Suggested Books List for CSAT Preparation

Here are the list of Suggested Books List for CSAT Preparation to General Studies, Sociology, Public Administration, Commerce, Geography, Psychology, Political Science, Philosophy.

General Studies
1. Our Constitution by Dr. Subhash Kashyap
2. Certificate Course in Geography by Goh Cheng Leong
3. NCERT Books on Geography from IX standard to XII standard
4. Indian Economy by Rudra Dutt and Sundaram or Mishra & Puri
5. Pratiyogita Darpan (for Indian Economy)
6. Economic Dictionary by Penguin or Collins
7. India Year Book published by Government of India
8. NCERT Books on Biology, Physics and Chemistry, Standard IX & X
9. NCERT Books on Indian History, IX, X, XI and XII Standard
10. The Hindu or the Times of India
11. Manorama Year Book
12. Yojana Magazine


Sociology
1. Sociology by Horolombas (New Edition)
2. Contemporary India by Veena Das
3. Capitalism and Modern Social Theories by Anthony Giddens or Sociological Theories by George Ritzer


Public Administration
1. New Horizons of Public Administration by Mohit Bhattacharya
2. Administrative Thinkers by Prasad and Prasad
3. Indian Administration by Rajni Goel
4. Public Administration and Public Affairs by Nicholar Henry


Geography
1. Certificate Course in Geography by Goh Cheng Leong
2. NCERT Books on Geography, from IX to XII standard


Commerce
1. Financial Management by RP. Rustagi (Paper-I)
2. Organisation Theory by BP Singh and TN Chhabra (Paper-II)
3. Organisational Behaviour by LM Prasad (Paper-II)


Psychology
1. NCERT Books on Psychology, Standard XI and XII.
2. Psychology by Baron


Political Science
1. NCERT BOOKS & National Book Trust on Indian Politics
2. Political Theory by Rajeev Barghav
3. Indian Foreign Policy by Rajeev Sikri


Philosophy 


Paper I :
1. W.T. Stace: A Critical History of Greek Philosophy ( for Plato and Aristotle).
2. Garrett Thomson: An Intoduction to Modern Philosophy ( for Descartes-Kant ).
3. Copelston :A History of Philosophy ( relevant chapters from volume1,4,5,6,7,8,9 &11)
4. Datta & Chatterjee: An Introduction to Indian Philosophy.
5. C.D. Sharma: A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy.
6. R.Puligandla: Fundamentals of Indian Philosophy.


Paper II:
1. Ashirvatham: Political Theory
2. O.P.Gauba: Social & Political Philosophy.
3. John Hick: Philosophy of Religion
4. George Galloway: The Philosophy of Religion ( relevant sections )