public ad. has become one of the most preferred optional recently and the success rate with this optional has also been high..but for a newcomer it is a lot of confusion wht books to refer and how to prepare so i would like to share wht i was told by a upsc topper on how to prepare let us first shortlist the number of books..
Indian Administration - Ramesh K. Arora & Rajni Goyal
Administrative Thinkers - R. Prasad and Prasad
New Horizons of Public Administration - Mohit Bhattacharya
Public Administration and Public Affairs - Nicholas Henry
and the most important of all is laxmikanth (tata mcgrawhill publication)..not matter wht paper upsc sets if u r good in laxmikanth (if u have read the book completely well and answered all the model papers behind any one can answer 75% of the questions .
there has been a drastic change in the pattern of the paper for the laast two years...many questions on current topics are appearing for whichone has to be good in current affairs ...and the one line i always remember wht he said was read between the lines (i.e to understand the topics and not simply byheart it try to apply it to general situations)
and the most important thing for pub ad students is take more tests (many model papers are there at the back of laxmikanth..along with last 15 years question papers .take simulated tests to see where you stand (lock yourself in a room and consider it to be the real exam and attempt any paper..see your score and the mistakes you have done and then you know wht to do next..)take 5 to 10 tests and you can find the difference in your scorin....the rest all you know what to do..so wishin you all the best for prelims whenever you write...of course there are many other books but i feel these are the most important ones aftre which you can go for other books
Indian Administration - Ramesh K. Arora & Rajni Goyal
Administrative Thinkers - R. Prasad and Prasad
New Horizons of Public Administration - Mohit Bhattacharya
Public Administration and Public Affairs - Nicholas Henry
and the most important of all is laxmikanth (tata mcgrawhill publication)..not matter wht paper upsc sets if u r good in laxmikanth (if u have read the book completely well and answered all the model papers behind any one can answer 75% of the questions .
there has been a drastic change in the pattern of the paper for the laast two years...many questions on current topics are appearing for whichone has to be good in current affairs ...and the one line i always remember wht he said was read between the lines (i.e to understand the topics and not simply byheart it try to apply it to general situations)
and the most important thing for pub ad students is take more tests (many model papers are there at the back of laxmikanth..along with last 15 years question papers .take simulated tests to see where you stand (lock yourself in a room and consider it to be the real exam and attempt any paper..see your score and the mistakes you have done and then you know wht to do next..)take 5 to 10 tests and you can find the difference in your scorin....the rest all you know what to do..so wishin you all the best for prelims whenever you write...of course there are many other books but i feel these are the most important ones aftre which you can go for other books
