Ancient History and Medieval History:
Old NCERT
• Ancient India – R S Sharma
• Medieval India – Satish Chandra
New NCERT
• Our pasts – I
• Our pasts – II
• Themes – I
• Themes – II
New TamilNadu History Textbook – Class XI
Art & Culture
• New TN History textbook
• 6th-12th new NCERT history textbooks (this will not include 12th Fine arts textbook on painting)
• Introduction to Indian art (NCERT class 11th)
• Living Craft Traditions of India (NCERT class 12th)
• Indian Culture by Nitin Singhania
• CCRT – to supplement above sources
Modern India History
• Our past III (Both part 1 & part 2 –NCERT class VIII)
www.insightsonindia.com instacourses.insightsonindia.com
• Themes in Indian History – III (NCERT Class XII)
• A brief History of Modern India – Spectrum Publication
• India’s struggle for independence – Bipin Chandra
Post-Independence India
• Politics in India since Independence, NCERT Class 12th
• India since independence – Bipin Chandra
World History
• Themes in World History: NCERT Class XI
• History of the World by Arjun Dev
• Mastering Modern World History – Norman Lowe
Indian Society
• NCERT Class XI – Sociology: Understanding Society
• NCERT Class XII – Indian Society
• NCERT Class XII – Social Change and Development in India
• Insights Secure Synopsis
World Geography:
Geography
• Our Environment – Class VII
• The Earth Our Habitat – Class VI
• Fundamentals of Physical Geography (NCERT Class XI)
• Fundamentals of Human Geography (NCERT Class XII)
• Goh Cheng Leong – Certificate Physical and Human Geography
Indian Geography
• Resource and Development – Class VIII
• Contemporary India – II – Class X
• India Physical Environment (NCERT Class XI)
• India – People and Economy (NCERT Class XII)
Current affairs: Down to Earth Magazine
General Studies 2
Polity
• Democratic Politics – IX
• Democratic Politics, II. Class X
• Indian Constitution at Work (NCERT Class XI)
• LAXMIKANTH – Indian Polity
• Insights Secure Synopsis
Governance
• Any Basic standard material or Handouts (you can refer Insights secure synopsis also)
• 2nd ARC reports (selective)
• Three Year Action Agenda, 2017- 18 to 2019-20 – NITI Aayog
• Strategy for New India @ 75 – NITI Aayog
Social justice
• Any Basic standard material or Handouts (you can refer Insights secure synopsis also)
• Yojana
• Kurukshetra
• Three Year Action Agenda, 2017-18 to 2019-20 – NITI Aayog
• Strategy for New India @ 75 – NITI Aayog
International Relations
• Class 12th Political Science- Contemporary World Politics
• Challenge and Strategy: Rethinking India’s Foreign Policy by Rajiv Sikri
• Ministry of External Affairs website (Selective Reading)
• Insights Secure Synopsis
• Observer Research Foundation (ORF) (Selective Reading)
General Studies 3
Economy
• Economics – NCERT Class IX
• Understanding Economic Development (NCERT Class 10th)
• Indian Economic Development (NCERT Class XI)
• Introductory Macroeconomics (NCERT Class XII)
• RAMESH SINGH –Indian Economy
Ecology & Environment
• 12th Biology NCERT- Chapter No 13,14,15,16
• 11th Chemistry NCERT – Chapter No 14
• Geography NCERTs – Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Chapters from Std 8-11
• ICSE Environment Education Std 10(Especially for Mains)
Science and technology
• Class VI to ClassX
• Class XI – Chemistry: Unit 14
• Class XI – Biology: Units 4 & 5
• Class XII – Chemistry: Unit 16
• Class XII – Biology: Units 8, 9 & 10
• Current affairs: The Hindu S&T Section
Agriculture
• Any Basic standard material or Handouts (you can refer Insights Secure Synopsis also)
• Yojana & Kurukshetra (Selective Reading)
• Down to Earth (Selective Reading)
Disaster and disaster management
• Any Basic standard material or Handouts (you can refer Insights Secure Synopsis also)
• NDMA guidelines (Selective Reading)
Internal security
• Any Basic standard material or Handouts (you can refer Insights Secure Synopsis also)
• Challenges to Internal Security of India by Ashok Kumar IPS
• IDSA Website (Selective Reading)
• Ministry of Home Affairs Website (Selective Reading)
General Studies 4
Ethics
• Any standard book like (A Practical Approach to Ethics Integrity and Aptitude By D.K Balaji Or Lexicon for Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude)
• 2nd ARC Reports (Selective Reading)
• Newspaper for contemporary examples