Suggested Readings for UPSC - CSAT Prelim Exam

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Current National Issue, International Affairs & India and the World:

India (national year book from Publication Division) Relevant chapters.

One major national daily

a. The Hindu
b. The Economic Times
c. The Times of India
d. The Indian Express

Periodicals
a. Frontline (published by The Hindu group) - selected news analysis and articles.
b. Business Today (published by India Today group)
c. Outlook (published by The Outlook group)
d. Yojana (published by Publication Division, Government of India)
e. Kurukshetra

Competitive Magazines
a. Civil Services Chronicle
b. Competition Success Review
c. Pratiyogita Darpan
d. Civil Services Today

All India Radio (new and analysis) and BBC (news and analysis).

World Focus a journal on international affairs (selected issues)

Seminar a monthly symposium on national current and socio-political issues.

History:

Modern India B.L. Grover.

Social background of Indian nationalism A.R. Desai

For cultural questions, candidates can take the help of books of NBT. For example
Indian Music, Dance, Drama, Painting etc.
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Facets of Indian History-Kalpana Raja ram

India after Gandhi-Ramachandra Guha (Orient Black Swan)

NCERT (+ 2 level) Ancient India, Medieval India, Modern India.

Publication Division : Gazetteer of India (Vol 2 : History & Culture)

Gandhi Nehru Tagore & Ambedkar Gopal Krishna

Bipin Chandra - Modern India

A.C.Banerjee - History of Modern India

Raghavan Aiyer Mahatma Gandhi

Ancient India

Ancient India (NCERT) Prof. R.S. Sharma

The Wonder That was India A.L. Basham

Ancient India - An Introductory Outline D.N. Jha

History of India, Vol. I Romila Thapar

Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India - R.S. Sharma (only Conclusion)

Material culture & Social Formation in Ancient India R.S. Sharma

Indian Feudalism R.S. Sharma

Ashoka & Decline of the Maurya Romila Thapar

A History of South India K.A. Nilkantha Sastri

Ancient India and Indian Archaeology Archaeological Survey of India

Medieval India

Medieval India (NCERT) Satish Chandra

Medieval India (Macmillan) Satish Chandra

The Wonder That was India (Vol.2) S.A.A. Rizvi

The Agrarian System of Mughal India 1556-1707 Irfan Habib

The Mughal Empire J.F. Richards

Urban Dynamics H.C. Verma

The Marathas Gordon

Modern India

Modern India (NCERT) Bipan Chandra

Modern India (Macmillan) Sumit Sarkar

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Anatomy of the Raj (PPH) Suhash Chakravarty

The Raj Syndrome (Penguins) Suhash Chakravarty

VAIDs Fundamentals of History Series

o Administrative History Pravin Kumar
o Constitutional History Pravin Kumar
o Social History Pravin Kumar
o Freedom Struggle Pravin Kumar

Peasant Movements in India D.N. Dhanagare

Indias Struggle for Independence Bipan Chandra and others

Gandhi B.R. Nanda

Gandhi Judith Brown

Freedom Struggle (NbT) Bipan Chandra & others

World History

The story of Civilization, Vol. 2 (NCERT) Arjun Dev

Contemporary World History (NCERT) Arjun Dev & others

The Mainstream of Civilization Strayer, Gatzke & Harbison

Western Civilizations Burns & others

Industry & Empire E.J. Hobsbawm

Age of Revolution E.J. Hobsbawm

Age of Capital E.J. Hobsbawm

Age of Empires E.J. Hobsbawm

Social basis of Democracy & Dictatorship B.J. Moore

Europe Since Napoleon David Thompson

Europe Since 1815 W.C. Craig

Europe Since 1870 James Joll.

Geography:

Land and the People (NCERT) - VI th, VII th & VIII th Std.

Environment and Economic Geography- NCERT IX

Geography of India (NCERT) - Xth Std.

Principles of General Geography- NCERT XI

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Economic of Geography of World- NCERT XI

Principles of Geography (NCERT) Part I & II for XIIth Std. (Old editions).

General Geography of India (NCERT) - XII th Std.

Certificate Physical and Human Geography (Oxford) Goh Cheng Leong.

Physical Geography of India (NBT) C.S. Pichamuthu.

Gazetteer of India (Pub. Div.) Vol. 1

A standard Dictionary of Geography preferably of the Penguin.

Suresh Prasads Intermediate Geography

One Atlas T.T.K. or Orient Longman.

Census Report

Human and Economic Geography- Goh Cheng Leong

Geography and You-Monthly Magazine

Economic and Commercial Geography of India - Sharma & Cotinho

India- A Comprehnsive Geography - Khullar

General Principles of World Geography - Charles Farro

Monsoon Asia Reports - Charles Farro published by Centre for Science and Enviornment
And Tata Energy Research Institute

National journal - Kurukshetra, Yojana etc.

Down to Earth a fortnightly on science and environment.

Geography Spectrum

Geography of India by Majid Hussain (published by TMH - Tata Mcgraw Hill)

Indian Polity and Governance:

Organs of Government (NCERT) IXth Std.

India: Constitution and Government (NCERT) IXth & Xth Stds.

Society, State and Government (NCERT) XIth Std.

Major Concepts of Political Science (NCERT) XIIth Std.

Democracy in India (NCERT) Prof. Rashidudeen Khan (XIIth STd.).

Democracy of work in India - A.S.Narang (NCERT XII)

The Constitution of India from Publication Division

Introduction to the Constitution of India D.D. Basu.

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Our Parliament and Our Constitution (separate books) S.C. Kashyap (NBT)

Perspective on the Constitution of India S.C. Kashyap (Edited).

Citizens and the Constitution S.C. Kashyap (Pub. Div.).

Democracy - An Analytical Survey Jean Baechler (NBT).

India (Pub. Div.) Relevant Chapters.

Gazetteer of India (Pub. Div.) Vol. I

Public Administration in India Padma Ramachandran (NBT).

Indian Polity - M. Lakshmikanth

Indian Constitution - P.M. Bakshi

Indian Polity: Pratiyogita Darpan

Indian Economy:

Class XI: Indian Economic Development

Class XII: Introductory Microeconomics

Class XII: Macroeconomics

Indian Economy: Ramesh Singh (published by McGraw Hill Education)

Indian Economy: Datt and Sundharam (published by S Chand)

Issues Relating to Social Development by B. Ramaswamy (published by Ramesh

Publishing House)

Economic Survey of India: Publication Division, Government of India

Annual Budget: Publication Division, Government of India

India: Publication Division, Government of India

Indian Economy: Pratiyogita Darpan

Indian Economy Dutt and Sundharam or Mishra and Puri.

Yojana & Kurukshetra monthlies by Pub. Div.

Gazetter of India (Pub. Div.) Vol. 1.

Evolution of Indian Economy (I C Dhingra) - NCERT (+1 level)

General Science:

Class IX and X NCERT Books of Science

Class IX and X NCERT Books of Geography

Class XI and XII NCERT Books of Biology

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Survey of Environment and Ecology by Vikas Ranjan (published by Golden Peacock)

Current State of Sustainable Development in India by Vikas Ranjan (published by Golden

Peacock)

Environment and Ecology: Biodiversity, Climate Change and Disaster Management by

Majid Husain (published by Access Publishing India)

General Science for Civil Services Preliminary Examination by Tara Chand

History of Science Ray & Moser, 5 vols. (University Press).

How? What? Why? 3 Books by NSC, CSIR, Govt. of India.

The Human Machine (NBT) Bijlani & Manchanda.

Life: From Cell to Cell (Pub. Div.) Bal Phondke

His Masters Slave (Pub. Div.) Japan Bhattacharya.

Marching Ahead with Science (NBT)

India (Pub. Div.) Scientific & Technological Development, Environment and Defence
chapters only.

Science Reporter (CSIR) selected issues (English monthly).

A standard Dictionary of Science and Technology.

Science and Technology in India Spectrum

Popular Science Series (CSIR)

Reports of the Ministry of Science and Technology

Websites
o Ministry of Environment &Forest
o MOS & T
o DOS

Society

XIth NCERT of Sociology

Indian Social Problems-Ram Ahuja

Social Problem - Ram Ahuja

Social Welfare Magazine - Published by ministry of social welfare

Yojana/Kurukshetra

IIPa Journal

Public Administration
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From Government to Goverance - Kuldeep Mathur

Social Theory, Development Administration & Development Ethics - Mohit Battacharya

Goverance - M.Lakshmikanth

ARC Reports on
o Ethics in Goverance
o On Corruption
o On Security
o Disaster Management

Public Administration - Awasthi Maheshwari

New Horizons of Public Admin - M. Bhattacharya

Public Administration - Jawahar IGNOU Based

Development Administration - M. Bhattacharya

Restructuring of Public Administration - M. Bhattacharya

IIPA - Tyagi

Indian Administration - S. R. Maheshwari

Public Administration - Laxmikanth

Dictionary of Public Administration - S. R. Maheshwari

Indian Administration Ramesh K. Arora & Rajini Goyal

Public Administration - Fadia & Fadia ( Shakitya Bhavan)

Public Administration In Theory & Practical - Sharna Shadana

International Relations

Indias Foreign Policy-Rajiv Sikri

Newspaper-The Hindu, Indian Express

World Focus Magazine

Websites of a.) Institute for Defence and Strategic Analysis

b.) thediplomat.com

c.) cfr.org

d.)satp.org

Journal of peace Studies

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World Focus

Strategic Analysis

South Asian Journal

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English language and Comprehension Skills

English Language comprehension skills (Class X level) Objective English By Ren &
Martin(Grammar)

Supercourse in English Language Comprehension and Reading Comprehension by

T.I.M.E. (published by Pearson)

English Language Comprehension Skills by Sachchida Nand Jha (published by UPSC

Portal)

Interpersonal skills including communication skills

CSAT Capsule Interpersonal Skills Including Communication Skills by J.K. Chopra

(published by Unique Publications)

Communication and Interpersonal Skills by Elaine Donnelly, Janet Bailey, Lindsey

Neville(published by Reflect Press Ltd)

Interpersonal skill including communication skills D Reasoning By R. S. Agrawal

Logical reasoning and analytical ability

Logical reasoning and analytical ability Reasoning By R. S. Agrawal

General Mental Ability Logical Reasoning and Analytical Ability by Sachchida Nand Jha
(published by Kalinjar Publication)

CSAT Capsule Logical Reasoning and Analytical Ability by J.K. Chopra (published by
Unique Publications)

Decision making and problem solving

CSAT Civil Services Aptitude Test: Decision Making Problem-Solving and Interpersonal
Skills by Prem Shankar Jha (published by Arihant)

Decision Making and Problem Solving Strategies by John Adair (published by Kogan
Page)

CSAT Capsule Decision Making and Problem Solving by J.K.Chopra (published by Unique
Publications)

General mental ability

Mental Ability - Quantitative Apitude by R.S. Aggarwal

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CSAT Capsule General Mental Ability by J.K.Chopra (published by Unique Publications)

General Mental Ability Logical Reasoning & Analytical Ability MCQs by UPSC Portal
(published by Kalinjar Publications)

CSAT Data Interpretation Logical Reasoning and General Mental Ability for General
Studies by Arun Sharma (published by Tata McGraw Hill)

Basic numeracy and Data interpretation

Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc (Class X level),
Data interpretation

Objective Maths - (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. Class X level) By R. S.
Agrawal

Quicker Maths by M Tyra ((published by BSC Publishing)

CSAT Data Interpretation Logical Reasoning and General Mental Ability for General
Studies by Arun Sharma (published by Tata McGraw Hill)

Tata Mcgraw Hill Manual of GS Paper-II 2014

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