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.
Recommended Books for Geography – Civil Services Books – Mains Exam
Physical geography
- Physical Geography By Savinder Singh
- Physical Geography By Stahler
- Physical Geography Made Simple Books
- Geography Through Maps by K. Siddhartha
Geo-morphology :
Climatology :
Human Geography
- Human Geography By Majid Hussain
- Urbanization and Urban Systems in India
- Geographical Thought: A Contextual History of Ideas
- Fundamentals of Geographical Thought by Sudeepta Adhikari
Indian Geography
- India – A Comprehensive Geography
- Regional Planning in India – Chand and Puri
- Oxford School Atlas
- Environmental Geography
- Indian Economy
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 ????? 🙂
Yes sir, I’m also confused about that
where to get 2nd hand books?
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