Optional Book list for UPSC Civil Service Exam Preparation

Proper selection Optional Book list for UPSC IAS Exam is tough job . Our team collected feed back from many toppers and made a standard list on every subject  . We are providing minimum number of  standard books. IASSolution believe  that revision of minimum number of standard Books is good for candidates .

Booklist – Public Administration Optional

1. Public Administration – Laxmikanth.
2. Public Administration: Concepts And Theories – Rumki Basu.
3. A Dictionary of Public Administration – Maheswari.
4. Indian Administration – Pankaj Singh.
5. Public Administration: Theory And Practice.
6. [amazon link=”9339204786″]
7. Administrative Theories And Management Thought – Sapru.
8. New Horizons Of Public Administration – Mohit Bhattacharya.
9. Administrative Thinkers – D. Ravindra Prasad.
10. Contemporary Debates in Public Administration – Dhameja Alka.
11. Indian Administration – Maheswari.
12. Introduction to the constitution of India – D.D.Basu.

 Book List – Geography Optional

Paper-I

1. Physical Geography – Majid Hussain/ Savindra Singh.
2. Modern Physical Geography – Strahler, and Strahler  (Optional).
3. .Certificate Physical and Human Geography – Goh Cheng Leong.
4. Physical Geography Made Simple – Rupa Publication.
5. Dictionary of Physical Geography – Penguin.
6. Evolution of Geographical Thought – Majid Hussain.
7. Economic and Social Geography Made Simple.
8. Models in Geography – Majid Hussain.
9. Dictionary of Human Geography.
10. Oxford Student Atlas.

Paper-II

1. India – A Comprehensive Geography  – Khullar.
2. Regional Planning in India – Mahesh Chand.
3. India Year Book 2020 – Publication Division.
4. Yojana and Kurukshetra Magazines.

Optional Book List – Sociology

1. Social Problems In India – Ram Ahuja.
2. Sociology – Anthony Giddens.
3. Sociology Themes and Perspectives – Michael Haralambos, Martin Holborn.
4. Society In India: Concepts, Theories And Recent Trends – Ram Ahuja.
5. Sociological Theory – George Ritzer.
6. Caste Its Twentieth Century Avatar – M. N. SRINIVAS.
7. Persistence and Change in Tribal India – M.V. Rao.
8. Social Background of Indian Nationalism – A. R. Desai.
9. Modernization Of Indian Tradition – Yogendra Singh.
10. Sociological Thought – Francis Abraham, John Henry Morgan.
11. Social Change In Modern India – M. N. SRINIVAS.
12. Oxford Dictionary Of Sociology.

Optional Book List – Political Science

1. An Introduction to Constitution of India – D.D Basu.
2. Introduction to Political Theory – O P Gauba.
3. A new look at modern Indian history by BL Grover and Alka Yagnik.
4. Fifty major political thinkers by Ian Adams and RW Dyson.
5. Challenge and Strategy: Rethinking India’s Foreign Policy by Rajiv Sikri.
6. Foundations of Indian Political Thought – V R Mehta.
7. [amazon link=” 9384885622″]
8. Does The Elephant Dance? Contemporary India Foreign Policy – Malone
9. MPS-004 Comparative Politics: Issues and Trends by Expert Panel of GPH.
10. Global politics by Andrew Heywood.
11. India’s foreign policy – V P Dutt.
12. International Organizations by Spectrum.
13. An Oxford companion to politics in India.

Optional Book List – History

1. History of Modern India – Shekhar Bandopadhyaya/Bipan Chandra.
2. India’s Struggle For Independence – Bipan Chandra and Others.
3. India’s Ancient Past – R.S. Sharma.
4. Age of Revolution 1789-1848.
5. Age of Capital 1848-1875.
6. Early India by Romila Thappar.
7. Mastering Modern World History – Norman Lowe.
8. Modern India by Sumit Sarkar.
9. Age of Empire 1875-1914.
10. The Wonder that was India.

Optional Book List – Economics

1. Microeconomics – Ahuja and Koutsyansis.
2. Macroeconomics – Ahuja and Mankiw.
3. International Economics – Salvatore and M.C Vaish.
4. Public Finance – Lekhi, Balton and Bhatia.
5. Money and Banking – Gupta and Ahuja.
6. RBI Website.
7. Growth and Development – Mishra and Puri.
8. Debraj Ray-Development Economics.
9. Indian Economy – Mishra and Puri, Dutt and Sundaram , [amazon link=” 9332703760″], Economic Survey.

Recommended Books for Psychology –

1. Introduction to Psychology
2. Atkinson & Hilgard – Psychology
3. Robert Baron Psychology
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5. Psychology – Ciccarelli
6. Applied Psychology
7. Social Psychology
8. Abnormal Psychology
9. Theories of Personality
10. Organizational Behavior

Optional Book List – Medical Science

1. Human Anatomy—B D Chaurasia books of Anatomy (all three volumes)
2. Embryology from I B Singh;
3. Human Physiology– Ganong; Guyton and A.K.Jain book
4. Biochemistry– by U. Satyanarayan’s book.
5. Pathology– Pathological basis of disease by Robbins and Cotran 
6. Pharmacology– K D Tripathi’s book   or  Lipincott is very good for memory point of view.
7. Microbiology– D R Arora’s book.
8. Medical parasitology by D R Arora
9. Essentials of Forensic medicine and Toxicology by Dr. K S Narayan Reddy.
10. Preventive and social medicine– K Park (Community medicine)
11. Emergency medicine by Chough
12. General Surgery– Manipal’s manual of surgery
13. Clinical surgery for differential diagnosis
14. Essential pediatrics by O P Ghai, Paul and Bagga (Pediatrics)
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16. Obstetrics and gynecology including family planning– Obstetrics by D C Dutta

Book Lists for Law Optional

Books for Law Optional Paper 1

• Constitution of India
• Introduction to the Constitution of India – D.D Basu
• Our Constitution – Subhash C. Kashyap
• Administrative Law – I.P. Massey
• The Constitution of India (Bare Act) – PM Bakshi
• Constitution of India- VN Shukla
• An Introduction to Public International Law – S. K. Verma
• International Law- S. K Kapoor
• International Law – Malcolm N Shaw

Books for Law Optional Paper 2

• Indian Penal Code- KD Gaur
• Indian Penal Code-Ratanlal and Dhirajlal
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• Indian Contract Act Specific Relief Act- Pollock and mulla
• Law of Tort – Autochthon Pillai
• Jurisprudence – P.K. Tripathi and Dias

Book Lists for Mechanical Engineering Optional

1. [amazon link=” 8185444412″]
2. Heat Conversion – Arora and Kundwar
3. Theory of Mechanics – S S Rattan
4. Heat Transfer – Gupta Prakash
5. Heat and Mass Transfer – R. Yadav
6. Theory of Mechanism and Mechanics – Jagdish Lal
7. Principles of Manufacturing Material & Process – Campbell
8. Fundamentals of Classed Thermodynamics – Van Wylen
9. Environmental Pollution Central Engineering
10. Mechanic of Solids
11. Manufacturing Science – Ghosh and Malik 
12. Energy Conversion – Sukhalmoy
13. Surveying and Levelling – T P Kanetkar
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15. Production Management – R K Jain
16. Manufacturing Technology – P N Rao

Optional Book List for Botany

• Cell Biology- De Robertis & Ambrose and Easy or Powar
• Cryptograms- B.R. Vasista
• Botany for Degree Students ; Pteridophyta (Vascular Cryptogams)-P.C. Vashishta
• Ecology, Microbiology, Animal Behaviour, Pollution and Toxicology For B. Sc. Part III, Paper III- Dr. Veer Bala Rastogi
• Physiology and Biochemistry: Salisbury and Ross or Fritz and Noggle
• Economic botany in the tropics- S. L. Kochhar
• Embryology Of Angiosperms- S P Bhatnagar
• Genetics- Strickberger
• Genetics-Dr. Veer Bala Rastogi
• Microbiology  – Powars (Volume 1) (Volume 2 )
• Pathology-  Singh’s book along with a foreign author
• Physiology and Biochemistry -Salisbury and Ross or Fritz and Noggle
• Plant Anatomy- Esau
• Plant Anatomy- B.P. Pandey
• Taxonomy-R Nair
• Taxonomy-Datta

Optional Book list – Zoology

1. Cell and molecular biology – De Robertis, C.B. Powar
2. Genetics – P.K. Gupta, Gardner, Ahluwalia, Vir Bala Rastogi
3. Invertebrates – R.L. Kotpal, Nigam, Jordan
4. Vertebrates – R.L. Kotpal, Nigam, Jordan and Varma
5. Comparative anatomy of vertebrate zoology
6. Animal physiology – H.R. Singh, Vander
7. Biochemistry – Harper, Leninger, Stryer, Rao
8. Embryology – Balinsky, A.K. Berry, Vir Bala Rastogi
9. Organic evolution – Veer Bala Rastogi
10. Ecology – P.D. Sharma, Odum, Vir Bala Rastogi and M.S. Jayaraj, Kotpal and Bali
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12. General Zoology – Storer and Usurger
13. Physiology – H.R. Singh
14. Evolution – Vir Bala Rastogi
15. A Dictionary of Entomology