain: Tribal India Herskovits: Cultural Anthropology Surender Nath: Forensic Anthropology Herskovits: Cultural Anthropology Stein & Rowe: An Introduction to Physical Anthropology
Botany	Taxonomy: Nair along with Datta Embryology: Bhojwani and Bhatnagar Physiology and Biochemistry: Salisbury and Ross or Fritz and Noggle Economic Botany: Kochar or Verma
Chemistry	Theoretical principles of inorganic chemistry – G.S. Manku, Extradiction of metals, Principle of inorganic chemistry – Puri, Sharma, Jauhar. Advance physical chemistry – Gurdeep Raj A guide to mechanism in organic chemistry – Peter Sykes
Economic	International Economics – Bo Soderston National Income Accounting – Bakerman Banking – S.B. Gupta International Trade – Bo Soderston
History	History of Modern India – Shekhar Bandopadhyaya/Bipan Chandra India’s Ancient Past – R.S. Sharma The Wonder That Was India – A.L. Basham Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas – Romila Thapar India’s Struggle For Independence – Bipan Chandra and Others
Management	Financial: Pandey/Chandra/Khan & Jain/Bearley Economics: Any good economics book Operations: Adams/Taha Organisational Design: Khandwala; Madhukar Shukla
Mathematic	Ordinary Differential EQs:- MD Raising Lumina, Golden series-NP Bali Real Analysis – Shantinarayan, Royden Linear Programming – SD Sharma Solid Mechanism – Kazmioo
Electrical Engineering	Modern Central Engineering – Ogata Electromagnetic Waives and Field – R.N. Singh Surveying and Levelling – T P Kanetakar Heat Conversion – Arora & Kundwar
Urdu	Urdu Shairi ka Tauqidi Mutala – Suenbul Nigar Urdu Nasr ka Tauqidi Mutala – Suenbul Nigar Urdu Adab Ki Tarikh – Noorul Hasan Naqvi
Psycology	Psychology Robert A Baron Social Psychology Baron & Byrne The Psychology of Small Groups Shaw