Reference Book for Civil Services Exam (Mains): General Studies

Reference Book for General Studies and Optional Subjects

General Studies : MAINS

(1) History : -

  • Indian Freedom Struggle of independence - Bipin Chandra

  • Culture & Present Movements Relevant sections of - Krishna Reddy

  • Socio – Religions Movement - Agnihotri ( Relevant Section )

(2) Economics : -

  • Dutta & Sundaram

  • Uma Kapila

  • Pratiyogita Darpan ( Indian Eco.)

  • Economic Survey

  • The Hindu Survey of Indian Industry

  • For basic economics read XI th Std book of NCERT

(3) Statistics : -

  • XI & XII (NCERT) and Spectrums Book

(4) Polity : -

  • Perspectives on Indian Constitution – P. M. Bakshi

(5) India & World :-

  • News paper cutting ( The Hindu Editorials) V. N. Khanna

(6) Current Affairs : -

  • Spectrums Book (Published in Sept.)

(7) Geography : -

  • NCERT ( XI , XII ), Goh Chang Leong , School Atlas

(8) Science & Tech : - Any Prelim Manual

Note : - The above books' list is only illustrative and not exhaustive for the purpose of guidance to the candidates.

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