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GENERAL STUDIES PRELIM 2010

PART I – IMPORTANT BOOKS & AUTHORS

S. N. NAME OF THE BOOKS AUTHOR

1 I witness - Partial Observation Kapil Sibal
2 Imagining India- Ideas for the new century Nandan Nilekani
3 No Future Without Forgiveness Desmond Tutu
4 A Better India A Better World N. R. Narayan Murthy
5 A Suitable Girl Vikaram Seth
6 You Are Born to Blossom Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
7 Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri
8 Unleashing India Veerappa Moily
9 A History of ancient and early Medieval India Upinder Singh (Daughter of PM Dr.
from Stone age to the 12th century Manmohan Singh)
10 Dreams from my Father Barack Obama
11 Empire of the Stars Arthur I. Miller
12 Environmentalism : A Global History Ramchandra Guha
13 For the Love of India : The Life and Times of Russi M. Lala
Jamsetji Tata
14 Good Bye Shahzadi (A biography of Benzir Shyam Bhatia
Bhutto)
15 India Monetary Policy Financial Stability and C Rangarajan
other Essays
16 Jinnah -India, Partition, Independence Jaswant Singh
17 Prime Minister of India : Bharat Bhagya Shivnath Jha & Neena Jha
Vidhata

18 Moon Walk (Autobiography ) Michael Jackson

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 19 My China Diary K. Natwar Singh
20 My Country My Life Lal Krishna Advani
21 My Kashmir, Conflict and Prospects of Wajahat habibullah
Enduring Peace
22 My Life ( Autobiography ) Fidel Castro
23 The Geometry of God Uzma Aslam Khan
24 R.K. Laxman : the Uncommon Man Dhermendra Bhandari
25 No Limits : The Will to Succeed Michel Pheleps
26 Notes from a small Room Ruskin Bond
27 Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics Joe Biden
28 Reconciliation : Islam Democracy and the Benizir Bhutto
West
29 True Colours ( Autobiography ) Adam Gilchrist
30 Sahibs Who loved India Khushwant Singh
31 Sapna Jo Pura Hua Vergees Kurian
32 Why I Supported the Emergency Khushwant Singh
33 Sea of Poppies Amitav Ghosh
34 Shadows across the playing field : 60 Years of Shashi Tharoor and Shaharyar Khan
India-Pakistan Cricket
35 Six Suspects Vikas Swarup
36 Speaking for Myself Cherie Blair
37 Travelling Through Conflict Hamid Ansari
38 Sustaining India’s Growth Miracle Jagdish N. Bhagwati & Charles W
Calomiris
39 Termites in the Trading System Jagdish Bhagwati
40 The Audacity of Hope : Thoughts on Barack Obama
Reclaiming the American Dreams
41 The Calcutta Chromosome Amitav Ghosh
42 The Elephant, the tiger and the Cell phone : Shashi Tharoor
Reflections on India in the 21st Century

43 The Enchantress of Florence Salman Rushdie

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 44 Ways of the Rifle Co authored by Abhinav Bindra and his
coaches Gabriele Buhlmann and Heinz
ReInkemeier
45 The Good Boatman: A Portrait of Gandhi Rajmohan Gandhi
46 The Idea of Justice Amartya Sen
47 The Judge Speaks Justice A.R. Laksmanan, Chairman of the
Law Commission of India
48 The Lost Symbol Dan Brown
49 The Miracle of Democracy T.S. Krishnamurthy
50 The Museum of Innocence Orhan Pamuk
51 The Return of Depression Economics and the Paul Krugman
Crisis is of 2008
52 The States of Indian Cricket Ramchandra Guha
53 The Tales of Beedle the Bard J.K. Rowling
54 The White Tiger Arvinda Adiga
55 To the Last Bullet Vinita Kamte (Wife of 26/11 martyr
Additional Commissioner of Police Ashok
Kamte)

INTERACTIVE IAS PRELIM MOCK TESTS 2010: GENERAL STUDIES

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