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BookList&Syllabus:
Download:
UPSCSyllabus2013.pdf
CivilServiceExaminationSyllabus2012.pdf
Textbooks/ReferenceBooks
History
1. NCERTXIandXII
2. IndiasStruggleforIndependenceBipanChandra
3. ChronicleandWizardSupplements
Polity
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2.
3.
4.
PoliticalScienceNCRTBooksXIandXII
ConstitutionofIndiaP.M.Bakshi
TheConstitutionofIndiaD.D.Basu
IndianPolityM.Laxmikant
Geography
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
PhysicalGeographyNCERT
India:PhysicalEnvironmentNCERT
HumanGeographyNCERT
CertificateCourseinGeographyG.C.Leong
AtlasOrientLongmanorTTK
GeographyThroughMapsK.Siddhartha(Ensemble)
MentalAbility
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
QuickerMathsM.Tyra
QuantitativeAptitudeR.S.Agarwal
AnalyticalReasoningR.S.Agarwal
CSATR.Guptas
CSATG.K.Publication
GeneralScience
1. HumanMachineNBT
2. GeneralScienceVII,VIII,IX,X.MaharashtraBoardSyllabus
3. ScienceReporter(ForReferenceonly)
IndianEconomy
1.
2.
3.
4.
IndianEconomyPratiyogitaDarpan
IndianEconomicdevelopmentNCERTXIandXII
ChronicleandWizardSupplement
EconomicSurvey
Ecology&Environment
1. OldNCERTBookonEnvironment
2. InternetSurfingbasedonThemes
English
1.
2.
3.
4.
Grammar&ComprehensionPal&Suri
EnglishGrammar&compositionWren&Martin
CSATR.Guptas
CSATG.K.Publication
GeneralKnowledge&CurrentAffairs
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2.
3.
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ManoramaYearbook2011
IndiaYearbook2011
ChronicleMonthlyMagazines
CompetitionWizardMonthlyMagazine
NationalNewspapers(TOI,HINDUSTANTIMES,TheHINDU,INDIANEXPRESS)
SeveralwebsitesandBlogs
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Note:AnyManualLikeUNIQUE,TMH,PEARSONorSPECTRUMpublicationshouldbeusedonlyforreference.
BooksavailableinfollowingShops
ShivamBookDep:Andheri(East)Tel28236000(OnlyforNCERTBooks)
VimalBookDep:Matunga(East)Tel24013267
MadhuBookDep:Matunga(East)Tel24024369
SterlingBookDep:V.T.Tel22659599
KadamBookDep:Thane(East)Mob9892649021/9821385659
KSagar,sBookCenter:PuneTel(020)24499839/24453065
IASBookList
GSinPrelimssuggestedBooks
INDIANHISTORY
StartyourpreparationwiththeNCERTbooksforallthreesectionsAncient,MedievalandModernForAncientIndia,youcanalso
refertothreechaptersfromA.L.BashamsWonderthatwasIndia,e.g.society,everydaylifeandreligion.Readinglist:
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2.
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4.
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NCERTXI,XII,Historybooks.
NCERTXI,XII,Historybooks.
FreedomStruggle,NBTPublication.
Chronicalsupplement.
BipinChandra.
GEOGRAPHY
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
NCERTfrom6thto12thclass
KhullarsGeography
SureshPrasadsIntermediateGeography
PhysicalGeographyGohChengLeong
IndiaYearBook
OneAtlasT.T.K.orOrientLongman
CensusReport,2001
AnyStatisticalYearBook
ENVIORNMENTALISSUES
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Downtoearth
YojanaandKurukshetra
ReportspublishedbyCentraforScienceandEnvironmentandTataEnergyResearchInstitute.
VariousbooksofN.B.T.
Ecology&Environment(ChroniclePublications)
INDIANPOLITY
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
IndianConstitutionandGovernment(NCERT)
OrgansofGovernment(NCERT)
OurConstitutionbySubhashKashyap
ConstitutionofIndiaV.N.Shukla
ConstitutionofIndia:D.D.Basu
IndianAdministrationbyMaheshwari(PortionsrelatingtoPanchaytiraj,Communitydevelopment,etc.
OurLegislationbySubhashKashyap
GENERALSCIENCE
1. A.B.C.ofScience(Holyfaith)
2. NCERTBooks
3. TheHumanMachineN.B.T.
INDIANECONOMY
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
EvolutionoftheIndianEconomy(NCERT)
IndianEconomybyDuttandSundaram.
UmaKapilaEconomics
TheGovernmentdocumentsonFiveYearPlanandEconomicSurvey.
IndianEconomy:Mishra&Puri
Economicsurvey.
Currenteventsofnationalandinternationalimportance
1.
2.
3.
4.
Onemajornationaldaily(TheHinduorTheTimesofIndiaoranyother)
Onemagazineforcompetitiveexaminations(CivilServicesChronicleoranyother)
Onenewsmagazine(Frontlineoranyother)
International(TimeNewsweek)
Besidestheabovelist,thefollowingmayalsobeusedforreferencepurposes
1. Aguidebookforpreliminaryexaminations.
2. IndiaYearBook.Newspapersandmagazines(asalreadymentionedabove.)
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INDIANHISTORY
BipanChandrasFreedomStruggleandvariousotherbookspublishedbythePublicationsDivisionarequitehelpfulasisAL
BashamswonderthatwasIndia.AlsogothroughclassXIandXIINCERTbooksonAncient,MedievalandModernIndia.
1. BipinchandraHistory
GEOGRAPHY
1. 12thClassNCERT(Geography)
2. IndiaAComprehensiveGeographybyKhullar
3. MagazinesKurukshtetra,Yojanaetc.
ENVIRONMENTALISSUES
Forthissectiondonotdependonasingletextbook.Infacttextbookswillhardlyhelpyou.ReadvariousmagazineslikeYojana,
Kurukshetraetc.Whichwilltakecareofyourrequirements.Acomprehensivelistisgivenbelow.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Downtoearth
YojanaandKurukshetra
ReportsandEnvironmentandTataEnergyResearchInstitute.
VariousbooksofN.B.T.
Ecology&Environmental(ChroniclePublication)
SOCIAL&NATIONALISSUES
Forthetopicsstatedabovetextbookreadingalonewillnotsuffice.Youmusttrytounderstandthenatureofproblemandtheir
solution.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SocialproblemsbyRamAhuja
Yojana,Kurukshtetraetc.
SocialWelfareMagazinePublishedbyCentralSocialWelfareBoard
TheHindu
IIPAJournal
Mainstream
INDIANPOLITY
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
OurconstitutionSubhashC.Kashyap
OurParliamentSubhashC.Kashyap
PerspectiveonconstitutionEditedbySubhashC.Kashyap
IIPAjournal
ConstitutionP.M.Bakshi
TheHindu
FrontlineMagazine
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY
Althoughtherearesomanysourcestogatherinformation,butbecarefulinselectingtherightones.Tounderstandandkeeponeself
awareofdevelopmentsinscienceandtechnology,itisrequiredtohavegoodbasicconcept,soitisbettertostartwithNCERTbooks.
Othersourcesare.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
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Yojana
ScienceReporter
SupplementofTheHindu
Onecareermagazine
ReportsoftheMinistryofScience&Technology
Science&TechnologyinIndiaChronicleBooks
SupplementinmagazinesrelatedtoUPSCexam.
INDIANECONOMY
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
EvolutionofIndianEconomyI.C.Dhingra
IndianEconomyMishraandPuri
UmaKapilaEconomics
EconomicSurvey
Yojan
TimesofIndia/EconomicTimesoranystandardnewspaper
Anystandardmagazine
STATISTICS
1. ClassIXandXlevelbooksonMaths&Statistics
2. StatisticaltopicsfromanyotherMathsbooks.
3. SPECTRUMBOOK
SPECTRUMCURRENTAFFAIRS
GEOGRAPHY
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OptionalinMainsSuggestedBooks
1. PhysicalGeography:Strahler&Strahler,ArthurStrahler,Thornburys(Geomorphology).Amongthesewriters,Strahlerand
Strahleristhebest.
2. Thornburyisgoodforterminologyandfigures.
3. Human&EconomicGeography:Leong&Morgan(Social&EconomicGeographyMadeSimple)
4. Oceanography:Batal&Sharma
5. PoliticalGeography:Dixit
6. Ecology:Odum
7. Climatology:S.D.Lal
8. IndianEconomicGeography:Sharma&Kutino,C.B.Memoria
9. SoilGenesis:Daji
10. GeographyofIndia:Dr.GopalSingh
11. PenguindictionaryforGeography.
12. K.SiddharthaBooks
13. MajidHussain
14. EnsembleStudyMaterial
HISTORY
OptionalinMainsSuggestedBooks
AncientIndia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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8.
NCERT
IGNOU
GazetteerofIndiaVolII
AwonderthatwasIndiabyA.L.Basam
AnAdvancedHistoryofIndiaMajumdar,RaichaudharyandData
AshokaandDeclineofMauryanEmpireRomilaThapar
SociomaterialcultureR.S.Sharma
AncientIndiaPublicationdivision.
MedievalIndia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
NCERT
IGNOU
GazetteerofIndiaVolII
J.L.MehtaVolIII
MedievalIndiaVolIandIIbySatishChandra
ImpactofIslamonIndiancultureTarachand
ModernIndia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
NCERT
IGNOU
GazetteerofIndia
ModernIndiabyJaspalandGrover
ModernIndiabySumitSarkar
FreedomstrugglebyBipanChandra
AnAdvancedHistoryofIndiaVolIIIbyMajumdar,RaichaudharyandDatta
SpecialisedStudy
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
AncientIndiaReligion,CultureandSocietyVol.IPuri,DasandChopra
ThewonderthatwasIndiaA.L.Basam
SocialformationandmaterialcultureinAncientIndiaR.S.Sharma
AconciseHistoryofIndiaArt,RoyC.Craron
MedievalSociety,culture,religiousmovementsandart:VolIIPuri,DasandChopraVolII,J.L.Mehta
AdministrativeandconstitutionaldevelopmentinBritishPeriod:ModernIndiaYashpalandGrover
GandhianMovement,FreedomstruggleBipanChandra
POLITICALSCIENCE
OptionalinMainsSuggestedBooks
PoliticalTheory
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
GeorgeSabine:WesternPoliticalTheory
EddyAshirvatham:PoliticalTheory
C.L.Wayper:PoliticalThought
O.P.Gauba:AnIntroductiontoPoliticalThought
R.M.Bhagat:WesternPoliticalThought
AmalRoyandMohitBhattacharya:PoliticalTheory,Ideas&Institutions
J.C.Johri:ComparativePolitics
IndianConstitutionandPolitics
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2.
3.
4.
5.
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M.V.Pylee:IndianConstitution
D.D.Basu:AnIntroductiontoIndianConstitution
A.C.Kapoor:ComparativeGovernments
V.P.Verma:AncientIndianPoliticalTheory
V.P.Verma:ModernIndiaPoliticalTheory
K.R.Bombwal:ComparativeConstitutions
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BipinChandra:IndiasStruggleforIndependence
PaulBrass:PoliticsinIndiasinceIndependence
BipinChandra:IndiaafterIndependence
SumitSarkar:ModernIndia
HiranyamayKarlelkar:IndependentIndia,FirstFiftyYears
InternationalPoliticandIndianForeignPolicy
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
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10.
11.
12.
LalitMansingh:IndiasForeignPolicyAgendafor21stCentury
VijayKumarMalhora:InternationalRelations
MahendraKumar:InternationalRelations
PremChandra&PrakashArora:ComparativePoliticsandInternationalRelations
V.N.Khanna:InternationalPolitics
V.P.Dutt:IndiasForeignPolicyinaChangingWorld
ManoranajanMohanty&ParthaMukherjee:PeoplesRightsandStateintheThirdWorld
PaulKennedy:WorldPoliticalintheTwentiethCentury
PeterCalvocorassi:WorldPoliticalsince1945
TheodoreCoulombisandJamesWolfe:IntroductiontoInternationalRelationsPower&Justice
HansJ.Morgantheau:PoliticsamongNations
Palmer&Perkins:InternationalRelations
Magazines
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Mainstream
Economic&PoliticalWeekly
Frontline
Seminar
PratiyogitaDarpanPoliticalScenice
Journals
1.
2.
3.
4.
JournalofInternationalAffairs
WorldFocus
IndiaQuarterly
Starredonesarethefoundationbooksandsufficefortherespectiveareas.
PUBLICADMINISTRATION
OptionalinMainsSuggestedBooks
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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8.
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11.
12.
13.
NicholasHenryPublicAdministrationandPublicAffairs
FerrelHeadyPublicAdministration:AComparativePerspective
S.P.NaiduPublicAdministration:ConceptsandTheories
MohitBhattachryaRestructuringPublicAdministration:EssaysinRehabilitation.
PrasadandPrasadAdministrationThinkers
B.L.FadiaPublicAdministration
R.K.AroraandRajaniGoyalIndianPublicAdministration:InstitutionsandIssue
HoshiarSinghandMohinderSinghPublicAdministrationinIndia:TheoryandPractice
MohitBhattacharyaDevelopmentAdministration:SearchforAlternatives
HoshiarSinghLocalGovernment
D.D.BasuIntroductiontotheConstitutionofIndia
S.C.KasyapOurConstitution
S.C.KasyapOurParliament
Journals
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
SelectiveissuesofIIPAJournals
SelectiveissuesoftheIndianJournalofPoliticalScience
EconomicandPoliticalWeekly
Yojana
Kurukshetra
NewsPaper
1. TheAsianAge
2. TheHindu
PSYCHOLOGY
OptionalinMainsSuggestedBooks
BookRecommendedForPT&Mains
Paper1:SectionA
ChapterI(MorganandKing),
ChapterII(KothariC.R.),
ChapterIII(ElizabethHourlock,MCGrawHillPublishers,NewYork),
ChapterIV(MorganandKingandanyelementarybooks),
ChapterV(ErnesR.HillgardandGordonH.Bower,ChaubleS.P.),
ChapterVIVII(SocialPsychologybyBaronandByrene)
SectionB
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ChapterVIIItoXIVHall,C.S.andLindzey,G.TheoriesofPersonality,HuttenLocherLanguageandThought(NewYork:Basic
Books,1973),Barun,J.J.andLinder,D.E.PsychologyToday,AnIntroductionNewYork:RandomHouse,1979),Anintroductionto
MotivationLAtkinson,J.W.andBirch,D.C.(NewYork:D,VanNostrand)
PaperII:SectionA
ChapterItoIIIPersonalityandBehaviourDisordersbyJ.M.Hunt,DisorganisedPersonalitybyG.W.Kisker,AbonormalPsychology
andModernLifebyJamesandColeman.
ChapterIVOrganizationalPsychologybyRobbins,OrganizationalPsychologybyKeithDavis.
ChapterVAdvancedEducationalPsychologybyS.S.Chauhan
ChapterVIContemporaryfieldsofPsychologyandExperimentsbyR.Rajamanickam
ChapterVIIPsychologyinlifebyZimbardoandRuck
SectionB
ChapterVIIItoIXSocialPsychologybyBaronandByrneAnyMilitaryPsychologyJournalofContemporaryPsychologycanalsobe
consulted
ChapterXIIEconomicDevelopmentandCulturalchangebyBradburnN.M.andBerlow,D.E.
ChapterXIIIXIVIndustrialOrganizational,EnvironmentalandSportPsychologybyJosh,R.Grow
ECONOMICS
OptionalinMainsSuggestedBooks
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2.
3.
4.
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21.
Lipsey&RichardG:IntroductiontoPositiveEconomics
KontsoyianniA:ModernMicroeconomics
Browning&Browning:MicroeconomicTheoryandApplication
GouldandLazear:P.MicroeconomicTheory
Maddala,G.S.andMillerE:Microeconomics,TheoryandApplications
Salvatore,Dominick:TheoryandProblemofMicroeconomics
BilasRichardA:MicroeconomicTheory
Pyndick,R.S.R.Robinfeld:Microeconomics
Shapiro,Edward:Macroeconomics
Dernburg,T.F:Macroeconomics,Theory&Practice
Forster:Macroeconomics
SoderstenandReed:InternationalEconomics
M.L.Jhingan:EconomicGrowthandDevelopment
UmaKapila:IndianEconomysinceIndependence
RudderDutt&Sundaram:IndianEconomy
I.C.Dhingra:IndianEconomicDevelopment
Journals
EconomicSurveyofIndia
Yojana
Kurukshetra
EconomicsandPoliticalWeekly
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