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References for General Studies

1) Indian History and Culture:

Ancient, Medieval and Modern History Books of NCERT

History of Ancient India: D.N. Jha

Advanced History of India: Roychaudhary, Majumdar

Freedom Struggle: Bipin Chandra

Wonder that was India: A.L. Basham

Books of Publications Division Indian Polity

Our Constitution : Subhash Kashyap

Our Parliament: Subhash Kashyap

Indian Constitution: D.D. Basu

Journals: Frontline, Economic and Political Weekly

News Paper: The Hindu, Indian Express etc.

2) Geography:

India Year Book

NCERT Books

Book by Khullar

Human Geography: Majid Hussain

Population Report

Yojana, Kurukshetra and other journals and News Papers

General Geography: Chronicle Books

Chronicle Year Books

3) Indian Economy:

Indian Economy: Datta and Sundaram

Indian Economy: Mishra and Puri

Sarvay of Indian Economy

Yojana, Hindu, Economic and Political Weekly

General Geography: Chronicle Books

Chronicle Year Book

4) Issues of Social Importance:

Social Issues: Chronicles

Yojana, Kurukshetra, The Hindu, Civil Services Chronicles

Social Welfare: Magazine published by Ministry of Social Welfare.

5) India and World:

World Focus, Economic and Political Weekly

Frontline, The Hindu, Civil Services Chronicle

6) General Science, Science and Technology:

NCERT Books

The Human Machine

Ecology and Environment – Chronicle Books

Science and Technology in India

India Year Book

Articles appearing in Yojana

Science Reporter

Civil Services Chronicles

7) Statistics:

Statistics: S.G. Gupta

v Books for Optional Papers:

8) Books for World History:

NCERT – Contemporary World 12th Class.

Mukherjee Volume 1 and 2

Burn and Lee volume 1 and 2

David Thompson – From Napoleon to World Wars.

9) Ancient Indian History:

NCERT : R.S. Sharma

Wonder that was India: Al Basham

Ancient India: Romila Thaper

Indian Feudalism: R.S. Sharma

Ancient Indian History: Jha Shrimali

Carrier Plus PT and Main Notes

10) Medieval History:

NCERT: Satishchandra 11th Class

Wonder that was India

Irfan Habib part 1 to 6 or N.C. Varma

Satish Chandra 1 and 2

Carrier Plus notes on PT and Mains

11) Modern India

Bipin Chandra 12th Class

V.D. Mahajan

Modern India: Yashpal Grover

Modern India and Editorial: Vipin Chandra

Modern India: Sumit Sarkar

Carrier Plus Notes on PT and Mains.

12) Geography:

Geography through Maps : Ensemble

The Earths Dynamic Surface Geomorphology – K. Siddhartha and Savindra Singh/Lal

Oceanography : A Brief Intro – K. Siddhartha

Oceanography for Geographers : Sharma and Vetal

Biosphere : A Geography of Life : K. Siddhartha

Environmental Geography : Savindra Singh

Population Geography : Chandana

Human Geography: Majid Hussain

Economic Geography: Theories, Process and Patterns: K. Siddhartha

India A Physical Aspects: K. Siddhartha

India a Comprehensive Geography: Khullar

Nation, State, Territory and Geopolitics: K. Siddhartha

13) References for Sociology:

NCERT 11th and 12th

Modernization of Indian Tradition: Prof. Yogendra Singh

Social Change in India: Prof. Yogendra Singh

Social Change in Modern India: M.N. Srinivas

Introduction to Social Anthropology: Majumdar

Indian Society: David Mandalbaum

Social Theory: Charles Lanert

IGNOU Notes of M.A. Sociology.

14) Public Administration:

Public Administration in Theory and Practice: Sharma and Sadana

New horizons of Public Administration: Mohit Bhattacharya

Indian Administration: R.K. Arora and Rajani Goyal

Indian Administration: B.L. Fadia

15) Political Science:

Political Theory: Eddy Asivathum

Western Political thought: J.P. Sood

Indian Government and Politics: A.C. Narang and B.L. Fadia

Indian Constitution: D.D. Basu

India’s Foreign Policy: T.N. Dixit

Power Politics- A global map for new Millennium: Dr. S.K. Singh

The World in Transition: Dr. S.K. Singh

16) Philosophy:

Introduction to Indian Philosophy: Dutta and Chaterjee

Introduction to Indian Philosophy: C.D. Sharma

A History of Philosophy: Frank Thilly

Religious Philosophy: Y. Misih

Philosophy of Religion: Galloway

Political Theories: O.P. Gupta