IMPORTANT BOOKS TO READ FOR PREPARATION TO CIVIL SERVICES

REFERENCE BOOKS FOR GENERAL STUDIES

I.    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.     Economics – Samuel Son

5.     India Year Book & Economic Survey (Government Pub.)

6.     For the current aspects of Indian economy students have to depend on news papers and periodicals.

II.    INDIAN POLITY:

1.     Our Constitution – Subhash Kashyap

2.     Our Parliament   - Subhash Kashyap

3.      An Introduction to Indian Constitution – DD Basu

4.     Perspectives on Indian Constitution – Subash Kashyap

III    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.     The Gazetteer of India, Volume 2: History and Culture

5.     Indian History for General Studies – K Krishna Reddy (Wizard Pub.)

IV.   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.     For current S & T issues, latest Magazines and News Papers can be referred.

V.    INDIAN GEOGRAPHY:

1.     NCERT Geography books for Classes XI & XII

2.     Indian Geography

3.     Principles of Geography

4.     World Geography

5.     Atlas of World and India.

VI.  MENTAL ABILITY:

1.      Objective Arithmetic – R.S.Agarwal

2.      Numerical Ability – Tyra

VII.  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, 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 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