Important Reference Books For UPSC CSE Physics Optional

In this post of Important Reference Books For UPSC CSE Physics Optional we endeavour to provide you with the list of best books for UPSC CSE Physics Optional.

Physics is one of the optional subjects offered for UPSC IAS Mains Exam. It is a discipline of science dealing with properties and nature of matter and energy. It includes light, heat, mechanics and other related themes. Aspirants those who are from Physics and Electrical engineering background can handle this optional subject in IAS Exam. UPSC aspirants coming from non-electronics background must put extra hard work to ace this optional.

Paper-I

A Dictionary of Physics – Goldstein

A Textbook of Sound – Khanna & Bedi

Advanced Level Physics – Nelkon & Parker

Any fundamental book on electrical engineering like B.L Theraja (Vol 1) or Vincent Del Toro

Classical Mechanism -Gupta, Kumar & Sharma – Takewale & Puranik -H.Goldstein

Electricity & Magnetism: D.C. TAyal, B.S. Agarwal, Griffith

Introduction of Electrodynamics – David Griffiths

EM Theory -Chopra&Agarwal/Satya Prakash

Physics Vol I&II by David Halliday and Resnick

Optics – Brijlal & Subramanyam, B.S. Agarwal, Ajoy & Ghatak

Properties of Matter – B. Aggarwal

Solid State Physics -Kittel

Special Relativity-R.Resnick -Gupta & Goyal

Paper-II

Atomic & Molecular Spectra -Rajkumar

Atomic Physics – J. B. Rajan

Concept of Modern Physics – Arthur Beiser

Electronics – Millman & Halkias, S. Ramnam, Ryder or Bolstead, Malvina

Electronics -Allen Mottershead

Fundamental of Magnetism electricity – D.N. Vasudeva

Mechanics – D.S. Mathur, B.S. Agarwal

Mechanics – Kleppner & Kolenkow -D.S. Mathur

Modern Physics – A Beiser (Concepts of modern physics), S.L. Gupta, B.S. Agarwal, J.B. Rajan

Nuclear Physics – D.C. Tayal

Nuclear Physics -S.B Patel Optics-Ajoy Ghatak-B.S. Agarwal

Quantum Mechanics – A Ghatak

Quantum Mechanics -Ghatak & Lokanathan

Quantum Physics- Resnick & Eisberg

Statistical Physics -B.B laud

Thermal Physics – P.K Chakraborty – Satya Prakash, Singhal & Agarwal

Thermal Physics – Singal, Agarwal & Prakash, B.S. Agarwal, Shah & Srivastava

University Physics – Zemansky

Wave/Spl.Relatively – D.S. Mathur/Kleppner Kolenkow

Waves and Oscillations – Brijlal & Subramanyam, B.S. Agarwal

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Eami February 22, 2023 Reply

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