Hi,

Syllabus for MA political science entrance exam in HPU is largely based on the syllabus of Bachelor's level Political science curriculum of any Indian University. So your conceptual knowledge developed at Bachelor's level will be tested in this exam.

Some of the broad topics may be as follows -

• Political Theory and Thought
• Comparative Politics and Political Analysis
• Indian Government and Politics
• Bureaucracy and Public Administration
• International Relations
• Theory
• Indian Foreign policy

Read these books, they will cover whole syllabus -

• Western Political Thought by Shefali Jha
• Contemporary Political Philosophy by Will Kymlicka
• Oxford Companion to Politics in India by Niraja Gopal Jayal & Pratap Bhanu Mehta
• State and Politics in India by Zoya Hasan
• IGNOU’s Reader for MA in Political Science

Hope this helps.

Good luck.