Booklist zeroed in

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The final booklist zeroed in for the UPSC Civil Services (Mains) Examination 2011 is as follows:

General Studies

Paper I
History of Modern India and Indian Culture
  • A brief history of Modern India, Spectrum’s
  • Gandhi Nehru Tagore and other eminent personalities of Modern India, Spectrum’s
  • Facets of Indian Culture, Spectrum’s
Geography of India
  • Geography of India, Majid Husain
Constitution of India and Indian Polity
  • Introduction to the Constitution of India, Dr. D.D.Basu
Current National Issues and Topics of Social Relevance
  • No specific book
Paper-II
India and the World + International Affairs and Institutions
  • India and the Dynamics of World Politics, Sharma/Goria/Mishra
India’s Economic Interaction with the World
  • Indian Economy, Datt & Sundaram
  • Survey of Indian Industry 2011, The Hindu
Development in the Fields of Science & Technology, IT and Space
  • Science and Technology in India, Spectrum’s
Statistical analysis, graphs and diagrams
  • Statistical analysis, graphs and diagrams, Spectrum’s

 

Public Administration

Paper I: Administrative Theory
  • Public Administration – Administrative Theories and Concepts, Fadia & Fadia
  • New Horizons of Public Administration, Mohit Bhattacharya
  • Social Theory, Development Administration and Development Ethics, Mohit Bhattacharya
  • Administrative Thinkers 2e, Prasad & Prasad
Paper II: Indian Administration
  • Indian Administration 16e, Avasthi & Avasthi
  • Local Government in India, S.R. Maheshwari

 

Sociology

Paper I: Fundamentals of Sociology
  • Sociology, Giddens
  • Sociology – Principles of Sociology, C.N.Shankar Rao
  • Sociology – Themes and Perspectives, M Haralambos/R M Heald
  • Masters of Sociological Thoughts 2e, Lewis A. Coser
Paper II: Indian Society – Structure and Change
  • Sociology of Indian Society, C.N.Shankar Rao
  • Indian Sociological Thought, Nagla
  • Social Change in Modern India, M.N. Srinivas
  • Modernization of Indian Traditions, Yogendra Singh
The books are to be supplemented with Newspaper/Magazines/web-resources.