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