Hi,

see b.a course with hons is more focused on the stream of study where general b.a course syllabus includes only the basic curriculum of the selected stream. so the syllabus would be much standard for b.a hons journalism then only b.a in journalism. however if you want to do further study on journalism in near future it would best to go with hons. now coming to arihant books its a preparation books consist of different university entrance test. besides it follow others core books like rs agarwal for aptitude and any good english grammar books for english test.   you may follow bankers adda magazine to prepare the gk portions.