Suggested Readings for the 2011 UPSC New (CSAT) Prelim Eam

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Current National Issues and Topics of Social Relevance/
India and the World/International Afairs & Institutes:
Inda (natona year book from Pubcaton Dvson) Reevant
chapters.
One ma|or natona day The Hndu or The Tmes of Inda preferaby.
Frontne (fortnghty from the Hndu) seected news anayss and
artces.
Yo|ana, Kurukshetra and Empoyment News (from Pubcaton
Dvson) news and reevant artces.
A Inda Rado (new and anayss) and RBC (news and anayss).
Word Focus a |ourna on nternatona ahars (seected ssues)
Semnar a monthy symposum on natona current and soco-potca
ssues.
Down to Earth a fortnghty on scence and envronment.
One career magazne preferaby the Cv Servces Chronce (Engsh
and Hnd edtons).
Indian Polity:
Organs of Government (NCERT) IX
th
Std.
Socety, State and Government (NCERT) XI
th
Std.
Ma|or Concepts of Potca Scence (NCERT) XII
th
Std.
Inda: Consttuton and Government (NCERT) IX
th
& X
th
Stds.
The Consttuton of Inda from Pubcaton Dvson (Pocket book sze
.e. Engsh-Hnd combned edton).
Introducton to the Consttuton of Inda D.D. Basu.
Our Parament and Our Consttuton (separate books) S.C. Kashyap
(NBT)
Perspectve on the Consttuton of Inda S.C. Kashyap (Edted).
Ctzens and the Consttuton S.C. Kashyap (Pub. Dv.).
Democracy - An Anaytca Survey |ean Baecher (NBT).
Democracy n Inda (NCERT) Prof. Rashdudeen Khan (XII
th
STd.).
Inda (Pub. Dv.) reevant chapters.
Gazetteer of Inda (Pub. Dv.) Vo. I
Pubc Admnstraton n Inda Padma Ramachandran (NBT).
Reevant notes to be made from newspapers and magaznes on the
contemporary potca ssues.
Indian cono!y:
Mcro & Macro-economcs (NCERT) XII
th
Std. (2 vos.)
Indan Economc Deveopment (NCERT) XI
th
Std.
Indan Economy Dutt and Sundharam or Mshra and Pur.
Economc Survey Mnstry of Fnance, GoI.
Inda (Pub. Dv.) reevant chapters.
Yo|ana & Kurkshetra monthes by Pub. Dv.
Gazetter of Inda (Pub. Dv.) Vo. 1.
Reevant notes from magaznes and newspapers.
"istory:
NCERT (A books reated to Indan Hstory)
Modern Inda B.L. Grover.
Soca background of Indan natonasm A.R. Desa
Freedom Strugge Bpn Chandra
For cutura questons, canddates can take the hep of books of NBT. For
exampe Indan Musc, Dance, Drama, Pantng etc.
#eo$raphy:
Prncpes of Geography (NCERT) Part I & II for XII
th
Std. (Od edtons).
Geography of Inda (NCERT) - X
th
Std.
Genera Geography of Inda (NCERT) - XII
th
Std.
Land and the Peope (NCERT) - VI
th
, VII
th
& VIII
th
Std.
Certcate Physca and Human Geography (Oxford) Goh Cheng
Leong.
Physca Geography of Inda (NBT) C.S. Pchamuthu.
Intermedate Bhoogo (Bhart Bhavan, Hnd medum) Suresh Prasad
(vo. 1& 2).
Gazetteer of Inda (Pub. Dv.) Vo. 1
Bhoogo Parbhasha Kosh Deh Unversty.
Inda (Pub. Dv.) Reevant chapters.
A standard Dctonary of Geography preferaby of the Pengun.
Khuars Geography
Suresh Prasads Intermedate Geography
One Atas T.T.K. or Orent Longman.
Census Report
Down to Earth (fortnghty magazne)
Yo|ana and Kurukshetra
I!portant areas of %ife Science &or Preli!inary Test:
The ce: Shapes and sze, ce structure, ce organees, Dherence
between anma and pant ces.
Pant Physoogy Roots, Photo synthess, Respraton n pants.
Crcuatory system Bood, The Heart, Lymphatc systems.
Respratory system Respratory system of man, Mechansm of
respraton, respratory dsorders.
Excretory system Organ of excreton, nterna structure of Kdney and
Functons, Reguaton of Urne formaton, Artca Kdney.
Nervous system Structure of neuron, varous nervous system, Reex
acton, the eye structure, functon workng and common defects of
eye, the ear structure and functon, tongue, skn etc.
Reproductve system Human reproductve system, fertzaton,
artca nsemnatons, parturton.
Endocrne system Endocrne gands n man and functon of hormones.
Fundamenta of Genetcs.
Heath organzatons.
Nutrton carbohydrates, proten, fats, vtamns etc. and decency
dseases.
Musces and |onts.
Heath and Dsease Cancer, T.B., Poo, Leprosy, Acds, Hepatts,
Dengue etc.
Anma Husbandry
#eneral Science:
Scence (NCERT) - VI
th
Std. of X
th
Std.
Appcatons of Boogy (NCERT) a chapter of XII
th
Std. Boogy secton.
Hstory of Scence Ray & Moser, 5 vos. (Unversty Press).
How? What? Why? 3 Books by NSC, CSIR, Govt. of Inda.
The Human Machne (NBT) B|an & Manchanda.
Lfe: From Ce to Ce (Pub. Dv.) Ba Phondke
Hs Masters Save (Pub. Dv.) |apan Bhattacharya.
Ek Se Bhae Do (CSIR, GoI) N.S.K. Prasad (Hnd medum).
Marchng Ahead wth Scence (NBT)
Inda (Pub. Dv.) Scentc & Technoogca Deveopment, Envronment
and Defence chapters ony.
Scence Reporter (CSIR) seected ssues (Engsh monthy).
Vgyan (Pragat (CSIR) seected ssues (Hnd monthy).
A standard Dctonary of Scence and Technoogy.
Current deveopment from news papers.
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