Tuesday, November 24, 2009

SUGGESTED BOOKS FOR CSAT PAPER ONE AND TWO

PAPER ONE:
·  Current Affairs: Any one national Daily preferably The Hindu and one monthly magazine (Wizard)
·   Indian History: NCERT (Ancient (XI), Medieval (XI), Modern India (XII)
· Geography: for basic and world geography NCERT (old books VI to X). Fundamentals of Physical Geography(XI), India: Physical Environment (XI)
·   Indian Polity: Laxmikanth or Wizard Polity
·   Indian Economics: Development Economics (NCERT), Pratyogitha Darpan, Economic Survey
·   General issues on Environmental Ecology: Internet
·   General Science: NCERT Science Book (VI to VIII), Science and Technology (XI & X)
·   General Knowledge: India Year Book (gov. publication), Arihant G.K.
·   TTK or Oxford Atlas for map practice
·   Any one GS guide for reference preferably Tata Mcgraw hill

PAPER TWO:
Comprehension
Comprehension 1, 2 and 3 Student Books (with Keys) by D'Arcy Adrian-Vallance, Lewis Lansford, Pearson Longman Publication

Interpersonal skills including communication skills
1.  The Seven Challenges Workbook A Guide to Cooperative Communication Skills for Success at Home and at Work by Dennis Rivers.

2. Communication chapter from organisational behavior by Stephen p. Robbins, Essentials of management by Koontz & Weirich for theoretical concepts

Logical reasoning and analytical ability
1. Verbal & non-verbal reasoning by R.S. Agarwal
2. Analytical Reasoning by R.S. Agarwal

Decision making and problem solving
Internet plus “Decision Making” from Robbins, Koontz weirich for theoretical knowledge.

General mental ability
General mental ability section of Tata Mcgraw hill guide
Analytical Reasoning by R.S. Agarwal

Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc. (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. –Class X level)
Quantitative Aptitude by R S Agarwal

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