BOOKS

GENERAL STUDIES;


newspaper: THE HINDU as a matter of routine and some articles for psycho from TIMES OF INDIA,which i got to know through friends.



MAGZINES: YOJANA,KURUKSHETRA,CHRONICLE and ya bits from others in last days of preparation for extra points.i recommend just these three,if read propely,they hav lots of material.in chronicle,dont miss out constitutional watch and international affairs for latest points.(pratiyogita darpan magzine is gud for gs-pre as more facts r included in there)



books-



G.S.-NCERT-esp modern history,geography,



spectrum(current affairs+modern history+statistics+personalities of india),



pd-economics,



indian polity-lakshmikant,



indian struggle for indian independence-bipin chandra.



and ya wizard's social issues book is gud.



n also FM gold news esp at 9:00 evening(mondays usually hav rich discussion on currents by eminent people)



wel,friends these books may have been read by most n they still feel wanting in content of answers. i personally believe,its how u analyse while u study these books n magzines. hav a base book and mental picture of a topic and link new material to this base.this helps u. i did focussed on fine arguments given in it,sometimes one needs to read between lines. i feel one should approach these books again and again to learn something more which we may hav missed in earlier readings.



one guestbook entry asked me what is gud in vajiram,s notes besides IR.wel,again see fine points,fine arguments-these small things help score 2-3 marks per question and make a big difference in final total. i found the discussion in polity,economics,current n social issues n ya ,essay too very rich. i may agree that geography,sc n tech, mental ability, statistics,history 2 markers may require a sincere effort from ones own side too. esp.-geo n sc-tech for current n conceptual updation(eg: delayed monsoon last year),statistics for practice(graphs n tables),history 2 markers for wider coverage. a limited material studied wel is important than heap of books..

OPTIONALS:

Optional I-sociology-



sociology(themes and perspectives)-haralombus



,vidhya and bhushan-sociology,



IGNOU-M ‘n’ M series-part I and II,(THE ORIGINAL IGNOU MATERIAL IS VERY VAST SO I OPTED THIS ABRIDGED ONE,OBVIOUSLY THE ORIGINAL ONE IS BETTER IF U HAVE TIME). also,many people ask me where to get M nM SERIES,i got mine from SOOD book store,opposite the old building of vajiram in old rajinder nagar...



introduction to social anthropology-Majundar And Tandon.







Optional II-psychology-south asian edition-CICCARELLI-for examples and diagrams.



-i read mukul sir's notes,added from his bundles esp egs and case studies.



-i didnt read baron or morgan for want of time