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 Basu4. 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. Indias 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 & X2. Anatomy & Physiology for Nurses Courses Evelyn Pearce3. 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 HISTORYIndian History 1. NCERT History Books for Classes XI and XII

2. Allchins: The Birth of Indian Civiliztion3. R. S. Sharma: The State and Varna Formation in the Mid-Ganga Plains4. Romila Thapar: History of India, Volume 1

5. D. N. Jha: An Introductory Outline to Ancient India6. 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 History11. Bipan Chandra and Others: Indias Struggle for Independence12. Sumit Sarkar: Modern India13. Shekhar Bandopadhyay: Modern India: From Plassey to Partition

14. Nilakanta Sastri: History of South India15. R. C. Mazumdar and Others: An Advanced History of India16. The Gazetteer of India, Volume 2: History and Culture17. K Krishna Reddy: Indian History for Prelims (TMH Publication)

Modern World History1. 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 Napoleon7. J. M Roberts: The Pelican History of the World8. Vikas Publications International Relations9. K Krishna Reddy: Modern World (Wizard Publication)

REFERENCE BOOKS FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION1) 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 & ODonnell

5) Organizational Behaviour Stephen P Robbins

REFERENCE BOOKS FOR GEOGRAPHY1) 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