Preface
Dear Students,
It gives me immense pleasure to
present the book Geography of India (Gist of
NCERT) which has been written to fulfill the needs of aspirants
for Union Public Service Commission, state civil services and other
competitive examinations. This book will help the aspirants to
comprehensively cover the vast and dynamic syllabus of geography.
Thebook is presented in the most simple, explicit and lucid manner with a number of
maps, figures, flow-charts, tables and current updates to make the preparation of aspirants
ess challenging, NCERTbooks are indispensable in the preparation of various books. So, this
ook is a summary of NCERT books on Geography, encapsulated in one book to provide the
udents a holistic and comprehensive book. Additional information has been added to make the
ok more useful for aspirants.
would like to offer my sincere thanks to those aspirants, students and friends who encouraged me
write this book. I am, specially, thankful to Ravneet Bedi, Sahil Attri, Shabnam Saifi
hailendra Kumar Rastogi, Sushil Kumar Mishra, Rohit Singh Yadav, Ankur Bajpai, Jagat Pa
ingh, Abhishek Kumar Awasthi, Priyanka Yadav, Rameshwar Pathak and Sandeep Rai wh
ave invaluable aid to me in editing this book. I would also like to thank Neetika Sarsar. Son
ingh, Divesh Kumar, Kakoo, Roshan, Sumit, Jeetu and Sachin who have designed this boo
peautifully with their creative mindset.
Ialso apologize to my children Samridhi, Shivanm arnd Shubham to whom Icouldn't give prop
time since I was highly involved in writing this book. Iam also thankful to my wife, Sudha who.
love and encouragement motivated me to accomplish the uphill task of writing this book.
With best wishes for the success, I sincerely hope that this book will satisfy the needs of the
aspirants appearing in competitive exams. This book has been meticulously written and
edited with utmost care but we would also welcome the positive and constructive
suggestions.
MAHESH KUMAR BARNWAL
(S.S.P., Puducherry Police Service)
