Management Trainee (Technical) Exam conducted by SAIL has Part I and Part II sections, in which Part I comprises of English, Reasoning, General Knowledge/Current Affairs and Quantitative Aptitude. Part II section includes engineering subjects depending on the stream chosen by the candidates. Some of the books which can be used to prepare for Part I section are Wren and Martin English Grammar, Verbal Reasoning by R.S.Agarwal, General Knowledge and Current Affairs by R.Gupta and Quantitative Aptitude by R.S. Agarwal. Candidates can prepare for Part II section using the books used for preparation of GATE exam.

Books for English

• Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis
• Objective English for Competitive Examinations by Hari Prasad and Uma Sinha
• Wren and Martin English Grammar

Books for Reasoning

• Analytical Reasoning by Shri M.K. Pandey
• Non Verbal Reasoning by B.S. Sijwali and Indu Sijwali
• Verbal Reasoning by R.S.Agarwal

Books for General Knowledge/Current Affairs

• General Knowledge and Current Affairs by R.Gupta
• General Knowledge Encyclopaedia by R.Gupta
• Handbook of General Knowledge by B. N. Ahuja
• Objective General Knowledge by Edgar Thorpe and Showick Thorpe

Books for Quantitative Aptitude

• Quantitative Aptitude by T.S. Jain
• Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations by Abhijit Guha
• The Aptitude Test Workbook by Jim Barrett
• Quantitative Aptitude by R.S. Agarwal

Books for Computer Science/IT Engineering

• Algorithm analysis and design by T.h.Cormen and Anne levitin
• Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools by Alfred V. Aho, Monica S. Lam,
• Computer Architecture and Organisation by J.P. Hayes
• Computer Networks by Forouzen
• Computer Networks by William Stallings and A. S. Tanenbaum
• Computer Organization and architecture by Hamacher and Kye haung
• Data structure by A. S. Tanenbaum and J.D. Ullman
• Data structures and Algorithms by Horowitz, Sahani
• Databases Management System by C.J. Date
• Databases Management System by H.H. Korth and Navathe
• Digital Design by Morris Mano
• Graph Theory by Narshima Deo
• Operating system by William Stallings, Galvin and A. S. Tanenbaum
• Operating Systems by Silberschatz
• Ravi Sethi and Jeffrey D. Ullman
• The design of Unix operating system by Maurice J. Bach
• Theory of Computation by Peter linz, J.D. Ullman and Papadimitriau
• Theory of Computer Science by K.L.P Mishra and N. Chandrasekharan

Books for Instrumentation Engineering

• Communication Systems by Simon Hykin
• Control System Engineering by Nagrath and Gopal
• Digital Circuits by Taub and Schilling
• Digital Electronics by Morris Mano
• Discrete Time Signal Processing by Oppenheim and Schafer
• Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation by A.K.Sawhney
• Electronics devices and circuits by Boylestead
• Electronics devices and circuits by Millman & Halkias
• Engineering Circuit Analysis by Hayt and Kammerly
• Integrated Electronics: Analog and Digital circuits and system by Millman and Halkias
• Introduction to Fiber Optics by Ghatak, A and Thyagarajan, K
• Linear ICs by Gaekwad
• Micro Electronics circuit by Sedra and Smith
• Microprocessor by Ramesh Gaonker
• Network Analysis by Van Valkenburg
• Network and System by D Roy Choudhary
• Signal and System by Simon Hykin and Barry Van Veen

Books for Mechanical Engineering

• Compressible Flow by S.M. Yahya and John D. Anderson
• Engineering Thermodynamics by P.K. Nag Cengel and Boles
• Fluid Machinery by D. S. Kumar, Jagdish Lal and RK Bansal
• Fluid Mechanics by D.S. Kumar, K.I.Kumar, Cengel & Cimbala and Frank.M.White
• Gas Turbine and Propulsive Systems by P.R. Khajuria and S.P. Dubey
• I.C. Engine by R.P. Sharma and M. L. Mathur
• Industrial Engineering by O. P. Khanna Buffa and Sarin
• Machine Design by Shigley and V.B. Bhandari
• Material Science by W.D. Callister and I.P. Singh
• Mechanical Vibration by V.P. Singh and G.K. Grover
• Operations Research by A.M. Natarajan and P.Balasubramani
• Production Engineering by P. N. Rao, Kalpkjian Schmid, Amitabh Ghosh and AK Malik
• Refrigeration and Air Conditioning by P. K Nag and C.P. Arora Domkundwar
• Strength of Materials by Timoshenko gere, Ramamrutham and B.C. Punamia
• Theory of Machines by S.S. Rattan and Thomas Bevan

Books for Civil Engineering

• Airport Engineering by Saxena and Arora
• Building Materials by Rangwala and M.L. Gambhir
• Construction Planning and Management by B.C. Punamia and U.K. Shrivastav
• Docks and Harbours by Rangwala
• Environmental Engineering by B.C. Punamia and S.K. Garg
• Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machines by Modi & Seth, R. K. Bansal, A.K.Jain K.Subramanyam and Jagdish Lal
• Highway Engineering by Khanna & Justo and Kadiyali
• Plastic Analysis by Manicka Selvam
• R.C.C. Design by B.C. Punamia and A.K. Jain
• Railway Engineering by Saxena and Arora
• Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering by Gopal Ranjan & Rao,Venkat Ramaiha, S. K. Garg and B.C. Punamia
• Steel Design by S.K. Duggal and L.S. Negi
• Strength of Materials /Mechanics of Structure by Gare & Timoshenko, E.Popove, L. Singer and B.C. Punamia
• Theory of Structures/ Analysis of Structure by S. Ramamurtham, L.S. Negi & Jangit, Gupta & Pandit and C.S. Reddy

Books for Electrical / Electronics and Communication Engineering

• Antenna and Wave Propagation by K.D. Prasad
• Communication System : Analog and Digital by Singh and Sapre
• Communication System by Simon Haykins
• Control System Engineering by I.G. Nagrath and M. Gopal
• Electrical Machines by Nagrath and Kothari
• Electronic Devices and Circuits by J.B.Gupta
• Electronic Instrumentation by H. S. Kalsi
• Elements of Engineering Electromagnetics by N. N. Rao
• Integrated electronics: Analog and Digital Circuit and system by Jacob Millman and Christos C. Halkias
• Microprocessor Architecture, Programming and Application by Ramesh S. Gaonkar
• Microwave Engineering by Sanjeev Gupta
• Modern Digital Electronics by R.P.Jain
• Networks and Systems by D. Roy Chaudhary
• Power Electronics by PS Bhimra
• Power System Engineering by Nagrath and Kothari
• Satellite Communications by Pratt and Bostian
• Semiconductor devices by S.M.Sze
• Signal and System by Oppenheim and Willsky
• Solid State electronic devices by Streetman and Banerjee

Books for Chemical Engineering

• Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering by David M. Himmelblau
• Chemical Process Industries and Process Control by George T Austin
• Chemical Technology by Regal
• Economics and Process equipment and design by Thimmerhaus
• Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering by Scott Fogler
• Chemical Reaction Engineering by Livenspeil
• Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer by Khudsen and Katz
• Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines by R.K. Bansal
• Fluid Mechanics by C.P. Kodandaraman
• Fundamentals of Heat & Mass Transfer by G.K. Roy
• Heat Transfer by McAdams
• Mass Transfer Operations by Treybal
• Process Economics by Schawyer
• Thermodynamics by Dodge
• Transport Phenomena by Byron Bird and Stewart
• Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering by Mc Cabe and Smith
• Process Heat Transfer by Kern

There are also separate comprehensive exam guides available to prepare for each stream like Civil, Electrical, Mechanical etc in SAIL Management Trainee (Technical) Exam.