General Studies- Reference Books

1) Geography: Books by Majid Hussain or D.R. Khullar

2) History:a) Modern History- Modern Indian History by grover and Mehta, India’s struggle for independence by bipin chandra

b) Post Independence History- India afer Independence by Bipin Chandra, India after Gandhi by R.C.Guha, Makers of modern India by R.C.Guha

c) World History- Modern European History by L.Mukherj, Mastering World History by Norman Lowe

3) Polity: Laxmikant, D.D.Basu, P.M.Bakshi, Our Constitution by Subash Kashyap

4) Indian Economy: Sanjiv Verma’s book on Indian Economy, Economic Survey, Websites of RBI,SEBI, ministry of finance, Finance comission; India year book, Pratiyogita Darpan special issues on economics

5) Science and Tech: Science and tech section of The Hindu b) websites of min of envt and forestry, min of science and tech, dept of space etc

6) Social Issues: Ram Ahuja; Indian Society by S.C.Dube

7) Ethics, Integrity and apti: Books on Ethics by access publishing, 2nd ARC (4th report) Ethics in governance

8) Indian Art and Culture: Trends in Indian Culture and heritage by ausuf sayeed

9) Governance: a)From govt to governance by kuldeep mathur; Govt in India by laxmikant b)2nd ARC reports (total 15)- 1st- RTI.Master key to good governance 2nd- Unlocking Human Capital: Entitlements and governance (a case study) 3rd- Crisis Management 4th- Ethics in governance 5th- Public Order 6th- Local Governance 7th- Capacity building for conflict resolution 9th- Social Capital (A Shared Destiny) 10th- Refurbishing of personal administration 11th- Promoting e-Governance 12th- Citizen centric Administration 13th- Organisational structure of Govt of India 14th- Strengthening financial management systems 15th- State and district administration

10) International Relations: World Focusb) Websites: idsa.in; thediplomat.com; cfr.org; satp.org

11) Security Issues: website- idsa.in b)The Indian Express, Min of Home Affairs

c) 2nd ARC (8th report) Combating Terrorism

12) Current Affairs: Vaji Monthly Current Affairs; website pib.nic.in

13) GS Manual: McGraw Hill/ Pearson/ Access/ Unique/ Spectrum

CSAT Books: McGraw Hill/ Pearson Manual. GMAT

Official Guide for reading Comprehension, Arun Sharma’s guide for CSAT