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