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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. V. 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.
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
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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