GEOGRAPHY

The Earth's Dynamic Surface - By K. Siddhartha

Geomorphology - By Bloom
Geomorphology - By Sparks
Economic Geology - By Shackleton
Environmental Geology - By Valdiya
Climatology
Atmosphere Weather and Climate - By K. Siddhartha
Climate History and Modem Man - By Chorley
Science and Wonders of Atmosphere – By Gedzelman
Bio & Environmental Geog. Biosphere A Geography of Life - By Dr. Thomas and K. Siddhartha
Environmental Geology -ByValdiya
Living in the Environment - By Miller
Settlement Geography- Cities Urbanization and Urban System - By K. Siddhartha & S. Mukherjee
Urban Geography - By Herbert Thomas
Indian Industrial Geography Indian industry a geographical perspective - By S. Mukherjee and K. Siddhartha
Indian Economy - By Uma Kapila
General Reading environmental concerns and strategies - By T. N. Khoshoo
Development Indicators -Oxford University Press.
Environmental Hazards - published by Ministry of Environment and forest.

How to prepare
These changes are not at all mind boggling. They can be tackled with élan if thoughtful inputs goes into the
preparation. And here comes the role of coaching institutes. Quality education to IAS aspirants will be of paramount
importance in their preparation. What an individual candidate can accumulate in a year or so, institutes can make the
candidate assimilate in a couple of months.

Also, to add to our discussion, these changes in the syllabus are also beneficial to the aspirants in some way. Like, as
Geography is tending to become multi-disciplinary it would provide more coverage for general studies. Furthermore,
the non-serious candidates can be weeded out by this process.

REFERENCE BOOKS FOR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION :

1. 6th to 12th NCERT Books for Geography.
2. Certificate of Physical Geography - Goh Cheng Leong.
3. Physical Geography -Savindra Singh
4.Physical Geography - Made simple series - Rupa Publications
5. Economic & Commercial Geography - Made Simple Series - Rupa Publications.
6. Human and Economic Geography - Leong & Norgan
7. Human Geography - Majid Hussain.
8. Geographical thoughts - Majid Hussain.
9. Field Work - 11 th NCERT.
10. Cartography - R.L. Singh
11. Geography of India - Gopal Singh
12. Economic & Commercial Geography of India - C.B. Memoria
13. Orient longman - Atlas.
14. TTK - Atlas
15. Dictionary of Geography - Penguin
16. Spectrum guide for Geography.
17. Siddhartha - Preliminary Question Bank.
18. Geography Guide - Narmadeshwar Prasad.
19. Brilliants
REFERENCE BOOKS FOR MAINS EXAMINATION:
Geography Books Paper - I
Physical geography - Savinder Singh
The Earth's dynamic surface - K. Sidhartha
Physical geography - Strahler & Strahler
Climatology - D.S. Lal
Physical geography made simple - Rupa
Oceanography - Sharma & Vital
Biogeography - Savinder Singh
Evolution of geographical thoughts - Majid Hussain and Adhikari
Economic geography - K. Sidhartha
Economic and social geography made simple - Rupa
Urban geography - K. Sidhartha
Human geography - Majid Hussain
Geography of population - R.C. Chandra
Regional Planning in India - hand & Puri
Political geography - Dixit
Geography Books Paper - II
Physical environment - NCERT
NCERT Class XII
India: Physical aspects - K Sidhartha
Geography of India - Mamoria
Agricultural geography - Majid Hussain
Agricultural problems in India - Sadhu and Singh
Economic & Commercial geography of India - Mamoria
India's urbanisation and urban systems - R. Ramachandran
Regional planning in India - Chand and Puri
Political geography - Dixit
India: political aspects - K. Sidhartha

REFERENCE BOOKS OVERALL :

NCERT Vol -1
Physical Geography - Bunnett
Certificate physical and human geography - Goh, Cheng Leong
Physical Geography made simple
HUMAN AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
Human and Economic Geography - NCERT
Economic Geography, Economic and Social Geography made simple
Penguim masters studies on geography
The Cultural Landscape - Rubeistein
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
Indian geography - Rammorthy Gopalakrishnan
Physical geography of India - S.M. Mathur
General geography - NCERT
Mineral of India - NBT (Wadia)
Resources and regional development - NCERT
Catography - R.L. Singh
World regional geography - Fellnan
Work book - K. Siddhartha and S. Mukherjee
Question Bank - Surendra Singh, 1000
Geography quiz - Muthiah
 POLITICAL SCIENCES

General Books For Political Science

by Subhash C Kashyap ---
1. Our Constitution
2. Our Parliament
3. Perspective on Constitution (ED)

by P.M Bakshi --
1.Constitution

by D.D. Basu --
1. Introduction to the Constitution

Others
IIPA Journal
The Hindu
Frontline

Topic Wise Books For Pol. Science

Political Theory and Indian Politics

George H. Sabine ( Western political theory)
Eddy Ashrivatham (Political theory)
C.L. Wayper (Political thought)
O.P. Gauba (An introduction to political thought)
R.M. Bhagat (Western political thought)
Amal Roy and Mohit Bhattacharya (political theory, ideas and institutions)
S.P. Varma (Modern political theory)
J.C. Jauhary (Comparative politics)
A.S. Sandhu (Political theory)
Pukharaj Jain (Political thought)

Indian Constitution And Politics

M.V. Paylee (Indian Constitution)
D.D Basu (An introduction to Indian constitution)
V.N. Shukla (Constitution of India, couple of chapters are really relevant)
A.C. Kapoor (Comparative Governments)
V.P. Varma (Indian political theory)
K.R. Bombwal (Comparative constitutions)
Bipin Chandra (Freedom struggle)
Simit Sarkar (Modern India)
A.R. Desai (Social background of Indian Nationalism)
Paul Brass (Politics in India since independence)
Independent India : First Fifty Years - Hiranyamay Kelkar
Indian foreign policy agenda for 21st century (1998 Foreign service institute) - Lalit Mansingh
India's foreign policy in a changing world (1999) - V.P. Dutt
People's right and the state in the third world - Manjooran Mohanty & Partha Mukherjee
World politics in the twentieth century - Paul Kenedy
Nuclear India (1998) Jasjit Singh

Suggested Pol. Science Books For Prelims

Section A:
1.(a) (b) (c) 'Political Theory', —Eddy Ashirvatham
'Political Theory' —O.P. Gauba
'Political Theory' —Amal Ray, Mohit Bhattacharya.

2.(a) (b) (c) As above

(d) 'Comparative Politics' —R. Chilkote

Section B:
1.Political Theory —Amal Ray & Mohit Bhattachary.
2.Introduction to Indian Constitution —D.D. Basu
3.(a) India's Struggle for Independence —Bipan Chandra.
(b) Introduction to Indian constitution —D.D. Basu.
(c) Our Parliament —S.C. Kashyap
(d) Our Constitution —S.C. Kashyap
(e) Comparative Govt. & Politics — V.N. Khanna
(f) Comparative Govt. & Politics —K.R. Bombwal

Suggested Pol. Science Books For Mains

Political Science Paper I Section A
1.(a) A History of Political thought
—Subrata Mukherjee, Susheela Ramaswamy
(b) A History of Political thought —J.P. Suda
(c) For Manu & Kautilya : Foundations of Indian Political thought — V.R. Mehta
2.(a) Modern Political Theory —S.P. Verma
(b) Modern Political Theory —Madan Gandhi
3.(a) Political Theory —Eddy Ashirvatham
(b) Political Theory —J.C. Johri
(c) Political Theory —Ray & Bhattacharya
(d) Political Theory —O.P. Gauba

Political Science Paper I Section B

1.(a) Comparative Govt. & Politics —J.C. Johri
(a) Comparative Govt. & Politics —Ronald Chilkote
2.(a) Modern Indian Political Thinkers —V.P. Verma
(b) Foundations of Indian Political Thought —V.R. Mehta
(c) Indian Govt. and Politics —A.S. Narang
(c) Indian Govt. and Politics —J.R. Siwach
(c) Indian Govt and Politics —M.P. Singh, Himanshu Roy
(d) Politics in India —Rajani Kothari
(e) Govt. and Politics of India —W.H. Morris Jones

Political Science Paper II Section A

1.(a) Theoretical aspects of International Politics —Mahendra Kumar
(b) Politics among Nations —Morganthu
(c) International Politics —Schuman

Political Science Paper II Section B

1.(a) International Politics —Bookhives
(b) Regular subscription of Frontline & World Focus (magazine)
 GENERAL STUDIES

REFERENCE BOOKS FOR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION: General Studies

Download NCERT Books Free

1. Indian History - India Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra; NCERT Books ( XI & XII )
2. Geography - Spectrum
3. Indian Polity - Constitution of India by Bakshi
4. Indian Economy - Plus One, Plus Two Books, Pratiyogita Darpan
5. General Science - Tata Mc Graw Hill Guide
6. Mental Ability - Quantitative Apitude by R.S. Aggarwal
7. Current Affairs - Some magazines and Newspapers
i. The Hindu/The Times of India
ii. Frontline
iii. Civil Service Chronicle
iv. Chanakya
v. Competition WIZARD
vi. Civil Services Today
8. Guides

1. Tata Mc Graw Hill

2. Spectrum
3. Unique

Topic Wise Reference On General Studies

Books on Indian History & Culture:

NCERT (+ 2 level) — Ancient India, Medieval India, Modern India.
Publication Division : Gazetteer of India (Vol 2 : History & Culture)
Gandhi Nehru Tagore & Ambedkar — Gopal Krishna
Bipin Chandra - Modern India
A.C.Banerjee - History of Modern India Raghavan Aiyer — Mahatma Gandhi

Books on Geography:
NCERT : Physical Geography of India for X - XII Std
A Good School Atlas
Sharma & Cotinho : Economic and Commercial Geography of India.
Khullar : India- A Comprehnsive Geography
Charles Farro : General Principles of World Geography
Charles Farro : Monsoon Asia Reports published by Centre for Science and Enviornment And Tata
Energy Research Institute
National journal - Kurukshetra, Yojana etc.
Down to earth

Books on Indian Economy:

NCERT (+1 level)—Evolution of Indian Economy(I C Dhingra).
Mishra & Puri or Dutt & Sundaram - Indian Economy
Economic Survey
The Economic Times,Business Standard
Yojana
Books on Social and National Issues :
Social Problem - Ram Ahuja
Social Welfare Magazine - Published by ministry of social welfare
Yojana/Kurukshetra
IIPa Journal

Books on Indian Polity:

NCERT (+1 level)—Indian Political System
N.L. Madan : Bhartiya Rajya Vyavastha
D.D. Basu—Indian Constitution
Kashyap—Constitution of India
Publication Division—Subhash C. Kashyap : Our Parliament
P.M. Bakshi—Indian Constitution
Our Constitution : Subhash C. kashyap
Perspective on Constitution : S.C. Kashyap
Frontline Magazine
IIPa Journal

Books on Science & Technology:

NCERT : (10 level) : Science, (+2 level) : Biology.
Popular Science Series (CSIR)
Reports Of the Ministry of Science and Technology Yojana
Science Reporter
Science and Technology in India - Spectrum

Books on Statistics:
(NCERT +1 level) Elementary Statistics
S.C.Gupta : Statistical Methods

Books on India and the World :

Journal of peace Studies
World Focus
Strategic Analysis
South Asian Journal

Other Books for General Studies:

1. India Year Book latest
2. One competitive Magazine
3. Guides like Tata Mc Graw Hill, Spectrum or Unique For General Reference 4. The Pearson General Studies
Manual