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Public Administration Prelims and Mains Books (IAS/UPSC/CMS)

Indian Administration - Ramesh K. Arora & Rajni Goyal.
Indian Administration - S.R. Maheswari.
Administrative Theory - Avasti & Avasti
Public Administration - Avasti & Maheswari.
Administrative Thinkers - R. Prasad and Prasad.
Administrative Thinkers - S.R. Maheswari.
Public Administration - Sadan and Sharma
Local Government - S.R. Maheswari.
New Horizons of Public Administration - Mohit Bhattacharya.
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Introductory Probability and Statistical Applications - Paul Meyer
An Introduction to Probability Theory & Mathematical Statistics -V K Rohtagi
Fundamentals of Statistics (2 Vol.)- A M Goon, M K Gupta and B Dass Gupta
An Outline of Statistical Theory (2 Vol.) -A M Goon, M K Gupta and B .Dass Gupta
Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics-A C Gupta and V […]

Paper-I
1. Linear Algebra - K.C. Prasad, K B Datta
2.Calculus - Santhi Narayan
3.Analytic Geometry - Shantinarayan, HC Sinha, DK Jha and Sharma
4.Ordinary Differential eqs:- MD Raising Lumina, Golden seris-NP Bali
5. Dynamics, Statitics and Hydrostatics - M.Ray
6. Vector analysis - Shantinarayan

Paper-II
1.Algebra - K C Prasad, KB Datta
2. Real Analysis - Shantinarayan,Royden
3. Complex Analysis - GK Ranganath
4. Linear […]

Strength of material - Gere and Timoshenko
Concrete Technology - M.S. Shetty
R.C.C. (WSM) - Shyal and Goyal
R.C.C. (LSM) - A.K. Jain
Steel Structure - L.S. Negi
Soil Mechanics - K.R. Arora
Fluid Mechanics - Modi & Seth
Theory of Structure (Vol - II) - Vazirani and Ratwani
Irrigation Engineering - S.K. Garg
Prestress Concrete - N. Krishna Rajee
Engineering Hydrology - K. Subramanya

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

Gaseous state, Thermodynamics, Phase rule, solutions, Colligative properties, Electro Chemistry, Catalysis, Colloids - Principals of physical chemistry - Puri, Sharma & Pathawa
Chemical kinetics - Advance physical chemistry - Gurdeep Raj
Photo chemistry - A text book of physical chemistry (Vol. - IV) - K.L. Kapoor
Advance physical chemistry - Gurdeep Raj.

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

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Microbiology: Powars’s two books on microbiology are more than enough.
Pathology: Singh’s book along with a foreign author
Cryptograms B.R. Vasista (alage and fungi), P.C. Vashishta (Pteridophytes gymnosperms) along with both volumes by Pandey and Trivedi
Embryology: Bhojwani and Bhatnagar
Plant Anatomy: Esau or B.P. Pandey
Taxonomy: Nair along with Datta
Cell Biology: De Robertis & Ambrose and Easy […]

IAS / IPS / UPSC / CMS Exam Suggested Reading for Preliminary

Agronomy By Yellamananda Reddy
Soil Science - D.K Das Or Brady
Plant Breeding By B.D. Singh
Genetics By B.D.Singh
Physiology By Pandey & Singha
Indroduction To Horticulture - Kumar
Handbook Of Agriculture By ICAR
Agricultural Economics and Farm Management
Agricultural Extension Education in India

Suggested Reading for Mains
In addition to the books listed […]

Reference Books for Geography - IAS / UPSC / CMS Examination
1. 6th to 12th NCERT Books for Geography.
2. Certificate of Physical Geography - Goh Cheng Leong.
3. Physical Geography -Savindra Singh
4.Physical Geography - Made simple series - Rupa Publications
5. Economic & Commercial Geography - Made Simple Series - Rupa Publications.
6. Human and […]

Recomended Books for UPSC IAS History Books References UPSC CMS
ANCIENT INDIA :
1. Wonder that was India - A.L. Bhashem.
2. Ancient India Social and Culture - Luniya
3. Ancient India - an introductory outline - D.N.Jha.
4. An Advanced History of India - R.C. Majumda, H.C. Raychaudhurai, - Kalikinkar Datta
5. Ancient India - L.Mukherjee
MEDIVAL […]