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UPSC i.e. Union Public Service Commission has released 2026 exam calendar. In this, dates of all 27 recruitment exams to be held in 2026 have been released. Students preparing for these exams can check the calendar released by visiting the official website upsc.gov.in.

NDA/NA, CDS notification on 10 December, exam on April 12
According to the issued calendar, NDA/NA I and CDS exam notifications will be issued on 10 December 2025. Applications will be taken by 30 December. The exam for this will be on 12 April 2026. The notification of NDA/NA I and CDS II will be issued on 20 May 2026 and the exam will be held on 13 September.
Complete schedule of UPSC CSE 2026 released
The notification of UPSC Civil Service Prelims Exam will be issued on 14 January 2026. For this, 3 February application will be the last date. Prelims exam will be held on 24 May.
The Mains Examination for Qualified Candidates will be on 13 September. Applications will be registered for this from May 20 to June 9. According to the notice, these dates can be changed as per the requirement. In such a situation, students keep checking the official website for any update.
NCERT 11th, 12th syllabus will work
While preparing the Union Public Service Commission i.e. UPSC CSE, selecting the study material is a major task. Nowadays many books and study materials are available online. It is very important to shortlist the study material. There are books related to NCERT and subjects here, which have been described by teachers and UPSC aspirants for the preparation of UPSC.
NCERT books for prelims exam:
Books related to history
- History of ancient India (Class 11) – R.K. S. Sharma
- History of medieval India (Class 12) – Satish Chandra
- History of modern India (Class 12) – Bipin Chandra
Geography, books related to polity
- Geography (Class 11th and 12th)
- Indian polity (Class 11th, 12th)
- Economics (Class 11th, 12th))
In addition to NCERT, necessary books
- Indian politics: M. Laxmikant
- Indian Economy: Ramesh Singh
- Geography of India: Majid Hussain
History of india
- History of ancient India – R.K. S. Sharma
- History of medieval India – Satish Chandra
- History of modern India – Bipin Chandra
World history
- World History (Class 12th)
- Indian Art and Culture: Nitin Singhania
- Environment and Ecology: Dr. R. S. Sharma
- Atlas: for better understanding of geography
- India Yearbook: Book of Publication Department, Government of India
- Population and Disaster Management: IGNOU Material
- Second ARC Report:
- The Wonder That Waz India: A. l. Basham
- India’s struggle for freedom: Bipin Chandra
- Introduction to constitution: DD Basu
You can download all the books from class 6 to 12 in PDF for free by visiting NCERT official website ncert.nic.in.
Books related to optional subject
Agriculture
- Agronomy, Yellamanand Reddy
- Soil Science – D.K. Slave or Brady
- Genetics, BD Singh
- Pest Science – Vasant Raj and David
Anthropology
- N. Hasnain: Tribal India
- Herskovits: Cultural Human Sciences
- Surendra Nath: Forensic Anthropology
- Herskovits: Cultural Human Sciences
- Stein and Rowe: Introduction to Physical Anthropology
Botany
- Classification: Nair and Dutta
- Embryology: Bhojwani and Bhatnagar
- Physiology and Biochemistry: Salisbury and Ross or Fritz and Nogal
- Economic Botany: Kochhar or Verma
Chemistry
- Theoretical principle of inorganic chemistry – GS Manku
- Extraction of metals, principles of inorganic chemistry – Puri, Sharma, Johar Physical
- Chemistry – Gurdeep Raj
- Guide for mechanism in organic chemistry – Peter Cyx
Economics
- International Economics – Bo Sodrreston
- National Income Accounts – Bakerman
- Banking – SB Gupta
- International Business – Bo Sodrrston
History
- History of modern India – Shekhar Bandopadhyay/Bipin Chandra
- The ancient past of India – R.S. Surprise of Sharma Bharat – A.L. Basham
- The collapse of Ashok and Maurya – Romila Thapar
- India’s freedom struggle – Bipan Chandra and others
Management
- Financial: Pandey/Chandra/Khan and Jain/Beerly
- Economics: Any Good Economics Book
- Operations: Adams/Taha
- Organizational Design: Khandwala; Madhukar Shukla
Maths
- Simple Different EQS:- MD Resing Lumina, Golden Series-NP Bali
- Real Analysis – Shantinarayan, Royden
- Liney Programming – SD Sharma
- Solid system – Kazemio
Electrical engineering
- Modern Central Engineering – Ogata
- Electromagnetic waves and regions – R.N. Lion
- Survey and Level – TP Kantakar
- Heat conversion – Arora and Kundwar
Urdu
- Urdu Shayari’s Taukidi Mutala – Suenbul Nigar
- Urdu Nasar Ki Taukidi Mutala – Suenbul Nigar
- Urdu Adab Date – Nurul Hasan Naqvi
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