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I am now in class 11. I would like to know which books I should refer to other than NCERT.. how should I prepare everyday

You have not mentioned your stream here. Assuming that you have taken Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics in 10+2, here is list of different books which you must read along with NCERT to have better confidence and solve questions in competitions. NCERT are base books and helps in scoring good marks in board exams.

>>For Mathematics:

1. Higher Algebra by Hall and Knight.

2. Coordinate Geometry by A. Majeed.

3. Matrices by Shanti Narayan.

4. Trigonometry by SL Loney.

>>For Physics, Resnick Halliday and Walker.

You must also refer H.C Verma.

>>For Chemistry:

Morrison and Boyd for Organic Chemistry.

J.D Lee for Inorganic Chemistry.

You must give three hours to Mathematics and 2 and half hours each to Physics and Chemistry.

NCERT book is sufficient and efficient enough to score good in board and competitive examination conducted after 10+2.

But, if you want to solve more problems to get better understandings you can go through

R.C Mukherjee - Physical Chemistry.
O.P Tondon - Organic Chemistry.
Wresnick and Herdik Wakar - Physics
Mathematics -- K.C Sinha Competitive Section.

These are most famous books with very large number of solved and unsolved problems. So you can take hello of it for better preparation.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I am now in class 11. I would like to know which books I should refer to other than NCERT.. how should I prepare everyday

NCERT Books are best books for strengthening your concepts if you are preparing for CBSE Board Exams.

Apart from NCERT Books, you may prefer other books like:
Physics Part-1: Textbook For Class Xi (English) 01 Edition (Paperback)
Author: Ncert
Released: 2010
Publisher: National Council Of Education Research And Training
Price: Rs. 550

Comprehensive Chemistry (Set of 2 Volumes) Class 11 (English) New edition Edition (Paperback)
Author: dr. n . k. verma s. k. khanna dr. b. kapila
Released: 2014
Publisher: Laxmi Publications
Price: Rs. 1,050

Mathematics (Class 11) (English) 6th Edition (Paperback)
Released: 2014
Publisher: Dhanpat Rai Publications
Price: Rs. 719

New Era Chemistry Practical (Class 11) (English) 2nd Edition (Paperback)
Author: P. O. Tandon
Publisher: G. R. Bathla Publications Pvt. Ltd.
Price: Rs. 350

-> No need of other books if you clearly understand the topics in NCERT.
Each subject consists of various topics with excellent explanation and representation too.
-> For 2 students , NCERT books are more than enough . if you completed NCERT concepts thoroughly you can able to crack any type of competitive exams like JEE-mains and advanced .
-> If you need more information than NCERT publications means you can search topics in Foreign universities websites .

NCERT books are your Bible so you have to keep preparing from them for competitive as well as for your board exams. Other books which you can refer to make your concept more clear are:

HC Verma of Physics

Modern ABC of chemistry

Dinesh of all the subjects because very simple language has been written in these books.

Pradeep's biology

You can refer to given below books for better concepts and clarity other than NCERTs.

*Physics by H.C Verma and Resnick Halliday Walker.

*Chemistry by O.P Tandon, J.D Lee and Numericals by R.C Mukherjee.

*Mathematics by R.S Aggarwal, S.L Loney and K.C Sinha.

Follow these books and do revision as much as possible. 7-8 hours of daily study is enough for any exam.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I am now in class 11. I would like to know which books I should refer to other than NCERT.. how should I prepare everyday

Here's a list of few books you can refer to:-

• IIT JEE Chemistry by O.P. Agarwal
• Physical Chemistry by O.P. Tandon
• University Chemistry by Bruce H. Mahan
• Physical Chemistry by P.Bahadur
• Modern Approach to Chemical Calculations by R.C. Mukherjee
• Organic Chemistry by O.P. Tandon
• Advanced Problems In Organic Chemistry For JEE by MS Chauhan
• Reactions, Rearrangements and Reagents by Sanyal
• Arihant’s Inorganic Chemistry
• Inorganic Chemistry by O.P. Tandon
• Concise Inorganic Chemistry by J.D. Lee
• Concepts of Physics Volume 1 & Volume 2 by H.C. Verma
• IIT JEE Main & Advanced – 14 Year’s Objective Solved Papers
• Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday, Resnick & Walker
• Problems in General Physics by I.E. Irodov
• Physics Volume 1 & 2 by Tipler
• Tata McGraw Hill (TMH) Mathematics
• Algebra By SK Goyal from Arihant
• Hall & Knight – Higher Algebra
• Plane Trigonometry by SL Loney
• Co-ordinate Geometry by S. L. Loney
• Vector and 3D Geometry from Arihant
• Differential Calculus from Arihant

Books of NCERT


Financial Accounting – I
Statistics for Economics
Social Change and Development in India
Introduction to Psychology

For 11th class you can refer following books than NCERT.

For Maths subject use books by R.D Sharma , R.S Aggarwal.

For physics you can refer books of Pradeep's publications, NCERT,Dinesh Publications,Telugu Avademy, H C Verma.

For chemistry refer books written by P Bahadur, Arihant, O P Agarwal.

For biology use books by Dinesh Biology,NC Verma,Pradeeps Biology.

From my point of view, you must first complete all NCERT books of different subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics etc. This will help you to build strong basic concepts. Without basic concepts, there will be no utility of reading standard reference books. Once you have complete NCERT books, you can read reference books for more better understanding and practice purpose.

For Mathematics, R.D Sharma, Shantinaryan, J.D Lee would be helpful. In case of physics, other than NCERT, my advice will be just stick to H.C Verma and for chemistry, O.P Tandon and R.C Mukherjee would be sufficient.

NCERT textbooks are a very good source and introduction to topics in IAS prelims. Little wonder then, many coaching classes and aspirants recommend NCERT textbooks to fresh aspirants who are just starting their preparation.

List of NCERT Books :


Physics Volume 1 & 2 by Tipler

Physical Chemistry by P.Bahadur

Modern Approach to Chemical Calculations by R.C. Mukherjee

Tata McGraw Hill (TMH) Mathematics

University Chemistry by Bruce H. Mahan

IIT JEE Chemistry by O.P. Agarwal

Physical Chemistry by O.P. Tandon

Organic Chemistry by O.P. Tandon

Advanced Problems In Organic Chemistry For JEE by MS Chauhan

Reactions, Rearrangements and Reagents by Sanyal

Arihant’s Inorganic Chemistry

Inorganic Chemistry by O.P. Tandon

Concise Inorganic Chemistry by J.D. Lee

Concepts of Physics Volume 1 & Volume 2 by H.C. Verma

IIT JEE Main & Advanced – 14 Year’s Objective Solved Papers

Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday, Resnick & Walker

Problems in General Physics by I.E. Irodov