Wizard Indian Geographya for General Studies

Wizard Indian Geographya for General Studies

Preface

Dear Students,

The tenth revised edition of Wizard Indian Geography for General Studies in a result of serious introspection, analysis, understanding and experience about the needs of and expectations of Civil Services aspirants over the years. We bring to you, with sincerity and an expertise in the field of Civil Services preparations, this new and improved version of our bestseller. This is our contribution towards your preparations and we hope your journey becomes easier with this small offering.

Indian Geography is and has always been an important subject in General Studies and plays a crucial role in the exam, not only in Prelim but also in Main. It tends to be one of the most commonly asked themes for questions. Therefore, a careful and stable approach is required for this subject in order to score well in the GS Paper I to start with. The subject matter of Indian Geography is quite interesting and gripping. Even if you don’t have a background in it, the facts and figures related to the subject affect us all and that makes it even more exciting. In this edition, we have compiled these facts and figures in a lucid and easy to understand manner. As always, our team of experts worked tirelessly in ensuring that this publication meets your needs in the best possible way.

Our effort is not only targeted at presenting these facts and figures to you in order to crack the Prelim but also to give you a descriptive explanation on them which will assist you in the Main exam. Different topics are compiled chapter-wise and every aspect of that particular topic is discussed in great detail. The authenticity and reliability of the data presented here has been tested and found credible. This can truly be your one-stop solution for all queries related to Indian Geography.

We have also compiled a set of previous years’ classified Prelim and Main questions which would give you an idea about the trend that this exam has been following over the last few years. We hope that it would also give you an edge over others as far as solving questions in the exam is concerned. The way that this information has been presented to you is not only interesting but also riveting by being organised in such a way that one topic leads to the next. The more you read, the more you’ll want to read. Hopefully, this would

make the preparation breeze for you. Our sole objective in bringing to you this book is to make this arduous journey into the Civil Services Exam a little bit easier. Indian Geography has always been a subject which can fetch you good marks in GS, therefore, prepare it well using this resource.

I would like to take this opportunity to extend my gratitude to Mr Shashank Atom, Honorary Editor, Competition Wizard & Chairman, Alternative Learning Systems Ltd and Mr Manoj Kumar Singh, Managing Director, Competition Wizard and Alternative Learning Systems Ltd, for the encouragement and the mental support they have given us. I also wish to express sincere thanks to Mr Jojo Mathew, Editor,

Competition Wizard & Chief Executive Director, Alternative Learning

Systems Ltd, for his valuable inputs and unending enthusiasm, which made

this book possible.

Finally I would like to extend a special thanks to Manjula Khatri, Shashi Ranjan, Dr Haroon Ashraf, Deepak Pradeep, Ajay Kumar, Chandan Jha, Medha Chaturvedi, Sanya Singhal, HK Sahoo, Rajeev Ranjan and Abhishek Mandal for their efforts in bringing out this volume.

I strongly believe that your efforts with our help will take you right

to the doors of success in this examination.

Manish K Gautam