REFERENCE BOOKS LIST FOR CIVIL SERVICES

GENERAL STUDIES

1. An Introduction to the Constitution of India - D.D.Basu
2. Our Contitution - Subhash Kashyap
3. Biology for VIII-X Std - NCERT
4. Physics for VIII-X Std - NCERT
5. Chemistry for VIII-X Std - NCERT
6. Anatomy & Physiology - Evelyn Pearce
7. Know your body - Reader's Digest
8. An Evolution of Indian Economy - I.C.Dhingra
9. Indian Economy - Dutta & Sundaram
10. Economic Survey of India - Govt. Of India
11. General Principles of World Geography - Charles Farro
12. Physical Geography of India for X - XII Std - NCERT
13. A Good School Atlas
14. Ancient India for XII Std - NCERT
15. Medieval India for XII Std - NCERT
16. Modern India - Bipin Chandra
17. History of Modern India - A.C.Banerjee
18. The Hindu & The Economic Times - Newspapers
19. Frontline & Political & Economic weekly - Periodicals
20. Yojana & World Focus & Chankya & Civil Service monthly magazine - Periodicals
21. Statistical Methods/General aptitude - S.C.Gupta/R.S.Agarwal
22. Guides like Tata Mc Graw Hill, Spectrum or Unique - For general reference




:: 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)

PERIODICALS1. 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

:: Geography ::

PAPER - I : SECTION A: PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Geomorphology :

• Physical Geography by Strahler & Strahler
• Principles of Geomorphology by W.D. Thornbury
• Physical Geography - Made Simple, Rupa Publisher
• Physical Geography in Diagrams by Bunnett
• Physical Geography by Savindra Singh
• Geomorphology by Savindra Singh

Climatology :

• Climatology by D.S.Lal
• General Climatology by Critchfield
• Physical Geography - Made Simple, Rupa Publisher
• Physical Geography by Strahler & Strahler

Oceanography :

• Oceanography by Sharma & Vatal, NCERT
• Physical Geography by Savindra Singh

Biogeography :

• Physical Geography - Made Simple, Rupa Publisher
• Physical GEography by Strahler & Strahler

SECTION -B : HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Perspectives in Human Geography : Evolution of Geographic Thought by Majid Husain

Economic Geography :Economic Geography by Hertshorn & Alexander
Economic and Social Geography - Made Simple by Rupa Publisher
Agricultural Geography by Masjid Husain

Population Settlement Geography :

• Human Geography by Majid Husain
• Urbanization & Urban Systems in India by Ramachandran
• Economic and Social Geography - Made Simple, Rupa Publishers
• A Geography by Population by R.C. Chandna

Regional Planning: Regional Planning - by Chand & Puri

Environmental Geography:

• Environmental Geography by Savindra Singh
• Environmental Awareness by R.C.Chandna
• Environmental Geography by Saxena
• Models, Theories and Laws in Human Geography :
• Economic and Social Geography - Made Simple, Rupa Publisher
• Political Geography by R.D.Dixit

MAP QUESTIONS - Any School level atlas and the maps given in the above mentioned books.

PAPER - II : GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA
Section A
Physical Setting :

• Economic and Commercial Geography of India by Sharma & Coutinho
• Economic and Commercial Geography of India by C.B. Mamoria
• A Geography of India by Gopal Singh

Resources : Economical Geography - A Study of Resources by Guha and Chattoraj (NCERT books)

Agriculture:

• Agriculture Geography by Majid Husain
• Indian Economy by Dutt and Sundaram
• India Year Book, published by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
• Hindu's Survey on Agriculture.

Industry:

• Economical and Commercial Geography of India by C.B. Mamoria
• Economical and Commercial Geography by Sharma & Coutinho
• Indian Economy by Dutt and Sundaram
• Hindu's Survey on Industry
• Transport, Communication and Trade
• Economical and Commercial Geography of India by C.B. Mamoria
• Economical and Commercial Geography of India by Sharma & Coutinho
• India Year Book published by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
• Indian Economy by Dutt and Sundaram

Section B:
Cultural Setting :

• Human Geography by Majid Husain
• Geography of Population by R.C.Chandna
• NCERT Books
  
  Settlements :
  
• Human Geography by Majid Husain
• Urbanization and Urban Systems in India by Ramachandran
• Regional Development and Planning
• Regional Planning and Development by Chand and Puri
• India Year Book
• Indian Economy by Dutt and Sundaram

Political Aspects : Modern Political Geography of India by B.L. Sukhwal.

Contemporary Issues :

• Environmental Geography by Savinder Singh
• India disasters - Report
• Environmental Awareness by R.C.Chandna
• Environmental Geography by Saxena

Map Questions for paper II : Any School level Atlas & the maps in the above mentioned books.

NOTE : Current Articles on various syllabus topics in different magazines and newspapers will be quite useful for Paper - II.

PAPER - II : GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA
Section A:
Physical Setting :

• Economic and Commercial Geography of India by Sharma & Coutinho
• Economic and Commercial Geography of India by C.B. Mamoria
• A Geography of India by Gopal Singh

Resources : Economical Geography - A Study of Resources by Guha and Chattoraj (NCERT books)

Agriculture

• Agriculture Geography by Majid Husain
• Indian Economy by Dutt and Sundaram
• India Year Book, published by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
• Hindu's Survey on Agriculture.

Industry

• Economical and Commercial Geography of India by C.B. Mamoria
• Economical and Commercial Geography by Sharma & Coutinho
• Indian Economy by Dutt and Sundaram
• Hindu's Survey on Industry
• Transport, Communication and Trade
• Economical and Commercial Geography of India by C.B. Mamoria
• Economical and Commercial Geography of India by Sharma & Coutinho
• India Year Book published by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
• Indian Economy by Dutt and Sundaram

Section B:

Cultural Setting :

• Human Geography by Majid Husain
• Geography of Population by R.C.Chandna
• NCERT Books

Settlements :

• Human Geography by Majid Husain
• Urbanization and Urban Systems in India by Ramachandran
• Regional Development and Planning
• Regional Planning and Development by Chand and Puri
• India Year Book
• Indian Economy by Dutt and Sundaram

Political Aspects : Modern Political Geography of India by B.L. Sukhwal.

Contemporary Issues :

• Environmental Geography by Savinder Singh
• India disasters - Report
• Environmental Awareness by R.C.Chandna
• Environmental Geography by Saxena

Map Questions for paper II : Any School level Atlas & the maps in the above mentioned books.

NOTE : Current Articles on various syllabus topics in different magazines and newspapers will be quite useful for Paper - II.

GEOGRAPHY (PRELIMINARY)

Cartography Topic :

• Laboratory Techniques and Fieldwork (NCERT)
• Fundamentals in Cartography by R.P. Mishra and A.Ramesh.
• Cartography by R.L.Singh

Section A,B,D & E

• Consult the recommended books for Main Examinations.

Section C :

• Geography of the World: World Regional Geography by Wheeler and Kostbade

Section F :

• Techniques of Geographical AnalysisSee Cartography Topic
• School level Atlas
• Physical Geography by Goh Cheng Leong
• Human & Economic Geography by Leong & Morgan

:: PSYCHOLOGY ::

1. Psychology XI & XII Std NCERT
2. Introduction to Psychology Morgan & King
3. Psychology Robert A Baron
4. Social Psychology Baron & Byrne
5. The Psychology of Small Groups Shaw
6. Inner World Sudhir Kakar
7. Achieving Society David McClelland
8. Theories of Personality Hall & Lindzey
9. Systems & Theories of Psychology Krawiec & Chaplin
10. Abnormal Psychology & Modern Life James.C. Coleman

:: Public Administration ::

Paper I:Chapter-I: IntroductionMohit 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 AdministrationD. 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 BehaviourPaul 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 AdministrationM. J. K. Thavaraj :Public Financial Administration

OR
G.S. Lal :Financial Administration in IndiaIGNOU 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 FrameworkD. D. Basu An Introduction to the Constitution of India

Chapter-III: Union Government and AdministrationA. Avasthi Central Administration

Chapter-IV: State Government and AdministrationJ.D. Shukla State Administration

Chapter-V: District AdministrationT.N. Chaturvedi District Administration; and
Special Issue of Indian Journal of Public Administration on District Administration

Chapter-VI: Local GovernmentS.R. Maheswari Local Government in India

Chapter-VII: Public Sector in IndiaR. K. Jain Public Sector Undertakings
Annual Survey on Public Sector of Department of Public Enterprises

Chapter-VIII: Public ServicesS.L. Goel Personnel Administration in India

Chapter-IX: Control of Public ExpenditureM. J. K. Thavaraj Financial Administration
IGNOU Lessons on Financial Administration

Chapter-X: Administrative ReformsP.R. Dubbashi Administrative Reforms
S. R. Maheswari Administrative Reforms
Special Issue of Indian Journal of Public Administration on Administrative Reforms

Chapter-XI: Machinery for PlanningA. Avasthi Central Administration

Chapter-XII: Administration of Law and OrderK. K. Sharma Law and Order Administration in India
K. J. Guha Roy, District Policing

Chapter-XIII: Welfare AdministrationAnnual Reports of Department of Social Welfare


Chapter-XIV: Major Issues in Indian AdministrationSpecial Issue of Indian Journal Public Administration on Indian Administration, Retrospect and Prospect and on Good Governance.

:: Sociology ::

:: Paper I ::

1 Herton and Hunt, Sociology, Mcgraw- Hill International, Singapore 1984

2 Abrahamson Mark, Urban Sociology, Prentice-Hall Inc, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1980

3 Haris C. C., The Sociology Enterprises : A Disscussion of Fundamental Concept, St. Martin Press Inc., New York, 1980

4 Wilson John, Introduction to Social Movements, Basic Books, NY , 1998.

5 Hamilton , Malcom, B. The Sociology of Religion, Routledge, London , 1995.

6 Williams, Malcom, Science and Social Science : An Introduction, Routledge, London , 2000.

7 D.K.S. Roy, Social Development and the Empowerment of Mariginalised Groups: Perspectives and Strategies, Sage, New Delhi - 2001

8. Harris C.C., The Family, Allen and Unwin, London - 1977

9 Andreas Hess, Concept of Social Stratification, European and American Models, Palgrave, Houndmills, NY , 2001

10 Giddens, Anthony, Capitalisation and Modern Social Theory, University Press Cambridge, 1971

11 Smelser, N.J.The Sociology of Economic Life, Prentice Hall, New Delhi - 1988.

12 Haralombos, M, and Heald, R,M. Sociology : Themes and Perspectives, Oxford. Delhi - 1980.

13 Randall Collins, Theoretical Sociology, Harcourt Brace and Company, Florida, 1996.

14 Bottomore. T.B. Sociology : A GFuide of problem and Literature Allen and Unwin, London - 1972.

15 Etzioni, Amitali, Modern Organization, Prentice Hall, NY, 1995

16 Cuff, Sharrock, and Francis, Perrspective in Sociology, Routledge, NY 1995
:: Paper II ::

1 Mandelbaum, David, Society in India, University of California, Press Berkreley, 1970

2 Srivnivas M N Caste in Modern India and Other Essays, Asia Publishing House, Bombay -1962

3 Srinivas M N Social Change in Modern India, Berkeley,University of California Press 1966.

4 Srinivas and Shah, The Myth of the self sufficiency of the Indian Village, The Economic weekly, 12:1375-1378

5 Beteille Andre Sociology, Oxford, New Delhi - 2002

6 Beteille Andre, The idea of Natural, Inequality and other Essays, Oxford, Delhi - 1987.

7 Beteille Andre, Essay in Contemporary Sociology, Oxford, Delhi - 1987.

8. Beteille Andre, Social Inequality of Indian Penguine, London, 1978.

9 Singh Yogender Cultural Change in India, Rawat, Jaipur, 2002.

10 Singh Yogender, Modernization of Indian Tradition, Thompson Press, New Delhi - 1973.

11 Unnithan T K , Indra Dev and Singh, Y, (eds) Towards a Sociology of Culture in India, Prentice Hall, new Delhi - 1965.

12 Gupta, Dipasnkar, Interrograting Caste, Penguine, New Delhi - 2000.

13 Shah A M Family in Contempory India, Orient Longman, New Delhi - 2001.

14 Chandrani and Chandrani, Essay in Rural Sociology, Rawat, Jaipur -2000.

15 Desai, Neera, and Krishnaraj, Women and Society in India,New Delhi - 1990.

16 Singer Milton and Cohen B.S. Structure and chasnge in Indian Society, Weener Grin Foundation for Anthropological Research 1968.

17 Sharma K L (ed) Sociolo Inequilities in Indian , Profiles of Caste Class, Power and Sociol Mobility, Rawat, Jaipur 19945.

18 Gallenter Masrc, Competing, Inequalities, Oxford, NY 1998.

19 Joshi, P C Sociol Science and Development: Quest for Relevence, Hasr-Anand Publication, Delhi 1995.

:: History ::

Modern India1.Modern India (NCERT) Bipan Chandra
2.Modern India (Macmillan) Sumit Sarkar
3.Anatomy of the Raj (PPH) Suhash Chakravarty
4.The Raj Syndrome (Penguins) Suhash Chakravarty
5.VAID's Fundamentals of History Series
a.Administrative History Pravin Kumar
b.Constitutional History Pravin Kumar
c.Social History Pravin Kumar
d.Freedom Struggle Pravin Kumar

6.Peasant Movements in India D.N. Dhanagare
7.India's Struggle for Independence Bipan Chandra and others
8.Gandhi B.R. Nanda
9.Gandhi Judith Brown
10. Freedom Struggle (NbT) Bipan Chandra & others

Medieval India1. Medieval India (NCERT) Satish Chandra
2. Medieval India (Macmillan) Satish Chandra
3.The Wonder That was India (Vol.2) S.A.A. Rizvi
4.The Agrarian System of Mughal India 1556-1707 Irfan Habib
5.The Mughal Empire J.F. Richards
6.Urban Dynamics H.C. Verma
7.The Marathas Gordon

Ancient India1. Ancient India (NCERT) Prof. R.S. Sharma
2. The Wonder That was India A.L. Basham
3. Ancient India - An Introductory Outline D.N. Jha
4. History of India, Vol. I Romila Thapar
5. Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India, R.S. Sharma (only Conclusion)
6. Material culture & Social Formation in Ancient India R.S. Sharma
7. Indian Feudalism R.S. Sharma
8. Ashoka & Decline of the Maurya Romila Thapar
9. A History of South India K.A. Nilkantha Sastri
10Ancient India and Indian Archaeology Archaeological Survey of India

World History1.The story of Civilization, Vol. 2 (NCERT) Arjun Dev
2.Contemporary World History (NCERT) Arjun Dev & others
3.The Mainstream of Civilization Strayer, Gatzke & Harbison
4.Western Civilizations Burns & others
5.Industry & Empire E.J. Hobsbawm
6.Age of Revolution E.J. Hobsbawm
7.Age of Capital E.J. Hobsbawm
8.Age of Empires E.J. Hobsbawm
9.Social basis of Democracy & Dictatorship B.J. Moore
10.Europe Since Napoleon David Thompson
11.Europe Since 1815 W.C. Craig
12.Europe Since 1870 James Joll.

Others: For concepts and knowledge:
1. What is History E.H. Carr
2. Historian's Craft Marc Block
3. The Past and the present Lawrence Stone

:: Philosophy ::

1. Dr. C.D. Sharma (Indian Philosophy)
2. Dr. Deo Raj (Indian Philosophy)
3. Dr. Ya Mashiha (Western Philosophy)
4. Dr. Daya Krishna (Western Philosophy)
5. Dr. Franckena Thilly (Western Philosophy)
6. Dr. B.K. Lal (Contemporary Western Philosophy)
7. Dr. Irvin M. Copi
8. Dr. Divakar Pathak (Indian Ethic)
9. Dr. Dr. V.P. Verma (Western Ethic)
10. Dr. B.N. Singh (Ethics)
11. Lilly (Ethics)
12. By Franckena Thilly
13. Dr. C.D. Sharma
14. Dr. Dayakrishna
15. Dr. Ya Mashiha
16. Dr. B.K. Lal 6. Dr. Lakshmi Saxena
17. Dr. C.D. Sharma
18. Dr. Deo Raj
19. Dr. Hiriyanna
20. Dr. Radha Krishnan
21. Ashok Verma (Symbolic logic)
22.Dr. J.P. Sood Vol IV 2.Dr. Shiv Bhanu Singh
23. Dr. Gauba
24. Dr. Ya Mashiha
25. John Hick
26. Dr. V.P. Verma
27.Six ways of knowing by D.M. Datta.

:: Anthropology ::

Paper I (Part I) (Upto Topic 7)1. Beattie : Other Cultures
2. Beals & Hoijer: An Introduction to Anthropology
3. Haviland : An Introduction to Anthropology
4. Vaid : Economy and Social Relations
5. U.S. Mishra : An Introduction to Social-Cultural Anthropology (in Hindi)
6. Mishra & Hasnain : Unifying Anthropology
7. Honigman : The World of Man
8. Herskovits : Cultural Anthropology
9. Majumdar & Madan : An Introduction to Social Anthropology
10.Sagar Preet : Basic Concepts in Sociology and
Anthropology
11. Abhik Ghosh : Meetings with the Other (on Fieldwork Techniques)

Paper I (Part II)1. Harrison et. al : Human Biology
2. Shukla & Rastogi : Physical Anthropology & Human Genetics
3. Stein & Rowe : An Introduction to Physical Anthropology.
4. Vaid & Pandey : Jaivik Manavshastra (in Hindi)
5. B. Janusch : Origins of Man
6. Virender Kumar : Evolution of Genus Homo
7. Surender Nath : Forensic Anthropology
8. Surender Nath : Nutritional Anthropology
9. M. Harris : Rise of Anthropological Theory
10. U.S. Misra : Anthropological Thought (in Hindi)
11. Herskovits : Cultural Anthropology
12. Booklet by Jawahar Publishers, New Delhi

Paper II1. NCERT : Indian Society, Social Change
2. Bhattacharya, D.K. : An Outline of Indian Prehistory
3. Srinivas : Caste in India & Other Essays
4. Srinivas : Social Change in Modern India
5. Y. Singh : Modernisation of Indian Tradition
6. Vidyarthi & Rai : Tribal Cultures of India
7. N. Hasnain : Indian Anthropology
8. N. Hasnain : Tribal India
9. R.C. Verma : Indian Tribes
10. Vaid : Who Cares for Tribal Development (Hindi & English)
11. A.L. Basham : The Wonder that was India
12. G.S. Bhatt : Bharatiya Samajik Vichar (in Hindi)
13. Sagar Preet : Reservation for Backward Classes a Perspective

:: 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 A1.(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. Mehta2.(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 B1.(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.

:: Agriculture  ::

1. Agricultural Economics and Farm Management
2. Soil Science - D.K Das Or Brady
3. Agronomy By Yellamananda Reddy
4. Plant Breeding By B.D. Singh
5. Genetics By B.D.Singh
6. Physiology By Pandey & Singha
7. Indroduction To Horticulture - Kumar
8. Handbook Of Agriculture By ICAR
9. Agricultural Extension Education in India
10. Pathology - Singh
11. Entomology - Vasantha Raj & David
12. The Hindu - Survey Of Indian Agriculture
13. Agricuture Statistics
14. Special Issue of Agriculture by The Hindu

:: Pali Literature ::

• Pali Grammar - L.N. Tiwari
• History of Indian Literature (Vol. II) - Winternitz
• Origin of Pali Literature (Vol. I & II) - B.C. Lal
• Compendium of Abidhamma Philosophy - B. Jagdish Kashyap
• Pali Essays - Hari Shanker Shukia

:: 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

:: Physics ::

1. Classical Mechnism -Gupta, Kumar & Sharma - Takewale & Puranik -H.Goldstein
2. Mechanics - Kleppner & Kolenkov -D.S. Mathur
3.Wave/Spl.Relatively - D.S. Mathur/Kleppner&Kolenkov
4. Special Relativity-R.Resnic -Gupta & Goyal
5. Optics-Ajay Ghatak-B.S. Agarwal
6. Electrodyanamics - David Griffiths
7. EM Theory -Chopra&Agarwal/Satya Prakash
8. Thermal Physics - P.K Chakraborty - Satya Prakash, Singhal & Agarawal -Statistical Physics -B.B laud
9. Quantum Physics- Resnick & Eisberg
10. Concept of Mordern Physics - Arthut Bevser
11. Quantum Mechanics -Ghatak & Loknathan/Chatwal & Anand/Satya Prakash
12. Atomic & Molecular Spectra -Rajkumar
13. Nuclear Physics -S.B Patel
14. Solid State Physics -Kittel
15. Electronics -Allon Mottershed
16. Objective Physics -H.C. Verma/TMH

Others:

• Physics Vol I&II by David Haliday and Resnick (for basic concepts)
• Mechanics - D.S. Mathur, B.S. Agarwal
• Waves and Oscillations - Brijlal & Subramanyam, B.S. Agarwal
• Optics - Brijlal& Subramanyam, B.S. Agarwal, Ajoy & Ghatak
• Thermal Physics - Singal, Agarwal & Prakash, B.S. Agarwal, Shah & Srivastava
• Electricity & Magnetism: D.C. TAyal, B.S. Agarwal, Griffith
• Any fundamental book on electrical engineering like B.L Thareja (Vol 1) or Vincent Del Tero
• Modern Physics - A Beiser (Concepts of modern physics), S.L. Gupta, B.S. Agarwal, J.B. Rajan
• Electronics - Milman & Halkias, S. Ramnam, Ryder or Bolstead, Malvina
• Properties of Matter - B. Aggarwal
• Atomic Physics - J. B. Rajan
• Fundamental of Magnetism electricity - B.N. Basudeva
• A Text Book of Suond - Khanna & Bedi
• Nuclear Physics - D.C. Tayal
• Introduction of Electrodynamics - Griffith
• Advanced Level Physics - Nelkon & Parkar
• University Physics - Zeemasky
• Numerical Problems - B. Lal & Subrahmanyam
• Quantum Mechnaics - A Ghatak
• A Dictionary of Physics - Goldstein

:: Management Optional ::

• 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

1. Linear Algebra - K.C. Prasad, K B Datta
2.Calculus - Santhi Narayan
3.Analytic Geometry - Shantinarayan, HC Sinha, DK Jha and Sharma
4.Ordinary Differential eqs:- MD Raising Lumina, Golden seris-NP Bali
5. Dynamics, Statitics and Hydrostatics - M.Ray
6. Vector analysis - Shantinarayan

Paper-II

1.Algebra - K C Prasad, KB Datta
2. Real Analysis - Shantinarayan,Royden
3. Complex Analysis - GK Ranganath
4. Linear Programming - SD sharma
5.Partial Diff.eqs. - Singhania
6. Numerical analysis and Computer Progg. - V. Rajaraman, SS Shasri
7. Mechanics & Fluid dynamics - AP Mathur, Azaroff leonid

Other Important Books

• Modern Algebra - A. R. Vashisth
• Algebra - J. N. Sharma and S. N. Goyal
• Linear Algebra - Schaum Series (Lipshutz) or Sharma and Vashisth
• Matrices - Schaum Series (Frank Ayres) or Vashisth
• Calculus - I. A. Menon
• Coordinate Geometry - R. L. Soni
• Solid Mechanism - Kazmioo
• Mathematics Dictionary - James
• Differential Equations - Schaum Series (Frank Ayres) or N.M. Kapur or Raisinghania
• Numerical Analysis - S.S. Sastry
• Complex Analysis - Schaum Series or J.N. Sharma
• Operations Research - Kanti Swaroop or Manmohan
• Differential Calculus - Gorakh Prasad
• Analytical Solid Geometry - Shanti Narayanan
• Text Book of Coordinate Geometry - Rai Ballabh
• Mechanism - D. S. Mathur
• Statistical Mechanism - Carson Horg

:: Statistics ::

1. An Introduction to Probability Theory & Mathematical Statistics -V K Rohtagi
2. Fundamentals of Statistics (2 Vol.)- A M Goon, M K Gupta and B Dass Gupta
3. Introductory Probability and Statistical Applications - Paul Meyer
4. Sampling Techniques-William G. Cochran
5. Sampling Theory of Surveys with applications - B. V Sukhatme & B V Sukhatme
6. An Outline of Statistical Theory (2 Vol.) -A M Goon, M K Gupta and B .Dass Gupta
7. Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics-A C Gupta and V K Kapoor
8. Fundamentals of Applied Statistics-S C Gupta and V K Kapoor

:: Economics ::

1. An Introduction to Economics - A.W. Stonier and D.C. Hauge
2. Monetary Theory and Public Policy - Kenneth Kurihara
3. Outline of Monetary Economics - A.C.I. Day
4. Public Finance - H.L. Bhatia
5. Modern Banking - R.S. Sayers
6. Indian Economy - Mishra and Puri
7. Macro Economic Analysis - Edward Shepiro
8. Indian Economy - R. Dutt and KPM Sundaram
9. Economic Growth and Development - Mayer and Baldwin
10. Public Finance - K.K. Andley and Sundharam
11. International Economics - Bo Soderston
12. National Income Accounting - Bakerman
13. Economics Choice - Koutsweanik
14. Banking - S.B. Gupta
15. International Trade - Bo Soderston
16. The Economic Times and Economical and Political Weekly.
17. Dictionary of Economics - Ghaham Bannock; T.E. Baxter, Ray Rees (Penguin)
18. Economics (Read Relevant Chapters) - Paul A. Samuelson
19. The Hindu: Survey of Agriculture & Survey of Industry