Recommended Books for IAS
Key books for IAS general studies, “Books make our brain to learn faster and sharper than any other things”. We recommend some of the books for General studies to you to make your brain powerful.
| S. No | Book Title | Author / Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
| 1. | An Introduction to the Constitution of India | D. D. Basu |
| 2. | Perspectives on Indian Constitution | Edited by Subash 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 for Nurses Courses | Evelyn Pearce |
| 7. | Know your body | Reader's Digest |
| 8. | An Evolution of Indian Economy | I. C. Dhingra (Sultan Chand & Co) |
| 9. | Indian Economy | Dutt & Sundaram |
| 10. | Economic Survey of India | Government of India |
| 11. | General Principles of World Geography | Charles Farro |
| 12. | Monsoon Asia | Charles Farro |
| 13. | Physical Geography of India for VII-XII Std | NCERT |
| 14. | Any Good School Atlas | |
| 15. | Ancient India for VII-XII Std | NCERT |
| 16. | Medieval India for VII-XII Std | NCERT |
| 17. | Modern India | Bipin Chandra |
| 18. | History of Modern India | A. C. Banerjee |
| 19. | The Hindu & Times of India | Newspapers |
| 20. | Frontline and Political & Economic weekly | Periodicals |
| 21. | Yojana & World Focus | Periodicals |
| 22. | Statistical Methods | S. C. Gupta |
| Psychology |  |
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| 1. | King & Morgan | Psychology |
| 2. | Atkinson | Psychology |
| 3. | Barron | Social Psychology |
| 4. | Abnormal Psychology | Carlson |
| 5. | NCERT XI | Psychology |
| 6. | NCERT XII | Psychology |
| Geography | |
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| 1. | Savinder Singh | Physical Geography |
| 2. | Lal | Climatology |
| 3. | G. C. Leong | Physical Geography |
| 4. | Khullar | Geography of India |
| 5. | Chand & Puri | Regional Planning In India |
| 6. | Sidhhartha | Urban Geography |
| 7. | Sidhhartha | Economic Geography |
| 8. | Khuller | Cartography |
| 9. | Majid Hussain | Geography Thought |
| 10. | Majid Hussain | Human and Settlement Geography |
| 11. | Sidhhartha | Geography Through Maps |
| 12. | Sidhhartha | Oceanography |
| 13. | Sidhhartha | Notes |
| History | |
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| 1. | IGNOU | History |
| 2. | NCERT | History |
| 3. | Jawahar IGNOU Based | History |
| 4. | Jawahar NCERT Based | History |
| 5. | R. Thapar | Early India |
| 6. | D.N. Jha | Ancient India |
| 7. | V.D. Mahajan | Ancient India |
| 8. | R. S. Sharma | Culture In Ancient India |
| 9. | R. S. Sharma | India Feudalism |
| 10. | R. S. Sharma | Political Ideas |
| 11. | R. Thapar | Ashoka The Decline of Mauryas |
| 12. | N. Shastri | South India |
| 13. | J.L. Mehta | Medieval India Vol-I, II & III |
| 14. | S. Chandra | Medieval India Vol-I, II |
| 15. | Irfan Habib | Medieval India |
| 16. | V.D. Mahajan | Medieval India |
| 17. | V.N. Dey | Mughal Govt. |
| 18. | B. Chandra | Struggle For Independence |
| 19. | B. Chandra | India After Independence |
| 20. | Sumit Sarkar | Modern India |
| 21. | Tarachand | Modern India - Vol I, II, III |
| 22. | Desai | Social Background of Indian Nationalism |
| 23. | Grover | Modern India |
| 24. | N.K. Bose | Modern India |
| 25. | Burns | World History-A, B, C |
| 26. | Jain, Mathur | World History |
| 27. | Europe Since Napolian | D. Thompson |
| Public Administration | |
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| 1. | Awasthi Maheshwari | Public Administration |
| 2. | M. Bhattacharya | New Horizons Of Public Admin |
| 3. | Fadia | Public Administration |
| 4. | Jawahar IGNOU Based | Public Administration |
| 5. | M. Bhattacharya | Development Administration |
| 6. | M. Bhattacharya | Restrucuring of Public Administration |
| 7. | Henry | Public Administration |
| 8. | Tyagi | IIPA |
| 9. | S. R. Maheshwari | Indian Administration |
| 10. | Laxmikanth | Public Administration |
| 11. | S. R. Maheshwari | Dictionary Of Public Administration |
| 12. | Ramesh . K . Arora & Rajini Goyal | Indian Administration |
| 13. | Laxmikanth | Indian Polity |
| 14. | Fadia & Fadia ( Shakitya Bhavan) | Public Administration |
| 15. | Sharna Shadana | Public Administration In Theory & Practical |
| Sociology | |
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| 1. | NCERT XI, XII | Sociology |
| 2. | Inkles | What is Sociology |
| 3. | Harlambos | Sociology |
| 4. | Bottomore | Sociology |
| 5. | Machever Page | Sociology |
| 6. | Turner | Sociology |
| 7. | Coser | Sociology Thought |
| 8. | Abraham Morgon | Sociology Thought |
| 9. | Abraham Morgon | Contemporary Sociology |
| 10. | Jawahar | Sociology IGNOU Based |
| 11. | Jawahar | Sociological Thought |
| 12. | Jawahar | Sociology Mains |
| 13. | Horton & Hunt | Sociology |
| 14. | Giddens | Sociology |
| 15. | Yogendra Singh | Modernization of Indian Tradition |
| 16. | Yogendra Singh | Social Change |
| 17. | Yogendra Singh | Stratification |
| 18. | Deepankar Gupta | Stratification |
| 19. | Yogendra Singh | Cultural Change |
| 20. | Mandellbaum | Society In India |
| 21. | IIMS | Sociology |
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