GS, Geography and Public Administration Book List

REFERENCE BOOKS FOR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION: 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

Suggested Geography Books for IAS
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.

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

Public Administration Books for IAS

Reference Books For Preliminary Examination Pub AD
1. Indian Administration
- Ramesh K. Arora & Rajni Goyal.
2. Indian Administration
- S.R. Maheswari.
3. Administrative Theory
- Avasti & Avasti
4. Public Administration
- Avasti & Maheswari.
5. Administrative Thinkers
- R. Prasad and Prasad.
6. Administrative Thinkers
- S.R. Maheswari.
7. Public Administration - Sadan and Sharma 8. Local Government - S.R. Maheswari. 9. New Horizons of Public Administration - Mohit Bhattacharya. 10. Public Administration Theory and concepts - Rumki Basu 11. Public Administration (Manual) (TATA MC Graw Hill) - Laxmikanth. 12. Indian Constitution - D.D. Basup (or) Pandey. 13. Public Administration and Public Affairs - Nicholas Henry. 14. Modern Public Administration - Nigro and Nigro.

General Reference Books for Public Administration
To put the subject in its proper context the historical development (evolution of public administration discipline) of the subject should be studied with great emphasis.

• Public administration in theory and practice - M.P. Sharma and B.L Sadan
• Public administration - Mohit Bhattacharya
• Modern public administration - Nigro and Nigro
• Theories and principles of administration : Administrative thinkers - Prasad & Prasad
• Principles of management - Terry and Frankline
• Administrative Behaviors: Managing organizational behavior - Paul Hersey & Kenneth Blanchard
• Personal Administration - Public personal administration - O. Glennstal
• Financial administration: Financial administration of India - M.J.K. Thavaray
• Comparative administration : public administration a comparative perspective - Ferrel Heady or Comparative public administration - Ramesh
• Control over administration : Public administration - Avasthi & Maheswari
• Central administration in India: Central administration - A. Avasthi
• Civil Services in India : Indian administration - S.R. Maheswari, State
• District and local administration: State administration - J.D. Shukla
• District administration -- S. S. Khera
• Local Government in India - S.R. Maheshwari
• Laxmikant's guide (for clearing conepts)
• IGNOU Study Materials
• IJPA articles on relevant topics
• Current News Papers