UPSC IAS Geography Books References 

Reference Books for Geography 

1. 6th to 12th NCERT Books for Geography.
2. Certificate of Physical Geography - Goh Cheng Leong.
3. Physical Geography -Savindra Singh
4. Physical Geography - Made simple series - Rupa Publications
5. Economic & Commercial Geography - Made Simple Series - Rupa Publications.
6. Human and Economic Geography - Leong & Norgan
7. Human Geography - Majid Hussain.
8. Geographical thoughts - Majid Hussain.
9. Field Work - 11 th NCERT.
10. Cartography - R.L. Singh
11. Geography of India - Gopal Singh
12. Economic & Commercial Geography of India - C.B. Memoria
13. Orient longman - Atlas.
14. TTK - Atlas
15. Dictionary of Geography - Penguin
16. Spectrum guide for Geography.
17. Siddhartha - Preliminary Question Bank.
18. Geography Guide - Narmadeshwar Prasad.

Paper - I

Physical geography - Savinder Singh
The Earth’s dynamic surface - K. Sidhartha
Physical geography - Strahler & Strahler
Climatology - D.S. Lal
Physical geography made simple - Rupa
Oceanography - Sharma & Vital
Biogeography - Savinder Singh
Evolution of geographical thoughts - Majid Hussain and Adhikari
Economic geography - K. Sidhartha
Economic and social geography made simple - Rupa
Urban geography - K. Sidhartha
Human geography - Majid Hussain
Geography of population - R.C. Chandra
Regional Planning in India - hand & Puri
Political geography - Dixit

Paper - II

Physical environment - NCERT
NCERT Class XII
India: Physical aspects - K Sidhartha
Geography of India - Mamoria
Agricultural geography - Majid Hussain
Agricultural problems in India - Sadhu and Singh
Economic & Commercial geography of India - Mamoria
India’s urbanisation and urban systems - R. Ramachandran
Regional planning in India - Chand and Puri
Political geography - Dixit
India: political aspects - K. Sidhartha

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

NCERT Vol -1
Physical Geography - Bunnett
Certificate physical and human geography - Goh, Cheng Leong
Physical Geography made simple

HUMAN AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

Human and Economic Geography - NCERT
Economic Geography, Economic and Social Geography made simple
Penguim masters studies on geography
The Cultural Landscape - Rubeistein

INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Indian geography - Rammorthy Gopalakrishnan
Physical geography of India - S.M. Mathur
General geography - NCERT
Mineral of India - NBT (Wadia)
Resources and regional development - NCERT
Catography - R.L. Singh
World regional geography - Fellnan
Work book - K. Siddhartha and S. Mukherjee
Question Bank - Surendra Singh, 1000
Geography quiz - Muthiah