>>PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFERENCE BOOKS FOR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION :

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. SUBHASH KASHYAP
(OUR CONSTITUTION)
(OUR PARLIAMENT)
13. P.M. BAKSHI(FOR ARTICLE WISE STUDY OF THE NDIAN CONSTITUTION)
14. IJPA articles on relevant topics
15. Current News Papers

SYLLABUS:- syllabus for any exam is of prime importance. Without going through the syllabus one can not understand the nature of examination and the area to be covered for that purpose. So proper understanding of the syllabus is the first step towards success.

QUESTION BANK:- Go through the last ten years question seriously for Prelim and Main exams both. And on the last five years question you need to have a research on them. This means you need to identify
· Why that question has been asked?
· What is the nature of the question asked?
· What is the background of that question?
· From which source this question has been taken out?Once these informations are clear in your mind your task of preparing for the examination would be greatly simplified. Your first task has to be to go thorough the syllabus and then topic wise study of the question bank. It would be only after that you can proceed with wide ranging, intensive as well as extensive study for the examination.