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July 1, 2017 | Filed under: Book reviews, UPSC Mains

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Book list – Public Administration Optional TRY IT FREE

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 .
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12. Introduction to the constitution of India – D.D.Basu.
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 Book List – Geography Optional
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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.

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2. Regional Planning in India – Mahesh Chand.
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3. India Year Book – Publication Division. TRY IT FREE
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. Indian Government and Politics – B L Fadia.
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 organisations 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 , Uma Kapila , Economic Survey.

Recommended Books for Psychology –

1. Introduction to Psychology
2. Atkinson & Hilgard – Psychology
3. Robert Baron Psychology
4. Munn’S Introduction To Psychology
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)
15. Illustrated synopsis of Dermatology and sexually
transmitted diseases by Neena Khanna.
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
Mercantile Law – R.K. Bangia
Principles of Mercantile Law- Avtar Singh
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. Thermodynamics – R Yadav
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
14. Manufacturing Science – R K Jain
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
11. Economic Zoology – Shukla and Upadhaya, Kotpal Series,
Kotpal- Khetrapal – Aggarwal
12. Ethology – Reena Mathur, Magazines like Science
Reporter, Nature etc.
13. General Zoology – Storer and Usurger
14. Physiology – H.R. Singh
15. Evolution – Vir Bala Rastogi
16. A Dictionary of Entomology – Leftwic

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July 10, 2017 at 11:50 pm

i want to know the recommended books for

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 July 11, 2017 at 7:53 am

Medical Science Optional Book list is

updated.Check the link on evening for
Electrical Engineering optional book list.

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Grace Nengneiching Singsit says:

July 14, 2017 at 6:52 pm

Can u please suggest books recommended for

botany optional as I find it hard.
Thanking your service with anticipation!!

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Arijit says:
August 2, 2017 at 8:58 pm

I’m a BDS student which are the books to follow

for optional in medical science ?

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IAS Solution says:

August 2, 2017 at 9:03 pm

We already given the useful book list in

this article .Pls refer it.

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pavithran says:
August 3, 2017 at 7:32 pm

I need to know book list for agri optional

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IAS Solution says:

August 3, 2017 at 7:36 pm

Will update..Stay tuned

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Vijaya says:
August 4, 2017 at 3:11 pm

I’m a law student which are the books to follow

for optional in law

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August 5, 2017 at 9:10 am

Updated..Check now..

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August 5, 2017 at 8:27 am
I am a mechanical engineering student.Need to
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August 5, 2017 at 9:45 am

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August 18, 2017 at 4:25 pm

Hallo sir

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August 18, 2017 at 4:27 pm

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Spoorthi parcha says:

August 20, 2017 at 3:44 pm

Sir I want the books for my optional in botany …

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IAS Solution says:

August 22, 2017 at 10:17 am

Botany Optional Book List is updated now

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himanshu soni says:

August 23, 2017 at 6:40 pm

What do u suggest me about HINDI-SAHITYA

and HISTRY as optional paper….

I completed b.com. but in doubt to choose optionàl ……

Please help me….

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IAS Solution says:

August 23, 2017 at 6:48 pm

Both are good optional ..I suggest u to

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SNEHOJEET SARKAR says:

August 29, 2017 at 10:42 am

Sir I am physics student. Please suggest me the

essential book list for physics optional. Thank
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ARUN RAINA says:

September 11, 2017 at 8:17 am

Optional book list For chemistry?

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Anand Rathod says:

October 10, 2017 at 11:47 pm

I am civil engineering student,please suggest me

the essential book list for CE

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Sart says:
October 21, 2017 at 8:28 am

Please suggest books for commerce and

accountancy and malayalam literature

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 Pankaj Dhariwal says:
October 27, 2017 at 5:32 pm

Sir psychology optional books please

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October 27, 2017 at 10:09 pm

Book list for psychology is updated now

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