History- class 11th and 12th NCERT Books, Special issue of magzines like Chronicle and Prtiyogita Darpan.Bipin Chandra for Modern India may be referred, but again either initially, when one starts the preperation or after the mains are over, as during mains one doesn't get time to study this book.
Polity - D।D.Basu(specially few initial chapters on FRs, DPSPs, President, PM, PArliament etc.), Special issue of PD.
Geography - class 11th and 12th NCERT Books, Spectrum book, Orient Longman or Oxford Atlas, Goh Cho Leong.
Economics - Dutt and Sundaram, Special issue of PD on Economics, India year book and Survey of indian economyStatistics - class 11th and 12th NCERT Books.
Science and Tech - Special issues of different magzines or Nespaper and magzines and vaji ram notes. General Science for Prelims-NCERT Books of 8th- 10th class of Biology,Physics and Chemistry. Though i myself never studied Biology and Chemistry and even physics i did not study but my engineering background helped.
Newspaper - The Hindu, Indian Express, Hindustan Times.
Magzines - Frontline and PD or Chronicle or Civil Services Times or CSR.
GK- Manorama Year book and Notes of some good coaching class.
General Science for Prelims
NCERT Books of 8th- 10th class of Biology,Physics and Chemistry. Though i myself never studied Biology and Chemistry and even physics i did not study but my engineering background helped.
History
Bipin Chandra for Modern India may be referred, but again either inditially when one starts the preperation or after the mains are over, as during mains one doesn't get time to study this book.
Magzines
The best magzine for IAS, GS is Civil Services Times as it covers almost everything. Moreover, printing is absolutely perfect. I recommend this one over all others. Still one needs to filter info as this too provides information comprehensively.
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