IAS Mains optional book list

Book List for IAS optional subjects

Here we provide a list of popular books for UPSC Mains examination. As far as possible, we provided important books for each optional subjects and avoided providing a comprehensive book list.

Geography Optional Booklist

Paper 1	Paper 2
Part 1:	NCERT Class 11 and 12 Books
Physical Geography- Savindra Singh	India a Comprehensive Geography - Khuller
Certificate Physical and Human Geography - GC Leong	Geography of India - Majid Hussain
Part 2:	School Atlas - Orient Blackswan/Oxford
Human Geography by Majid Hussain	Map Entries in Geography K.Siddhartha
Rupa Made Simple Economic and Social Geography
Models and Theories by K Siddhartha and S Mukherjee

Public Administration Optional Booklist

Paper 1	Paper 2
Administrative Thinkers D. Ravindra Prasad & V.S. Prasad	Indian Public Administration: Institutions and Issues - Ramesh K. Arora and Rajni Goyal
Public Administration - RB Aribam	IGNOU Notes
New Horizons of Public Administration - Mohit Bhattacharya	ARC Reports
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & PUBLIC AFFAIRS - Nicholas Henry	IIPA Journals - (Indian Journal Of Public Administration)

History Optional Booklist

Paper 1	Paper 2
Ancient History:	Modern History:
Wonder that was India A.L. Basham	Modern Indian History Grover & Grover
A history of ancient and early medieval India - Upinder Singh	India s Struggle for Independence Bipin Chandra
Medieval History:	India After Gandhi: Ramachandra Guha
Medieval India Satish Chandra	World History:
	Contemporary World History (NCERT) Arjun Dev & others
	Read Mastering Modern World History - Norman Lowe

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Sociology Optional Booklist

Paper 1	Paper 2
Sociology Themes and Perspectives - Haralambos and Holborn	Principals of Sociology by C.N.Shankar Rao
Sociology - Anthony Giddens	Social problems in India by Ram Ahuja
Sociological Theory - Ritzer G	Social Change in India M N Srinivas
	Modernization of Indian Tradition Yogendra Singh

Political Science and International Relations Optional Booklist

Paper 1	Paper 2
Political Theory : An Introduction - Andrew Heywood	International Relations - Vinay Kumar Malhotra
Political Ideologies - Heywood	Challenge and Strategy: Rethinking India's Foreign Policy - Rajiv Sikri
Foundations of Indian Political Thought: An Interpretation - From Manu to the Present Day - V. R. Mehta	Does the Elephant Dance? - David M. Malone
Indian Government And Politics - B.L. Fadia

Philosophy Optional Booklist

A Critical History of Western Philosophy- Y Masih
An Introduction to Indian Philosophy - Satishchandra Chatterjee and Dhirendra Mohan Datta
An Introduction to Political Theory by O P Gauba
Introduction to Religious Philosophy By Y Masih

Anthropology Optional Booklist

Physical Anthropology - P.Nath
Fossil Evidence S Das
Anthropology Theories MakhanJha s
Indian Anthropology Nadeem Hasnain
Social Anthropology Maunder

Physics Optional Booklist

Paper 1	Paper 2
An introduction to mechanics by kleppner and kolenkow Mechanics by D S Mathur	Quantum Physics by Resnick and Eisberg Quantum Mechanics by Mourdine Zettler Quantum Mechanics: Theory and Applications by S. Lokanathan and Ajoy Ghatak
Theory of Relativity by Goyal and Gupta Introduction to Special Relativity by Robert Resnick	Atomic & Molecular Spectra by Rajkumar Nuclear Physics by SB Patel
A Text Book of Optics by Brijlal and Subrahmanyam Optics by Ghatak Ajoy	Solid State Physics by S.O. Pillai Solid State Physics by Puri R.K and V. K. Babbar
Electricity & Magnetism by Satyaprakash Introduction to Electrodynamics by David J Griffiths Electronics by B L Theraja Vol. IV	Concepts of Modern Physics by Arthur Beiser

Note: For All optionals refer IGNOU Materials for Reference.

Refer: Book List for IAS Prelims Examination

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