SIAC CET STUDY MATERIAL-BOOK LIST

                       Study Material

Indian History :

• NCERT Books for Stds. 10th, 11th and 12th (Ancient, Medieval and Modern India) - Old and New
• India's struggle for Independence - Bipan Chandra
• Modern India - Grover and Grover
• Modern India - S. N. Sen
• Modern India - Spectrum Publication

Geography :

• NCERT Books for Standard 6th to 12th
• Certificate Physical Geography - Goh Cheng Leong
• India Yearbook (Publication division)
• for relevant statistical data
• Atlas (Standard) to study maps
• Pratiyogita Darpan and Wizard special issues.

Indian Polity :

• NCERT Books for Standard11th and 12th
• Our Parliament - Subhash Kashyap
• Our Constitution - Subhash Kashyap
• Introduction to the Constitution of India - D. D. Basu
• Indian Constitution - P. M. Bakshi

Indian Economy :

• Evolution of Indian Economy - NCERT books
• Indian Economy - Dutta and Sundaran
• Economic survey of India
• Special issues of Pratiyogita Darpan
• Chronicle - “Economy Watch Section
• ET classroom and special articles from Economic Time

General Science :

• NCERT Books for Standard 5th to 10th
• Tata McGraw Hill (TMH) Guide
• Science Reporter

C-SAT :

• Mental Ability - R. S. Agarwal
• Competition Success - Intelligent Test - W. N. Dandekar
• Ultimate In Mental Ability Test - Lt. Col. M. G. Diwan
• Quantitative Aptitude for CAT - Arun Sharma
• Word Power made Easy - N. Lewis
• How to read better and faster - Lewis
• Puzzles - S. Devi, George Summers
• Non Verbal and Logical Reasoning - R. S. Agarwal
• Quantitative Aptitude - R. S. Agarwal
• Quantitative Aptitude - R. S. Agarwal
• C-SAT Manual - Tata McGraw Hill (TMH)

Current Affairs : Newspaper

The Hindu, Times of India, Indian Express, Maharashtra Times, Any Marathi Newspaper

Current Affairs : Magazine

• Civil Service Chronicle
• Wizard (Special Issues)
• Pratiyogita Darpan (Special Issues), Frontline
• Yojana, Kurukshetra,
• Lokrajya, Science reporter, Down to Earth

Topics of Social Relevance :

• Idea of India - Sunil Khillan
• Indian Society - S.C. Dube
• Problems in India - Ram Ahuja