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Books For CIVILS Exams PDF
Books For CIVILS Exams PDF
How to prepare
These changes are not at all mind boggling. They can be tackled with lan 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.
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
GENERAL STUDIES
REFERENCE BOOKS FOR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION: General Studies
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