which physics book is best for optional to upsc?
Hey aspirant,
The following books are important for Physics optional for UPSC Exam-
- A Dictionary of Physics-Goldstein
- Mechanics by JC Upadhyay.
- Thermodynamics by Garg, Bansal, Ghosh.
- Atomic Physics- J.B. Rajan
- Quantum Mechanics by David J. Griffiths.
- Atomic and Molecular Spectra by Raj Kum.
- Quantum Physics by HC Verma
- NCERT books from 6th-12th books
- Advanced Level Physics – Nelkon & Parker
- B.L Theraja (Vol 1) or Vincent Del Toro
- Classical Mechanism -Gupta, Kumar & Sharma – Takewale & Puranik -H.Goldstein
- Concept of Modern Physics – Arthur Beiser
- Electricity & Magnetism: D.C. TAyal, B.S. Agarwal, Griffith
- Electronics – Millman & Halkias, S. Ramnam, Ryder or Bolstead, Malvina
- Electronics -Allen Mottershead
- EM Theory -Chopra&Agarwal/Satya Prakash
- Fundamental of Magnetism electricity – B.N. Basudeva
- 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 – Brijlal & Subramanyam, B.S. Agarwal, Ajoy & Ghatak
- Optics-Ajoy Ghatak-B.S. Agarwal
- Physics Vol I&II by David Halliday and Resnick
- Properties of Matter – B. Aggarwal
- Quantum Mechanics – A Ghatak
- Quantum Mechanics -Ghatak & Lokanathan
- Quantum Physics- Resnick & Eisberg
- Solid State Physics -Kittel
- Special Relativity-R.Resnick -Gupta & Goyal
- 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
You can refer to these books.
Hope this helps you .
If you have any doubts,you can ask in comments section
All the best.
UPSC Physics has approximately 17 topics to be covered and each topic has a better book writen by specific authors. Here we have mentioned 2 books per topic for you:
An Introduction to Mechanics by Kleppner and Kolenkow
Mechanics by D S Mathur
Theory of Relativity by Goyal and Gupta
Intriduction to Special Relativity by Robert Resnick
A Text Book of Optics by Brijlal and Subrahmanyam
Optics by Gahtak Ajoy
Electricity and Magnetism by Satya Prakash
Introduction to Electrodynamics by David J Griffiths
Quantum Physics by Resnick and Eisberg
Concepts of Modern Physics by Arthur Beiser
Quantum Mechanis by Mourdune Zettler
Quantum Mechanics by Lokanathan and Ajoy Ghatak
Atomic and Molecular Spectra by Rajkumar
Nuclear Physics by SB Patel
Solid State Physics by SO Pillai
Solid State Physics by Puri RK and VK Babbar
Electronics by BL Theraja
