WHAT ARE THE MUST READ NCERT BOOKS FOR IAS PREPARATION?

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NCERT books from Classes 6-12 form the core foundation for IAS preparation across History, Geography, Polity, Economics, and more. Start with History texts like Class 6-12 “Our Pasts” series and Themes in Indian History; Geography must-haves include Class 11-12 Fundamentals of Physical and Human Geography; Polity shines through Class 11 Indian Constitution at Work and Class 12 Politics in India Since Independence; Economics covers Class 9-12 basics plus Introductory Micro/Macroeconomics. Toppers and experts stress these clear, reliable texts before tackling advanced books—right selection drives UPSC success.

These books are easy to understand as they are written in lucid and simple manner.  You can save your lot of time by choosing them. Difficult topics can be grasped easily with the help of NCERT books. You should read standard 6 to standard 12 NCERT textbooks of all the relevant subjects to get all information.

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NCERT books can be considered as a good source for the preparation of IAS exams. Even though many popularly known coaching’s have suggested NCERT books for the preparations of IAS exam. To fresh aspirants, NCERT books are recommended for starting their preparation. But it is not needed to refer all the NCERT books for the preparation of IAS exams as some of the textbooks are not required. Here we are suggesting you some of the NCERT textbooks that you can read for your preparation of IAS exams.

• Indian polity NCERT textbooks: it is not highly required to read any NCERT textbook for the study of Indian polity because our constitution by Subhash Kashyap is actually a very good source of Indian polity. It is easily understandable. But if you still want to refer to some NCERT book for the study of Indian polity then you should refer to the NCERT textbooks on political science of classes 11^th and 12^th.
• Indian history NCERT textbooks: some NCERT books that you should read for the study of Indian history are “ancient India” of class 11^th authored by RS Sharma, “medieval India” of class 9^th authored by Satish Chandra and “modern India” Bipin Chandra.
• Geography NCERT textbooks: read all the four NCERT books of class 11^th and 12^th of geography.
• Indian economy NCERT textbooks: “Indian economy development” of class11th and “introductory microeconomics & introductory macroeconomics” are NCERT textbooks that are recommended.

 

Must Read NCERT Books:

History	6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th India and contemporary war II, 11th Themes in world history, 12th themes in Indian history I, II, III
Geography	6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th  contemporary India II,  11th  Fundamental of physical geography, 12th Fundamental of human geography
Political science	9th, 10th, 11th political theory, Indian constitution at work,  12th  contemporary world politics, politics in India since Independence
Economics	9th, 10th, 11th, 12th introductory microeconomics
Sociology	11th introductory textbook, 12th social change and development in India
Fine arts	11th Introduction to Indian art
Science	6th chapter 6, 7th chapter 7 & 9, 8th chapter 1, 5, 7, 12 & 18, 9th chapter 14,  10th chapter 14, 15, 16, 11th biology textbook, 12th biology chapter 13, chapter 14, chapter 15 & 16

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WHAT ARE THE MUST READ NCERT BOOKS FOR IAS PREPARATION?

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