:: Political Science ::  

:: Prelims ::
1. Political Theory —Eddy Ashirvatham
2. Political Theory—O.P. Gauba
3. Political Theory—Amal Ray, Mohit Bhattacharya.
4. Comparative Politics —R. Chilkote
5.Political Theory —Amal Ray & Mohit Bhattachary.
6.Introduction to Indian Constitution —D.D. Basu
7.India's Struggle for Independence —Bipan Chandra.
8. Introduction to Indian constitution —D.D. Basu.
9. Our Parliament —S.C. Kashyap
10. Our Constitution —S.C. Kashyap
11. Comparative Govt. & Politics — V.N. Khanna
12. Comparative Govt. & Politics —K.R. Bombwal

:: Mains ::
Paper I Section A
1.(a) A History of Political thought
—Subrata Mukherjee, Susheela Ramaswamy
(b) A History of Political thought —J.P. Suda
(c) For Manu & Kautilya : Foundations of Indian Political thought
— V.R. Mehta
2.(a) Modern Political Theory —S.P. Verma
(b) Modern Political Theory —Madan Gandhi
3.(a) Political Theory —Eddy Ashirvatham
(b) Political Theory —J.C. Johri
(c) Political Theory —Ray & Bhattacharya
(d) Political Theory —O.P. Gauba

Paper I Section B
1.(a) Comparative Govt. & Politics —J.C. Johri
(a) Comparative Govt. & Politics —Ronald Chilkote
2.(a) Modern Indian Political Thinkers —V.P. Verma
(b) Foundations of Indian Political Thought —V.R. Mehta
(c) Indian Govt. and Politics —A.S. Narang
(c) Indian Govt. and Politics —J.R. Siwach
(c) Indian Govt and Politics —M.P. Singh, Himanshu Roy
(d) Politics in India —Rajani Kothari
(e) Govt. and Politics of India —W.H. Morris Jones

Paper II Section A
1.(a) Theoretical aspects of International Politics
—Mahendra Kumar
(b) Politics among Nations —Morganthu
(c) International Politics —Schuman
Paper II Section B
1.(a) International Politics —Bookhives
(b) Regular issues of Frontline & World Focus (magazine)

Majority of Books referred for both mains and Prelims Syllabus are availabe in Hindi Medium (Good one is Fadia) also. 

SOME SUGGESTED READINGS FOR YOU :

by Subhash C Kashyap --- 
1. Our Constitution  
2. Our Parliament 
3. Perspective on Constitution (ED)

by P.M Bakshi --  
1.Constitution

by D.D. Basu -- 
1. Introduction to the Constitution

Others 
IIPA Journal 
The Hindu 
Frontline

SUGGESTED READINGS TOPIC WISE :

Political Theory and Indian Politics

• George H. Sabine ( Western political theory)
• Eddy Ashrivatham (Political theory)
• C.L. Wayper (Political thought)
• O.P. Gauba (An introduction to political thought)
• R.M. Bhagat (Western political thought)
• Amal Roy and Mohit Bhattacharya (political theory, ideas and institutions)
• S.P. Varma (Modern political theory)
• J.C. Jauhary (Comparative politics)
• A.S. Sandhu (Political theory)
• Pukharaj Jain (Political thought)

Indian Constitution And Politics

• M.V. Paylee (Indian Constitution)
• D.D Basu (An introduction to Indian constitution)
• V.N. Shukla (Constitution of India, couple of chapters are really relevant)
• A.C. Kapoor (Comparative Governments)
• V.P. Varma (Indian political theory)
• K.R. Bombwal (Comparative constitutions)
• Bipin Chandra (Freedom struggle)
• Simit Sarkar (Modern India)
• A.R. Desai (Social background of Indian Nationalism)
• Paul Brass (Politics in India since independence)
• Independent India : First Fifty Years - Hiranyamay Kelkar
• Indian foreign policy agenda for 21st century (1998 Foreign service institute) - Lalit Mansingh
• India's foreign policy in a changing world (1999) - V.P. Dutt
• People's right and the state in the third world - Manjooran Mohanty & Partha Mukherjee
• World politics in the twentieth century - Paul Kenedy
• Nuclear India (1998) Jasjit Singh

Suggested Readings For Prelims

Section A:  
1.(a) (b) (c) 'Political Theory', —Eddy Ashirvatham 
'Political Theory' —O.P. Gauba 
'Political Theory' —Amal Ray, Mohit Bhattacharya. 
 
2.(a) (b) (c) As above 
(d) 'Comparative Politics' —R. Chilkote 
 
Section B: 
1.Political Theory —Amal Ray & Mohit Bhattachary. 
2.Introduction to Indian Constitution —D.D. Basu 
3.(a) India's Struggle for Independence —Bipan Chandra. 
(b) Introduction to Indian constitution —D.D. Basu. 
(c) Our Parliament —S.C. Kashyap 
(d) Our Constitution —S.C. Kashyap 
(e) Comparative Govt. & Politics — V.N. Khanna 
(f) Comparative Govt. & Politics —K.R. Bombwal

Suggested Readings For Mains

Paper I Section A  
1.(a) A History of Political thought 
—Subrata Mukherjee, Susheela Ramaswamy 
(b) A History of Political thought —J.P. Suda 
(c) For Manu & Kautilya : Foundations of Indian Political thought — V.R. Mehta 
2.(a) Modern Political Theory —S.P. Verma 
(b) Modern Political Theory —Madan Gandhi 
3.(a) Political Theory —Eddy Ashirvatham 
(b) Political Theory —J.C. Johri 
(c) Political Theory —Ray & Bhattacharya 
(d) Political Theory —O.P. Gauba 
 
Paper I Section B 
1.(a) Comparative Govt. & Politics —J.C. Johri 
(a) Comparative Govt. & Politics —Ronald Chilkote 
2.(a) Modern Indian Political Thinkers —V.P. Verma 
(b) Foundations of Indian Political Thought —V.R. Mehta 
(c) Indian Govt. and Politics —A.S. Narang 
(c) Indian Govt. and Politics —J.R. Siwach 
(c) Indian Govt and Politics —M.P. Singh, Himanshu Roy 
(d) Politics in India —Rajani Kothari 
(e) Govt. and Politics of India —W.H. Morris Jones 
 
Paper II Section A 
1.(a) Theoretical aspects of International Politics —Mahendra Kumar 
(b) Politics among Nations —Morganthu 
(c) International Politics —Schuman 
 
Paper II Section B 
1.(a) International Politics —Bookhives 
(b) Regular subscription of Frontline & World Focus (magazine) 
 
Majority of Books referred for both mains and Prelims Syllabus are availabe in HIndi Medium also.

By: PRAKASH JHA