upsc concise booklist

first start preparing ncert from class 6 to 12 with standard books .revise them 3 times, it will be easier for you to build strong foundation. Don’t take CSAT lightly.read the hindu newspaper daily,check the Pib website for government initatives and schemes.

booklist for prelims and mains

  • month 1 to 3- basic ncert books with some standard
    • NCERT 6 to 12 for geography, history (along with old ncert r.s sharma,sathish chandra,bipin chandra),science
    • 9 to 12th for polity,economy(along with Laxmikanth,shri ram or ramesh singh) + mrunal videos
    • selective coaching material-vision/vajiram
    • start optional preparation in beginning

month 4 to till mains

allot 3.5 months for prelims preparation

  • Geography- NCERT 11th and 12th +GC Leong+ATLAS-oxford/oriented swam + mrunal videos +Pmf ias
  • Sci and tech – current affairs from the hindu + IDSA website +IDSA website
  • Polity – Laxmikanth+psr website+arc report(mains)
  • History- Ancient and medivel by Tamilnadu textbook class 11th
    • spectrum for modern
    • world and post independence history-vision ias
  • Art and culture -CCRT website + Nitin Singhania (selective chapters)+current affairs
  • Environment – Shankar IAS + current affairs
  • Economy-Shri ram + mrunal videos+economy survey+budget
  • Ethics (only mains) – Lexicon(
  • Current affairs -vision ias ,insightonindia,The hindu and indian express newspaper,pib
  • magazine – yojana(must),kurushetra, downtoearth
  • CSAT- Arihant/R.S Aggarwal + past year question papers
  • join one main test series for evaluation,atleast full lenght test series after prelims exam
  • daily answer writing required for general studies and optional-use insightonindia,ias parliament,forum ias or any other website
  • solve the previous optional test papers
  • take prelims test in papers since we take upsc prelims exam in paper,buy in market (for delhilite) or online website(other parts of india) otherwise join in telegram group for free test papers
  • suggested to prelims paper-
    • high preference
      • insightonindia
      • vision ias(for basic foundation )
      • shankar ias
    • secondary preference
      • ias baba
      • vajiram
      • forum ias
      • GS score