Best Books For CS Foundation 2020
Best Books for CS Foundation 2020 - The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) recommends some best CS Foundation books along with the study material. These CS Foundation books 2020 are helpful in good exam preparation. The paper-wise list of best books for CS Foundation 2020 has been provided on this page. Candidates can pick the ones that are easily accessible and stick to them for the preparation of CS Foundation 2020. It is essential that the candidates make use of only the most reliable material to ace the exam. CS Foundation is the stage in the process of becoming a Company Secretary. The candidates appearing for the exam are fresh out of high school, so it is crucial that they pick the best CS Foundation books only. CS Foundation 2020 examinations for the June session is to be conducted on June 6 & 7, 2020. Check the list of the best books for ICSI CS Foundation 2020 in the article below.
Best Books for CS Foundation 2020
The tables provided below contain the list of books for each paper suggested by ICSI for CS Foundation 2020.
PAPER 1 - BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND LAW
Name of the Author | Name of CS Foundation Books | Name of Publisher |
For Overall Preparation | ||
Sen & Mitra | Commercial Law | The World Press Pvt. Ltd., Calcutta |
Ian Wirthington & Chris Britton | The Business Environment | Pearson Education Ltd., England |
Raymond W.Y. Kao | Entrepreneurship and Enterprises Development | |
D. Chandra Bose | Business Laws | PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. |
M.C. Shukla | A Manual of Mercantile Laws | Sultan Chand & Company, New Delhi |
N.D. Kapoor | Mercantile Law | Sultan Chand & Co., New Delhi |
N.D. Kapoor & Dinkar Pagare | Business Laws and Management | Sultan Chand & Sons. |
M.C. Kuchhal | Mercantile Law | Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi. |
P. P. S. Gogna | A Textbook of Business Law | Sultan Chand & Company, New Delhi |
Poonam Gandhi | Business Studies | Dhanpat Rai & Company Private Limited, Delhi |
NCERT | Business Studies Text Book for Class 10+2 | |
For Topic Wise Preparation | ||
Business functions | ||
Anil Kumar and Jyotsna Rajan Arora | Corporate governance and social responsibility | International Book House Private Ltd. |
Introduction to law | ||
B.N.M.P. Tripathi | An introduction to Jurisprudence (Legal Theory) | |
Dennis Lloyd | Introduction of Jurisprudence with Selected Texts | |
Peter Smith | Essential Business Law (Law and the legal System) | |
Indian Partnership Act | ||
M.C. Shukla | A manual of Mercantile Law | |
N. D. Kapoor | Elements of Mercantile Law | |
Avtar Singh | Law of Partnership | |
Elements of Company Law | ||
Taxmann | Company Law Manual | |
Indian Contract Act | ||
Avtar Singh | Law of Contract | |
M.C. Shukla | A Manual of Mercantile Law | |
Business Environment | ||
Francis Cherunilam | Business Environment –Text and Cases | Himalaya Publishing House |
Sale of Goods Act | ||
M.C. Shukla | Manual of Mercantile Law | |
T.R. Desai | The Indian Contract Act, Sale of Goods Act and Partnership Act | Revised by K.H. Kaji, S.C. Sarkar & Sons, Calcutta |
Negotiable Instruments Act | ||
M. C. Shukla | A Manual of Mercantile Law | |
Khergamwala | Negotiable Instruments Act | |
Bhashyam & Adiga | The Negotiable Instruments Act | (Revised by J.C. Verma, Bharat Law House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi) |
Cyber Laws | ||
R.S.N Pillai and Bagavathi | Legal Aspects of Business | Sultan Chand and Sons |
Inderjeet Dagar and Anurag Agnihotri | Business Law | Book Age Publication |
PAPER 2 - BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, ETHICS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
For Overall Preparation | ||
Name of the Author | Name of CS Foundation Books | Name of Publisher |
N.C. Jain, Saakhshi | Management: Theory and Practice | A.I.T.B.S. Publishers, Delhi. |
J.P. Mahajan | Management: Theory and Practice | Ane Books Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi-26 |
L.M. Prasad | Principles and Practice of Management | |
T. Ramasamy | Principles of Management | Himalaya Publishing House |
M.C. Shukla | Business Organisation & Management | Sultan Chand & Co., New Delhi |
Y.K. Bhusan | Fundamentals of Business Organisation & Management | Sultan Chand & Co., New Delhi. |
Singh & Chabra | Business Organisation and Management | Kitab Mahal, Allahabad |
J.S. Chandan | Management: Concepts and Strategies | Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi |
George T. Milkovich and Jahri W. Boudreau | Human Resource Management | Chicago |
LanBreadwell and Lan Holden | Human Resource Management | Macmillan, New Delhi |
C.S. Venkataratnam and B. K. Srivastava | Personnel Management and Human Resources | Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi |
K. Dayal | Management Training in Organizations | Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi |
Daryl Koehn | The Ground of Professional Ethics | |
Robert Almeder | Business Ethics | Revised Edition – Corporate Values and Society James Humber |
Robert E. Federick | Companion to Business Ethics | Blackwell Publishers Limited, UK |
Ashok K. Nadhani | Business Ethics and Business Communications | Taxmann Publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi |
S. Balachandran, Raja, Nair | Ethics, Indian Ethos and Management | Shroff Publication. |
Modern Grammar with Practical Exercises | Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. | |
Rodney Huddleston | English Grammar - An Outline | Low Price Editions, Cambridge University Press |
G.S. Mudambadithaya | English Grammar and Composition | Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. |
K. K. Sinha Business | Communication | Galgotia Publishing Company Ltd. |
Varinder Kumar and Bodh Raj | Business Communication & Organisation Management | |
R.S.N. Pillai and Bagavathi | Commercial Correspondence and Office Management | S. Chand & Company Ltd. |
For Topic wise preparation | ||
Nature of Management and its process | ||
Koontz & O’Donnell | Management: A Systems and Contingency Analysis of Management Function | |
Richard L. Draft | The new Era of Management | |
Earnest Dale | Management: Theory and Practice | |
Claude S. George Jr. The Art of Administration – Ordway Tead | Management for Business & Industry | |
Planning | ||
George R. Terry | Principles of Management | |
Joseph L. Massie | Essentials of Management | |
Paul E. Togerson | A Concepts of Organisation | |
Peter F. Drucker | Principles of Management | |
Joseph M. Putti | Management: A Functional Approach | |
Organizing | ||
Haynes and Massie | Management: Analysis, Concepts and Cases | |
George R. Terry | Principles of Management | |
Carzo and Yanou | Formal Organisation: A System Approach | |
Stoner, Freeman, Gibert Jr. | Management | |
J.S. Chandan | Management Theory and Practice | |
Parag Diwan, L.N. Aggarwal | Management Principles and Practices | |
Human Resource Management | ||
Koontz, O’Donnell and Weihrich | Management (7th Edition) | |
Koontz and O’Donnell | Principles of Management | |
Stoner, Freeman, Gilbert, Jr. | Management | |
George T. Milkovich and Jahri W. Boudreau, Chicago | Human Resource Management | |
Lan Breadwell and Lan Holden | Human Resource Management | Macmillan, New Delhi |
Edwin B. Flippo | Personnel Management | McGraw Hill, New York |
C.S. Venkataratnam and B. K. Srivastava | Personnel Management and Human Resources | Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi |
David A. Decenzo and Stephens P. Robbins | Personnel and Human Resource Management | Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi |
K. Dayal | Management Training in Organizations | Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi |
Direction and coordination | ||
Koontz, O’Donnell and Weihrich | Management (7th Edition) | |
Koontz and O’Donnell | Principles of Management | |
Controlling | ||
Haimann | Professional Management | |
Koontz & O’Donnell | Essentials of Management | |
Heckert (J.B.) and Wilson (J.D.) | Business Budgeting and Control | |
William T. Greenwood | Business Policy – A Management Audit Approach | |
J P Mahajan | Management Theory and Practice | |
Recent Trends in Management | ||
George R. Terry | Principles of Management | |
Joseph L. Massie | Essentials of Management | |
Paul E. Togerson | A Concepts of Organisation | |
Peter F. Drucker | Principles of Management | |
Joseph M. Putti | Management: A Functional Approach | |
Business Ethics | ||
Daryl Koehn | The Ground of Professional Ethics | |
Robert Almeder, James Humber | Business Ethics | Corporate Values and Society |
Edited by Robert E Federick | Companion to Business Ethics | |
Ashok K. Nadhani | Business Ethics and Business Communications | |
S. Balachandran, Raja, Nair | Ethics, Indian Ethos and Management | |
O.C. Farell, John Paul Fraedrich& Linda Ferrell | Business Ethics Decision Making and Cases | |
Manuel G Velasquez | Business Ethics Concepts and Cases | |
Business Communication | ||
K.K. Sinha | Business Communication | |
Shirley Taylor | Communication for Business | |
Mary Ellen Guffey | Business Communication–Process & Product | |
Essentials of good English | ||
Norman Lewis | Word Power Made Easy | |
Vikas Publishing House | Modern English Grammar with Practical Exercises | |
Rodney Huddleston | English Grammar–An Outline | |
G.S. Mudambadithaya | English Grammar and Composition | |
Varinder Kumar and Bodh Raj | Business Communication and Organization management | |
K.K. Sinha | Business Communication | |
Business Correspondence | ||
K.K. Sinha | Business Communication | |
M.S. Ramesh, C.C. Pattanshetti & M. Kulkarni | Business Communication | |
Reddy, Appannaiah, Nagaraj & Raja Rao | Essentials of Business Communication | |
Inter-departmental communication | ||
Reddy, Appannaiah, Nagaraj& Raja Rao | Essentials of Business Communication | |
Shirley Taylor | Communication for Business | |
E-correspondence | ||
Dawn-Michelle Baude | The Executive Guide to E-Mail Correspondence | |
Office Correspondence Made Easy | Learning Express | |
K.K. Sinha | Business Communication | |
Entrepreneurship | ||
C. B. Gupta and N.P.Srinivasan | Entrepreneurial Development | Sultan Chand & Sons, 1992 |
Entrepreneurship – Creativity and Innovation | ||
P. Nagendra Singh | Emerging Trends in Entrepreneurship Development | |
Growth & Challenges of Entrepreneurial Venture | ||
Rashi Ali | Entrepreneurship, Growth and Development | Chugh Publication |
PAPER 3 - BUSINESS ECONOMICS
For Overall Preparation | ||
Name of the Author | Name of CS Foundation Books | Name of Publisher |
H. L. Bhatia | Micro Economic Theory | Modern Publisher, New Delhi |
M.L. Jhingan | Micro Economic Theory | Konark Publishers Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi-110 092 |
S. K. Agarwala | Economic System and Micro Economic Theory | Galgotia Publishing Company, New Delhi |
D.D. Chaturvedi | Macro Economic - Analysis and Policy | Galgotia Publishing Company, New Delhi |
D.M. Mithani | Macro Economics | Himalaya Publishing House |
D.M. Mithani | Money Banking, International Trade and Public Finance | Himalaya Publishing House, Girgaon, Bombay-40 |
Ruddar Datt & K.P.M. Sundaram | Indian Economy | S. Chand & Company Ltd., New Delhi |
S. P. Gupta, P. K. Gupta & Man Mohan | Quantitative Techniques | Sultan Chand & Sons, New Delhi |
R. S. Bhardwaj | Business Statistics, | Excel Books, New Delhi |
A. K. Agarwal & Sahib Singh | Fundamental of Statistics | Frank Sons, Daryaganj, New Delhi |
R. S. N. Pillai & V. Bagarathi | Statistics | S. Chand & Company Ltd. New Delhi |
S. Saha | Business Statistics | New Central Book Agency, Kolkata |
B. M. Agarwal | Quantitative Techniques | Sultan Chand & Sons Pvt. Ltd., Daryaganj, New Delhi |
Pindyck and Rubinfeld | Microeconomics | Pearson Education |
Suraj B. Gupta | Monetary Economics | Sultan Chand & Sons Pvt. Ltd |
Samuelson & William D. Nordhans | Economics | McGraw Hills |
P. N. Chopra | Advanced Economics Theory | Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi |
M. Maria John Kennedy | Advanced Micro Economic Theory | Himalaya Publishing House, Delhi |
A. C. L. Day | Outline of Monetary Economics | |
A. N. Agarwal | Indian Economy | |
I. C. Dhingra & V. K. Garg | Economic Development & Planning in India | |
K.R. Choudhary | Basic Principles of Modern Micro Economics | Book Land Economic Series |
Mural R. Spiegal & Larry J. Stephans | Theory and Problems of Statistics, | Tata McGraw Hills, New Delhi |
S. P. Gupta | Statistical Methods | Sultan Chand & Sons, New Delhi |
Neva Goodwin, Julie A Nelson, Jonathan Harris | Macroeconomics in Context | PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. |
Eleventh Five Year Plan | Government of India Publication | |
Twelfth Five Year Plan Government of India Publication | Government of India Publication | |
Economic Survey (Latest) | Government of India Publication | |
For Topic Wise Preparation | ||
The Fundamentals of Economics | ||
Ahuja, H. L. (2009) | Modern Micro Economics | S. Chand |
Gans, J., King, S., Stonecash, R. & Mankiw, N.G. (2011) | Principles of economics | Cengage Learning |
Hall, R.E., & Lieberman, M. (2012) | Microeconomics: Principles and applications | Cengage Learning |
Varian, H.R., Bergstrom, T.C., & West, J.E. (2003) | Intermediate microeconomics (Vol. 7) | New York: Norton |
Basic Elements of Demand and Supply | ||
R.S. Pindyck, D.L. Rubinfeld and P.L. Mehta | Microeconomics | |
H. L. Ahuja | Modern Microeconomics | |
M. L. Seth | Principles of Economics | |
Theory of consumer behavior | ||
R. Pindyck and D. Rubinfeld | Microeconomics | |
H. L. Ahuja | Modern Microeconomics | |
M. L. Seth | Principles of Economics | |
Theory of production and cost | ||
Misra and Puri | Modern Microeconomics | |
H. L. Ahuja | Modern Microeconomics | |
M. L. Seth | Principles of Economics | |
Analysis of Markets | ||
H. L. Ahuja | Modern: Microeconomics | |
A. Koutsoyiannis | Modern Microeconomics | |
Indian Economy- an overview | ||
Datt & Sundharam | Indian Economy | |
P.K. Dhar | Indian Economy | |
Ramesh Singh | Indian Economy | |
Economic Survey | 2015-16 and 2016-17 | |
Basic Elements of Money and Banking | ||
B.S. Bhatia | Management of Service Sector | |
E-Banking: Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council | A Handbook | |
R.R. Paul | Money and Banking | |
Suraj B. Gupta | Monetary Economics Institutions, Theory and Policy | |
G. Crowther | An Outline of Money | |
R.S. Sayers | Modern Banking | |
RBI Governor speeches on Monetary Policy | ||
Descriptive Statistics | ||
D.C. Sancheti & V.K. Kapoor | Statistics, Theory, Methods & Applications | |
S.C. Gupta | Fundamentals of Statistics | |
D.C. Sancheti & V.K. Kapoor | Statistics, Theory, Method and Applicants | |
Naval Bajpai | Business Statistics | |
PAPER 4 - FUNDAMENTAL OF ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING
For Overall Preparation | ||
M. C. Shukla, T. S. Grewal & S. C. Gupta | Advanced Accounts Vol. I | S. Chand & Company Ltd., New Delhi-55 |
R. L. Gupta & V. K. Gupta | Financial Accounting | Sultan Chand & Sons, New Delhi - 2 |
J. R. Monga | Financial Accounting – Concepts & Applications | Mayoor Paperbacks, Noida (U.P.) |
S. N. Maheshwari & S. K. Maheshwari | Advanced Accounting, Volume I | Vikas Publishing House (Pvt.) Ltd., New Delhi-14 |
S. P. Jain & K. L. Narang | Advanced Accounting, Volume I | Kalyani Publishers, Daryaganj, New Delhi - 2 |
Ashok Sehgal & Deepak Sehgal | Advanced Accounting (Financial Accounting) | Taxmann’s, New Delhi |
Aruna Jha | Student’s Guide to Auditing & Assurance | Taxmann Publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi |
S. D. Sharma | Auditing Principles & Practice | Taxmann Publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi |
Anand G. Srinivasan | Auditing | Taxmann Publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi |
S. Sundharababu, S. Sundharsanam, B.N. Tondon | A Handbook of Practice Auditing | S. Chand & Company, New Delhi |
A K Nadhani &, K K Nadhani | Real Accounting Software:Link With Tally | BPB Publication |
T. P. Ghosh, & K.M. Bansal | A. Banerjee Principles and Practice of Accounting | Galgotia Publishing Company, New Delhi-5 |
P. C. Tulsian | Financial Accounting | Sultan Chand & Company, New Delhi |
R. Narayanaswamy | Financial Accounting – A Managerial Perspective | PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. |
Ashish K. Bhattacharyya | Essentials of Financial Accounting | PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. |
For Topic Wise Preparation | ||
Concept of Auditing | ||
Kamal Gupta | Fundamentals of Auditing | |
Ravinder Kumar, Virender Sharma | Auditing: Principles and Practice | |
Dr. B. K. Basu | An Insight into Auditing | |
Types of Auditing | ||
Kamal Gupta | Fundamentals of Auditing | |
Ravinder Kumar, Virender Sharma | Auditing: Principles and Practice | |
Dr. B. K. Basu | An Insight into Auditing | |
Tools of auditing | ||
Kamal Gupta | Fundamentals of Auditing | |
Ravinder Kumar, Virender Sharma | Auditing: Principles and Practice | |
Dr. B. K. Basu | An Insight into Auditing | |
Audit and Auditors under the Companies Act 2013 – Basic Provisions | ||
Kamal Gupta | Fundamentals of Auditing | |
Ravinder Kumar, Virender Sharma | Auditing: Principles and Practice | |
Dr. B. K. Basu | An Insight into Auditing | |
CS Foundation Exam Pattern 2020
ICSI provides the exam pattern of CS Foundation examinations. A candidate appearing for the exam must be familiar with the CS Foundation 2020 exam pattern so that the preparations are hassle free. It would become easier to understand and make use of the books for CS Foundation if the candidates are aware of the exam pattern beforehand. CS Foundation exam pattern includes mode and medium of the exam, number of questions, marking scheme, etc. Candidates can check the complete exam pattern by clicking on the link provided. Some of the basic details have been mentioned in the table below.
CS Foundation Exam Pattern
Exam medium | English and Hindi (English is compulsory for Business Management, Ethics and Communication papers) |
Mode of conduct | Computer-based |
Nature of questions | Multiple choice questions |
Number of questions | 50 per paper |
Number of papers | 4 |
Marking scheme | 2 marks for every correct answer No negative marking |
CS Foundation Syllabus 2020
The exam authorities provide the syllabus of CS Foundation on their official website and make amendments to it as and when required. Candidates should prepare the entire syllabus with Best Books for CS Foundation 2020.The syllabus contains topics from which the questions will appear in each paper. It is essential that the candidates go through the CS Foundation 2020 syllabus so that they do not miss out on any of the topics covered under it. Candidates can also figure out if there are any topics that are missing from the study material that they are using. The syllabus which is currently in effect was introduced in 2017. It brought major changes in paper 1 and paper 2. Candidates must make sure that they cover all the topics included under CS Foundation syllabus 2020.
CS Foundation Study Material 2020
The study material that is issued by the exam body contains information on all the topics covered in the syllabus. CS Foundation study material is provided in the form of PDF files that students can download. Along with the Best Books for CS Foundation 2020, candidates are recommended to follow the study material which is available for each paper separately. Candidates must make use of the official study material along with the best CS Foundation books to ascertain that their preparations are fruitful.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The study material of CS Foundation 2020 is available on the website - icsi.edu.
CS Foundation 2020 is to be conducted on June 6 and 7. It might get postponed due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
The result of CS Foundation 2020 is likely to be declared in the month of August if the exams are not postponed.
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