SUGGESTED READINGS

Subject

Current Events

DICS’s Best Pick
The Hindu if not available then Indian Express.
History•Ancient History, by R.S.Sharma. Old NCERT (11th) / DICS Notes
•Medieval history, by Satish Chandra. Old NCERT (11th)/DICS
Notes
•Modern history, by Bipin Chandra. Old NCERT
(12th)/Spectrunt(Rajiv Ahir)
•World History: Story of civilization by Arjun Dev (9th and 10th std)
•Culture: DICS material & DICS Notes.
•India since independence by Bipin Chandra (selected chapters)
Geography•6 to 10th Std. NCERT (selected chapter)
•11th to 12th Std. NCERT (New)
•Certificate physical & human geography by Goh Chen Leong.
•Orient Black Swan Atlas.
Polity•Laxmikanth
•Current updates by DICS.
Economics•Macro Economics (NCERT 12th )
•Indian economic development ( NCERT 11th )
•Indian economy by Ramesh Singh or Sanjiv Verma.
•Economic Survey & Budget by DICS.
•The Hindu (Business review on Monday)
•Mrunal.org —> website.
Environment &•12th NCERT , Biology (Selected chapter)
Ecology•NIOS.
•DICS Notes.
Science•DICS Notes
•The Hindu —> S & T —> Thursday
•Science Reporter
•NCERT: 9th & 10th
Indian Society•DICS Notes
•NCERTS (11th & 12th)
Public administration•DICS Notes
& governance
International relation,•DICS Notes
Security Issue
Ethics•Lexicon
•Subbarao.
•DICS Notes
Magazine•Yojna
•DICS Magazine
•India year book (selected part)
•Press Information Bureau. [pib.nic.in] (Website)