Books for Civil Service Exam

Management Books Paper I

1. Organisational Design: Khandwala; Madhukar Shukla (both)
2. Organisational Behaviour: Luthans and Robbins- for some portions Blanchart is also good.
3. Strategic Cost Management: Business Today supplements
4. Economics: Any good economics book
5. Management: Terry and Franklin; Koontz and Donnel ; Koontz and weihrich (any one)
6. Strategic Management: Michael Porter

Management Books Paper II

1. Marketing: Kotler and any one Indian author book(Saxena/Ramaswami etc.)
2. Financial: Pandey/Chandra/Khan & Jain/Bearley – Any two
3. Information Technology: Any good book which gives holistic view covering all the topics along with Internet based notes.
4. International: Business Media and Government Rules on export procedures, transfer pricing etc.
5. Operations: Adams/Taha
6. HRD: Mammoria/Monappa/Prasad/Flippo – Any two.’

REFERENCE BOOKS FOR HISTORY PRELIMS :

BOOKS ON ANCIENT INDIA :
1. Wonder that was India – A.L. Bhashem.
2. Ancient India Social and Culture – Luniya
3. Ancient India – an introductory outline – D.N.Jha.
4. An Advanced History of India – R.C. Majumda, H.C. Raychaudhurai, – Kalikinkar Datta
5. Ancient India – L.Mukherjee
BOOKS ON MEDIVAL INDIA
1. Advanced study in the History of Medival India – Volume I, II, III J.L. Mehta
2. Medival India – Volume I & II Satish Chandra
3. Wonder that was India – Rizzvi
4. Medival India – L. Mukherjee
BOOKS ON MODERN INDIA
1. Modern Indian History – Groover & Grooover.
2. A struggle for Independence – Bipin Chandra
3. Freedom Struggle – Bipinchandra
4. Modern India – L. Mukherjee
NCERT BOOKS
VIII, IX, X,XI,XII History
HISTORY BOOKS GUIDE
1. Indian History – Krishna Reddy
2. Indian History – Agnihotri
3. Competition Wizard Workbook.
4. IGNOU Material
5. Y.D.Mishra

REFERENCE BOOKS OVERALL :

BOOKS ON ANCIENT INDIA

• NCERT (11th)
• The Advanced History of India – Majumdar, Raychaudhuri & Datta
• The wonder that was India – A. L Bashaon
• Indus Civilization – (a) IGNOU booklet no. 2
• The rise of civilization of India and Pakistan – Bridget and Raymond Allchin
• Ancient India in historical outline (Revised and enlarged edition – 98) – D.N. Jha
• Mauryan : Ashoka and the decline of mouryan empire – Romila Thapar
• Indian Feudalism – R.S. Sharma

BOOKS ON MEDIEVAL INDIA

• NCERT (11th)
• The Advanced History of India – Majumdar, Raychaudhuri & Datta
• Social life and cultural life of both Delhi Sultanate and Mughal India – J.L. Mehta
• A history of South India – K. A. Nilakanta Shastri
• IGNOU material (specially on agriculture and agrarian relations and culture)

BOOKS ON MODERN INDIA

• NCERT (12th)
• A new look into the modern Indian history – B.L Grover
• Freedom struggle – Bipin Chandra, Varun Dey and Amlesh Tripathy (NBT)
• India’s struggle for independence – Bipin Chandra
• Modern India – Sumit Sarkar
• IGNOU material (specially on freedom struggle)

Booklist in the perspective of changed syllabus Geomorphology

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. =============================X===========================

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 :

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

• 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

Geology Books for IAS

• Geology: An Introduction – Kronaris and Krambine
• Text Book of Geology – P.K. Mukherjee
• Text Book of Physical Geology – Mahapatra
• Geomorphology – Woolridge or Tharnbury
• Principles of Petrology – G.W. Turrel
• Petrography – Williams
• Mineral and Crystal Science – V.C. Jesh
• Sedimentary Rocks – Petti John
• Underground Hydrology – David Keith Toad
• Igneous Rocks and Metromorphic Petrology – Turner
• Ocean – Squaredrop, Johnson and Bliming
• Simple Geological Structure – Plate and Charlincr
• Soil Minerology – I. E. Grim
• A Dictionary of Geology – Morrison

Topicwise Listing of Suggested Law Books

Books on Indian Penal Code
– Atchuthen Pillai
– Ratanlal Dhiraj Lal
Books on Law of Tort
– Atchuthen Pillai
– R.K. Bangia
– Winfield
Books on Constitutional Law
– V.N. Shukla
– S.K. Kapoor
– J.N. Pandey
Books on Merchantile Law
– R.K. Bangia
– Avatar Singh
– Pollack and Mulla
Books on Jurisprudence
– P.K. Tripathi
– Dias

General Studies

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

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