* History books of Classes XI and XII - NCERT * Freedom Struggle (NET) - Bipin Chandra

Subject World Geography - including Indian Geography Good books * Principles of Geography (Class XII-Part I, II) * General Geography of India (Class XII) Part I - NCERT * Geography of India - Resources and Regional Development Part II (Class XII) - NCERT * Physical Geography - Leong * Atlas

Subject Indian Polity Good book * Introduction to Indian Constitution - D.D. Basu Related Subject Indian Economy Good books * Evolution of Indian Economy - NCERT * Indian Economy - Dutt and Sundharam. * Indian Economy - Mishra and Puri Subject General Science Good books * NCERT books on Science. * Science and Technology supplements in the Newspapers and magazines. Subject Current Events of National and International importance. Good books * One major National Daily - Either The Times of India or The Hindu. * Newsweeklies like India Today or/and Outlook * Current Events - Spectrum Subject General Mental Ability Good books * No special preparation is required in this area. But some practice may be done from any exercise books or quantitative aptitude. In fact, an intellige nt calculation is the basic requirement for this topic. Main (General Studies) Subject History of Modern India Good books * India's struggle for Independence - Bipan Chandra and others. * Modern India - NCERT. * Freedom Struggle (NBT) - Bipan Chandra

* Modern India - IGNOU o If one is hard pressed for time, he/she may skip the Modern India and Freedom Struggle.

Subject Indian Culture Good books * Art and Culture portions of history books and Gazetteer of India. * Culture Chapter (s) in the India Year Book. * Encyclopaedia of Indian Culture. A good library invariably has mor e than one encyclopaedia on Indian Art and Culture selected notes may be taken f rom it. * Books on culture / cultural topics brought out by Publications Div ision of Ministry of Information and broadcasting and National Book Trust. Subject Current Affairs Good books * or The Hindu * * * At least one major national newspaper - either The Times of India Newsweeklies like India Today or/and Outlook Current Affairs and News Analysis of BBC. Current events - Spectrum

Subject Statistics Good book * Book on Statistics (Class XI) - NCERT Subject Indian Polity and Constitution Good books * Introduction to the Constitution of India - D.D. Basu. * Our Parliament - S.C. Kashyap Subject Indian Geography and Economy Good books * * * * Indian Geography (Class XI and XII) - NCERT Yozna Indian Economy - Dutt and Sundharam/Mishra and Puri The editorial page of the Economic Times.

Subject Science and Technology Good books * Science and Technology section of the Wednesday edition of the new spaper 'The Hindu'. * Science and Technology Published by the Spectrum. * Yozna contains science and environment related topics.