Tips: Some Reading Books List For Preliminary Examination: 

For Public Administration preliminary:

• Public Administration - S.R. Mageshwari
• Indian Administration - Ramesh K. Arora
• Indian Constitution - D.D. Basu
• Public Administration - Nicholas Henry
• Public Administration - Lakshmi Kanth For general studies mains
• Modern History - Spectrum
• Economics - Class notes,economics survey,uma kapila (for reference only)
• Polity - Lakshmi Kanth
• Science & Technology - Class Notes
• Statistics - Spectrum Guide
• Geography - Class Notes
• Current Affairs – HINDU & Class notes

For History:

• NCERT – For Ancient / Medieval / Modern
• Ancient India – Krishna Reddy Guide
• Medieval – Sathish Chandra Volume I & II
• Modern – Bibin Chandra , Grover & Grover

For Sociology:

• Dictionary – William Peter. Scott
• Dictionary – OXFORD
• Dictionary – Duncken & Mitchell
• IGNOU – All booklets
• Spectrum – Just for Reference
• Class Notes – Compulsory
• Hand Outs given in Class
• NCERT – XI , XII (Selected Pages Only)
• Haralombos > 6th to 10th Science and Social Science
• 11th and 12th History, Geography, Economy, Science, Political Science, Statistics, commerce, Indian Culture and Ethics
• Previous years Question Bank
• TATA MCGRAWHILL General studies Guide (For solving the Questions)
• Any Group – I Guide

For General Studies:

• History – Ancient , Medieval and modern History -NCERT 10th , 11th&12th
• Modern History - Krishna Reddy Guide
• Economics - Class notes, Prathiyogitha Darpan, economic survey
• Geography - 11th to 12th NCERT
• Certificate Physical
• Geography coaching
• Science - 9th & 10th NCERT
• Mental ability - R.S Agarwal
• Polity - Lakshmi Kanth
• Current Affairs - Hindu
• General knowledge –India year book, manorama year book

Books List For Mains