(Very Old Edition) Modern Indian History, 1e

This book sets apart all the rest available in the market. Interms of1) language2) presentation3) colourful photographs and pictures4) territories of kings(in maps).Features:1) Way ahead of spectrum in providing information in crisp manner for quick revision.Every chapter is followed by a prelims capsule which contains the gist of the whole chapter, which makes it easy to remember key words, battles, important events, personalities etc..2) Many key words are highlighted to draw attention.3) Special corner for details on personalities with their photograph( ofcourse you dont need it but it helps).4) Previous year prelim cum model questions and answers at the end of every chapter.5) Previous year mains questions (no answers).Drawbacks:1) Book is bulky (but it is easy to understand).2) Huge Information, difficult to remember (It's everybody's problem, you've to revise again and again).3) High price ( but friend, cost to benefit ratio is very good).Very less people take their precious time to write thisbig review. But I sensed their hard work in compiling this and thought I become a helping hand.Thank you..

A combination of these two books is unparalleled.Aspirants will be relieved from searching multiple sources to prepare Indian History for UPSC and SPSCs.These two books are one stop solution to this alarming issue as both of it brings every possible info (from exam point of view) all under one roof.In my personal opinion, one can do away with RS Sharma, Satish Chandra, Bipan Chandra and Rajiv Ahir if you follow these books from cover to cover(as far as history isn't your optional subject)Thankyou McGrawHill for publishing such wonderful authors.

Pros:1. Provides data in addition to spectrum2. Includes questions you get to know through various test papers3. Previous year questions of each chapter are mentioned at the end of each chapterCons:1. Extremely poor editing. Lots of typing errors.2. Many facts are wrong. The biggest one being that crops failed in Kheda due to excessive rains while the correst answer is they failed due to drought in 1918.2. Mentions the lifespan of Bhagat Singh from 1907-1921Verdict: it supplements Spectrum but cannot replace it. You will have to read both.

1.complete coverage including post independence2. Aww struck with prelims capsule3. Previous years question pre mains both4. Practice questions pre mains both..5. Coloured book like nitin singhania..6. Every probable questions highlighted already...Turn the pages and history will be over for u...Standing ovation to authors..Guys u can compare yourself at book stall yourself any single topic....This book will certainly be Laxmikant of Modern india...

This book is line to line copy paste of IGNOU material.

Initially, Thanks to Authors. they covered every point about history (you might read what you want according to syllabus).i bought this for my APPSC Group 2 Exam.Pros:1) Awesome book with covering all concept2) Giving seperate Memory points & Tables3) printed many images, it helps for the photomemory.4) Highlighted the important names & words5) Given Post independence concept also6) Best Narration7) Best Quality than other books8) Useful for Civils & PSC exams9) Previous Year's questions10) Recently Updated and latest one11) in last pages, information about Viceroys, Congress sessions, Newspapers etc.Cons:0) No Cons at all (Only Pros)Buy without any doubt.

Way more than sufficient for Prelim and also adequate for Mains. Not sure for optional- but definitely it will give and edge over. Since this is the first edition there are some miniscual error which is obvious silly and easily avoidable.If u have to choose between Spectrum and this book then please go for this. There are many interesting and new facts that you will come across in this book which might be a prospective questions in our Prelims. Also in-depth analysis in simple language make it very effective tool to concur Mains.I personally don’t like boring text and just plain outlay of book like in spectrum as it don’t look expensive and eye catching.Though this book is a bit dearer but it’s every penny worth it.As we all saying-“It’s gonna be the Laxmikant of Modern Indian History”

single point destination to learn about modern India.way ahead of spectrum. simple intresting compelling reading. a must for civil services exam.