RECOMMENDED BOOKS FOR UP PCS PRE EXAMINATION 2012

Here are some list of books which can be benificatial for UPSC and other state civil sevices PRE examination:

1. Current events of national and international importance.
• Any magazine on current affairs
• Yojana
• India year book
2. Indian national movement
• struggle for independence”- Bipan Chandra
• “A brief history of modern India.”- Spectrum Series
• “Modern India”- summit Sarkar
3. Physical geography and geography(world)
• “Physical Geography” - Goh-Ghe-Leang.
• Geography world- 6th to 8th class.
• World geography from any magazine.
4. Indian polity and Governance.
• Indian polity- Lakshmikant.
• Indian constitution- DD Basu.
• Chronicle- constitution watch.
5. Issues of  environment ecology, bio diversity and climate change
• Environmental Studies- Erach Barucha.
• Indian year book- Environment.
• Manorama year book.
• CS- chronicle ecology and environment of current affairs.
6. Economy and Social Development.
• Uma kapila’s polices and performance
• Current affair magazine.
• Class XII- geography book.( India people and Economy)
• PD’s Economy section.
• Yojana.
7. Aptitude
• RS Aggarwal for mathematics.
• Any English Grammar book for English.
• Collins’s dictionary( Idioms and phrases)