Upsc Optional Subjects

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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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