Study Materials

We also provide the facility of sending the study material to the students. For receiving the study material, send an email to info@thecivilsguru.com mentioning the candidate’s Name, Course, Phone No., and Complete Address.

Science and Technology

NCERTs (Class VI to X)
Developments in Science and Technology by Kalpana Rajaram
Science and Technology for Civil Services Examination by Ravi Agrahari
Lucents GK Book

International Relations

Pax Indica – Shashi Tharoor
Official Website of the Ministry of External Affairs
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) Website
Newspaper editorials on relevant topics
Frontline magazine
Challenge and Strategy: Rethinking India’s Foreign Policy – Rajeev Sikri
India’s Foreign Policy: Coping with the Changing World – Muchkund Dubey

History

Ancient india – Class 11 NCERT by R.S. Sharma
Medieval India – Class 11 NCERT by Satish Chandra
Modern India – Class 12 NCERT by Bipin Chandra and spectrum by Rajiv Ahir
Art and culture- CCRT class 11th, Nitin Singhania book
Additional sources – Videos on YouTube regarding dances, heritage sites, history etc.
Website of Centre for Cultural Resource and Training (CCRT), and Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania

Geography

Class 6 to Class 12 NCERT
Selective reading from India and world geography by Majid Hussain
Certificate physical and human geography by Goh Cheng Leong.
India and world map from Atlas by Oxford publication.

Polity and Governance

NCERT Pol science (9-10 class).
Indian polity by M Laxmikant

Economics and Social Development

Class 9 to class 12 NCERT for economy.
Class 11 and class 12 NCERT for society.
Indian economy by Ramesh Singh.

Environment

NCERT Class 12 Biology (only the last 5 chapters on Environment)
Environment related magazine
Current events (from any monthly magazine) as – Down to earth magazine

General Science

Lucent’s General science
Refer to the articles from Down to Earth magazine.
Work of ISRO, DRDO, Centre for Science and environment etc.