Anu kumari {complete} UPSC booklist for mains & prelims, optional, sociology, IAS, strategy, advice, Her own strategy.
Anu Kumari booklist for GS1
History
| NCERT books for history (Must read). | Class 6th to 12th NCERT books |
| Modern Indian History (must read) | Spectrum (green cover small book) Politics in India since Independence- class 12th ncert |
I don’t want to have too much information or source, I want to minimize my study materials that’s why I chose these books and I think this is enough for anyone. you can find this book online get it and read it this is a very important book this book helps me a lot in the preparation for my ups examination.
| Freedom Struggle (must read book) | A brief history of modern India By spectrum |
| Post-Independence India (must read book) | Nitin Sangwan notes |
| World History (must-read book) | Class 9th social science book, Contemporary world politics- class 12th polity book |
| Ancient & Medieval history | Tamilnadu class 11th ncert book, Our Past– 1,2,3 Ncert books |
Art & culture
| NCERT | Class 11th an introduction to Indian art |
This book is easy to read, it is a very small book and it has only vital points that you have to read. This book helps you in the Prelims exam and in the mains exam as well.
| Indian art and culture | Indian art and culture by Nitin Singhania |
This is a very thick book and this book has too much information but I read this book very thoroughly. After completing my UPSC examination I think this is not as much important as I think because the output and input ratio is very less.
Geography
| Ncert Book (must read book) | Class 11th and 12th NCERT books, 2 books from each stander. |
| Geography Video | MS. Rajtanit (mrunal.org) |
| Atlas (must read) | Oxford student atlas for India (4th edition) |
Remaining topics
| Indian society and the diversity of India, women, population, urbanization, poverty & development issues | book by Bitasta Das |
| Effects of Globalization on Indian Society | G.N Karalay |
| Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism (Just go through) | online notes |
Anu kumari booklist for GS2
Constitution and Polity
| NCERT | Indian Constitution at work (class 11th ncert) |
From this ncert book, I only read two things, 1. Comparison of presidential & parliamentary form GOVT, 2. Comparison of first past the post and proportional representation system.
| Indian polity (must read book) | Indian polity by Laxmikanth |
I read this book and I read every word of this book, For me, this book is like a bible. I don’t have any knowledge of this topic, I started from scratch and this book cleared my all doubts.
Governance
| 2nd arc report (Must read) | 2nd arc report 1th, 4th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th |
| Current Affairs (must read) | Editorials of the Hindu newspaper, PRS– government website PBI– government website |
social justice
| 1. Government policies and intervention 2. Welfare scheme bodies constituted for vulnerable selection 3. Social sector, health, education, Human resources 4. Issues relating to poverty and hunger (must read) | current affairs, The Hindu newspaper, PIB- Press Information Bureau, Niti ayog’s- Three years action agenda, budget and economy survey. |
International Relationship
| International relationship (must read) | Current affairs, editorials- The Hindu newspaper Ministry of external affairs website |
Anu kumari booklist for GS3
Economy
| Indian economy (for basic understanding) | Sriram IAS Printed notes |
| Current Affairs (must read) | The Hindu editorials, current affairs PIB- Press information bureau Budget & economy survey |
Environment
| Environment (Must read) | Environment by Shankar IAS |
| Current affairs (must read) | Current affairs, editorials- The Hindu newspaper PMF ias website |
Internal Security
| Internal Security (must read) | Internal security & disaster management by- Ashok Kumar and vipul |
| Current affairs (must read) | Current affairs, editorials- The Hindu newspaper |
Disaster Management
| 2nd ARC report (must read) | 2nd arc third report-crisis management |
| NDMA (must read) | Ndma guidelines |
Science & technology
| Current affair (must read) Editorials | current affairs The Hindu editorials |
Anu Kumari booklist for GS4
Ethics
| ethic (must read) | G Subbarao’s ethic book |
Anu kumari (optional) Soci ology booklist and strategy
Paper 1
| Sociology (must read) | Upendra Gaur notes (Handwritten Notes), Tushar Anshu’s notes, sitash tagi notes, |
Paper 2
| Sociology (must read) | Mahapatra notes (handwritten notes) |