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GEOGRAPHY booklist and approach for UPSC CSE Prelims



GEOGRAPHY booklist and approach for UPSC CSE Prelims


1. NCERT Class 11 and 12

● Total 4 books are there, two books on physical geography are of utmost importance. Prepare it thoroughly, study each of the maps and diagrams given.

● Made short notes of 10-12 pages from Human geography and Economic Geography.

2. PMFIAS Geography

● Keep India physical geography NCERT as the base and add extra points from this source as value addition. Freely available on the net.

● Especially chapters like physiography, river, vegetarian etc.

3. Mapping

● Geography through maps la-excellence coaching youtube videos (last 4 years)

● Dristi IAS places on news videos, excellent animation and description

4. Random animation videos

● Very helpful to understand core geographical concepts eg cyclone, la nina etc. Amit Sebgupta's youtube channel is one of them. 

5. GC Leong 

• All the climatic regions  last 10 12 chapters.


~ UPSC CSE Topper.

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