Geology Optional Booklist – For IAS Mains Examination.

For geology you have to make most of the notes on your own. This calls for investing in some good books. Get at least 2-3 books for each paper that covers all the topics in detail, have elaborate diagrams and practice questions for solving.Continue Reading Geology Optional Booklist – For IAS Mains Examination.

The following are all the good books and sources that you can choose from-

  • Engineering And General Geology by Parbin Singh
  • Delta Sedimentation: East Coast of India- Singh, I.B. & Swamy, A.S.R.
  • Geology and Evolution of the Indian Plate by SM Naqvi
  • Berkeley University Notes on paleontology
  • General geology by GB Mahapatra
  • The Elements of Palaeontology by Rhona M. Black
  • Palaeontology by Jain and Anantharaman
  • Structural Geology by Marland P. Billings
  • Trends in Objective Geology – Aussif Sayeed
  • Text Book of Geology – P.K. Mukherjee
  • Concise Geology – P.K. Mukherjee
  • Geologic Settings and Petroleum Systems of India’s East Coast Offshore Basins : Concepts and Applications- Ravi,Bastia
  • Principles of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology by JD Winter
  • Groundwater Hydrology by David Todd
  • Principles Of Engineering Geology by KM Bangar
  • Economic Geology: Economic Mineral Deposits by U Prasad
  • Rutley’s Elements of Mineralogy
  • Delta Sedimentation: East Coast of India- Singh, I.B. & Swamy, A.S.R.
  • Dimensions of Himalayan Geology- Biyani, A.K.
  • Early Man in Eastern Himalayas : North-East India and Nepal- Sharma, A. K.
  • Geological Maps- D.K. Awasthi
  • Mineral Exploration: Recent Strategies- S. Rajendran et al.

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