Karnataka State Eligibility Test (K-SET) in conducted for determining eligible candidates for Lectureship in various Universities/institutes of Karnataka. Topics like Geomorphology, Oceanography, Population Geography, and Regional Planning are covered under the written test. Geomorphology by Prayag, Climatology by Lal, D.S, Essentials of Biogeography by Mathur, Rural Geography by Misra H.N, Statistical Methods by Gupta, S.P, etc are some of the books that can be referred for studies.

Books for Geomorphology

• Geomorphology by Bloom, A.L
• A Text Book of Geomorphology by Dayal, P
• Fundamentals of Physical Geography by Husain Majid
• Physical Geography by Singh Savindra
• Geomorphology by Prayag
• Introducing Physical Geography by Strahler, A.N. and Strahler, A.H
• Earth Sciences by Strahler, A .N
• Principles of Geomorphology by Thornbury, W.D
• An Outline of Geomorphology by Wooldridge, S. W and Morgan, R.S

Books for Climatology

• Atmosphere, Weatherand Climate by Barry, R.G. and Chorely, R.J
• Our Atmosphere by Bhutani Smita
• Climatology by Critchfield, H.J
• Survey of Climatology by Griffith, J.F. and Driscell, D.M
• Climatology by Lal, D.S
• Introduction to Atmosphere by Riehl, H
• Contemporary Climatology by Robinson,P.J. and Henderson Sellers

Books for Oceanography

• Oceanography for Geographers by Sharma, R.C. and V. Vatal
• How the Ocean works: An introduction to Oceanography by Denny, M
• Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science by T. Garrison
• Oceanography: An Earth Science Perspective by S. Kerhsaw
• Essentials of Oceanography by Garrison, T
• Marine Geology by Kennel, J.P
• An Introduction to Physical Oceanography by Von Arx, W.S

Books for Biogeography

• Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach by Cox. C.D. and Moore, P.D
• Fundamentals of Biogeography by Huggett, R.J
• Introduction to Zoogeography by Illics, J
• Essentials of Biogeography by Mathur, H.S

Books for Geographic Thought

• Explanation in Geography by Harvey, David
• Geographical Thought - A Contextual History of Ideas by Dikshit, R.D
• Perspective on Nature of Geography by Hartshorne, R
• Spaces of Geographical Thought by Cloke, Paul and Johnston, Ron
• The Makers of Modern Geography by Dickinson, R.E
• Themes in Geographic Thought by Harvey, Miltan E and Brian P. Holly

Books for Population Geography

• Geography of Population by Beaujen- Garnier J
• Geography of Population: Concepts, determination and patterns by Chandana, R.C Population Geography by Clarke, J.I
• Population Geography by Hassan, M.I
• Principles of Population Studies by Bhende Asha A and Kanitkar

Books for Settlement Geography

• Rural Geography of Settlements by Clout, H.D
• Geography of Settlements by Hudson, F.S
• System to Rural Settlements in Developed Countries by Mandal, R.B
• Introduction to Rural Settlements by Mandal, R.B
• Rural Geography by Misra, H.N

Books for Political Geography

• An Introduction to Political Geography by Jones, Martin Rhys Jones and Michael Woods
• Political Geography by Blacksell, Mark
• Political Geography: The Spatiality of Politics by Dikshit, R.D
• The Sage Handbook of Political Geography by Cox, Kevin R

Books for Cultural Geography

• Economic Development and Social Opportunity by Dreze Jean, Amartya Sen
• Human Geography by De Blij B
• Reflection on Human Development by Haq, Mahbubul
• Social Geography by Ahmad, Aijazuddin
• Social relations and Spatial Structures by Gregory, D and UJ Larry

Books for Regional Planning

• Regional Planning in India by Bhatt, L.S
• Regional Development and Planning by Friedmann, J and William Alonso
• Regional Development Planning in India by Misra R.P

Books for Statistical Methods

• Patterns in Human Geography by David M. Smith
• Statistics in Geography: A Practical Approach by Ebdon D
• Statistical Methods and the Geographer by Gregory, S
• Statistical Methods by Gupta, S.P
• Quantitative and Statistical Approaches to Geography by Mathews, J.A

Text books prescribed under bachelor degree in Geography should be referred. Practicing question papers of previous years is one of the effective methods for exam preparation.