IAS Prelims General Studies - NCERT Books

Reading NCERT (National Council of Educational Research & Training) books is essential for writing the IAS exam, but there are some topics you should not miss to cover it completely. It is foremost important to choose the right subjects for your General Studies. After choosing your subjects, then you have to make a clear idea to crack the exam. It almost takes a year to prepare for the IAS exam, so start preparing from the moment you started choosing the General Studies subjects.

 

Which NCERT Book To Read for Prelims?

Prelims contain two General Studies papers. Aspirants need to cover a lot of portions, it is pretty hard for them to read and collapse too many books. 

These NCERT books will help you to crack the IAS General Studies portions.

 

IAS Prelims General Studies Paper I

 

NCERT History book

• NCERT Class VI - Our Past

• NCERT Class VII - Our Past I

• NCERT Class VIII - Our Past II & III

• NCERT Class IX - Contemporary World I & II

• NCERT Class X - Themes in World History

• NCERT Class XII - Themes in Indian History I, II & III.

 

NCERT Indian Society book

• NCERT Class VI - Social Science: Social & Political Life I

• NCERT Class VII - Social Science: Social & Political Life II

• NCERT Class VIII - Social Science: Social & Political Life III

• NCERT Class XI - Sociology (Understanding Society)

• NCERT Class XII - Indian Society; Social Change & Development In India.

(Class 12 can also be used for studying)

 

NCERT Geography book

• NCERT Class VI - The Earth our Habit

• NCERT Class VII - Our Environment

• NCERT Class VIII - Resource & Development

• NCERT Class IX - Contemporary India I

• NCERT Class X - Contemporary India II

• NCERT Class XI - Fundamentals of Physical Geography

• NCERT Class XI – India – Physical Environment

• NCERT Class XII – Fundamentals of Human Geography; India – People and Economy

 

 

NCERT Indian Art & Culture book

•  NCERT Class XI – An Introduction to Indian Art

• NCERT Class XI – Living Craft Traditions of India (Chapters IX & X)

 

Other books should be referred to Ancient India RS Sharma Book, Medieval India (Sathis Chandra book), Modern India (Bipan Chandra)

 

General Studies Paper-II NCERT Books

Polity NCERT Books for UPSC

• NCERT Class IX – Political Science: Democratic Politics Part – I

• NCERT Class X – Political Science: Democratic Politics Part – II

• NCERT Class XI – Political Science: Indian Constitution at Work

• NCERT Class XI – Political Science: Political Theory

• NCERT Class XII – Political Science I: Contemporary World Politics

• NCERT Class XII – Political Science II: Politics in India since Independence

Note: Class 9 to 12 NCERT books should be read in detail, and also focus on 11th and 12th books. 

 

 

Conclusion 

If you are a beginner and afraid of these topics, get help from experts. Do not hesitate to seek help from experts or better join an IAS Academy and start preparing. Do not mix all the books and topics from different books. For reference always keep one book, it may be the books that are suggested by your coaching institute or your seniors. 

All the best! Future Civil Servants.