The history is divided into three parts. They are:
Ancient India
Medieval India
Modern India
The three segments carry a substantial amount of weightage in both prelim and mains examination. Along with these segments culture also plays a prominent role.
If we specifically talk about HAS – distribution of these subjects are as follows
–Ancient:- 3-4 Questions
–Medieval:- 2-3 Questions
–Modern:- 5-6 Questions
“BOOKS LIST”
ANCIENT INDIA
-11th ‘Ancient India’ (OLD)- R.S. Sharma
-NCERT– Class 12th ‘Themes in Indian History- Part I’ (NEW)- Chapters 1 to 6
-Tamil Nadu Edition – Class 11th
ESSENTIAL-Rs Sharma And Tamilnadu -class 11th
OPTIONAL-NCERT
MEDIEVAL INDIA
NCERT – Class 7th (New) –‘Our Pasts –II’
NCERT – Class 11th ‘Medieval India’ (OLD)- Satish Chandra
Tamil Nadu Edition- Class 11th
Ancient and Medieval India – Poonam Dalal Dahiya
ESSENTIAL- Tamilnadu edition
OPTIONAL- remaining books
MODERN HISTORY
NCERT – Class 8th (New) – ‘Our Pasts – III’
NCERT-Class 12th ‘Modern India’ (OLD)
Tamil Nadu Edition- Class 12th
Spectrum Modern India – Rajiv Ahir
ESSENTIAL- Spectrum modern India &Tamil nadu class 12th
OPTIONAL-Remaing books
INDIAN ART & CULTURE
–Nitin Singhanya
-NCERT 11th & 12th
In HAS exam modern Indian history plays an important role and have maximum weightage so one should prepare his section thoroughly.