[Studyplan] Book Lists for Optional Subjects of UPSC Civil Services Mains Examination (UPSC CSE) and other State PSC Exams.

Book Lists for Optional Subjects of  UPSC Civil Services Mains Examination (UPSC CSE) and other State PSC Exams.

Optional Subjects demand Many books because of their very nature and vast syllabus. I have collected these books from various sources and have strictly complied the necessary books for various optionals for UPSC CSE and other State PCS Exams. Some of the State PSC have different syllabus but still their syllabus match 80-90% with UPSC syllabus so the book list remains almost same.

I will keep updating the Lists as soon as I will Come to know Good Books and info also will post about remaining optional subjects. Stay connected and keep visiting. Subjects Mentioned below are followings :

1. History 
2. Political Science
3. Geography : Ira Singhal
4. Sociology
5. Public Administration : Prem Ranjan Singh
6. Economics : Harshika Singh | Neeraj Kumar Singh | Gaurav Agrawal
7. Commerce : Deepak Singla 
8. Medical Science : Dr. Shaleen
9. Mathematics : Prakash Rajpurohit | Kashish Mittal
10. Physics : Kashish Mittal | Kunal Silku
11. Anthropology : Harshika Singh 

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HISTORY

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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. The Wonder That Was India – A.L. Basham
5. Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas  - Romila Thapar/ A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India
6. Medieval India: From Sultanat to Mughals – 1- Satish Chandra
7. Medieveal India: From Sultanat to Mughals -2 – Satish Chandra
8. Mastering Modern World History – Norman Lowe
9. History of the World – Arjun Dev

Source: Here

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POLITICAL SCIENCE

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1. A History Of Political Thought: Plato To Marx – Mukherjee and Susheela Ramaswamy
2. Introduction to Political Theory – O P Gauba
3. Politial Theory – Rajeev Bhargava
4. Politics – Heywood
5. Global Politics – Heywood
6. International Relations -Khanna
7. Foundations of Indian Political Thought – V R Mehta
8. Introduction to the Constitution of India  - D D Basu
9. India’s Struggle For Idependence – Bipan Chandra
10. Indian Government and Politics – B L Fadia
11. Does The Elephant Dance? Contemporary India Foreign Policy – Malone

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GEOGRAPHY

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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 – Rupa Publication
8. Models in Geography – Majid Hussain
9. Dictionary of Human Geography
10. Oxford Student Atlas / The Orient BlackSwan School Atlas

Paper-II

1. India – A Comprehensive Geography  - Khullar
2. Regional Planning in India – Mahesh Chand
3. India Year Book – Publication Division

Source: Here

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SOCIOLOGY

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Paper-I

1. Sociology – Anthony Giddens
2. Sociology – Harlombos and Holborn
3. Sociological Thought – Francis Abraham and John Henry Morgan
4. Political Theory – O P Gauba
5. HARALAMBOS & HOLBORN SOCIOLOGY: THEMES AND PERSPECTIVES
6. Sociological Theory –  Ritzer G
7. Sociology - Macionis

Paper-II

1. Social Change in India – M N Srinivas
2. Modernization of Indian Tradition – Yogendra Singh
3. Handbook of Indian Sociology – Veena Das
4. Indian Society and Culture – Nadeem Hasnain
5. Rural Sociology – Doshi and Jain
6. Social Background of Indian Nationalism – A R Desai
7. Indian Sociological Thought by Nagla B K
   
   
   Source: Here

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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

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1. Indian Public Administration – Arora and Goyal
2. Public Administration In India 1st Edition - Maheshwari
3. Public Administration In India – B L Fadia (optional)
4. Public Administration – Laxmikant
5. Administrative Thinkers – Prasad and Prasad
6. New Horizons of Public Administration – Mohit Bhattacharya
7. Public Administration – Fadia and Fadia
8. Public Administration and Public Affairs 12th Edition – Nicholas Henry
9. Essentials Of Organizational Behaviour10th Edition – Robbins, Sanghi and Judge

Source: Here

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ECONOMICS

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UPSC Economics Paper - 1 :

1. Microeconomics – Ahuja / Here 
2. Koutsyansis / Here
3. Macroeconomics – Ahuja / Here and Mankiw / Here
4. International Economics – Salvatore / Here and  M.C Vaish / Here
5. Public Finance - Lekhi, Balton and Bhatia / Here  
6. Money and Banking – Gupta and Ahuja
7. RBI Website
8. For Growth and Development ,I followed Mishra and Puri  / Here. There is another book by Lekhi (this book covers the syllabus so it is bit handy)/Debraj Ray-Development Economics / Here. I extensively used Internet for some new developments in same.
    

UPSC Economics Paper - 2 :

1. Indian Economy Since Independence by Uma Kapila  / Here 
2. Mishra and Puri  / Here,  Dutt and Sundaram /Here, Uma Kapila-Policy & Planning / Here,
   Economic Survey, EPW, RBI
3. Any One Business Newspaper - ET, The Economist or Financial Express

Source: Here

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COMMERCE

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Paper-I

1. Accounting

 Corporate Accounting – Naseem Ahmed (A very good & simple book to cover entire topics, selected topics only)

Accounting Standards- D. S. Rawat (Cover AS 1-20, 22 & 26 in detail & practice numerical also)

    
2. Cost Accounting

Cost Accounting; Theory & Problems- Maheshwari & Mittal (Selected topics to cover syllabus of UPSC only)

3. Auditing

Students’ Guide to Auditing- Aruna Jha (Taxmann) (Selected topics only)

4. Taxation- Income Tax, Service Tax & VAT

Income Tax book by- V.K. Singhania or Girish Ahuja

Following is the link for a Income Tax book by Mr. Bhavin Pathak. This book is written in a wonderful way and one should download for covering Income Tax part from this book.

5. Financial Management

Financial Management; Text & Problems- Khan & Jain ( ALL CHAPTERS, sufficient to cover the entire syllabus)

6. Financial Markets & Institutions

Indian Financial System- M.Y. Khan

               OR                                               Selected Topics to cover syllabus only

Financial Institutions & Markets- L.M. Bhole

Paper-II
1. Organisation Theory & Behaviour

Organisation Theory & Behaviour- B.P. Singh & T.N. Chabra

Organisation Behaviour- L.M. Prasad

     
2. Human Resource Management

Human Resource Management- C.B.Gupta

Human Resource Management- K. Ashwathapa (Tata McGraw Hill)

    
  3. Industrial Relations

Industrial Relations- T.N. Chabra & R.K.Suri

Dynamics of Industrial Relations- C.B. Mamoria & Satish Mamoria

Source: Here

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MEDICAL SCIENCE

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1. Human Anatomy—B D Chaurasia books of Anatomy (all three volumes); Embryology from I B Singh;
2. Human Physiology- Ganong; Guyton  & A.K.Jain book
3. Biochemistry-  by U. Satyanarayan’s book.
4. Pathology-  Pathological basis of disease by Robbins and Cotran, one can also refer to Harshmohan’s book also.
5. Pharmacology- K D Tripathi’s book or even Lipincott is very good for memory point of view.
6. Microbiology- D R Arora’s book. And same author’s book for medical parasitology.
7. Forensic medicine- Essentials of Forensic medicine and Toxicology by Dr. K S Narayan Reddy. It is better to go by the tables that have been given in this book as question are asked directly from there and it is advisable to not to miss them.
8. (Community medicine)Preventive and social medicine- K Park’s book is sufficient enough. There is no need to refer any special book for the programs of Govt. of India as K Park deals with them in good detail and one has to follow a word limit in writing questions.
9. General Medicine- there are various books for medicine and no one is complete. I would highly recommend reading only those books which you have referred during your graduation years. Like I followed CMDT(no need to buy latest edition), textbook of medicine by S N Chugh, Emergency medicine by S N Chugh. I would recommend making notes on certain medical emergencies like asthma, COPD, Status epilepticus, poisoning cases etc. It is better to avoid reading Harrison as one need to prepare any question optimally and not totally. For Infectious diseases one should refer book from Indian author as presentation of Infectious diseases is a bit different in our country than west so avoid CMDT or Harrision for that.
10. General Surgery- Manipal’s manual of surgery. For Differential diagnosis part one can refer to clinical surgery by S Das.
11. Pediatrics-  Essential pediatrics by O P Ghai, Paul and Bagga. For d/d one can refer to DR. Mayoor K cheda book.
12. Deramatology- illustrated synopsis of Dermatology and sexually transmitted diseases by Neena Khanna.
13. Obstetrics and gynecology including family planning- Obstetrics by D C Dutta. And for gynecology either D C Dutta’s book or Shaw’s Gynecology. Practice questions in flow chart format like that has been given in D C dutta as it is the standard format to prepare for answer writing in medical science paper.

Source: Here

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MATHEMATICS

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Paper-I

1. Linear Algebra:
   Linear Algebra by Vasishtha and Sharma (Krishna Series)
   Matrices by Vasishtha and Vasishtha (Krishna Series)
   
2. Calculus: Differential Calculus by Shanti Narayan (S. Chand)/ Or Here  
   Integral Calculus by Shanti Narayan (S. Chand)
   A Course of Mathematical Analysis by Shanti Narayan (S. Chand)
3. Analytic Geometry: Analytical Solid Geometry by Shanti Narayan (S. Chand)
4. Ordinary Differential Equations: Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations by M.D. Raisinghania (S. Chand)
   Laplace Transforms:
   Brilliant Tutorials Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Erwin Kreyszig
5. Statics: Statics (Krishna Series) Statics Statics & Dynamics Dynamics: Dynamics (Krishna Series)
6. Vector Analysis:
   Vector Calculus (Krishna Series)
   Curves in Space:
   Calculus by Thomas & Finney
   
   

Paper-II

1. Algebra:  A Course in Algebra by Khanna and Bhambri
                      Topics in Algebra by I. N. Herstein
2. Real Analysis: Elements of Real Analysis by MD Raisinghania (S. Chand)
3. Complex Analysis: Functions of a Complex Variable (Krishna Series)
4. Linear Programming: Linear Programming (Krishna Series)
5. Partial Differential Equations: Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations by M.D. Raisinghania (S. Chand)
   Boundary Value Problems: Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Erwin Kreyszig
6. Numerical Analysis and Computer Programming: Numerical Methods by Jain, Jain and Iynger
7. Mechanics:
   Rigid Dynamics -I (Dynamics of Rigid Bodies) (Krishna Series)
   Rigid Dynamics - II (Analytical Dynamics) (Krishna Series)
   Fluid Dynamics: M.D. Raisinghania (S. Chand)

Source : Prakash Purohit

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PHYSICS

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Paper-I

1. Mechanics: Mechanics by D.S. Mathur 
   An Introduction to Mechanics by Kleppner and  Kolenkow 
   Classical Mechanics by Goldstein / Here
2. Waves and Optics:
   Optics by Ajoy Ghatak / Here
   Optics by B.S. Agarwal
   
3. Electricity and Magnetism:
   Introduction to Electrodynamics by David J. Griffiths / Here 
   Electromagnetic Theory and Electrodynamics by Satya Prakash
   Electricity and Magnetism by D.C.Tayal
   
4. Thermal and Statistical Physics:
   Heat and Thermodynamics by Dittman and Zemansky / Here 
   Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory and Statistical Thermodynamics by Sears and Salinger / Here  Thermodynamics, Statistical Physics and Kinetics by Satya Prakash  
   Thermal Physics by Garg, Bansal and Ghosh / Here
   

Paper-II

1. Quantum Mechanics:
   Quantum Physics by H.C. Verma
   Quantum Physics by Resnick and Eisberg / Here
2. Atomic and Molecular Physics:
   Atomic and Molecular Spectra by Raj Kumar / Here 
   Modern Physics by Arthur Beiser / Here
   Molecular Physics by Banwell / Here
   Quantum Physics by Resnick and Eisberg / Here
3. Nuclear and Particle Physics:
   Nuclear Physics by D.C. Tayal
   Quantum Physics by Resnick and Eisberg / Here
   Modern Physics by Arthur Beiser / Here
4. Solid State Physics, Devices and Electronics:
   Principles of Electronic Materials and Devices by S O Kasap / Here
   Principles of Electronics by Mehta and Mehta / Here  Introduction to Solid State Physics by Kittel / Here
   Quantum Physics by Resnick and Eisberg / Here
   Modern Physics by Arthur Beiser / Here

Source : Kashish Mittal

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ANTHROPOLOGY

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Important Books for Anthropology Optional UPSC :

Paper - 1 and Paper - 2 : 


Physical Anthropology : 

• P. Nath / B. M. Das / Here 

Social Anthropology :  

• Ember & Ember / Here
• Makan Jha/ Here
• D. N. Majumdar & T. N. Madan/ Here
• N. K. Vaid

Indian Anthropology :   

• Nadeen Hasnain / Here
• V. S. Sahay & Pradeep K Pandey / Here  
• Traibal India / Here

Anthropological Thought : 

• Upadhyay & Gaya Upadhyay / Here
• Makan Jha/ Here

Other sources:                           

• Annual Report – Ministry of Tribal Affairs 
• Current news related to tribals 
• http://anthropology.ua.edu/cultures/cultures.php