Here is some really good study material on Indian Culture and Heritage from National Open School (NOS) now renamed as NIOS.
The content is less boring and more structured than Spectrum’s book on Indian Culture + truckload of 2 markers scattered throughout the paragraphs.
By the way,
- Here is the link: https://files.secureserver.net/0fdAWETp4sONW5 You may download required papersets, study material etc from it, as per your requirements.
- Use Foxit PDF reader (Free) to read these PDF files, because it allows highlighting, commenting, notes making, text-selection and other good features. Click ME to download
- If the Zip files are not opening in your compter, then use 7-Zip (Free) Click Me to download
Index/Content of Indian Culture NIOS material
- An Introduction
- Indian Culture
- Ancient India
- Medieval India
- Modern India
- Indian Languages and Literature-I
- Indian Languages and Literature-II
- Religion and Philosophy in ancient India
- Religion and Philosophy in Medieval India
- Religious Reform Movements in Modern India
- Indian Painting
- Music, Dance and Drama
- Indian Architecture
- Science and Technology in India
- Scientists of Ancient India
- Science and Scientists of Medieval India
- Scientists of Modern India
- Education in India
- Indian Social Structure
- Socio-Cultural Issues in Contemporary India
- Spread of Indian Culture Abroad

really a wonderful work sir.. thank u very much.
Dear mrunal sir,
plz, assist me in finding previous year unsolved question
papers of CSE pre G.S.( at least last 20 yrs.)
DHANYABAD………
kanha
sir how i can downlode ignou notes of history?
ya sure! just go to the web page,enter the letters “e-gyan kosh”,enter your registration Id,find “India”,then “Indira Gandhi National Open University”, after that choose you school and find out what you desire :-)
Hi sir,I am hindi medium civil services prepairing student.I feel economy very hard,i need your help iam studying S.N.LAL .is it sufficient for pre and mains or i should choose another book.this book is very tough to understand.please suggest me.
Thanks sir for involving hindi medium students also…….Thanks a lot n wish it will be continued in future also……
given nos link is not dwnldng and whener click to downld file appear page not found plz help me….?want to dwnldng thanks
is it about the dropbox links?
They’re working fine here
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jh40ysakcc0vhjt/Indian%20Culture%20NOS%20Study%20Material%20English%20Medium%20%28www.mrunal.org%29.zip
if you’re asking about the official website of NOS http://www.nios.ac.in/online-course-material.aspx, it is still under construction, so many of the pdf links won’t work.
how did u download from nos .and i opened the nos website wanted to downld another subject like s and tech pdfs then not getting to downld appear page not found..plz help me.there is plenty of good material
Their site is still under construction, so some pdf / subjects are not uploaded yet or the links are not working properly.
Thanks alot Sir…
Hi Mrunal,
thanks a lot….i need some study material for sanskrit..can you pls upload it
Hai Mrunal, thanx alot for ur dropbox initiative. I don’t know what is preventing u from organising ur own wonderful articles, especially on economics. I dare, no one cn explain economics as lucid as u have! It would b of great value for all aspirants if u could organise and drop them.
hell,
mrunal i need standard books for chemistry main exam of UPSC.which books should i read.
there is a huge list as such, atkins, huheey, jd lee etc… but i found brilliant tutorials notes of great help as they were assembled at one place, for paper 1 , its sufficient but for paper 2, u need more books for practice…n yeah, today’s paper 2 was just as painful as paper1 was soothing for heart.
hey guy you are realy best………thanks for ur precious help…..
Mrunal, the language/grammar used in the text is pathetic.. jus go through some chapters..
thenks sir.. very very much
thanks sir
sir i am not able to download cultural study material because as i click on your link,the page open in different tab not shows any downloading link or not ask for “download here”.it only shows a image with words written like
“Indian Culture NOS Study M…al.org).zip
15 days ago · 2.11 MB”….
same happened when i was trying to download your autonote maker…only i was able to download dropbox and foxit reader but your link for auto notemaker showing same problem i.e. only image…
will it save directly into dropbox after clicking on your link?(but i didn’t find it there also)
plz help am i doing some mistake(i m using windows 7)
waiting for your quick response
thanks :)
thanks for giving so much valuable information.
Thanks sir for hindi study mattterial
THANKS SIR
Hi Freinds,
When i was trying to download material, giving below error :
Error (509)
This account’s public links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled!
facing same problem
Pls some one help me to get this material downloaded….
To all:
please goto this page and you’ll find all necessary files from NIOS/NOS
https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B9AJvFSzIyiwLW1rRkhTa2N3UnM/edit
mrunal, do you have some materials on Labour and Social Welfare, m likely to qualify JPSC pt, going to opt LSW as optional one, if u have some then upload it and post the link.
Thank you sir very much for running such a wonderful website,i got everything i needed,
may be without this site my dream would have been impossible to dream….
Thank you Mrunal sir…God bless ypu…
thanks a million, Mrunal, its amazing to find so many of my answers on your blog
Thank u sir……….aapka bahot bahot sukriya………
yadi ho sake to pre ke liye kuch achhi coaching classes ke test paper bhi mil jaate hindi me to aur bhi sahaayta hoti hamaari taiyaari me.,,
thank u 1s again…
thanks a lot…………..
Mrunal
What are the imp topics to prepare for prelims in culture ?
Has anyone read ALS competition wizard culture?Is it worth reading?