{"id":1336,"date":"2017-06-12T09:45:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T09:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=1336"},"modified":"2021-03-19T10:15:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T04:45:59","slug":"upsc-prelims-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Prelims Booklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27921 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/UPSC-Prelims-Booklist.jpg?resize=750%2C300\" alt=\"upsc prelims books list \" width=\"750\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">UPSC BOOKS<\/h3>\n<p>If you are preparing for UPSC Prelims books, and want to know which UPSC books you need to read, below is the list of books that you will need to clear Prelims.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Note<\/span>: The most important part of the UPSC books exam is its syllabus and there is a need to take an in-depth look at it. Click here to view the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-syllabus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UPSC Prelims syllabus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Below is the list of recommended Booklist for UPSC Prelims books :<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Indian Polity<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Indian Polity by M Laxmikant<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Readers may also refer:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Subhash Kashyap \u2013 Our Constitution at Work<\/p>\n<p><em>or<\/em><\/p>\n<p>DD Basu<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Indian History<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Bipin Chandra\u2019s India\u2019s Struggle for Independence<\/p>\n<p><em>or<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Indian History \u2013 Spectrum Modern India, Rajiv Ahir<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Readers may also refer:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Plassey to Partition by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>SCIENCE &amp; TECHNOLOGY<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>NCERT- Class 6<sup>th<\/sup> to 10<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Current Affairs<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Art &amp; Culture<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Indian Culture\u2018s Spectrum Book<\/p>\n<p>CCRT Website<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>ENVIRONMENT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Downtoearth website<\/p>\n<p>Current Affairs<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Geography<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Go Cheng Leong \u2013 Certificate Physical &amp; Human Geography<\/p>\n<p>Indian geography NCERT books 11th &amp; 12th<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>ECONOMY<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>TMH Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh<\/p>\n<p>Economic Survey, published by The Finance Ministry, Govt. of India<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>CURRENT AFFAIRS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Daily Newspaper &#8211; The Hindu or Indian Express<\/li>\n<li>Press Information Bureau<\/li>\n<li>ForumIAS Initiatives and Current Affairs Compilations &#8211; 9 PM Brief, Prelims Capsule, Editorials, Mains Marathon, Prelims Marathon<br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apart from these,\u00a0<em><strong>Honesty<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>H<\/strong><strong>ard work, and<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Discipline<\/strong> <\/em>is required.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Join a good test series<\/strong><\/em>, if this is your first attempt. If you do not want to join a Test series, then here is what you can do: If you have a good peer group, try to get test papers from the market and practice it at home. Then check and compare scores amongst each of you.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Finally, Work hard but enjoy the process \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPSC BOOKS If you are preparing for UPSC Prelims books, and want to know which UPSC books you need to read, below is the list of books that you will need to clear Prelims. Note: The most important part of the UPSC books exam is its syllabus and there is a need to take an&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-booklist\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UPSC Prelims Booklist<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-preparation-strategy","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":537,"cached_at":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}