BPSC Geography Optional Question Paper: Download PDF

Geography is a significant part of the BPSC PCS Syllabus, and a significant number of questions about it are asked in the Prelims and Main Exams each year. Geography is linked to other areas such as environment and ecology, disaster and management, agriculture, and so on.

Geography is an important subject in the BPSC Prelims Syllabus. Geography is also covered in GS Paper 2 of the BPSC Mains exam. Candidates who choose Geography as an optional subject should review the BPSC geography curriculum.

Check the BPSC Syllabus for Geography.

Physical Aspects, Human Aspects, Resources, Agriculture, Industry, Transport and Trade, Settlements, Regional Development and Planning are all covered under India’s geography.

Bihar’s geography, Soils, Forests, Climate, Agriculture Pattern, Natural Department Drought and flood-prone areas: problems and solutions Major Mineral Resources: Iron, Copper, Bauxite, Abrakh, and Coal; Major Industries: Iron-Steel, Aluminum, Cement, and Sugar; Major Industrial Region: Iron-Steel, Aluminum, Cement, and Sugar; Major Industrial Region: Iron-Steel, Aluminum, Cement, and Sugar; Major Industrial Region: Iron-Steel, Aluminum, C Bihar’s population problem, Tribal problems and how to solve them Bihar’s urbanisation pattern.

Important sources of the Geography syllabus for the upcoming BPSC exam is mentioned below. 

• Class IX NCERT: Contemporary India Part-I
• Class X NCERT: Contemporary India Part-II
• Class XI NCERT: Fundamentals of Physical Geography
• Class XI NCERT: Indian Physical Environment
• Class XII NCERT: Fundamentals of Human Geography
• Class XII NCERT: India, People and Economy
• Certificate Physical and Human Geography by G. C. Leong
• India and World Geography by Majid Hussain
• School Atlas like Oxford University Press, Orient Longman.
• For Current affairs read anyone good newspaper like The Hindu or The Indian Express and note down major geographical events like Tsunami, earthquakes etc.

Some Important points to study Geography for BPSC:

Read the exam syllabus several times so you know exactly what to expect from your study materials. Begin with the NCERTs and work your way up to higher-level books.

These figures must be kept track of in the same way as facts, names, and numbers must be kept track of in any other area of geography.

The majority of the geography-related questions are tied to maps, either directly or indirectly. Location, key cities, physical characteristics, river system, passes, and peaks should and should be studied from maps (India and the rest of the world).

Candidates can download 65th and 66th BPSC Geography optional question paper pdf here. Practicing these questions will boost your conference that is needed for the exam.