The “Must Watch” classes by Madhukar Kotawe while preparing for UPSC

Books for UPSC Prelims Exam

Polity

• NCERT books for Indian Polity (Especially “Indian Constitution at work”)
• Indian Polity by Laxmikanth
• DD Basu’s Constitution of India
• The Constitution of India by P. M. Bakshi
• Unacademy Notes on Polity

Economy

• Economy NCERTs (Especially XI and XII)
• Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
• Budget and Economic Survey
• Unacademy Notes on Economy

Ancient History of India

• Old NCERT by RS Sharma
• India’s Ancient Past (Crucial for ancient history) R S Sharma
• Unacademy Notes on Ancient India

Medieval History of India

• Old NCERT by Satish Chandra
• History of Medieval India by VD Mahajan
• Unacademy Notes on Medieval India

Modern History

• India’s Struggle for Independence – Bipan Chandra
• A Brief history of Modern India- Spectrum Publications
• Unacademy Notes on Modern India

Indian Art and Culture

• Class XI and class XII NCERT (Fine Arts and Heritage)
• Centre for Cultural Resource and Training (CCRT) material
• Unacademy Notes on Art and Culture

Environment and Biodiversity

• ICSE Board Environment books
• Unacademy Notes on Environment

Science and Technology

• Science NCERT (Class 6th to 10th)
• Unacademy Notes on Science and Technology

Geography

• Fundamentals of Physical Geography (XI NCERT)
• India: Physical Environment (XI NCERT)
• Fundamentals of Human Geography (XII NCERT)
• India: People and Economy (XII NCERT)
• Certificate Physical and Human Geography: GC Leong
• Unacademy Notes on Indian Geography, Physical Geography and Human and Economic Geography

Current Affairs

• The Hindu
• Indian Express
• Down to Earth
• Science Reporter
• AIR News
• Unacademy Monthly Articulate and Current Affairs videos

Books for UPSC Mains Exam

Essay

• Contemporary Essays by Ramesh Singh.
• 151 Essays for UPSC Mains.
• A Compendium of Essays.

General Studies Paper I

• The Wonder That Was India – A.L. Basham.
• India’s Ancient Past – R.S. Sharma.
• Indian Art and Culture – Nitin Singhania.
• History of Modern India – Bipin Chandra.
• India’s Struggle for Independence – Bipin Chandra.
• Facets of Indian Culture- Spectrum
• A New Look at Modern Indian History- BL Grover
• From Plassey to Partition and After by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay.
• India Since Independence- Bipin Chandra.
• Geography of India – Majid Husain.
• Oxford School Atlas – Oxford.
• Certificate Physical and Human Geography – Goh Cheng Leong.
• Physical geography- Savinder Singh.
• Geography of INDIA –by Dr. Khullar.
• The Social Problem of India- by Ram Ahuja

General Studies Paper II

• Indian Polity by Laxmikant
• Constitution of India: DD Basu
• The Constitution of India by P. M. Bakshi
• Governance in India: Laxmikant
• 2nd ARC Report for Public Administration and Governance
• India’s Foreign Policy by V N Khanna.
• International Relations by Rajiv Sikri.
• India and the World by Surendra Kumar.
• Pax Indica by Shashi Tharoor.

General Studies Paper III

• Budget and Economic Survey
• Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
• Ecology & Environmental by P.D. Sharma.
• Chronicle Special Issue by Chronicle magazine.
• India’s National Security: A Reader.
• Challenges to Internal Security of India

General Studies Paper IV

• ARC Reports
• Ethics, integrity and aptitude by Lexicon Publications.
• Ethics, integrity and aptitude by G.Subbarao.
• Lexicon by Chronicle.