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ClearIAS » UPSC Books Review » Geography Optional Paper: Books to read for Civil Services Main Exam

Geography Optional Paper: Books to read for Civil Services Main Exam

Last updated on November 5, 2020 by Alex Andrews George

Civil Services Geography part (As part of GS or as optional) requires vast but focused reading. Apart from the IAS Books for Geography – Civil Services Prelims Exam, the below-mentioned books can help.

Geography Optional Paper Books to read for Civil Services Main Exam

Recommended Books for Geography – Civil Services Books – Mains Exam

Physical geography

  1. Physical Geography By Savinder Singh
  2. Physical Geography By Stahler
  3. Physical Geography Made Simple Books
  4. Geography Through Maps by K. Siddhartha

Geo-morphology :

  1. Geomorphology by Savindra Singh

Climatology : 

  1. Climatology by D. S. Lal
  2. Atmosphere, Weather, and Climate – K.Siddhartha

Human Geography

  1. Human Geography By Majid Hussain
  2. Urbanization and Urban Systems in India
  3. Geographical Thought: A Contextual History of Ideas
  4. Fundamentals of Geographical Thought by Sudeepta Adhikari

Indian Geography

  1. India – A Comprehensive Geography
  2. Regional Planning in India – Chand and Puri
  3. Oxford School Atlas
  4. Environmental Geography
  5. Indian Economy
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  1. jj7gr8 says

    August 10, 2015 at 5:44 pm

    hello sir, i have taken geography as optional subject for mains so sir can u plzzz tell me that which book should be used for which topic
    for example Physical geography – Savinder Singh for oceanography , Climatology , Geo-morphology

    so i am totally confused about this issue…..plzzz tell me so i can buy my books

    PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY (Section-A)

    HUMAN GEOGRAPHY (Section-B)

    Economic Geography

    Population and Settlement Geography

    Regional Planning (Both the Papers)

    bio/environmental geography

    agriculture geography

    Models, theories & laws

    Political geo

    Biogeography & ecology part of environmental geography

    sir plzz tell me about this, & i m totally exhausted as i m not getting any idea about it…i m waiting for ur answer
    and how many books i need to refer ????? 🙂

    Reply
  2. indu shekhar says

    February 14, 2016 at 8:12 pm

    where to get 2nd hand books?

    Reply
  3. Bimsen says

    June 3, 2018 at 8:20 pm

    Sir really i dont understand which books of geography are compulsory to buy and read so plizz help me . I cannot understand really without your concern . Moreover , how to get 2nd books and according to the website clear ias.com , all the given books are compulsory to buy or not . Therefore i request you to give me the knowledge to be filled up in my mind

    Reply

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