Booklist for Prelims GS Paper 1
One good newspaper like The Hindu or Indian Express- Make notes in GS 1, 2, 3 And 4 format like the way the mains syllabus is organised. For each subject see the syllabus and previous year question papers. Supplement each subject with the help of newspaper content.
GEOGRAPHY-NCERTS::+1,+2,GC Leong
History– Ancient:: 6th NCERT+TAMIL Nadu board +1 book
Medieval:: 7th NCERT+TN board +1 book
Modern::12th NCERT + Bipin Chandra’s Struggle for Independence or Spectrum book
World History:: NCERT 9th,10th, +1, +2
Art & culture:: +1 NCERT +selected chapters from Nitin Singhania
Polity:: Laxmikant+NCERT(+1,+2)
International Relations ::The Hindu + one good monthly magazine to supplement the your notes.
Economics:: NCERT 9th,+1 , +2(Macroeconomics)
Environment::NCERTS + Newspaper
Science:: Inventions that were in Newspaper.