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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