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OPTIONALS – BOOK LISTS
Below is lists for various optional subjects of UPSC Civil Services Mains Examination. As far as possible we have avoided the temptation to give a list of large number of books for each optional. We believe that repeated reading of few standard texts is good for aspirants.
1 - GEOGRAPHY
Paper-I
Physical Geography – Majid Hussain/ Savindra Singh
Modern Physical Geography – Strahler and Strahler (Optional)
Certificate Physical and Human Geography – Goh Cheng Leong
Physical Geography Made Simple – Rupa Publication
Dictionary of Physical Geography – Penguin
Evolution of Geographical Thought – Majid Hussain
Economic and Social Geography Made Simple – Rupa Publication
Models in Geography – Majid Hussain
Dictionary of Human Geography
Oxford Student Atlas
Paper-II
India – A Comprehensive Geography – Khullar
Regional Planning in India – Mahesh Chand
India Year Book – Publication Division
Yojana and Kurukshetra Magazines
2 - PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Indian Public Administration – Arora and Goyal
Public Administration In India 1st Edition – Maheshwari
Public Administration In India – B L Fadia (optional)
Public Administration – Laxmikant
Administrative Thinkers – Prasad and Prasad
New Horizons of Public Administration – Mohit Bhattacharya
Public Administration – Fadia and Fadia
Public Administration and Public Affairs 12th Edition – Nicholas Henry
Essentials Of Organizational Behaviour10th Edition – Robbins, Sanghi and Judge
3-- 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
4----SOCIOLOGY
PAPER-I
Sociology – Anthony Giddens
Sociology – Harlombos and Holborn
Sociological Thought – Francis Abraham and John Henry Morgan
Political Theory – O P Gauba
PAPER-II
Social Change in India – M N Srinivas
Modernization of Indian Tradition – Yogendra Singh
Handbook of Indian Sociology – Veena Das
Indian Society and Culture – Nadeem Hasnain
Rural Sociology – Doshi and Jain
Social Background of Indian Nationalism – A R Desai
5----ECONOMICS
Paper-I
Microeconomics – Ahuja and Koutsyansis
Macroeconomics – Ahuja and Mankiw
International Economics – Salvatore and M.C Vaish
Public Finance – Lekhi, Balton and Bhatia
Money and Banking – Gupta and Ahuja
RBI Website
For Growth and Development ,I followed Mishra and Puri .There is another book by Lekhi /Debraj Ray-Development Economics .
Paper-II
Indian Economy – Mishra and Puri, Dutt and Sundaram, Uma Kapila, Economic Survey, EPW, RBI
Any One Business Newspaper – ET, The Economist or Financial Express
6----POLITICAL SCIENCE
A History Of Political Thought: Plato To Marx – Mukherjee and Susheela Ramaswamy
Introduction to Political Theory – O P Gauba
Politial Theory – Rajeev Bhargava
Politics – Heywood
Global Politics – Heywood
International Relations -Khanna
Foundations of Indian Political Thought – V R Mehta
Introduction to the Constitution of India – D D Basu
India’s Struggle For Idependence – Bipan Chandra
Indian Government and Politics – B L Fadia
Does The Elephant Dance? Contemporary India Foreign Policy – Malone
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