Best guide books for civil services Mains exam preparation

[kshiti]

I m not able to find good books for preparing for civil services mains. I have taken geography as the optional subject. Plz guide me about the best guide books for civil services mains exam preparation.

[vimal]

Kshiti, for u I have mentioned below some good books for Geography Main Exam separately for paper-I and Paper-II. Apart some other geography books have also been mentioned that can help u in preparing for civil service examination.

For 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

For 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

Geography
Indian geography - Rammorthy Gopalakrishnan
Physical geography of India - S.M. Mathur
General geography - NCERT
Mineral of India