UPSC syllabus for prelims and mains is so broad that you need at least one year of full dedication to complete it. So many books and upsc resources are available in the market. Every publisher and institute claims that they provide you the best material for upsc exam which often left us confused. Here you will get Best UPSC booklist for IAS Prelims And Mains 2021 recommended by toppers.
In this blog, we will give you detailed information about UPSC Mains and Prelims Exam and best books for IAS Exam preparation. All these UPSC resources which we have mentioned in this article has been referred by IAS Toppers.
Best UPSC Booklist
First we will start with upsc booklist for prelims exam which has two exams: GS 1 and CSAT. Both these exams have negative marking and of objective type. Best books for UPSC IAS Prelims are listed below
There are two papers in Prelims (GS 1 and CSAT) and both are of objective type with negative marking. The best IAS books for Prelims are given below:
UPSC Booklist for IAS Prelims Exam
| Subject | UPSC Prelims Best Books Name |
|---|---|
| Geography | Certificate Physical Geography by G C Leong NCERT VI – X (Old Syllabus) NCERT XI, XII (New Syllabus) World Atlas (Orient Black Swan) |
| Indian Polity | Indian Polity – M Laxmikanth NCERT IX-XII |
| Economics | Indian Economy – Nitin Singhania Economic Development & Policies in India by Jain & Ohri NCERT XI |
| History | India’s Struggle for Independence by Bipan Chandra Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania NCERT XI (Ancient & Medieval) NCERT XII (Modern Indian History) |
| International Relations | NCERT XII (Contemporary World Politics) Current Affairs |
| Solved Papers | IAS General Studies Prelims Solved Papers by Vishal Publications |
| CSAT | Tata McGraw Hill CSAT Manual Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning by R S Aggarwal |
Best books for UPSC IAS Mains – Booklist by IAS Toppers
| Subject | UPSC Mains Best Books Name |
|---|---|
| Geography [GS Paper 1] | Geography of India – Majid Husain World Geography – Majid Husain World Atlas (Orient Black Swan) Certificate Physical and Human Geography – G C Leong Fundamentals of Physical Geography NCERT Class 11 |
| History, Indian Heritage & Culture [GS Paper 1] | Indian Art and Culture – Nitin Singhania India’s Struggle for Independence – Bipan Chandra India after Independence – Bipan Chandra History of Medieval India – Satish Chandra Ancient India – R.S Sharma |
| Economy [GS Paper 3] | Indian Economy by Nitin Singhania Environment and Disaster Management by Tata McGraw Hill Challenges to Internal Security of India by Ashok Kumar |
| Polity & International Relations [GS Paper 2] | Indian Polity – M. Laxmikanth Introduction to the Constitution of India – DD Basu International Relations: Pushpesh Pant |
| Ethics [GS Paper 4] | Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude for Civil Services Main Examination – Subba Rao and P.N. Roy Chaudary |
| Solved Papers | IAS General Studies Prelims Solved Papers by Vishal Publications |
Civil Services Mains Exam Details
| General studies | Topics covered | Total marks |
|---|---|---|
| General Studies Paper-I | Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society | 250 |
| General Studies Paper-II | Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations | 250 |
| General Studies Paper-III | Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management | 250 |
| General Studies Paper IV | Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude | 250 |
UPSC/IAS Optional Subjects List Books
| Subject | BookList |
|
AGRICULTURE
|
Agricultural Economics and Farm Management |
| Soil Science – D.K Das Or Brady | |
| Agronomy By Yellamananda Reddy | |
| Plant Breeding By B.D. Singh | |
| Genetics By B.D.Singh | |
| Physiology By Pandey & Singha | |
| Indroduction To Horticulture – Kumar | |
| Handbook Of Agriculture By ICAR | |
| Agricultural Extension Education in India | |
| Pathology – Singh | |
| Entomology – Vasantha Raj & David | |
| The Hindu – Survey Of Indian Agriculture | |
| Agriculture Statistics | |
| Special Issue of Agriculture by The Hindu | |
|
ANTHROPOLOGY
|
Paper I (Part I) (Upto Topic 7) |
| Beattie : Other Cultures | |
| Beals & Hoijer: An Introduction to Anthropology | |
| Haviland : An Introduction to Anthropology | |
| Vaid : Economy and Social Relations | |
| U.S. Mishra : An Introduction to Social-Cultural Anthropology (in Hindi) | |
| Mishra & Hasnain : Unifying Anthropology | |
| Honigman : The World of Man | |
| Herskovits : Cultural Anthropology | |
| Majumdar & Madan : An Introduction to Social Anthropology | |
| Sagar Preet : Basic Concepts in Sociology and Anthropology | |
| Abhik Ghosh : Meetings with the Other (on Fieldwork Techniques) | |
| Paper I (Part II) | |
| Harrison et. al : Human Biology | |
| Shukla & Rastogi : Physical Anthropology & Human Genetics | |
| Stein & Rowe : An Introduction to Physical Anthropology. | |
| Vaid & Pandey : Jaivik Manavshastra (in Hindi) | |
| B. Janusch : Origins of Man | |
| Virender Kumar : Evolution of Genus Homo | |
| Surender Nath : Forensic Anthropology | |
| Surender Nath : Nutritional Anthropology | |
| M. Harris : Rise of Anthropological Theory | |
| U.S. Misra : Anthropological Thought (in Hindi) | |
| Herskovits : Cultural Anthropology | |
| Booklet by Jawahar Publishers, New Delhi | |
| Paper II | |
| NCERT : Indian Society, Social Change | |
| Bhattacharya, D.K. : An Outline of Indian Prehistory | |
| Srinivas : Caste in India & Other Essays | |
| Srinivas : Social Change in Modern India | |
| Y. Singh : Modernisation of Indian Tradition | |
| Vidyarthi & Rai : Tribal Cultures of India | |
| N. Hasnain : Indian Anthropology | |
| N. Hasnain : Tribal India | |
| R.C. Verma : Indian Tribes | |
| Vaid : Who Cares for Tribal Development (Hindi & English) | |
| A.L. Basham : The Wonder that was India | |
| G.S. Bhatt : Bharatiya Samajik Vichar (in Hindi) | |
| Sagar Preet : Reservation for Backward Classes a Perspective | |
|
BOTANY
|
Cell Biology: De Robertis & Ambrose and Easy or Powar |
| Genetics : Strickberger or Vir Bala Rastogi | |
| Physiology and Biochemistry: Salisbury and Ross or Fritz and Noggle | |
| Ecology : Vir Bala Rastogi and M.S. Jayaraj and P.D. Singh | |
| Economic Botany: Kochar or Verma | |
| Microbiology : Powars’s two books on microbiology are more than enough. | |
| Pathology : Singh’s book along with a foreign author | |
| Cryptograms : B.R. Vasista (alage and fungi), P.C. Vashishta (Pteridophytes gymnosperms) Pandey and Trivedi (both volumes) | |
| Embryology : Bhojwani and Bhatnagar | |
| Plant Anatomy: Esau or B.P. Pandey | |
| Taxonomy: Nair along with Datta | |
|
CHEMISTRY
|
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY |
| Atomic Structure – Principle of physical chemistry – Puri, Sharma & Pathwa | |
| Advance Inorganic Chemistry – J.D. Lee | |
| Chemical Periodicity, Chemical bonding,Coordination compound- Maden, Malik, Tuli | |
| Theoretical principles of inorganic chemistry – G.S. Manku, | |
| Extradiction of metals, Principle of inorganic chemistry – Puri, Sharma, Jauhar. | |
| Rest all the chapters – An advance inorganic chemistry – J.D. Lee | |
| Pollution and its control – A text book of environmental chemistry and pollution – S.S. Dara. | |
| PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY | |
| Principals of Physical Chemistry (Gaseous state, Thermodynamics, Phase rule, solutions, Colligative properties, Electro Chemistry, Catalysis, Colloids) – Puri, | |
| Sharma & Pathawa | |
| Chemical kinetics – Advance physical chemistry – Gurdeep Raj | |
| Photo chemistry – A text book of physical chemistry (Vol. – IV) – K.L. Kapoor | |
| Advance physical chemistry – Gurdeep Raj | |
| ORGANIC CHEMISTRY | |
| Bonding and shape of organic molecules, Stereo chemistry of carbon compound – Reactions and reagents – O.P. Agarwal | |
| A guide to mechanism in organic chemistry – Peter Sykes | |
| Rest all the chapters – A text book of organic chemistry – Bahl & Bahl | |
|
CIVIL ENGINEERING
|
Engineering Mechanics – Shames |
| Mechanics for Engineers – B Johnson | |
| Engineering Mechanics – Mchean | |
| Limit State Design – Ram Chandra | |
| Surveying – Punmia | |
| Strength of Material – V. N. Vazaram | |
| Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering – A Singh and K R Arora | |
| Strength and Meterials -UC. Jindal | |
| Introduction to Mechanics of Solids | |
| Basic and applied Fluid Mechanics- Garde | |
| Strength of material – Gere and Timoshenko | |
| Concrete Technology – M.S. Shetty | |
| R.C.C. (WSM) – Shyal and Goyal | |
| R.C.C. (LSM) – A.K. Jain | |
| Steel Structure – L.S. Negi | |
| Soil Mechanics – K.R. Arora | |
| Fluid Mechanics – Modi & Seth | |
| Theory of Structure (Vol – II) – Vazirani and Ratwani | |
| Irrigation Engineering – S.K. Garg | |
| Prestress Concrete – N. Krishna Rajee | |
| Engineering Hydrology – K. Subramanya | |
|
COMMERCE
|
ACCOUNTING: |
| FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE ACCOUNTING–J.R.MONGA (CHAPTERS: 6-9) | |
| COST ACCOUNTING: | |
| FUNDAMENTALS OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING –ANTHONY & WELSCH (CHAPTERS: 1, 6-7,10,13) | |
| cost accounting; THEORY & problems–maheshwari & mittal (CHAPTERS: 1,5-9, 11,13-15) | |
| AUDITING: | |
| PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE OF AUDITING–DINKAR PAGARE (CHAPTERS: 1-3, 7-16, 20-22, Section -2) | |
| OR | |
| STUDENTS’ GUIDE TO AUDITING–TAXMANN (ARUNA JHA) (CHAPTERS: 1-2, 5-12, 16-17, 19,22) | |
| INCOME TAX: | |
| STUDENTS’ GUIDE TO Income Tax–v.K.Singhania | |
| (CHAPTERS: 2-16) | |
| OR | |
| Systematic approach to INCOME TAX –Girish Ahuja (CHAPTERS: 2-17) | |
| FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: | |
| FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT & POLICY– J.C.VAN HORNE (CHAPTERS: 5, 10,13) | |
| THEORY OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT–EZRA SOLOMON (CHAPTERS: 1-2) | |
| FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; TEXT & PROBLEMS–KHAN & JAIN (ALL CHAPTERS) | |
| FINANCIAL MARKETS & INSTITUTIONS: | |
| INDIAN FINANCIAL SYSTEM–M.Y.KHAN (CHAPTERS: 2-18) | |
| OR | |
| FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS & MARKETS–L.M.BHOLE (CHAPTERS: 1-13, 16-24) | |
| PERIODICALS | |
| 1. THE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT (JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA) | |
| 2. THE ECONOMIC SURVEY (GOVT. OF INDIA PUBLICATION) | |
| 3. FINANCIAL/BUSINESS SECTION OF THE TIMES OF INDIA OR ANY OTHER DAILY NEWSPAPER | |
|
ECONOMICS
|
An Introduction to Economics – A.W. Stonier and D.C. Hauge |
| Monetary Theory and Public Policy – Kenneth Kurihara | |
| Outline of Monetary Economics – A.C.I. Day | |
| Public Finance – H.L. Bhatia | |
| Modern Banking – R.S. Sayers | |
| Indian Economy – Mishra and Puri | |
| Macro Economic Analysis – Edward Shepiro | |
| Indian Economy – R. Dutt and KPM Sundaram | |
| Economic Growth and Development – Mayer and Baldwin | |
| Public Finance – K.K. Andley and Sundharam | |
| International Economics – Bo Soderston | |
| National Income Accounting – Bakerman | |
| Economics Choice – Koutsweanik | |
| Banking – S.B. Gupta | |
| International Trade – Bo Soderston | |
| The Economic Times and Economical and Political Weekly. | |
| Dictionary of Economics – Ghaham Bannock; T.E. Baxter, Ray Rees (Penguin) | |
| Economics (Read Relevant Chapters) – Paul A. Samuelson | |
| The Hindu: Survey of Agriculture & Survey of Industry | |
|
HISTORY
|
History of Modern India – Shekhar Bandopadhyaya/Bipan Chandra |
| India’s Struggle For Independence – Bipan Chandra and Others | |
| India’s Ancient Past – R.S. Sharma | |
| The Wonder That Was India – A.L. Basham | |
| Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas – Romila Thapar | |
| Medieval India : From Sultanat to Mughals – 1- Satish Chandra | |
| Medieveal India : From Sultanat to Mughals -2 – Satish Chandra | |
| Mastering Modern World History – Norman Lowe | |
| History of the World – Arjun Dev | |
|
LAW
|
Indian Penal Code |
| Autochthon Pillai | |
| Ratanlal Dhiraj Lal | |
| Merchantile Law | |
| R.K. Bangia | |
| Avatar Singh | |
| Pollack and Mulla | |
| Law of Tort | |
| Autochthon Pillai | |
| R.K. Bangia | |
| Winfield | |
| Constitutional Law | |
| V.N. Shukla | |
| S.K. Kapoor | |
| J.N. Pandey | |
| Jurisprudence | |
| P.K. Tripathi | |
| Dias | |
|
MANAGEMENT
|
Organisational Design: Khandwala; Madhukar Shukla |
| Organisational Behaviour: Luthans and Robbins- for some portions Blanchart is also good. | |
| Strategic Cost Management: Business Today supplements | |
| Economics : Any good economics book | |
| Management : Terry and Franklin; Koontz and Donnel; Koontz and Weihrich | |
| Strategic Management: Michael Porter | |
| Marketing : Kotler and any one Indian author book(Saxena/Ramaswami etc.) | |
| Financial : Pandey/Chandra/Khan & Jain/Bearley | |
| Operations: Adams/Taha | |
| HRD : Mammoria/Monappa/Prasad/Flippo | |
|
MATHEMATICS
|
Paper-I |
| Linear Algebra – K.C. Prasad, K B Datta | |
| Calculus – Santhi Narayan | |
| Analytic Geometry – Shantinarayan, HC Sinha, DK Jha and Sharma | |
| Ordinary Differential eqs:- MD Raising Lumina, Golden seris-NP Bali | |
| Dynamics, Statitics and Hydrostatics – M.Ray | |
| Vector analysis – Shantinarayan | |
| Paper-II | |
| Algebra – K C Prasad, KB Datta | |
| Real Analysis – Shantinarayan,Royden | |
| Complex Analysis – GK Ranganath | |
| Linear Programming – SD sharma | |
| Partial Diff.eqs. – Singhania | |
| Numerical analysis and Computer Progg. – V. Rajaraman, SS Shasri | |
| Mechanics & Fluid dynamics – AP Mathur, Azaroff leonid | |
|
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
|
Principles of Electronics – V.K. Mehta |
| Radio Engineering – G.K. Mithal | |
| Circuit Analysis – Gupta Electrical Technology – Thereja | |
| Electrical Power – Star | |
| Physics of Semiconductor Devices – Sze | |
| Automatic Control System – Kuo | |
| Elements of Engineering Electromagnetics – Rao | |
| Electromagnetic Waves and Radiating System – Jordan & Balmain | |
| Modern Central Engineering – Ogata | |
| Electromagnetic Waives and Field – R.N. Singh | |
| Control Systems Engineering – Nagrath Gopal | |
| Semi Conductor – Nagchoudhary | |
| Integrated Circuits – D. Roy Choudhary | |
| Network Analysis – Valkenbury | |
| Basic Current Analysis – Murthy | |
| Topics in Communication Theory – David Middleton | |
|
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
|
Fundamentals of Classed Thermodynamics – Van Wylen |
| Heat Transfer – Gupta Prakash | |
| Heat and Mass Transfer – R. Yadav | |
| Energy Conversion – Sukhalmoy | |
| Environmental Pollution Central Engineering – C S Rao | |
| Surveying and Levelling – T P Kanetakar | |
| Heat Conversion – Arora & Kundwar | |
| Manufacturing Science – R K Jain | |
| Thermodynamics – R Yadav Theory of Mechanics – S S Rattan | |
| Theory of Mechanism and Mechanics – Jagdish Lal. | |
| Mechanic of Solids – Popru | |
| Manufacturing Science – Ghosh and Malik | |
| Manufacturing Technology – P N Rao | |
| Production Manangement – R K Jain | |
| Principles of Manufacturing Material & Process – Campbeu | |
|
MEDICAL SCIENCE
|
Anatomy – Megraper or Snell |
| Human Anatomy (3 Vol.) – Chaurasia | |
| Medical Physiology – Gyston | |
| Human Physiology – Chatterjee | |
| Pathology – Muirs or Robbins | |
| Review in Bio-chemistry – Harper | |
| Heinmann Medical Dictionary – Janife | |
| Heinmann Dental Dictionary – Lennox | |
| Microbiology – Anand Narayan or Chatterjee | |
| Principal and Practice of Medicines – Davidson | |
| Social and Preventive Medicine(SPM) – Park & Park | |
| Surgery – Love and Bailey | |
| Essentials of Bio-chemistry – M C Pant | |
|
PHILOSOPHY
|
Dr. C.D. Sharma (Indian Philosophy) |
| Dr. Deo Raj (Indian Philosophy) | |
| Dr. Ya Mashiha (Western Philosophy) | |
| Dr. Daya Krishna (Western Philosophy) | |
| Dr. Franckena Thilly (Western Philosophy) | |
| Dr. B.K. Lal (Contemporary Western Philosophy) | |
| Dr. Irvin M. Copi | |
| Dr. Divakar Pathak (Indian Ethic) | |
| Dr. Dr. V.P. Verma (Western Ethic) | |
| Dr. B.N. Singh (Ethics) | |
| Lilly (Ethics) | |
| By Franckena Thilly | |
| Dr. C.D. Sharma | |
| Dr. Dayakrishna | |
| Dr. Ya Mashiha | |
| Dr. B.K. Lal 6. Dr. Lakshmi Saxena | |
| Dr. C.D. Sharma | |
| Dr. Deo Raj | |
| Dr. Hiriyanna | |
| Dr. Radha Krishnan | |
| Ashok Verma (Symbolic logic) | |
| Dr. J.P. Sood Vol IV 2.Dr. Shiv Bhanu Singh | |
| Dr. Gauba | |
| Dr. Ya Mashiha | |
| John Hick | |
| Dr. V.P. Verma | |
| Six ways of knowing by D.M. Datta. | |
|
PHYSICS
|
Classical Mechnism -Gupta, Kumar & Sharma – Takewale & Puranik -H.Goldstein |
| Mechanics – Kleppner & Kolenkov -D.S. Mathur | |
| Wave/Spl.Relatively – D.S. Mathur/Kleppner&Kolenkov | |
| Special Relativity-R.Resnic -Gupta & Goyal | |
| Optics-Ajay Ghatak-B.S. Agarwal | |
| Electrodyanamics – David Griffiths | |
| EM Theory -Chopra&Agarwal/Satya Prakash | |
| Thermal Physics – P.K Chakraborty – Satya Prakash, Singhal & Agarawal -Statistical Physics -B.B laud | |
| Quantum Physics- Resnick & Eisberg | |
| Concept of Mordern Physics – Arthut Bevser | |
| Quantum Mechanics -Ghatak & Loknathan/Chatwal & Anand/Satya Prakash | |
| Atomic & Molecular Spectra -Rajkumar | |
| Nuclear Physics -S.B Patel | |
| Solid State Physics -Kittel | |
| Electronics -Allon Mottershed | |
| Objective Physics -H.C. Verma/TMH | |
|
PSYCHOLOGY
|
Psychology XI & XII Std NCERT |
| Introduction to Psychology Morgan & King | |
| Psychology Robert A Baron | |
| Social Psychology Baron & Byrne | |
| The Psychology of Small Groups Shaw | |
| Inner World Sudhir Kakar | |
| Achieving Society David McClelland | |
| Theories of Personality Hall & Lindzey | |
| Systems & Theories of Psychology Krawiec & Chaplin | |
| Abnormal Psychology & Modern Life James.C. Coleman | |
|
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
|
Paper I: |
| Chapter-I: Introduction | |
| Mohit Bhattacharya: New Horizons of Public Administration | |
| Nicholas Henry : Public Administration and Public Affairs | |
| Special Issues of Indian Journal of Public Administration | |
| Chapter-II: Theories of Administration | |
| D. Ravindra Prasad, V.S. Prasad and P. Satyanarayana : Administrative Thinkers | |
| D. Gvishiani Organisation and Management: A Critique of Western Theories. | |
| Chapter-III: Structure of Public Organisations : | |
| R.K. Jain : Public Sector Undertakings; and | |
| Mohit Bhattacharya : New Horizons of Public Administration | |
| Chapter-IV: Administrative Behaviour | |
| Paul Hersey : Organisational Behaviour | |
| OR | |
| Stephen P. Robbin : Organisational Behaviour | |
| Chapter-V: Accountability and Control: | |
| Mohit Bhattacharya : New Horizons of Public Administration | |
| Special Issues of Indian Journal of Public Administration on Accountability | |
| Chapter-VI: Administrative Law: | |
| Massey :Administrative Law | |
| OR | |
| M.P. Jain :Administrative Law | |
| Chapter-VII: Administrative Reforms: | |
| P.R. Dubbashi : Administrative Reforms | |
| G.E. Gaiden :Administrative Reforms | |
| Chapter-VIII: Comparative Public Administration: | |
| Ferrel Heady : Public Administration-A Comparative Perspective | |
| OR | |
| R.K. Arora : Comparative Public Administration | |
| Chapter-IX: Development Administration: | |
| Ferrel Heady : Public Administration – A Comparative Perspective | |
| OR | |
| R.K. Arora : Comparative Public Administration | |
| Chapter-X: Public Policy : | |
| IGNOU Lessons on Public Policy | |
| R. K. Sapra : Public Policy | |
| Chapter-XI: Personnel Administration: | |
| O Glenn :Stahl : Public Personnel Administration | |
| S. L. Goel : Personnel Administration in India. | |
| Chapter-XII: Financial Administration | |
| M. J. K. Thavaraj :Public Financial Administration | |
| OR | |
| G.S. Lal :Financial Administration in India | |
| IGNOU Lessons on Financial Administration | |
| Paper II: | |
| Chapter-I: Evolution of Indian Administration | |
| B.N. Puri Administrative History of India (Vol. I, II and III) | |
| Chapter-II: Constitutional Framework | |
| D. D. Basu An Introduction to the Constitution of India | |
| Chapter-III: Union Government and Administration | |
| A. Avasthi Central Administration | |
| Chapter-IV: State Government and Administration | |
| J.D. Shukla State Administration | |
| Chapter-V: District Administration | |
| T.N. Chaturvedi District Administration; and | |
| Special Issue of Indian Journal of Public Administration on District Administration | |
| Chapter-VI: Local Government | |
| S.R. Maheswari Local Government in India | |
| Chapter-VII: Public Sector in India | |
| R. K. Jain Public Sector Undertakings | |
| Annual Survey on Public Sector of Department of Public Enterprises | |
| Chapter-VIII: Public Services | |
| S.L. Goel Personnel Administration in India | |
| Chapter-IX: Control of Public Expenditure | |
| M. J. K. Thavaraj Financial Administration | |
| IGNOU Lessons on Financial Administration | |
| Chapter-X: Administrative Reforms | |
| P.R. Dubbashi Administrative Reforms | |
| S. R. Maheswari Administrative Reforms | |
| Special Issue of Indian Journal of Public Administration on Administrative Reforms | |
| Chapter-XI: Machinery for Planning | |
| A. Avasthi Central Administration | |
| Chapter-XII: Administration of Law and Order | |
| K. K. Sharma Law and Order Administration in India | |
| K. J. Guha Roy, District Policing | |
| Chapter-XIII: Welfare Administration | |
| Annual Reports of Department of Social Welfare | |
| Chapter-XIV: Major Issues in Indian Administration | |
| Special Issue of Indian Journal Public Administration on Indian Administration, Retrospect and Prospect and on Good Governance. | |
|
POLITICAL SCIENCE
|
Paper I Section A |
| (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 | |
| (a) Modern Political Theory —S.P. Verma | |
| (b) Modern Political Theory —Madan Gandhi | |
| (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 | |
| (a) Comparative Govt. & Politics —J.C. Johri | |
| (a) Comparative Govt. & Politics —Ronald Chilkote | |
| (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 | |
| (a) Theoretical aspects of International Politics | |
| —Mahendra Kumar | |
| (b) Politics among Nations —Morganthu | |
| (c) International Politics —Schuman | |
| Paper II Section B | |
| (a) International Politics —Bookhives | |
| (b) Regular issues of Frontline & World Focus (magazine) | |
|
SOCIOLOGY
|
Paper I |
| Herton and Hunt, Sociology, Mcgraw- Hill International, Singapore 1984 | |
| Abrahamson Mark, Urban Sociology, Prentice-Hall Inc, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1980 | |
| Haris C. C., The Sociology Enterprises : A Disscussion of Fundamental Concept, St. Martin Press Inc., New York, 1980 | |
| Wilson John, Introduction to Social Movements, Basic Books, NY , 1998. | |
| Hamilton , Malcom, B. The Sociology of Religion, Routledge, London , 1995. | |
| Williams, Malcom, Science and Social Science : An Introduction, Routledge, London , 2000. | |
| D.K.S. Roy, Social Development and the Empowerment of Mariginalised Groups: Perspectives and Strategies, Sage, New Delhi – 2001 | |
| Harris C.C., The Family, Allen and Unwin, London – 1977 | |
| Andreas Hess, Concept of Social Stratification, European and American Models, Palgrave, Houndmills, NY , 2001 | |
| Giddens, Anthony, Capitalisation and Modern Social Theory, University Press Cambridge, 1971 | |
| Smelser, N.J.The Sociology of Economic Life, Prentice Hall, New Delhi – 1988. | |
| Haralombos, M, and Heald, R,M. Sociology : Themes and Perspectives, Oxford. Delhi – 1980. | |
| Randall Collins, Theoretical Sociology, Harcourt Brace and Company, Florida, 1996. | |
| Bottomore. T.B. Sociology : A GFuide of problem and Literature Allen and Unwin, London – 1972. | |
| Etzioni, Amitali, Modern Organization, Prentice Hall, NY, 1995 | |
| Cuff, Sharrock, and Francis, Perrspective in Sociology, Routledge, NY 1995 | |
| Paper II | |
| Mandelbaum, David, Society in India, University of California, Press Berkreley, 1970 | |
| Srivnivas M N Caste in Modern India and Other Essays, Asia Publishing House, Bombay -1962 | |
| Srinivas M N Social Change in Modern India, Berkeley,University of California Press 1966. | |
| Srinivas and Shah, The Myth of the self sufficiency of the Indian Village, The Economic weekly, 12:1375-1378 | |
| Beteille Andre, The idea of Natural, Inequality and other Essays, Oxford, Delhi – 1987. | |
| Beteille Andre Sociology, Oxford, New Delhi – 2002 | |
| Beteille Andre, Essay in Contemporary Sociology, Oxford, Delhi – 1987. | |
| Singh Yogender Cultural Change in India, Rawat, Jaipur, 2002. | |
| Beteille Andre, Social Inequality of Indian Penguine, London, 1978. | |
| Singh Yogender, Modernization of Indian Tradition, Thompson Press, New Delhi – 1973. | |
| Unnithan T K , Indra Dev and Singh, Y, (eds) Towards a Sociology of Culture in India, Prentice Hall, new Delhi – 1965. | |
| Gupta, Dipasnkar, Interrograting Caste, Penguine, New Delhi – 2000. | |
| Shah A M Family in Contempory India, Orient Longman, New Delhi – 2001. | |
| Chandrani and Chandrani, Essay in Rural Sociology, Rawat, Jaipur -2000. | |
| Desai, Neera, and Krishnaraj, Women and Society in India,New Delhi – 1990. | |
| Singer Milton and Cohen B.S. Structure and chasnge in Indian Society, Weener Grin Foundation for Anthropological Research 1968. | |
| Sharma K L (ed) Sociolo Inequilities in Indian , Profiles of Caste Class, Power and Sociol Mobility, Rawat, Jaipur 19945. | |
| Gallenter Masrc, Competing, Inequalities, Oxford, NY 1998. | |
| Joshi, P C Sociol Science and Development: Quest for Relevence, Hasr-Anand Publication, Delhi 1995. | |
|
STATISTICS
|
An Introduction to Probability Theory & Mathematical Statistics by V K Rohtagi |
| Fundamentals of Statistics (2 Vol.) by A M Goon, M K Gupta and B Dass Gupta | |
| Introductory Probability and Statistical Applications by Paul Meyer | |
| Sampling Techniques by William G. Cochran | |
| Sampling Theory of Surveys with applications by B. V Sukhatme & B V Sukhatme | |
| An Outline of Statistical Theory (2 Vol.) by A M Goon, M K Gupta and B .Dass Gupta | |
| Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics by A C Gupta and V K Kapoor | |
| Fundamentals of Applied Statistics by S C Gupta and V K Kapoor | |
|
URDU
|
Paper I |
| Urdu ki Lisani Tashkil by Mirza Khalil Ahmad Beg | |
| Mokqadwa; Tarikh-e-Zuban-e-Urdu by Prof. Maswood Husain Khan | |
| Ansaf-e-SuKhan aur Sher Haiyyaten by Shamian Ahmed | |
| Paper II | |
| Urdu Shairi ka Tauqidi Mutala by Suenbul Nigar | |
| Urdu Nasr ka Tauqidi Mutala by Suenbul Nigar | |
| Urdu Adab Ki Tarikh by Noorul Hasan Naqvi | |
| Cell and molecular bilogy by De Robertis, C.B. Powar | |
| Comparative anatomy of vertebrate zoology – Kent | |
| Animal physiology by H.R. Singh, Vander | |
| Biochemistry by Harper, Leninger, Stryer, Rao | |
| Embryology by Balinsky, A.K. Berry, Vir Bala Rastogi | |
| Organic evolution by Veer Bala Rastogi | |
| Genetics by P.K. Gupta, Gardner, Ahluwalia, Vir Bala Rastogi | |
| Invertebrates by R.L. Kotpal, Nigam, Jordan | |
| Vertebrates by R.L. Kotpal, Nigam, Jordan and Varma | |
| Ecology by P.D. Sharma, Odum, Vir Bala Rastogi and M.S. Jayaraj, Kotpal and Bali | |
| Economic Zoology by Shukla and Upadhaya, Kotpal- Khetrapal – Aggarwal | |
| Ethology by Reena Mathur, Magazines like Science Reporter, Nature | |
| General Zoology by Storer and Usurger | |
| Physiology by H.R. Singh | |
| Evolution by Vir Bala Rastogi | |
| A Dictionary of Entomology by Leftwich |
This blog will provide you Best books for UPSC IAS Prelims And Mains 2021 and Book List For UPSC/IAS Optional Subjects recommended by toppers. Hope you search for best material for IAS exam preparation has come to an end.
