UPSC Geography Optional Booklist 
       Geography Books for IAS 
       The  table  below  mentions  Geography  Optional  Paper-I  Booklist  for  civil  services 
       examination: 
        
                     Geography Optional Paper-I Books 
       A Geography by Population – R.C. Chandna 
       Agricultural Geography – Majid Husain 
       Climatology – D.S.Lal 
       Economic and Social Geography – Made Simple by Rupa Publisher 
       Economic Geography- Hartshorne & Alexander 
       Environmental Awareness – R.C.Chandna 
       Environmental Geography – Savindra Singh 
       Environmental Geography -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, Rupa Publisher 
       Physical Geography – Savindra Singh 
       Physical Geography -Strahler & Strahler 
       Physical Geography in Diagrams -Bunnett 
        
                                                 
                
     Political Geography -R.D.Dixit 
     Principles of Geomorphology-W.D. Thornbury 
     Regional Planning: Regional Planning – Chand & Puri 
     Urbanization & Urban Systems in India- Ramachandran 
      
      
      
     The  table  below  mentions  Geography  Optional  Paper-II  Booklist  for  civil  services 
     examination: 
      
                Geography Optional Paper-II Books 
     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 
      
                                      
                
     Indian Economy by Dutt and Sundaram 
     Oxford School Atlas – Oxford 
     Political Aspects: Modern Political Geography of India – B.L. Sukhwal 
     Regional Planning and Development -Chand and Puri 
     Urbanization and Urban Systems in India -Ramachandran 
     Environmental Awareness – R.C.Chandna 
     Environmental Geography – Saxena