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If I read only state board (Punjab) books for preparation of IAS instead of NCERT books then is it right path or not ?


Jagdeep Singh 6th Jul, 2020
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 6th Jul, 2020

Hello

Ncert books are more preferable over any state board books be it Punjab or any other state board books.

So , you should go for NCERT books, also NCERT books are good for basic concepts and they are written in a very simple language,  also many questions in UPSC are asked based on ncert , so you should go through NCERT

Top books which you can follow for UPSC examination preparation are listed below subject wise:-

HISTORY

*NCERT XI (Ancient & Medieval)
*NCERT XII (Modern Indian History)
*Facets of Indian Culture Spectrum
*From Plassey to Partition - A History of Modern India

Indian Art & Culture

*Indian Art & Culture - Nitin Singhania

Polity

*NCERT IX-XII
*Indian Polity M Laxmikanth

Geography

*NCERT VI X (Old Syllabus)
*NCERT XI, XII (New Syllabus)
*Certificate Physical Geography G C Leong
World Atlas

Economics

NCERT XI
*The Indian Economy Sanjiv Verma
*Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
*Economic Development & Policies in India Jain & Ohri

Environment

*Class XII Biology (last 5 chapters)
*Environment by Shankar IAS Academy

International Relations

*NCERT XII (Contemporary World Politics)
*Current Affairs ( read newspaper )

To get the complete list of books go through
https://competition.careers360.com/articles/books-for-upsc-ias

Thank you

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