Books List

REFERENCE BOOKS FOR GENERAL STUDIES

IMPORTANT BOOKS TO READ FOR PREPARATION TO CIVIL SERVICES

INDIAN ECONOMY:

1. Economic Development of India NCERT XI standard
2. Indian Economy - Mishra and Puri or Dutt and Sundaram
3. Indian Economy - PK Dhar
4. Indian Economy - Sanjeev Varma
5. Indian Economy - Ramesh Singh
6. Economics - Samuel Son
7. India Year Book & Economic Survey (Government Pub.)
8. For the current aspects of Indian economy students have to depend on news papers and periodicals.


INDIAN POLITICS:

1. Our Constitution - Subhash Kashyap
2. Our Parliament - Subhash Kashyap
3. Indian Polity - M. Laxmikanth
4. Indian Polity - P M Bakshi
5. An Introduction to Indian Constitution - DD Basu
6. Perspectives on Indian Constitution - Subash Kashyap


INDIAN HISTORY:

1. NCERT History books for Classes XI & XII
2. Freedom Struggle - Bipan Chandra (NBT Publication)
3. India's Struggle for Independence - Bipan Chandra and Others
4. Art & Culture - Nitin Singhania
5. The Gazetteer of India, Volume 2: History and Culture
6. Indian History for General Studies - K Krishna Reddy (Wizard Pub.)


GENERAL SCIENCE:

1. NCERT Books on Biology, Physics and Chemistry, Standard IX & X
2. Anatomy & Physiology for Nurses Courses - Evelyn Pearce
3. Know Your Body - Reader's Digest
4. Environment & Ecology - Majid Hussain
5. Science & Technology - Ashok Kumar Singh
6. For current S & T issues, latest Magazines and News Papers can be referred.


INDIAN GEOGRAPHY:

1. NCERT Geography books for Classes XI & XII
2. Indian Geography -- Kuller
3. Certificate of physical human geography
4. Human Geography - Majid Hussain
5. Principles of Geography
6. Geography through maps - K. Siddhartha
7. World Geography
8. Atlas of World and India.


MENTAL ABILITY:

1. Objective Arithmetic - R.S.Agarwal
2. Numerical Ability - Tyra
3. Quantitative, Aptitude, Verbal-Non verbal, Reasoning - R S Agrawal


CURRENT AFFAIRS:

1. A good National Daily, preferably the Hindu
2. Periodicals - Economist, Yojana, Seminar, Frontline, World Focus, South Asian Journal, Political and Economic Weekly, Mainstream, Down to Earth, etc.
3. Competition Magazines - Competition Wizard, Kurushtra, science reporter, Civil Services Times, Civil Services Chronicle, etc.


REFERENCE BOOKS FOR HISTORY:

INDIAN HISTORY

1. NCERT History Books for Classes XI and XII
2. Allchins: The Birth of Indian Civiliztion
3. R. S. Sharma: The State and Varna Formation in the Mid-Ganga Plains
4. Romila Thapar: History of India, Volume 1
5. D. N. Jha: An Introductory Outline to Ancient India
6. A. L. Basham: The Wonder that was India, Volume 1
7. S. A. A. Rizvi: The Wonder that was India, Volume 2
8. Satish Chandra: Medieval India, Parts 1 and 2 (Har Anand Pub.)
9. J. L. Mehta: Advanced History of Medieval India, Volumes 1, 2 and 3
10. Grover and Grover: Modern Indian History
11. Bipan Chandra and Others: India's Struggle for Independence
12. Sumit Sarkar: Modern India
13. Shekhar Bandopadhyay: Modern India: From Plassey to Partition
14. Nilakanta Sastri: History of South India
15. R. C. Mazumdar and Others: An Advanced History of India
16. The Gazetteer of India, Volume 2: History and Culture
17. K Krishna Reddy: Indian History for Prelims (TMH Publication)


MODERN WORLD HISTORY

1. NCERT Story of World Civilization, Parts 1 and 2, for Classes IX and X
2. Norman Lowe: Contemporary World History (McMillan Publication)
3. J. E. Swain: A History of World Civilization (OUP)
4. C. D. M. Ketelbey: A History of Modern Times (OUP)
5. Burns and Others: History of World Civilizations, Parts B and C
6. David Thomson: Europe since Napoleon
7. J. M Roberts: The Pelican History of the World
8. Vikas Publications International Relations
9. K Krishna Reddy: Modern World (Wizard Publication)


REFERENCE BOOKS FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION:

1) New horizons in Public Administration - Mohith Bhattachary
2) Public Administration - SP Naidu
3) Public Administration: Theory and Concepts - Sandhana & Sharma
4) Essentials of Management - Koontz & O'Donnell
5) Organizational Behaviour - Stephen P Robbins


REFERENCE BOOKS FOR PUBLIC GEOGRAPHY:

1. Physical Geography : Savindher Singh, Strahler & Strahler, W.D. Thornbury
2. Climatology : Lal, Critchfield
3. Oceanography : Vattal & Sharma
4. Regional Geography of World : Dharshan Singh Munku
5. Indian Geography : Khuller, Gopal Singh
6. World Geography : Leong & Morgan
7. Human Geography : Majid Hussain
8. Geography of Population : R.C. Chandana
9. Regional Planning : Chand & Puri
10. Political Geography : R.D.Dixit