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Book List for General Studies

Please post your doubts and suggestions in the comments section. History: Spectrum Modern History Indias struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra some chapters Modern History by Sumit Sarkar Old NCERT Class XIIth history Modern India Brief notes from Advanced history by Chhabra Culture Brief Notes from the internet on various painting styles, architecture, Literature , dances etc Some sites covered include India.gov.in; India year book chapter on culture Cultural institutions and their role in promoting and preserving culture Spectrums book on culture can also be used Geography NCERT books on Physical Geography, Human geography and Indian physical geography of classes XI and XIIth Physical geography by Goh Cheong Leong for Prelims ( can be left) Indian Geography by Khullar Make brief notes on topics not covered in NCERTs Geography through Maps by K Siddhartha Polity NCERT Class XI and XII books on Indian Constitution and Democracy at Work Constitution of India by P M Baxi as reference Indian Constitution by DD Basu ( Some people prefer Laxmikanth) Indian Parliament by Subhash Kashyap Notes from websites of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha India year book chapter on Polity Foreign Policy & Economic Interaction with the world Websites of IDSA, World Politics Review, South Asia analysis Some selected articles from World Focus Brief notes on Indian foreign policy from any book on Foreign Policy MEA website for brief notes on Indian relations with other countries Speeches by Foreign Secy, Minister for External Affairs and other exambassadors on MEA website and Public diplomacy blog For current happenings use any notes available in Rajinder Nagar before mains exam of Vajiram, Chokkalingam etc Wikipedia current happenings and Ongoing events on pages on months from January- October of the year of Mains exam Commerce ministry website for economic interaction of India including trade agreements etc WTO from RBI document on Indias stand at WTO Science and Technology Books by NBT on Robotics and Nanotechnology Notes on various terms of Biotechnology from wikipedia; the terms can
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be seen from List of emerging technologies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emerging_technologies All scientific terms from wisegeek in areas of general interest to any common person and specifically Biotech, Gadgets, Nanotech etc New happenings in Science from Hindu, Indian Express, Zeenews and some other technology blogs Notes of coaching institutes before mains specifically Sriram and vajiram ISRO website For Defence , brief notes from http://www.livefistdefence.com/ Other National Events and General Knowledge PIB releases brief notes: pib.nic.in All government websites of various ministries and topics covered on main page; Ministries dealing with Agriculture, Women & Child development, Disabilities etc need to be focused on India year book some important chapters and brief notes can be made Economic Survey some chapters like Overview, International Trade and Human development are extremely important. Others can be brushed through Coverage of Indian express done as an addendum to Hindu notes available in the market ( coaching notes available in Rajinder Nagar before mains)

It is not that everything was done word to word and books read cover to cover; Only important things from these sources was identified and underlined or brief notes made for quick revision.
Posted by Divya Mittal at 06:56

9 comments:
SHISHIR SAURABH 16 June 2013 09:00 Respected Mam i am new to this com petition. please clarify m e in history which part is of m ore credit ancient, m edieval or m odern. Reply Replies Divya Mittal 17 June 2013 03:14 As m entioned in the syllabus, Modern history is im portant from all facets.. " Modern Indian history from about the m iddle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues The Freedom Struggle - its various stages and im portant contributors /contributions fromdifferent parts of the country." Ancient and Medieval history needs to be studied only from the perspective of Indian culture i.e salient aspects of Art Form s, Literature and Architecture ..

SHISHIR SAURABH 17 June 2013 04:14 Thank you Mamfor your valuable suggestion. sree 17 June 2013 06:35 m am ,,,could u plz suggest us any books for world history ,the newly added aspect ,,thanking u.

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Divya Mittal 18 June 2013 12:52 Would do that as soon as i find one... Reply

Ashutosh Singh 16 June 2013 11:10 Thank you Divya Mamfor your valuable efforts. Reply anthro upsc 17 June 2013 04:47 Hello Miss Divya, Thanks a lot for this initiative. As per Vision-IAS portal, you enrolled for their Mains test series. Please help m e regarding the sam e: 1. Which subject did you wrote the test series for? 2. What are your reviews for the sam e? 3. Do you suggest their test series for new GS syllabus? Many thanks and kind regards. Reply Replies Divya Mittal 18 June 2013 06:48 1. I have never done any test series. I took the correspondence GS notes of Vision IAS.. 2. Considering Ans 1, I have no reviews for the sam e.. 3. I amnot an advocate of any test series unless your writing speed is very slow or you have am ple tim e at hand..If you are sufficiently prepared, it is a good idea to take a test series. On the other hand, I do recom m end seeing questions of all test series available in the m arket before m ains.. Reply

cYCo 19 June 2013 06:07 m am how was t correspondence course of vision ias...how do u rate tht study m aterial..did it help in ur m ains... n which do u feel is t best if i go for correspondance Reply
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