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BOOKLIST FOR CSE PRELIMS EXAM

No.: Name of the Subject Books

1 History
A. Ancient India • India’s Ancient Past - R S Sharma (Oxford)
• 11th State Board Book, Tamilnadu
B. Medieval India • History of Medieval India- Satish
Chandra(Orient BlackSwan)
• 11th State Board Book, Tamilnadu
C. Modern India • Spectrum - Rajiv Ahir
• History of Modern India - Bipin Chandra (Orient
BlackSwan)
• India’s Struggle for Independence – Bipin
Chandra
2 Art & Culture  NCERT
• XI- An Introduction to Indian Art- I
• XII- An Introduction to Indian Art- II
• Indian Art & Culture- Nitin Singhania
3 Polity  NCERT
• VI- Social & Political Life- I
• VII- Social & Political Life- II
• VIII- Social & Political Life- III
• IX- Democratic Politics- I
• X- Democratic Politics- II
• XI- Indian Constitution at Work
• Indian Polity- M Laxmikant
4 Geography  NCERT
• VI- The Earth: Our Habitat
• VII- Our Environment
• VIII- Resources & Development
• IX- Contemporary India- I
• X- Contemporary India- II
• XI- Fundamentals of Physical Geography
• XI- India: Physical Environment
• XII- Fundamentals of Human Geography
• XII- India People & Economy
• Certificate of Physical & Human Geography- G C
Leong
• Indian & World Geography- Majid Husain
• Geography through Maps- K. Siddhartha, S.
Mukherjee
• Orient BlackSwan School Atlas
• Oxford Student Atlas

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5 Economy  NCERT
• IX- Economics
• X- Understanding Economic Development
• XI- Indian Economic Development
• XII- Introductory Macroeconomics
• XII- Introductory Microeconomics
• Indian Economy- Ramesh Singh
• Economic Survey of India
• Budget of India
6 Environment • Environment & Ecology- R Rajagopan
• Environment- D R Khullar, J A C S Rao (TMH)
7 General Science  NCERT
• VI to X- Science
• XI & XII- Biology (Selected Topics)
8 Current Affairs • Newspaper (The Hindu, Indian express)
• Magazine (Yojana, Kurukshetra Frontline,
Economic & Political Weekly
• India Year Book

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 BOOKLIST FOR CSE MAINS EXAM

No.: Name of Subject Books

1 Essay • Selected Contemporary Essays- Saumitra Mohan
• Quotes of famous personalities
2 GS Paper I
A. History
i. Ancient India • India’s Ancient Past - R S Sharma (Oxford)
• 11th State Board Book, Tamilnadu
ii. Medieval India • History of Medieval India- Satish
Chandra(Orient BlackSwan)
• 11th State Board Book, Tamilnadu
iii. Modern India • Spectrum - Rajiv Ahir
• History of Modern India - Bipin Chandra
• India’s Struggle for Independence – Bipin
Chandra
• India after Gandhi- Ramchandra Guha
• India since Independence- Bipin Chandra
• XII- Politics in India since Independence
iv. Art & Culture  NCERT
• XI- An Introduction to Indian Art- I
• XII- An Introduction to Indian Art- II
• Indian Art & Culture- Nitin Singhania
v. Society  NCERT
• XI- Introducing Sociology
• XI- Understanding Society
• XII- Indian Society
• XII- Social change & Development in India
• Social Problems in India- Ram Ahuja
vi. World History  NCERT
• IX- India & the Contemporary World- I
• X- India & the Contemporary World- II
• XI- Themes in World History
• History of the World- Arjun Dev (Orient
BlackSwan)
• History of Modern World- Jain & Mathur
B. Geography  NCERT
• VI- The Earth: Our Habitat
• VII- Our Environment
• VIII- Resources & Development
• IX- Contemporary India- I
• X- Contemporary India- II
• XI- Fundamentals of Physical Geography
• XI- India: Physical Environment
• XII- Fundamentals of Human Geography
• XII- India People & Economy
• Certificate of Physical & Human Geography- G C
Leong
• Indian & World Geography- Majid Husain
• Geography through Maps- K. Siddhartha, S.
Mukherjee
• Orient BlackSwan School Atlas
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 • Oxford Student Atlas
3 GS Paper II
i. Constitution & Governance  NCERT
• VI- Social & Political Life- I
• VII- Social & Political Life- II
• VIII- Social & Political Life- III
• IX- Democratic Politics- I
• X- Democratic Politics- II
• XI- Indian Constitution at Work
• XI- Political Theory
• Indian Polity- M Laxmikanth
• Governance in India- M Laxmikanth
ii. International Relations  NCERT
• XII- Contemporary World Politics
• Indian Foreign Policy- Sumit Ganguly
• Pax Indica- Shashi Tharoor
4 GS Paper III
i. Indian Economy,  NCERT
Agriculture, Land • IX- Economics
Reforms • X- Understanding Economic Development
• XI- Indian Economic Development
• XII- Introductory Macroeconomics
• XII- Introductory Microeconomics
• Indian Economy- Ramesh Singh
• Indian Economy Key Concept- K. Sankarganesh
• Economic Survey of India
• Budget of India
ii. Science & • Science & Technology (TMH)
Technology
iii. Environment • Environment & Ecology- R Rajagopan
• Environment- D R Khullar, J A C S Rao (TMH)
iv. Disaster • 2nd ARC Report on DM
Management • Website of NDMA
v. Internal Security • Challenges to Indian Security of India- Ashok
Kumar (IPS) TMH
5 GS Paper IV
A. Ethics • Lexicon
• 2nd ARC Report on Ethics

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