IMPORTANT BOOKS TO READ FOR PREPARATION TO CIVIL SERVICES

REFERENCE BOOKS FOR GENERAL STUDIES

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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.

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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

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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 & 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.
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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: Indias 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
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New horizons in Public Administration Mohith Bhattachary

Public Administration SP Naidu
Public Administration: Theory and Concepts Sandhana & Sharma
Essentials of Management Koontz & ODonnell
Organizational Behaviour Stephen P Robbins

REFERENCE BOOKS FOR GEOGRAPHY

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Physical Geography : Savindher Singh

: Strahler & Strahler
: W.D. Thornbury
Climatology
: Lal
: Critchfield
Oceanography
: Vattal & Sharma
Regional Geography of World: Dharshan Singh Munku
Indian Geography : Khuller
: Gopal Singh
World Geography : Leong & Morgan
Human Geography : Majid Hussain
Geography of Population : R.C. Chandana
Regional Planning : Chand & Puri
Political Geography : R.D.Dixit