* Books to prepare for Civil service Exam

BOOKS: (Don’t read all, choose and read)

General Studies

1. History: 6-12^th NCERT books (Important)
2. Geography: 6:12^th NCERT books (Important)
3. Science: 6-12^th NCERT books for physics, chemistry and biology
4. Foreign Affairs: Read from magazines
5. Statistics: B.COM first year book (7-8 chapters)
6. General Math: R.S. Agarwal
7. Current Affairs: News papers / magazines / news
8. Indian Polity: Lakshmikanth / DD Basu / Bakshi (Important)
9. Wizard Polity
10. Economics: Basics from any book / Investopedia (online site) / Dutt and Sundaram: Indian Economy
11. The Hindu book of Science thoughts
12. Economic Survey of India
13. Any other general studies book
14. GK Topics: World Organizations, International Nations Unions, Awards, Sports, Wildlife Sanctuaries and Parks, Countries-capitals-why famous for, Presidents, current events, inventors-discoveries, authors etc etc…

Public Administration:

1. Rajni Goyal: Indian Administration (Important)
2. D. D. Basu: An Introduction to the Constitution of India (Important)
3. Mohit Bhattacharya: New Horizons of Public Administration (Important)
4. Stephen P. Robbins : Organizational Behavior (5-6 chapters) (Important)
5. Lakshmikanth (Important)
6. Fadia and Fadia (Important)
7. Prasad and Prasad – Administrative thinkers
8. Avesti and Maheswari
9. Rumki Basu: Public Administration, concept and theory (mains)
10. Ferrel Heady : Public Administration-A Comparative Perspective (First 2-3 chapters reference)
11. Nicholas Henry : Public Administration and Public Affairs (some 3-4 chapters)

Geography

1. Certificate Physical and Human Geography - Goh Cheng Leong (Important)
2. NCERT books (Important)
3. Physical Geography by Savindra Singh (Important)
4. Comprehensive Geography – Khullar (Important)
5. Geography through maps
6. Physical Geography - Made Simple, Rupa Publisher
7. Physical Geography by Strahler & Strahler (Reference book)
8. Climatology by D.S.Lal
9. Evolution of Geographic Thought by Majid Husain
10. Indian Economy by Dutt and Sundaram
11. Hindu's Survey on Industry
12. Atlas mandatory – Oxford

Psychology

1. XI and XII NCERT books (Psychology) - Useful for starters with no knowledge of Psychology.
2. Introduction to Psychology - Morgan & King
3. Introduction to Psychology – Atkinson & Hilgard
4. Psychology – Robert A. Baron
5. Psychology: An International Perspective - Michael W. Eysenck
6. Organizational behavior – Stephen Robbins
7. Organizational Behavior – Fred Luthans
8. Developmental Psychology – Hurlock
9. Abnormal Psychology – Carson,Butcher & Coleman

Note: These books cover only about 50%-60% of the syllabus, for all other topics use Wikipedia or Google search, British council library and standard material from any reputed institute (Keep it as a last resort).

Tamil Literature

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Economics

1. Advanced Microeconomics by Ahuja
2. Advanced Macroeconomics by Ahuja
3. Monetary Economics by Gupta and Rani / Gupta
4. Statistical methods by S.P. Gupta
5. Fiscal Economics by Tyagi
6. Indian Economy by Dutt and Sundaram
7. India Economy by Mishra and Puri
8. Economic survey of India
9. IGIDR (Indira Gandhi Institute of Developmental Research) Dev Report
10. Relevant reading pertaining to post liberalization (read all supporting books according to syllabus)
11. International Economics by Dominic Salvatre / M.L Jingin

Sociology

Prelims

• IGNOU material
• Sociology-Themes and Perspectives by Harlambos
• Sociology-A guide to Literature and problems by Bottomore
• Social Anthropology by Madan and Majumdar
• Principles of Sociology by Shankar Rao
• Dictionary of Sociology by William.P.Scott
• Wizard Sociology Workbook
• Sociology Question Bank by IIMS publications

Mains

Paper 1

• IGNOU material
• Sociological Thought by Francis Abraham and Henry Morgan
• Masters of Sociological Thought-Coser L.A
• Sociology-Themes and Perspectives by Harlambos
• Sociology-A guide to Literature and problems by Bottomore
• Principles of Sociology by Shankar Rao
• Sociology of Religion by Robertson
• Dictionary of Sociology by William.P.Scott

Paper2

• IGNOU material
• Social Anthropology by Madan and Majumdar
• Indian Society-S.C.Dube
• Sociology and the Dilemmas of Development by Ramachandra Guha
• Tribal India by Nadeem Hussein
• Society in India by Ram Ahuja
• Modernization of Indian Tradition by Yogendra Singh

History

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Questions papers

1. Last 10 years prelims in each General studies, Public Admin and geography
2. Last 10 years mains for each subject (purchase once you are confident of clearing prelims)

few words from people who got through the exam : http://ramsriajjay.blogspot.com/2009/10/experianced-civil-service-personnel.html