Study Materials

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Science and Technology

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

International Relations

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

History

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

Geography

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

Polity and Governance

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

Economics and Social Development

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

Environment

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

General Science

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