UPSC Books for Geography optional Subject
As a subject, geography plays an important role in the UPSC Civil Service Examination in the both UPSC Prelims and Mains examination. With the right civil service strategy and approach, the candidate can score high in this paper. In addition, the Geography optional paper is one such paper that is interlinked with the UPSC General Studies paper and thus helps to score best in the paper as well.
Along with effective preparation strategies, the candidate needs to choose the right reference materials for preparing the UPSC Geography Optional Paper. Here is the list of best IAS reference books for geography subject.
Best IAS books for Geography Optional Paper 1
A Geography by Population – R.C. Chandna | Agricultural Geography – Majid Husain |
Climatology – D.S.Lal | Economic and Social Geography – Made Simple – R.Knowles & J.Wareing |
Economic Geography- Hartshorn & Truman A | Environmental Awareness – R.C.Chandna |
Environmental Geography – Ravindra Singh | Environmental Geography – H M Saxena |
General Climatology – Critchfield | Geomorphology – Savindra Singh |
Human Geography -Majid Husain | Oceanography- Sharma & Vatal, NCERT |
Evolution of Geographic Thought-Majid Husain | Physical Geography – Made Simple – Richard H Bryant |
Physical Geography – Savindra Singh | Introducing Physical Geography – Alan Strahler |
Physical Geography in Diagrams -Bunnett | Political Geography -R.D.Dixit |
Principles of Geomorphology-W.D. Thornbury | Regional Planning in India – Chand & Puri |
Urbanization & Urban Systems in India- R. Ramachandran |
Best IAS books for Geography Optional Paper 2 :
A Geography of India -Gopal Singh | Agriculture Geography – Majid Husain |
Certificate Physical and Human Geography – Goh Cheng Leong | Economic and Commercial Geography of India – C.B. Mamoria |
Economic and Commercial Geography of India – Sharma & Coutinho | Economical and Commercial Geography of India – C.B. Mamoria |
Environmental Awareness – R.C.Chandna | Environmental Geography – Savinder Singh |
Environmental Geography – Saxena | Geography of India – Majid Husain |
Geography of Population- R.C.Chandna | Hindu’s Survey on Agriculture |
Human Geography – Majid Husain | India Disasters Report |
Oxford School Atlas – Oxford | Modern Political Geography of India – B.L. Sukhwal |
Regional Planning in India – Chand and Puri | Urbanization and Urban Systems in India – R. Ramachandran |
Environmental Geography – Saxena |