What should I read for UPSC prelims exam? My optional subjects are zoology and public administration.

What should I read for UPSC prelims exam? My optional subjects are zoology and public administration.
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dear friend,

UPSC Civil Services Prelims Exam is completely changed. Now in UPSC exams two papers are conducted which comes from general Studies and logical and reasoning. It is now called CSAT(Civil Services Aptitude Test). There is no optional subject for prelims exam. both papers are of objective type.
Civil Services mains exam still same. you have to choose optional subjects for mains Exam. For preparation study MC graw hill books related to optional subjects also keep solving previous year papers.



Good Luck.....

for prelims exam, no optionals in the current pattern. For paper1 general studies read Tata mcgraw hill book, India year book ,NCERT books for history and geography(std XI and XII) and also follow newspapers regularly. Practice many model tests in lot of websites.
FOr paper 2, get some good aptitude book like R.s Agarwal, Abhijit Guha etc Also improve you English language skills

Dear friend,

Upsc has changed the prelims pattern from 2011 onwards.

now there is no optional subjects in prelims exam.

you have to appear in two papers.

syllabus:

Paper I - (200 marks) Duration: Two hours
Current events of national and international importance
History of India and Indian National Movement
Indian and World Geography - Physical, Social, Economic geography of India and the World.
Indian Polity and Governance � Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.
Economic and Social Development � Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc.
General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialization
General Science.

Paper II- (200 marks) Duration: Two hours
Comprehension
Interpersonal skills including communication skills;
Logical reasoning and analytical ability
Decision making and problem solving
General mental ability
Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc.) (Class X level)
Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. -Class X level)
English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level).

Note -
Questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level (last item in the Syllabus of Paper-II) will be tested through passages from English language only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper.
The questions will be of multiple choice, objective type.

hope it helped.

all the best

Reference Books for Public Administration:

1. Indian Administration - Ramesh K. Arora & Rajni Goyal.
2. Indian Administration - S.R. Maheswari.
3. Administrative Theory - Avasti & Avasti
4. Public Administration - Avasti & Maheswari.
5. Administrative Thinkers - R. Prasad and Prasad.
6. Administrative Thinkers - S.R. Maheswari.
7. Public Administration - Sadan and Sharma
8. Local Government - S.R. Maheswari.
9. New Horizons of Public Administration - Mohit Bhattacharya.
10. Public Administration Theory and concepts - Rumki Basu
11. Public Administration (Manual) (TATA MC Graw Hill) - Laxmikanth.
12. Indian Constitution - D.D. Basup (or) Pandey.
13. Public Administration and Public Affairs - Nicholas Henry.
14. Modern Public Administration - Nigro and Nigro.
15. Public Policy - R. K. Sapru
16. Public Personnel Administration � O. Gienn Stahl
17. Principle & Practice of Public Enterprise Management � Laxmi narayan
18. State Administration - J. D. Shukla
19. District Administration - S. S. Kera
20. Indian Journal and Public Administration � Anand Shekhar


Reference Books for Zoology:

1. Cell and molecular bilogy - De Robertis, C.B. Powar
2. Genitics - P.K. Gupta, Gardner, Ahluwalia, Vir Bala Rastogi
3. Animal physiology - H.R. Singh, Vander
4. Biochemistry - Harper, Leninger, Stryer, Rao
5. Embryology - Balinsky, A.K. Berry, Vir Bala Rastogi
6. Organic evolution - Veer Bala Rastogi
7. Ecology - P.D. Sharma, Odum, Vir Bala Rastogi and M.S. Jayaraj, Kotpal and Bali
8. Economic Zoology - Shukla and Upadhaya, Kotpal Series, Kotpal- Khetrapal - Aggarwal
9. Ethology - Reena Mathur, Magazines like Science Reporter, Nature etc.
10. General Zoology - Storer and Usurger
11. Physiology - H.R. Singh